Role development of community health workers: an examination of selection and training processes in the intervention literature

MJ O'Brien, AP Squires, RA Bixby, SC Larson - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Research evaluating community health worker (CHW) programs inherently
involves these natural community leaders in the research process, and often represents …

Trends in gestational diabetes at first live birth by race and ethnicity in the US, 2011-2019

NS Shah, MC Wang, PM Freaney, AM Perak… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Gestational diabetes is associated with adverse maternal and offspring
outcomes. Objective To determine whether rates of gestational diabetes among individuals …

Social determinants of health training in US primary care residency programs: a scoping review

LA Gard, J Peterson, C Miller, N Ghosh… - Academic …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Medical training has traditionally focused on the proximate determinants of
disease, with little focus on how social conditions influence health. The authors conducted a …

Assessing validity and reliability of resting metabolic rate in six gas analysis systems

JA Cooper, AC Watras, MJ O'Brien, A Luke… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Deltatrac Metabolic Monitor (DTC)(VIASYS Healthcare Inc, SensorMedics, Yorba Linda,
CA), one of the most popular indirect calorimetry systems for measuring resting metabolic …

Evidence and challenges for translation and population impact of the diabetes prevention program

RT Ackermann, MJ O'Brien - Current diabetes reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Type 2 diabetes is common, burdensome, and preventable.
Landmark trials such as the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) demonstrated that …

Early Emphysematous Changes in Asymptomatic Smokers: Detection with 3He MR Imaging1

SB Fain, SR Panth, MD Evans, AL Wentland… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To prospectively compare apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements
derived from diffusion-weighted hyperpolarized helium 3 (3He) magnetic resonance (MR) …

Community health worker intervention to decrease cervical cancer disparities in Hispanic women

MJ O'Brien, CH Halbert, R Bixby, S Pimentel… - Journal of general …, 2010 - Springer
INTRODUCTION US Hispanic women suffer a disproportionate burden of cervical cancer,
with incidence and mortality rates almost twice that of whites. Community health workers, or …

Application of the spirometer in respiratory gated radiotherapy

T Zhang, H Keller, MJ O'Brien, TR Mackie… - Medical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The signal from a spirometer is directly correlated with respiratory motion and is ideal for
target respiratory motion tracking. However, its susceptibility to signal drift deters its …

[PDF][PDF] Indirect hemagglutination assay in patients with melioidosis in northern Australia

AC Cheng, MJ O'Brien, K Freeman, G Lum, BJ Currie - 2006 - fac.flinders.edu.au
Melioidosis is caused by the saprophytic organism Burkholderia pseudomallei. The use of
the indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) has found widespread use in areas endemic for …

Remote coaching of caregivers via telehealth: Challenges and potential solutions

DC Lerman, MJ O'Brien, L Neely, NA Call… - Journal of Behavioral …, 2020 - Springer
The use of telehealth technologies to provide clinical services to families of children with
autism and other developmental disabilities is a rapidly growing area of research. In …