James Watt

Building an agile state-wide research infrastructure to address COVID-19 and emerging threats: insights from an equity-centered public health and academic collaboration in California

Priya B. Shete, Naedno Augusto Dolzane dos Santos, Hilary Spindler, Tomás M. León et autres

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for efficient real-time evidence generation to inform public health interventions and policies. To address this gap, a formalized research partnership between the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the University of California (UC) was created. …

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Fostering public health and academic partnerships during and beyond a public health emergency: lessons learned from COVID-19

Tomás M. León, Lauren A. White, Hilary Spindler, Joshua Schwab et autres

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the American Journal of Epidemiology. The COVID-19 pandemic severely strained local, state, and federal health agencies across the United States. Rapid …

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Mixed methods approach to examining the implementation experience of a phone-based survey for a SARS-CoV-2 test-negative case-control study in California

Nozomi Fukui, Sophia S. Li, Jennifer L. DeGuzman, Jennifer F. Myers et autres

OBJECTIVE: To describe the implementation of a test-negative design case-control study in California during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. STUDY DESIGN: Test-negative case-control study. METHODS: Between February 24, 2021 - February 24, 2022, a team of 34 interviewers called 38,470 Californians, …

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The Effect of a Universal Automatic IRA With Emergency Savings on Household Wealth

David John, Warren Cormier, Zahra Ebrahimi, Pamela Hess et autres

These cases do not differ in the amount of contributions.Interest on these contributions is not available for withdrawal, so liquid funds amounts and program benefits on liquid funds are identical

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332 Improving Preparedness of Junior Doctors in Surgery Through Development and Implementation of an Induction Booklet

Carol Smith, Devon Richardson, James Watt, Amyn Haji

Abstract Aim Disruption to undergraduate clinical training during the COVID-19 pandemic caused a perceived lack of preparedness amongst newly qualified junior doctors. We aimed to improve junior doctor preparedness in surgery, through development and implementation of an induction booklet. Method An electronic …

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Mixed methods approach to examining the implementation experience of a phone-based health research survey investigating risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in California

Nozomi Fukui, Sophia S. Li, Jennifer L. DeGuzman, Jennifer F. Myers et autres

Abstract Objective To describe the implementation of a test-negative design case-control study in California during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods Between February 24, 2021 - February 24, 2022, 34 interviewers called 38,470 SARS-CoV-2-tested Californians to enroll 1,885 cases and 1,871 …

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Real-world uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among individuals expressing vaccine hesitancy: A registry-linkage study

Kristin L. Andrejko, Jennifer F. Myers, Nozomi Fukui, Lauren Nelson et autres

INTRODUCTION: Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination remains suboptimal in the United States and other settings. Though early reports indicated that a strong majority of people were interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, the association between vaccine intention and uptake is not yet fully …

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RADIOLOGICAL SPINE ADIPOSE INDEX AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR DEEP INFECTION AFTER POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED LUMBAR FUSION

Vikesh Gupta, Yushy Zhou, Jonathan Francis Manson, James Watt

Surgical site infections (SSIs) after spinal fusion surgery increase healthcare costs, morbidity and mortality. Routine measures of obesity fail to consider site specific fat distribution. We aimed to assess the association between the spine adipose index and deep surgical site infection and …

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Waning of 2-Dose BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Accounting for Depletion-of-Susceptibles Bias

Kristin L. Andrejko, Jake M. Pry, Jennifer F. Myers, Megha Mehrotra et autres

Concerns about the duration of protection conferred by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have arisen in postlicensure evaluations. "Depletion of susceptibles," a bias driven by differential accrual of infection among vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, may obscure vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates, hindering interpretation. …

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Receipt of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines in California (USA) during the 2021–2022 influenza season

Kristin L. Andrejko, Jennifer F. Myers, John J. Openshaw, Nozomi Fukui et autres

BACKGROUND: Despite lower circulation of influenza virus throughout 2020-2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic, seasonal influenza vaccination has remained a primary tool to reduce influenza-associated illness and death. The relationship between the decision to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and/or an influenza vaccine is …

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Elite and Popular Orientalisms

James Watt

This essay emphasises the continuity across high and low cultural forms of a generic and non-referential Orientalism, comprising ‘old’ but adaptable stories (the Arabian Nights’ tales) and tropes (Oriental despotism). Addressing the interface of literary and visual representation, it begins by looking …

5 Elite and Popular Orientalisms

James Watt