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PubMed Feed- Novel approach to the codesign of a tailored intervention bundle: applying theory with pragmatism
- Firearms as a Market-Driven Epidemic: Potential Pathways to Reduce Preventable Firearm-Related Harm in the United States
- The Impact of Indirect Transport to a Trauma Centre on Survival for Major Trauma Patients: A National Propensity-Adjusted Observational Study
- The Dual Burden of Weight in YMSM: Structural Inequities and Body Image Pressures
- Perinatal depression and breastfeeding: a longitudinal investigation of the bidirectional relationship in Pakistan
- Estrogen metabolites in premenopausal women living in China, Mongolia, and the United Kingdom
- Associations of social and genetic background variables to neuro-cognitive biomarkers of psychosis
- Adverse sequelae of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental healthcare in six low- and middle-income countries (MASC): a mixed-methods study with lessons for the future
- Cannabis Effects on Neurocognition and HIV-Related Outcomes: Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Cohort Study
- Dispatch disparities: Neighborhood segregation as a predictor of EMS triage discordance among critically injured trauma patients
Category Archives: Neighborhood Environments
Webinar – Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City
On Thursday March 2nd at 3pm EST, Dr. Rundle will give a webinar entitled “Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City” for the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. You can register for … Continue reading
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Neighborhood Disadvantage and Falls Among Older Adults
Using data from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging, Rundle and colleagues recently published research showing that higher neighborhood disadvantage is associated with risk of falls among community dwelling older adults. In the first six months of … Continue reading
Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Bangladesh
Child marriage (before age 18) is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, however it is unclear whether the protective effect of marriage after age 18 is modified by local norms around age of marriage. In … Continue reading
A Mosquito’s Eye View of Rio das Pedras, Brazil using Mobile Image Collection
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
Steve Mooney receives Poster Award at Epidemiology Congress of the Americas 2016
Steve Mooney, one of our recently minted PhD’s, won a best poster presentation award at the 2016 Epidemiology Congress of the Americas for his work on the “Neighborhood Environment-Wide Association Study” design. New spatial tools and the expanding availability of … Continue reading
Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) Convening
Dr. Suglia recently attended the Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) Convening, where she presented her work on the neighborhood social environment and obesity prevention. To effectively prevent obesity in the US, this work proposes that rather than continue … Continue reading
Neighborhood Social Environment Contributions to Supporting Walking
JAMA just published an editorial co-written by Cluster faculty member, Andrew Rundle, entitled “Can Walkable Urban Design Play a Role in Reducing the Incidence of Obesity-Related Conditions?”. The editorial provides a perspective on a study published in JAMA by Creatore … Continue reading
In the Wrong Place with the Wrong SNP
Social Epi Cluster members Stephen Mooney and Gina Lovasi recently led an investigation into neighborhood and genetic contributions to cardiac arrest risk, finding that about 75% more cardiac arrest cases who had a high-risk genetic variant lived in socioeconomically deprived … Continue reading
13th Place and Health Conference
Gina Lovasi presented recent urban health work at the “Evidence for Action in Policy and Programs for Urban Health” plenary session of Place and Health, the 13th International Conference on Urban Health in San Francisco. Gina described two community health … Continue reading
Measuring Pedestrian Activity using GPS Data
New work led by Gina Lovasi and Steve Mooney was published in the American Journal of Public Health looking at the effects of building density and tree canopy cover in NYC on the accuracy of GPS data for measuring distances … Continue reading
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