“…HSIR data included records from the Thomson Reuters MarketScan Commercial databases, the Department of Defense Military Health Systems DataMart, Louisiana Medicaid, the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Children’s Health Study, and Kaiser Permanente Northern California. …”
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“…The present study examined the relationship of adverse asthma symptoms (bothersome or interfered with daily activities or sleep) to O(3) and particles (less than or equal to)10 micrometer (PM10) in a Southern California community in the air inversion zone (1200-2100 ft) with high O(3) and low PM (R = 0.3). …”
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“…Taking into consideration current observations and climate forecast information, indications are that the following regions are at increased risk for disease outbreaks: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and most of the southeast Asia Islands for increased dengue fever transmission and increased respiratory illness; Coastal Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia for increased risk of malaria; Bangladesh and coastal India for elevated risk of cholera; East Africa for increased risk of a Rift Valley fever outbreak and elevated malaria; southwest USA for increased risk for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and plague; southern California for increased West Nile virus transmission; and northeast Brazil for increased dengue fever and respiratory illness. …”
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“…We conducted a series of five combined visual-acoustic marine mammal surveys from 2006 to 2008 in the southern San Nicolas Basin, a site of frequent naval activity off the southern California coast, west of San Clemente Island. …”
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“…Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. ABJ receives support from the NIH Office of the Director. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION: The emergency medicine (EM) clerkship curriculum at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center includes monthly lectures on pediatric fever and shortness of breath (SOB). …”
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“…METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC). The exposed cohort included KPSC members ≥60 years vaccinated with ZVL during 1/1/2007- 12/31/2014. …”
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“…HZ was identified by International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes from electronic health records (EHR) of 4.6 million Kaiser Permanente Southern California members; (2) Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) was identified by validated survey and medical record review of laboratory-confirmed incident HZ cases recruited during 2012–2015 for HZ-related pain ≥ 90 days after initial HZ diagnosis; (3) HZ Ophthalmicus (HZO) with ocular complications was identified by ICD codes and keyword search in EHR among patients identified with HZO using a validated natural language processing algorithm; (4) The proportion of HZ-related non-PHN and non-HZO cutaneous, neurological or other complications was assessed by double abstraction of EHRs from a sample of 600 incident HZ cases; (5) Recurrent HZ was identified by having an HZ diagnosis with HZ antiviral medication ≥ 6 months after the most recent HZ diagnosis with HZ antiviral medication in a cohort initially diagnosed with HZ between 2007 and 2008 and followed through 2016. …”
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“…As part of a cluster study performed at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, we compared compliance with second dose and series completion for HepB-CpG vs. comparator vaccine (Engerix-B; GlaxoSmithKline) recipients. …”
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“…METHODS: We prospectively followed 93 runners (35 females, 15.7±1.1y) who competed in the 2018 interscholastic cross-country season in Southern California. At baseline, all runners were injury-free and completed the study questionnaire, which included questions on whether cross-country was their primary sport, the number of months/year spent running-related training, and if they quit another sport(s) to focus on cross-country/track distance running during the past year. …”
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“…DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cohort study was conducted using data extracted from electronic medical records at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) health care system. Participants included all women who gave birth at KPSC hospitals and their newborns from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2018. …”
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“…The Institutional Review Board at the University of Southern California approved the study (HS-18-00912). Data extraction and cleaning are complete. …”
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“…The Santa Ana Winds (SAWs) are episodic pulses of easterly, downslope, offshore flows over the coastal topography of the California Border Region: Southern California and Northern Baja-California (Mexico), occurring mostly from October to April, and are associated with very dry air, often with anomalous warming at low elevations, similar to the Harmattan winds associated with MeM outbreaks in Africa. …”
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“…Study approval was obtained from the institutional review board at the University of Southern California. Data extraction and cleaning are complete. …”
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“…METHODS: The study was conducted on ten dairies distributed across CA’s three milk sheds: Northern California (NCA), Northern San Joaquin Valley (NSJV), and the Greater Southern California (GSCA). On each study dairy, individual fecal samples were collected from two cohorts of lactating dairy cows during the fall/winter 2018 and spring/summer 2019 seasons. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Prior to implementing a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration study, we sought to explore cisgender women’s experiences with HIV prevention, PrEP knowledge and attitudes, and anticipated barriers and facilitators for PrEP uptake and adherence in Southern California. METHODS: Three focus groups were held with cisgender women of mixed HIV serostatus in San Diego and Los Angeles between November 2015 and January 2016. …”
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“…METHODS: Between 2001–2017, trends in age-adjusted mortality with HF as an underlying cause for Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) members were derived through linkage with state death files and compared with trends among California residents and the US. …”
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“…We conducted a large observational study among symptomatic adults at 7 emergency departments of Kaiser Permanente Southern California to examine sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests by specimen type and patient characteristics. …”
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“…Interviews were conducted at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, and an AYA cancer support community (lacunaloft.org). …”
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“…DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cohort study included women who were members of Kaiser Permanente Northern and Southern California, 2 integrated health care delivery systems, and who had initiated oral bisphosphonate and completed 5 years of treatment by January 1, 2002, to September 30, 2014. …”
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