Submissions from 2026
Methodological Reflections from Engaging Five Culturally and Linguistically Unique U.S. Muslim Populations, Asma Mahd Ali, Ejura Yetunde Salihu, Salma Abdelwahab, Olayinka O. Shiyanbola, Eva Vivian, and Betty Chewning
Training Data Recorders with a Manual to Take High-Quality Trachoma Photographs in South Sudan, Madison Bearden-Muse, Nicholas A. Presley, Stephen Ohidor, Tania A. Gonzalez, Lochebe Boniface, Stella Abuba, Shamika V. Chavda, Reida Konga, Fisseha Admassu, E. Kelly Callahan, Yak Yak Bol, Angelia M. Sanders, and Scott D. Nash
Trachoma Prevalence in Al Rahad Locality, Sudan: Evaluating Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Prevalence as a Complementary Programmatic Indicator, Scott D. Nash, Emmanuel A. Ackah, Balgesa E. Elshafie, Zeinab Abdalla, Sara Lavinia Brair, Tania A. Gonzalez, Charles A. Rivers, Barbara Van Der Pol, E. Kelly Callahan, and Angelia M. Sanders
Impact of Project ECHO on Primary Care Providers’ Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills in Geriatric and Dementia Care: A Scoping Review, Dominic Roby, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Ashish Joshi, Berneet Kaur, Kristina Wick, Anne Gifford, James Eaton, Daniel Ibarra-Scurr, Katherine Gifford, and Raymond R. Romano
Submissions from 2025
Dietary Behaviors and Psychosocial Factors of People Managing Diabetes During Fasting: A Qualitative Study from Five US Muslim Communities †, Asma Mahd Ali, Olayinka O. Shiyanbola, Ejura Salihu, Salma Abdelwahab, James E. Bailey, and Betty Chewning
Are Quality of Care and Quality of Life Synonymous in Long-Term Care?, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Health Promotion in Long-Term Care Facilities: The Present Scenario and Future Demands, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Introduction: Health Promotion in the Context of Long-Term Care, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Preface, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Does Cardiovascular Health Influence the Well-Being of People Living in Rural Areas: Findings From a 20-Year Study in US Adults, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Sharmila Acharya, and Mark Hendricks
The Impact of Cardiovascular Health in the Association between mind-body Practice and Holistic well-being: Findings from a 20-year Study in US Adults, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Chitra Ghosh, and Shailpik Bhattacharyya
The Role of Life Satisfaction and Optimism for Successful Aging in Mid and Late Life, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, Debasree Das Gupta, and Gizem Hueluer
Do Chronic Stressors Impact the Association Between Substance Use and Well-Being: Findings from the Midlife in the United States Study, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Rameshwari P. Prasad, Sharmila Acharya, Shailpik Bhattacharyya, and Elizabeth Fauth
A Composite Counternarrative of Discrimination as a Social Determinant of Health: Black College Women’s Experiences of Gendered Racism, Wanda Martin Burton, Angelia M. Sanders, Jessica Jaiswal, Kelly W. Guyotte, and Tracy Robin Bartlett
Racial-ethnic differences in the associations between functional disabilities and subsequent depression among community-dwelling midlife and older adults in the US, Debasree Das Gupta, Uma Kelekar, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, and Sidney Carl Turner
Closing the gap: New report estimates the resources required to eliminate trachoma, P. J. Hooper, Michaela Kelly, and Angelia Sanders
Progress towards the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in four counties of Eastern Equatoria State, Republic of South Sudan, Stephen Ohidor, Nicholas A. Presley, Angelia M. Sanders, Andrew W. Nute, Tania A. Gonzalez, Yak Yak Bol, Albino W. Nyibong, Paul Weiss, James Niquette, E. Kelly Callahan, and Scott D. Nash
Integrating cataract and trachoma surgery in South Sudan: Expanding access and strengthening inclusive eye health services, Angelia Sanders, Albino Nyibong, Yak Yak Bol, Jolly Kemigabo, and Francis Okello
Submissions from 2024
Individual, interpersonal, and community factors associated with health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated at federally qualified health centers, Asma M. Ali, Ewan K. Cobran, and Henry N. Young
Protective roles of meditation practice and self-esteem on cognitive functions over time: findings from the Midlife in the United States study, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Debasree Das Gupta, Sarah Schwartz, Victor Molinari, and Elizabeth B. Fauth
The Healthy Caregiver? A Positive Impact of Informal Caregiving Status on Cognitive Functions Over Time From the Midlife in the United States Study, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Yin Liu, Debasree Das Gupta, Victor Molinari, and Elizabeth B. Fauth
Does Perceived Generativity Mediate the Association Between Optimism and Cognitive Function Over Time? Findings from Midlife in the United States Study, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya and Victor Molinari
Impact of Optimism on Cognitive Performance of People Living in Rural Area: Findings From a 20-Year Study in US Adults, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya and Victor Molinari
Do nursing homes with a higher proportion of residents with dementia have greater or fewer complaints?, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, Lindsay Peterson, Elizabeth B. Fauth, and Ross Andel
Consumer Complaints in Nursing Homes: Analyzing Substantiated Single-Allegation Complaints to Deficiency Citations, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Lindsay Peterson, Victor Molinari, and John R. Bowblis
The Importance of Zero-Deficiency Complaints in Nursing Homes: A Mere Consequence or Serious Concern?, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Lindsay Peterson, Victor Molinari, Elizabeth B. Fauth, and Ross Andel
Coping among Black college women: A transformative study of gendered racism, Wanda M. Burton, Christina Ezemenaka, Jessica Jaiswal, Kelly W. Guyotte, and Angelia M. Sanders
Integrated Serosurveillance for Onchocerciasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis in North Darfur, Sudan, Jenna E. Coalson, Gregory S. Noland, Andrew W. Nute, Erica Brook Goodhew, Diana L. Martin, Zeinab Abdalla, Isam Zarroug, Soheir Gabralla, Hassan Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Ismail, William Evan Secor, Elizabeth Kelly Callahan, Angelia M. Sanders, Balgesa Elshafie, and Scott D. Nash
Is Use of Psychedelic Drugs a Risk or Protective Factor for Late-Life Cognitive Decline?, Kaeleigh Fearn and Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Celebrating 20 years of collaboration to eliminate trachoma, P. J. Hooper, Michaela Kelly, and Angelia Sanders
The cost of mass drug administration for trachoma in two counties of the Republic of South Sudan, Tim Jesudason, Angelia M. Sanders, Stephen Ohidor, Alexis S. Delahunt, Andrew R. Deathe, Lochebe Boniface, Isaiah Buot, Mekete Bikis, Samual Makoy, Yak Yak Bol, James Niquette, E. Kelly Callahan, Damien Walker, and Scott D. Nash
A Collaborative Approach to Improving Care Outcomes for Residents in Assisted Living, Jennifer Craft Morgan, Kendra J. Jason, Candace L. Kemp, and Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Ensuring safety for children with trachomatous trichiasis: experiences from South Sudan, Angelia Sanders, Maurice Abony, Brendan Callahan, Albino Nyibong, and Yak Yak Bol
Serological Responses to Trachoma Antigens prior to the Start of Mass Drug Administration: Results from Population-Based Baseline Surveys, North Darfur, Sudan, Angelia M. Sanders, Balgesa E. Elshafie, Zeinab Abdalla, Courtney Simmons, Erica Brook Goodhew, Tania A. Gonzalez, Andrew W. Nute, Atif Mohammed, Elizabeth Kelly Callahan, Diana L. Martin, and Scott D. Nash
Advancing Health Security and Disease Eradication Through Peace and Health: A Mali Case Study, Angelia M. Sanders, Madeline Warman, Frederic Deycard, John Goodman, April Klein, Karmen Unterwegner, Boukary Sangare, Sadi Moussa, Stacia George, Irene Pujol Chica, Cheick Oumar Coulibaly, Moussa Saye, Kimberly A. Jensen, Adam J. Weiss, and Kashef Ijaz
Submissions from 2023
Mind-Body Practice and Family Caregivers’ Subjective Well-Being: Findings From the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Yin Liu, Neha P. Gothe, and Elizabeth B. Fauth
Longevity is not an ingredient of successful aging as self-reported by community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, and Ross Andel
Creating age-friendly nursing homes: The time is now, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, Kathy Black, and Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Trends in Nursing Home Complaints: Prevalence and Variation Across Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regions, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, and Elizabeth B. Fauth
Conflict-climate-displacement: A cross-sectional ecological study determining the burden, risk and need for strategies for neglected tropical disease programmes in Africa, Louise A. Kelly-Hope, Emma Michèle Harding-Esch, Johan Willems, Fatima Ahmed, and Angelia M. Sanders
Corporate influenced state preemption and health: A legal mapping analysis of workers’ rights preemption bills in the US south, Courtnee Melton-Fant
Heterogenous Effects of Local Government Spending on Mortality Across Racial Groups Among Working-Age Adults in the U.S., Courtnee E. Melton-Fant
Women and trachoma: why prioritising gender equity is essential to achieve vision for all, Angelia Sanders, Paul Emerson, Paul Courtright, and P. J. Hooper
Improving the distribution and uptake of medicines: lessons from the global trachoma programme, Angelia Sanders, P. J. Hooper, Scott McPherson, and Tim Jesudason
Cost and community acceptability of enhanced antibiotic distribution approaches for trachoma in the Republic of South Sudan: enhancing the A in SAFE (ETAS) study protocol, Angelia M. Sanders, Samuel Makoy, Andrew R. Deathe, Stephen Ohidor, Timothy C. Jesudason, Andrew W. Nute, Patrick Odongi, Lochebe Boniface, Stella Abuba, Alexis S. Delahaut, Wilson Sebit, James Niquette, E. Kelly Callahan, Damian G. Walker, and Scott D. Nash
Does Inclusionary Housing Alleviate the Negative Health Impacts of Gentrification?, Ruoniu Wang and Courtnee Melton-Fant
Submissions from 2022
Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with older individuals’ healthcare utilization and self-reported health status: a longitudinal analysis from Singapore, Sang Nam Ahn, Seonghoon Kim, and Kanghyock Koh
Access and Utilization of Asthma Medications Among Patients Who Receive Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers, Asma M. Ali, Anne H. Gaglioti, Rebecca H. Stone, Natalie D. Crawford, Kevin K. Dobbin, Lokesh Guglani, and Henry N. Young
Relationships between Key Functions of Patient-Provider Communication, Trust, and Motivation across White, African American, and Hispanic/Latino Patients with Asthma, Asma M. Ali and Henry N. Young
Person-Centered Care in Nursing Homes: Potential of Complementary and Alternative Approaches and Their Challenges, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Jennifer Craft Morgan, and Elisabeth O. Burgess
Mind-Body Practice, Personality Traits, and Cognitive Performance: A 10-Years Study in US Adults, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Debra Dobbs, and Gizem Hueluer
Self-Reported Satisfaction of Older Adult Residents in Nursing Homes: Development of a Conceptual Framework, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, and Kathryn Hyer
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's oral health and oral health care use, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Effects of Virginia's 2019 Medicaid Expansion on Health Insurance Coverage, Access to Care, and Health Status, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Longitudinal associations between time-varying insomnia symptoms and all-cause health care services utilization among middle-aged and older adults in the United States, Asos Mahmood, Satish Kedia, Aram Dobalian, Cyril F. Chang, and Sang Nam Ahn
Health Equity and the Dynamism of Structural Racism and Public Policy, Courtnee Melton-Fant
New Preemption as a Tool of Structural Racism: Implications for Racial Health Inequities, Courtnee Melton-Fant
Race, mental health, and evictions filings in Memphis, TN, USA, Courtnee Melton-Fant, Austin Harrison, and Katy Ramsey Mason
The Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health After 5 Years, Jason Semprini, Wei Lyu, Dan M. Shane, and George L. Wehby
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Dental Services Use Declined After Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage Expansions, George L. Wehby, Wei Lyu, and Dan Shane
Submissions from 2021
Factors associated with caregiver distress among home care clients in New Zealand: Evidence based on data from interRAI Home Care assessment, Rebecca Abey-Nesbit, Shauni Van Doren, Sang Nam Ahn, Linda Iheme, Nancye M. Peel, Anja Declercq, John Hirdes, Heather Allore, and Hamish A. Jamieson
Rethinking the Aging Transition: Psychological, Health, and Social Principles to Guide Aging Well, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Effects of yoga-related mind-body therapies on cognitive function in older adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Ross Andel, and Brent J. Small
Movement-based mind-body practices and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Findings from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Gizem Hueluer, Hongdao Meng, and Kathryn Hyer
Impact of self-assessed health status and physical and functional limitations on healthcare utilization and mortality among older cancer survivors in US, Prachi P. Chavan, Satish K. Kedia, Fawaz Mzayek, Sang Nam Ahn, and Xinhua Yu
Local Health Department and Hospital Collaboration around Community Health Needs Assessment to Improve Health Outcomes, Oluwaseyi O. Isehunwa, Aram Dobalian, Sang Nam Ahn, George Relyea, and Erik L. Carlton
Is Colorectal Cancer Screening Associated with Stages of Weight Control Among Korean Americans Aged 50–75 Years Old?: Implications for Weight Control Practice, Seok Won Jin, Sohye Lee, and Sang Nam Ahn
Complex emergencies and the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa: developing a practical approach for implementing safe and effective mapping and intervention strategies, Louise A. Kelly-Hope, Angelia M. Sanders, Emma Harding-Esch, Johan Willems, Fatima Ahmed, Fiona Vincer, and Rebecca Hill
The effects of state facial surgery mandates on timeliness of primary cleft repair surgery in the United States, Wei Lyu, Tanya Wanchek, and George L. Wehby
Heterogeneous Effects of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions among Women with Dependent Children by State-Level Pre-Expansion Eligibility, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Insomnia symptoms and incident heart failure: A population-based cohort study, Asos Mahmood, Meredith Ray, Aram Dobalian, Kenneth D. Ward, and Sang Nam Ahn
Thinking Outside the Box: Why Inclusionary Zoning Is Important for Cardiovascular Health, Courtnee E. Melton-Fant
Evaluation of facial cleanliness and environmental improvement activities: Lessons learned from malawi, tanzania, and uganda, Angelia M. Sanders, Ruth Dixon, Logan Stuck, Michaela Kelly, Geordie Woods, Edridah M. Muheki, Gilbert Baayenda, Michael Masika, Holystone Kafanikhale, Upendo Mwingira, and Leah Wohlgemuth
A Multi-Site Evaluation of A National Employee Wellness Initiative at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Freny Shah, Joanna R. Sells, Jennifer Werthman, Corrine Abraham, Asma M. Ali, and Carol Callaway-Lane
Submissions from 2020
Emergency department and inpatient utilization among U.S. older adults with multiple chronic conditions: A post-reform update, Sangnam Ahn, Mustafa Hussein, Asos Mahmood, and Matthew Lee Smith
Adverse childhood experiences and childhood obesity: a path analysis approach, Sang Nam Ahn, Hongmei Zhang, Kristoffer S. Berlin, Marian Levy, and Richa Kabra
The sacred relationship between marriage, spirituality and healthy aging in Hinduism, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Mind-body practices in U.S. adults: Prevalence and correlates, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Gizem Hueluer, Hongdao Meng, and Kathryn Hyer
Effects of the Recent Medicaid Expansions on Dental Preventive Services and Treatments, Wei Lyu, Dan M. Shane, and George L. Wehby
Community use of face masks and COVID-19: Evidence from a natural experiment of state mandates in the US, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Comparison of Estimated Rates of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Border Counties in Iowa without a Stay-at-Home Order and Border Counties in Illinois with a Stay-at-Home Order, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Shelter-in-place orders reduced covid-19 mortality and reduced the rate of growth in hospitalizations, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Self-Check-In Kiosks Utilization and Their Association With Wait Times in Emergency Departments in the United States, Asos Mahmood, David K. Wyant, Satish Kedia, Sang Nam Ahn, M. Paige Powell, Yu Jiang, and Soumitra S. Bhuyan
Relationship Between State Preemption of Inclusionary Zoning Policies and Health Outcomes: Is There Disparate Impact Among People of Color?, Courtnee Melton-Fant
Sex Differences in the Association between Local Government Spending and Mortality: Evidence from Tennessee, Courtnee Melton-Fant, Scott Howard, and Xueyuan Cao
Piloting a trachomatous trichiasis patient case-searching approach in two localities of Sudan, Angelia M. Sanders, Maha Adam, Nabil Aziz, E. Kelly Callahan, and Belgesa E. Elshafie
A Multi-Level Analyses of Charges and Cost of Fall-Related Hospitalizations Among Older Adults: Individual, Hospital, and Geospatial Variation, Samuel D. Towne, Matthew Lee Smith, Yajuan Li, Diane Dowdy, Sang Nam Ahn, Shinduk Lee, Aya Yoshikawa, and Luohua Jiang
How the daily smartphone is associated with daily travel, physical activity, and self-perceived health: Evidence from 2017 national household travel survey, Yong Yang, Sheng Li, Kai Zhang, Xiaoling Xiang, Zhigang Li, Sang Nam Ahn, and James Murphy
Submissions from 2019
Children's Oral Health and Academic Performance: Evidence of a Persisting Relationship Over the Last Decade in the United States, Carol Cristina Guarnizo-Herreño, Wei Lyu, and George L. Wehby
Mobile Health Application and e-Health Literacy: Opportunities and Concerns for Cancer Patients and Caregivers, Hyunmin Kim, Joy V. Goldsmith, Soham Sengupta, Asos Mahmood, M. Paige Powell, Jay Bhatt, Cyril F. Chang, and Soumitra S. Bhuyan
The Impacts of the ACA Medicaid Expansions on Cancer Screening Use by Primary Care Provider Supply, Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby
Use of mobile health applications for health-promoting behavior among individuals with chronic medical conditions, Asos Mahmood, Satish Kedia, David K. Wyant, Sang Nam Ahn, and Soumitra S. Bhuyan
Childhood adversity among Black children: The role of supportive neighborhoods, Courtnee Melton-Fant
Progress toward elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in seven localities in the republic of Sudan: Results from population-based surveys, Angelia M. Sanders, Zeinab Abdalla, Belgesa E. Elshafie, Mazin Elsanosi, Andrew W. Nute, Nabil Aziz, E. Kelly Callahan, and Scott D. Nash
Prevalence of trachoma within refugee camps serving south sudanese refugees in white nile state, sudan: Results from population-based surveys, Angelia M. Sanders, Zeinab Abdalla, Belgesa E. Elshafie, Andrew W. Nute, Elizabeth F. Long, Nabil Aziz, Paul Weiss, E. Kelly Callahan, and Scott D. Nash
The Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Children's Health Coverage, Patience Ugwi, Wei Lyu, and George L. Wehby
The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansions on Dental Visits by Dental Coverage Generosity and Dentist Supply, George L. Wehby, Wei Lyu, and Dan M. Shane
Submissions from 2018
Evaluation of a Behavioral Intervention With Multiple Components Among Low-Income and Uninsured Adults With Obesity and Diabetes, Sang Nam Ahn, Joonhyung Lee, Jenny Bartlett-Prescott, Lisa Carson, Lindsey Post, and Kenneth D. Ward
Experience of hepatitis C virus seroprevalence and its genomic diversity among transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in a transfusion center, Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Aritra Biswas, Debanjali Gupta, and Provash C. Sadhukhan
Preschoolers’ use of mental health services: An application of the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations, Hyunmin Kim, Xinhua Yu, Erik Carlton, M. Paige Powell, Cyril Chang, and Sang Nam Ahn
