http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595893 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:55:12 GMT 2026-03-09T20:55:12Z http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679761 Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-COVID conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC): passive and active surveillance protocols Jones, Resa M.; Andrews, Jennifer G.; Dalton, Alexandra F.; Dixon, Brian E.; Dzomba, Bari J.; Fernando, Shane I.; Pogreba-Brown, Kristen M.; Ortiz, Miguel Reina; Sharma, Vinita; Simmons, Nicole; Saydah, Sharon H.; Slen, Joshua; Smith, Lillian; McComack, Joanna; McCullough, Mac; Young, Brian; Arora, Megha Khatri; Epstein, Rebekah; Figueroa, Ralph; Mahotiere, Terry; Miller, Kathryn; Barrett, Lori; Dahlquist, McKenna; Busch, Dolores; Edinger, Tracy; Garcia, Pablo; Gibson, Richard; Hallvik, Sara; Sim, Emily; Flessner, Christian; Forsythe, Navina; Johnson, Maria; McLelland, Ryan; Sorenson, Joseph; Ayllon, Fatima; Feiler, Marina Oktapodas; Fukuhara, Matthew; Mishkin, Aaron; Phan, Thanh T. D.; Rajaeebaygi, Mehdi; Sinha, Radhika; Turella, John; Wang, Weiting; Wiedefeld, Lucie; Yucel, Recai; Robinson, Susan; Benavides, Argelia; Bessey, Kate; Brady, Shane; Catalfamo, Collin; Carr, Dametreea; Collins, Clancey; Cordova-Marks, Felina; Ernst, Kacey; Farland, Leslie; Gracia-Filion, Pamela; Frost, Scott; Heslin, Kelly; Jacobs, Elizabeth; Lauro, Priscilla; Nuno, Velia; Pettygrove, Sydney; Pilling, Vern; Robinson, Susan; Shilen, Alexandra; Subbian, Vignesh; Grannis, Shaun; Allen, Katie; Buelow, Lauren; Buck, Aaron; Duszynski, Tom; Fadel, William; Franks, Zamal; Griffith, Ashley; Myers, Laura J.; Price, John; Wiensch, Ashley; Xu, Hiping; Agedew, Abe; Edwards, Deja; Koumas, Emily; Slaughter, Douglas; Sullivan, Elizabeth; Wyche, Tracy; Brinkley, Jason; Brummer, Tana; Desale, Sameer; Devlin, Rebecca; Harpole, Charles; Hunt, Danielle Rentz; Jeddy, Zuha; Poe, Brandon; Pickett, Steve; Sewell, Erica; Sokol, Brian; Stein, Karen; Thomas, Joseph Background: Track PCC includes five geographic surveillance sites to conduct standardized population-based surveillance to estimate and track Post-COVID Conditions (PCC) by age, sex, race/ethnicity, geographic area, severity of initial infection, and risk factors among persons with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (based on the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist [CSTE] case definitions for confirmed cases or laboratory-confirmed evidence of infection). Methods: The study will estimate the incidence, prevalence, including temporal trends, and duration and severity of PCC symptoms, among children, adolescents, and adults. PCCs include a broad range of symptoms and conditions that continue or develop after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 illness. Surveillance includes both passive and active components for diverse populations in Arizona, Indiana, and Utah as well as the Bronx Borough, NY, and part of Philadelphia County, PA. Passive surveillance will utilize electronic health records and health information exchanges within each site catchment area to longitudinally follow persons with COVID-19 to estimate PCC occurring at least 30 days after acute COVID-19 illness. Active surveillance will utilize self-report of PCCs from detailed surveys of persons ages 7 years and older with evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the past 3 months. Respondents will complete follow-up surveys at 6-, 12- and 18-months post-infection. Discussion: These data can help identify which groups are most affected by PCC, and what health differences among demographic groups exist, as well as indicate potential barriers to care. These additional levels of granularity can inform public health action and help direct needed clinical care for patients. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679761 2024-08-29T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679732 Digitally Branded: The Developmental Catastrophe of Juvenile Sex Offender Registries Walker, Tammi Juvenile sex offender registration was never a natural fit for the youth justice system, but in the digital age, it has become deeply harmful. What began as a paper-based precaution has evolved into a sprawling digital regime that permanently brands adolescents at the most formative stage of life. This article examines how technological change has turned registration into a publicly searchable network of stigma—amplified by data aggregators, search engines, neighborhood apps, and real estate platforms—that makes youthful misbehavior both permanent and inescapable. Drawing on insights from developmental neuroscience and criminology, the article explains why adolescent sexual misconduct is often impulsive, peer-driven, and rarely predictive of future offending. Yet federal mandates like the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) continue to impose offense-based registration on youth as young as fourteen, ignoring evidence about adolescent development and undermining the juvenile justice system’s rehabilitative aims. The modern registry’s reach imposes novel harms that traditional legal frameworks have not fully addressed. Public access fuels ongoing exclusion, identity foreclosure, and algorithmic discrimination, locking youth into stigmatized identities and exacerbating racial and socioeconomic disparities. These harms ripple outward to destabilize families and communities. Empirical research confirms that juvenile sexual recidivism is rare and that registration fails to improve public safety. Instead, it misallocates resources and inflicts long-term damage. This article urges a rethinking of juvenile registration policies, calling for reforms grounded in developmental science, technological awareness, and evidence-based alternatives such as confidential monitoring, risk-based assessments, and therapeutic intervention. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679732 2026-02-16T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679726 Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management Megdal, Sharon; Eden, Susanna; Shamir, Eylon Water governance and stakeholder engagement are receiving research attention for their role in formulating and implementing solutions to the world’s critical water challenges. The inspiration for this Special Issue came from our desire to provide a platform for sharing results and informing the global water governance community about the wealth of excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and projects being carried out around the world. The 20 peer-reviewed papers collected in this Special Issue have been grouped into three categories: stakeholder engagement, tools for building water management and governance capacity, and perspectives on water management and governance. Following a brief summary of the papers, concluding remarks that reflect on what the papers, taken as a whole, contribute to our understanding are provided. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679726 2017-03-06T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679725 Critical Issues Affecting Groundwater Quality Governance and Management in the United States Petersen-Perlman, Jacob D.; Megdal, Sharon B.; Gerlak, Andrea K.; Wireman, Mike; Zuniga-Teran, Adriana A.; Varady, Robert G. Groundwater is increasingly important for meeting water demand across the United States (U.S.). Forward thinking governance and effective management are necessary for its sustainable use. In the U.S., state governments are primarily responsible for groundwater governance (i.e., making laws, policies, and regulations) and management (i.e., implementation of laws, policies, and regulations). This decentralized system results in diverse strategies and practices. We surveyed a water quality professional from each state to better understand commonalities and differences across states. These professionals identify a wide assortment of groundwater issues and concerns, including quality and quantity impairment, staffing and budget issues, private well vulnerability, and overdraft. Respondents indicate contamination problems from natural and anthropogenic sources. Most respondents report that their states have significantly changed groundwater quality policy during the past 30 years. While most states have multiple funding sources for water quality programs, program budgets have decreased in the last decade, thereby hindering effective implementation of new policies. Over half of respondents indicate that water-quality/water-level monitoring and increased groundwater pumping will require more attention over the next decade. Several respondents anticipate groundwater regulation changes in the next five years. We discuss how our findings align with current groundwater uses in the U.S. Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10150/679725 2018-06-05T00:00:00Z