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| M J TrepkaSummaryAffiliation: Florida International University Country: USA Publications
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Men who have sex with men: estimated population sizes and mortality rates by race/ethnicity, Miami-Dade County, FloridaSpencer Lieb
Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL 32399, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:485-90. 2007..Estimated numbers of men who have sex with men (MSM) by race/ethnicity and mortality rates among such MSM with HIV/AIDS are unavailable. This hampers efficient targeting of HIV/AIDS prevention and care resources...- Interactive multimedia can be used effectively in food safety educationMary Jo Trepka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:985. 2008 - Utility of the National Death Index in ascertaining mortality in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome surveillanceMary Jo Trepka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, University Park, HLS II, Room 595, 11200 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:90-8. 2011..The newly identified deaths were not previously ascertained principally because of slight differences in personal identifying information and could have been identified through improved linkages with Florida Vital Records... - Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus testing and high-risk human immunodeficiency virus behavior among 18 to 22 year-old students and nonstudents: results of the National Survey of Family GrowthMary Jo Trepka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Sex Transm Dis 37:653-9. 2010..This study characterized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and high-risk behavior among 18 to 22 year-old college students and nonstudents... - Food safety education using an interactive multimedia kiosk in a WIC setting: correlates of client satisfaction and practical issuesMary Jo Trepka
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 42:202-7. 2010..To assess acceptability of food safety education delivered by interactive multimedia (IMM) in a Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) clinic... - A pilot asthma incidence surveillance system and case definition: lessons learnedMary Jo Trepka
Office of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Miami Dade County Health Department, Miami, FL, USA
Public Health Rep 124:267-79. 2009..We sought to determine the feasibility of an asthma incidence surveillance system using voluntary reporting of asthma by outpatient clinics and emergency departments (EDs)... - High-risk sexual behavior among students of a minority-serving university in a community with a high HIV/AIDS prevalenceMary Jo Trepka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Am Coll Health 57:77-84. 2008..The authors used a stratified cluster sampling design to inform campus sexually transmitted diseases prevention programs... - Randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of an interactive multimedia food safety education program for clients of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and childrenMary Jo Trepka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, University Park, HLS II 595, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:978-84. 2008..Pregnant women and the very young are among those most susceptible to foodborne infections and at high risk of a severe outcome from foodborne infections... - An intervention to improve notifiable disease reporting using ambulatory clinicsM J Trepka
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, FL, USA
Epidemiol Infect 137:22-9. 2009..Other types of interventions should be considered to improve reporting such as simplifying the reporting process... - Food safety practices among pregnant women and mothers in the women, infants, and children program, Miami, FloridaMary Jo Trepka
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, 11200 S W 8th Street, HLS II Room 595, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
J Food Prot 70:1230-7. 2007..Although all women in the WIC program could benefit from food safety education, these findings indicate that women during their first pregnancy should especially be targeted for food safety education... - Food safety beliefs and barriers to safe food handling among WIC program clients, Miami, FloridaMary Jo Trepka
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 38:371-7. 2006..To determine beliefs about and barriers to good food safety practices among clients of a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program)... - Using surveillance data to develop and disseminate local childhood lead poisoning screening recommendations: Miami-Dade County's experienceMary Jo Trepka
Robert R Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, HLS II, Room 595, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Am J Public Health 95:556-8. 2005..1% in 1998 to 20.3% in 2002. Analysis and dissemination of blood lead surveillance data not only guide development of screening recommendations but also educate health care providers regarding the importance of childhood screening... - Inadequate syphilis screening among women with prenatal care in a community with a high syphilis incidenceMary Jo Trepka
Office of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Miami Dade County Health Department, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:670-4. 2006.... - Hepatitis B virus infection risk factors and immunity among sexually transmitted disease clinic clientsMary Jo Trepka
Office of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Miami Dade County Health Department, Miami, Florida, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:914-8. 2003..Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a sexually transmitted infection that can be prevented with hepatitis B vaccination... - Risk factors for lead poisoning among Cuban refugee childrenMary Jo Trepka
Robert R Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Public Health Rep 120:179-85. 2005..This study was designed to explore whether parental activities such as repairing cars, welding, and rebuilding car batteries are risk factors for lead poisoning among Cuban refugee children in Miami-Dade County... - Benefits and adverse effects of hepatitis C screening: early results of a screening programMary Jo Trepka
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 13:263-9. 2007..Early benefits and adverse effects of hepatitis C screening among people who screened anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive were investigated... - Diarrheal illness among women, infants, and children (WIC) program participants in Miami, Florida: implications for nutrition educationEvelyn P Davila
Florida International University, Stempel School of Public Health, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 41:420-4. 2009..To assess risk factors for diarrheal illness among clients of a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinic in Miami, FL... - Condom use among unmarried students in a Hispanic-serving universitySunny Kim
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 19:448-61. 2007..From the problem behavior theory perspective, condom use and substance use may have different behavioral origins. These findings can help target and guide the development of prevention programs in university settings... - An outbreak of typhoid Fever in Florida associated with an imported frozen fruitDolores J Katz
Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, Miami, FL 33125, USA
J Infect Dis 186:234-9. 2002..This outbreak highlights the need for new approaches to ensure the safety of our food supply... - Low postpartum rubella vaccination rates in high-risk women, Miami, Florida, 2001Sharon A Bloom
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:119-24. 2006.... - The health status of newly arrived refugee children in Miami-Dade County, FloridaPamela P Entzel
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Fla 33136, USA
Am J Public Health 93:286-8. 2003 - Cardiovascular disease mortality in Hispanics and non-Hispanic whitesCarolyn J Swenson
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:919-28. 2002..43 (95% CI: 0.21, 0.91). A statistically significant decreased risk of CVD death was observed only in male Hispanics with diabetes. Competing mortality or factors that interact with diabetes may explain these differences... - HIV/AIDS patients who move to urban Florida counties following a diagnosis of HIV: predictors and implications for HIV preventionSpencer Lieb
Florida Department of Health, Bureau of HIV AIDS, Bin A09, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 1715, USA
J Urban Health 83:1158-67. 2006..Given the high percentage of migrants in these urban Florida county clinics, these needs should be further examined and addressed...
Research Grants
- Retrospective cohort study of racial disparities in HIV survival, FloridaMary Jo Trepka; Fiscal Year: 2009..This supports the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities mission to "reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities." ..
- Retrospective cohort study of racial disparities in HIV survival, FloridaMary Jo Trepka; Fiscal Year: 2010..This supports the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities mission to "reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities." ..