Showing papers in "American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2021"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the changes in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that more than a 20-fold increase in the incidence of telemedicine utilization after March 13, 2020 was observed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 throughout the pandemic and found that nearly half of Americans are undecided or unwilling to get vaccinated against the vaccine.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the differences in COVID-19 infection, death, and testing by governor party affiliation across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted routine sexual transmitted infection services, suggesting an increase in syndromic sexually transmitted infection testing and missed asymptomatic cases.

TL;DR: Differences in vaccine hesitancy by residency could lead to geographical and sociodemographic disparities in vaccination coverage and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease.

TL;DR: The continuous increase among younger-adult never smokers suggests a rise in primary nicotine initiation with e-cigarettes, and the concomitant increase among near-term quitters of all age groups suggests continuing e-cigarette use among smokers who may have switched from cigarettes previously.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate the prevalence of food insufficiency (often the most extreme form of food insecurity), the correlates of food-insufficiency, and the associations between food-insecurity and symptoms of poor mental health in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported that the COVID-19 pandemic may have negatively impacted children's weight status owing to the closure of schools, increased food insecurity and reliance on ultraprocessed foods, and reduced opportunities for outdoor activity.

TL;DR: Evidence linking the COVID-19 crisis and associated lockdown restrictions to an increase in high-risk drinking patterns and particularly frequent drinking in British adults is provided.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether subway ridership and built environmental factors, such as population density and points of interests, are linked to the per capita COVID-19 infection rate in New York City ZIP codes, after controlling for racial and socioeconomic characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hepatitis C virus antibody testing volume and dispensed prescriptions for hepatitis C treatment by using negative binomial models and found that the number of hepatitis C RNA positive results fell by 62% in March 2020 and remained 39% below the baseline by July 2020.

TL;DR: If patients continue to have symptoms related to COVID-19, such as sore throat and rhinitis, it is reasonable to be cautious by avoiding close contact, wearing a face mask, and possibly repeating a nasopharyngeal swab.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of adults aged ≥18 years in the National Opinion Research Center's AmeriSpeak Panel who reported past 6-month use of combustible cigarettes or E-cigarettes was conducted.

TL;DR: Tobacco use prevalence among sexual minorities during 2007-2020 remained at similarly high levels as those during 1987-2007, and tobacco use disparity between sexual minorities and heterosexuals persisted in the past decade.

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of supervised injection facilities, compared with that of control conditions, for harm reduction and community outcomes, was evaluated using evidence acquisition studies from two sources: a high-quality, broader review examining supervised injection facility-induced benefits and harms (from database inception to January 2014) and an updated search using the same search strategy.

TL;DR: In a national sample of young adults, baseline social media use was independently associated with the development of depression by follow-up, but baseline depression was not associated with an increase inSocial media use at follow- up, which suggests temporal associations between social mediause and depression, an important criterion for causality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined data from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a nationally representative probability sample of non-institutionalized individuals aged ≥12 years in the U.S. (N=56,136).

TL;DR: COVID-19 mortality risk sharply increases in patients with 2 or more comorbid diseases (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases) in Mexico, however, death risk varied significantly across institutions for patients with the sameComorbidity profile.

TL;DR: There is an opportunity to include more social determinants of health variables that are known to impact cardiovascular disease risk and that recording such data in electronic databases will enable their use.

TL;DR: This study finds that Black, non-Hispanics and Hispanics have more advanced patterns of cigar smoking than White,non- hispanics, and interventions and policies for minimizing cigar smoking may differentially benefit these populations and reduce disparities.

TL;DR: In contrast to firearm owners more generally, COVID-19 firearm purchasers appear far more likely to have experienced suicidal ideation and appear less likely to use certain unsafe firearm storage methods but also report a greater number of storage changes during CO VID-19 that made firearms less secure.

TL;DR: In this article, a review provides an overview of those barriers and the innovative and collaborative solutions that health departments, healthcare organizations, and community partners have implemented to increase PrEP provision and uptake among disproportionately affected communities.

TL;DR: Measles vaccination increased in both Muslims and non-Muslims in Indonesia but has stagnated in recent years, and the relationship between religion and vaccine uptake in Indonesia should continue to be examined.

TL;DR: Sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels were effective in dissuading consumers from choosing them, and Graphic with health effect labels showed the largest impact.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined trends in opioid use disorder prevalence among older adults in the U.S. using data from the 2013-2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Master Beneficiary Summary Files (CMPS).

TL;DR: In this paper, the immediate and anticipated effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on local travel in the U.S. was quantified using the Harris Poll panel, where respondents reported the frequency of travel before and during the pandemic, and anticipated travel when normal activities resume for walking, bicycling, personal vehicle use, and public transit.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined past-year suicide thoughts, plans, and attempts among adult respondents to the 2015-2019 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (pooled N=191,954).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors implemented free community-based testing by partnering with religious leaders and leveraging the skill of trusted community health workers to identify high levels of ongoing SARS-CoV-2 transmission among primarily Latinxs with limited English proficiency.