Building a Community Partnership for the Development of Health Ministries Within the African American Community: The Triad Pastors Network
AbstractAfrican Americans continue to have worse health outcomes despite attempts to reduce health disparities. This is due, in part, to inadequate access to healthcare, but also to the health care and medical mistrust experienced by communities of color. Churches and worship centers have historically served as cultural centers of trusted resources for educational, financial, and health information within African American communities and a growing number of collaborations have developed between academic institutions and community/faith entities. Herein, we describe the infrastructure of a true and sustainable partnership d...
Source: Journal of Community Health - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Reducing the Likelihood of Opioid Overdose Fatalities on College and University Campuses: An Action Plan and Model
AbstractFor more than two decades there has been a continuous rise in opioid overdose related deaths. The majority of the deaths include the age range when, traditionally, individuals are likely to attend college or university. As a result, Vassar College has taken the important initiative and created and implemented a new opioid overdose intervention strategy and action plan calledAED+. AED+ expands onthe Model of Greater Awareness, Training and Increased Availability of and Accessibility to Life Saving Intervention Devices; a model that was created based on AED devices improving outcomes ofout-of-hospital cardiac arre...
Source: Journal of Community Health - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Building a Community Partnership for the Development of Health Ministries Within the African American Community: The Triad Pastors Network
AbstractAfrican Americans continue to have worse health outcomes despite attempts to reduce health disparities. This is due, in part, to inadequate access to healthcare, but also to the health care and medical mistrust experienced by communities of color. Churches and worship centers have historically served as cultural centers of trusted resources for educational, financial, and health information within African American communities and a growing number of collaborations have developed between academic institutions and community/faith entities. Herein, we describe the infrastructure of a true and sustainable partnership d...
Source: Journal of Community Health - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Submersion Injuries and the Cost of Injury Associated with Drowning Events in the United States, 2006 –2015
DiscussionWhile these results only represent a fraction of the total cost associated with submersion injuries, it remains substantial and unchanged over the 10-year study period. Certain demographic groups showed higher rates of injury and disease burden, thus bearing a greater amount of the cost. (Source: Journal of Community Health)
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
An Online HIV Self-Sampling Strategy for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men and Trans Women in Spain
AbstractWe aimed to evaluate the feasibility of an online self-sampling pilot intervention for HIV testing addressed to gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and trans women (TW) users of dating apps in Spain. The websitehttps://www.testate.org/ was designed to offer self-sampling kits for HIV testing and online consultation of the results. It was advertised on gay dating apps. Participants requested the delivery of a saliva self-sampling kit by mail and a postage-paid envelope to send the sample to the reference laboratory. An anonymous acceptability survey was conducted. The cascade of care was estim...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Systematic Review of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation in U.S. Emergency Departments: Patient Screening, Prescribing, and Linkage to Care
AbstractIn the pursuit of ending the HIV epidemic, U.S. emergency departments (EDs) have emerged as a valuable setting to increase HIV testing and linkage to care. There is limited data available, however, describing the incorporation of HIV prevention initiatives in U.S. EDs. Over the last decade, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has significantly changed the HIV prevention landscape globally and very little is known about the provision of PrEP in U.S. EDs. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed quantitative studies and conference abstracts spanning July 2012 - October ...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Awareness and Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nepal
This study aimed to examine PrEP awareness and its use among Nepali MSM and the factors influencing its adoption. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among MSM in Nepal between October and December 2022 (N = 250). Bivariate analysis and logistic regression were performed to determine factors associated with awareness and use of PrEP. In the study population, 59.6% of participants were aware of PrEP, however, only 30.4% of them had utilized it. The odds of PrEP awareness were higher among particip ants who had completed high school or above (aOR = 4.1; 95% CI = 1.8–9.6), those with health insurance coverag...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Fatal Firearm Violence Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
AbstractThere is a dearth of population-based studies regarding firearm-related deaths and years of potential life lost among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s (CDC) We Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) data for the three most recent years (2018–2020), we analyzed the demographic characteristics of AI/ANs who succumbed to firearm violence. AI/ANs averaged almost 500 firearm-related deaths per year. The majority of these de aths were observed among individuals 20–39 years of age (53%), males (84.4%), and in the West (55.3%). ...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Access to, Experience with, and Attitudes towards Take Home Naloxone: An Online Survey
This study demonstrates the receptiveness of take-home naloxone and highlights the need for better implementation of naloxone within communities that use opioids. (Source: Journal of Community Health)
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Awareness and Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nepal
This study aimed to examine PrEP awareness and its use among Nepali MSM and the factors influencing its adoption. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among MSM in Nepal between October and December 2022 (N = 250). Bivariate analysis and logistic regression were performed to determine factors associated with awareness and use of PrEP. In the study population, 59.6% of participants were aware of PrEP, however, only 30.4% of them had utilized it. The odds of PrEP awareness were higher among particip ants who had completed high school or above (aOR = 4.1; 95% CI = 1.8–9.6), those with health insurance coverag...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Systematic Review of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation in U.S. Emergency Departments: Patient Screening, Prescribing, and Linkage to Care
AbstractIn the pursuit of ending the HIV epidemic, U.S. emergency departments (EDs) have emerged as a valuable setting to increase HIV testing and linkage to care. There is limited data available, however, describing the incorporation of HIV prevention initiatives in U.S. EDs. Over the last decade, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has significantly changed the HIV prevention landscape globally and very little is known about the provision of PrEP in U.S. EDs. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed quantitative studies and conference abstracts spanning July 2012 - October ...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Fatal Firearm Violence Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
AbstractThere is a dearth of population-based studies regarding firearm-related deaths and years of potential life lost among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s (CDC) We Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) data for the three most recent years (2018–2020), we analyzed the demographic characteristics of AI/ANs who succumbed to firearm violence. AI/ANs averaged almost 500 firearm-related deaths per year. The majority of these de aths were observed among individuals 20–39 years of age (53%), males (84.4%), and in the West (55.3%). ...
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Access to, Experience with, and Attitudes towards Take Home Naloxone: An Online Survey
This study demonstrates the receptiveness of take-home naloxone and highlights the need for better implementation of naloxone within communities that use opioids. (Source: Journal of Community Health)
Source: Journal of Community Health - December 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
