Article
Pediatrics
Manoja Kumar Das
Summary: Qualitative research is increasingly used in health research to gain an in-depth understanding of phenomena. Mixed methods research designs combine quantitative and qualitative methods to provide comprehensive solutions for issues.
Article
Infectious Diseases
Isidore Tiandiogo Traore, Samiratou Ouedraogo, Dramane Kania, Firmin Nongodo Kabore, Blahima Konate, Rachel Medah, Hermann Badolo, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Ariane Mamguem Kamga, Armel Poda, Arnaud Eric Diendere, Boukary Ouedraogo, Esperance Ouedraogo, Oumar Billa, Halidou Tinto, Tienhan Sandrine Dabakuyo-Yonli
Summary: The study will be conducted in Burkina Faso using a multidisciplinary approach to collect epidemiological, sociological, and anthropological data on COVID-19, with the aim of generating comprehensive data to improve response strategies in the country.
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yan Ding, Ewan M. Tomeny, Imelda Bates
Summary: This study used a qualitative research approach to explore the challenges and strategies for fostering cross-disciplinary research in global health. The findings suggest that cross-disciplinary research is not universally understood and often underestimated in terms of time required. Effective planning, continuous discussions, and active management of cross-disciplinary activities are essential for successful cross-disciplinary global health research.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Frederique Froeling, Florence Gignac, Gerard Hoek, Roel Vermeulen, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Antonella Ficorilli, Bruna De Marchi, Annibale Biggeri, David Kocman, Johanna Amalia Robinson, Regina Grazuleviciene, Sandra Andrusaityte, Valeria Righi, Xavier Basagana
Summary: Citizen science initiatives have been underutilized in environmental epidemiology, but have the potential to democratize scientific governance and enhance project sustainability. Co-created projects, where citizens are actively involved in all project phases, are particularly effective. Challenges and opportunities exist in implementing co-created citizen science projects in environmental epidemiology, requiring epidemiologists to expand traditional research frameworks. Efforts are needed to further develop citizen science as a concrete and cohesive approach in environmental epidemiology through collaboration and sharing of information.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Dominic Glynn
Summary: This study analyzed the methodological approaches used in theoretical articles in the field of translation studies. It found that formalizing methods could enhance the rigor of research. The study also discussed four methodologies and provided recommendations for future research in translation theory.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Katie Truc Nhat H. Nguyen, Jennifer J. Stuart, Aarushi H. Shah, Iris A. Becene, Madeline G. West, Jane Berrill, Bizu Gelaye, Christina P. C. Borba, Janet W. Rich-Edwards
Summary: Qualitative research methods are not commonly used in public health research, but they have the potential to enhance insights gained from large questionnaires and cohort studies. However, methods for conducting qualitative research within large samples are underdeveloped.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Pippa K. Bailey, Barnaby D. Hole, Lucy A. Plumb, Fergus J. Caskey
Summary: Mixed-methods research combines qualitative and quantitative methods to complement each other, providing a more comprehensive understanding of research problems. It can be used to explain initial results, generate instruments, evaluate services, optimize clinical trial design, and more.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Eva Kinnebrew, Elizabeth Shoffner, Aldo Farah-Perez, Megan Mills-Novoa, Katherine Siegel
Summary: The study examines how conservation scientists approach mixed methods research and creates a typology to improve understanding of interdisciplinary mixed methods research. It identifies five types of mixed methods approaches and highlights common practices of using methods and data sources to address different research questions within a project.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Marleen C. Onwezen, Emily P. Bouwman, Hans C. M. van Trijp
Summary: There is a growing trend of incorporating participant engagement in food literature, such as citizen science and community-based participatory research. This trend will impact the scientific field of food behavior research, bringing both advantages and disadvantages. The article contributes to the literature by providing a structured overview of participatory methods and developing a framework indicating the pros and cons of participatory methods in food behavior research.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Susan Ojok, Sarah L. McKune
Summary: The study utilized a community-based participatory research approach to engage communities and public health end-users in setting a research agenda to improve health in their community. Through Photovoice and a cross-sectional survey, Alcohol-Use Disorders were identified as the most significant health issue in Kuc, with a higher prevalence than estimated by the World Health Organization. The participants highlighted the under-researched and underfunded topic of Alcohol-Use Disorders for future research and partnership.
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Jeanne L. Coffin-Schmitt, Emily Moore, Sarah L. McKune, Ran Mo, Joseph Nkamwesiga, Emmanuel Isingoma, Noelina Nantima, Rogers Adiba, Frank Norbert Mwiine, Peninah Nsamba, Saskia Hendrickx, Jeffrey C. Mariner
Summary: Interdisciplinary researchers conducted a mixed methods, participatory epidemiology study to control Peste des petits ruminants, finding contradictory results between PE and a household survey. The study identified bias in the HHS due to logistical constraints, highlighting the importance of integrating study design and team planning for research implementation. These findings underscore the flexibility of participatory methods and the necessity of mixed methods research in designing health interventions.
PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Donele Wilkins, Amy J. Schulz
Summary: Communities affected by environmental exposures and health disparities recognize the role of racism in shaping these risks. More researchers are focusing on racism as a fundamental driver of racial inequities in environmental health. Research and funding institutions are committed to addressing structural racism. This article discusses strategies for taking explicitly antiracist approaches to community engagement in environmental health research.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Khurrum S. Bhutta, Asif Muzaffar, Gokhan Egilmez, Faizul Huq, Muhammad Nasir Malik, Muhammad Akmal Warraich
Summary: Sustainability has become an integral part of today's business environment, with organizational innovation and supplier relationships playing significant roles in achieving environmental sustainability. The service industry lags behind the production industry in adopting sustainable practices.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
Book Review
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
Jack Katz
Summary: Taking a sociological view, this article explores the empirical consequences of variations in the rhetoric of sociological methodology. The standards advocated in Qualitative Literacy have caused a division among qualitative researchers and further segregated the worlds of qualitative and quantitative research methodology. This article compares a rhetoric of qualitative methodology that takes into account perspectives on social ontology, applies discipline-wide evaluation criteria, and emphasizes the adequacy of the textual depiction of research subjects.
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Monique Botha, Eilidh Cage
Summary: This study investigated how autism researchers construct autistic people and autism research, and whether including autistic people more in research relates to lower ableism in narratives about autistic people. The results showed that using medicalized narratives of autism predicted higher odds of ableist cues compared to employing social model or neutral embodiment narratives. Greater inclusion of autistic people in research predicted significantly lower odds of ableist cues, while controlling for other contact with autistic people and career length.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Lyanne Gallo-Ruiz, Caryn M. Sennett, Mauricio Sanchez-Delgado, Ana Garcia-Urbina, Tania Gamez-Altamirano, Komal Basra, Rebecca L. Laws, Juan Jose Amador, Damaris Lopez-Pilarte, Yorghos Tripodis, Daniel R. Brooks, Michael D. McClean, Joseph Kupferman, David Friedman, Aurora Aragon, Marvin Gonzalez-Quiroz, Madeleine K. Scammell
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zoe E. Petropoulos, Jonathan I. Levy, Madeleine K. Scammell, M. Patricia Fabian
JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Urology & Nephrology
Susan R. Mendley, Adeera Levin, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Bonnie R. Joubert, Elizabeth A. Whelan, Brian Curwin, Erik H. Koritzinsky, Denise M. Gaughan, Paul L. Kimmel, Shuchi Anand, Pedro Ordunez, Ludovic Reveiz, Diane S. Rohlman, Madeleine K. Scammell, Robert O. Wright, Robert A. Star
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wendy J. Heiger-Bernays, Kathryn Scott Tomsho, Komal Basra, Zoe E. Petropoulos, Kathryn Crawford, Andres Martinez, Keri C. Hornbuckle, Madeleine K. Scammell
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kathryn S. Tomsho, Claire Schollaert, Temana Aguilar, Roseann Bongiovanni, Marty Alvarez, Madeleine K. Scammell, Gary Adamkiewicz
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Claire Schollaert, Robert C. Ackley, Andy DeSantis, Erin Polka, Madeleine K. Scammell
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2020)
Article
Pediatrics
Jessica H. Leibler, Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Juan Jose Amador Velazquez, Damaris Lopez Pilarte, Wassim Obeid, Chirag R. Parikh, Salini Gadupudi, Madeleine K. Scammell, David J. Friedman, Daniel R. Brooks
Summary: Children in high-risk regions of Nicaragua may experience subclinical kidney injury before occupational exposures. Some biomarker concentrations exceed healthy reference values, with age increase and dysuria possibly associated with higher uNGAL concentrations.
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Madeleine K. Scammell, Caryn Sennett, Rebecca L. Laws, Robert L. Rubin, Daniel R. Brooks, Juan Jose Amador, Damaris Lopez-Pilarte, Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, David J. Friedman, Michael D. McClean, Johnnye Lewis, Esther Erdei
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zoe E. Petropoulos, Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Madeleine K. Scammell, Rebecca L. Laws, Damaris Lopez-Pilarte, Juan Jose Amador, Joan Ballester, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo, Daniel R. Brooks
Summary: Research suggests that a sugar company in Nicaragua, located in one of the hottest regions in the country, may be linked to the high prevalence of CKDu among workers due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures. Between the 1970s and 1990s, there was an increase in average daily maximum temperature during harvest seasons and the number of days with temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius. However, from 1991 to 2013, the data from weather stations across Nicaragua indicate a decline in the daily maximum temperature at the affected company.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Erin Polka, Ellen Childs, Alexa Friedman, Kathryn S. Tomsho, Birgit Claus Henn, Madeleine K. Scammell, Chad W. Milando
Summary: Developing an open-source tool called MCR for automating compilation of health study reports has shown to save time, improve report quality, and enhance creativity among researchers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kathryn S. Tomsho, Erin Polka, Stacey Chacker, David Queeley, Marty Alvarez, Madeleine K. Scammell, Karen M. Emmons, Rima E. Rudd, Gary Adamkiewicz
Summary: This study used in-depth semi-structured interviews to explore participants' perceptions of indoor air quality and the factors influencing their behaviors. The findings indicate that perceived agency, risk perception, access to resources, and information all play a role in participants' ability and interest to take action. This challenges current research on environmental health literacy, which mainly focuses on individual knowledge or skills.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Flannery Black-Ingersoll, Julie de Lange, Leila Heidari, Abgel Negassa, Pilar Botana, M. Patricia Fabian, Madeleine K. Scammell
Summary: This article reviews field studies on urban cooling interventions, including cooling centers, misting stations, cool pavements, and cool or green roofs. The studies found that misting stations and cool pavements can reduce temperatures, but there is still a lack of evaluation on personal thermal comfort and costs.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nathan H. Raines, Dominick A. Leone, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo, Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Juan Jose Amador, Damaris Lopez Pilarte, Iris S. Delgado, Jessica H. Leibler, Nieves Embade, Ruben Gil-Redondo, Chiara Bruzzone, Maider Bizkarguenaga, Madeleine K. Scammell, Samir M. Parikh, Oscar Millet, Daniel R. Brooks, David J. Friedman
Summary: Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN) is a chronic kidney disease that mainly affects young men in Mesoamerica, and its pathogenesis is poorly understood. A study comparing the urine metabolome of men engaged in strenuous agricultural labor in Nicaragua with different referent groups revealed distinguishing metabolic features in the high-risk group, including increased gut-derived metabolites and decreased metabolites related to central energy metabolism. Additionally, a higher kynurenate/tryptophan ratio was found in the high-risk group, suggesting an elevated inflammatory state.
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Zoe E. Petropoulos, Rebecca L. Laws, Juan Jose Amador, Damaris Lopez-Pilarte, James S. Kaufman, Daniel E. Weiner, Oriana Ramirez-Rubio, Daniel R. Brooks, Michael D. McClean, Madeleine K. Scammell
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Madeleine K. Scammell
CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORTS
(2019)