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Injury treatment among children with autism or pervasive developmental disorderSuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Family Medicine Center, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:626-33. 2008..47, 95% CI 1.13-1.90) and lower rate for sprains and strains (RR 0.54, 95% CI 0.32-0.91). Treatment for poisoning was 7.6 times as frequent, and self-inflicted injury was also 7.6 times as frequent for children with autism or PDD...- Variation in health conditions among groups of adults with disabilities in primary careSuzanne McDermott
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, USA
J Community Health 31:147-59. 2006..Some of the conditions with increased odds ratios, including depression, seizures, and dementia are secondary to the primary disability... - Health conditions among women with a disabilitySuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:713-20. 2007.... - Heart disease, schizophrenia, and affective psychoses: epidemiology of risk in primary careSuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA
Community Ment Health J 41:747-55. 2005..Patients with schizophrenia had increased relative risk for obesity, congestive heart failure, dementia, depression and death, while patients with affective psychoses had increased risk for dementia and diabetes... - Depression in adults with disabilities, in primary careSuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Disabil Rehabil 27:117-23. 2005..This research was design to answer the question: Does the prevalence of depression differ between adults with and without disability, in the same family medicine practice?.. - Prevalence of epilepsy in adults with mental retardation and related disabilities in primary careSuzanne McDermott
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA
Am J Ment Retard 110:48-56. 2005..Nonetheless, during each decade the prevalence of epilepsy was higher in all of the disability groups compared to those without disability... 
Trichomoniasis in pregnancy and mental retardation in childrenJoshua R Mann
School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 3209 Colonial Dr, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:891-9. 2009..This study examines the association between maternal trichomoniasis and intellectual disability (ID) in children...- Maternal pre-eclampsia is associated with childhood epilepsy in South Carolina children insured by MedicaidJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29210, USA
Epilepsy Behav 20:506-11. 2011..We examined the association between maternal pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PE) and childhood epilepsy... 
Soil metal concentrations and toxicity: associations with distances to industrial facilities and implications for human healthC Marjorie Aelion
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, United States
Sci Total Environ 407:2216-23. 2009..In contrast to Area C, both rural areas had lower concentrations of metals, lower soil toxicity, and a small number of facilities with significant associations between distance and soil metals...- Are clusters of mental retardation correlated with clusters of developmental delay?Huiling Zhen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, USA
Geospat Health 4:17-26. 2009..060) and 0.17 (P = 0.044), respectively. Our finding suggests that locations of high risk for the more severe condition, MR, also identify a spatial area where less severe cases of DD might be present, however the reverse is not the case... - Uncovering the complex relationship between pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and cerebral palsyJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 25:100-10. 2011..Some of the association is probably attributable to high risk of preterm birth because of early pre-eclampsia, while a 'direct' effect of pre-eclampsia on fetal brain development also seems likely... - Evaluation of medical student performance on objective structured clinical exams with standardized patients with and without disabilitiesRachel S Brown
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Acad Med 85:1766-71. 2010..To investigate whether medical students' performance on a family medicine clerkship objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) differed when the standardized patient (SP) had a disability versus when the SP did not have a disability... - Children with hearing loss and increased risk of injuryJoshua R Mann
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Family Medicine Center, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:528-33. 2007..To test this hypothesis, this study compared rates of emergency department or hospital treatment for injury among Medicaid-insured South Carolina children with and without a diagnosis of hearing loss... - Pre-eclampsia, birth weight, and autism spectrum disordersJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, 29203, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 40:548-54. 2010..Additional research is needed to investigate the potential mechanism(s) by which pre-eclampsia/eclampsia may influence ASD risk... - Maternal genitourinary infection appears to synergistically increase the risk of epilepsy in children of women with epilepsySuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Neuroepidemiology 34:117-22. 2010..Research is lacking on whether maternal genitourinary infection has a different effect on children of women with epilepsy compared to children of women without epilepsy... - Sexually transmitted infection is associated with increased risk of preterm birth in South Carolina women insured by MedicaidJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 23:563-8. 2010.... - Maternal genitourinary infection and small for gestational ageJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
Am J Perinatol 26:667-72. 2009..Maternal GU infection generally was not associated with SGA, though there may be an association for second-trimester infections only. Even this association was modest and may not be clinically significant... - Obesity among people with and without mental retardation across adulthoodRobert Moran
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Obes Res 13:342-9. 2005..DISCUSSION: Throughout the adult years, an increasing proportion of individuals with and without MR are obese. However, obesity is not a chronic state; many people transition back to a normal body weight... - A spatial analysis of mental retardation of unknown cause and maternal residence during pregnancyHuiling Zhen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 292029, USA
Geospat Health 2:173-82. 2008.... - Probability of intellectual disability is associated with soil concentrations of arsenic and leadSuzanne McDermott
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, United States
Chemosphere 84:31-8. 2011..This study describes the complex association between soil concentrations of As combined with Pb and the probability of intellectual disability (ID) in children... - Teaching medical students about disability in family medicineCatherine Leigh Graham
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Interagency Office on Disability and Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Fam Med 41:542-4. 2009..Questionnaires were administered to students at the beginning and completion of the clerkship. Analyses of 71 matched questionnaires reveal that knowledge and attitudes were positively impacted... - Associations of estimated residential soil arsenic and lead concentrations and community-level environmental measures with mother-child health conditions in South CarolinaC Marjorie Aelion
School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 715 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Health Place 18:774-81. 2012..02) and negatively associated with frequency of white mothers (all p < 0.01), suggesting a racial disparity with respect to Pb... - Availability of physical activity resources in the environment for adults with intellectual disabilitiesErin K Howie
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Disabil Health J 5:41-8. 2012..Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high rates of physical inactivity, yet little is known about the prevalence of facilitators and barriers in the built environment contributing to these high rates... - Are maternal genitourinary infection and pre-eclampsia associated with ADHD in school-aged children?Joshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
J Atten Disord 15:667-73. 2011..To investigate the hypothesis that maternal genitourinary infection (GU) infection is associated with increased risk of ADHD... - Healthy behavior change of adults with mental retardation: attendance in a health promotion programJoshua Mann
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA
Am J Ment Retard 111:62-73. 2006..Participation in the program was associated with a reduction of 0.8 BMI or approximately 2.3 kg for 26% of the participants. Increased knowledge about healthy diet and exercise was the most significant mediator of program impact on BMI... - Identifying natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in urban and rural soils using GIS-based data, PCA, and spatial interpolationHarley T Davis
University of South Carolina, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Environ Pollut 157:2378-85. 2009..Arsenic had low commonality estimates, was highly associated with a third PCA factor, and had a complex distribution, complicating mitigation strategies to minimize concentrations and exposures... - Treatment of trichomoniasis in pregnancy and preterm birth: an observational studyJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:493-7. 2009..To investigate the association between treatment of maternal trichomoniasis with oral metronidazole and preterm birth... - Metal concentrations in rural topsoil in South Carolina: potential for human health impactC Marjorie Aelion
University of South Carolina, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, United States
Sci Total Environ 402:149-56. 2008.... - Overweight and obesity among children with Down syndrome: a descriptive study of children attending a Down syndrome clinic in South CarolinaJason Hawn
J S C Med Assoc 105:64-8. 2009..In addition, they need to be aware of other health care concerns in these special children... - When are fetuses and young children most susceptible to soil metal concentrations of arsenic, lead and mercury?Suzanne McDermott
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 3:265-72. 2012..The covariates that remained in the final models were also temporally associated with ID... - The risk of intellectual disability in children born to mothers with preeclampsia or eclampsia with partial mediation by low birth weightMargaret Irene Griffith
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
Hypertens Pregnancy 30:108-15. 2011..Owing to a paucity of research connecting PE to the risk of intellectual disability (ID) in the offspring, this study examined this relationship. Furthermore, we explored how low birth weight (LBW) mediates the effect of PE on ID... - The myth and reality of disability prevalence: measuring disability for research and serviceSuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Disabil Health J 4:1-5. 2011..The credibility of disability epidemiology and the disability field is at stake... - Does race influence age of diagnosis for children with developmental delay?Joshua R Mann
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Disabil Health J 1:157-62. 2008..Racial disparities exist for a number of childhood conditions, but it is not known whether there are racial disparities in the age of diagnosis with developmental delay... - Maternal genitourinary infection and risk of cerebral palsyJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 51:282-8. 2009..To examine the association between genitourinary infection during pregnancy and cerebral palsy (CP) in children... - Evaluation of a cardiovascular health program for participants with mental retardation and normal learnersGary Ewing
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Family Practice Center, Columbia 29208, USA
Health Educ Behav 31:77-87. 2004..The mean BMI decreased by .89 for normal learners and not at all for the group with MR. However, BMI decreased by at least .75 units (or approximately 5 pounds) for 18.5% of individuals with MR and 44.3% of normal learners... - Variable selection for spatial random field predictors under a Bayesian mixed hierarchical spatial modelJi In Kim
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, USA
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 1:95-102. 2009..We present a series of simulations which outline the problem of recovering the true relationships, and also provide an empirical example... - Consultation in paediatric rehabilitation for behaviour problems in young children with cerebral palsy and/or developmental delaySuzanne McDermott
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Family Practice Center, 6 Richland Medical Park, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
Pediatr Rehabil 5:99-106. 2002..This assessment of young children with disabilities demonstrates the effectiveness of a consultation model in improving adaptive behaviour and parent attitude about their child... - Predictors of job tenure for new hires with mental retardationKristen Pierce
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Res Dev Disabil 24:369-80. 2003..5 years for food service to 2.7 years for cleaning and building services. In our group with mental retardation employment tenure was 2.2 years for food service to 2.3 years for cleaning and janitorial services... - Maternal hypertension and intrapartum fever are associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke during infancyJoshua R Mann
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 55:58-64. 2013..To examine maternal hypertension, diabetes, and intrapartum fever as potential risk factors for ischemic stroke in infants... - Analysis of hospital use for injury among individuals with mental retardationDeli Wang
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Inj Control Saf Promot 9:107-11. 2002..In general, there were notable differences in the types of injuries and the hospital usage patterns between the group with and without MR... - Factors associated with attitudes toward medication use by pregnant women, with implications for prenatal care providersSuzanne McDermott
Department of Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 6 Richland Medical Park, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
J S C Med Assoc 98:7-11. 2002....