Paul L Geltman

Summary

Affiliation: Boston University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Intestinal parasites among African refugees resettled in Massachusetts and the impact of an overseas pre-departure treatment program
    Paul L Geltman
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:657-62. 2003
  2. ncbi Daily multivitamins with iron to prevent anemia in high-risk infants: a randomized clinical trial
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Pediatrics 114:86-93. 2004
  3. ncbi The "lost boys of Sudan": functional and behavioral health of unaccompanied refugee minors re-settled in the United States
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:585-91. 2005
  4. ncbi Iron supplementation of low-income infants: a randomized clinical trial of adherence with ferrous fumarate sprinkles versus ferrous sulfate drops
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    J Pediatr 154:738-43. 2009
  5. ncbi The "lost boys" of Sudan: use of health services and functional health outcomes of unaccompanied refugee minors resettled in the U.S
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 10:389-96. 2008
  6. ncbi Caregiver health literacy and adherence to a daily multi-vitamin with iron regimen in infants
    L Kari Hironaka
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 75:376-80. 2009
  7. ncbi Pediatric clinicians can help reduce rates of early childhood caries: effects of a practice based intervention
    Nancy R Kressin
    Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities, Boston, MA, USA
    Med Care 47:1121-8. 2009
  8. ncbi Vitamin d deficiency among newly resettled refugees in massachusetts
    Katherine Penrose
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health MDPH, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 14:941-8. 2012
  9. ncbi Chronic disease and its risk factors among refugees and asylees in Massachusetts, 2001-2005
    Paul L Geltman
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Department of Pediatrics, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A51. 2010
  10. ncbi A private-sector preferred provider network model for public health screening of newly resettled refugees
    Paul L Geltman
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:196-9. 2005

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Intestinal parasites among African refugees resettled in Massachusetts and the impact of an overseas pre-departure treatment program
    Paul L Geltman
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:657-62. 2003
    ..86). Empirically treating refugees prior to departure for the United States appears to have resulted in decreases in intestinal helminths and possibly some protozoans among African refugees tested shortly after arrival in this country...
  2. ncbi Daily multivitamins with iron to prevent anemia in high-risk infants: a randomized clinical trial
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Pediatrics 114:86-93. 2004
    ..The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of multivitamins with iron as prophylaxis against iron deficiency and anemia in infancy...
  3. ncbi The "lost boys of Sudan": functional and behavioral health of unaccompanied refugee minors re-settled in the United States
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:585-91. 2005
    ..To assess the functional and behavioral health of unaccompanied Sudanese refugee minors approximately 1 year after resettlement in the United States...
  4. ncbi Iron supplementation of low-income infants: a randomized clinical trial of adherence with ferrous fumarate sprinkles versus ferrous sulfate drops
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    J Pediatr 154:738-43. 2009
    ..To determine whether low-income infants' adherence to nutritional supplementation with ferrous fumarate sprinkles was better than that with ferrous sulfate drops...
  5. ncbi The "lost boys" of Sudan: use of health services and functional health outcomes of unaccompanied refugee minors resettled in the U.S
    Paul L Geltman
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 10:389-96. 2008
    ..This was also the case for those with PTSD compared to those without it. In linear regression analyses, reported receipt of mental health counseling did not impact either positively or negatively on the score of any CHQ scale...
  6. ncbi Caregiver health literacy and adherence to a daily multi-vitamin with iron regimen in infants
    L Kari Hironaka
    Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 75:376-80. 2009
    ..To determine whether or not limited caregiver health literacy is associated with adherence to a daily multi-vitamin with iron regimen in infants...
  7. ncbi Pediatric clinicians can help reduce rates of early childhood caries: effects of a practice based intervention
    Nancy R Kressin
    Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities, Boston, MA, USA
    Med Care 47:1121-8. 2009
    ..Early childhood caries (ECC) is a serious and preventable disease which pediatric clinicians can help address by counseling to reduce risk...
  8. ncbi Vitamin d deficiency among newly resettled refugees in massachusetts
    Katherine Penrose
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health MDPH, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 14:941-8. 2012
    ..The high overall prevalence of vitamin D deficiency suggests that empiric supplementation or treatment may be preferred to testing until more is known about the long-term epidemiology of vitamin D deficiency and its consequences...
  9. ncbi Chronic disease and its risk factors among refugees and asylees in Massachusetts, 2001-2005
    Paul L Geltman
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Department of Pediatrics, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A51. 2010
    ..We examined the prevalence of risk factors for and diagnoses of chronic disease among these groups in Massachusetts...
  10. ncbi A private-sector preferred provider network model for public health screening of newly resettled refugees
    Paul L Geltman
    Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:196-9. 2005
    ..We explore the Massachusetts model of public-private collaboration within the context of federal refugee health priorities and current state fiscal restraints affecting public health programs, and demonstrate the model's accomplishments...