A5023540240- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
University of Kansas
2016-2025
University of Kansas Medical Center
2014-2025
Center for Practical Bioethics
2023
City College of New York
2023
Spelman College
2023
Augusta University Health
2023
Kansas City Public Schools
2021
Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
2019
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2014
University of Houston
2008-2011
This article reveals race differentials in obesity as both an individual- and neighborhood-level phenomena. Using data from the 1990–1994 National Health Interview Survey, we find that neighborhoods characterized by high proportions of black residents have a greater prevalence than areas which majority are white. individual-level data, also at least one-quarter face 13 percent increase odds being obese compared to other communities. The association between neighborhood racial composition is...
Existing research that studies individual health behaviors and conceive of as simplistically reflecting narrow intentions toward may obscure the social organization behaviors. Instead, we examine how eight group together to form distinct behavior niches. Using nationally-representative data from U.S. adults aged 18 over 2004–2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), use Latent Class Analysis identify classes based on smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, physician visits, flu...
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 25 million cases and 800 thousand deaths worldwide to date. In early days of the pandemic, neither vaccines nor therapeutic drugs were available for this novel coronavirus. All measures prevent spread are thus based on reducing contact between infected susceptible individuals. Most these such as quarantine self-isolation require voluntary compliance by population. However, humans may act in their (perceived) self-interest only....
Objectives.We aim to elucidate the role of health behaviors and conditions in association between depression mortality. First, we examine relationship major nonsuicide mortality among U.S. adults aged 50 older. Second, cardiovascular disease cancer, by baseline status. Third, as potential mediators cause-specific
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by recently discovered, novel coronavirus, SARS-COV-2. The has led to over 81 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with close two deaths. In the current social climate, risk infection driven individual and public perception sentiments. A number factors influences perception, including an individual’s belief system, prior knowledge about information disease. this article, we develop model for using system ordinary differential equations following...
Abstract Population growth in rural areas characterized by high levels of natural amenities has recently received substantial research attention. A noted concern with amenity-driven population is its potential to raise local costs-of-living while yielding only low-wage service sector employment for long-term residents. The work presented here empirically models residents' economic well-being, making use longitudinal data from the Panel Study Income Dynamics. In general, results suggest that...
Epidemiological research typically focuses on the intensity, frequency, or duration of physical activity, without consideration socially meaningful dimensions exercise. The authors use data from 1998 National Health Interview Survey ( N = 17,455) and information participation in 15 exercise behaviors to examine educational differences among non-Hispanic whites, blacks, Mexican Americans. Factor analysis identifies three types exercise: team sports (e.g., basketball, football), fitness...
The concept of health lifestyles is moving scholarship beyond individual behaviors to integrated bundles undergirded by group-based identities and norms. Health research merges structure with agency, individual-level processes group-level processes, multifaceted norms identities, shedding light on why persist or change the reproduction disparities other social inequalities. Recent contributions have applied new methods life course perspectives, articulating lifestyles’s dynamic relationships...
Objective. A widely noted concern with amenity‐driven rural population growth is its potential to yield only low‐wage service‐sector employment for long‐term residents, while raising local costs of living. This research examines change in socioeconomic status during the 1990s residents high‐amenity, high‐growth counties United States. Methods. Using longitudinal data from Panel Study Income Dynamics, combination county‐level information, we estimate growth‐curve models examine extent which...
Research has found that among juveniles weak ties to informal social control entities such as parents, school, and conventional peers increase the probability of initiation continuation deviant behaviors drug use crime. Given formal mechanisms in highly disadvantaged communities, are often an important deterrent reduce or moderate engagement serious persistent offenders. This analysis examines association between long-term gang membership adolescent processes, use, delinquency. research is...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 500 million cases and six deaths globally. From these numbers, 12 250 thousand have occurred on the African continent as of May 2022. Prevention surveillance remains cornerstone interventions to halt further spread COVID-19. Google Health Trends (GHT), a free Internet tool, may be valuable help anticipate outbreaks, identify disease hotspots, or understand patterns surveillance. We collected case death incidence for 54 countries obtained averages four,...
Objective. We examine the importance of anthropometric and performance measures, age, period, cohort effects in explaining life expectancies among major league baseball (MLB) players over past century. Methods. use discrete time hazard models to calculate tables with covariates data from Total Baseball , a rich source information on all who played league. Results. Compared 20‐year‐old U.S. males, MLB can expect almost five additional years life. Height, weight, handedness, player ratings are...
BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a mandate requiring most private health insurers to cover routine patient care costs for cancer clinical trial participation; however, the impact of this provision on centers’ efforts accrue patients trials has not been well described. METHODS First, members research centers and community‐based institutions (n = 252) were surveyed assess status insurance denials, then, focused survey 77) collected denial details. Univariate multivariate...