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Physical Health

Immediately following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, many of you reported feeling a variety of acute physical symptoms.  Excessive fatigue (23% of you reported this), stuffy/runny nose (19%), watery/burning/itchy eyes (19%), severe headaches (18%), and cough (17%) were the most common symptoms reported (see Figure 1). Those of you who reported more of these symptoms were more likely to have been exposed to the oil spill.

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Peres LC, Trapido E, Rung AL, Harrington DJ, Oral E, Fang Z, Fontham E, Peters ES. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Physical Health among Adult Women in Southern Louisiana: The Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2016;124(8):1208-12-13.

Mental Health

Over a quarter of you (28%) reported feeling depressed in the past week, and 13% of you reported symptoms of severe mental distress (see Figure 2). Domestic conflict was another issue of concern. 16% of you with partners reported an increase in the number of fights with your partner, and 11% reported an increase in their intensity. All of these conditions were related to both economic and physical exposure to the oil spill.

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Rung AL, Gaston S, Oral E, Robinson WT, Fontham E, Harrington DJ, Trapido E, Peters ES. Depression, Mental Distress and Domestic Conflict among Louisiana Women Exposed to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Women and Their Children’s Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2016;124(9):1429-1435.

Depression and Social Capital and Social Support

Social capital has to do with how you interact with others in your community. We found that those of you who participated more in neighborhood organizations (what we call “structural social capital”) tended to feel more of a sense of community and cohesion (what we call “cognitive social capital”), which led to feelings of greater social support. All of these things tend to lead to less depression. But the oil spill, specifically the economic consequences of it, negatively affected those feelings of community and social support, leading to higher levels of depression.

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Rung AL, Gaston S, Robinson WT, Trapido EJ, Peters ES. Untangling the Disaster-Depression Knot: The Role of Social Ties After Deepwater Horizon. Social Science & Medicine 2017 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.041.


Wives of Workers Study

This study enrolled 252 wives or female partners of men who participated in the GuLF STUDY. These women lived in coastal Louisiana parishes between 2011 and 2013. 31% of them reported symptoms of depression, 33% reported increases in domestic fights, 31% reported memory loss post-spill, and 39% reported an inability to concentrate post-spill. All of these conditions were associated with greater total exposure and greater physical exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Domestic fights with partner and memory loss post-spill were also both related to greater economic exposure to the oil spill.

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Rung AL, Oral E, Fontham E, Harrington DJ, Trapido EJ, Peters ES. Mental health impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill among wives of clean-up workers. Epidemiology 2015;26(4):e44-e46.


Depression Methods

We explored other ways to analyze the questions related to depression by using a method called latent profile analysis to try to better understand patterns of responses. We found that women fell into three groups: those with no depression, those with occasional depressive symptoms, and those with severe depressive symptoms. These results supported the conventional use of the depression screening tool. We also found that women with the most severe depressive symptoms tended to not have completed high school, have a lower household income, and have less social support. They also tended to report more damage to areas they fished commercially, to have experienced more economic consequences from the oil spill, and to have smelled the oil more often than women who reported fewer depressive symptoms.

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Gaston S, Nugent N, Peters ES, Ferguson TF, Trapido EJ, Robinson WT, Rung AL. Exploring Heterogeneity and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in the Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) Study. Journal of Affective Disorders 2016;205:190-199.

Neighborhoods and Obesity

Those of you who reported living in more unfavorable neighborhoods (e.g., dirtier, noisier, more visible trash and graffiti, poor condition of streets, abandoned cars or buildings) were more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI, a measure of obesity).

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Sullivan SM, Peters ES, Trapido EJ, Oral E, Scribner RA, Rung AL. Assessing mediation of behavioral and stress pathways in the association between neighborhood environments and obesity outcomes. Preventive Medicine Reports 2016;4:248-255.


Resilience

The Resilience Working Group of the Gulf Coast Research Consortium developed a conceptual framework to serve as the basis for testing how access to social resources, such as formal and informal social support and assistance, can promote positive adaptation or reduced psychopathology among individuals and communities exposed to the acute collective stressor of a technological disaster such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

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Abramson D, Grattan L, Mayer B, Colten C, Arosemena F, Bedimo-Rung A, Lichtveld M. The Resilience Activation Framework: a Conceptual Model of How Access to Social Resources Promotes Adaptation and Rapid Recovery in Post-disaster Settings. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 2015;42(1):42-57.


Delta Omega

Alpha Psi Chapter

Delta Omega is the honorary society for graduate studies in public health. The society was founded in 1924 at Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health. There are currently 48 chapters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

Delta Omega is governed by a Delta Omega constitution, by-laws and a governance manual. The governing body is the National Council of elected officers and representatives of each chapter. The council meets annually, usually in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.

Since Delta Omega’s establishment in 1924, the meaning and scope of public health has broadened tremendously. While it is still seriously concerned with problems of environmental sanitation and communicable disease control, public health action has come to embrace all aspects of health and disease in populations. These include the planning, organization, and support of health promotion, disease prevention, and medical care. Basic to modern public health are the social sciences as well as the natural sciences–both in the United States and internationally.

Membership

Each year at the School of Public Health annual award ceremony, induction of new members is conducted.  The chapter may elect new members from four groups according to national standards:

  1. Students who are candidates for a graduate degree in public health: Up to 10% of the graduating student body, who must be in the upper 25% academically. This is across the whole year: summer, winter, and spring
  2. Faculty members at the school of public health: Either five members or 3% of the full-time faculty, whichever is less
  3. Alumni actively engaged in public health work, and a maximum of ten graduates of the local school of public health whose work in the practice of public health would serve as a model for future graduates of the school, and
  4. Honorary members possessing exceptional qualifications: This membership shall be limited to one every year conferred only upon persons possessing exceptional qualifications, who have attained meritorious distinction in the field of public health.

Election from all groups is based on outstanding performance—student scholarship, faculty in teaching and research, and alumni in public health practice.  Election to membership in Delta Omega is intended, not only to recognize merit, but also to encourage further excellence in, and devotion to, public health work.

Election to membership in Delta Omega is intended, not only to recognize merit, but also, to encourage further excellence in, and devotion to, public health work. Membership in Delta Omega reflects the dedication of an individual to quality in the field of public health and to protection and advancement of the health of all people.

Election from all four groups is based on outstanding performance–scholarship in students, teaching and research in faculty members, and community service in alumni.

Call for Nominations

The Alpha Psi Chapter will accept nominations in the alumni category from anyone.  To submit a LSUH-NO School of Public Health alumnus for consideration, send:

  1. Nomination letter summarizing the individual’s accomplishments relevant to public health — maximum of two pages
  2. Biographical sketch

Email the nomination to deltaomega@lsuhsc.edu

Nominations are due by February 1 of each year.

Seminars

The Gun Violence Policy Lab: Research and Evaluation to Inform Strategic Gun Violence Prevention Interventions
Amanda Hammack, PhD, MSW (September 15th, 2022):
https://mediasite-ent.lsuhsc.edu/Mediasite/Play/139940bdd81d423e8ab27a6626634f911d

The intersection of Public Policy and Behavioral Health
Karen Stubbs Church, J.D. (September 29th 2022):
https://mediasite-ent.lsuhsc.edu/Mediasite/Play/5d2ece7d4cc94b768dc37789c24bbabb1d

2024 SPH and Delta Omega Honors Day Poster Session

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2022 LSUHSC School of Public Health Delta Omega Honors Day

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Awards

All Delta Omega awards are judged by the active membership of the Alpha Psi Chapter:

  • Honors Day posters
  • Doctoral Award – for outstanding work while pursuing the doctorate degree. Award is judged on the entire body of work including publications, presentations, and service in addition to the dissertation.  One each year.

For more information, contact us at deltaomega@lsuhsc.edu

2022 Awards

Student Inductees:

Olivia Sugarman
Kaylin Beiter
Lisa Kam
Michael Stocker
Mirandy Li

Faculty inductee:  Michael Celestin
Alumnus inductee:  Amanda Hammack

Poster Session Awards:

Mirandy Li
Minority Stress among LGBTQ Smokers in the Deep South: A Mixed Methods Study
Co-authors:  Holly Mayeaux, Jackson Fritz, Gabrielle Gonzalez, Stephen Phillippi, Qingzhao Yu, Edward Trapido, Michael Celestin, Tung Sung Tseng

Thomas Luke
Adolescent Reproductive Health Education during COVID-19: Evaluation of a Model for Virtual Reproductive Health Intervention in New Orleans
Co-authors:  Carey MA, Dunn R, Chau KN, Mehdizadeh R , Greene S, Mecklosky J, Pasternak RH

In third place and winner of the practice category is:

Kelly Chau
The Role of Minority Stress Processes on Smoking Behaviors among LGBTQ Individuals: A Systematic Review
Co-authors:  Mirandy Li, Tung Sung Tseng

Doctoral Award:
Olivia Sugarman, Community Health Sciences.  Dissertation:  HIV Outcomes after Release from State Corrections:  Examining the Impact of Two Pre-release Interventions


Publications

Faculty Publications – 2023-2024
SPOTLIGHT – August, 2022

Pancreatic cancer among solid organ transplant recipients in the United States

August 2022

Co-Author – Dr. Mei-Chin Hsieh

Pancreatic cancer (PC) in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients is not well studied. Some PC cases may be incidentally detected during hepatobiliary imaging.  Full article HERE


Implementation of multi-level interventions to mitigate risk of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant at a public University in Southern United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2022

Dr. Ed. Trapido

During the COVID19 pandemic, navigating the implementation of public health measures in a politically charged environment for a large state entity was challenging.  However, LSU leadership developed and deployed an effective, multi-layered mitigation plan and successfully opened in-person learning while managing cases of SARS-CoV-2 during the fourth surge. We describe the plan to provide a framework for other institutions during this and future responses. The goals were three-fold: maintain a quality learning environment, mitigate risk to the campus community, and ensure that LSU operations did not contribute to healthcare stress. As of September 2022, LSU has achieved high compliance with interventions and relatively low virus activity on campus compared to peer institutions. This university model can serve as a template for similar implementation plans in the context of complex socio-political and economic considerations.  Full article HERE

SPOTLIGHT – July, 2020

2020 LSUHSC Virtual Summer Research Internship Poster Session

The Summer Research Internship Program has provided research opportunities for medical students, undergraduates, and high school students since 2003. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, summer 2020 research projects were performed mainly via a virtual learning model. The program directors, Dr. Paula Gregory and Dr. Fern Tsien, matched students with mentors from LSU Health Sciences Center, University Medical Center, and the Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC). The Summer Research Internship Program has allowed students to cultivate their interest in pursuing careers in clinical sciences, public health, or basic sciences.

Funding support for the undergraduate virtual summer program was provided by:

  • LSUHSC School of Medicine, Office of the Dean
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program 

2020 LSUHSC Virtual Summer Research Internship Poster Award (HERE)

SPOTLIGHT – June, 2019
Continuity of Outpatient Care and Avoidable Hospitalization: a Systematic Review

Yu-Hsiang Kao, Wei-Ting Lin, Wan-Hsuan Jenny Chen, Shiao-Chi Wu, and Tung-Sung Tseng.

Continuity of care (COC) is a core element of primary care, which has been associated with improved health outcomes. Hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are potentially preventable if these conditions are managed well in the primary care setting. This team of researchers, including Dr. Kao and Dr. Tung-Sung Tseng’s aim, was to conduct a systematic review of literature on the association between COC and hospitalizations for ACSCs. They used the Systematic literature review, a method which all published literature was searched for in PubMed and MEDLINE using PRISMA guidelines for collecting empirical studies. Studies published in English between 2008 and 2017 that measured the association between COC and at least one measure of ACSC hospitalizations were included in this review.

Their results, a total of 15 studies met the inclusion criteria and applied claims data to examine the association between COC and ACSC hospitalizations. Most studies (93.3%) demonstrated a statistically significant association of higher COC in the outpatient setting with reduced likelihood of hospitalization for either all ACSCs or a specific ACSC. A strong association was observed among studies focusing on patients with a specific ACSC. Additionally, most studies used the Bice-Boxerman COC index to measure COC and measured COC before a period of measuring ACSC hospitalizations. The team concluded that this systematic review identified an increased COC in outpatient care is associated with fewer hospitalizations for ACSCs. Increasing COC is favorable for patients who are managing a specific ACSC.

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE or go to https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2019/2019-vol25-n4/continuity-of-outpatient-care-and-avoidable-hospitalization-a-systematic-review


Using the emergency department to investigate smoking in young adults

Faculty and researchers at the LSU School of Medicine (Stephen Kantrow and Sarah Jolley), LSU School of Public Health (Xinnan Wang, Tung-Sung Tseng, Dodie Arnold, Claudia Leonardi, Richard Scribner, Edward Trapido, Hui-Yi Lin), Ochsner Health System (Eboni Price Haywood) and the Louisiana Public Health Institute (Lisanne Brown) used emergency department (ED) data to estimate the prevalence of smoking in young adults. Most state or national surveys of smoking are limited in size- especially when looking at county level data, and phone based surveys have had decreasing responses. School based surveys are helpful, but limited by age. The researchers used data from EHRs for five EDs within U.S. Census-defined metropolitan New Orleans (New Orleans–Metairie, LA) for persons 18-24 years old. (15% of young adults are reported to have used EDs in the past year). Smoking status was available for 55,777 persons (91% of the total Emergency Departments); 61% were women, 55% were black, 35% were white, and 8% were Hispanic. One third of patients were uninsured. Most smokers used cigarettes (95%). Prevalence of current smoking was 21.7% for women and 42.5% for men. Smoking prevalence was highest for substance use disorder (58%), psychiatric illness (41%) and alcohol use (39%), and lowest for pregnancy (13.5%). In multivariable analyses, male gender, white race, lack of health insurance, alcohol use, and illicit drug use were independently associated with smoking. Smoking risk among alcohol and drug users varied by gender, race, and/or age.

The BRFSS estimated 29% prevalence during the same time, and had data on 597 subjects aged 18–30 years. Although ED data are likely to overestimate tobacco use, the large sample size is useful- especially for stratum-specific estimates- particularly in a demographically diverse population. Dr. Stephen Kantrow, the lead investigator, stated ”this approach provides smoking data for a large sample of young adults in one metropolitan area, and may support longitudinal studies of smoking in high and low risk populations.

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Descriptive Study of 30-day Hospital Readmissions for Person 65 and Older in Louisiana 2011-2014

Since 2012 greater scrutiny is being given to factors associated with patients readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of a discharge from the same hospital. Interest in these readmissions is driven by higher health costs as well as healthcare outcomes. Utlizing patient admission records from the Lousiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Database (LAHIDD) for fiscal years 2011 to 2014, an interdisciplinary team at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans investigated the relationships between patient race, gender, discharge status and comorbidities and 30-day readmissions among Louisianans 65 years and older.

The research team, School of Public Health associate professor Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, assistant professor Elizabeth Levitzky and MPH student Asha Buehler and Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice director Tina Gunaldo, analyzed over 300,000 patient admissions during the 4-year period. The team evaluated the total number of admissions as well as the number of 30-days readmissions for each patient, focusing on five diagnosis categories – circulatory, digestive, infectious, respiratory diseases and unintentional injuries.

The researchers found differences in readmission rates among patients 65 years and older grouped by race, gender, and discharge location prior to readmission. Within these older patients, the rate of readmission varied by diagnosis code category with circulatory diseases having the highest rate among the five diagnosis categories of interest. White males showed the highest rates in each category. The discharge location prior to the 30-day readmission also differed among the race and gender groups.  Full article here


Supporting health system transformation through an interprofessional education experience focused on population health

Kari F. Brisolara, Sonia Gasparini, Alison H. Davis, Shane Sanne, Sandra Carlin Andrieu, Jerald James, Donald E. Mercante, Raquel Baroni De Carvalho & Tina Patel Gunaldo

The purpose of this study according to Dr. Kari Brisolara, of the LSUHSC School of Public Health, was to determine the impact of an interprofessional education (IPE) experience on first year students across all schools of a health sciences center on the topic of pediatric immunizations. The research team conducted a pre-/post-test at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans with 731 first year students from 25 academic programs encompassing all six schools (Allied Health, Dentistry, Graduate Studies, Medicine, Nursing and Public Health). In the four questions related to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) sub-competencies and the three questions related to professional role regarding immunizations, there was a statistically significant difference in the pre-/post-test survey results (< 0.0001). Student learning related to the collaboration needed to make a larger impact on patient outcomes was demonstrated through assessment of an open-ended question. IPE experiences can improve first-year students’ perceptions of IPEC sub-competencies regarding the importance of population health and teamwork. By utilizing a population health focus with IPE activities, novice learners are equipped to learn and apply collaborative practice skills along with recognizing the importance of promoting overall health and well-being instead of just health care.

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A Partnership in Health-Related Social Media for Young Breast Cancer Survivors

Donna L. Williams, DrPH, Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, Yu-wen Chiu, DrPH, MPH, Laura Ricks, MPH, Silvia Gisiger Camata,MPH, Barbara Craft, MD, Karen Meneses, PhD

In the United States, about 11% (26,393) of those diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 will be young or less than 45 years old. Young breast cancer survivors, compared to older cancer survivors, are a disparate group that experience higher incidence of advanced disease, greater mortality, and poorer quality of life, and are often faced with difficulty locating support that meets the unique needs of young women. The Gulf States Young Breast Cancer Survivor Network, composed of three sister networks, formed a partnership aimed at harnessing the power of social media to reach and impact the lives of young women with breast cancer. The collaborative partnership framework and the power of synergy are shown in merging two existing programs and incorporating a third new program.

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A Platform for Monitoring Fiscal Health and Sustainability of the Public Health System

According to a new study titled, “The Public Health Uniform National Data System (PHUND$): A Platform for Monitoring Fiscal Health and Sustainability of the Public Health System,” published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice on August 13, 2018, it states, “Leaders of government agencies are responsible for stewardship over taxpayer investments. Stewardship […]

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Subgroup-specific dose finding in phase I clinical trials based on time to toxicity allowing adaptive subgroup combination ~ Andrew G. Chapple and Peter F. Thall

A Bayesian design is presented that does precision dose finding based on time to toxicity in a phase I clinical trial with two or more patient subgroups. The design, called Sub-TITE, makes sequentially adaptive subgroup-specific decisions while possibly combining subgroups that have similar estimated dose-toxicity curves. Decisions are based […]

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Analyzing over diagnosis risk in cancer screening: A case of screening mammography for breast cancer ~ Mahboubeh Madadi, Mohammadhossein Heydari, Shengfan Zhang, Edward Pohl, Chase Rainwater & Donna L. Williams

Overdiagnosis is defined as the diagnosis of an asymptotic cancer that would not have presented clinically in a patient’s lifetime in the absence of screening. Quantifying overdiagnosis is difficult, since it is impossible to distinguish between a cancer that would cause symptoms in the patient lifetime and the ones that would not. In this study, a mathematical framework is developed to estimate the lifetime overdiagnosis and cancer mortality risks associated with cancer screening policies […]

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 LATEST RESEARCH NEWS – Fall 2018 

Women and Their Children’s Health Study (WaTCH)

The Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) study is a collaboration between the LSU Health Sciences Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We are researching the short- and long-term physical, mental, and community health effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on women and children. 2600 women and 600 children from Southeastern Louisiana are participating in this study. Up to now, very little research has been done to study the long-term health effects of oil spills, and currently, no other local organization is studying the physical and mental health of such a large group of women and their children in Louisiana.

Click here to go to the WaTCH Website

The WaTCH study wants to know:

  • What makes people and communities resilient (able to bounce back from hardships)
  • Ways to improve communities’ ability to recover from disasters in the future
  • Mechanisms of exposure to oil spills
  • Physical and emotional health effects (like problems with breathing, rashes, headaches, depression, etc.)
  • Effects of the oil spill on children’s development and well-being, and how parents and the community can help children cope

Deepwater Horizon Research Consortium

The WaTCH study is a member of the Deepwater Horizon Research Consortium. The Consortium identify personal and community health effects from the DWH oil spill and help identify ways to improve communities’ ability to recover from future disasters. Each of these partnerships focuses on a different aspect of the Gulf oil spill, such as the effects of the spill on the mental and physical health of mothers and children, or its impact on those who fish for a living or consume large amounts of seafood. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has funded the Deepwater Horizon Research Consortium, a network of community and university partnerships to conduct this important research in the Gulf region.

For information about the spill, view a presentation by Dr. Edward Trapido, WaTCH Principal Investigator: Oil_Spill_Presentation (.pdf)

For information about the study, check out our website or contact us:

Study Line (Toll Free): 833-814-1800.

WaTCH RESEARCHERS

Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, ScD.
Department Chair and Professor, Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health
epeters@unmc.edu, 402-559-4248
Ariane Rung, MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
LSUHSC School of Public Health
Edward J. Trapido, ScD, FACE
Interim Dean and Professor, Epidemiology
LSUHSC School of Public Health
Nicole Nugent, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Alpert Brown Medical School
Alicia K. Smith, PhD
Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine