Search Results - "Daniel J. Feaster"

Estimating Individual Treatment Effect in Observational Data Using Random Forest Methods by Lu, Min, Sadiq, Saad, Feaster, Daniel J., Ishwaran, Hemant

“…Estimation of individual treatment effect in observational data is complicated due to the challenges of confounding and selection bias. A useful inferential…”
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What is the prevalence of and trend in opioid use disorder in the United States from 2010 to 2019? Using multiplier approaches to estimate prevalence for an unknown population size by Keyes, Katherine M., Rutherford, Caroline, Hamilton, Ava, Barocas, Joshua A., Gelberg, Kitty H., Mueller, Peter P., Feaster, Daniel J., El-Bassel, Nabila, Cerdá, Magdalena

“…•Approximately 6.7 to 7.6 million adults in the US are currently living with OUD.•Methods to estimate the prevalence of OUD require extrapolation and…”
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Neighborhood Greenness and Chronic Health Conditions in Medicare Beneficiaries by Brown, Scott C., PhD, Lombard, Joanna, MArch, Wang, Kefeng, MS, Byrne, Margaret M., PhD, Toro, Matthew, MA, Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth, MArch, Feaster, Daniel J., PhD, Kardys, Jack, MSM, Nardi, Maria I., MLArch, Perez-Gomez, Gianna, PhD, Pantin, Hilda M., PhD, Szapocznik, José, PhD

“…Introduction Prior studies suggest that exposure to the natural environment may impact health. The present study examines the association between objective…”
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Multimorbidity patterns and their relationship to mortality in the US older adult population by Zheng, D Diane, Loewenstein, David A, Christ, Sharon L, Feaster, Daniel J, Lam, Byron L, McCollister, Kathryn E, Curiel-Cid, Rosie E, Lee, David J

“…Understanding patterns of multimorbidity in the US older adult population and their relationship with mortality is important for reducing healthcare…”
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Disadvantaged groups have greater spatial access to pharmacies in New York state by Suri, Abhinav, Quinn, James, Balise, Raymond R, Feaster, Daniel J, El-Bassel, Nabila, Rundle, Andrew G

“…The accessibility of pharmacies has been associated with overall health and wellbeing. Past studies have suggested that low income and racial minority…”
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Data cleaning and harmonization of clinical trial data: Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder by Balise, Raymond R, Hu, Mei-Chen, Calderon, Anna R, Odom, Gabriel J, Brandt, Laura, Luo, Sean X, Feaster, Daniel J

“…Several large-scale, pragmatic clinical trials on opioid use disorder (OUD) have been completed in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network…”
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Capturing drug use patterns at a glance: An n-ary word sufficient statistic for repeated univariate categorical values by Odom, Gabriel J, Brandt, Laura, Castro, Clinton, Luo, Sean X, Feaster, Daniel J, Balise, Raymond R

“…Introduction The efficacy of treatments for substance use disorders (SUD) is tested in clinical trials in which participants typically provide urine samples to…”
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Application of machine learning algorithms for localized syringe services program policy implementation - Florida, 2017 by Bartholomew, Tyler S., Tookes, Hansel E., Spencer, Emma C., Feaster, Daniel J.

“…People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an amplified vulnerability for experiencing a multitude of harms related to their substance use, including viral (e.g…”
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Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Sexual Minority Hispanic Adolescents by Ocasio, Manuel A., M.S.P.H, Feaster, Daniel J., Ph.D, Prado, Guillermo, Ph.D

“…Abstract Purpose This study examines substance use and sexual risk in sexual minority Hispanic adolescents (SMHAs) relative to their heterosexual counterparts…”
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Developing a dynamic HIV transmission model for 6 U.S. cities: An evidence synthesis by Krebs, Emanuel, Enns, Benjamin, Wang, Linwei, Zang, Xiao, Panagiotoglou, Dimitra, Del Rio, Carlos, Dombrowski, Julia, Feaster, Daniel J, Golden, Matthew, Granich, Reuben, Marshall, Brandon, Mehta, Shruti H, Metsch, Lisa, Schackman, Bruce R, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Nosyk, Bohdan

“…Dynamic HIV transmission models can provide evidence-based guidance on optimal combination implementation strategies to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS. However,…”
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Impact of COVID-19 on HIV service delivery in Miami-Dade County: a mixed methods study by Harkness, Audrey, Morales, Vanessa, Defreitas, Wayne, Atuluru, Pranusha, Jaramillo, Jahn, Weinstein, Elliott R, Feaster, Daniel J, Safren, Steven, Balise, Raymond

“…Facilitating access to HIV prevention and treatment is imperative in Miami-Dade County (MDC), a U.S. HIV epicenter. With COVID-19, disruptions to these…”
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Strategies of Managing Repeated Measures: Using Synthetic Random Forest to Predict HIV Viral Suppression Status Among Hospitalized Persons with HIV by Liu, Jingxin, Pan, Yue, Nelson, Mindy C., Gooden, Lauren K., Metsch, Lisa R., Rodriguez, Allan E., Tross, Susan, del Rio, Carlos, Mandler, Raul N., Feaster, Daniel J.

“…The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a major public health concern since the 1980s; untreated HIV infection has numerous consequences on quality of life. To optimize…”
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Baseline prevalence and correlates of HIV and HCV infection among people who inject drugs accessing a syringe services program; Miami, FL by Bartholomew, Tyler S, Onugha, Jason, Bullock, Corinne, Scaramutti, Carolina, Patel, Hardik, Forrest, David W, Feaster, Daniel J, Tookes, Hansel E

“…Background Blood-borne viral infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), are common infections among people who inject drugs (PWID). This study aims to…”
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Opioids exacerbate inflammation in people with well-controlled HIV by Dang, Christine M, Nelson, C Mindy, Feaster, Daniel J, Kizhner, Alexander, Forrest, David W, Nakamura, Nobuyo, Iyer, Akshay, Ghanta, Priya P, Jayaweera, Dushyantha T, Rodriguez, Allan E, Pahwa, Rajendra N, Tookes, Hansel E, Pallikkuth, Suresh, Pahwa, Savita G

“…People with HIV (PWH) are known to have underlying inflammation and immune activation despite virologic control. Substance use including opioid dependence is…”
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Implementation and first-year operating costs of an academic medical center-based syringe services program by Bartholomew, Tyler S, Patel, Hardik, McCollister, Kathryn, Feaster, Daniel J, Tookes, Hansel E

“…Syringe services programs (SSPs) remain highly effective, cost-saving interventions for the prevention of blood-borne infections among people who inject drugs…”
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Performance of model-based vs. permutation tests in the HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM) Communities Study, a covariate-constrained cluster randomized trial by Tang, Xiaoyu, Heeren, Timothy, Westgate, Philip M, Feaster, Daniel J, Fernandez, Soledad A, Vandergrift, Nathan, Cheng, Debbie M

“…Background The HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term.sup.SM) Communities Study (HCS) is a multi-site parallel group cluster randomized wait-list…”
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Modeling Site Effects in the Design and Analysis of Multi-site Trials by Feaster, Daniel J., Mikulich-Gilbertson, Susan, Brincks, Ahnalee M.

“…Background: Careful consideration of site effects is important in the analysis of multi-site clinical trials for drug abuse treatment. The statistical choices…”
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The association of periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease risk: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos by Singer, Richard H., Stoutenberg, Mark, Feaster, Daniel J., Cai, Jianwen, Hlaing, WayWay M., Metsch, Lisa R., Salazar, Christian R., Beaver, Shirley M., Finlayson, Tracy L., Talavera, Gregory, Gellman, Marc D., Schneiderman, Neil

“…Background Current evidence suggests that periodontal disease (PD) is associated with a significant increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease…”
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A study protocol for Project I-Test: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a practice coaching intervention to increase HIV testing in substance use treatment programs by Frimpong, Jemima A, Parish, Carrigan L, Feaster, Daniel J, Gooden, Lauren K, Nelson, Mindy C, Matheson, Tim, Siegel, Karolynn, Haynes, Louise, Linas, Benjamin P, Assoumou, Sabrina A, Tross, Susan, Kyle, Tiffany, Liguori, Terri K, Toussaint, Oliene, Annane, Debra, Metsch, Lisa R

“…Background People with substance use disorders are vulnerable to acquiring HIV. Testing is fundamental to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention; however, in the…”
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Estimating the potential value of MSM‐focused evidence‐based implementation interventions in three Ending the HIV Epidemic jurisdictions in the United States: a model‐based analysis by Enns, Benjamin, Sui, Yi, Guerra‐Alejos, Brenda C., Humphrey, Lia, Piske, Micah, Zang, Xiao, Doblecki‐Lewis, Susanne, Feaster, Daniel J., Frye, Victoria A., Geng, Elvin H., Liu, Albert Y., Marshall, Brandon D. L., Rhodes, Scott D., Sullivan, Patrick S., Nosyk, Bohdan

“…Introduction Improving the delivery of existing evidence‐based interventions to prevent and diagnose HIV is key to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United…”
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