Julie Sorensen

Biographic Data

ID6068373
NAMEJulie Sorensen
GIVEN NAMESJulie
FAMILY NAMESorensen
SIGNATURESØRENSEN J
AFFILIATIONSThe authors are with the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Introduction to special issue on governance and fishing health and safety in the North Atlantic

    Open AccessDesai Shan, Barbara Neis et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2023

  • Evaluating a Two-Level vs. Three-Level Fall Risk Screening Algorithm for Predicting Falls Among Older Adults

    Open AccessThelma J Mielenz, Sneha Kannoth et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Background and Objectives Falls account for the highest proportion of preventable injury among older adults. In an effort to aid clinicians screen, assess, and intervene to decrease fall risk in older adults, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries (STEADI) Tool Kit. We referred to our adaptation of the STEADI algorithm as ‘Quick-STEADI’ and compared the pred…

  • Sex-specific associations between body mass index and death before life expectancy

    Open AccessMelissa Scribani, Madlena Norberg et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    Background: Understanding the impact of obesity on premature mortality is critical, as obesity has become a global health issue.Objective: To contrast the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and premature death (all-cause; circulatory causes) in New York State (USA) and Northern Sweden.Methods: Baseline data were obtained between 1989 and 1999 via questionnaires (USA) and health exams (Sweden), with mortality data from health departments, …

  • Lifestyle counseling in primary care in the United States and Sweden

    Open AccessLars Jerdén, James Dalton et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    BACKGROUND: Despite various guidelines, shortcomings in lifestyle counseling in primary care have been demonstrated. Comparisons between countries may provide insight on how to improve such counseling. To the best of our knowledge, studies comparing patients' views of lifestyle counseling beween the United States (US) and European countries have not been reported. OBJECTIVES: To quantify and compare patients' perspectives in the US and Sweden on …

  • Rollover Protective Structures, Worker Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness

    Melvin Myers, Melvin L Myers et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 1References: 25

    Objectives. To measure cost-effectiveness of an intervention to increase retrofitting of rollover protective structures (ROPS) on tractors. Methods. Tractor overturns are the leading cause of farm fatalities. ROPS prevent these deaths. This study updates a 2011 cost-effectiveness assessment of a New York State intervention to increase use of ROPS. We subtracted intervention cost from the cost of injuries averted, then divided this figure by the n…

  • Community Collaborations for Farmworker Health in New York and Maine

    Giulia Earle-Richardson, Julie A Sorensen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2009References: 16

    We conducted a process evaluation of 2 successful farmworker community-based participatory research intervention development projects (in Maine and New York State). Participant surveys measured satisfaction with the program process. We used qualitative methods to analyze free-text responses. Respondents indicated high satisfaction levels overall. The main concern was long-distance project coordination. Community-based participatory research progr…