Gerald R Hobbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123450 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald R Hobbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobbs |
| SIGNATURE | HOBBS G R |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7859-4257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Association of Loneliness and Mindfulness in Substance Use Treatment Retention
Elevated mental illness prevalence complicates efforts designed to address the opioid crisis in Appalachia. The recovery community acknowledges that loneliness impacts mood and engagement in care factors; however, the predictive relationship between loneliness and retention in medication-assisted outpatient treatment programs has not been explored. Our objectives were to identify associations between mental health factors and retention in treatme…
Reservation‐Urban Comparison of Suicidal Ideation/Planning and Attempts in American Indian Youth
BACKGROUND: Our aim was to identify sex- and location-specific risk factors for suicide ideation/planning and attempts among American Indian youth. METHODS: Biennial data for 6417 American Indian high school students attending reservation and urban schools were extracted from the Montana volunteer sample Youth Risk Behavior Survey data for pooled years 2003 to 2011. Logistic regression was used to identify sex- and school location-specific risk b…
The Relationship between “Protection of” and “Violence Against” Infants and Young Children
Between 1940 and 2005, in the United States, the rate of unnatural death declined about 75 percent in infant and young child boys and girls; a remarkable indicator of successful child protection. During this same period, the rate of reported homicide in infant boys increased 64.0 percent, in infant girls increased 43.5 percent, in young child boys increased 333.3 percent, and in young child girls increased 300.0 percent, a dismal and disturbing i…
Electoral College Winner's Advantage
Compared to the popular vote, the Electoral College magnifies the perception of the winner's margin of victory. In this analysis, a method of quantifying the magnitude of the advantage given to the winner due to the Electoral College's two electoral vote add-on and winner-take-all methodologies is presented. Using the electoral vote distribution that was present in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, we analyzed one million random two-candidate …
Health Effects of Exposure to Water-Damaged New Orleans Homes Six Months After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Objectives. We investigated the relation between respiratory symptoms and exposure to water-damaged homes and the effect of respirator use in posthurricane New Orleans, Louisiana. Methods. We randomly selected 600 residential sites and then interviewed 1 adult per site. We created an exposure variable, calculated upper respiratory symptom (URS) and lower respiratory symptom (LRS) scores, and defined exacerbation categories by the effect on sympto…
Impact of Institution of a Stroke Program Upon Referral Bias at a Rural Academic Medical Center
CONTEXT: Referral bias reflecting the preferential hospital transfer of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been demonstrated as the major contributing factor for an observed high nonrisk-adjusted in-hospital crude acute stroke mortality rate at a rural academic medical center. PURPOSE: This study was done to assess the impact of a clinical acute stroke program upon referral bias in August 2000. METHODS: A chart review of acute strok…
In‐Hospital Stroke Mortality, Hospital Transfers, and Referral Bias at a Rural Academic Medical Center
A chart review of acute stroke (DRG 14) discharges from a rural academic medical center in 1999 was performed because of an observed high in‐hospital crude acute stroke mortality rate An analysis of the results of this chart review demonstrated that the odds ratio of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients who had been transferred from other hospitals was 117 compared to intracerebral hemorrhage in nonhospital transfer patients (p >000001) This find…
A Comparison of Sustained-release Bupropion and Placebo for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation
Bupropion SR appears to be effective for smokeless tobacco cessation
Data Mining and Healthcare Informatics
With the advent and proliferation of on-line data collection, truly massive databases are now available to health care researchers. In that situation, data-mining methods yield some unique opportunities to researchers who wish to develop prediction models and to establish associations
Health Effects of Exposure to Water-Damaged New Orleans Homes Six Months After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Objectives. We investigated the relation between respiratory symptoms and exposure to water-damaged homes and the effect of respirator use in posthurricane New Orleans, Louisiana. Methods. We randomly selected 600 residential sites and then interviewed 1 adult per site. We created an exposure variable, calculated upper respiratory symptom (URS) and lower respiratory symptom (LRS) scores, and defined exacerbation categories by the effect on sympto…
Electoral College Winner's Advantage
Compared to the popular vote, the Electoral College magnifies the perception of the winner's margin of victory. In this analysis, a method of quantifying the magnitude of the advantage given to the winner due to the Electoral College's two electoral vote add-on and winner-take-all methodologies is presented. Using the electoral vote distribution that was present in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, we analyzed one million random two-candidate …
Data Mining and Healthcare Informatics
With the advent and proliferation of on-line data collection, truly massive databases are now available to health care researchers. In that situation, data-mining methods yield some unique opportunities to researchers who wish to develop prediction models and to establish associations
In‐Hospital Stroke Mortality, Hospital Transfers, and Referral Bias at a Rural Academic Medical Center
A chart review of acute stroke (DRG 14) discharges from a rural academic medical center in 1999 was performed because of an observed high in‐hospital crude acute stroke mortality rate An analysis of the results of this chart review demonstrated that the odds ratio of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients who had been transferred from other hospitals was 117 compared to intracerebral hemorrhage in nonhospital transfer patients (p >000001) This find…
A Comparison of Sustained-release Bupropion and Placebo for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation
Bupropion SR appears to be effective for smokeless tobacco cessation
Impact of Institution of a Stroke Program Upon Referral Bias at a Rural Academic Medical Center
CONTEXT: Referral bias reflecting the preferential hospital transfer of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been demonstrated as the major contributing factor for an observed high nonrisk-adjusted in-hospital crude acute stroke mortality rate at a rural academic medical center. PURPOSE: This study was done to assess the impact of a clinical acute stroke program upon referral bias in August 2000. METHODS: A chart review of acute strok…
Health Effects of Exposure to Water-Damaged New Orleans Homes Six Months After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Objectives. We investigated the relation between respiratory symptoms and exposure to water-damaged homes and the effect of respirator use in posthurricane New Orleans, Louisiana. Methods. We randomly selected 600 residential sites and then interviewed 1 adult per site. We created an exposure variable, calculated upper respiratory symptom (URS) and lower respiratory symptom (LRS) scores, and defined exacerbation categories by the effect on sympto…
Electoral College Winner's Advantage
Compared to the popular vote, the Electoral College magnifies the perception of the winner's margin of victory. In this analysis, a method of quantifying the magnitude of the advantage given to the winner due to the Electoral College's two electoral vote add-on and winner-take-all methodologies is presented. Using the electoral vote distribution that was present in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, we analyzed one million random two-candidate …
The Relationship between “Protection of” and “Violence Against” Infants and Young Children
Between 1940 and 2005, in the United States, the rate of unnatural death declined about 75 percent in infant and young child boys and girls; a remarkable indicator of successful child protection. During this same period, the rate of reported homicide in infant boys increased 64.0 percent, in infant girls increased 43.5 percent, in young child boys increased 333.3 percent, and in young child girls increased 300.0 percent, a dismal and disturbing i…
Reservation‐Urban Comparison of Suicidal Ideation/Planning and Attempts in American Indian Youth
BACKGROUND: Our aim was to identify sex- and location-specific risk factors for suicide ideation/planning and attempts among American Indian youth. METHODS: Biennial data for 6417 American Indian high school students attending reservation and urban schools were extracted from the Montana volunteer sample Youth Risk Behavior Survey data for pooled years 2003 to 2011. Logistic regression was used to identify sex- and school location-specific risk b…
Association of Loneliness and Mindfulness in Substance Use Treatment Retention
Elevated mental illness prevalence complicates efforts designed to address the opioid crisis in Appalachia. The recovery community acknowledges that loneliness impacts mood and engagement in care factors; however, the predictive relationship between loneliness and retention in medication-assisted outpatient treatment programs has not been explored. Our objectives were to identify associations between mental health factors and retention in treatme…
Medicine (7 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Logistic regression (3 works) · Medical emergency (3 works) · Odds (3 works) · Odds ratio (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (2 works)