Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Mubarak F. Alhajri
Summary: This study evaluates the housing challenges and enabling programs to affordable housing in Saudi Arabia, and identifies high residential land price, high construction cost, and high urbanization rate as the top challenges. The most effective enabling programs are the value added tax exemption program, developmental housing program, and ownership forms.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Economics
Robert W. Smith, Kelly Bertolaccini, Nicholas E. Lownes
Summary: This study compares the comprehensive Transit Opportunity Index to a simpler measure of transit access in locating affordable housing, finding qualitative improvements with the comprehensive metric. It recommends affordable housing agencies to use comprehensive transit access metrics in evaluating transit accessibility and to incorporate them directly into funding criteria for prioritizing accessibility.
Article
Environmental Studies
Graham Squires, Norman Hutchison
Summary: Brownfield development entails both private and public costs due to land contamination. Overcoming economic and financial barriers is essential for affordable housing development on brownfield sites, while addressing community and environmental concerns.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Nikki L. Hafezi, Farhad Hafezi
Summary: Ophthalmology is a rapidly advancing field that requires innovative, affordable, portable, and user-friendly medical devices to meet the needs of global patients. Projects like the Smartphone-based Keratograph (SBK) use real world feedback and commercially available components to develop solutions for unmet medical needs, ultimately aiming to improve patient care and vision healthcare worldwide.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bimpe Alabi, Julius Fapohunda
Summary: Through surveys and data analysis, this study revealed the significant effects of cost increase of building materials on affordable housing delivery in South Africa. Potential solutions for cost minimisation of building materials and recommendations for enhancing affordable housing delivery were provided in the study.
Article
Regional & Urban Planning
Nicholas Kelly, Ingrid Gould Ellen
Summary: This research provides a streamlined and user-friendly index for planners to identify high-opportunity bargain areas in their communities. It has direct implications for optimizing limited budgets and empowering low-income families in their choices of residence and achieving better neighborhood matches.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
William Riggs, Megyn Rugh, Stefan Al, Menka Sethi
Summary: Providing access to coastal and marine resources is a planning priority, but the lack of affordable housing and investment has hindered the availability of lower-cost accommodations. The need has not been quantified and synergy with other policies needs to be explored.
Article
Regional & Urban Planning
Zachary Lamb, Linda Shi, Jason Spicer
Summary: The article addresses common biases against manufactured housing communities (MHCs) and resident-owned communities (ROCs), highlighting the importance of giving more attention to ROCs as they provide low-income individuals with improved housing security in the face of financial and environmental vulnerabilities.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Timothy Akinwande, Eddie C. M. Hui
Summary: Housing the urban poor is a prevalent challenge in developing economies. This study explores expert solutions to affordable housing provision and identifies deliberate government policies, alternative construction materials and strategies, targeted finance models, and reservation of urban land as effective strategies for AH provision.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yushu Zhu, Yue Yuan, Jiaxin Gu, Qiang Fu
Summary: This study examines the changing mechanism of housing stratification in selected Canadian census metropolitan areas from 1981 to 2016, during the transition from a welfare housing regime to a neoliberal regime. It reveals entrenched housing inequality and strengthened income effect in determining access to affordable housing in the neoliberal era. Housing financialization has significantly contributed to intensified inequality in accessing affordable housing.
Article
Gerontology
Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, Alyssa Moran, Sabriya Linton, Manotri Chaubal, Michelle Missler, Craig Evan Pollack
Summary: The survey findings indicate that most residents of affordable senior housing have reliable phone access, but limited internet access and technology literacy for video calls. Lack of internet access and technology literacy are perceived as barriers to medical visits and food procurement for low-income older adult residents.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Renata Tubelo, Lucelia Rodrigues, Mark Gillott, May Zune
Summary: This study evaluates the thermal performance of two affordable houses and proposes methods for improving envelope performance while considering cost-effectiveness. The findings show significant improvement in indoor thermal comfort through passive design strategies.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jian Liu, Huay Ying Ong
Summary: The issue of housing affordability for low-income groups in Malaysia remains a challenge, with reasons including low household income, high land prices, high construction and compliance costs, supply-demand imbalance, unstable national economy, and inadequate housing planning. While the DRMM policy can improve housing affordability by providing affordable housing more accurately, reducing housing costs, and enhancing housing financing ability, the exclusion of household income and economic factors may lead to ineffectiveness in improving housing affordability for low-income households.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Mark Toles, Zhaoying Li, Ayomide Okanlawon Bankole, Jamie L. Conklin, Thi Vu, Jenny Womack
Summary: This review highlights the characteristics and primary outcomes of health care interventions for older adults in affordable senior housing. The findings reveal effective interventions and innovative measures to promote health in this population.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Peter Hull, Benjamin Le Cook, John Hsu, Joseph P. Newhouse
Summary: The study found that the Affordable Care Act's increase in Medicaid fees did not lead to more primary care visits for dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Instead, there were decreases in visits with primary care physicians, partially offset by increases in visits with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nicole Van Groningen, Ray Duncan, Galen Cook-Wiens, Aaron Kwong, Matthew Sonesen, Teryl K. Nuckols, Suzanne L. Cassel, Joshua M. Pevnick
Summary: The study found that many patients who received interruptive penicillin allergy alerts would likely tolerate penicillin, and half of the alerts were displayed for patients who would likely tolerate another beta-lactam antibiotic.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Teryl K. Nuckols, Michael Dworsky, Craig Conlon, Michael Robbins, Douglas Benner, Seth Seabury, Steven M. Asch
Summary: High-quality care for CTS is associated with improved symptoms and functionality, but not with healthcare expenditures or disability. Overuse of care is associated with lower healthcare expenditures, while underuse of care is associated with higher healthcare expenditures.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nathaniel W. Anderson, Daniel Eisenberg, Neal Halfon, Anna Markowitz, Kristin Anderson Moore, Frederick J. Zimmerman
Summary: This study applied a novel index method to measure changes in child and adolescent well-being in the US from 2000 to 2019. The findings suggest that overall well-being scores increased during this period, although disparities across states and racial and ethnic populations still exist.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Brennan M. R. Spiegel, Garth Fuller, Xiaoyu Liu, Taylor Dupuy, Tom Norris, Roger Bolus, Rebecca Gale, Itai Danovitch, Sam Eberlein, Alma Jusufagic, Teryl Nuckols, Penney Cowan
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness of physician-directed clinical decision support (CDS) through electronic health records with patient-directed education in promoting appropriate opioid use. The results suggest that patient-directed education may improve patient-physician communication satisfaction, while physician-directed CDS may have greater potential to reduce high-risk opioid dosing.
Letter
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Hiroshi Gotanda, Nabeel Qureshi, Teryl Nuckols, Yusuke Tsugawa
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Michelle S. Keller, Johan Carrascoza-Bolanos, Kathleen Breda, Linda Y. Kim, Korey A. Kennelty, Donna W. Leang, Logan T. Murry, Teryl K. Nuckols, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, Joshua M. Pevnick
Summary: This study used implementation science models and qualitative interviews to identify barriers and facilitators to deprescribing benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotics in the hospital. Nurse- and pharmacist-led interventions were found to be appropriate opportunities to initiate deprescribing.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Katherine L. Chen, Lauren E. Wisk, Teryl K. Nuckols, Paul M. Ong, Ninez A. Ponce, Joann G. Elmore, Kristen R. Choi, Claudia Nau, Frederick J. Zimmerman
Summary: This study reveals the associations between moving due to unaffordable housing and adverse health-related outcomes. After analyzing the data from the California Health Interview Survey, the study finds that cost-driven moves are associated with moderate to severe psychological distress, increased emergency department visits, decreased preventive care visits, poorer general health, and less leisure walking time.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Daniel Farivar, Nicholas J. Peterman, Nakul Narendran, Kenneth D. Illingworth, Teryl K. Nuckols, David Bonda, David L. Skaggs
Summary: This study aimed to examine the variations in geographic access to pediatric neurosurgeons across socioeconomic and demographic factors. The results revealed that patients residing in counties with higher Rural-Urban Continuum (RUC) codes and higher percentages of American Indian and Hispanic residents generally need to travel significantly greater distances to access pediatric neurosurgeons.
CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Huan Li, Lisa Rotenstein, Molly M. Jeffery, Hyung Paek, Bidisha Nath, Brian L. Williams, Robert M. Mclean, Richard Goldstein, Teryl K. Nuckols, Lalima Hoq, Edward R. Melnick
Summary: This study aimed to understand the impact of physician gender on clinical activities and EHR use, and found that women physicians generated fewer wRVUs per month, had fewer visits per month, spent more time on the EHR, and had a difference in note characters. However, after adjusting for multiple variables, physician gender was no longer associated with productivity. Increased team support, briefer documentation, and the 2021 E/M code change were associated with higher physician productivity.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Katherine L. Chen, Frederick J. Zimmerman, Paul M. Ong, Andrea Jones, Teryl K. Nuckols, Ninez A. Ponce, Kristen R. Choi, Xia X. Li, Ariadna Padilla, Claudia L. Nau
Summary: This study found that residents of newly gentrifying neighborhoods may have slightly improved odds of hypertension and/or diabetes control, but the associations may differ among different population subgroups. Therefore, city leaders and health systems should collaborate with impacted communities to ensure that neighborhood development meets the goals and health needs of all residents and does not exacerbate health disparities.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Carl T. Berdahl, Andrew J. Henreid, Tara N. Cohen, Bernice L. Coleman, Edward G. Seferian, Donna Leang, Sungjin Kim, Marcio A. Diniz, Matthew Grissinger, Karen Kaiser, Sara McCleskey, Xi Zhu, Teryl K. Nuckols
Summary: This study aims to improve hospital incident reporting systems and enhance patient safety by implementing the Safety Action Feedback and Engagement (SAFE) Loop. The SAFE Loop incorporates various strategies such as prioritizing safety issues, training nurses to write informative reports, and providing feedback to nurses. The study will be conducted in 20 nursing units at a hospital in Los Angeles, and outcomes will include incident reporting practices, nurses' attitudes, and rates of high-priority events.
CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Katherine L. Chen, Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, Nancy E. Calderon, Katherine L. Kahn
Summary: Academic seminars provide a vital platform for researchers in health services and other related disciplines to share their work, receive feedback, and connect with colleagues. This study investigates the experiences and priorities of participants in a virtual health services research seminar series. The results indicate high satisfaction with seminar quality, diverse topics, and audience participation. Attendees reported benefiting from knowledge acquisition, understanding of research methods, and collaborative opportunities. The study also highlights the importance of incorporating implementation science content and promoting external collaborations in future seminars. Participants from under-represented minority backgrounds were more likely to value learning about engaging community stakeholders and historically excluded populations. Overall, virtual academic seminars can be an effective means of knowledge sharing and collaboration, and emphasizing equity, diversity, and inclusion values in these seminars can contribute to advancing academic departments' goals in this regard.
CTS-CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Allison J. Ober, Karen C. Osilla, David J. Klein, Lane F. Burgette, Isabel Leamon, Mia W. Mazer, Gabrielle Messineo, Stacy Collier, Samuel Korouri, Katherine E. Watkins, Waguih Ishak, Teryl Nuckols, Itai Danovitch
Summary: This study conducted a pilot randomized controlled trial to explore the feasibility and acceptability of a hospital inpatient addiction consult team based on collaborative care, as well as its potential to improve medication uptake in the hospital and linkage to care after discharge, reduce substance use, and decrease hospital readmission.
JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE & ADDICTION TREATMENT
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Zhiyou Yang, Peter Huckfeldt, Jose J. Escarce, Neeraj Sood, Teryl Nuckols, Ioana Popescu
Summary: The study found that high dual-proportion hospitals reduced readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia patients, while patients' health outcomes remained stable. Although high dual-proportion hospitals reduced readmissions more for heart failure patients compared to low dual-proportion hospitals, there was a relative increase in mortality.
INQUIRY-THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PROVISION AND FINANCING
(2022)
