Taehwan Park

Taehwan Park
St. John's University ·  Department of Pharmacy Administration and Allied Health Professions

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Publications (22)
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Background: To limit the risk of contracting the coronavirus, it is crucial for individuals to attain accurate COVID-19 related information. Once equipped with such information, they can engage in risk preventive behaviors. Objective: Applying the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model, this study examined the sociopsychological fa...
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There has been growing interest in integrating digital technologies in healthcare. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the economic value of pharmacist-led digital interventions. PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane databases were searched to select studies that had conducted economic evaluations of digital interventions by p...
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In order to inform understanding of the public's health information management during the COVID-19 pandemic, we applied a modification of TMIM from a serial mediation model to a conditional process model (moderated mediation). In doing so, the current study attempted to refine some of the relational propositions of the original TMIM with a focus on...
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Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic has included parsing an overwhelming amount of information—much of it online. Many Americans have seen information on social media that they find confusing (Mitchell, Oliphant & Shearer, 2020) and recent research has found that social media use may contribute to greater likelihoods of believing misinformation about...
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Integrating digital interventions in healthcare has gained increasing popularity among clinical pharmacists (CPs) due to advances in technology. The purpose of this study was to systematically review CP-led digital interventions to improve patients’ health-related clinical outcomes. PubMed and the Cochrane Database were searched to select studies t...
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Drawing on a multiplicity of mass media and health behavior theories, we propose an integrated health communication (IHC) framework to understand and leverage the ways in which mass mediated and interpersonal sources of health information influence the public’s health behavior in the context of their prescription drug decisions. Building on the age...
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Drawing on a multiplicity of mass media and health behavior theories, we propose an integrated health communication (IHC) framework to understand and leverage the ways in which mass mediated and interpersonal sources of health information influence the public’s health behavior in the context of their prescription drug decisions. Building on the age...
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The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has posed substantial threats to global public health. Individuals are extensively exposed to interpersonal sources of health information (e.g., family, friends, colleagues, physicians, and pharmacists). Interpersonal connections often encourage people to question or reinforce other sources of health informatio...
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Background The effects of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4Is) on joint pain have been controversial. Objective To assess the comparative musculoskeletal (MSk) risk of DPP4Is vs. non-DPP4Is. Methods This study used a national claims database from January 2007 to December 2014. Exposure included the initiation of DPP4Is against the initiatio...
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This study examines how optimistic bias moderates the association of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising (DTCA) exposure with consumers' responses to DTCA. We propose and test a model that addresses how exposure to DTCA plays a role in health risk assessment and prescription drug decision engagement. Findings from an online survey of U...
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Objective: The study purpose was to critically review FDA-issued warning letters (WLs) and notice of violation (NOV) letters against drug companies’ from 2012-2019 for economic, clinical, and humanistic (ECHO) claims made in pharmaceutical promotional materials. Specific objectives were to assess the, (1) number of WLs and NOV issued; (2) frequency...
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Background Recent studies have shown that treatment with the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor class could significantly improve survival outcomes in several oncology indications. However, there is some clinical uncertainty.Objective This study aimed to obtain high-level estimates of the impact of tr...
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Background As more people are living with cancer due to increases in cancer survival, it is important to understand cancer burden. Studies have examined cancer-related costs using data more than a decade ago. Objective To update the economic burden and uniquely provide health care service use attributable to cancer using a nationally representativ...
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Background The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents a global crisis. To remain safe, individuals must take preventive measures. Health behavior theories suggest that perceived risk is a key determinant of engagement in preventive behavior. People often underestimate their risk for disease compared with similar others’, a phenomenon known as opt...
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Objectives The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first mandatory market-based regulatory programme to limit regional carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in the USA. Empirical evidence has shown that high concentrations of ambient air pollutants such as CO 2 have been positively associated with an increased risk of morbidity (eg, respira...
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Consumers' prescription drug decisions are affected by a number of structural, psychological, and health communication source variables. To provide a theoretically sound and comprehensive prescription medication decision engagement framework, this study integrated Andersen's Health Service Use Model to address contextual and structural factors, the...
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To determine the efficacy and safety of dutasteride, alone or in combination, versus a placebo or control, used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Pubmed(®) and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials longer than 6 months in duration. The subjects in the trials were men aged 40 or over, with moderate to s...

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