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Wake me up when there's a crisis: progress on state pandemic influenza ethics preparednessJames C Thomas
MEASURE Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA
Am J Public Health 101:2080-2. 2011..Some state health departments may be destined to gain an appreciation for ethics through ethical mishaps...
Social structure, race, and gonorrhea rates in the southeastern United StatesJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Ethn Dis 13:362-8. 2003..In particular, we were interested in aspects of race other than the proportion of Blacks in a population, including the potential influence of under-reporting of infections...- High rates of incarceration as a social force associated with community rates of sexually transmitted infectionJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Infect Dis 191:S55-60. 2005..The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. Some populations experience both high rates of incarceration and high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)... - Genomics and the public health code of ethicsJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2799 7435, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2139-43. 2005..In addition, the concerns raised by genomics highlight areas of our understanding of the ethical principles of public health in which further refinement may be necessary... - An interagency network perspective on HIV preventionJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:71-5. 2007..The objective of this study was to describe the network structures of agencies and individuals engaged in HIV prevention in a North Carolina county... - From slavery to incarceration: social forces affecting the epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases in the rural SouthJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:S6-10. 2006..Each of these forces led to sexual and care-seeking behaviors that favor transmission of STDs... - Incarceration as forced migration: effects on selected community health outcomesJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1762-5. 2006..We estimated the effects of high incarceration rates on rates of sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies... - Ethics in a pandemic: a survey of the state pandemic influenza plansJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Am J Public Health 97:S26-31. 2007..Although some states acknowledged the need for ethical decisionmaking, very few prescribed how it should happen. If faced by a pandemic in the near future, we stand the risk of making many unjust and regrettable decisions... - Incarceration and sexually transmitted infections: a neighborhood perspectiveJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
J Urban Health 85:90-9. 2008..The statistical associations and stories of the effects of incarceration on sexual relationships provide additional evidence of unintended community health consequences of high rates of incarceration... - Pulling together: interagency coordination and HIV/STD preventionJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, Campus Box 7435, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:E1-6. 2008..The measures of network exchanges employed in this study may be appropriate for future assessment of service provision of funded prevention programs... 
Ethical decision making in a crisis: a case study of ethics in public health emergenciesJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 15:E16-21. 2009..The recommendations are likely relevant to many state, city, and county public health departments throughout the United States...- Neighborhood factors affecting rates of sexually transmitted diseases in ChicagoJames C Thomas
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Urban Health 87:102-12. 2010..6 (95% CI 124.4, 204.7) cases per 100,000. Factors that undermine the social fabric of a community can become manifest in health outcomes such as STDs. The effects of high rates of incarceration on neighborhoods merit further exploration... - Teaching ethics in schools of public healthJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435 USA
Public Health Rep 118:279-86. 2003 - Trust and collaboration in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseasesJ C Thomas
Dept of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 2104 B McGavran Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Public Health Rep 116:540-7. 2001..Each participant in the collaboration played a role in establishing or building upon trust with others. These trusting relationships were critical for empowering a marginalized group at high risk for STDs... - Prevalence of HIV-associated periodontitis and chronic periodontitis in a southeastern US study groupR G McKaig
Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7450, USA
J Public Health Dent 58:294-300. 1998..This study estimates factors associated with the prevalence of HIV-associated periodontal diseases (HIV-P) and the severity and extent of periodontitis in HIV-infected adults from North Carolina (NC)... - What's driving an epidemic? The spread of syphilis along an interstate highway in rural North CarolinaR L Cook
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Am J Public Health 89:369-73. 1999..The purpose of this study was to determine whether county syphilis rates were increased along Interstate Highway 95 (I-95) in North Carolina during a recent epidemic... - Evaluation and lessons learned from a lay health advisor programme to prevent sexually transmitted diseasesJ C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
Int J STD AIDS 11:812-8. 2000..Consistent condom use with main partners increased by 23%. An LHA intervention in this population appears efficacious for improving STD-related care seeking behaviours but the effect on condom use with main partners is less clear... - Things ain't what they ought to be: social forces underlying racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted diseases in a rural North Carolina countyJ C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7400, USA
Soc Sci Med 49:1075-84. 1999..Knowledge of social forces and their effects is critical for designing and evaluating interventions to prevent STDs and to decrease extreme racial disparities in rates of disease... - When is sex safe? Insiders' views on sexually transmitted disease prevention and treatmentM A McDonald
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilll, USA
Health Educ Behav 28:624-42. 2001..The authors compare and contrast their worldview with the public health concepts of primary and secondary STD prevention... - Factors associated with periodontitis in an HIV-infected southeast USA studyR G McKaig
Department of Dental Ecology, CB 7450 School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599 7450, USA
Oral Dis 6:158-65. 2000.... - Domestic violence and sexually transmitted diseases: the experience of prenatal care patientsS L Martin
Dept of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
Public Health Rep 114:262-8. 1999.... - Do the wealthy have a health advantage? Cardiovascular disease risk factors and wealthA Hajat
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA
Soc Sci Med 71:1935-42. 2010.... - Late diagnosis of HIV in young men in North CarolinaElizabeth A Torrone
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Raleigh, NC 27599, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:846-8. 2007 - Variations in the effect of incarceration on community gonorrhoea rates, Guilford County, North Carolina, 2005-2006K A Porter
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Int J STD AIDS 21:34-8. 2010..Using a spatial model, we found evidence that the association varies across the county. The association between incarceration and gonorrhoea varies by the rate of incarceration and geographically... - The social ecology of syphilisJ C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7400, USA
Soc Sci Med 48:1081-94. 1999..The hypotheses generated by this study may also lead to a better measurement and understanding of potentially important environmental determinants of community syphilis rates, and the development of new or enhanced prevention strategies... - A study in contrasts: measures of racial disparity in rates of sexually transmitted diseaseJulia C Dombrowski
Public Health Leadership Program, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sex Transm Dis 31:149-53. 2004..Although relative measures are commonly used to express health disparities, absolute measures could have more value in public health decision-making... - Risk behavior disclosure during HIV test counselingElizabeth Ann Torrone
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:551-61. 2010..Modifications to the risk assessment process, including better explaining the role of the risk assessment in prevention counseling, may increase the validity of the data... - Do clinic-based STD data reflect community patterns?Penelope P Howards
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Int J STD AIDS 13:775-80. 2002..The utility of clinic-based studies for community-based interventions may be enhanced by collecting extra information from clinic patients with lower risk profiles... - Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C: an intra- and interclonal complex comparisonJ C Thomas
Yale University, School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
J Bacteriol 193:3409-10. 2011..Serotype 6C isolates are increasing in prevalence and becoming progressively more resistant to antibiotics. As a result, these strains are likely to become more important in the near future... - Molecular typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae causing repeated infections: evolution of porin during passage within a communityM M Hobbs
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
J Infect Dis 179:371-81. 1999..Sequence analysis of por genes revealed evidence of horizontal genetic exchange and point mutations in potential surface-exposed regions during passage in the community... - Glen or Glenda: reported gender of sex partners in two statewide HIV databasesElizabeth A Torrone
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Public Health 100:525-30. 2010..We assessed agreement of reported gender of sex partners in 2 statewide HIV databases linked by client identifiers... - Skills for the ethical practice of public healthJames C Thomas
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 11:260-1. 2005 - Identifying gaps in HIV prevention servicesElizabeth A Torrone
Department of Epidemiology, UNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Soc Work Public Health 25:327-40. 2010..Findings from this study can inform local and regional planners on how to efficiently target prevention programs, including programs aimed at reducing racial and geographic disparities in sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV... - Gender difference in HIV RNA levels: a meta-analysis of published studiesSonia Napravnik
School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 31:11-9. 2002.... - Morbidity and mortality profile of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with and without hepatitis C co-infectionAngel M Mayor
Retrovirus Research Center, and Department of Microbiology, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:239-45. 2006..Primary and secondary prevention are necessary to reduce the expanding impact of HCV infection in HIV patients... - A code of ethics for public healthJames C Thomas
Am J Public Health 92:1057-9. 2002 - The feasibility and acceptability of a multimedia hepatitis C prevention program for Hispanic HIV-infected personsAngel M Mayor
Retrovirus Research Center, Internal Medicine Department, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, USA
Ethn Dis 18:S2-195-9. 2008..We developed and implemented a multimedia educational intervention for HIV-infected IDUs, based on the Health Belief Model and social cognitive theory... - The public in public health ethics: the Public Health Society respondsTerry Brandenburg
Am J Public Health 94:7; author reply 7-8. 2004 - An agenda for public health ethicsJames C Thomas
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:329-31. 2008