Category Archives: Global Health

Recent Social Epi Research Papers

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Andrew

In a recent paper in the journal Injury Epidemiology Keyes and colleagues applied age-period-cohort analyses to data on fatal motorcycle crashes in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System data and found that baby-boomers have experienced significantly higher mortality from motorcycle crashes than … Continue reading →

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A Mosquito’s Eye View of Rio das Pedras, Brazil using Mobile Image Collection

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Andrew

In Brazil, residents of informal communities are disproportionately affected by the Zika epidemic and ongoing threats from other mosquito-borne illnesses.  Underdeveloped sanitation systems and poorly maintained streets are some of the many factors that contribute to mosquito reproduction and increase … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Health, Neighborhood Disadvantage, Neighborhood Environments, Urban Health | Leave a comment

Demand-Side Efficiency in Global Health

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Andrew

In a recent paper published  in Health Policy and Planning, cluster faculty member Elizabeth Radin and her colleagues develop the concept of demand-side efficiency–or the efficiency with which health system users convert public health resources into health outcomes. They also propose methods … Continue reading →

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