Weekly Recap: Recent Publications

June 27, 2019

Rollins students and faculty are frequent authors and collaborators on articles that advance research, provoke thought, and inspire action. Below are a few of this week’s publication highlights.

April M. Ballard, MPH, and Hannah Cooper, SCD, were authors on the article, “Web-Based Eligibility Quizzes to Verify Opioid Use and County Residence Among Rural Young Adults: Eligibility Screening Results from a Feasibility Study,” published in JMIR Research Protocols.

Kristin Wall, PhD, was an author on the article, “Single Mothers and Female Sex Workers in Zambia Have Similar Risk Profiles,” published in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.

Jonathan Colasanti, MD, and Carlos del Rio, MD, were authors on the article, “Marijuana use and its associations with pain, opioid dose, and HIV viral suppression among persons living with HIV on chronic opioid therapy,” published in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Fay Stephens, MPH, Neel R. Gandhi, MD, Salim Allana, MD, Angie Campbell, MA, and N. Sarita Shah, MD, were authors on the article, “Treatment Adherence among Persons Receiving Concurrent Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,” published in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Jeb Jones, PhD, was an author on the article, “Disparity in quality of infectious disease versus addiction care among patients with injection drug use-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia,” published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Kristin Wall, PhD, was an author on the article, “Using Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) for latent tuberculosis treatment – A hit or a miss? A propensity score analysis of treatment completion among 274 homeless adults in Fulton County, GA,” published in PLOS One.

Shivani A. Patel, PhD, Mohammed K. Ali, MBChB, and K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, were authors on the article, “Global Updates on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Trends and Attribution of Traditional Risk Factors,” published in Current Diabetes Reports.

Michael Goodman, MD, was an author on the article, “Interpretation of domain scores on the expanded prostate cancer index composite: How does the domain score translate into functional outcomes?” published in The Journal of Urology.

Maryann G. Delea, PhD, Jedidiah Snyder, MPH, Bethany A. Caruso, PhD, Gloria D. Sclar, MPH, and Matthew C. Freeman, PhD, were authors on the article, “Design of a parallel cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of a demand-side sanitation and hygiene intervention on sustained behavior change and mental well-being in rural and peri-urban Amhara, Ethiopia: Andilaye study protocol,” published in BMC Public Health.

Carol Hogue, PhD, and Bradley Pearce, PhD, were authors on the article, “Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and maternal and neonatal outcomes in Haiti: the importance of surveillance and data collection,” published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.