Cassandra Dove

‘Q-Storming’ to identify challenges and opportunities for integrating health and climate adaptation measures in Africa

Hanna‐Andrea Rother, Cassandra Dove, Rosalind Cornforth, Celia Petty et autres

Climate factors influence the state of human health and wellbeing. Climate-related threats are particularly being experienced by vulnerable populations in Africa. A Question (Q)-Storming session was convened at an international climate adaptation conference. It promoted dialog among a diverse spectrum of researchers, …

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Health gains from home energy efficiency measures: The missing evidence in the UK net-zero policy debate

Ade Kearns, Manish Bhagat, Donald S. Rae, Adrian Mcgonigle et autres

Objectives: This study examined the health gains from a programme of external wall insulation works to homes in south-west Scotland, and in particular the impact upon hospitalisations for respiratory and cardiovascular conditions. Furthermore, to consider how evidence on health outcomes could form …

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Targeting Hypertension: Working with Rural Barbershops to Identify Hypertension and Encourage Treatment

Victor Sutton, Lisle Hites, Juanita Graham, Masoumeh Karimi et autres

INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), accounting for one in every four U.S. deaths, has had a devastating impact on Mississippi's African American population. Seeking innovative mitigation models, this study assesses CVD prevalence and reach via barbershops to rural Mississippi African Americans. METHODS: Data …

Abstract P196: Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative Community and Faith Based Programs to Screen Hypertension

Masoumeh Karimi, Cassandra Dove, Tameka I. Walls, Monique Hopkins

Introduction: The Mississippi Delta Health Collaborative (MDHC) provides leadership in the Delta region to implement heart disease and stroke prevention interventions. Barbers Reaching Out To Educate on Routine Screenings (BROTHERS) is an innovative community based program whereby MDHC partners with existing barbershops …

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Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from the Field

Mohammad Shahbazi Professor, Mukesh Kumar, Anthony R. Mawson, Donna Antoine Lavigine et autres

Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change in the Mississippi Delta

Michelle C. Kegler, Sally Honeycutt, Melvin Davis, Emily Dauria et autres

Community-level policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change strategies may offer an economical and sustainable approach to chronic disease prevention. The rapidly growing number of untested but promising PSE strategies currently underway offers an exciting opportunity to establish practice-based evidence for this approach. …

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Abstract P016: Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke, and Related Chronic Diseases in the Mississippi Delta Region: Clinical Community Health Worker Initiative

Vincent L. Mendy, Tameka I. Walls, Amanda K. Cole, Cassandra Dove et autres

Background: Community Health Workers (CHW) are increasingly being used to address chronic disease prevention, but knowledge of their use in underserved rural settings is limited. CHW can be instrumental in linking underserved populations to clinical care and navigating the health care system. …

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Strategic Planning for Chronic Disease Prevention in Rural America

Amanda Honeycutt, Kristina Wile, Cassandra Dove, Jackie Hawkins et autres

CONTEXT: Community-level strategic planning for chronic disease prevention. OBJECTIVE: To share the outcomes of the strategic planning process used by Mississippi Delta stakeholders to prevent and reduce the negative impacts of chronic disease in their communities. A key component of strategic planning …

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Planning for the Strategic Recruitment of Barbershops for Blood Pressure Screening and Referral in the Mississippi Delta Region

Vincent L. Mendy, Briana Perryman, Jackie Hawkins, Cassandra Dove

The 18-county Mississippi Delta region covers approximately 11,000 square miles of the northwest part of the state of Mississippi between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. In 2010, its population was 554,754; 49.7% of residents were black, and 46.9% were white (1). Heart …

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Policy Perceptions Related to Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Mississippi

Rachel G. Tabak, Ellen Jones, Julie A. Jacobs, Thomas Dobbs et autres

OBJECTIVE: Determine the public perceptions about policies related to physical activity and healthy eating to inform efforts to change policy for these important public health issues. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, structured phone interview survey. SETTING: Ten counties in Mississippi (5 counties with the highest …

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A survey tool for measuring evidence-based decision making capacity in public health agencies

Julie A. Jacobs, Paula Clayton, Cassandra Dove, Tanya Funchess et autres

BACKGROUND: While increasing attention is placed on using evidence-based decision making (EBDM) to improve public health, there is little research assessing the current EBDM capacity of the public health workforce. Public health agencies serve a wide range of populations with varying levels …

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Optics and psychophysics in a clinical setting: Success of a screening battery for assessing visual functioning in human infants

Richard J. Adams, D. E. MacNeil, Cassandra Dove, Mary L. Courage

Purpose: The emergence of new time-efficient, portable, and user-friendly psychophysical technologies for young children now creates the possibility of mass screening programs for detecting early eye and visual dysfunction. Recent experimental work suggests that vision screening in 3–5 yr-old preschool children is …

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