A5111494705- Health disparities and outcomes
- Noise Effects and Management
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Risk Perception and Management
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Housing Market and Economics
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Urbanization and City Planning
Medical College of Wisconsin
2019-2024
Toronto Metropolitan University
2022-2024
The objective was to examine the relationship between contemporary redlining (mortgage lending bias on basis of property location) and survival among older women with breast cancer in United States.
The intersecting negative effects of structural racism, COVID-19, climate change, and chronic diseases disproportionately affect racial ethnic minorities in the US around world. Urban populations color are concentrated historically redlined, segregated, disinvested, marginalized neighborhoods with inadequate quality housing limited access to resources, including greenspaces designed support natural ecosystems healthy outdoor activities while mitigating urban environmental challenges such as...
Housing discrimination and racial segregation have a long history in the United States. The 1930's Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) "residential security maps," recently digitized, become popular visualization of Depression era mortgage lending risk patterns across American cities. Numerous housing policies since been instituted, including Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), but bias persists. degree to which detailed spatial persisted or changed along with urban change is not well...
Pedestrian and cyclist injuries represent a preventable burden to Canadians. Police-reported collision data include information on where such collisions occur but under-report the number of collisions. The primary objective this study was compare police-reported with emergency department (ED) visits hospitalisations in Toronto, Canada.
<h3>Importance</h3> <i>Clostridioides difficile</i>infection is the most frequent health care–associated infection in United States. However, exposure to this organism might occur outside care setting. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine whether environmental factors, such as livestock farms, associated with a higher probability of being colonized with<i>C difficile</i>at hospital admission. <h3>Design, Setting, and Participants</h3> This retrospective cohort study was conducted from May 1, 2017,...
This article examines the perceived relationships between environmental justice and health disparities among minority populations in Dallas, TX metropolitan area. We study varying discourses on EJ respiratory disparities, how local are different from what is understood by planners advocates. also ask a participatory approach can provide an inclusive platform to strengthen efforts reduce disparities. Utilizing survey, focus group of residents, in-depth interviews with government officials,...
BackgroundThe burning of fossil fuels, including coal, is the primary source greenhouse gas emissions driving anthropogenic climate change and its associated health harms: heat-related illnesses, arboviral diseases, trauma from extreme weather events, allergies, chronic disease exacerbations. Coal-fired power plants (CFPP) supply 23% electricity in USA 42% for state Wisconsin. Air pollution CFPP has been with respiratory cancers, cardiovascular neurological disorders, especially vulnerable...
There is a rise in attention to residential history cancer epidemiology aimed at more effective estimation of social and physical environmental exposures the influence place residence on outcomes. However, United States, as many other countries, data are not readily available. In this paper we explore feasibility using annual Medicare billing ZIP code available SEER-Medicare database study mobility among older survivors U.S. cohort women diagnosed with breast between 2007 2015, examine...
Abstract Introduction: Racial breast cancer survival disparities persist, indicating that not all populations are benefitting equally from advances in control. Individual and health care factors do fully explain these disparities, such as institutional racism racial segregation may be contributors. Our study explores the ways which Black women a highly segregated metropolitan area navigate survivorship. Methods: The utilizes novel qualitative methods is guided by community advisory board....
The unequal burden of environmental hazards in minority communities has been widely studied justice (EJ) research, mainly motivated by health disparities among populations. This article provides an overview EJ legislation, policies and trends, potential future directions. First, we examine legislation introduced the United States as a measure political attitudes to provide big picture general toward EJ. Second, use institutional incrementalism punctuated equilibrium frameworks historical...
<h3>Background</h3> In the spring/summer of 2020, 8 new cycling infrastructure corridors (6 downtown) were installed in Toronto, Canada during COVID-19 pandemic. Changes volumes and safety cycle tracks 2 buffered bicycle lanes), pre-versus post-installation examined. <h3>Methods</h3> Cycling estimated using 34 temporary counters across city (September 2019 compared to 2020/2021) 21 downtown permanent bike (May 2020 2021; October with September 2020). Pre- post- installation volume data on...