The role of plasmids in carbapenem resistant E. coli in Alameda County, California by Nikolina Walas, Samuel Slown, Heather K. Amato, Tyler Lloyd, Monica Bender, Vici Varghese, Mark Pandori, Jay P. Graham

“…This study aimed to investigate the extent of plasmid mediated antimicrobial resistance that can be inferred from short read sequences of carbapenem resistant E. coli (CR-Ec) in Alameda County, California. E. coli isolates from healthcare locations in Alameda County were sequenced using an Illumina MiSeq and assembled with Unicycler. …”
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East of these golden shores : architecture of the earlier days in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties / by 415482 Bohn, Dave

Osteoporosis and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in the Alameda County Study Population by Krista Kotz, Stephane Deleger, Richard Cohen, Alisa Kamigaki, John Kurata

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Tecovirimat use among patients with monkeypox (mpox) in Alameda County, California, June–October 2022 by Megan Ouyang, Munira Shemsu, Rachel Marusinec, April Pena, Kavita Trivedi, Eileen Dunne, Emily Yette, Nicholas Moss, Paul Bayard, Magdalen Edmunds, Sunny Lai, Mychi Nguyen, Sumanth Rajagopal, Sally Slome, Michele Tang, George Ayala, Amit Chitnis

“…Methods: We describe Alameda County patients with confirmed or probable mpox who received TPOXX during June–October 2022. …”
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Community of Practice for Dental Providers Serving Children on Medi-Cal Dental: Needs and Progress in Alameda County by Kristin S. Hoeft, Yilak Fantaye, Benjamin W. Chaffee, Suhaila Khan, Elizabeth Maker, Tracey Andrews, Ray Stewart, Ling Zhan, Bhavana Ravi, Jared Fine

“…A dental community of practice (DCOP) model was used in Alameda County to increase provider skills and capacity and to support their Medi-Cal program participation. …”
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Outbreak of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in an intensive care unit—Alameda County, California, May–October 2022 by Rebeca Elliott, Jeffrey Silvers, Axel Vazquez Deida, Paige Gable, Gillian McAllister, Alyssa Kent, Thomas Ewing, Janet Glowicz, Matthew Arduino, Heather Moulton-Meissner, Mir Noorbakhsh, Patricia Rodrigues, Munira Shemsu, Amit Chitnis, Hilary Metcalf, Barbara Allen, Suada Abdic, Alison Halpin, Kavita Trivedi, Amelia Keaton, Margarita Elsa Villarino

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Safety of a prehospital emergency medical services protocol for an alternative destination for pediatric behavioral emergencies in Alameda County by Nicolaus W. Glomb, Tarak Trivedi, Jacqueline Grupp‐Phelan, David L. Schriger, Karl Sporer

“…Methods A retrospective review from November 1, 2011, to November 1, 2016, was conducted for pediatric EMS encounters using EMS data from Alameda County, California. Our primary outcome was the safety of a prehospital alternative destination protocol. …”
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Clonal Lineages and Virulence Factors of Carbapenem Resistant <i>E. coli</i> in Alameda County, California, 2017–2019 by Samuel Slown, Nikolina Walas, Heather K. Amato, Tyler Lloyd, Vici Varghese, Monica Bender, Mark Pandori, Jay Graham

“…The aim of this study was to characterize sequence data from carbapenem-resistant <i>E. coli</i> isolates (<i>n</i> = 82) collected longitudinally by the Alameda County Public Health Laboratory (ACPHL) between 2017 and 2019. …”
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Epidemiologic features, clinical characteristics, and predictors of mortality in patients with candidemia in Alameda County, California; a 2017–2020 retrospective analysis by Didien Meyahnwi, Bekure B. Siraw, Arthur Reingold

“…We conducted this study to assess trends in the epidemiologic features, risk factors and Candida species distribution in candidemia patients in Alameda County, California. Methods We analyzed data collected from patients in Alameda County, California between 2017 and 2020 as part of the California Emerging Infections Program (CEIP). …”
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Policies restricting flavors and non-cigarette tobacco product availability: A study of vape shops in San Francisco and Alameda Counties, California, USA by Vira Pravosud, Louisa M. Holmes, Lauren K. Lempert, Pamela M. Ling

“…We examined flavored non-cigarette tobacco availability in brick-and-mortar vape shops in San Francisco (SF) and Alameda Counties, California (USA), comparing cities organized by flavored tobacco sales restriction policy. …”
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Expanding Technical Assistance for Urban Agriculture: Best Practices for Extension Services in California and Beyond by Kristin A. Reynolds

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Entering into a Community-University Collaboration by Marty Neideffer

“…In 2009, elements of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office and the leadership of the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ Activities League, Inc., (a nonprofit corporation established to leverage crime prevention efforts of the sheriff’s office), came to a conclusion: poverty, in all its various aspects, is a root driver of crime. …”
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Greater Than the Sum by Jared I. Fine, Bahar Amanzadeh, Larry J. Platt

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A Sugar-Sweetened-Beverage Tax Campaign: The Key Role of the Dental Community by Jared I. Fine, Darlene G. Fujii, Baharak Amanzadeh, Larry J. Platt

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Community Capitals Policing merges food economy and public safety, repairing decades of harm by Martin Neideffer

“…More than 15 years ago, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office launched a new brand of public safety, called Community Capitals Policing,[1] in Ashland and Cherryland, two unincorporated communities just south of Oakland, California. …”
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Advocating for language equity: a community-public health partnership by Dana Kurlander, Amy G. Lam, Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn, Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn, Diego de Acosta

“…Refugee and Immigrant Collaborative for Empowerment (RICE) is a multilingual coalition of seven Alameda County community-based organizations led by the Korean Community Center of the East Bay (KCCEB). …”
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The Costs of an Outreach Intervention for Low-Income Women With Abnormal Pap Smears by Todd H. Wagner, PhD, Linda P. Engelstad, MD, Stephen J. McPhee, MD, Rena J. Pasick, DrPH

“…This randomized controlled trial evaluated and compared the total cost and cost per follow-up of a tailored outreach intervention plus usual care with the total cost and cost per follow-up of usual care alone.MethodsWomen with an abnormal Pap smear (n = 348) receiving care at Alameda County Medical Center (Alameda County, California) were randomized to intervention or usual care. …”
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The Potential of Fluralaner as a Bait Toxicant to Control Pest Yellowjackets in California by Michael K. Rust, Chow-Yang Lee, Ho Eun Park, Kathleen Campbell, Dong-Hwan Choe, Mary Sorensen, Andrew Sutherland, Casey Hubble, Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, John Kabashima, Shu-Ping Tseng, Linda Post

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Don’t just do it—Conducting and publishing improvement science in infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship by W. Matthew Linam, Kavita K. Trivedi, Joshua K. Schaffzin

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Discrete-event simulation modeling for housing of homeless populations by Dashi I. Singham, Jennifer Lucky, Stephanie Reinauer

“…We worked with a team of stakeholders to analyze the data and processes for Alameda County in California and use this information to build and calibrate two simulation models. …”
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