Florida

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation. 
  • A randomized trial of behavioral management for continence with older rural women. 
  • A state-wide review of contemporary outcomes of gastric bypass in Florida: does provider volume impact outcomes? 
  • Acceptance of HIV testing during prenatal care. Perinatal Guidelines Evaluation Project. 
  • Acculturation, depression, self-esteem, and substance abuse among Hispanic men. 
  • Algal blooms and the nitrogen-enrichment hypothesis in Florida springs: evidence, alternatives, and adaptive management. 
  • An evaluation of penicillin prophylaxis during an outbreak of foodborne streptococcal pharyngitis. 
  • Animal-borne imaging reveals novel insights into the foraging behaviors and Diel activity of a large-bodied apex predator, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). 
  • Association of leukemia with radium groundwater contamination. 
  • Bilaterality and recurrence rates for lobular breast cancer: considerations for treatment. 
  • Blood pressure as a predictor of cardiovascular events in the elderly: the William Hale Research Program. 
  • Caring for the uninsured and underinsured. 
  • Changing practice locations for upper urinary tract stone disease. 
  • Characteristics of men reporting for prostate cancer screening. 
  • Characterization of Young Adult Emergency Department Users: Evidence to Guide Policy. 
  • Chiari malformation Type I surgery in pediatric patients. Part 2: complications and the influence of comorbid disease in California, Florida, and New York. 
  • Children with Chronic Lung Disease: Facilitating Smoking Cessation for their Caregivers. 
  • Children's health care use in the Healthy Kids Program. 
  • Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer. 
  • Clinical study evaluating efficacy of praziquantel in clonorchiasis. 
  • College Students' Perspectives on Campus Health Centers as a Sexual Assault Resource: A Qualitative Analysis. 
  • Combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy of undifferentiated small cell bronchogenic carcinoma. 
  • Community-based nursing: continence care for older rural women. 
  • Comparison of habitual runners and anorexia nervosa patients. 
  • Complications associated with minimally invasive decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis. 
  • Corticosteroids improve survival of children with AIDS and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. 
  • Development of a self-report measure of fearful activities for patients with low back pain: the fear of daily activities questionnaire. 
  • Dietary caffeine, fluid intake and urinary incontinence in older rural women. 
  • Digitalis use in a retirement community. 
  • Discharge competence and pattern formation in peatlands: a meta-ecosystem model of the Everglades ridge-slough landscape. 
  • Dual contraceptive method use for pregnancy and disease prevention among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women: the importance of an event-level focus for promoting safer sexual behaviors. 
  • Early Intervention during Acute Stone Admissions: Revealing "The Weekend Effect" in Urological Practice. 
  • Effect of citrus juice and SLCO2B1 genotype on the pharmacokinetics of montelukast. 
  • Effects of an education program for community pharmacists on detecting drug-related problems in elderly patients. 
  • Effects of the threat of medical malpractice litigation and other factors on birth outcomes. 
  • Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer risk in nonsmoking women. 
  • Epidemiology and visual outcomes in patients with infectious scleritis. 
  • Estimating ecological thresholds for phosphorus in the Everglades. 
  • Evaluation of an intensive strategy for follow-up and surveillance of primary breast cancer. 
  • Evaluation of temazepam and diphenhydramine as hypnotics in a nursing-home population. 
  • Evaluation of the certificate in emerging infectious disease research and the certificate in one health training programs, University of Florida. 
  • Evidence for unapparent Brucella canis infections among adults with occupational exposure to dogs. 
  • Factors associated with high hospital resource use in a population-based study of children with orofacial clefts. 
  • Failure of Medicare health maintenance organizations to control the cost of colon resections in elderly patients. 
  • Florida's response to the Physician's National Cholesterol Education Program. 
  • From genome-wide to candidate gene: an investigation of variation at the major histocompatibility complex in common bottlenose dolphins exposed to harmful algal blooms. 
  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux and worse asthma control in obese children: a case of symptom misattribution? 
  • Genomewide investigation of adaptation to harmful algal blooms in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 
  • Geography or pathology? Regional variation in atrial septal defect closure rates and techniques. 
  • Good things come in small packages: a review of the proceedings of the 2005 Academy of Molecular Imaging Meeting. 
  • Gun Violence, Mental Illness, And Laws That Prohibit Gun Possession: Evidence From Two Florida Counties. 
  • HIV and older adults: clinical outcomes in the era of HAART. 
  • HIV risks, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence among Hispanic women and their intimate partners. 
  • HIV susceptibility among Hispanic women in south Florida. 
  • Health education needs of intimate partner violence survivors: Perspectives from female survivors and social service providers. 
  • Impact of hot flashes on quality of life among postmenopausal women being treated for breast cancer. 
  • Impact of smoking and smokeless tobacco on the risk of cancer of the head and neck. 
  • Intimate partner violence, depression, and resource availability among a community sample of Hispanic women. 
  • Intraspecific and geographic variation of West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus spp.) vocalizations. 
  • Is bariatric surgery safe in academic centers? 
  • La mancha negra: substance abuse, violence, and sexual risks among Hispanic males. 
  • Lack of variation in voltage-gated sodium channels of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) exposed to neurotoxic algal blooms. 
  • Leukemia and groundwater contamination. 
  • Lung cancer in Florida. Risks associated with residence in the central Florida phosphate mining region. 
  • Marijuana use and social networks in a community outbreak of meningococcal disease. 
  • Maternal psychological distress, prenatal cortisol, and fetal weight. 
  • Medical and public health consequences of nuclear war on the State of Florida. 
  • Mental health symptoms in combat medic training: a longitudinal examination. 
  • Migration of persons with AIDS--a search for support from elderly parents? 
  • Multicenter randomized controlled trial on Duration of Therapy for Thrombosis in Children and Young Adults (the Kids-DOTT trial): pilot/feasibility phase findings. 
  • Needs and preferences for the prevention of intimate partner violence among Hispanics: a community's perspective. 
  • No evidence for zoonotic transmission of H3N8 canine influenza virus among US adults occupationally exposed to dogs. 
  • No-fault system of compensation for obstetric injury: winners and losers. 
  • Nutrient profiles in the everglades: examination along the eutrophication gradient. 
  • Obesity literacy and culture among African American women in Florida. 
  • Obstetricians' prior malpractice experience and patients' satisfaction with care. 
  • Optimal learning in a virtual patient simulation of cranial nerve palsies: the interaction between social learning context and student aptitude. 
  • Outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients > or =65 years. 
  • Participation in SEPA, a sexual and relational health intervention for Hispanic women. 
  • Patients' attitudes regarding out-of-hospital blood transfusion. 
  • Pediatric HIV infection. An update. 
  • Pharmacists as health educators and risk communicators in the early detection of prostate cancer. 
  • Population-based approaches to treatment and readmission after spinal cord injury. 
  • Predictors of depressive symptoms among Hispanic women in South Florida. 
  • Predictors of self-efficacy for HIV prevention among Hispanic women in South Florida. 
  • Prostate cancer: a significant risk factor for late-life suicide. 
  • Psychological predictors of recovery from low back pain: a prospective study. 
  • Psychosocial and cultural correlates of depression among Hispanic men with HIV infection: a pilot study. 
  • Regional variation in prosthesis choice for aortic valve replacement in older patients. 
  • Regionalization of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and implications for patient travel distance. 
  • Role orientation and community pharmacists' participation in a project to improve patient care. 
  • Sampling strategies for tissue microarrays to evaluate biomarkers in ovarian cancer. 
  • Serologic evidence of exposure to influenza D virus among persons with occupational contact with cattle. 
  • Serological evidence of ongoing transmission of dengue virus in permanent residents of Key West, Florida. 
  • Sexual violence screening practices of student health centers located on universities in Florida. 
  • Short recovery time after percutaneous liver biopsy: should we change our current practices? 
  • Spatial distribution of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inferred from stable isotopes and priority organic pollutants. 
  • Spatial vision in the echinoid genus Echinometra. 
  • Strong fungal specificity and selectivity for algal symbionts in Florida scrub Cladonia lichens. 
  • Testing different communication formats on responses to imagined risk of having versus missing the GSTM1 gene. 
  • The Affordable Care Act reduces emergency department use by young adults: evidence from three States. 
  • The Tangled Branches (Las Ramas Enredadas): sexual risk, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence among Hispanic men who have sex with men. 
  • The effects of NSAIDs on breast cancer prognostic factors. 
  • The increasing incidence of malignant gliomas and primary central nervous system lymphoma in the elderly. 
  • The lived experience of new graduate nurses working in an acute care setting. 
  • The relationship between malpractice claims history and subsequent obstetric care. 
  • The relationship between mandated community treatment and perceived barriers to care in persons with severe mental illness. 
  • The value of current nutrition information. 
  • Transnational Motherhood: Health of Hispanic Mothers in the United States Who Are Separated From Children. 
  • Treatment participation and medication adherence: effects on criminal justice costs of persons with mental illness. 
  • Trends in adrenalectomy rates, indications, and physician volume: A statewide analysis of 1816 adrenalectomies. 
  • Trends in operator and hospital procedure volume and outcomes for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, 1996 to 2001. 
  • Winners & losers: how medical malpractice disputes are resolved 
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  Keywords of People

  • Grambow, Steven C., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Muschkin, Clara G., Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy