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2. Primary care team characteristics associated with video use: a retrospective national study at the Veterans Health Administration
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Claudia Der-Martirosian, Caroline K. Yoo, W. Neil Steers, Cynthia G. Hou, Karen Chu, Jacqueline Ferguson, Maia Carter, Leonie Heyworth, and Lucinda B. Leung
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Telehealth ,Video use ,Primary care teams ,Provider characteristics ,Veterans health administration ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Abstract Objective To examine primary care (PC) team members’ characteristics associated with video use at the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Methods VA electronic data were used to identify PC team characteristics associated with any video-based PC visit, during the three-year study period (3/15/2019-3/15/2022). Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models on repeated yearly observations were used, adjusting for patient- and healthcare system-level characteristics, and study year. We included five PC team categories: 1.PC providers (PCP), which includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, 2.Nurses (RN/LVN/LPN/other nurses), 3.Mental health (MH) specialists, 4.Social workers (SW), and 5.Clinical pharmacists (PharmD). Population 54,494 PC care team members nationwide (61,728,154 PC visits; 4,916,960 patients), including 14,422 PCPs, 30,273 nurses, 2,721 MH specialists, 4,065 SWs, and 3,013 PharmDs. Results The mean age was 46.1(SD = 11.3) years; 77.1% were women. Percent of video use among PC team members varied from 24 to 84%. In fully adjusted models, older clinicians were more likely to use video compared to the youngest age group (18–29 years old) (example: 50–59 age group: OR = 1.12,95%CI:1.07–1.18). Women were more likely to use video (OR = 1.18, 95%CI:1.14–1.22) compared to men. MH specialists (OR = 7.87,95%CI:7.32–8.46), PharmDs (OR = 1.16,95%CI:1.09–1.25), and SWs (OR = 1.51,95%CI:1.41–1.61) were more likely, whereas nurses (OR = 0.65,95%CI:0.62–0.67) were less likely to use video compared to PCPs. Conclusions This study highlights more video use among MH specialists, SWs, and PharmDs, and less video use among nurses compared to PCPs. Older and women clinicians, regardless of their role, used more video. This study helps to inform the care coordination of video-based delivery among interdisciplinary PC team members.
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3. Primary care team characteristics associated with video use: a retrospective national study at the Veterans Health Administration
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Der-Martirosian, Claudia, Yoo, Caroline K., Steers, W. Neil, Hou, Cynthia G., Chu, Karen, Ferguson, Jacqueline, Carter, Maia, Heyworth, Leonie, and Leung, Lucinda B.
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- 2024
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4. Adoption and Sustained Use of Primary Care Video Visits Among Veterans with VA Video-Enabled Tablets
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Dhanani, Zainub, Ferguson, Jacqueline M., Van Campen, James, Slightam, Cindie, Heyworth, Leonie, and Zulman, Donna M.
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- 2024
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5. Time to Change How We Measure Quality of Life and Well-Being in Autism: A Systematic Review
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Simpson, Kate, Paynter, Jessica, Westerveld, Marleen, van der Meer, Larah, Patrick, Lee, Hogg, Gabrielle, Heussler, Helen, Heyworth, Melanie, Gable, Alison, Chandran, Hem Sid, Bowen, Rachael, and Adams, Dawn
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- 2024
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6. The Influence of Filling System Design on Quality Performance in Gray Iron
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Heyworth, Robert
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- 2024
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7. 20 Years of Telehealth in the Veterans Health Administration: Taking Stock of Our Past and Charting Our Future
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Heyworth, Leonie, Shah, Nilesh, and Galpin, Kevin
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- 2024
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8. Research Priorities to Expand Virtual Care Access for Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
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Wray, Charlie M., Myers, Ursula, Slightam, Cindie, Dardashti, Navid, Heyworth, Leonie, Lewinski, Allison, Kaboli, Peter, Edes, Thomas, Trueman, Kevin, and Zulman, Donna M.
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- 2024
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9. 'Somali Parents Feel Like They're on the Outer': Somali Mothers' Experiences of Parent-Teacher Relationships for Their Autistic Children
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Smith, Jodie, Rabba, Aspasia Stacey, Ali, Amal, Datta, Poulomee, Dresens, Emma, Faragaab, Nadia, Hall, Gabrielle, Heyworth, Melanie, Ige, Khadra, Lawson, Wenn, Lilley, Rozanna, Syeda, Najeeba, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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Effective parent-teacher partnerships can improve outcomes for autistic students. Yet, we know little about what effective partnerships look like for parents of autistic children from diverse backgrounds. Using participatory methods, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 Somali mothers of autistic children attending Australian kindergartens/schools to understand experiences of parent-teacher interactions. We used reflexive thematic analysis to identify key themes. We found that mothers were proud and accepting of their children. They had high expectations, particularly around children's independence. Mothers wished their children's differences were understood and supported by other people, including teachers. They were frustrated by low expectations of children, a lack of genuine communication from teachers and limited autism-specific knowledge, skills and experience within schools. They described racist attitudes towards their children and reported that they themselves had experienced stigma. They also had few sources of support to rely upon, although their non-autistic daughters and their faith were important foundations for resilience. Despite all of these challenges, mothers themselves were increasing community awareness and knowledge about autism in the hope that they and their children would be valued by others. Our work has implications for how teachers and schools can foster successful relationships with Somali parents of autistic children.
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- 2023
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10. Evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration’s Digital Divide Consult for Tablet Distribution and Telehealth Adoption: Cohort Study
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Jacqueline M Ferguson, James Van Campen, Cindie Slightam, Liberty Greene, Leonie Heyworth, and Donna M Zulman
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Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,R858-859.7 ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
BackgroundVideo telehealth offers a mechanism to help Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients overcome health care access barriers; however, many veterans lack a suitable device and sufficient internet connectivity. To address disparities in technology access, VHA established a Connected Device Program that offers veterans loaned video-capable tablets and internet service. In 2020, VHA introduced a national Digital Divide Consult to facilitate and standardize referrals for this resource. ObjectiveWe sought to evaluate the reach and impact of VHA’s Connected Device Program, leveraging Digital Divide Consult data to determine whether resources are supporting veterans with health care needs and access barriers. MethodsWe examined the reach of VHA’s Connected Device Program using national secondary data from VHA’s electronic health records among 119,926 tablet recipients who received a tablet (April 1, 2020, to February 28, 2023) and 683,219 veterans from the general VHA population. We assessed changes in tablet recipients’ demographic and clinical characteristics before and after implementation of the Digital Divide Consult compared with the general VHA population. We examined the impact of tablets and the consult on adoption of telehealth (ie, video visit use and number of visits) adjusting for differences between tablet recipients and the general VHA population. Finally, we evaluated consult implementation by assessing the use of video-based services by tablet referral reason. ResultsCommon reasons for tablet referral included mental health diagnoses (50,367/79,230, 63.9%), distance from a VHA facility >30 miles (17,228/79,230, 21.7%), and social isolation (16,161/79,230, 20.4%). Moreover, 63.0% (49,925/79,230) of individuals who received a tablet after implementation of the Digital Divide Consult had a video visit in the first 6 months of tablet receipt. Some consult reasons were associated with a higher-than-average percentage of video telehealth use, including enrollment in evidence-based mental health programs (74.8% [830/1100] with video use), living >30 miles from a VHA facility (68.3% [10,557/17,228] with video use), and having a mental health diagnosis (68.1% [34,301/50,367] with video use). Tablet recipients had nearly 3 times the likelihood of having a video visit within a month once provided a tablet compared to the general VHA population, with an adjusted risk ratio of 2.95 (95% CI 2.91-2.99) before consult implementation and 2.73 (95% CI 2.70-2.76) after consult implementation. Analyses of telehealth adoption suggested that veterans receiving tablets for mental health care and evidence-based programs have higher rates of video visits, while those who are homebound or receiving tablets for hospice have higher rates of nonuse. ConclusionsThis evaluation of VHA’s Connected Device Program suggests that tablets are facilitating video-based care among veterans with complex needs. Standardization of referrals through the Digital Divide Consult has created opportunities to identify groups of tablet recipients with lower telehealth adoption rates who might benefit from a targeted intervention.
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11. “They Were Saying That I Was a Typical Chinese Mum” : Chinese Parents’ Experiences of Parent-Teacher Partnerships for Their Autistic Children
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Smith, Jodie, Rabba, Aspasia Stacey, Cong, Lin, Datta, Poulomee, Dresens, Emma, Hall, Gabrielle, Heyworth, Melanie, Lawson, Wenn, Lee, Patricia, Lilley, Rozanna, Syeda, Najeeba, Ma, Emily, Wang, Julia, Wang, Rena, Yeow, Chong Tze, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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- 2023
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12. Exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and the relationship with lung and bladder cancer in older men, in Perth, Western Australia
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Lim, Elizabeth H., Franklin, Peter, Trevenen, Michelle L., Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Yeap, Bu B., Almeida, Osvaldo P., Hankey, Graeme J., Golledge, Jonathan, Etherton-Beer, Christopher, Flicker, Leon, Robinson, Suzanne, and Heyworth, Jane
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- 2023
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13. The association of circadian parameters and the clustering of fatigue, depression, and sleep problems in breast cancer survivors: a latent class analysis
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de Rooij, Belle H., Ramsey, Imogen, Clouth, Felix J., Corsini, Nadia, Heyworth, Jane S., Lynch, Brigid M., Vallance, Jeff K., and Boyle, Terry
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- 2023
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14. 'Peas in a Pod': Oral History Reflections on Autistic Identity in Family and Community by Late-Diagnosed Adults
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Lilley, Rozanna, Lawson, Wenn, Hall, Gabrielle, Mahony, Joanne, Clapham, Hayley, Heyworth, Melanie, Arnold, Samuel, Trollor, Julian, Yudell, Michael, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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In this paper, we report on a participatory oral history study documenting the lives of late-diagnosed autistic adults in Australia. We interviewed 26 autistic adults about their life history and the impact of late diagnosis. All were diagnosed after the age of 35, growing up in an era when autism was not well known. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we uncovered a rich body of reflections on shared Autistic identity and identified three major themes within that data set: 'conceptualising the Autistic family', 'creating Autistic community', and 'contesting Autistic identity'. Overall, the study provides insights into the active creation of shared Autistic identity and the importance of Autistic community to these late-diagnosed autistic adults.
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- 2023
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15. 'It's Really Important to Be Collaborating': Experiences of Participatory Research for Chinese and Vietnamese Parents of Autistic Children
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Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Poulomee Datta, Emma Dresens, Rena Wang, Lin Cong, Ngoc Dang, Gabrielle Hall, Melanie Heyworth, Wenn Lawson, Patricia Lee, Rozanna Lilley, Emily Ma, Hau T. T. Nguyen, Kim-Van Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Chong Tze Yeow, and Elizabeth Pellicano
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Background and aims: Participatory research involves academic partners working together with the community that is affected by research to make decisions about that research. Such approaches often result in research that is more respectful of, and responsive to, community preferences -- and is vital in the context of autism research with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Whilst participatory approaches are becoming more commonplace within CALD autism research, no studies have explored the experiences of being involved in autism research from the perspectives of CALD community partners over the course of a study. This paper intended to address this gap by reporting on the experiences of CALD parents of autistic children who were community partners in a 1-year Australian research project exploring home-school partnerships for CALD parents of autistic children. We aimed to: (1) report on how parents' involvement in the research process shaped the home-school partnerships study over time and (2) understand their experiences of being community partners on the home-school partnerships project. Methods: Using key principles of participatory approaches, we established Chinese and Vietnamese parent advisory groups to contribute to a project exploring home-school partnerships for parents of autistic children from CALD backgrounds in Australia. Advisory groups included parents of autistic children from Chinese/Vietnamese backgrounds, as well as interpreters, professionals and researchers. We documented how parents' participation as community partners shaped the home-school partnerships study over the course of the project. We also elicited parents' own views and experiences of being community partners through informal, open-ended questions at the beginning and end of the study. Results: We found that parents' input fundamentally shaped the broader home-school partnership study, from meaningful, accurate translation of interview schedules through to making decisions regarding community-specific recommendations and dissemination plans. Parents themselves reported being keen to collaborate and to hear and share opinions for the purpose of the home-school partnership study -- although they noted how emotionally difficult sharing their stories could be. While they initially had some concerns about combining being involved as a community partner with their existing responsibilities, ultimately, parents were surprised by the scope of the home-school partnership study and their level of involvement as community partners. Through hearing others' stories and sharing their own in advisory group meetings, parents reported ancillary benefits of their involvement, including increased self-advocacy and well-being. Conclusions: These findings show how research that is conducted in partnership "with" diverse members of the autism community has the capacity to improve the quality of the research and benefit community partners. Implications: This study clearly documents the benefits and potential challenges of participatory approaches with CALD communities. These findings emphasise to researchers and funders the importance of including extra time and money within budgets in order to produce meaningful research that is respectful and responsive to communities.
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16. Post-Pandemic Marketing: Use of Business Crisis Recovery Frameworks to Enhance Entrepreneurial Marketing Education
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Jones, Rosalind, Morrish, Sussie C., Heyworth-Thomas, Elizabeth M., and Graham, Edith
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This article investigates entrepreneurial marketing (EM) and use of business recovery frameworks within experiential learning cycles (ELC)s to investigate post-COVID learning techniques during the learning process. Three distinct post-graduate learner cohorts took part in the study consisting of part-time MBA entrepreneurs from the United Kingdom, part-time upGrad MBA students from India (managers and marketers in large firms) and full-time MCom (Masters in Commerce) marketing students in New Zealand. This inductive study uses coursework artifacts, student feedback with thematic coding, and analysis from live business projects. Use of the post-disaster business recovery framework led to deeper learning, increased understanding, and generation of insights and new knowledge. Both student learner and entrepreneurial marketer skills and competencies are evidenced as essential for business resilience and growth in post-pandemic environments, while the framework aided co-creation of learning between the student and the focal business. Implications for marketing educators are offered together with future opportunities for education research in the EM education, entrepreneurship education and marketing fields. The study will allow educators to understand the three student typologies, leading to effective and impactful pedagogy in EM education.
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17. 'They Were Saying That I Was a Typical Chinese Mum': Chinese Parents' Experiences of Parent-Teacher Partnerships for Their Autistic Children
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Smith, Jodie, Rabba, Aspasia Stacey, Cong, Lin, Datta, Poulomee, Dresens, Emma, Hall, Gabrielle, Heyworth, Melanie, Lawson, Wenn, Lee, Patricia, Lilley, Rozanna, Syeda, Najeeba, Ma, Emily, Wang, Julia, Wang, Rena, Yeow, Chong Tze, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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Effective parent-teacher partnerships improve outcomes for autistic students. Yet, we know little about what effective partnerships look like for parents of autistic children from different backgrounds. We conducted interviews with 17 Chinese parents of autistic children attending Australian kindergartens/schools to understand their experiences. Parents appreciated the acceptance, opportunities and supports they received in Australia. They had high expectations of children; expectations not often shared by educators. Parents were respectful of teachers' expertise and polite and undemanding in interactions. Nevertheless, parents were frustrated by inconsistent teaching quality and inadequate communication. Navigating systems was also challenging and parents faced discrimination from teachers and their community. Recommendations include fostering open home-school communication, proactively seeking parents' expertise about children and explicitly scaffolding parents' self-advocacy.
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18. Implementation of Video-Based Care in Interdisciplinary Primary Care Settings at the Veterans Health Administration: Qualitative Study
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Claudia Der-Martirosian, Cynthia Hou, Sona Hovsepian, Maia Diarra Carter, Leonie Heyworth, Aram Dobalian, and Lucinda Leung
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BackgroundWith the rapid shift to telehealth, there remains a knowledge gap in how video-based care is implemented in interdisciplinary primary care (PC) settings. ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of how video telehealth services were implemented in PC from the perspectives of patients and interdisciplinary PC team members at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 2 years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodsWe applied a positive and negative deviance approach and selected the 6% highest (n=8) and the 6% lowest (n=8) video-using PC sites in 2022 from a total of 130 VHA medical centers nationally. A total of 12 VHA sites were included in the study, where 43 PC interdisciplinary team members (August-October 2022) and 25 patients (February-May 2023) were interviewed. The 5 domains from the diffusion of innovation theory and the nonadoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS) framework guided the development of the 2 study interview guides (provider and patient). We identified themes that emerged across all interviews that were associated with the implementation of video-based care in interdisciplinary PC settings, using directed-content rapid analysis of the interview transcripts. The analysis was guided by 5 a priori NASSS domains: (1) patient condition or characteristic, (2) technology, (3) adopter system, (4) health care organization, and (5) adaptation over time. ResultsThe study findings include the following common themes and factors, organized by the 5 NASSS domains: (1) patient condition or characteristic—visit type or purpose (eg, follow-up visits that do not require physical examination), health condition (eg, homebound or semihomebound patients), and sociodemographic characteristic (eg, patients who have a long commute time); (2) technology—key features (eg, access to video-enabled devices), knowledge (eg, how to use videoconferencing software), and technical support for patients and providers; (3) adopter system—changes in staff roles and clinical practice (eg, coordination of video-based care), provider and patient preference or comfort to use video-based care, and caregiver’s role (eg, participation of caregivers during video visits); (4) health care organization—leadership support and access to resources, scheduling for video visits (eg, schedule or block off digital half or full days), and training and telehealth champions (eg, hands-on or on-site training for staff, patients, or caregivers); (5) adaptation over time—capacity to improve all aspects of video-based care and provide continued access to resources (eg, effective communication about updates). ConclusionsThis study identified key factors associated with the implementation of video-based services in interdisciplinary PC settings at the VHA from the perspectives of PC team members and patients. The identified multifaceted factors may inform recommendations on how to sustain and improve the provision of video-based care in VHA PC settings as well as non-VHA patient-centered medical homes.
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19. The Foundations of Autistic Flourishing
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Pellicano, Elizabeth and Heyworth, Melanie
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- 2023
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20. Pediatric and Adolescent Shoulder Instability
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Kay, Jeffrey, Heyworth, Benton E., Milewski, Matthew D., and Kramer, Dennis E.
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- 2023
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21. Incorporating TechQuity in Virtual Care Within the Veterans Health Administration: Identifying Future Research and Operations Priorities
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Walsh, Conor, Sullivan, Caitlin, Bosworth, Hayden B., Wilson, Sarah, Gierisch, Jennifer M., Goodwin, Kaitlyn B., Mccant, Felicia, Hoenig, Helen, Heyworth, Leonie, Zulman, Donna M., Turvey, Carolyn, Moy, Ernest, and Lewinski, Allison A.
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- 2023
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22. Building large-scale registries from unstructured clinical notes using a low-resource natural language processing pipeline
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Tavabi, Nazgol, Pruneski, James, Golchin, Shahriar, Singh, Mallika, Sanborn, Ryan, Heyworth, Benton, Landschaft, Assaf, Kimia, Amir, and Kiapour, Ata
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- 2024
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23. Creating experiential learning opportunities in enterprise education: an example of a facilitator-led business simulation game in a taught setting
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Heyworth-Thomas, Elizabeth M.
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- 2023
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24. Expansion of telemedicine during COVID-19 at a VA specialty clinic
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Balut, Michelle D, Wyte-Lake, Tamar, Steers, William Neil, Chu, Karen, Dobalian, Aram, Ziaeian, Boback, Heyworth, Leonie, and Der-Martirosian, Claudia
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Health Services and Systems ,Health Sciences ,Rural Health ,Health Services ,Clinical Research ,Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) ,Good Health and Well Being ,Ambulatory Care Facilities ,COVID-19 ,Humans ,Pandemics ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Telemedicine ,Telehealth ,Cardiology ,Healthcare providers ,Health services and systems - Abstract
BackgroundCOVID-19 rapidly accelerated the implementation of telemedicine in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) specialty care clinics. This mixed-methods study was conducted at a VA medical center to understand the use of telemedicine, and the barriers and facilitators to its implementation, in cardiology outpatient clinics.MethodsQuantitative analyses modeled monthly trends of telemedicine use over 24-months (March 2019-March 2021) with segmented logistic regression and adjusted for socio-demographic predictors of patient-level telemedicine use. Qualitative interviews were conducted (July-October 2020) with eight cardiology clinicians.ResultsAt the onset of COVID-19, likelihood of telemedicine use was ∼12 times higher than it was pre-COVID-19 (p
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25. Resurrect3D: An Open and Customizable Platform for Visualizing and Analyzing Cultural Heritage Artifacts
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Romphf, Joshua, Neuman-Donihue, Elias, Heyworth, Gregory, and Zhu, Yuhao
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Art and culture, at their best, lie in the act of discovery and exploration. This paper describes Resurrect3D, an open visualization platform for both casual users and domain experts to explore cultural artifacts. To that end, Resurrect3D takes two steps. First, it provides an interactive cultural heritage toolbox, providing not only commonly used tools in cultural heritage such as relighting and material editing, but also the ability for users to create an interactive "story": a saved session with annotations and visualizations others can later replay. Second, Resurrect3D exposes a set of programming interfaces to extend the toolbox. Domain experts can develop custom tools that perform artifact-specific visualization and analysis.
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26. Fragments under the Lens: A Case Study of Multispectral versus Hyperspectral Imaging for Manuscript Recovery
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Zawacki, Alexander J., Huskin, Kyle Ann, Davies, Helen, Kleynhans, Tania, Messinger, David, and Heyworth, Gregory
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- 2023
27. 'A Way to Be Me': Autobiographical Reflections of Autistic Adults Diagnosed in Mid-to-Late Adulthood
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Lilley, Rozanna, Lawson, Wenn, Hall, Gabrielle, Mahony, Joanne, Clapham, Hayley, Heyworth, Melanie, Arnold, Samuel R. C., Trollor, Julian N., Yudell, Michael, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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In this article, we report on an oral history study documenting the lives of autistic adults in Australia. This qualitative study, co-produced with autistic researchers, offers insight into the lived experiences of autistic adults diagnosed in mid-to-late adulthood. Oral history methodology was utilised to understand the experiences of autistic adults who grew up in an era before autism was well-known. The 26 interviewees were born before 1975, receiving a clinical autism diagnosis after age 35 years. All interviews were conducted by autistic researchers, transcribed and thematically analysed by a team of autistic and non-autistic researchers using the six-step process outlined by Braun and Clarke. We identified four themes relating to perceptions of the self: being different, exploring identity, the suffering self and being Autistic. Some interviewees reported a direct relationship between trauma, negative self-conceptions and suffering. For most, formal diagnosis had positive impacts on sense of self, contributing to a greater focus on strengths. Contra research suggesting autistic impairments in self-awareness, these interviewees demonstrated a deep capacity for self-reflection, highlighting the variability of autistic lives and the socio-historical contexts that shape individual biographies, including experiences of stigma and discrimination as well as the empowering potential of identifying as autistic.
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28. Creating experiential learning opportunities in enterprise education: an example of a facilitator-led business simulation game in a taught setting
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Elizabeth M. Heyworth-Thomas
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Collaborative learning ,Enterprise education ,Experiential education ,Business simulation game ,Challenge learning ,Problem learning ,Social Sciences - Abstract
Purpose – Simulation in education has been well documented. Business simulation games (BSGs) are often digital and run by a third-party provider. This can create barriers to engagement from educator and student perspectives. This paper explores a facilitator-led BSG, posing the question: can facilitator-led BSGs provide practical experiential learning experiences within a taught setting. Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory inductive research recruited a sample of 45 student participants, an external examiner and a module leader. Qualitative data were collected using focus group discussion, participant obsession and facilitator reflection. Mixed-method feedback forms were also used. Findings – The facilitator-led BSG offered a flexible approach to challenge or problem-based learning, experiential learning, collaborative learning and critical reflection. Student feedback was positive, and there was an increase in engagement within all elements of the module. Originality/value – This paper presents a case study example of the implementation of a facilitator-led BSG, providing an alternative solution for teaching practitioners to structured simulations run by third-party hosts. This paper highlights a flexible approach to student-centric experiential and challenging learning through enterprise education within small-group settings. There are opportunities for further evaluation and exploration of the notion, which can be developed from this paper in future works.
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29. Fixation for knee cartilage injuries—an international Delphi consensus statement
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Meyer, Alex M., Hurley, Eoghan T., Danilkowicz, Richard M., Carey, James L., Heyworth, Benton E., Perkins, Crystal, Saithna, Adnan, Saris, Daniel B.F., Sgaglione, Nicholas A., Taylor, Dean C., and Bradley, Kendall E.
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30. COVID-19, Social Isolation and the Mental Health of Autistic People and Their Families: A Qualitative Study
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Pellicano, Elizabeth, Brett, Simon, den Houting, Jacquiline, Heyworth, Melanie, Magiati, Iliana, Steward, Robyn, Urbanowicz, Anna, and Stears, Marc
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its policy responses have had a detrimental effect on millions of people's mental health. Here, we investigate its impact on autistic people and their families using qualitative methods. Specifically, we addressed: how did autistic people experience an increase in social isolation during the initial lockdown? And how was their mental health impacted by lockdown? Autistic and non-autistic researchers conducted 144 semi-structured interviews with autistic adults (n = 44), parents of autistic children (n = 84) including autistic parents and autistic young people (n = 16). We deployed thematic analysis to identify key themes. The enhanced social isolation accompanying the pandemic had a serious and damaging impact on autistic people's mental health and subjective wellbeing. They spoke of intensely missing friends and more incidental forms of social connection. They also reported intense dissatisfaction with the substitution of embodied, person-to-person connection in health services by online/telephone-based alternatives, sometimes accompanied by serious negative consequences. These findings reveal the fundamental importance of supporting autistic people to maintain direct and incidental social contact during the pandemic and beyond. They speak against established theories that downplay autistic people's need for human connection and the extent to which they have been affected by social isolation during lockdowns.
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31. Implementation of Telehealth Services at the US Department of Veterans Affairs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Study.
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Der-Martirosian, Claudia, Wyte-Lake, Tamar, Balut, Michelle, Chu, Karen, Heyworth, Leonie, Leung, Lucinda, Ziaeian, Boback, Tubbesing, Sarah, Mullur, Rashmi, and Dobalian, Aram
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BackgroundAt the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a rapid increase in the use of telehealth services at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which was accelerated by state and local policies mandating stay-at-home orders and restricting nonurgent in-person appointments. Even though the VA was an early adopter of telehealth in the late 1990s, the vast majority of VA outpatient care continued to be face-to-face visits through February 2020.ObjectiveWe compared telehealth service use at a VA Medical Center, Greater Los Angeles across 3 clinics (primary care [PC], cardiology, and home-based primary care [HBPC]) 12 months before and 12 months after the onset of COVID-19 (March 2020).MethodsWe used a parallel mixed methods approach including simultaneous quantitative and qualitative approaches. The distribution of monthly outpatient and telehealth visits, as well as telephone and VA Video Connect encounters were examined for each clinic. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted with 34 staff involved in telehealth services within PC, cardiology, and HBPC during COVID-19. All audiotaped interviews were transcribed and analyzed by identifying key themes.ResultsPrior to COVID-19, telehealth use was minimal at all 3 clinics, but at the onset of COVID-19, telehealth use increased substantially at all 3 clinics. Telephone was the main modality of patient choice. Compared with PC and cardiology, video-based care had the greatest increase in HBPC. Several important barriers (multiple steps for videoconferencing, creation of new scheduling grids, and limited access to the internet and internet-connected devices) and facilitators (flexibility in using different video-capable platforms, technical support for patients, identification of staff telehealth champions, and development of workflows to help incorporate telehealth into treatment plans) were noted.ConclusionsTechnological issues must be addressed at the forefront of telehealth evolution to achieve access for all patient populations with different socioeconomic backgrounds, living situations and locations, and health conditions. The unprecedented expansion of telehealth during COVID-19 provides opportunities to create lasting telehealth solutions to improve access to care beyond the pandemic.
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32. 'Peas in a pod': Oral History Reflections on Autistic Identity in Family and Community by Late-Diagnosed Adults
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Lilley, Rozanna, Lawson, Wenn, Hall, Gabrielle, Mahony, Joanne, Clapham, Hayley, Heyworth, Melanie, and Arnold, Samuel
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In this paper, we report on a participatory oral history study documenting the lives of late-diagnosed autistic adults in Australia. We interviewed 26 autistic adults about their life history and the impact of late diagnosis. All were diagnosed after the age of 35, growing up in an era when autism was not well known. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we uncovered a rich body of reflections on shared Autistic identity and identified three major themes within that data set: 'conceptualising the Autistic family', 'creating Autistic community', and 'contesting Autistic identity'. Overall, the study provides insights into the active creation of shared Autistic identity and the importance of Autistic community to these late-diagnosed autistic adults., Author(s): Rozanna Lilley [sup.1] [sup.2] , Wenn Lawson [sup.1] [sup.2] , Gabrielle Hall [sup.1] [sup.2] , Joanne Mahony [sup.1] [sup.2] , Hayley Clapham [sup.3] , Melanie Heyworth [sup.1] , Samuel [...]
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33. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Autistic Adults: a Scoping Review
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Scheeren, Anke M., Crane, Laura, Heyworth, Melanie, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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34. ‘It's really important to be collaborating’: Experiences of participatory research for Chinese and Vietnamese parents of autistic children
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Jodie Smith, Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Poulomee Datta, Emma Dresens, Rena Wang, Lin Cong, Ngoc Dang, Gabrielle Hall, Melanie Heyworth, Wenn Lawson, Patricia Lee, Rozanna Lilley, Emily Ma, Hau T T Nguyen, Kim-Van Nguyen, Phuc Nguyen, Chong Tze Yeow, and Elizabeth Pellicano
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Background and aims Participatory research involves academic partners working together with the community that is affected by research to make decisions about that research. Such approaches often result in research that is more respectful of, and responsive to, community preferences – and is vital in the context of autism research with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Whilst participatory approaches are becoming more commonplace within CALD autism research, no studies have explored the experiences of being involved in autism research from the perspectives of CALD community partners over the course of a study. This paper intended to address this gap by reporting on the experiences of CALD parents of autistic children who were community partners in a 1-year Australian research project exploring home–school partnerships for CALD parents of autistic children. We aimed to: (1) report on how parents’ involvement in the research process shaped the home–school partnerships study over time and (2) understand their experiences of being community partners on the home–school partnerships project. Methods Using key principles of participatory approaches, we established Chinese and Vietnamese parent advisory groups to contribute to a project exploring home–school partnerships for parents of autistic children from CALD backgrounds in Australia. Advisory groups included parents of autistic children from Chinese/Vietnamese backgrounds, as well as interpreters, professionals and researchers. We documented how parents’ participation as community partners shaped the home–school partnerships study over the course of the project. We also elicited parents’ own views and experiences of being community partners through informal, open-ended questions at the beginning and end of the study. Results We found that parents’ input fundamentally shaped the broader home–school partnership study, from meaningful, accurate translation of interview schedules through to making decisions regarding community-specific recommendations and dissemination plans. Parents themselves reported being keen to collaborate and to hear and share opinions for the purpose of the home–school partnership study – although they noted how emotionally difficult sharing their stories could be. While they initially had some concerns about combining being involved as a community partner with their existing responsibilities, ultimately, parents were surprised by the scope of the home–school partnership study and their level of involvement as community partners. Through hearing others’ stories and sharing their own in advisory group meetings, parents reported ancillary benefits of their involvement, including increased self-advocacy and well-being. Conclusions These findings show how research that is conducted in partnership with diverse members of the autism community has the capacity to improve the quality of the research and benefit community partners. Implications This study clearly documents the benefits and potential challenges of participatory approaches with CALD communities. These findings emphasise to researchers and funders the importance of including extra time and money within budgets in order to produce meaningful research that is respectful and responsive to communities.
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35. Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Survival by Tumor Subtype: Pooled Analyses from the Breast Cancer Association ConsortiumBreast Cancer Risk Factors and Survival By Tumor Subtype
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Morra, Anna, Jung, Audrey Y, Behrens, Sabine, Keeman, Renske, Ahearn, Thomas U, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Augustinsson, Annelie, Auvinen, Päivi K, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Brucker, Sara Y, Camp, Nicola J, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Clarke, Christine L, Investigators, for the ABCTB, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Egan, Kathleen M, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Han, Sileny N, Hart, Steven N, Hartman, Mikael, Heyworth, Jane S, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Hunter, David J, Ito, Hidemi, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Kitahara, Cari M, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Collaborators, for the NBCS, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Li, Jingmei, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Lush, Michael, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Mariapun, Shivaani, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Milne, Roger L, Muranen, Taru A, Newman, William G, Noh, Dong-Young, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Obi, Nadia, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Petridis, Christos, Pharoah, Paul DP, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, and Rhenius, Valerie
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BackgroundIt is not known whether modifiable lifestyle factors that predict survival after invasive breast cancer differ by subtype.MethodsWe analyzed data for 121,435 women diagnosed with breast cancer from 67 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium with 16,890 deaths (8,554 breast cancer specific) over 10 years. Cox regression was used to estimate associations between risk factors and 10-year all-cause mortality and breast cancer-specific mortality overall, by estrogen receptor (ER) status, and by intrinsic-like subtype.ResultsThere was no evidence of heterogeneous associations between risk factors and mortality by subtype (P adj > 0.30). The strongest associations were between all-cause mortality and BMI ≥30 versus 18.5-25 kg/m2 [HR (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19 (1.06-1.34)]; current versus never smoking [1.37 (1.27-1.47)], high versus low physical activity [0.43 (0.21-0.86)], age ≥30 years versus 0-
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36. Parental Awareness and Attitudes Towards ACL Injury Prevention Programs in Youth Athletes
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Sparagana, Paola R., Selee, Bayley, Ellis, Henry B., Jr, Ellington, Matthew, Beck, Jennifer J., Carsen, Sasha, Crepeau, Allison, Cruz, Aristides I., Jr, Heyworth, Benton, Mayer, Stephanie W., Niu, Emily L., Patel, Neeraj, Pennock, Andrew, VandenBerg, Curtis, Williams, Brendan A., Stinson, Zachary S., and Vanderhave, Kelly
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37. Variation in initial and continued use of primary, mental health, and specialty video care among Veterans
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Ferguson, Jacqueline M., Wray, Charlie M., Jacobs, Josephine, Greene, Liberty, Wagner, Todd H., Odden, Michelle C., Freese, Jeremy, Campen, James Van, Asch, Steven M., Heyworth, Leonie, and Zulman, Donna M.
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Objective: To identify which Veteran populations are routinely accessing video-based care. Data Sources and Study Setting: National, secondary administrative data from electronic health records at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 2019-2021. Study Design: This retrospective cohort analysis identified patient characteristics associated with the odds of using any video care; and then, among those with a previous video visit, the annual rate of video care utilization. Video care use was reported overall and stratified into care type (e.g., primary, mental health, and specialty video care) between March 10, 2020 and February 28, 2021. Data Collection: Veterans active in VA health care (>1 outpatient visit between March 11, 2019 and March 10, 2020) were included in this study. Principal Findings: Among 5,389,129 Veterans in this evaluation, approximately 27.4% of Veterans had at least one video visit. We found differences in video care utilization by type of video care: 14.7% of Veterans had at least one primary care video visit, 10.6% a mental health video visit, and 5.9% a specialty care video visit. Veterans with a history of housing instability had a higher overall rate of video care driven by their higher usage of video for mental health care compared with Veterans in stable housing. American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans had reduced odds of video visits, yet similar rates of video care when compared to White Veterans. Low-income Veterans had lower odds of using primary video care yet slightly elevated rates of primary video care among those with at least one video visit when compared to Veterans enrolled at VA without special considerations. Conclusions: Variation in video care utilization patterns by type of care identified Veteran populations that might require greater resources and support to initiate and sustain video care use. Our data support service specific outreach to homeless and American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans. KEYWORDS access to care, delivery of health care, COVID-19, disparities, telemedicine, Veterans, 1 | INTRODUCTION Maintaining health care access is a critical priority for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Virtual care, or health care provided by phone or video, has [...]
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38. Building large-scale registries from unstructured clinical notes using a low-resource natural language processing pipeline.
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Nazgol Tavabi, James D. Pruneski, Shahriar Golchin, Mallika Singh, Ryan Sanborn, Benton Heyworth, Assaf Landschaft, Amir A. Kimia, and Ata M. Kiapour
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39. Adoption and Sustained Use of Primary Care Video Visits Among Veterans with VA Video-Enabled Tablets.
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Zainub Dhanani, Jacqueline M. Ferguson, James Van Campen, Cindie Slightam, Leonie Heyworth, and Donna M. Zulman
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40. Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk.
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Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Mavaddat, Nasim, Choudhury, Parichoy Pal, Wilcox, Amber N, Lindström, Sara, Behrens, Sabine, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Dennis, Joe, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Jung, Audrey, Abu-Ful, Zomoroda, Ahearn, Thomas, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bernstein, Leslie, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Cai, Qiuyin, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dai, James Y, Earp, H Shelton, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Chi, Gapstur, Susan M, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hatse, Sigrid, Heyworth, Jane, Holleczek, Bernd, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koutros, Stella, Kurian, Allison W, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Llaneza, Ana, MacInnis, Robert J, Martinez, Maria Elena, Maurer, Tabea, McLean, Catriona, Neuhausen, Susan L, Newman, William G, Norman, Aaron, O'Brien, Katie M, Olshan, Andrew F, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, and Orr, Nick
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We evaluated the joint associations between a new 313-variant PRS (PRS313) and questionnaire-based breast cancer risk factors for women of European ancestry, using 72 284 cases and 80 354 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Interactions were evaluated using standard logistic regression and a newly developed case-only method for breast cancer risk overall and by estrogen receptor status. After accounting for multiple testing, we did not find evidence that per-standard deviation PRS313 odds ratio differed across strata defined by individual risk factors. Goodness-of-fit tests did not reject the assumption of a multiplicative model between PRS313 and each risk factor. Variation in projected absolute lifetime risk of breast cancer associated with classical risk factors was greater for women with higher genetic risk (PRS313 and family history) and, on average, 17.5% higher in the highest vs lowest deciles of genetic risk. These findings have implications for risk prevention for women at increased risk of breast cancer.
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41. Orthopedic Injuries Associated with Hoverboard Use in Children: A Multi-center Analysis
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Goldhaber, Nicole H, Goldin, Amanda N, Pennock, Andrew T, Livingston, Kristin, Bae, Donald S, Yen, Yi Meng, Shore, Benjamin J, Kramer, Dennis E, Jagodzinski, Jason E, and Heyworth, Benton E
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BackgroundSince its release in 2015, the hoverboard has been associated with injuries in children and adolescents. However, its public health implications have yet to be explored in the orthopedic literature across multiple centers.Purpose/questionsWe sought to assess the nature of orthopedic injuries and the use of clinical resources related to the hoverboard at four high-volume, regional pediatric hospitals.MethodsDepartmental databases of emergency department (ED) consultations and urgent orthopedic clinic (UC) visits were queried for hoverboard injuries. A retrospective medical record review was performed for patients presenting over a 3-month period at four institutions. Data on demographics, injuries, clinical course, and resource use were analyzed. The frequency of hoverboard-related consultations was compared to those for monkey bar-related injuries at the primary study institution.ResultsEighty-nine patients with orthopedic hoverboard injuries presented to the ED and/or UC in the study period. Hoverboard injuries represented 2.2% of orthopedic ED consultations at the primary institution, compared to 1.5% for monkey bar injuries. Sixty-nine out of 89 (77.5%) total injuries involved the upper extremity, including 47 (52.8%) distal radius fractures, the most common hoverboard-related diagnosis. All but one injury (97.8%) underwent radiography, and eight (9%) required surgery. No patients reported wearing protective gear at the time of their injury.ConclusionsHoverboards were associated with a variety of pediatric orthopedic injuries and required the use of significant resources in the ED, UC, and operating room. These data may represent a starting point for further prospective multi-center studies and public health efforts toward prevention of hoverboard injuries.
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42. Do Collaborative Care Managers and Technology Enhance Primary Care Satisfaction with Care from Embedded Mental Health Providers?
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Leung, Lucinda B, Young, Alexander S, Heyworth, Leonie, Rose, Danielle, Stockdale, Susan, Graaff, A Laurie, Dresselhaus, Timothy R, and Rubenstein, Lisa V
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BackgroundTo improve mental health care access, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) implemented Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) in clinics nationally. Primary care clinical leader satisfaction can inform model implementation and may be facilitated by collaborative care managers and technology supporting cross-specialty collaboration.Objective(1) To determine primary care clinical leaders' overall satisfaction with care from embedded mental health providers for a range of conditions and (2) to examine the association between overall satisfaction and two program features (care managers, technology).DesignCross-sectional organizational survey in one VA region (Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico), 2018.ParticipantsSixty-nine physicians or other designated clinical leaders in each VA primary care clinic (94% response rate).Main measuresWe assessed primary care clinical leader satisfaction with embedded mental health care on four groups of conditions: target, non-target mental health, behavioral health, suicide risk management. They additionally responded about the availability of mental health care managers and the sufficiency of information technology (telemental health, e-consult, instant messaging). We examined relationships between satisfaction and the two program features using χ2 tests and multivariable regressions.Key resultsMost primary care clinical leaders were "very satisfied" with care for targeted anxiety (71%) and depression (69%), but not for other common conditions (37% alcohol misuse, 19% pain). Care manager availability was significantly associated with "very satisfied" responses for depression (p = .02) and anxiety care by embedded mental health providers (p = .02). Highly rated sufficiency of communication technology (only 19%) was associated with "very satisfied" responses to suicide risk management (p = .002).ConclusionsCare from embedded mental health providers for depression and anxiety was highly satisfactory, which may guide improvement among less satisfactory conditions (alcohol misuse, pain). Observed associations between overall satisfaction and collaborative care features may inform clinics on how to optimize staffing and technology based on priority conditions.
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43. Association of Known Melanoma Risk Factors with Primary Melanoma of the Scalp and Neck
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Wood, Renee P, Heyworth, Jane S, McCarthy, Nina S, Mauguen, Audrey, Berwick, Marianne, Thomas, Nancy E, Millward, Michael J, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Cust, Anne E, Dwyer, Terence, Gallagher, Richard P, Gruber, Stephen B, Kanetsky, Peter A, Orlow, Irene, Rosso, Stefano, Moses, Eric K, Begg, Colin B, and Ward, Sarah V
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BackgroundScalp and neck (SN) melanoma confers a worse prognosis than melanoma of other sites but little is known about its determinants. We aimed to identify associations between SN melanoma and known risk genes, phenotypic traits, and sun exposure patterns.MethodsParticipants were cases from the Western Australian Melanoma Health Study (n = 1,200) and the Genes, Environment, and Melanoma Study (n = 3,280). Associations between risk factors and SN melanoma, compared with truncal and arm/leg melanoma, were investigated using binomial logistic regression. Facial melanoma was also compared with the trunk and extremities, to evaluate whether associations were subregion specific, or reflective of the whole head/neck region.ResultsCompared with other sites, increased odds of SN and facial melanoma were observed in older individuals [SN: OR = 1.28, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.92-1.80, P trend = 0.016; Face: OR = 4.57, 95% CI = 3.34-6.35, P trend < 0.001] and those carrying IRF4-rs12203592*T (SN: OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.12-1.63, P trend = 0.002; Face: OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.10-1.50, P trend = 0.001). Decreased odds were observed for females (SN: OR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.37-0.64, P < 0.001; Face: OR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.53-0.82, P < 0.001) and the presence of nevi (SN: OR = 0.66, 95% CI = 0.49-0.89, P = 0.006; Face: OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.52-0.83, P < 0.001).ConclusionsDifferences observed between SN melanoma and other sites were also observed for facial melanoma. Factors previously associated with the broader head and neck region, notably older age, may be driven by the facial subregion. A novel finding was the association of IRF4-rs12203592 with both SN and facial melanoma.ImpactUnderstanding the epidemiology of site-specific melanoma will enable tailored strategies for risk factor reduction and site-specific screening campaigns.
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44. A capabilities approach to understanding and supporting autistic adulthood
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Pellicano, Elizabeth, Fatima, Unsa, Hall, Gabrielle, Heyworth, Melanie, Lawson, Wenn, Lilley, Rozanna, Mahony, Joanne, and Stears, Marc
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45. Rethinking language education after the experience of covid: Final report
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Frank Heyworth, Peter Brown, Richard Rossner, Bernd Rüschoff, José Noijons, Christine Lechner and Frank Heyworth, Peter Brown, Richard Rossner, Bernd Rüschoff, José Noijons, Christine Lechner
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46. Drilling of Stable Symptomatic Juvenile OCD: Techniques and Outcomes
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Yao, Kaisen and Heyworth, Benton E.
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47. “We don’t make trouble”: Vietnamese parents’ experiences of parent-teacher partnerships for their autistic children
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Smith, Jodie, Rabba, Aspasia Stacey, Dang, Ngoc, Datta, Poulomee, Dresens, Emma, Nguyen, Hau T.T., Nguyen, Kim-Van, Nguyen, Phuc, Hall, Gabrielle, Heyworth, Melanie, Lawson, Wenn, Lilley, Rozanna, Syeda, Najeeba, and Pellicano, Elizabeth
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48. Assessment of interactions between 205 breast cancer susceptibility loci and 13 established risk factors in relation to breast cancer risk, in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
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Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Lindström, Sara, Behrens, Sabine, Wang, Xiaoliang, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Kraft, Peter, García-Closas, Montserrat, Easton, Douglas F, Milne, Roger L, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Ahearn, Thomas, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Augustinsson, Annelie, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bernstein, Leslie, Berrandou, Takiy, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brock, Ian W, Broeks, Annegien, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Butterbach, Katja, Cai, Qiuyin, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Clarke, Christine L, Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dai, James Y, Dite, Gillian S, Earp, H Shelton, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Grundy, Anne, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hankinson, Susan E, Harkness, Elaine F, Harstad, Tricia, He, Wei, Heyworth, Jane, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David J, Marrón, Pablo Isidro, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koutros, Stella, Krüger, Ute, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Llaneza, Ana, Lo, Wing-Yee, and Makalic, Enes
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Genetics ,Estrogen ,Clinical Research ,Cancer ,Breast Cancer ,Prevention ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,Alleles ,Breast Neoplasms ,Case-Control Studies ,Europe ,Factor XIII ,Female ,Gene-Environment Interaction ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Genotype ,Humans ,Polymorphism ,Single Nucleotide ,Receptors ,Estrogen ,Risk Factors ,White People ,Breast Cancer Association Consortium ,Europeans ,Gene-environment interaction ,breast cancer ,epidemiology ,risk factors ,single nucleotide polymorphism ,Statistics ,Public Health and Health Services ,Epidemiology - Abstract
BackgroundPrevious gene-environment interaction studies of breast cancer risk have provided sparse evidence of interactions. Using the largest available dataset to date, we performed a comprehensive assessment of potential effect modification of 205 common susceptibility variants by 13 established breast cancer risk factors, including replication of previously reported interactions.MethodsAnalyses were performed using 28 176 cases and 32 209 controls genotyped with iCOGS array and 44 109 cases and 48 145 controls genotyped using OncoArray from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). Gene-environment interactions were assessed using unconditional logistic regression and likelihood ratio tests for breast cancer risk overall and by estrogen-receptor (ER) status. Bayesian false discovery probability was used to assess the noteworthiness of the meta-analysed array-specific interactions.ResultsNoteworthy evidence of interaction at ≤1% prior probability was observed for three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-risk factor pairs. SNP rs4442975 was associated with a greater reduction of risk of ER-positive breast cancer [odds ratio (OR)int = 0.85 (0.78-0.93), Pint = 2.8 x 10-4] and overall breast cancer [ORint = 0.85 (0.78-0.92), Pint = 7.4 x 10-5) in current users of estrogen-progesterone therapy compared with non-users. This finding was supported by replication using OncoArray data of the previously reported interaction between rs13387042 (r2 = 0.93 with rs4442975) and current estrogen-progesterone therapy for overall disease (Pint = 0.004). The two other interactions suggested stronger associations between SNP rs6596100 and ER-negative breast cancer with increasing parity and younger age at first birth.ConclusionsOverall, our study does not suggest strong effect modification of common breast cancer susceptibility variants by established risk factors.
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49. Defining the volume of consultations for musculoskeletal infection encountered by pediatric orthopaedic services in the United States
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Koehler, Ryan J, Shore, Benjamin J, Hedequest, Daniel, Heyworth, Benton E, May, Colin, Miller, Patricia E, Rademacher, Emily S, Sanborn, Ryan M, Murphy, Joshua S, Roseman, Alyssa, Stoneback, Jason W, Trizno, Anastasiya A, Goldstein, Rachel Y, Harris, Liam, Nielsen, Ena, Talwar, Divya, Denning, Jaime R, Saaed, Noor, Kutz, Brooke, Laine, Jennifer C, Naas, Mary, Truong, Walter H, Rotando, Matthew, Spence, David D, Brighton, Brian K, Churchill, Christine, Janicki, Joseph A, King, Kiana, Wild, Jacob, Beebe, Allan C, Crouse, Schon, Rough, Teaya, Rowan, Mallory, Singh, Satbir, Davis-Juarez, Amanda, Gould, Adam, Hughes, Olivia, Rickert, Kathleen D, Upasani, Vidyadhar V, Blumberg, Todd J, Bompadre, Viviana, Lindberg, Antoinette W, Miller, Mark L, Hill, Jaclyn F, Peoples, Hayley, Rosenfeld, Scott B, Turner, Rod, Copley, Lawson A, Lindsay, Eduardo A, Ramo, Brandon A, Tareen, Naureen, Winberly, R Lane, Li, G Ying, Sessel, Jordyn, Johnson, Megan E, Johnson, Samuel, Moore-Lotridge, Stephanie N, Shelton, Julie, Baldwin, Keith D, and Schoenecker, Jonathan G
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Research ,Pediatric ,Child ,Female ,Humans ,Infections ,Male ,Musculoskeletal Diseases ,Orthopedics ,Referral and Consultation ,Retrospective Studies ,United States ,Children’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Infection Consortium for Evidence Based Study (CORTICES) Group ,General Science & Technology - Abstract
OBJECTIVE:Adequate resources are required to rapidly diagnose and treat pediatric musculoskeletal infection (MSKI). The workload MSKI consults contribute to pediatric orthopaedic services is unknown as prior epidemiologic studies are variable and negative work-ups are not included in national discharge databases. The hypothesis was tested that MSKI consults constitute a substantial volume of total consultations for pediatric orthopaedic services across the United States. STUDY DESIGN:Eighteen institutions from the Children's ORthopaedic Trauma and Infection Consortium for Evidence-based Study (CORTICES) group retrospectively reviewed a minimum of 1 year of hospital data, reporting the total number of surgeons, total consultations, and MSKI-related consultations. Consultations were classified by the location of consultation (emergency department or inpatient). Culture positivity rate and pathogens were also reported. RESULTS:87,449 total orthopaedic consultations and 7,814 MSKI-related consultations performed by 229 pediatric orthopaedic surgeons were reviewed. There was an average of 13 orthopaedic surgeons per site each performing an average of 154 consultations per year. On average, 9% of consultations were MSKI related and 37% of these consults yielded positive cultures. Finally, a weak inverse monotonic relationship was noted between percent culture positivity and percent of total orthopedic consults for MSKI. CONCLUSION:At large, academic pediatric tertiary care centers, pediatric orthopaedic services consult on an average of ~3,000 'rule-out' MSKI cases annually. These patients account for nearly 1 in 10 orthopaedic consultations, of which 1 in 3 are culture positive. Considering that 2 in 3 consultations were culture negative, estimating resources required for pediatric orthopaedic consult services to work up and treat children based on culture positive administrative discharge data underestimates clinical need. Finally, ascertainment bias must be considered when comparing differences in culture rates from different institution's pediatric orthopaedics services, given the variability in when orthopaedic physicians become involved in a MSKI workup.
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50. Surgical Technique: Arthroscopic Treatment of Chronic Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
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Hassan, Mahad, Beamer, Brandon, Heyworth, Benton E., Yen, Yi-Meng, Kocher, Mininder S., Nepple, Jeffrey J., Section editor, Nho, Shane J., editor, Bedi, Asheesh, editor, Salata, Michael J., editor, Mather III, Richard C., editor, and Kelly, Bryan T., editor
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