John S Preisser
Biographic Data
| ID | 147396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John S Preisser |
| GIVEN NAMES | John S |
| FAMILY NAME | Preisser |
| SIGNATURE | PREISSER J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7869-2057 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Comparative Analysis of Oral Health and Self-Rated Health
Poor oral health can impact overall health. This study assessed the association between dental factors (dentate status and dental utilization) and self-rated health (S-RH) among older adults in two cross-sectional datasets: (1) NIH "All of Us (AoU) Research Program" (May 2018-July 2022 release) and (2) U.S. nationally representative "Health and Retirement Study" (HRS) 2018 wave. Participants aged ≥ 51 years were included in these analyses if (1) …
Associations Among Violence Victimization and/or Exploitation of Minors and Later Young Adulthood Violence
Little is known about how minor sex exchange (MSE) may impact violence victimization during adulthood. This study investigates potential associations between MSE and forms of interpersonal violence victimization in young adulthood, while controlling for additional forms of violence experienced in childhood and adolescence. Data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 11,500 ) were used in this analysis. Multivaria…
Cohort Profile
Early childhood caries (ECC) is an aggressive form of dental caries occurring in the first five years of life. Despite its prevalence and consequences, little progress has been made in its prevention and even less is known about individuals' susceptibility or genomic risk factors. The genome-wide association study (GWAS) of ECC ("ZOE 2.0") is a community-based, multi-ethnic, cross-sectional, genetic epidemiologic study seeking to address this kno…
Implementing an early childhood oral health program in a federally qualified health center in North Carolina
bOHP increased dental visits among children ≤3 years but the finding might be attributable to clinic changes coinciding with bOHP implementation that were not controlled with the study design. Additional studies are needed in populations experiencing challenges accessing dental care
Absence of a moderating effect of parent health literacy on Early Head Start enrollment and dental use
Parents in EHS had a higher prevalence of low HL compared to non-EHS parents. Parents' HL did not moderate the relationship between EHS and child dental use, suggesting that EHS results in similar improvements in dental use regardless of parent's HL levels
Enrollment in early head start and oral health-related quality of life
Impact of Early Head Start in North Carolina on Dental Care Use Among Children Younger Than 3 Years
Objectives. To examine the effects of North Carolina Early Head Start (EHS), an early education program for low-income children younger than 3 years and their families, on dental care use among children. Methods. We performed a quasi-experimental study in which we interviewed 479 EHS and 699 non-EHS parent–child dyads at baseline (2010–2012) and at a 24-month follow-up (2012–2014). We estimated the effects of EHS participation on the probability …
Propensity score weighting
Although propensity scores derived from GBM and LRM both effectively balanced observed preintervention covariates, GBM resulted in better covariate balance compared with LRM. GBM also resulted in a larger effective sample size of the control group compared with LRM. Propensity score weighting using GBM is an effective statistical method to reduce confounding due to imbalanced distributions of measured preintervention covariates in this EHS interv…
Examining Continuity of Care for Medicaid-Enrolled Children Receiving Oral Health Services in Medical Offices
Effects of Early Dental Office Visits on Dental Caries Experience
Objectives. We determined the association between timing of a first dentist office visit before age 5 years and dental disease in kindergarten. Methods. We used North Carolina Medicaid claims (1999–2006) linked to state oral health surveillance data to compare caries experience for kindergarten students (2005–2006) who had a visit before age 60 months (n = 11 394) to derive overall exposure effects from a zero-inflated negative binomial regressio…
Comparing Medical and Dental Providers of Oral Health Services on Early Dental Caries Experience
Objectives. Most state Medicaid programs reimburse nondental primary care providers (PCPs) for providing preventive oral health services to young children. We examined the association between who (PCP, dentist, or both) provides these services to Medicaid enrollees before age 3 years and oral health at age 5 years. Methods. We linked North Carolina Medicaid claims (1999–2006) to oral health surveillance data (2005–2006). Regression models estimat…
Effect of Early Preventive Dental Visits on Subsequent Dental Treatment and Expenditures
OBJECTIVE: Professional organizations recommend a preventive dental visit by 1 year of age. This study compared dental treatment and expenditures for Medicaid children who have a preventive visit before the age of 18 months with those who have a visit at age 18-42 months. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study used reimbursement claims for 19,888 children enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid (1999-2006). We compared the number of dental treatmen…
Oral health activities of Early Head Start teachers directed toward children and parents
The level of oral health activity in EHS programs is less than optimal. Several characteristics of EHS staff were identified that can be targeted with education interventions. Evidence for effectiveness of EHS interventions needs to be strengthened, but results of this survey provide encouraging findings about the potential effects of teacher training on their oral health practices
Multiple imputation of dental caries data using a zero-inflated Poisson regression model
This technique can be easily applied to impute missing dental caries data
The Effects of Geography and Spatial Behavior on Health Care Utilization among the Residents of a Rural Region
Objective. This analysis determines the importance of geography and spatial behavior as predisposing and enabling factors in rural health care utilization, controlling for demographic, social, cultural, and health status factors. Data Sources. A survey of 1,059 adults in 12 rural Appalachian North Carolina counties. Study Design. This cross‐sectional study used a three‐stage sampling design stratified by county and ethnicity. Preliminary analysis…
A suite of methods for representing activity space in a healthcare accessibility study
Access to Transportation and Health Care Utilization in a Rural Region
CONTEXT: Access to transportation to transverse the large distances between residences and health services in rural settings is a necessity. However, little research has examined directly access to transportation in analyses of rural health care utilization. PURPOSE: This analysis addresses the association of transportation and health care utilization in a rural region. METHODS: Using survey data from a sample of 1,059 households located in 12 we…
The Disparity in Access to New Medication by Type of Health Insurance
BACKGROUND: Drug provision within the German statutory health insurance system has undergone several reforms, including the introduction of drug macrobudgets in 1993. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which statutorily (SHI) and fully privately (PHI) health-insured patients were provided with new medication recommended by professional bodies in an equitable fashion using the example of migraine patients. RESE…
Mobility Patterns of Migrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
Occupational health research often relies on longitudinal data to link exposures and health outcomes. Studies of migrant and seasonal farmworker health face special challenges. Farmworkers are difficult to track, and many occupational health outcomes require considerable time to develop. Using data from two longitudinal studies of farmworker health in North Carolina, we: 1) describe migration during one summer (amount, reasons, destinations); and…
The quality of life of older adults with urinary incontinence
Effects of Early Dental Office Visits on Dental Caries Experience
Objectives. We determined the association between timing of a first dentist office visit before age 5 years and dental disease in kindergarten. Methods. We used North Carolina Medicaid claims (1999–2006) linked to state oral health surveillance data to compare caries experience for kindergarten students (2005–2006) who had a visit before age 60 months (n = 11 394) to derive overall exposure effects from a zero-inflated negative binomial regressio…
Comparing Medical and Dental Providers of Oral Health Services on Early Dental Caries Experience
Objectives. Most state Medicaid programs reimburse nondental primary care providers (PCPs) for providing preventive oral health services to young children. We examined the association between who (PCP, dentist, or both) provides these services to Medicaid enrollees before age 3 years and oral health at age 5 years. Methods. We linked North Carolina Medicaid claims (1999–2006) to oral health surveillance data (2005–2006). Regression models estimat…
Mobility Patterns of Migrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
Occupational health research often relies on longitudinal data to link exposures and health outcomes. Studies of migrant and seasonal farmworker health face special challenges. Farmworkers are difficult to track, and many occupational health outcomes require considerable time to develop. Using data from two longitudinal studies of farmworker health in North Carolina, we: 1) describe migration during one summer (amount, reasons, destinations); and…
The Disparity in Access to New Medication by Type of Health Insurance
BACKGROUND: Drug provision within the German statutory health insurance system has undergone several reforms, including the introduction of drug macrobudgets in 1993. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which statutorily (SHI) and fully privately (PHI) health-insured patients were provided with new medication recommended by professional bodies in an equitable fashion using the example of migraine patients. RESE…
The Effects of Geography and Spatial Behavior on Health Care Utilization among the Residents of a Rural Region
Objective. This analysis determines the importance of geography and spatial behavior as predisposing and enabling factors in rural health care utilization, controlling for demographic, social, cultural, and health status factors. Data Sources. A survey of 1,059 adults in 12 rural Appalachian North Carolina counties. Study Design. This cross‐sectional study used a three‐stage sampling design stratified by county and ethnicity. Preliminary analysis…
A suite of methods for representing activity space in a healthcare accessibility study
Access to Transportation and Health Care Utilization in a Rural Region
CONTEXT: Access to transportation to transverse the large distances between residences and health services in rural settings is a necessity. However, little research has examined directly access to transportation in analyses of rural health care utilization. PURPOSE: This analysis addresses the association of transportation and health care utilization in a rural region. METHODS: Using survey data from a sample of 1,059 households located in 12 we…
Multiple imputation of dental caries data using a zero-inflated Poisson regression model
This technique can be easily applied to impute missing dental caries data
Oral health activities of Early Head Start teachers directed toward children and parents
The level of oral health activity in EHS programs is less than optimal. Several characteristics of EHS staff were identified that can be targeted with education interventions. Evidence for effectiveness of EHS interventions needs to be strengthened, but results of this survey provide encouraging findings about the potential effects of teacher training on their oral health practices
Effect of Early Preventive Dental Visits on Subsequent Dental Treatment and Expenditures
OBJECTIVE: Professional organizations recommend a preventive dental visit by 1 year of age. This study compared dental treatment and expenditures for Medicaid children who have a preventive visit before the age of 18 months with those who have a visit at age 18-42 months. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study used reimbursement claims for 19,888 children enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid (1999-2006). We compared the number of dental treatmen…
Examining Continuity of Care for Medicaid-Enrolled Children Receiving Oral Health Services in Medical Offices
Effects of Early Dental Office Visits on Dental Caries Experience
Objectives. We determined the association between timing of a first dentist office visit before age 5 years and dental disease in kindergarten. Methods. We used North Carolina Medicaid claims (1999–2006) linked to state oral health surveillance data to compare caries experience for kindergarten students (2005–2006) who had a visit before age 60 months (n = 11 394) to derive overall exposure effects from a zero-inflated negative binomial regressio…
Comparing Medical and Dental Providers of Oral Health Services on Early Dental Caries Experience
Objectives. Most state Medicaid programs reimburse nondental primary care providers (PCPs) for providing preventive oral health services to young children. We examined the association between who (PCP, dentist, or both) provides these services to Medicaid enrollees before age 3 years and oral health at age 5 years. Methods. We linked North Carolina Medicaid claims (1999–2006) to oral health surveillance data (2005–2006). Regression models estimat…
Propensity score weighting
Although propensity scores derived from GBM and LRM both effectively balanced observed preintervention covariates, GBM resulted in better covariate balance compared with LRM. GBM also resulted in a larger effective sample size of the control group compared with LRM. Propensity score weighting using GBM is an effective statistical method to reduce confounding due to imbalanced distributions of measured preintervention covariates in this EHS interv…
Enrollment in early head start and oral health-related quality of life
Impact of Early Head Start in North Carolina on Dental Care Use Among Children Younger Than 3 Years
Objectives. To examine the effects of North Carolina Early Head Start (EHS), an early education program for low-income children younger than 3 years and their families, on dental care use among children. Methods. We performed a quasi-experimental study in which we interviewed 479 EHS and 699 non-EHS parent–child dyads at baseline (2010–2012) and at a 24-month follow-up (2012–2014). We estimated the effects of EHS participation on the probability …
Implementing an early childhood oral health program in a federally qualified health center in North Carolina
bOHP increased dental visits among children ≤3 years but the finding might be attributable to clinic changes coinciding with bOHP implementation that were not controlled with the study design. Additional studies are needed in populations experiencing challenges accessing dental care
Absence of a moderating effect of parent health literacy on Early Head Start enrollment and dental use
Parents in EHS had a higher prevalence of low HL compared to non-EHS parents. Parents' HL did not moderate the relationship between EHS and child dental use, suggesting that EHS results in similar improvements in dental use regardless of parent's HL levels
Cohort Profile
Early childhood caries (ECC) is an aggressive form of dental caries occurring in the first five years of life. Despite its prevalence and consequences, little progress has been made in its prevention and even less is known about individuals' susceptibility or genomic risk factors. The genome-wide association study (GWAS) of ECC ("ZOE 2.0") is a community-based, multi-ethnic, cross-sectional, genetic epidemiologic study seeking to address this kno…
Associations Among Violence Victimization and/or Exploitation of Minors and Later Young Adulthood Violence
Little is known about how minor sex exchange (MSE) may impact violence victimization during adulthood. This study investigates potential associations between MSE and forms of interpersonal violence victimization in young adulthood, while controlling for additional forms of violence experienced in childhood and adolescence. Data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 11,500 ) were used in this analysis. Multivaria…
A Comparative Analysis of Oral Health and Self-Rated Health
Poor oral health can impact overall health. This study assessed the association between dental factors (dentate status and dental utilization) and self-rated health (S-RH) among older adults in two cross-sectional datasets: (1) NIH "All of Us (AoU) Research Program" (May 2018-July 2022 release) and (2) U.S. nationally representative "Health and Retirement Study" (HRS) 2018 wave. Participants aged ≥ 51 years were included in these analyses if (1) …
The quality of life of older adults with urinary incontinence
Medicine (19 works) · Dental Health and Care Utilization (11 works) · Family medicine (11 works) · Demography (9 works) · Health care (8 works) · Logistic regression (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Pediatrics (7 works) · Demography (6 works)