A5055523232- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Physical Activity and Health
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Noise Effects and Management
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
University of South Carolina
2019-2025
University of Puerto Rico at Carolina
2021
Abstract Objective: This study examined the separate relationships between socio-economic disadvantage and density of multiple types food outlets, composite environment indices. Design: Cross-sectional data were analysed using geospatial kernel techniques. Food outlet included convenience stores, discount fast-food fast casual restaurants, grocery stores. Controlling for urbanicity race/ethnicity, multivariate linear regression was used to examine outlets. Setting: occurred in a large...
Background : Little crash equity research has controlled for active transportation rates, examined the Southeastern United States, or used composite sociodemographic metrics. This study analyzed disparities in pedestrian and cyclist crashes severity according to level of social vulnerability (SV) across South Carolina. Methods Data about SV its 4 dimensions (socioeconomic status, household composition disability, minority status language, housing type transportation) were compiled all census...
Background: Attributes of the built environment, such as neighborhood walkability, have been linked to increased physical activity and reduced obesity risk. This relationship, however, has primarily documented in adults; less is known about walkability youth obesity, limited prior research produced mixed findings. The purpose this study was examine association between including differences by urbanicity. Methods: Data were collected 2013 from aged 7-14 years (n = 13,469) a Southeastern...
Parks are critical components of healthy communities. This study explored neighborhood socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in park access quality a large U.S. southeastern metropolitan region. A total 241 block groups were examined, including 77 parks. For each group, we obtained multiple sociodemographic indicators, unemployment rate, education level, renter-occupied housing, poverty minority composition. All parks mapped using geographical information systems audited via the...
We are excited to present this proceeding from the 5th National Big Data Health Science Conference that took place during February 2-3, 2024, in Columbia, SC.This conference once again marks a pivotal moment intersection of technology, public health, healthcare, and scientific innovation.This year's theme, "Unlocking Power Health: Empowering Scientific Healthcare Communities with Analytics, " is appropriate for time space, considering astronomical growth data computing technologies we have...
This study compared marginal and conditional modeling approaches for identifying individual, park neighborhood use predictors. Data were derived from the ParkIndex study, which occurred in 128 block groups Brooklyn (New York), Seattle (Washington), Raleigh (North Carolina), Greenville (South Carolina). Survey respondents (n = 320) indicated parks within one half-mile of their group used past month. Parks 263) audited using Community Park Audit Tool. Measures collected at individual (park...
Examine if Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are more likely to be located in low food access area (LFA) census tracts compared public non-HBCUs.ArcGIS Pro was utilized capture environments tract sociodemographic data.The sample included 98 HBCUs 777 non-HBCUs within the United States. 28.9% of study were classified as LFA tracts.University data gathered from National Center for Education Statistics. Census tract-level classification informed by States Department...
This study investigated relationships between youth physical activity (PA) environments and income non-Hispanic White population across the United States, stratified by US Census region urban-rural designation. For all counties (n = 3142), publicly accessible data were used for sociodemographic indicators (ie, median household percent population) a composite PA environment index (including exercise opportunities, violent crime incidence, walkability, access to public schools). One-way...