Mark J Pletcher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5123860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark J Pletcher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark J |
| FAMILY NAME | Pletcher |
| SIGNATURE | PLETCHER M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Francisco |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6966-1312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Association of pandemic-era US county-level policies with adult health and health behaviors
We examined associations of US county-level pandemic-era policies with health.•More comprehensive containment policies were linked with better physical health.•More comprehensive containment policies were linked with less alcohol use.•Findings were similar for total policy comprehensiveness scores.•These relationships varied by sex, education, race/ethnicity, and county urbanicity.
A cross-sectional analysis of county-level determinants of pandemic-era policy implementation
Introduction: Local COVID-19 policies are increasingly recognized as determinants of variation in disease transmission and other health outcomes. There is significant geographic variability in policy implementation, but little understanding of factors contributing to policy variation. Data and methods: = 309 counties in 50 states across 2020-2021). Using multivariable regression, we examined the association of county characteristics with policy c…
Differential associations between education and blood pressure by gender and race
Previous research suggests education is inversely associated with blood pressure, but little work has examined whether this relationship differs by race and gender jointly. Identifying the most vulnerable groups may inform hypertension prevention strategies. In this population-based study, we investigate the association between education and blood pressure overall and across race-by-gender subgroups. Our analytic sample included participants aged…
County-Level Covid-19 Policy Comprehensiveness and Adult Behavioral Health during 2021
Trajectories and patterns of US counties’ policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
This study is among the first to document substantial geographic and temporal variation in a variety of US county-level COVID-19-related policies, which likely contributed to health disparities during and after the pandemic. Future work should evaluate how these different policy trajectories differentially affected health and social outcomes
Institutionalizing Community-engaged Translational Science in an Academic Institution
When universities make even small investments toward promoting and nurturing community-engaged research, the quality of the science can be enhanced to advance health equity and community-university relationships can improve, particularly if based on trust, mutual respect, and openness to accomplish a shared vision
The U.S. Covid-19 County Policy Database
This study introduces the UCCP Database, presenting granular data on local governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We documented substantial variation within and across states on a wide range of policies at a single point in time. By making these data publicly available, this study supports future research that can leverage this database to examine how policies contributed to and continue to influence pandemic-related health and socioeco…
Worldwide Effect of Covid-19 on Physical Activity
Letters29 June 2020Worldwide Effect of COVID-19 on Physical Activity: A Descriptive StudyFREEGeoffrey H. Tison, MD, MPH, Robert Avram, MD, MSc, Peter Kuhar, BS, Sean Abreau, MSc, Greg M. Marcus, MD, MAS, Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey E. Olgin, MDGeoffrey H. Tison, MD, MPHUniversity of California, San Francisco, and Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, San Francisco, California (G.H.T.)Search for more papers by this author, Robe…
Reis et al. Respond
AffiliationsJared P. Reis and David C. Goff Jr are with the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD. Reto Auer and Mark J. Pletcher are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco. Michael P. Bancks is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Cora E. Lewis and James M. Shikany…
Exploring Meaningful Patient Engagement in Adaptable (Aspirin Dosing
BACKGROUND: Genuine patient engagement can improve research relevance, impact and is required for studies using the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network including major multicenter research projects. It is unclear, however, how best to integrate patients into governance of such projects. METHODS: ADAPTABLE (Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-term Effectiveness) is the first major multicenter researc…
Cumulative Lifetime Marijuana Use and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Middle Age
Objectives. To investigate the effects of marijuana in the development of incident cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes. Methods. Participants were 5113 adults aged 18 to 30 years at baseline (1985–1986) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, who were followed for more than 25 years. We estimated cumulative lifetime exposure to marijuana using repeated assessments collected at examinations every 2 to 5 years. The …
Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions on Future Cardiovascular Disease
BACKGROUND: The U.S. diet is high in salt, with the majority coming from processed foods. Reducing dietary salt is a potentially important target for the improvement of public health. METHODS: We used the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model to quantify the benefits of potentially achievable, population-wide reductions in dietary salt of up to 3 g per day (1200 mg of sodium per day). We estimated the rates and costs of cardiovascular disease…
Trends in Opioid Prescribing by Race/Ethnicity for Patients Seeking Care in US Emergency Departments
CONTEXT: National quality improvement initiatives implemented in the late 1990s were followed by substantial increases in opioid prescribing in the United States, but it is unknown whether opioid prescribing for treatment of pain in the emergency department has increased and whether differences in opioid prescribing by race/ethnicity have decreased. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether opioid prescribing in emergency departments has increased, whethe…
Self-reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study
The authors investigated whether substance use and self-reported racial discrimination were associated in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Smoking status, alcohol consumption, and lifetime use of marijuana, amphetamines, and opiates were ascertained in 2000-2001, 15 years after baseline (1985-1986). Most of the 1,507 African Americans reported having experienced racial discrimination, 79.5% at year 7 and 74.6% …
Tracking Varicella Deaths
Before widespread vaccination, varicella infection resulted in more than 11 000 hospitalizations1 and 100 deaths annually in the United States.2 Since vaccine licensure in 1995, varicella incidence has decreased markedly.3 Mathematical models have predicted that vaccination will shift the peak incidence of disease to older ages as the incidence declines.4 Because older persons are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from varicella,5,6 it…
Cumulative Lifetime Marijuana Use and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Middle Age
Objectives. To investigate the effects of marijuana in the development of incident cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes. Methods. Participants were 5113 adults aged 18 to 30 years at baseline (1985–1986) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, who were followed for more than 25 years. We estimated cumulative lifetime exposure to marijuana using repeated assessments collected at examinations every 2 to 5 years. The …
Tracking Varicella Deaths
Before widespread vaccination, varicella infection resulted in more than 11 000 hospitalizations1 and 100 deaths annually in the United States.2 Since vaccine licensure in 1995, varicella incidence has decreased markedly.3 Mathematical models have predicted that vaccination will shift the peak incidence of disease to older ages as the incidence declines.4 Because older persons are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from varicella,5,6 it…
Self-reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study
The authors investigated whether substance use and self-reported racial discrimination were associated in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Smoking status, alcohol consumption, and lifetime use of marijuana, amphetamines, and opiates were ascertained in 2000-2001, 15 years after baseline (1985-1986). Most of the 1,507 African Americans reported having experienced racial discrimination, 79.5% at year 7 and 74.6% …
Trends in Opioid Prescribing by Race/Ethnicity for Patients Seeking Care in US Emergency Departments
CONTEXT: National quality improvement initiatives implemented in the late 1990s were followed by substantial increases in opioid prescribing in the United States, but it is unknown whether opioid prescribing for treatment of pain in the emergency department has increased and whether differences in opioid prescribing by race/ethnicity have decreased. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether opioid prescribing in emergency departments has increased, whethe…
Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions on Future Cardiovascular Disease
BACKGROUND: The U.S. diet is high in salt, with the majority coming from processed foods. Reducing dietary salt is a potentially important target for the improvement of public health. METHODS: We used the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model to quantify the benefits of potentially achievable, population-wide reductions in dietary salt of up to 3 g per day (1200 mg of sodium per day). We estimated the rates and costs of cardiovascular disease…
Cumulative Lifetime Marijuana Use and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Middle Age
Objectives. To investigate the effects of marijuana in the development of incident cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes. Methods. Participants were 5113 adults aged 18 to 30 years at baseline (1985–1986) from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, who were followed for more than 25 years. We estimated cumulative lifetime exposure to marijuana using repeated assessments collected at examinations every 2 to 5 years. The …
Reis et al. Respond
AffiliationsJared P. Reis and David C. Goff Jr are with the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD. Reto Auer and Mark J. Pletcher are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco. Michael P. Bancks is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Cora E. Lewis and James M. Shikany…
Exploring Meaningful Patient Engagement in Adaptable (Aspirin Dosing
BACKGROUND: Genuine patient engagement can improve research relevance, impact and is required for studies using the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network including major multicenter research projects. It is unclear, however, how best to integrate patients into governance of such projects. METHODS: ADAPTABLE (Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-term Effectiveness) is the first major multicenter researc…
Worldwide Effect of Covid-19 on Physical Activity
Letters29 June 2020Worldwide Effect of COVID-19 on Physical Activity: A Descriptive StudyFREEGeoffrey H. Tison, MD, MPH, Robert Avram, MD, MSc, Peter Kuhar, BS, Sean Abreau, MSc, Greg M. Marcus, MD, MAS, Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey E. Olgin, MDGeoffrey H. Tison, MD, MPHUniversity of California, San Francisco, and Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, San Francisco, California (G.H.T.)Search for more papers by this author, Robe…
The U.S. Covid-19 County Policy Database
This study introduces the UCCP Database, presenting granular data on local governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We documented substantial variation within and across states on a wide range of policies at a single point in time. By making these data publicly available, this study supports future research that can leverage this database to examine how policies contributed to and continue to influence pandemic-related health and socioeco…
Institutionalizing Community-engaged Translational Science in an Academic Institution
When universities make even small investments toward promoting and nurturing community-engaged research, the quality of the science can be enhanced to advance health equity and community-university relationships can improve, particularly if based on trust, mutual respect, and openness to accomplish a shared vision
Trajectories and patterns of US counties’ policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
This study is among the first to document substantial geographic and temporal variation in a variety of US county-level COVID-19-related policies, which likely contributed to health disparities during and after the pandemic. Future work should evaluate how these different policy trajectories differentially affected health and social outcomes
Differential associations between education and blood pressure by gender and race
Previous research suggests education is inversely associated with blood pressure, but little work has examined whether this relationship differs by race and gender jointly. Identifying the most vulnerable groups may inform hypertension prevention strategies. In this population-based study, we investigate the association between education and blood pressure overall and across race-by-gender subgroups. Our analytic sample included participants aged…
County-Level Covid-19 Policy Comprehensiveness and Adult Behavioral Health during 2021
Association of pandemic-era US county-level policies with adult health and health behaviors
We examined associations of US county-level pandemic-era policies with health.•More comprehensive containment policies were linked with better physical health.•More comprehensive containment policies were linked with less alcohol use.•Findings were similar for total policy comprehensiveness scores.•These relationships varied by sex, education, race/ethnicity, and county urbanicity.
A cross-sectional analysis of county-level determinants of pandemic-era policy implementation
Introduction: Local COVID-19 policies are increasingly recognized as determinants of variation in disease transmission and other health outcomes. There is significant geographic variability in policy implementation, but little understanding of factors contributing to policy variation. Data and methods: = 309 counties in 50 states across 2020-2021). Using multivariable regression, we examined the association of county characteristics with policy c…
Medicine (12 works) · Public health (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Pathology (4 works) · Biostatistics (3 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (3 works) · Disease (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works)