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| Ethan M BerkeSummaryAffiliation: Dartmouth Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Density estimation and adaptive bandwidths: a primer for public health practitionersHeather A Carlos
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
Int J Health Geogr 9:39. 2010..We review KDE, and introduce the technique of utilizing an adaptive bandwidth to address the underlying heterogeneous population distributions common in public health research...
Alcohol retail density and demographic predictors of health disparities: a geographic analysisEthan M Berke
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1967-71. 2010..We examined whether the geographic density of alcohol retailers was greater in geographic areas with higher levels of demographic characteristics that predict health disparities...
Practical and policy implications of using different rural-urban classification systems: a case study of inpatient service utilization among Veterans Administration usersEthan M Berke
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, HB 7251, 35 Centerra Parkway, Room 206, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
J Rural Health 25:259-66. 2009..Several classification systems exist for defining rural areas, which may lead to different interpretations of rural health services data...
Breast cancer stage at diagnosis and geographic access to mammography screening (New Hampshire, 1998-2004)Maria O Celaya
New Hampshire State Cancer Registry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Rural Remote Health 10:1361. 2010..Recent studies have shown inconsistent results in their investigations of the possible association between travel distance to mammography and stage of breast cancer at diagnosis...
Association of the built environment with physical activity and obesity in older personsEthan M Berke
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Public Health 97:486-92. 2007..We examined whether older persons who live in areas that are conducive to walking are more active or less obese than those living in areas where walking is more difficult...
Objective measurement of sociability and activity: mobile sensing in the communityEthan M Berke
Center for Population Health, The Dart mouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:344-50. 2011..We assessed the feasibility of a wireless mobile device in measuring sociability and physical activity in older adults, and compared results with those of traditional questionnaires...
Computing travel time when the exact address is unknown: a comparison of point and polygon ZIP code approximation methodsEthan M Berke
Department of Geography, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Int J Health Geogr 8:23. 2009..Travel time is an important metric of geographic access to health care. We compared strategies of estimating travel times when only subject ZIP code data were available...
Cancer care in the United States: identifying end-of-life cohortsEthan M Berke
The Center for Healthcare Research and Reform, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
J Palliat Med 12:128-32. 2009..We examined several techniques of identifying end-of-life cancer cohorts with claims data that is population-based, geographically scalable, and amenable to routine updating...
Protective association between neighborhood walkability and depression in older menEthan M Berke
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:526-33. 2007..To evaluate the association between neighborhood walkability and depression in older adults...
Quality of care for cardiometabolic disease: associations with mental disorder and ruralityNancy E Morden
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Med Care 48:72-8. 2010..We assess whether quality of care disparities by mental disorder status are magnified for individuals living in rural areas...
