Background: Mendelian randomization (MR) provides unconfounded estimates. MR is open
to selection bias when the underlying sample is selected on surviving to recruitment on the …

Objectives We are often confronted in public health by associations that vary by population
or subpopulation. Much effort has focused on the statistical and biological interpretation of …

Purpose The veterans administration diabetes risk (VADR) cohort facilitates studies on
temporal and geographic patterns of pre-diabetes and diabetes, as well as targeted studies of …

Introduction This study examined feasibility of a place-based community health worker (CHW)
and health advocate (HA) initiative in five public housing developments selected for high …

Background: South Asians experience a disproportionate burden of high blood pressure (BP)
in the United States, arguably the most preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. …

Purpose To examine how the choice of neighborhood food environment definition impacts
the association with diet. Methods Using food frequency questionnaire data from the Reasons …

Background The Million Hearts® initiative aims to prevent heart disease and stroke in the
United States by mobilizing public and private sectors around a core set of objectives, with …

Small primary care practices are critical to advancing Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims, yet
their efforts and experiences remain little studied. We examine two strategies derived from …

Objectives. We estimated human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series completion and
examined predictors of completion among adolescents and young adults in a large family …

Research-grade data in the real world: challenges and opportunities in data quality from a
pragmatic trial in community-based practices | Journal of the American Medical Informatics …