Understanding, prevention, and management of vaccine-preventable communicable diseases and associated health outcomes
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Communicable diseases remain a threat to population health in the United States and globally. This dissertation focuses on HPV and SARS-CoV-2, viruses that can lead to considerable morbidity. This, coupled with widespread concerns about vaccine efficacy and safety, highlights the need for further study of the prevention and management of illnesses caused by these viruses. The objective of this dissertation is to further our knowledge of HPV and SARS-CoV-2 by identifying drivers of vaccine uptake and exploring how these infections may lead to health outcomes of interest. In the first part of this dissertation, we apply an environment-wide association approach to identify drivers of HPV vaccine initiation among adolescents in the United States. In the second part, we conduct a systematic review of studies examining persistent symptoms among COVID-19 patients and present a series of methodological recommendations to guide future research. Finally, we explore the association between obesity and COVID-19 pneumonia, a condition which has been linked to lung scarring and persistent symptoms such as difficulty breathing. These chapters demonstrate how diverse methodological approaches and datasets can be leveraged to reduce the burden of morbidity caused by communicable diseases.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Nasserie, Tahmina |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Sainani, Kristin |
| Thesis advisor | Sainani, Kristin |
| Thesis advisor | Bendavid, Eran |
| Thesis advisor | Odden, Michelle |
| Degree committee member | Bendavid, Eran |
| Degree committee member | Odden, Michelle |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Epidemiology |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Tahmina Nasserie. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Epidemiology. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qq271fx0604 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Tahmina Nasserie
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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