Patricia Bessler
University of Alabama at Birmingham
8 Papers
3 Citations
Patricia Bessler is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cervical cancer. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Factors associated with the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in Portland, Jamaica
TL;DR: Multipronged approaches are needed to address barriers to screening, as well as identify and support conditions that encourage women′s use of reproductive health services, thereby reducing incidence and mortality rates from cervical cancer.
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Factors affecting uptake of cervical cancer screening among clinic attendees in Trelawny, Jamaica.
TL;DR: Programs that promote annual health checkups, encourage consistent provider recommendations, and emphasize screening as a preventive measure might positively influence women's decisions to screen for cervical cancer.
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“Take care of their hierarchy of needs first”: strategies used by data-to-care staff to address barriers to HIV care engagement
Katherine B. Roland,James W. Carey,Patricia Bessler,Casey Langer Tesfaye,Laura A Randall,Valerie Betley,Alisu Schoua-Glusberg,Paula M. Frew +7 more
TL;DR: Interviews with D2C program staff from Louisiana and Virginia found that staff and programs provided transportation vouchers and housing assistance, integrated substance use and mental health services into care engagement processes, provided empathy and compassion, and assessed and addressed basic unmet needs.
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Public Health Actions to Control Measles Among Afghan Evacuees During Operation Allies Welcome — United States, September–November 2021
Nina B. Masters,Adria D Mathis,Jessica Leung,Kelley Raines,Nakia S. Clemmons,K. Miele,S. Arunmozhi Balajee,Tatiana M. Lanzieri,Mona Marin,Deborah L. Christensen,Kevin R. Clarke,Miguel A. Cruz,Kathleen Gallagher,S K Gearhart,Alida M. Gertz,Onalee Grady-Erickson,Caroline A. Habrun,Gimin Kim,Michael H. Kinzer,Shanna Miko,M. Steven Oberste,Julia K. Petras,Emily G. Pieracci,Ian W. Pray,H. Rosenblum,James M Ross,Erin Rothney,Hannah E Segaloff,Leah Shepersky,Kimberly A Skrobarcek,Anna M Stadelman,Kelsey M. Sumner,Michelle A Waltenburg,Michelle Weinberg,Mary Claire Worrell,Noelle Bessette,L. Peake,Marshall Vogt,Meredith N. Robinson,Ryan P. Westergaard,Richard Griesser,Joseph P. Icenogle,Stephen N. Crooke,Bettina Bankamp,Scott E. Stanley,Paul A Friedrichs,Larry D Fletcher,Ivan Zapata,Herbert O Wolfe,Pritesh Gandhi,Julia Y Charles,Clive Brown,Martin S. Cetron,Nicki Pesik,N. Knight,Francisco Alvarado-Ramy,Michael Bell,Leisel Talley,Lisa D. Rotz,Paul A. Rota,David E. Sugerman,Paul A. Gastañaduy,Indu B. Ahluwalia,Olubunmi A. Akinkugbe,Aaron E Aranas,Melissa M. Arons,Christine Atherstone,Valerie D. Bampoe,Patricia Bessler,Leticia Bligh,Kimberly B. Bonner,Virginia B. Bowen,Kendra Broadwater,Gary W. Brunette,Joan Brunkard,Dru A. Burns,Margaret Joyce Herr Cantrell,Bryan E. Christensen,James R. Cope,Janine Cory,Nathan E. Crawford,David Daigle,Scott M. Daly,P. Dejonge,Mushtaq Dualeh,Kevin H. Dunn,Rachel B. Eidex,Kai Elgethun,Geroncio C Fajardo,Maureen Fonseca-Ford,Katie Franc,Joanna Gaines,Nisha George,James Goodson,Caitlin Green,Aaron Grober,Kibrten Hailu,Duane R. Hammond,Brian H. Harcourt,Alexandra Hess,Elisabeth M. Hesse,Deborah V. L. Hirst,Jennifer Hornsby-Myers,Ben W. Humrighouse,Maliha K. Ishaq,Kenta Ishii,Allison James,Bina Jayapaul-Philip,Emily S. Jentes,LaToya S. Johnson,Marie Johnston,Christine D. Jolley,Akadia Kacha-Ochana,Harpriya Kaur,Megan Keaveney,Hilary C. Kelly,Vikram Krishnasamy,Gayathri S. Kumar,Ma’isah Larkin,M Peter Layde,Ryan F. LeBouf,Deborah Lee,Rosa Lira,Raymond Lopez,Matthew Lozier,Alicia Macler,Hugh M. Mainzer,Deborah Malden,Jason Malenfant,Nina Marano,Zachary Marsh,Oren Mayer,R. J. McDonald,Neha P. Mehta,Akshara Menon,Erika Meyer,Stephen T. Miles,Faisal Syed Minhaj,S. Mirza,Kyle M. Moller,Sapna Bamrah Morris,Dylan T. Neu,Lisa P. Oakley,Denisse Vega Ocasio,Taylor D. Osborne,Alan C Ou,Megan Peck,M. E. Person,Drew L. Posey,Alexis Pullia,Chaolong Qi,Amanda Raziano,Malia Richmond-Crum,Shah Roohi,John Saindon,Samira Sami,Liliana Sánchez-González,Ryan Schweitzer,Amee Schwitters,Mays Shamout,Caitlin E Shockey,Talya Shragai,Kimberly Singler,Erica J. Sison,Dallas F Smith,Matthew Grady Smith,N. J. Sood,Brittany J. Sunshine,Alma Trujillo,Snigdha Vallabhaneni,Alexandra Wickson,Jonathan S. Yoder,Laura Zambuto,T Cozzarelli,Morrisa Barbara Rice,Madia Ricks,John S. Birchfield,Atmaram Nambiar,Avery Avrakatos,Timothy P. Ballard,E. Dennis,Kelly Gambino-Shirley,Amanda E. Huston,Melissa G. Jennings,David Oldham,Michael J. Rabener,Matthew N. Fandre,Raymond J. Jablonka,Amber Love,Olivia L. Peduzzi,Kirsten Snow,Joy A. Greer,Chase A. Hughes,Matthew A Humphreys,Adrian B. Korduba,Kari A. Neamand-Cheney,Nikki Pritchard,Alisha M. Smith,Jessica L. Whelpley,Sulola Adekoya,Victoria Alexander,M. Davis,Jonathan Falk,Katie M. Kurkjian,Elizabeth McCarty,James Alfred Moss,Angela Myrick-West,Chandni Patel,R. J. Pruitt,Dawn M Saady,Denise Sockwell,Amanda Touma,Stephanie Wheawill,Diane Woolard,Andrea Young,L. Griffin-Thomas,S. Kelly,Jamie McLeod,Matthew C. Lambert,Tonya Danz,Timothy O. Davis,Kyley Guenther,Erika Hanson +222 more
TL;DR: On August 29, 2021, the United States government oversaw the emergent establishment of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and implemented by the US Department of State (DoS), to safely resettle U. S. citizens and Afghan nationals from Afghanistan to United States as discussed by the authors .
Pesticide use and human health in northwestern jamaica
Ngqabutho Ncube,Patricia Bessler,Pauline E. Jolly,Kyaw Tint,Christopher Fogo,Alvin Binns,Curtis M. Jolly +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report that despite efforts by the Jamaican government to create awareness of the dangers of pesticides and adopt safe a pesticide disposal method, many farmers still display poor pesticide handling and disposal practices.
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