Shailesh Advani
Biographic Data
| ID | 95424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shailesh Advani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shailesh |
| FAMILY NAME | Advani |
| SIGNATURE | ADVANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institutes of Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1446-969X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Low‐dose CT lung cancer screening uptake
PURPOSE: The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends lung cancer screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) in high-risk individuals. Our objective was to identify demographic, health, and financial factors associated with screening uptake, with a focus on urban-rural differences. METHODS: We analyzed data from the 2018 and 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and its optional Lung Cancer Screening Module to examine factor…
Association of Childhood Socioeconomic Status with Leukocyte Telomere Length Among African Americans and the Mediating Role of Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors
Global prevalence of mental health problems among healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19–Related Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
BACKGROUND: Data suggest that the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) differ among U.S. racial/ethnic groups. PURPOSE: To evaluate racial/ethnic disparities in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection rates and COVID-19 outcomes, factors contributing to disparities, and interventions to reduce them. DATA SOURCES: English-language articles in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlle…
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake Across the UK and US
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 07 December 2021Sec. Public Health Policy https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.789753
Beyond simple disclosure
The subversive influence of industries peddling tobacco, alcohol, ultraprocessed food and drink, and gambling (known as unhealthy commodity industries) is a recognised threat to public health, including the production of evidence and the implementation of public health policy.1 There has been considerable work in this area trying to expose the influence.1 In this issue of BMJ Global Health, two papers further explore these issues. In the first pa…
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Global prevalence of mental health problems among healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19–Related Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
BACKGROUND: Data suggest that the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) differ among U.S. racial/ethnic groups. PURPOSE: To evaluate racial/ethnic disparities in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection rates and COVID-19 outcomes, factors contributing to disparities, and interventions to reduce them. DATA SOURCES: English-language articles in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlle…
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake Across the UK and US
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 07 December 2021Sec. Public Health Policy https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.789753
Beyond simple disclosure
The subversive influence of industries peddling tobacco, alcohol, ultraprocessed food and drink, and gambling (known as unhealthy commodity industries) is a recognised threat to public health, including the production of evidence and the implementation of public health policy.1 There has been considerable work in this area trying to expose the influence.1 In this issue of BMJ Global Health, two papers further explore these issues. In the first pa…
Low‐dose CT lung cancer screening uptake
PURPOSE: The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends lung cancer screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) in high-risk individuals. Our objective was to identify demographic, health, and financial factors associated with screening uptake, with a focus on urban-rural differences. METHODS: We analyzed data from the 2018 and 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and its optional Lung Cancer Screening Module to examine factor…
Association of Childhood Socioeconomic Status with Leukocyte Telomere Length Among African Americans and the Mediating Role of Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors
Medicine (5 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Logistic regression (2 works)