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- Social support and intimate partner violence in rural Pakistan: a longitudinal investigation of the bi-directional relationship
- Overflowing Disparities: Examining the Availability of Litter Bins in New York City
- In New York City, pandemic policing reproduced familiar patterns of racial disparities
- The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Threat Multiplier for Childhood Health Disparities: Evidence from St. Louis, MO
- Lessons Learned From Dear Pandemic, a Social Media–Based Science Communication Project Targeting the COVID-19 Infodemic
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- Health insurance status and severe mpox disease outcomes among sexual minority men in NYC: a retrospective cohort study
- Maternal immune-mediated conditions and ADHD risk in offspring
- Project CLEAR (ChemicaL Exposure and Awareness Research): A protocol for assessing the availability and chemical composition of skin-lightening products in Northern Manhattan
- Opioid Dose, Duration, and Risk of Use Disorder in Medicaid Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain
- Perceived Access to Gender-Affirming Care, Completion of Gender-Affirming Medical Interventions, and Psychological Distress Among Transgender Women of Color: The TURNNT Cohort Study
- Association between police funding and community firearm violence incidence in 61 US cities, 2015-2022
- Two-stage targeted minimum-loss based estimation for non-negative two-part outcomes
- Breast Cancer Incidence Trends in Older US Women by Race, Ethnicity, Geography, and Stage
- Addictive Screen Use Trajectories and Suicidal Behaviors, Suicidal Ideation, and Mental Health in US Youths
- Longitudinal association between walkability and physical activity in twins
Category Archives: Socioeconomic Status
Throwback Thursday: Neighborhood Income and DNA Damage from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Prostate Tissue.
Throwback Thursday posts will revisit previously published articles and provide results of additional analyses that didn’t fit within the Journal’s word limits or re-imagine how the underlying data in the paper can be presented graphically. “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Modifies the … Continue reading
Environmental Justice: Social Disparities in Exposures to Environmental Pollutants
Location, location, location. Anyone who has been in the real estate market knows that location is one of the most important factors in determining property value. But, a large body of evidence indicates that property value is not the only … Continue reading
Info-Graphic: Mortality Attributable to Social Factors
We just posted a graph using data from Galea 2011 and Minino 2002 to compare deaths attributable to social factors verses listed “causes” of death in 2000. The data show that deaths attributable to social factors are similar in number to deaths … Continue reading
Health Insurance and Access to Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the greatest contributor to morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, and these diseases are disproportionately experienced by those in the most disadvantaged circumstances. In line with initiatives to “close the gap” on several health … Continue reading
Anxious? Depressed? You might be suffering from capitalism: contradictory class locations and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the USA
New work in the journal Sociology of Health and Illness by Seth Prins, a Doctoral Student in Epidemiology, and Cluster faculty, Lisa Bates and Katherine Keyes, explores how social class may influence depression and anxiety in ways that are not explained by … Continue reading
Changes in Food Prices
The USDA Economic Research Service just released interesting data and analyses on changes in inflation-adjusted food prices from 1985 to 2014. The price of fresh fruit and vegetables has increased and the price of fats and oils and sugar and sweets … Continue reading
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