SMJ : April 2020 Vol. 113, No. 04
The Southern Medical Journal is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Medical Association. It has a multidisciplinary and inter-professional focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists, including medicine; surgery; women’s and children’s health; mental health; emergency and disaster medicine; public health and environmental medicine; bioethics and medical education; and quality health care, patient safety, and best practices.
Public Health and Environmental Medicine
Physician Duties and Responsibilities in Pandemics
G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE MPH, MABE, DBioethics
Medicine & Medical Specialties
Increasing the Rural Workforce of Family Medicine Physicians: A Community-Focused Approach
Kendall M. Campbell, MD, Miranda N. Heath, MPH, Dmitry Tumin, PhD
Women's and Children's Health
Rate of Food Insecurity Among Households with Children with Sickle Cell Disease is Above the National Average
Djamila Labib Ghafuri, MD, MPH, Mark Rodeghier, PhD, Michael Rutledge DeBaun, MD, MPH
Maternal Cotinine Levels and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations in the Periconceptual Period
Korede K. Yusuf, MBBS, PhD, Roneé Wilson, PhD, Alfred Mbah, PhD, William Sappenfield, MD, Lindsey M. King, PhD, MPH, Hamisu M. Salihu, MD, PhD
Adherence to Guideline-Based Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Gynecology among Alabama Providers
Tera Howard, MD, MPH, Alan Tita, MD, PhD, Lisa Dimperio, MS, Lorie Harper, MD
Obesity and Severe Obesity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Du Pham, MD, Sofia Silver, MD, Sierra Haq, MD, S. Shahrukh Hashmi, MD, PhD, Mona Eissa, MD, PhD
Quality Care and Patient Safety
An Examination of Racial Disparities in Inpatient Consultations
Dylan Balter, BA, Amanda Bertram, MS, C. Matthew Stewart, MD, PhD, Rosalyn W. Stewart, MD, MS, MBA
Hispanic Health Paradox at the Border: Substance, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use among Latinx Immigrants Seeking Free or Reduced-Cost Care in Southernmost Texas
Jennifer Tabler, PhD, Laryssa Mykyta, PhD, Alla Chernenko, MA, Paloma Flores, MSHS, Alvaro Marquez, BA, Nancy Saenz, LCSW-S, Rebecca Stocker, LCSW-S
Patient Perception of Orthopedic Surgeon Reimbursement
Sellers C. Boudreau, BS, Alexander R. Dombrowsky, BS, Alexandra M. Arguello, BS, Stephen Gould, MD, Eugene W. Brabston, MD, Brent A. Ponce, MD, Amit M. Momaya, MD
Mental Health
Munchausen Syndrome
Angeline Prabhu, MD, Bilal Abaid, MD, Simrat Sarai, MD, Riley Sumner, MLIS, Steven Lippmann, MD