Ben J Brintz

Biographic Data

ID5533924
NAMEBen J Brintz
GIVEN NAMESBen J
FAMILY NAMEBrintz
SIGNATUREBRINTZ B J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Utah
ORCID0000-0003-4695-0290
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Indoor tanning is associated with substance use behaviors among adolescents

    Open AccessNathan Shen, Suzanne Fastner et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Indoor tanning among adolescents is associated with increased odds of engaging in substance use behaviors, including e-cigarette use. Health interventions for adolescents may benefit from addressing multiple health risk behaviors concurrently and targeting adolescents most in need for health interventions. Future work to better understand the common mechanisms underlying co-occurring health risk behaviors could inform development of such interven…

  • Sex differences in unmet needs between male and female older Veterans

    Sandra Garcia-Davis, Sandra Garcia‐Davis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2024

    Aging Veterans face complex needs across multiple domains. However, the needs of older female Veterans and the degree to which unmet needs differ by sex are unknown. We analyzed responses to the HERO CARE survey from 7,955 Veterans aged 55 years and older (weighted N = 490,148), 93.9% males and 6.1% females. We evaluated needs and unmet needs across the following domains: activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental ADLs (IADLs), health manage…

  • Identification, mapping, and self-reported practice patterns of village doctors in Sitakunda subdistrict, Bangladesh

    Open AccessOlivia R Hanson, Ishtiakul Islam Khan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Informally trained health care providers, such as village doctors in Bangladesh, are crucial in providing health care services to the rural poor in low- and middle-income countries. Despite being one of the primary vendors of antibiotics in rural Bangladesh, village doctors often have limited knowledge about appropriate antibiotic use, leading to varied and potentially inappropriate dispensing and treatment practices. In this study, w…

  • Modelling climate impacts on paediatric sepsis incidence and severity in Bangladesh

    Open AccessGazi Md Salahuddin Mamun, Gazi MS Mamun et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Sepsis is a leading cause of paediatric mortality worldwide, disproportionately affecting children in low- and middle-income countries. The impacts of climate change on the burden and outcomes of sepsis in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in paediatric populations, remain poorly understood. We aimed to assess the associations between climate variables (temperature and precipitation) and paediatric sepsis incidence and mo…

  • Trajectories and Transitions in Service Use Among Older Veterans at High Risk of Long-Term Institutional Care

    Erin D Bouldin, Ben J Brintz et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 37

    BACKGROUND: We aimed to identify combinations of long-term services and supports (LTSS) Veterans use, describe transitions between groups, and identify factors influencing transition. METHODS: We explored LTSS across a continuum from home to institutional care. Analyses included 104,837 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients 66 years and older at high-risk of long-term institutional care (LTIC). We conduct latent class and latent transitio…

  • Derivation and external validation of a clinical prognostic model identifying children at risk of death following presentation for diarrheal care

    Open AccessSharia M Ahmed, Ben J Brintz et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Diarrhea continues to be a leading cause of death for children under-five. Amongst children treated for acute diarrhea, mortality risk remains elevated during and after acute medical management. Identification of those at highest risk would enable better targeting of interventions, but available prognostic tools lack validation. We used clinical and demographic data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) to build clinical prognostic mod…

  • Derivation and validation of a clinical prediction model for risk-stratification of children hospitalized with severe pneumonia in Bangladesh

    Open AccessGazi Md Salahuddin Mamun, Michael Zou et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Children with severe pneumonia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) suffer from high rates of treatment failure despite appropriate World Health Organization (WHO)-directed antibiotic treatment. Developing a clinical prediction rule for treatment failure may allow early identification of high-risk patients and timely intervention to decrease mortality. We used data from two separate studies conducted at the Dhaka Hospital of the Internatio…