Faculty Profiles

Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Kruse, C. S., Beauvais, B. M., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., … Sharma, A. (2024). The Effect of COVID-19 on Cancer Incidences in the U.S. Heliyon, 10(7), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28804

Schulz, T., Hammill, T., Zapata, T., Betancourt, J. A., & Edwards-Stewart, A. (2023). The Design and Application of a Health Behavioral Change (HBC) Roadmap. Military Medicine, Volume 188(08 November 2023), 621–628. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/188/Supplement_6/621/7388299

Betancourt, J. A., Dolezel, D. M., Shanmugam, R., Pacheco, G. J., Stigler Granados, P. E., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). The Health Status of the US Veterans: A Longitudinal Analysis of Surveillance Data Prior to and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare, 11(14), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142049

Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Betancourt, J. A., Cruz, J. E., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). The Predictive Factors of Hospital Bankruptcy. Healthcare, 11(2). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020165

Shanmugam, R., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., Sen, K., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). Indexing of US Counties with Over dispersed Incidences of COVID-19 Deaths. MDPI, Mathematics, 11(14), 3112., 11(14), 1–12. Retrieved from Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Betancourt, J., Pacheco, G. J., & Sen, K. (2023). Indexing of US Counties with Overdispersed Incidences of COVID-19 Deaths. Mathematics, 11(14), 3112.

Beauvais, B. M., Mileski, M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Lee, K. A., Kruse, C. S., Betancourt, J. A., … Shanmugam, R. (2023). The Association Between Facility Affiliations and Revenue Generation  in Skilled Nursing Facilities – An Exploratory Study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2023, 3099—3114. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S433771

Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L. V., Betancourt, J. A., & Pacheco, G. J. (n.d.). Indexing Inefficacy of Efforts to Stop Escalation of COVID Mortality. Mathematics.

Kruse, C. S., Betancourt, J. A., Gonzales, M., Dickerson, K. F., & Miah Neer. (2022). Leveraging Mobile Health to Manage Mental Health/Behavioral Health Disorders: Systematic Literature Review. JMIR Mental Health. Retrieved from https://mental.jmir.org/2022/12/e42301

Kruse, C. S., Betancourt, J. A., Madrid, S., Lindsey, C. W., & Wall, V. (2022). Leveraging mHealth and Wearable Sensors to Manage Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review. Healthcare, 10(9), 1672. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091672

Pacheco, G. J., Fulton, L. V., Betancourt, J. A., Shanmugam, R., & Stigler, P. E. (n.d.). Geospatial Analysis as a Tool to Identify Target Areas for Chagas Disease Education for Healthcare Providers. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(590). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07577-y

Lieneck, C. H., Betancourt, J. A., Daemen, C., Eich, R., Monty, E., & Jo Petty, M. (2021). Provision of Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Ambulatory Care Organizations in the United States. Medicina.

Shanmugam, R., Fulton, L., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z., Betancourt, J., Beauvais, B., Kruse, C. S., & Brooks, M. S. (2021). A Report Card on Prevention Efforts of COVID-19 Deaths in US. Healthcare, 9(1175), 1–13. https://doi.org/doi.org/ 10.3390/healthcare9091175

Betancourt, J. A., Stigler Granados, P. E., Pacheco, G. J., Reagan, J. K., Shanmugam, R., Topinka, J. B., … Fulton, L. V. (2021). Exploring Health Outcomes for U.S. Veterans Compared to Non-Veterans from 2003 to 2019. Healthcare, 9(604). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050604

Betancourt, J. A., Rosenberg, M. A., Zevallos, A., Brown, J. R., & Mileski, M. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Telemedicine Utilization Across Multiple Service Lines. MDPI Healthcare, 8(380), 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040380

Betancourt, J. A., Stigler-Granados, P. E., Pacheco, G. J., Shanmugam, R., Kruse, C. S., & Fulton, L. V. (2020). Obesity and Morbidity Risk in the U.S. Veteran. MDPI - Healthcare 2020, 8(3), 191–204. https://doi.org/doi:10.3390/healthcare8030191

Gardner, D. D., & Betancourt, J. A. (2020). Student Asthma Status and School Absence. CHEST, 158(4). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.1522

Stigler Granados, P. E., Pacheco, G. J., Nunez Patlan, E., Betancourt, J. A., & Fulton, L. V. (2020). Assessing the Effectiveness of  Chagas Disease Education for Healthcare Providers in the United States. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(743). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05474-w

Pate, W. J., Betancourt, J. A., Delclos, G., Douphrate, D., & Gimeno, D. (2020). Patient Safety and Employee Safety Culture Measurement and Agreement. Professional Safety Journal, 65, 41–46.

Kruse, C. S., Betancourt, J. A., Bamrah, I. K., Ortiz, S., Segovia, N., & Valez Luna, S. M. (2019). Barriers to the Use of Mobile Health in Improving Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(10). https://doi.org/10.2196/13263 JCR IF 4.975

Forsyth, C. J., Stigler Granados, P. E., Pacheco, G. J., Betancourt, J. A., & Meymandi, S. K. (2019). Current Gaps and Needs for Increasing Access to Healthcare for People with Chagas Disease in the United States. Current Tropical Medicine Reports. https://doi.org/DOI: 10:1007/s40475-019-0170-1

Alamgir, H., Turner, C. A., Wong, N. J., Cooper, S. P., Betancourt, J. A., Henry, J., … Packer, M. D. (2016). The impact of hearing impairment and noise-induced hearing injury on quality of life in the active-duty military population: challenges to the study of this issue. Military Medical Research, 3, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40779-016-0082-5

Alamgir, H., Tucker, D. L., Kim, S., Betancourt, J. A., Turner, C. A., Gorrell, N. S., … Packer, M. D. (2016). Economic Burden of Hearing Loss for the U.S. Military: A Proposed Framework for Estimation. Military Medicine, 181(4), 301–306. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00612

Cooper, S. P., Alamgir, H., Whitworth, K. W., Gorrell, N. S., Betancourt, J. A., Cornell, J. E., … Packer, M. D. (2014). The Department of Defense Epidemiologic and Economic Burden of Hearing Loss study. Military Medicine, 179(12), 1458–1464. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00100

Hong, R., Betancourt, J. A., & Ruiz-Beltran, M. (2007). Passive smoking as a risk factor of anemia in young children aged 0-35 months in Jordan. BMC Pediatrics, 7, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-7-16

Betancourt, J. A., Hakre, S., Polyak, C. S., & Pavlin, J. A. (2007). Evaluation of ICD-9 codes for syndromic surveillance in the electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics. Military Medicine, 172(4), 346–352. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.4.346

Betancourt, J. A., & Hong, R. (2006). Building the Afghanistan National Army’s Defense Health Sector: A Lesson in “Little Victories” One Day at a Time. Australasian Journal of Human Security, 2, 5–16.

Hong, R., Banta, J. E., & Betancourt, J. A. (2006). Relationship between household wealth inequality and chronic childhood under-nutrition in Bangladesh. International Journal for Equity in Health, 5, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-5-15

Hong, R., & Betancourt, J. (2004). The Provision of Health Care in Cambodia at a Glance: A piecemeal approach to provision for health care in Cambodia seems to deliver some positive outcomes, but still requires a further soul searching. Economic Institute of Cambodia, 12–15.

BETANCOURT, J. (1994). The Medical Threat Facing Force XXI. Army Medical Department Journal, (Sep-Oct 1994), 20–25.