Allison Huff

• University of Arizona

The United States is facing a growing crisis in the form of increasing medical care costs for both the insured and uninsured. One innovative strategy to address increasing costs is the use of medical tourism. Medical tourism is defined by the OECD as “the practice of travelling to another country to obtain medical treatment.” It has become an incre...

The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing mental health issues. These people are more likely to develop anxiety, sadness, and PTSD. The pandemic may also harm at-risk mental health patients. Pandemic-related financial difficulty increases the risk of mental health issues like sadness and anxiety. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated anxiety, depressio...

The study focuses on ethical, cultural, and research into the public health sector. The content analysis of research identifies disproportionate knowledge of implications affecting the misappropriated, disenfranchised, and institutionalized minority segments of the general population affected by COVID-19 cases. Historic mistreatment of minority ind...

An increasing number of reports of sexual harassment in the workplace and medical education is challenging the current state of medical education and healthcare. The trauma and long-term consequences of sexual harassment are well documented, yet the issue of sexual harassment has been overlooked mainly in healthcare, leading to a culture of silence...

A study of healthcare organizations found that 87% reported instances of discrimination, the highest industry rate. Illegal workplace discrimination can have many impacts, from reduced employee morale to higher recruitment and litigation costs. Healthcare organizations must address this issue because it can significantly impact their ability to pro...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented healthcare institutions with unprecedented challenges in maintaining robust cybersecurity practices to safeguard patient data and protect critical healthcare operations. This chapter explores the ethical, organizational cultural, and leadership complexities hospitals face in cybersecurity during and after the pan...

In the rapidly advancing landscape of biotechnology, laboratories, and healthcare research, the criticality of robust cybersecurity risk management techniques cannot be overstated. As these industries increasingly rely on interconnected technologies and digitized data for innovation and patient care, they become attractive targets for malicious cyb...

COVID-19 shed light on mental health as a significant public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of individuals around the world. As such, mental health practitioners must be prepared to respond effectively to the changing needs of their patients. Adaptive leadership and change management are two...

Background: Depression is prevalent, chronic, and burdensome. Due to limited screening access, depression often remains undiagnosed. Artificial intelligence (AI) models based on spoken responses to interview questions may offer an effective, efficient alternative to other screening methods.Objective: The primary aim was to use a demographically div...

Change management and leadership is a complex set of efforts and processes that frequently lead to failure for many organizations due to a need for more sound organizational development techniques. For healthcare organizations, change management and leadership can be even more difficult than in other industries, with implications that could lead to...

This study explored how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted drug-use and treatment-seeking for females in an outpatient treatment program. The authors adapted and administered a COVID-19 stress scale to 15 females receiving outpatient treatment in a gender-specific clinic in Southern Arizona. Results indicate ambivalence about virtual recovery practices...

Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace is a pervasive business legal issue that harms the health and well-being of women who experience it. It refers to the adverse treatment of employees, applicants, and independent contractors based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including lactation. This type of illegal discriminatio...

Introduction: Over the past two decades the national prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy has increased more than 600%. Managing recovery from OUD during the postpartum period can be particularly challenging. Thus, we sought to identify ways to expand perinatal OUD treatment to ultimately reduce risk of postpartum return to opi...

Background: Recovery from opioid use disorder (OUD) during the perinatal period has unique challenges. We examined services for perinatal women with OUD using the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) eight dimensions of wellness (DoW), which reflect whole person recovery. Methods: We enrolled professionals from the...

Background: Adolescent substance use is a significant issue which occurs during a critical period of life of youth. Perceived stress is a risk factor for adolescent substance use, and life events such as low family support, and community and familial turmoil often lead to ongoing feelings of stress and uncertainty. Similarly, structural factors su...

This paper discusses domestic violence as a public health concern and a health administration issue. People affected by domestic violence, such as physical, mental, sexual, and financial abuse, experience higher rates of trauma leading to PTSD. This study explored healthcare interaction with victims of domestic violence. Effective communication, pr...

The study focuses on ethical and cultural research into the public health sector. The content analysis of research identifies disproportionate knowledge of implications affecting the misappropriated, disenfranchised, and institutionalized minority segments of the general population affected by COVID-19 cases. Historic mistreatment of minority indiv...

Background: Historically marginalized youth are at risk for daily substance use. Daily use may be associated with social and environmental factors. Methods: In March 2018, we surveyed primarily Latino adolescents ages 14-18 who lived on the US-Mexico border and assessed associations between daily substance use, neighborhood stress, border commun...

The context of transformational gun violence is an inherent issue of a need for change in the American dichotomy of access. The transactional gun violence is the given exchange in gun ownership. Daily, more than 500 individuals perish from gun violence. The total number of global homicides consist of 44% of the world's population. Statistics demons...

Purpose The unimagined workplace disturbance caused by the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has made many organizations virtual or telework driven workplaces, often without the infrastructure and systems in place to support employees facing these sudden workplace changes (Burrell, 2020). Many stressors accompanied this transition, to include la...

Background: In 2015, the latest year for which the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has incidence data, 242,476 new cases of Female Breast Cancer were reported, and 41,523 women died of Female Breast Cancer in the United States. For every 100,000 women, 125 new Female Breast Cancer cases were reported and 20 died of cancer. In Arizona, breast was t...

The world has become a considerably more complex place as it relates to security, safety, and health. This has provided many opportunities for those in the field of health care to flourish in their respective specialties. However, while many of the various health care fields have seen their ranks swell, they have also experienced increased instance...