Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Sloan C

Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

Biography

Dr. Chantel Sloan joined the faculty in the BYU Department of Health Science after completing a postdoctoral program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her Doctorate from Dartmouth College, and her bachelor's degree from BYU-Hawaii. Dr. Sloan has researched a variety of topics in respiratory health, genetics and applications in Medical Geography.Her research interests re Respiratory Syncytial Virus induced bronchiolitis is a major cause of infant hospitalizations in the United States. Dr. Sloan studies the epidemiology of RSV using different health administration databases.

Publications

Assessing Whether Americans are Aware of the Nation’s Declining Health Ranking

Purpose: Identify the extent Americans are aware of the United States’ declining health rankings compared with 16 Western democracies, and assess people's explanation for the U.S. decline. Methods: Participants in a national survey ranked U.S. life expectancy against that of 16 referent countries. Participants indicated whether the U.S. heal... Read More»

Lindsay GB, Merrill R, Thackeray R and Sloan C

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 6:488

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000488

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