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Considerations and challenges for eliminating asthma disparities in childrenDeborah N Pearlman
Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Program in Public Health and Department of Epidemiology, 121 South Main Street, Box G S121 2nd Floor, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Expert Rev Respir Med 6:509-12. 2012..Such interventions will be costly, but are likely to achieve long-term sustainable health benefits for children with asthma...
Inpatient charges among HIV/AIDS patients in Rhode Island from 2000-2004Kamil E Barbour
Brown University Program in Public Health, Center for Population Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Providence, RI 02912, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:3. 2009..This decrease was mainly attributable to treatment of HIV/AIDS patients with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). This study aims to evaluate the trend in inpatient charges from 2000-2004...
Tapping youth as agents for change: evaluation of a peer leadership HIV/AIDS interventionDeborah N Pearlman
Medical Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Adolesc Health 31:31-9. 2002..To evaluate the impact of a community-based HIV/AIDS peer leadership prevention program on newly enrolled peer leaders and youth enrolled as peer educators for one or more years (repeat peer leaders)...
Disparities in prenatal HIV testing: evidence for improving implementation of CDC screening guidelinesDeborah N Pearlman
Brown University, Department of Community Health, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:44S-51S. 2005..We investigated the within-group and between-group variation in prenatal HIV testing in a sample of low-income pregnant and recently postpartum women...
Neighborhood-level risk and resilience factors: an emerging issue in childhood asthma epidemiologyDeborah N Pearlman
Brown University, Program in Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Box G S121 2nd Floor, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 5:633-7. 2009..Further research, specifically longitudinal studies, needs to be carried out to determine whether findings on neighborhood-level risk and protective factors can guide the development of preventive interventions for childhood asthma...
Race disparities in childhood asthma: does where you live matter?Deborah N Pearlman
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:239-47. 2006..This study investigates whether racial/ethnic disparities in childhood asthma prevalence can be explained by differences in family and neighborhood socioeconomic position (SEP)...
The effect of a stage-matched and tailored intervention on repeat mammography(1)Melissa A Clark
Department of Community Health, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Am J Prev Med 22:1-7. 2002..Each woman in Group 3 received materials based on her stage of adoption for mammography and TTM constructs...
Neighborhood environment, racial position, and risk of police-reported domestic violence: a contextual analysisDeborah N Pearlman
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Public Health Rep 118:44-58. 2003..Data on race came from police forms legally mandated for the reporting of domestic violence and sexual assault...
Hospital readmissions for childhood asthma: the role of individual and neighborhood factorsSze Yan Liu
Brown University, Program in Public Health, Box G 5121 2, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Public Health Rep 124:65-78. 2009..This study used a Cox proportional hazards model to determine whether neighborhood characteristics are associated with risk of readmission for childhood asthma independently of individual characteristics...
Domestic violence incidents with children witnesses: findings from Rhode Island surveillance dataAnnie Gjelsvik
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Womens Health Issues 13:68-73. 2003..To reach these young children, prevention and intervention programs will need to target parents and caretakers of young children and/or pediatricians...
Improving surveillance of intimate partner violence by use of multiple data sourcesW Verhoek-Oftedahl
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Am J Prev Med 19:308-15. 2000..Estimates of incidence and prevalence vary widely, depending on the data source used. Combining information from different sources can enhance our understanding of IPV...
Hospitalizations and associated costs for principal versus additional diagnoses of asthma: implications for monitoring children's healthDeborah N Pearlman
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Med Health R I 91:199-201. 2008
From concept to practice: using the School Health Index to create healthy school environments in Rhode Island elementary schoolsDeborah N Pearlman
Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Disease Prevention and Control, 3 Capitol Hill, Cannon Bldg, Fourth Floor, Providence, RI 02908, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A09. 2005....
Screening for breast and cervical cancers: the importance of knowledge and perceived cancer survivabilityD N Pearlman
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Women Health 28:93-112. 1999..Limited knowledge about breast and cervical cancer risk factors and misperceptions about survival from cancer represent two of these barriers...
Treatment variation by insurance status for breast cancer patientsNatalie Coburn
University of Toronto, Division of Surgical Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Breast J 14:128-34. 2008..Reduction of disparities in breast cancer presentation and treatment may be possible by increasing enrollment of uninsured, program-eligible women in a state-supported screening and treatment program...
