Community-based participatory research is needed to address pulmonary health disparities

DA Harris, MA Pensa, CA Redlich… - Annals of the …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Socioeconomic and racial disparities in the outcomes of medical management remain
common across pulmonary diseases in the United States and worldwide. Acknowledging …

[HTML][HTML] Focus: Health Equity: Lung Disease in Central Appalachia: It's More than Coal Dust that Drives Disparities

CL DeBolt, C Brizendine, MM Tomann… - The Yale journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The population living in Central Appalachia is disproportionately impacted by lung disease.
This is driven, in part, by occupational hazards and environmental exposures. However, it is …

COVID-19 collaborative model for an academic hospital and long-term care facilities

LR Archbald-Pannone, DA Harris, K Albero… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC). As
geriatricians practicing in PA/LTC and a regional academic medical center, we created this …

Rapid telehealth-centered response to COVID-19 outbreaks in postacute and long-term care facilities

DA Harris, L Archbald-Pannone, J Kaur… - Telemedicine and e …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: The vulnerability of postacute and long-term care (PA/LTC) facility residents to
COVID-19 has manifested across the world with increasing facility outbreaks associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection in georgian healthcare workers

J A. Whitaker, V Mirtskhulava, M Kipiani, DA Harris… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis is a major occupational hazard in low and middle-income
countries. Limited data exist on serial testing of healthcare workers (HCWs) with interferon-γ …

Determinants of tuberculosis infection control–related behaviors among healthcare workers in the country of Georgia

V Mirtskhulava, JA Whitaker, M Kipiani… - infection control & …, 2015 - cambridge.org
OBJECTIVETo better understand tuberculosis (TB) infection control (IC) in healthcare
facilities (HCFs) in Georgia. DESIGNA cross-sectional evaluation of healthcare worker …

State health policy for terrorism preparedness

LZ Ziskin, DA Harris - American journal of public health, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
State health policy for terrorism preparedness began before the terrorist attacks on
September 11, 2001, but was accelerated after that day. In a crisis atmosphere after …

Improving the asthma disparity gap with legal advocacy? A qualitative study of patient-identified challenges to improve social and environmental factors that contribute …

DA Harris, A Mainardi, O Iyamu, MS Rosenthal… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To identify challenges that disadvantaged adults with asthma face in mitigating
social and environmental factors associated with poor symptom control. Methods: Using a …

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Recommendations for reducing risk during travel for healthcare and humanitarian work

BJ Seaworth, LY Armitige, NE Aronson… - Annals of the …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Healthcare and humanitarian workers who travel to work where the incidence of multidrug-
resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is high and potential transmission may occur are at risk of …

Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers' pneumoconiosis

LHT Go, KS Almberg, CS Rose… - Occupational and …, 2022 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives Examination of lung function abnormalities among coal miners has historically
focused on actively working miners. This likely underestimates the true burden of chronic …