Browsing by Author "Cash-Goldwasser, Shama"

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    Indoor Public Mask-Wearing Behavior Changes in Response to National, State, and Local COVID-19 Policies
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2022) Vest, Joshua R.; Cash-Goldwasser, Shama; Peters Bergquist, Eleanor; Embi, Peter J.; Caine, Virginia; Halverson, Paul K.; Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
    Objective: To estimate changes in public mask-wearing behavior in response to public health policies during COVID-19. Design: Panel of observed public mask-wearing. Setting: Counts of adult behavior in Marion County, Indiana, between November 15, 2020, and May 31, 2021. Determinants of interest: (1) Removal of state masking requirement; (2) introduction of the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness; (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that vaccinated individuals did not need to wear masks in public; and (4) COVID-19 vaccine availability. Outcome: Percent observed with correct mask-wearing. Analyses: Fixed-effects models estimated the association between policies and mask-wearing. Results: Ending Indiana's mask requirement was not associated with changes in correct mask-wearing. The CDC's recommendation was associated with a decrease of 12.3 percentage points in correct mask-wearing (95% CI, -23.47 to -1.05; P = .032). Conclusions: Behavior encouraged by local mask requirements appeared to be resilient to changes in state policy. CDC recommendations appeared influential.
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    Mask-Wearing Behavior at the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
    (American Medical Association, 2021) Vest, Joshua R.; Blackburn, Justin; Cash-Goldwasser, Shama; Peters Bergquist, Eleanor; Embi, Peter J.; Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
    This cross-sectional study examines the mask-wearing behavior of attendees at the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament in an attempt to help other venues prepare for future events during the pandemic.
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    Orthopoxvirus Testing Challenges for Persons in Populations at Low Risk or Without Known Epidemiologic Link to Monkeypox — United States, 2022
    (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2022-09-09) Minhaj, Faisal S.; Petras, Julia K.; Brown, Jennifer A.; Mangla, Anil T.; Russo, Kelly; Willut, Christina; Lee, Michelle; Beverley, Jason; Harold, Rachel; Milroy, Lauren; Pope, Brian; Gould, Emily; Beeler, Cole; Schneider, Jack; Mostafa, Heba H.; Godfred-Cato, Shana; Click, Eleanor S.; Borah, Brian F.; Galang, Romeo R.; Cash-Goldwasser, Shama; Wong, Joshua M.; McCormick, David W.; Yu, Patricia A.; Shelus, Victoria; Carpenter, Ann; Schatzman, Sabrina; Lowe, David; Townsend, Michael B.; Davidson, Whitni; Wynn, Nhien T.; Satheshkumar, Panayampalli S.; O’Connor, Siobhán M.; O’Laughlin, Kevin; Rao, Agam K.; McCollum, Andrea M.; Negrón, María E.; Hutson, Christina L.; Salzer, Johanna S.; CDC Monkeypox Emergency Response Team; Medicine, School of Medicine