{"title":"Tracking Airborne Lead Exposures That Disrupt Children's Fronto-executive Functions and Inhibitory Systems.","authors":"Lorenz S Neuwirth","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307866","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307866","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11540945/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna H Grummon, Amanda B Zeitlin, Cristina J Y Lee, Marissa G Hall, Caroline Collis, Lauren P Cleveland, Joshua Petimar
{"title":"Countermarketing Versus Health Education Messages About Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial of US Adults.","authors":"Anna H Grummon, Amanda B Zeitlin, Cristina J Y Lee, Marissa G Hall, Caroline Collis, Lauren P Cleveland, Joshua Petimar","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307853","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307853","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To test whether countermarketing messages for sugary drinks lead to lower intentions to consume sugary drinks and less perceived weight stigma than health education messages. <b>Methods.</b> In August 2023, we conducted an online randomized controlled trial with US adults (n = 2169). We assessed the effect of countermarketing messages, health education messages, and neutral control messages on intentions to consume sugary drinks and perceived weight stigma. <b>Results.</b> Both countermarketing messages (Cohen <i>d</i> = -0.20) and health education messages (<i>d</i> = -0.35) led to lower intentions to consume sugary drinks than control messages (<i>P</i>s < .001). However, both types of messages elicited more perceived weight stigma than control messages (<i>d</i>s = 0.87 and 1.29, respectively; <i>P</i>s < .001). Countermarketing messages were less effective than health education messages at lowering intentions to consume sugary drinks (<i>d</i> for countermarketing vs health education = 0.14) but also elicited less perceived weight stigma than health education messages (<i>d</i> = -0.39; <i>P</i>s < .01). <b>Conclusions.</b> Countermarketing messages show promise for reducing sugary drink consumption while eliciting less weight stigma than health education messages, though they may need to be refined further to minimize weight stigma and maximize effectiveness. <b>Clinical Trial Number.</b> ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05953194. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(12):1354-1364. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307853).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11540938/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria I Ventura, Robert Schaufenbil, Thanhtuyen Do, Juan Carlos Arguello, Jane Siegel, Katherine Warburton
{"title":"Breaking Down Silos Within a Multihospital System: Lessons From the California Department of State Hospitals' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Maria I Ventura, Robert Schaufenbil, Thanhtuyen Do, Juan Carlos Arguello, Jane Siegel, Katherine Warburton","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307846","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The California Department of State Hospitals and Department of Public Health collaborated to develop infection control programs in five inpatient psychiatric hospitals in response to COVID-19. In the retrospective observational study described here, conducted from March 2020 through February 2023, we calculated seven-day rolling averages of COVID-19 cases overlaid with key interventions, communication strategies, and policies implemented to break down silos for a consistent and coordinated response. Our findings may inform others regarding effective strategies and partnerships with public health experts during future outbreaks. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(12):1317-1321. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307846).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11540950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employer Demand and Desired Skills for Public Health Graduates: Evidence From Job Postings.","authors":"Heather Krasna","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307834","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To determine whether job postings from employers seeking master of public health (MPH) graduates require skills aligning with Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) competencies. <b>Methods.</b> I analyzed a data set of 70 343 job postings in the United States for MPH graduates from Lightcast, a data vendor that collects, cleans, and analyzes millions of job postings per year. I contrasted skills from the postings with CEPH competencies. <b>Results.</b> Most postings were from for-profit industry, academia and research, or hospitals and health care, with only 12% from government. The skills from job postings aligned well with CEPH competencies, but some CEPH competencies did not appear in the top skills in job postings. <b>Conclusions.</b> Although accredited public health degree programs provide key competencies demanded by employers, they can improve graduate employability by ensuring that their graduates also obtain specific technical skills listed in job postings. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(12):1388-1393. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307834).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11540958/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elisabeth Brandstetter Figueroa, Bruno Bohn, J Michael Oakes, Ryan T Demmer
{"title":"The Influence of a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Vaccination Rates in a University Setting.","authors":"Elisabeth Brandstetter Figueroa, Bruno Bohn, J Michael Oakes, Ryan T Demmer","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307804","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We surveyed (September 9-17, 2021) students, staff, and faculty at the University of Minnesota, a large, highly vaccinated university, to evaluate whether the COVID-19 vaccine mandate increased self-reported vaccine uptake. Vaccine mandates have the potential to improve public health but should consider the context of implementation and costs associated with infringements on personal choice. Policymakers need to be equipped with data to inform decisions about vaccine mandates in light of contextual factors and potential backlash affecting public health interventions. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(11):1222-1227. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307804).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew E Rossheim, Cassidy R LoParco, Kayla K Tillett, R Andrew Yockey, Hsien-Chang Lin, Carla J Berg
{"title":"Kratom Products Are Widely Available Throughout the United States.","authors":"Matthew E Rossheim, Cassidy R LoParco, Kayla K Tillett, R Andrew Yockey, Hsien-Chang Lin, Carla J Berg","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307824","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307824","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447786/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142139017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean P Hall, Noelle K Kurth, Lisa McCorkell, Kelsey S Goddard
{"title":"Long COVID Among People With Preexisting Disabilities.","authors":"Jean P Hall, Noelle K Kurth, Lisa McCorkell, Kelsey S Goddard","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307794","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To document the prevalence of long COVID among a sample of survey respondents with long-term disabilities that existed before 2020 and to compare the prevalence among this group with that among the general population. <b>Methods.</b> We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive study using data from the 2022 National Survey on Health and Disability (n = 2262) and comparative data for the general population from the federal Household Pulse Survey (HPS). <b>Results.</b> The prevalence of long COVID was higher among people with preexisting disabilities than in the general population (40.6% vs 18.9%). <b>Conclusions.</b> People with preexisting disabilities experienced and continue to experience increased exposure to COVID-19 and barriers to accessing health care, COVID-19 vaccines, and COVID-19 tests. These barriers, combined with long-standing health disparities in this population, may have contributed to the greater prevalence of long COVID among people with disabilities. <b>Public Health Implications.</b> The needs of people with disabilities must be centered in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(11):1261-1264. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307794).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447800/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Canada's Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Medical Cannabis Patient Activity, 2017-2022.","authors":"Michael J Armstrong","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307721","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307721","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives.</b> To estimate changes in medical cannabis patient activity after Canada's recreational cannabis legalization. <b>Methods.</b> I used linear regressions of interrupted times series models to analyze medical cannabis patient registrations per 10 000 residents, purchases per 100 registrations, and packages per purchase in Canada's 10 provinces between April 2017 and December 2022. I tested relationships between the recreational law's passage in June 2018, recreational sales starting in October 2018, and the arrival of edibles and vapes in December 2019. <b>Results.</b> Medical patient registrations initially increased; they slowed after the law passed and started decreasing after edibles became available. Medical purchasing frequencies initially decreased; they decreased further in proportion to recreational sales but stabilized after edibles became available. Medical purchase sizes were initially stable; they began increasing after edibles became available. <b>Conclusions.</b> Canada saw substantial decreases in medical cannabis patient registrations, but the remaining patients stabilized their purchasing frequencies and increased their purchase sizes. <b>Public Health Implications.</b> Other countries might see significant changes in patient usage of their medical cannabis systems after nationwide recreational cannabis legalization. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(S8):S673-S680. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307721).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11499694/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142370759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Closing Gaps Between Cannabis Policy and Scientific Understanding.","authors":"Brooke E Hoots,Douglas R Roehler","doi":"10.2105/ajph.2024.307883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2024.307883","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":12.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142489412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edward F Ellerbeck, Vicki L Collie-Akers, Elizabeth Ablah, Sarah Landry, Allison Honn, Sara Obermeier, Mariana Ramirez, Yvonnes Chen, Ian R Knight, Crystal Y Lumpkins, Mary Ricketts, Tony Carter, Ullyses Wright, Christal Watson, Daniel L Kurz, Stacy McCrea-Robertson, Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Joseph LeMaster, Erin Corriveau, Broderick Crawford, Jianghua He, K Allen Greiner
{"title":"Community Organizations, Local Health Equity Action Teams, and a Learning Collaborative to Address COVID-19 Disparities in Urban and Rural Communities.","authors":"Edward F Ellerbeck, Vicki L Collie-Akers, Elizabeth Ablah, Sarah Landry, Allison Honn, Sara Obermeier, Mariana Ramirez, Yvonnes Chen, Ian R Knight, Crystal Y Lumpkins, Mary Ricketts, Tony Carter, Ullyses Wright, Christal Watson, Daniel L Kurz, Stacy McCrea-Robertson, Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Joseph LeMaster, Erin Corriveau, Broderick Crawford, Jianghua He, K Allen Greiner","doi":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307771","DOIUrl":"10.2105/AJPH.2024.307771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Kansas worked with 10 Kansas counties from November 2020 through June 2022 to form local health equity action teams (LHEATs), develop COVID-19 testing strategies, foster communication about COVID-19, and share best practices through a learning collaborative. Participating counties documented 693 distinct COVID-19 testing and 178 communication activities. Although the intervention was not associated with changes in the proportion of positive COVID-19 tests, LHEATs in the learning collaborative implemented new testing strategies and responded to emerging COVID-19 challenges. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(11):1202-1206. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307771).</p>","PeriodicalId":7647,"journal":{"name":"American journal of public health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447774/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142034936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}