Trends in COVID-19 vaccination intent and factors associated with deliberation and reluctance among adult homeless shelter residents and staff, 1 November 2020 to 28 February 2021 – King County, Washington

Individual-level Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) case data suggest that certain populations may be more impacted by the pandemic. However, few studies have considered the communities from which positive cases are prevalent, and the variations in testing rates between communities. In this study, we assessed community factors that were associated with COVID-19 testing and test positivity at the census tract level for the Seattle, King County, Washington region at the summer peak of infection in July 2020. Multivariate Poisson regression was used to estimate confirmed case counts, adjusted for testing numbers, which were associated with socioeconomic status (SES) indicators such as poverty, educational attainment, transportation cost, as well as with communities with high proportions of people of color. Multivariate models were also used to examine factors associated with testing rates, and found disparities in testing for communities of color and communities with transportation cost barriers. These results demonstrate the ability to identify tract-level indicators of COVID-19 risk and specific communities that are most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, as well as highlight the ongoing need to ensure access to disease control resources, including information and education, testing, and future vaccination programs in low-SES and highly diverse communities.

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Factors Associated With the Adoption of a Patient Education Intervention Among First Responders, King County, Washington, 2010–2011

Preventing Chronic Disease ◽

10.5888/pcd11.130221 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hendrika Meischke ◽

Benjamin Stubbs ◽

Carol Fahrenbruch ◽

Elizabeth Phelan

Keyword(s):

Patient Education ◽

First Responders ◽

Education Intervention ◽

King County ◽

Factors Associated

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Homelessness among Formerly Incarcerated Men: Patterns and Predictors

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ◽

10.1177/0002716221993447 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 693 (1) ◽

pp. 141-157

Author(s):

Brianna Remster

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Life Course ◽

Administrative Data ◽

Sentence Completion ◽

Life Course Theory ◽

Homeless Shelter ◽

Formerly Incarcerated ◽

Drug Dependency ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Incarcerated Men

This study investigates patterns of homeless shelter use among formerly incarcerated men for nearly eight years postrelease and risk factors associated with pattern variation. I use life course theory and administrative data from Pennsylvania to identify four distinct forms of homelessness among formerly incarcerated men: persistent homelessness beginning soon after release, a short spell of homelessness years after release, long periods of homelessness years after release, and intermittent homelessness. The results also indicate that risk factors such as age, race, drug dependency, and full sentence completion are better at distinguishing whether formerly incarcerated men become homeless than they are at predicting what kind of homelessness the men experience.

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Risk factors associated with group A Streptococcus acquisition in a large, urban homeless shelter outbreak

Can J Public Health ◽

10.17269/s41997-019-00258-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 111 (1) ◽

pp. 117-124

Author(s):

Carolyn Dohoo ◽

Rebecca Stuart ◽

Michael Finkelstein ◽

Kaitlin Bradley ◽

Effie Gournis

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Group A Streptococcus ◽

Homeless Shelter ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Group A

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Stain contamination and embedding in electron microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100141986 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 50-53

Author(s):

Hilton H. Mollenhauer

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Information Retrieval ◽

Epoxy Resins ◽

Image Contrast ◽

Sample Preservation ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Amount Of Information ◽

Electron Microscopical ◽

Contrast Information

Many factors (e.g., resolution of microscope, type of tissue, and preparation of sample) affect electron microscopical images and alter the amount of information that can be retrieved from a specimen. Of interest in this report are those factors associated with the evaluation of epoxy embedded tissues. In this context, informational retrieval is dependant, in part, on the ability to “see” sample detail (e.g., contrast) and, in part, on tue quality of sample preservation. Two aspects of this problem will be discussed: 1) epoxy resins and their effect on image contrast, information retrieval, and sample preservation; and 2) the interaction between some stains commonly used for enhancing contrast and information retrieval.

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