Top 5 Takeaways Increased Risk: Pregnant and recently pregnant women are at higher risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant women. COVID-19–Associated Deaths: Mississippi reported 15
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How Toxic is Traditional Masculinity? A Public Health Perspective Introduction We’ve certainly all heard the term “Toxic Masculinity” before, and likely have all heard jokes to the effect that masculinity
How Self-Rated Health and Vaccine History Influence MPOX Vaccine Acceptance: A Study in Ghana The recent outbreak of monkeypox (MPOX) has highlighted the importance of understanding factors that drive vaccine
Top 5 Takeaways Increased Risk for Stillbirth: Women with COVID-19 at delivery hospitalization had a higher risk of stillbirth compared to those without COVID-19 (adjusted relative risk [aRR] = 1.90).
How COVID-19 Exacerbated Mental Health and Poverty: Insights from a Systematic Review Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals living in poverty across high-income countries experienced intensified mental health challenges
Top 5 Takeaways Low PrEP Awareness: Only 32.3% of heterosexually active adults in high HIV prevalence cities were aware of PrEP, and less than 1% used it. Disparities Among Hispanic
Top 5 Takeaways High Prevalence of Early Sexual Debut: Between 14.4% and 40.1% of adolescent girls and young women in the nine PEPFAR countries had early sexual debut. Increased Risky
CPH Focus: Evidence-Based Approaches to Public Health: Epidemiology – Study Designs: Descriptive Studies (Case Reports, Case Series) In this tutorial, we will focus on the concept of descriptive studies, specifically
Epi Explained: What is Survival Analysis? Survival analysis is a set of statistical methods used to analyze the expected duration of time until one or more events happen, such as
Top 5 Takeaways EV-D68 Detection Trends: EV-D68 detections among children with ARI varied significantly over the study period, with 382 detections in 2018, six in 2019, and 30 in 2020.