Community Forums to Address Vaccine Hesitancy: A Useful Tool for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Communities
Innov Pharm. 2023 Oct 10;14(1). doi: 10.24926/iip.v14i1.5432. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTCommunity forums are a valuable tool in engaging rural communities to address critical public health issues. Recognizing low levels of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural Minnesota communities and the critical public health threat that resulted, pharmacy faculty and Extension professionals from the University of Minnesota partnered with a diverse group of rural stakeholders to plan a series of six community forums to provide life-saving, evidence-based education about the COVID-19 vaccine. Each forum allowed trusted local community leaders,...
Source: Rural Remote Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Laura Palombi Jazmin Belknap Mary Jo Katras Grant Anderson Source Type: research

Community Forums to Address Vaccine Hesitancy: A Useful Tool for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Communities
Innov Pharm. 2023 Oct 10;14(1):10.24926/iip.v14i1.5432. doi: 10.24926/iip.v14i1.5432. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTCommunity forums are a valuable tool in engaging rural communities to address critical public health issues. Recognizing low levels of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural Minnesota communities and the critical public health threat that resulted, pharmacy faculty and Extension professionals from the University of Minnesota partnered with a diverse group of rural stakeholders to plan a series of six community forums to provide life-saving, evidence-based education about the COVID-19 vaccine. Each forum allowed trusted ...
Source: Rural Remote Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Laura Palombi Jazmin Belknap Mary Jo Katras Grant Anderson Source Type: research

Photobiomodulation and alopecia: a crowdsourced survey study on patient preferences
. (Source: Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy)
Source: Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy - November 28, 2023 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Briana PaiewonskyMargo WinterMaria HordinskyMacKenzie GriffithRonda S. Faraha University of Minnesota Department of Dermatology, Minneapolis, MN, USAb Medical, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USAc Mid Source Type: research

Photobiomodulation and alopecia: a crowdsourced survey study on patient preferences
Volume 25, Issue 5-8, November 2023, Page 92-94 . (Source: Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy)
Source: Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy - November 28, 2023 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: Briana PaiewonskyMargo WinterMaria HordinskyMacKenzie GriffithRonda S. Faraha University of Minnesota Department of Dermatology, Minneapolis, MN, USAb Medical, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USAc Mid Source Type: research

Barriers and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening among East African men in Minnesota: a qualitative investigation
. (Source: Ethnicity and Health)
Source: Ethnicity and Health - November 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Motohiro NakajimaSakhaudiin MohamudAbdifatah HajiRebekah PrattMustafa al ’Absia Department of Social System Design, Eikei University of Hiroshima, Japanb Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Dul Source Type: research

The ever-expanding diversity and complexity of the Arenaviridae family
Volume 14, Issue 1, December 2023 . (Source: Virulence)
Source: Virulence - November 16, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Hinh LyDepartment of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA Source Type: research

Recruitment of Row Crop Farmers into a Research Study to Assess Farm Hazards
. (Source: Journal of Agromedicine)
Source: Journal of Agromedicine - November 14, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Victor A. SoupeneD. Erik BoonstraJoseph E. CavanaughFredric GerrMarizen RamirezAdam F. MoskowitzCarri Casteela College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAb School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USAc Colleg Source Type: research

Mobile Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to Migrant Farmworkers in Minnesota
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Source: Journal of Agromedicine - November 8, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jason HoardChristine M. ThomasMargaret EckerstorferBethlehem AtomaAndrew AdamekDenise QuintanillaJonathan D. Kirscha Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Residency Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USAb Department of Internal Medicine, Divisio Source Type: research

Future Directions in the Mental Health of Transgender Youth: Towards a Social-Affective Developmental Model of Health Disparity
. (Source: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology)
Source: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology - November 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stefanie SequeiraTamar CarmelBrenden Tervo-ClemmensE. Kale Edmistona Department of Psychology, University of Virginiab Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs Richmondc Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical Sc Source Type: research

How shrinking corn could help farmers —and the environment
Related podcast Making corn shorter, and a book on finding India’s women in science BY Sarah Crespi , Angela Saini , Erik Stokstad On 10 August 2020, a record-breaking windstorm raced across Iowa, the big buckle of the U.S. Corn Belt. Gusts up to 225 kilometers per hour flattened fields and buildings, with losses totaling an estimated $12 billion across several states. “It was devastating,” says Kelly Gillespie, a crop physiologist...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - October 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Billions boost next-generation COVID-19 vaccine and treatments
Six months after announcing the $5 billion Project NextGen to develop treatments and vaccines that can “stay ahead of COVID-19,” the U.S. government has awarded 20 contracts that reveal what much of that sum will support. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on 13 October that up to $1.2 billion will go to three vaccine developers aiming to develop better shots, adding to another $1 billion already awarded to companies that will test them in yearlong, 10,000-person clinical trials. Another half-billion will support development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that can block SARS-CoV-2 in...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - October 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Optimizing the data in direct access testing: information technology to support an emerging care model
. (Source: Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences)
Source: Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences - October 6, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Michelle StoffelStacy G. BealKhalda A. IbrahimMichael RummelDina N. Greenea Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USAb M Health Fairview Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Minneapolis, MN, USAc Departme Source Type: research