A5086137416- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Physical Activity and Health
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Noise Effects and Management
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
National Institutes of Health
2018-2025
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
2021-2025
Jacobi Medical Center
2024
Cleveland Clinic
2024
Kyoto Tachibana University
2022-2023
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2018-2022
Purdue University West Lafayette
2009-2018
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2016-2018
University of Maryland, College Park
2018
University of Massachusetts Boston
2016-2018
Little is known about the spatial clustering of neighborhood deprivation across United States (US). Using data from 2010 US Census Bureau, we created a index (NDI: higher NDI indicates deprivation/ lower socioeconomic status) for each county within County level scores were loaded into ArcGIS 10.5.1 where they mapped and analyzed using Moran's I Anselin Local I. Ultimately, varies spatially US. The highest found in Southeastern Southwestern states, inland regions Southern California. This...
Increasing global urbanization limits interaction between people and natural environments, which may negatively impact population health wellbeing. Urban residents who live near parks report better mental health. Physical activity (PA) reduces depression improves quality of life. Despite PA’s protective effects on health, the added benefit urban park use for PA is unclear. Thus, we examined whether park-based mediated associations proximity distress among 3652 New York City (61.4% 45 +...
There are few studies of built environment associations with physical activity and weight status among older women in large geographic areas that use individual residential buffers to define environmental exposures. Among 23,434 (70.0 ± 6.9 yr; range = 57-85) 3 states, relationships between objective variables meeting recommendations via walking were examined. Differences by population density state explored stratified models. Population (odds ratio [OR] =1.04 [1.02, 1.07]), intersection...
The built environment predicts walking in older adults, but the degree to which associations between objective and for different purposes are mediated by environmental perceptions is unknown. We examined neighborhood leisure utilitarian mediation perceived among women. Women (N = 2732, Mage 72.8 ± 6.8 years) from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California completed a survey. Objective population intersection density of stores services variables were created within residential buffers. Perceived...
Community-based participatory research is an effective tool for improving health outcomes in minority communities. Few community-based studies have evaluated methods of optimizing smartphone apps technology-enabled interventions African Americans.This study aimed to utilize focus groups (FGs) gathering qualitative data inform the development app that promotes physical activity (PA) among American women Washington, DC.We recruited a convenience sample (N=16, age range 51-74 years) from...
Chinese immigrants bear a high diabetes burden and face significant barriers to accessing self-management education (DSME) counseling programs.The goal of this study was examine the feasibility acceptability pilot test potential efficacy social media-based DSME intervention among low-income with type 2 (T2D) in New York City.This single group pretest posttest 30 T2D. The included 24 culturally linguistically tailored videos, focusing on behavioral techniques. Over 12 weeks, participants...
Introduction: Chronic neighborhood stressors contribute to disparate CVD outcomes, with socioeconomic deprivation (NSD) linked inflammation. Separately, relationships have been seen and specific monocyte phenotypes. However, the connection between exposures subsets is less clear. Thus, we examined NSD phenotypes, hypothesizing that chronic cross-sectionally associates subsets. Methods: This study utilized data from Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a population-based prospective...
Purpose: Most built environment studies have quantified characteristics of the areas around participants' homes. However, environmental exposures for physical activity (PA) are spatially dynamic rather than static. Thus, merged accelerometer and global positioning system (GPS) data were utilized to estimate associations between PA among adults. Methods: Participants (N = 142) recruited on trails in Massachusetts wore an GPS unit 1–4 days. Two binary outcomes created: moderate-to-vigorous...
Background: Psychosocial stress correlates with cardiovascular (CV) events; however, associations between physiologic measures of stressors and CVD remain incompletely understood, especially in racial/ethnic minority populations resource-limited neighborhoods. We examined chronic stress-related neural activity, measured by amygdalar 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose ( FDG) uptake, aortic vascular FDG uptake (arterial inflammation measure) a community-based cohort. Methods: Forty participants from the...
Identifying spatial clusters of chronic diseases has been conducted over the past several decades. More recently these approaches have applied to physical activity and obesity. However, few studies investigated built environment characteristics in relation clusters. This study's aims were detect obesity, examine whether geographic distribution covariates affects clusters, compare inside outside In 2004, Nurses' Health Study participants from California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania completed...
Objective This study aimed to examine the relationship between proximity healthy and unhealthy food outlets around children’s homes their weight outcomes. Methods A total of 3,507,542 student‐year observations height data from 2009‐2013 annual FitnessGram assessment New York City public school students were used. BMI z scores calculated, student obesity or obesity/overweight was determined using Centers for Disease Control Prevention growth charts, these combined with locations four outlet...
Introduction A mixed-method, co-design approach to studying the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technology among African-American (AA) women has not been fully explored. Qualitative data may contextualise existing knowledge surrounding perceptions mHealth AA as part formative work for designing a physical activity application (app). Methods convenience sample 16 completed an informatics survey prior participating in focus groups exploring their use and apps. Survey responses provided...
Despite the widespread prevalence of cases associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, little is known about spatial clustering COVID-19 in United States. Data on were used to identify U.S. counties that have both high and low incident proportions clusters. Our results suggest there are a variety sociodemographic variables severity county-level proportions. As pandemic evolved, communities color disproportionately impacted. Subsequently, it shifted from metropolitan areas...