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THE NORTEX NEWSLETTER Increasing HPV Vaccination in Tarrant County in Community and Clinic Settings HPV vaccination is recommended for 11-12 years old, and those unvaccinated until age 26, for the prevention of anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers. According to 2018 NIS-Teen immunization data, 45.9% of Tarrant County teens ages 13-17 years of age were up-to-date on…

Liu, J., Fulda, K.G., Tao, M. (2021). “Association between acculturation and metabolic syndrome in Hispanic adults mediated by fruits intake.” Public Health Nutrition, 24, (18), 6472-6476. doi:10.1017/S1368980021003530 (published December 16 2021) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/association-between-acculturation-and-metabolic-syndrome-in-hispanic-adults-mediated-by-fruits-intake/F15383F99BCBF0D70463EDBD15F85736 Fulda, K.G., Roper, K.L., Dotson, C.H., Cardarelli, R. (2021). “Physical aggression and coronary artery calcification: A North Texas Healthy Heart Study.” International Journal…

THE NORTEX NEWSLETTER The Continuing Pandemic and its Effect on Younger Patient Populations The COVID-19 pandemic has required health care professionals to develop new ways to prevent the infection from spreading within their patient populations. Even with the advent of the COVID-19 vaccines and various public health mandates and recommendations, the pandemic continues with more…

THE NORTEX NEWSLETTER Reducing Disparities by Creating a Harmonized Electronic Healthcare Records Database Across Institutions There is a transformational shift in healthcare in terms of new payment models, performance evaluation, requirement of electronic health records, and emphasis on patient-centered and evidence-based patient care. As of 2017, 9 in 10 hospitals and nearly 9 in 10…

Orlando, L.A., Wu, R.R., Myers, R.A., Neuner, J., McCarty, C., Haller, I.V., Harry, M., Fulda, K.G., Dimmock, D., Rakhra-Burris, T., Buchanan, A., Ginsburg, G.S.  (2020) “At the intersection of precision medicine and population health: an implementation-effectiveness study of family health history based systematic risk assessment in primary care.” BMC Health Services Research. 20(1):1015. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05868-1.…