Publications by authors named "D Jeremy Barsell"
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- The study investigates the correlation between tobacco retail outlet (TRO) density and increased cotinine levels, a marker of smoke exposure, in pregnant individuals and their children.
- It simulates the impact of various policy recommendations to reduce TROs in North Carolina, finding that these policies could potentially lower cotinine levels and decrease emergency department visits among pregnant individuals.
- The research suggests that implementing policies like limiting TRO density and establishing minimum distance between outlets is effective, with a combined approach offering the greatest potential benefits, albeit with possible challenges in execution.
Background: The Together for Health-Virginia (T4H-VA) Research Program aimed to advance cancer prevention, education, and outreach in Virginia. Creating a representative and inclusive cohort is critical to the program's mission and quality of outcomes. The T4H-VA Research Program utilized a multi-modal sampling approach to improve population health assessment.
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- The study investigates the healthcare costs and usage linked to smoking during pregnancy using data from a birth cohort in North Carolina.
- Increased cotinine levels (a marker of nicotine exposure) were found to correlate with higher emergency department visits and intensive care unit hours for both parents and infants.
- Reducing smoking rates by even 5% could lead to significant cost savings, estimated at around $150,533 from emergency visits, indicating the potential economic benefits of smoking cessation programs.
Background: Disparities in rural cancer survivors' health outcomes are well-documented, yet the role of sociocultural aspects of rurality, such as rural identity, attitudes toward rurality, and social standing on health beliefs and behaviors remain unclear. This study aimed to address these gaps.
Methods: Rural cancer survivors (N = 188) completed a mailed/online survey.
Objective: To assess the relationships of prenatal and childhood smoke exposure with specific neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems during early childhood.
Study Design: A subsample (n = 386) of mother-child dyads from the Newborn Epigenetic Study (NEST) prebirth cohort participated in the study. Cotinine concentrations were used to objectively measure prenatal and childhood smoke exposure when youth were aged 3-13 years.