Chicago Department of Public Health

Latent profiles of change in opioid-related stigma and predictors of profile membership within a nationally representative, weighted sample in the United States

Background Stigma is a well-established barrier to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment initiation and outcomes. However, research has yet to fully describe if and how national public OUD stigma changes over time in the absence of formal intervention. Utilizing a longitudinal, nat...

Clinically integrated breastfeeding peer counseling to promote breastfeeding equity: Research protocol for patient-centered costs of infant feeding and lactation care

Despite national and international recommendations for exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months of age, 44% of infants receive no breastmilk at this important milestone, imposing a significant cost on the US economy vis a vis elevated cardiovascular, infectious, and metabolic disease...

Medicaid ACO Implementation and Pediatric Asthma Care Equity

OBJECTIVES: Poorly controlled asthma disproportionately impacts children from lower-income and racially or ethnically minority groups. We examined whether Massachusetts Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) implementation was associated with improved pediatric asthma care...

Authentication status and AI triage concordance among care seekers in a US health system

Online AI triage tools (symptom checkers) are widely deployed at the digital front door of US health systems, but little is known about how users’ pre-stated care intent aligns with the AI recommendation or how that alignment shapes downstream engagement. We conducted a prospecti...

Wave-driven resuspension as the dominant environmental predictor of enterococci at Chicago beaches

Abstract Predicting fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) to protect public health at Chicago beaches remains a significant challenge due to complex, site-specific environmental dynamics. This study presents a machine learning pipeline utilizing site-specific random forest regressor mod...

The Pediatric Hospitalist: A Survey of What We Do and Where We Are Going

BACKGROUND: Pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) is undergoing structural transitions, including the discontinuation of the practice pathway to board certification and changes to pediatric resident training, decreasing inpatient exposure. In this context, understanding the compositi...

The Pediatric Hospitalist: A Survey of How We Are Doing

Physician well-being has important implications for clinicians, patients, and health care organizations. Burnout not only takes a human toll but is also associated with reduction in work hours, attrition, and medical errors.1 Conversely, career satisfaction is linked to improved...

Local Linear Estimation for Covariate‐Dependent Coefficients Model in Disease Mapping

ABSTRACT Spatial regression effects may depend on covariates in disease‐mapping models. For example, the association between infectious disease incidence and risk factors may vary according to climatic factors, such as time, season, and temperature. In this study, we aim to devel...

Development of a Tool to Assess Competency in Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Via Endobronchial Valve Placement

RATIONALE: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) is an established treatment option for severe emphysema, improving lung function and quality of life. Despite its growing use, there are no standardized, validated tools to assess operator competency in performing BLVR, limiti...

How Healthy Are Community Health Workers: Findings from a Chicago-Area Survey

Community health workers (CHWs) are a growing and essential component of the U.S. healthcare workforce, yet little is known about their own health and well-being. The CHWs Our Work + Our Health Pilot Study administered a cross-sectional survey to a convenience sample of CHWs livi...

The Impact of State Certification and Medicaid Reimbursement on Community Health Worker Place of Employment and Wages: United States, 2012-2023.

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