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Health and health care of African refugees: an underrecognized minorityFern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, PO Box 800729, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA
J Natl Med Assoc 104:61-71. 2012..There is limited published literature on health disparities experienced by African refugees who settle in the United States...
Infant sleeping arrangements and practices during the first year of lifeFern R Hauck
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, PO Box 800729, Charlottesville, VA 22908 0729, USA
Pediatrics 122:S113-20. 2008..Our goal was to examine the sleeping arrangements for infants from birth to 1 year of age and to assess the association between such arrangements and maternal characteristics...
Identification and management of latent tuberculosis infectionFern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 0729, USA
Am Fam Physician 79:879-86. 2009..Isoniazid should be discontinued if transaminase levels are greater than three times the upper limit of normal in symptomatic patients or five times the upper limit of normal in asymptomatic patients...
Breastfeeding and reduced risk of sudden infant death syndrome: a meta-analysisFern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, PO Box 800729, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Pediatrics 128:103-10. 2011..Benefits of breastfeeding include lower risk of postneonatal mortality. However, it is unclear whether breastfeeding specifically lowers sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk, because study results have been conflicting...
Pacifiers and sudden infant death syndrome: what should we recommend?Fern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908 0729, USA
Pediatrics 117:1811-2. 2006
International trends in sudden infant death syndrome: stabilization of rates requires further actionFern R Hauck
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, PO Box 800729, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0729, USA
Pediatrics 122:660-6. 2008
Do pacifiers reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome? A meta-analysisFern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Pediatrics 116:e716-23. 2005..This meta-analysis was undertaken to quantify and evaluate the protective effect of pacifiers against SIDS and to make a recommendation on the use of pacifiers to prevent SIDS...
Racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortalityFern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Semin Perinatol 35:209-20. 2011..The content and methodologies of these interventions need to be adapted to the underlying behaviors, social influences, and technology and access issues they are meant to address...
Sleep environment and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in an urban population: the Chicago Infant Mortality StudyFern R Hauck
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
Pediatrics 111:1207-14. 2003..To examine risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with the goal of reducing SIDS mortality among blacks, which continues to affect this group at twice the rate of whites...
The contribution of prone sleeping position to the racial disparity in sudden infant death syndrome: the Chicago Infant Mortality StudyFern R Hauck
Department of Family Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
Pediatrics 110:772-80. 2002..Little is known, however, about the relationship between prone sleeping, other sleep environment factors, and the risk of SIDS in the United States and how differences in risk factors may account for disparities in mortality...
Pacifiers and breastfeeding: a systematic reviewNina R O'Connor
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908 0729, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:378-82. 2009..To summarize current evidence on the association between infant pacifier use and breastfeeding...
Modular lifestyle intervention tool: a handheld tool to assist clinicians in providing patient-tailored counselingSteven W Heim
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908-0729, USA
Ann Fam Med 3:S65-7. 2005
Spatial analysis of prostate cancer incidence and race in Virginia, 1990-1999M Norman Oliver
Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:S67-76. 2006..Racial disparities exist in prostate cancer incidence. An important contributor to these disparities may be socioeconomic status...
Physician recommendations regarding SIDS risk reduction: a national survey of pediatricians and family physiciansRachel Y Moon
Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Diana L and Stephen A Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Washington, DC, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 46:791-800. 2007..Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of death among infants. Recently, new SIDS risk factors have emerged...
New recommendations to reduce the risk of SIDS: what should we advise parents?Shahrzad Saririan
Am Fam Physician 74:1839-40. 2006
Sudden infant death syndromeCarl E Hunt
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 2480, USA
CMAJ 174:1861-9. 2006....
Sudden infant death syndromeRachel Y Moon
Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Lancet 370:1578-87. 2007..Continued research is needed to identify the pathophysiological basis of SIDS...
What do African American teen women want in health care?Fern R Hauck
Fam Med 36:357-8. 2004
Failure to detect elevated levels of carboxyhemoglobin in infants dying from SIDSRobert G Meny
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA
J Forensic Sci 47:660-2. 2002..83%); 48 age-matched controls (0.53+/-0.38%); and three individuals who died from fire related causes (41+/-20%). No statistical differences in COHb levels were detected between blood from SIDS and control infants (p = 0.43)...
Research Grants
- Comparison of Risk Factors for SIDS and Other Sudden Unexpected Deaths in InfancyFERN HAUCK; Fiscal Year: 2007....
