Browsing SPH Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Macronutrient Composition and Plasma Metabolites in Relation to Cardiometabolic Disease
(2018-07-30)The connection between macronutrient composition, metabolic pathways, and cardiometabolic disease has been a popular target of investigation. However, there exist large research gaps relating to macronutrient composition, ... -
Malaria Vector Control in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact and Economic Evaluation of Larviciding
(2015-01-06)The last decade witnessed the important scaled-up of malaria control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is now renewed impetus to achieve the long-term goal of malaria elimination and reducing vectorial ... -
Managing Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors in Developing Countries: Tobacco Control, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Surveillance, and Diabetes Prevention
(2015-04-28)Non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental illnesses) and associated risk factors (unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, physical ... -
Mass Shootings in the United States: Hospital Experiences in Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
(2023-05-12)The United States has more mass shootings than any other developed nation worldwide. These events are of particular concern to healthcare systems because they can result in many victims with complex, penetrating injuries ... -
Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, and Hiv
(2016-10-03)Reducing maternal and child mortality was established as a global priority with the signing of the Millennium Declaration in September 2000. Neonatal vitamin A supplementation and very early breastfeeding initiation are ... -
Maternal Diet, Arsenic Exposure, and Pregnancy Outcomes in Bangladesh
(2017-09-06)This study investigated the relationship between maternal diet, arsenic exposure and birth outcomes in the Bangladeshi administrative regions of Sirajdikhan and Pabna Sadar. First, the study assessed the validity of a ... -
Maternal, Behavioral, and Environmental Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes and Preterm Birth Among Pregnant Women
(2016-04-25)Background: Lifestyle changed in Kuwait with the rapid development and economic expansion and the Americanization of the Kuwaiti market. Fast food and sedentary lifestyle became very prevalent. Environmental exposures such ... -
Measurement and Evaluation in Maternal and Child Healthcare: Diagnosing Poor Quality and Testing Solutions
(2018-04-23)The burden of maternal and child mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Over the past 15 years use of health services for childbirth has increased, however there is growing evidence that higher use does not ... -
Measuring the Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Mexico and the United States
(2017-01-20)A focus on quality of care in health services is important from both public health and human rights perspectives. From a public health perspective, a central premise underlying quality improvement work is that improving ... -
Mechanisms and Risk Factors of Cognitive Aging
(2015-04-21)This dissertation explores the role of biologic factors and a novel method of measuring cognitive function in investigating mechanisms and risk factors of cognitive aging. With a rapidly increasing aging population, the ... -
Media, Health Communication, and the Cancer Risk Factors of Smoking and Obesity
(2015-04-27)Introduction: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and obesity is the second cause. Both are risk factors for various types of cancer. Specifically, smoking is linked to lung, esophageal, ... -
Mediation Analysis in Understanding Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
(2015-04-27)Although studies often show reduced risk of dementia with late-life cognitive activity, concerns about residual confounding and reverse causation cast doubt on these findings. In Chapter 1 of this dissertation, we review ... -
Meta-Analysis of a Multi-Ethnic, Breast Cancer Case-Control Targeted Sequencing Study
(2015-05-01)Breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women, is a heritable disease with nearly one hundred known genetic risk factors. Using next generation sequencing, we explored the contribution of genetics at ... -
Metabolomics in Obesity and Methods for Analyzing Multiple Phenotypes
(2015-04-23)In this dissertation, we first assess the associations between circulating metabolites and body mass index in two U.S. prospective cohorts. Then, we propose several methods to analyze multiple phenotypes in genetic association ... -
Metal Speciation, Mixtures and Environmental Health Impacts
(2015-10-16)Numerous applications of heavy metal have caused to their wide contamination in the environmental system and raised serious concerns over potential harmful effects on public health and the environment. Water, sediment, and ... -
Micrornas in Extracellular Vesicles as Novel Biomarkers in Environmental Epidemiology
(2016-05-03)Despite important achievements of Environmental Epidemiology in identifying major environmental health problems in recent years, little is known about the underlying biological mechanisms that link environmental exposures ... -
Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, Lifestyle and Cancer Risk
(2015-05-01)Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles found in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells. Their main functions include energy metabolism, free radical production, calcium homeostasis and apoptosis. Located closely ... -
Mixed Metals Exposure, Cardiac Autonomic Responses, Inflammation and DNA Methylation
(2016-05-04)Background: welders are often exposed to various types of metals from the welding fumes and they also have high risks of cardiac autonomic dysfunction. Knowing the hazardous components within metals mixture as well as ... -
MNH ECohorts to track longitudinal maternal and newborn health quality: Experiences from the pilot in Ethiopia
(2023-05-12)A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth. In 2020, there were an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths, 70% of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite reductions in maternal mortality throughout the early parts ... -
MODELING EXPOSURES to POLY- and PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASs) in AQUATIC BIOTA and HUMANS
(2018-04-27)Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of persistent anthropogenic chemicals widely used in consumer products. Exposure to PFASs has been associated with a suite of health effects including immunotoxicity, ...