2024
Examining County-Level Associations between Federally Qualified Health Centers and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Political Ecology of Health Framework
Williams C, Skrip L, Adams A, Vermund S. Examining County-Level Associations between Federally Qualified Health Centers and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Political Ecology of Health Framework. Healthcare 2024, 12: 295. PMID: 38338180, PMCID: PMC10855137, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFederally Qualified Health CentersSexually transmitted infectionsQualified Health CentersCounty-level associationsAffordable Care ActHealth centersGonorrhea ratesSexually transmitted infection prevalenceSexually transmitted infection epidemicsPolitical ecology of health frameworkTreatment of sexually transmitted infectionsProviders of healthcareRates of chlamydiaMultivariate linear regression modelChlamydia ratesPlace-based characteristicsUnited StatesHealth frameworkSTI riskLinear regression modelsUS countiesCare ActKruskal-Wallis testInterquartile rangeRegression models
2016
Factors associated with declining under-five mortality rates from 2000 to 2013: an ecological analysis of 46 African countries
Kipp AM, Blevins M, Haley CA, Mwinga K, Habimana P, Shepherd BE, Aliyu MH, Ketsela T, Vermund SH. Factors associated with declining under-five mortality rates from 2000 to 2013: an ecological analysis of 46 African countries. BMJ Open 2016, 6: e007675. PMID: 26747029, PMCID: PMC4716228, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfricaBirth RateChildChild HealthChild MortalityDeveloping CountriesEconomic DevelopmentHealth ExpendituresHealth PolicyHealth ServicesHealthcare FinancingHumansInfantInfant HealthInfant MortalityMaternal HealthMaternal MortalityPatient Acceptance of Health CareSocial Determinants of HealthSocioeconomic FactorsTechnologyConceptsMortality rateAcute respiratory infectionsChild health interventionsMaternal mortality ratioU5M rateHigh ARRRespiratory infectionsPotential confoundersMaternal healthMortality ratioHealth interventionsSignificant associationAnnual rateMajority of factorsRobust linear regression modelsStudy periodM rateHealth expenditureLinear regression modelsARRTwo-thirdsRegression modelsAssociationHealthAfrican countries
2014
Assessing spatial patterns of HIV knowledge in rural Mozambique using geographic information systems
Buehler CP, Blevins M, Ossemane EB, González‐Calvo L, Ndatimana E, Vermund SH, Sidat M, Olupona O, Moon TD. Assessing spatial patterns of HIV knowledge in rural Mozambique using geographic information systems. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2014, 20: 353-364. PMID: 25430042, DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV knowledgeAntiretroviral therapyEnumeration areasMedian scorePopulation-based cluster surveyMore HIV knowledgeHIV knowledge scoresMultivariable linear regression modelsLow HIV knowledgePoor HIV knowledgeHIV knowledge levelsDistrict of residenceHealth facilitiesZambézia ProvinceNumber of childrenKnowledge scoreProgram plannersTherapyMore educationLinear regression modelsScoresAssessment toolRural MozambiqueRegression modelsRespondent age