Connecticut

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A case-control study of exposure to organophosphate flame retardants and risk of thyroid cancer in women. 
  • Acceptance of HIV testing during prenatal care. Perinatal Guidelines Evaluation Project. 
  • Acute service delivery in a police-mental health program for children exposed to violence and trauma. 
  • Affective disorders in five United States communities. 
  • Age of first drunkenness and risks for all-cause mortality: A 27-year follow-up from the epidemiologic catchment area study. 
  • An evaluation of metrics for assessing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs): A statewide comparison. 
  • Association of State Opioid Duration Limits With Postoperative Opioid Prescribing. 
  • Associations between pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence and clinical and criminal justice outcomes among adults with co-occurring serious mental illness. 
  • Availability and prices of foods across stores and neighborhoods: the case of New Haven, Connecticut. 
  • Barriers to universal prenatal HIV testing in 4 US locations in 1997. 
  • Black-white differences in risk of becoming disabled and recovering from disability in old age: a longitudinal analysis of two EPESE populations. 
  • Black/white differences in health status and mortality among the elderly. 
  • Blood pressure and mortality risk in the elderly. 
  • Caring for older adults in a nursing wellness centre. 
  • Characteristics of Medicaid enrollees with frequent ED use. 
  • Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix: incidence, undetected disease, and diethylstilbestrol. 
  • Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study. 
  • Coping as a mediator in the relationships of spiritual well-being to mental health in black women with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Costs of criminal justice involvement among persons with serious mental illness in connecticut. 
  • Diagnosis of acute HIV infection in Connecticut. 
  • Disordered eating among adolescents: associations with sexual/physical abuse and other familial/psychosocial factors. 
  • Do women prefer care from female or male obstetrician-gynecologists? A study of patient gender preference. 
  • Early but not late convalescent plasma is associated with better survival in moderate-to-severe COVID-19. 
  • Economic Impact of Routine Cavity Margins Versus Standard Partial Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Effectiveness of switching from long-acting injectable fluphenazine or haloperidol decanoate to long-acting injectable risperidone microspheres: an open-label, randomized controlled trial. 
  • Encoded exposure to tobacco use in social media predicts subsequent smoking behavior. 
  • Endovascular aneurysm repair is associated with less malnutrition than open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • Enhancing awareness of hospice through physician assisted living: public health perspectives. 
  • Established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly: study design and methodology. 
  • Evaluating the impact of menu labeling on food choices and intake. 
  • Evaluation of consumer understanding of different front-of-package nutrition labels, 2010-2011. 
  • Excess costs of hospital care associated with neonatal candidemia. 
  • Exogenous hormone use, reproductive factors, and risk of intracranial meningioma in females. 
  • Extreme risk protection orders in response to threats of multiple victim/mass shooting in six U.S. states: A descriptive study. 
  • Feasibility study of respiratory questionnaire and peak flow recordings in autobody shop workers exposed to isocyanate-containing spray paint: observations and limitations. 
  • Final report of the Lyme disease review panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 
  • Functional disability among elderly blacks and whites in two diverse areas: the New Haven and North Carolina EPESE. Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. 
  • Gender-specific participation and outcomes among jail diversion clients with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. 
  • High, usual and impaired functioning in community-dwelling older men and women: findings from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging. 
  • High-Intensity Sweeteners in Alternative Tobacco Products. 
  • Hospice policy and patterns of care. 
  • Identification of population at risk for future Clostridium difficile infection following hospital discharge to be targeted for vaccine trials. 
  • Infant birth weight among women with or at high risk for HIV infection: the impact of clinical, behavioral, psychosocial, and demographic factors. 
  • Influence of Criminal Justice Involvement and Psychiatric Diagnoses on Treatment Costs Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness. 
  • International surgery and the University of Connecticut experience: lessons from a short-term surgical mission. 
  • Medullary thyroid microcarcinoma: a population-level analysis of 310 patients. 
  • Mental health and reoffending outcomes of jail diversion participants with a brief incarceration after arraignment. 
  • Mental illness and new gun law reforms: the promise and peril of crisis-driven policy. 
  • Mohs micrographic surgery vs traditional surgical excision: a cost comparison analysis. 
  • Nursing home length of stay and spenddown in Connecticut, 1977-1986. 
  • Nutrition and physical activity randomized control trial in child care centers improves knowledge, policies, and children's body mass index. 
  • Obesity metaphors: how beliefs about the causes of obesity affect support for public policy. 
  • Partnering in the cultivation of the next generation of ethnic minority nurse scientists: responding to a compelling national agenda. 
  • Past personal history of dysphoria, social support, and psychological distress following conjugal bereavement. 
  • Predicting nursing home placement among home- and community-based services program participants. 
  • Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure. 
  • Predictors of outcome of myocarditis. 
  • Psychiatric and psychosocial correlates of sexual risk behavior among adults with severe mental illness. 
  • Quality of life after surgery for intracranial meningioma. 
  • Reliability and validity of the SF-12 health survey among people with severe mental illness. 
  • SAFE Homes: is it worth the cost? An evaluation of a group home permanency planning program for children who first enter out-of-home care. 
  • Satisfaction With Life, Coping, and Spirituality Among Urban Families. 
  • Shifting focus toward healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: The need for neonatal intensive care unit-specific NHSN definitions. 
  • Short and long-term impact of adolescent pregnancy on postpartum contraceptive use: implications for prevention of repeat pregnancy. 
  • Simultaneous medullary and differentiated thyroid cancer: a population-level analysis of an increasingly common entity. 
  • Sociodemographic and personal characteristics of adolescents engaged in weight loss and weight/muscle gain behaviors: who is doing what? 
  • Spatial analysis of body mass index and smoking behavior among WISEWOMAN participants. 
  • The NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area program. Historical context, major objectives, and study population characteristics. 
  • The association of depression and mortality in elderly persons: a case for multiple, independent pathways. 
  • The health burden of diabetes for the elderly in four communities. 
  • The impact of depressive symptomatology on physical disability: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. 
  • The role of price, sociodemographic factors, and health in the demand for bariatric surgery. 
  • The social-environmental context of violent behavior in persons treated for severe mental illness. 
  • The use of sports references in marketing of food and beverage products in supermarkets. 
  • Thiazide diuretic agents and the incidence of hip fracture. 
  • Understanding the Research on Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Varying Results, Same Message. 
  • Unhealthy behaviors and psychosocial difficulties among overweight adolescents: the potential impact of familial factors. 
  • Use of ultrasound guidance improves central venous catheter insertion success rates among junior residents. 
  • Weight-related sports involvement in girls: who is at risk for disordered eating? 
  • Welfare policies and adolescents: exploring the roles of sibling care, maternal work schedules, and economic resources. 
  • Wellness center.