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Public Health Rep ; 135(1_suppl): 182S-188S, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32735204

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the impact of a 2014 New York City health code change requiring laboratories to indicate if a patient is pregnant or probably pregnant in the electronic laboratory report (ELR) when reporting syphilis and hepatitis B virus (HBV) cases to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). METHODS: We calculated the number of pregnant persons with syphilis or HBV infection reported to DOHMH from January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2018. We compared the proportion in which the first report to DOHMH was an ELR with pregnancy indicated before and after the policy change. We calculated time between first ELR with pregnancy indicated and subsequent reporting by a method other than ELR and the proportion of cases in which ELR with pregnancy indicated was the only report source. RESULTS: A total of 552 new syphilis and 8414 HBV-infected cases were reported to DOHMH. From January 2013-June 2014 (pre-change) to January 2017-June 2018 (post-change), the proportion of cases in which ELR with pregnancy indicated was the first report to DOHMH increased significantly (14.7% [23/156] to 46.2% [80/173] for syphilis; 8.0% [200/2498] to 45.3% [851/1879] for HBV infection [P < .001]). Median time between first ELR with pregnancy indicated and subsequent reporting by a method other than ELR was 9.0 days for syphilis and 51.0 days for HBV infection. ELR with pregnancy indicated was the only report for 43.1% (238/552) of syphilis cases and 23.4% (1452/6200) of HBV cases during the study period. CONCLUSION: Including pregnancy status with ELR can increase the ability of public health departments to conduct timely interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission.


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Hepatitis B/diagnosis , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis , Public Health Surveillance/methods , Syphilis/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control , New York City , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control , Young Adult
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Am J Ind Med ; 59(9): 709-21, 2016 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27582473

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BACKGROUND: Cancer incidence in exposed rescue/recovery workers (RRWs) and civilians (non-RRWs) was previously reported through 2008. METHODS: We studied occurrence of first primary cancer among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees through 2011 using adjusted standardized incidence ratios (SIRs), and the WTC-exposure-cancer association, using Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS: All-cancer SIR was 1.11 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-1.20) in RRWs, and 1.08 (95% CI 1.02-1.15) in non-RRWs. Prostate cancer and skin melanoma were significantly elevated in both populations. Thyroid cancer was significantly elevated only in RRWs while breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were significantly elevated only in non-RRWs. There was a significant exposure dose-response for bladder cancer among RRWs, and for skin melanoma among non-RRWs. CONCLUSIONS: We observed excesses of total and specific cancers in both populations, although the strength of the evidence for causal relationships to WTC exposures is somewhat limited. Continued monitoring of this population is indicated. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:709-721, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


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Neoplasms/epidemiology , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Occupational Exposure/statistics & numerical data , Rescue Work/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Child , Female , Humans , Incidence , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/epidemiology , Male , Melanoma/epidemiology , Middle Aged , New York City/epidemiology , Proportional Hazards Models , Prostatic Neoplasms/epidemiology , September 11 Terrorist Attacks , Skin Neoplasms/epidemiology , Thyroid Neoplasms/epidemiology , Time Factors , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/epidemiology , Young Adult
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