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Kwabena O. Sarpong
Researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch
Publications - 15
Citations - 332
Kwabena O. Sarpong is an academic researcher from University of Texas Medical Branch. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Reactogenicity. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 13 publications receiving 282 citations.
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Infant Obesity: Are We Ready to Make this Diagnosis?
TL;DR: Infant obesity strongly predicted obesity at age 24 months and primary care providers need to diagnose obesity in infants and work to develop effective interventions.
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Maternal and infant outcomes among women vaccinated against pertussis during pregnancy
Abbey B. Berenson,Jacqueline M. Hirth,Mahbubur Rahman,Tabassum H. Laz,Richard E. Rupp,Kwabena O. Sarpong +5 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy does not increase the risk of adverse outcomes and is associated with decreased odds of cesarean delivery.
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A brief educational intervention increases providers' human papillomavirus vaccine knowledge
TL;DR: It is concluded that a brief, structured presentation increased HPV knowledge among a variety of healthcare workers, even when their baseline knowledge was low.
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A human papillomavirus vaccination program for low-income postpartum women
TL;DR: Offering the HPV vaccinepostpartum dramatically increased initiation rates among postpartum patients and those who were Hispanic or had received an influenza vaccination in the last year were more likely to initiate and complete the series through this program.
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Time to Change Dosing of Inactivated Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine in Young Children: Evidence From a Phase III, Randomized, Controlled Trial
Varsha K. Jain,Joseph B. Domachowske,Long Wang,Opokua Ofori-Anyinam,Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Weber,Michael Leonardi,Nicola P. Klein,Gary Schlichter,Robert Jeanfreau,Byron L. Haney,Laurence Chu,Jo Ann S. Harris,Kwabena O. Sarpong,Amanda C. Micucio,Jyoti Soni,Vijayalakshmi Chandrasekaran,Ping Li,Bruce L. Innis +17 more
TL;DR: Double-dose IIV4 may improve protection against influenza B in some young children and simplifies annual influenza vaccination by allowing the same vaccine dose to be used for all eligible children and adults.