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  1. Article ; Online: Electric vehicles and health: A scoping review.

    Pennington, Audrey F / Cornwell, Cheryl R / Sircar, Kanta Devi / Mirabelli, Maria C

    Environmental research

    2024  Volume 251, Issue Pt 2, Page(s) 118697

    Abstract: Background: The health impacts of the rapid transition to the use of electric vehicles are largely unexplored. We completed a scoping review to assess the state of the evidence on use of battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles and health.: ... ...

    Abstract Background: The health impacts of the rapid transition to the use of electric vehicles are largely unexplored. We completed a scoping review to assess the state of the evidence on use of battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles and health.
    Methods: We conducted a literature search of MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, CINAHL, Scopus, and Environmental Science Collection databases for articles published January 1990 to January 2024. We included articles if they presented observed or modeled data on the association between battery electric or hybrid electric cars, trucks, or buses and health-related outcomes. We abstracted data and summarized results.
    Results: Out of 897 reviewed articles, 52 met our inclusion criteria. The majority of included articles examined transitions to the use of electric vehicles (n = 49, 94%), with fewer studies examining hybrid electric vehicles (n = 11, 21%) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (n = 8, 15%). The most common outcomes examined were premature death (n = 41, 79%) and monetized health outcomes such as medical expenditures (n = 33, 63%). We identified only one observational study on the impact of electric vehicles on health; all other studies reported modeled data. Almost every study (n = 51, 98%) reported some evidence of a positive health impact of transitioning to electric or hybrid electric vehicles, although magnitudes of association varied. There was a paucity of information on the environmental justice implications of vehicle transitions.
    Conclusions: The results of the current literature on electric vehicles and health suggest an overall positive health impact of transitioning to electric vehicles. Additional observational studies would help expand our understanding of the real-world health effects of electric vehicles. Future research focused on the environmental justice implications of vehicle fleet transitions could provide additional information about the extent to which the health benefits occur equitably across populations.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-16
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 205699-9
    ISSN 1096-0953 ; 0013-9351
    ISSN (online) 1096-0953
    ISSN 0013-9351
    DOI 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118697
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  2. Article ; Online: Opportunities to monitor disparities in asthma and other respiratory diseases using public health data.

    Sircar, Kanta / Hagen, Melissa Briggs / Prezzato, Emily / Hsu, Joy

    Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

    2023  Volume 131, Issue 6, Page(s) 683–684

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Public Health ; Asthma/epidemiology ; Respiratory Tract Diseases ; Health Status Disparities
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 1228189-x
    ISSN 1534-4436 ; 0003-4738 ; 1081-1206
    ISSN (online) 1534-4436
    ISSN 0003-4738 ; 1081-1206
    DOI 10.1016/j.anai.2023.09.008
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  3. Article ; Online: Assessing asthma self-management education among US children with current asthma, Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS) 2015-2017.

    Pattath, Priyadarshini / Cornwell, Cheryl R / Sircar, Kanta / Qin, Xiaoting

    The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

    2023  Volume 60, Issue 10, Page(s) 1918–1925

    Abstract: Objective: Asthma self-management education (AS-ME) is an effective strategy to help children with asthma achieve better asthma control and outcome. The objective of this study is to assess the association between the prevalence of receiving AS-ME ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Asthma self-management education (AS-ME) is an effective strategy to help children with asthma achieve better asthma control and outcome. The objective of this study is to assess the association between the prevalence of receiving AS-ME curriculum components and sociodemographic characteristics among children with current asthma.
    Methods: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, child Asthma Call-back Survey 2015-2017 aggregated data were used. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess associations of each AS-ME component question and sociodemographic characteristic, adjusting for sample weighting.
    Results: Among 3,213 children with current asthma, 52% of children reported ever being given an asthma action plan by a doctor or other healthcare professional. After adjusting for other variables, boys and Non-Hispanic Black children were more likely to report being given an action plan (APR= 1.15[95% CI 1.00-1.32] and APR= 1.28[95% CI 1.07-1.54] respectively). Non-Hispanic Black (APR = 2.15 [95% CI 1.30-3.55]), non-Hispanic, other race (APR = 1.95 [95% CI1.04-3.66]), and Hispanic children (APR = 1.84 [95% CI 1.18-2.89]) were more likely to report taking a course to learn how to manage asthma than non-Hispanic White children. Hispanic children (40.8%) were more likely to report being advised to change home environment compared to non-Hispanic Whites (31.5%) (APR =1.28 [95% CI 1.01-1.63).
    Conclusion: The prevalence of some elements of asthma-self management education was relatively low and there were differences observed in the prevalence of receiving AS-ME by race/ethnicity, parental education, and income. Targeted implementation of asthma self-management components and interventions may improve asthma control and reduce asthma morbidity.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Child ; Humans ; United States/epidemiology ; Asthma/epidemiology ; Asthma/therapy ; Self-Management ; Ethnicity ; Hispanic or Latino ; Educational Status
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 603816-5
    ISSN 1532-4303 ; 0277-0903
    ISSN (online) 1532-4303
    ISSN 0277-0903
    DOI 10.1080/02770903.2023.2200842
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  4. Article ; Online: Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate the Effect of Community Interventions for Childhood Asthma.

    Flanders, W Dana / Nurmagambetov, Tursynbek A / Cornwell, Cheryl R / Kosinski, Andrzej S / Sircar, Kanta

    Preventing chronic disease

    2023  Volume 20, Page(s) E44

    Abstract: Introduction: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Controlling Childhood Asthma and Reducing Emergencies initiative aims to prevent 500,000 emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations within 5 years among children with asthma ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Controlling Childhood Asthma and Reducing Emergencies initiative aims to prevent 500,000 emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations within 5 years among children with asthma through implementation of evidence-based interventions and policies. Methods are needed for calculating the anticipated effects of planned asthma programs and the estimated effects of existing asthma programs. We describe and illustrate a method of using results from randomized control trials (RCTs) to estimate changes in rates of adverse asthma events (AAEs) that result from expanding access to asthma interventions.
    Methods: We use counterfactual arguments to justify a formula for the expected number of AAEs prevented by a given intervention. This formula employs a current rate of AAEs, a measure of the increase in access to the intervention, and the rate ratio estimated in an RCT.
    Results: We justified a formula for estimating the effect of expanding access to asthma interventions. For example, if 20% of patients with asthma in a community with 20,540 annual asthma-related ED visits were offered asthma self-management education, ED visits would decrease by an estimated 1,643; and annual hospitalizations would decrease from 2,639 to 617.
    Conclusion: Our method draws on the best available evidence from RCTs to estimate effects on rates of AAEs in the community of interest that result from expanding access to asthma interventions.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Child ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; Asthma/therapy ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Hospitalization
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2135684-1
    ISSN 1545-1151 ; 1545-1151
    ISSN (online) 1545-1151
    ISSN 1545-1151
    DOI 10.5888/pcd20.220351
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  5. Article ; Online: Changes in asthma emergency department visits in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ye, Dongni / Gates, Abigail / Radhakrishnan, Lakshmi / Mirabelli, Maria C / Flanders, W Dana / Sircar, Kanta

    The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

    2023  Volume 60, Issue 8, Page(s) 1601–1607

    Abstract: Objective: A better understanding of the impacts of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on emergency department (ED) visits for asthma is needed to improve asthma control.: Methods: Using data from the National Syndromic Surveillance ... ...

    Abstract Objective: A better understanding of the impacts of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on emergency department (ED) visits for asthma is needed to improve asthma control.
    Methods: Using data from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP), we assessed changes in average weekly asthma ED visits in the United States in 3 surveillance periods: 1) March 15, 2020-January 2, 2021; 2) January 3, 2021-January 1, 2022; and 3) January 2-March 5, 2022, relative to pre-pandemic comparison periods between December 30, 2018 and December 28, 2019. For each surveillance period, we assessed changes in asthma ED visits by age group and sex.
    Results: For the surveillance period beginning March 15, 2020, average weekly asthma ED visits declined 31% relative to what was observed during the comparison period - that is, from 45,276 visits/week in 2019 to 31,374 visits/week in 2020. Declines of over 19% and 26% were observed for 2021 and 2022, respectively, relative to the comparison periods. In all surveillance periods, the largest declines occurred among children, especially those ages 0-4 (74%) and 5-11 (66%) years.
    Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted asthma ED visits in the United States. The impact was greater among children than adults, as ED visits among children were notably lower during all three pandemic surveillance periods than during the corresponding pre-pandemic periods. Additional information about the roles of behaviors of patients with asthma and changes in asthma care might improve our understanding of the reasons underlying these observed changes.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Child ; Humans ; United States/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Pandemics ; Asthma/epidemiology ; Emergency Service, Hospital
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 603816-5
    ISSN 1532-4303 ; 0277-0903
    ISSN (online) 1532-4303
    ISSN 0277-0903
    DOI 10.1080/02770903.2023.2165445
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  6. Article: Communication channels for receiving air quality alerts among adults in the United States.

    Tompkins, Lindsay K / Pennington, Audrey F / Sircar, Kanta D / Mirabelli, Maria C

    Preventive medicine reports

    2021  Volume 25, Page(s) 101677

    Abstract: Exposure to air pollution is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular effects, particularly among people with underlying respiratory and heart disease. It is therefore important for individuals with respiratory and heart disease to be aware of air ... ...

    Abstract Exposure to air pollution is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular effects, particularly among people with underlying respiratory and heart disease. It is therefore important for individuals with respiratory and heart disease to be aware of air quality. However, information about the most effective communication channels for disseminating air quality alerts is limited. We assessed communication channels used for receiving air quality alerts among U.S. adults using data from the summer 2020 wave of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2785569-7
    ISSN 2211-3355
    ISSN 2211-3355
    DOI 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101677
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  7. Article ; Online: Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits in North Carolina Following Hurricane Irene.

    Cowan, Kristen N / Pennington, Audrey F / Sircar, Kanta / Flanders, W Dana

    Disaster medicine and public health preparedness

    2021  Volume 17, Page(s) e16

    Abstract: Objective: Previous research suggests that people with asthma may experience a worsening of symptoms following hurricanes due to changes in environmental exposures, discontinuity in chronic disease management, and stress. The objective of this study was ...

    Abstract Objective: Previous research suggests that people with asthma may experience a worsening of symptoms following hurricanes due to changes in environmental exposures, discontinuity in chronic disease management, and stress. The objective of this study was to estimate changes in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits in North Carolina following Hurricane Irene, which made landfall in August 2011.
    Methods: Changes in asthma-related ED visits in September to December of 2010 and 2011 were examined using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department and Inpatient Databases. A Poisson generalized linear model was used to estimate the association between Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declarations following Hurricane Irene and county-level asthma-related ED visits controlling for month, year, and county.
    Results: Following Hurricane Irene, disaster declarations were made for 38 of 100 counties in North Carolina. In September 2010, the rate of asthma-related ED visits for North Carolina was 6 per 10,000 person-months. In September 2011, rates of asthma-related ED visits were similar in counties with and without disaster declarations (7 and 5 per 10,000 person-months, respectively). When adjusting for covariates, there was little or no difference in the rate of asthma ED visits before and after the hurricane between counties with and without a disaster declaration (rate ratio {RR} [95% confidence interval {CI}] = 1.02[0.97, 1.08]).
    Conclusions: Although risk factors for asthma exacerbations increase following hurricanes, these results found little evidence of an increase in asthma-related ED visits in North Carolina following Hurricane Irene.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2375268-3
    ISSN 1938-744X ; 1935-7893
    ISSN (online) 1938-744X
    ISSN 1935-7893
    DOI 10.1017/dmp.2021.143
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  8. Article ; Online: National unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning estimates using hospitalization and emergency department data.

    Stearns, Dorothy / Sircar, Kanta

    The American journal of emergency medicine

    2018  Volume 37, Issue 3, Page(s) 421–426

    Abstract: Unintentional non-fire-related (UNFR) carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of poisoning in the US and a preventable cause of death. We generated national estimates of accidental CO poisoning and characterized the populations most at risk. ... ...

    Abstract Unintentional non-fire-related (UNFR) carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of poisoning in the US and a preventable cause of death. We generated national estimates of accidental CO poisoning and characterized the populations most at risk. UNFR CO poisoning cases were assessed using hospitalization and emergency department (ED) data from the Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample and Nationwide Emergency Department Sample databases. We used hospitalization data from 2003 to 2013 and ED data from 2007 to 2013. We calculated trends using a linear regression of UNFR CO poisonings over the study period and age-adjusted rates using direct standardization and U.S. Census Bureau estimates. During 2003-2013, approximately 14,365 persons (4.1 cases/million annually) with confirmed or probable UNFR CO poisoning were admitted to hospitals and the annual rate of poisonings showed a weak downward trend (p = 0.12). During 2007-2013, approximately 101,847 persons (48.3 visits/million annually) visited the ED and the annual rate of poisonings showed a significant downward trend (p ≤ 0.01). Most UNFR CO hospital cases involved patients who were older (aged 45-64 years), white, male, or living in the South or Midwest. Overall, the rate of hospitalizations did not change over the study period. Unintentional CO poisoning is preventable and these cases represent the most recent national estimates. ED visits declined over the study period, but the hospitalization rates did not change. This emphasizes the need for prevention efforts, such as education in the ED setting, increased use of CO alarms, and proper use and maintenance of fuel-powered household appliances.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Distribution ; Aged ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/epidemiology ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/mortality ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/prevention & control ; Databases, Factual ; Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data ; Emergency Service, Hospital/trends ; Female ; Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitalization/trends ; Humans ; Linear Models ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Population Surveillance/methods ; Sex Distribution ; United States/epidemiology ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605890-5
    ISSN 1532-8171 ; 0735-6757
    ISSN (online) 1532-8171
    ISSN 0735-6757
    DOI 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.06.002
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  9. Article ; Online: Effect of storage temperatures simulating transport conditions of nasopharyngeal swabs on the results of a chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigen.

    Kanta, Poonam / Ghosh, Arnab / Goyal, Kapil / Kaur, Ramandeep / Baluni, Manjari / Sircar, Shubhankar / Kumar, Vikas / Kumar, Krishan / Vijay, Neetu / Singh, Mini P

    Indian journal of medical microbiology

    2023  Volume 44, Page(s) 100379

    Abstract: Purpose: Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) is high throughput, rapid diagnostic test which has recently come up for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen. The present study evaluated performance of CLIA antigen test in nasopharyngeal swab samples ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) is high throughput, rapid diagnostic test which has recently come up for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen. The present study evaluated performance of CLIA antigen test in nasopharyngeal swab samples stored at different temperatures for 7 days to simulate the transport conditions and transit time across the country from remote peripheral laboratories to central facilities.
    Materials and methods: Limit of detection (LOD), sensitivity and specificity of VITROS® SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay was determined using Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (rRT-PCR) confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative samples. To detect the effect of storage temperatures on VITROS ®SARS-CoV-2 antigen results, samples were stored at 4 ​°C, 25 ​°C & 37 ​°C for 7 days followed by detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antigen and compared with N-gene rRT-PCR.
    Results: The VITROS® SARS-CoV-2 antigen test was found to have a sensitivity and specificity of 78.9% and 100% respectively with high sensitivity of 88.1% for samples with Ct ​< ​30. The LOD of VITROS assay was equivalent to 3800 copies of RNA per reactions as compared to 72 copies per reaction for rRT-PCR. We observed that more than 80% of samples with <30 Ct values could be detected by VITROS SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay at day 7 even when stored at 37 ​°C. For samples with Ct values between 26 and 30, on day 7 the positivity rate of N-antigen at 4 ​°C was 90.9% and 37 ​°C was 63.6%.
    Conclusions: CLIA testing can be carried out for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 N-protein in NP-swab samples transported in cold chain even with 7 days transit time, particularly for Ct ​< ​30 samples which represents cases with higher transmissibility. As drop in positivity for VITROS assay was lower as compared to rRT-PCR on day 7 in cold chain-maintained samples, the assay can be useful to screen samples received from remote peripheral areas before performing rRT-PCR.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; Luminescence ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Temperature ; Nasopharynx ; Immunoassay ; Sensitivity and Specificity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1038798-5
    ISSN 1998-3646 ; 0255-0857
    ISSN (online) 1998-3646
    ISSN 0255-0857
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.100379
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  10. Article ; Online: Large-scale agricultural burning and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in the U.S. state of Kansas.

    Pennington, Audrey F / Vaidyanathan, Ambarish / Ahmed, Farah S / Manangan, Arie / Mirabelli, Maria C / Sircar, Kanta Devi / Yip, Fuyuen / Flanders, W Dana

    Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology

    2023  Volume 33, Issue 4, Page(s) 663–669

    Abstract: Background: Prescribed agricultural burning is a common land management practice, but little is known about the health effects from the resulting smoke exposure.: Objective: To examine the association between smoke from prescribed burning and ... ...

    Abstract Background: Prescribed agricultural burning is a common land management practice, but little is known about the health effects from the resulting smoke exposure.
    Objective: To examine the association between smoke from prescribed burning and cardiorespiratory outcomes in the U.S. state of Kansas.
    Methods: We analyzed a zip code-level, daily time series of primary cardiorespiratory emergency department (ED) visits for February-May (months when prescribed burning is common in Kansas) in the years 2009-2011 (n = 109,220). Given limited monitoring data, we formulated a measure of smoke exposure using non-traditional datasets, including fire radiative power and locational attributes from remote sensing data sources. We then assigned a population-weighted potential smoke impact factor (PSIF) to each zip code, based on fire intensity, smoke transport, and fire proximity. We used Poisson generalized linear models to estimate the association between PSIF on the same day and in the past 3 days and asthma, respiratory including asthma, and cardiovascular ED visits.
    Results: During the study period, prescribed burning took place on approximately 8 million acres in Kansas. Same-day PSIF was associated with a 7% increase in the rate of asthma ED visits when adjusting for month, year, zip code, meteorology, day of week, holidays, and correlation within zip codes (rate ratio [RR]: 1.07; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01, 1.13). Same-day PSIF was not associated with a combined outcome of respiratory ED visits (RR [95% CI]: 0.99 [0.97, 1.02]), or cardiovascular ED visits (RR [95% CI]: 1.01 [0.98, 1.04]). There was no consistent association between PSIF during the past 3 days and any of the outcomes.
    Significance: These results suggest an association between smoke exposure and asthma ED visits on the same day. Elucidating these associations will help guide public health programs that address population-level exposure to smoke from prescribed burning.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Air Pollutants/analysis ; Kansas/epidemiology ; Asthma ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Time Factors ; Particulate Matter/analysis ; Air Pollution/analysis
    Chemical Substances Air Pollutants ; Particulate Matter
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2218551-3
    ISSN 1559-064X ; 1559-0631
    ISSN (online) 1559-064X
    ISSN 1559-0631
    DOI 10.1038/s41370-023-00531-3
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