American journal of preventive medicine
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Healthcare avoidance and delay is prevalent among transgender (trans) populations. This study sought to identify patterns of healthcare avoidance and delay and examine their associations with 5 behavioral health outcomes among trans adults: depression, anxiety, tobacco and alcohol use, and intimate partner violence. ⋯ Although the demographic profiles of the Combined Healthcare Avoidance and Delay and Stigma Healthcare Avoidance and Delay classes were distinct, the behavioral health of these groups was comparable. Preventing healthcare avoidance and delay among trans adults and mitigating its potential health consequences requires greater attention to health services affordability and acceptability.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the associations of neighborhood socioeconomic status, ethnic enclaves, and residential Black segregation with screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers across the state of Texas. ⋯ Geospatial clusters of screening uptake are associated with neighborhood socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic neighborhood characteristics. This indicates a need for place-based culturally sensitive interventions to address the specific assets and needs of communities with low screening uptake.
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Given the negative health outcomes of tobacco and cannabis co-use, understanding the co-use of tobacco and cannabis is important, particularly regarding those with higher health burdens, such as sexual minority individuals. This study examined the co-use of tobacco and cannabis by sexual identity. ⋯ This study observed high levels of tobacco and cannabis co-use among sexual minority individuals. Future research should examine factors that influence tobacco and cannabis co-use for sexual minority individuals.
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Ongoing care after pregnancy is recommended. Health-related social needs are recognized barriers to care, yet their pregnancy-related prevalence and associations with care are unknown. Researchers sought to assess (1) the prevalence of health-related social needs during pregnancy-based care, and (2) their associations with ongoing care after pregnancy. ⋯ Researchers identified a 24% prevalence of pregnancy-related health-related social needs and 53% subsequent linkage to ongoing care. Compared with screening negative for health-related social needs, screening positive was not associated with linkage to care, while being not screened was associated with a 20% lower likelihood of linkage to ongoing care.
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Varicose veins are common in older adults and are associated with adverse clinical outcomes such as deep venous thrombosis. Established risk factors for varicose veins include female sex, height, and obesity, but other risk factors are relatively uncharacterized. ⋯ In this community-based cohort study of older adults, known and newly identified risk factors, including cardiac function and heart failure, were independently associated with incidence of clinically recognized varicose veins. The potential usefulness of cardiac biomarkers for prevention and screening of varicose veins requires further investigations.