Lynne C Messer

Summary

Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The development of a health information exchange to enhance care and improve patient outcomes among HIV+ individuals in rural North Carolina
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, United States
    Int J Med Inform 81:e46-55. 2012
  2. ncbi Conceptualizing neighborhood space: consistency and variation of associations for neighborhood factors and pregnancy health across multiple neighborhood units
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Duke Global Health Institute, 2812 Erwin Rd, Suite 403, Durham NC 27705, USA
    Health Place 18:805-13. 2012
  3. ncbi Assessing urban and rural neighborhood characteristics using audit and GIS data: derivation and reliability of constructs
    Kelly R Evenson
    Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:44. 2009
  4. ncbi Prevalence and predictors of HIV-related stigma among institutional- and community-based caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children living in five less-wealthy countries
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, 2812 Erwin Rd, Suite 403, Duke University Campus Box 90392, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    BMC Public Health 10:504. 2010
  5. ncbi Invited commentary: the socioeconomic causes of adverse birth outcomes
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 172:135-7; discussion 138-9. 2010
  6. ncbi Effects of socioeconomic and racial residential segregation on preterm birth: a cautionary tale of structural confounding
    Lynne C Messer
    Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 171:664-73. 2010
  7. ncbi Urban-rural residence and the occurrence of cleft lip and cleft palate in Texas, 1999-2003
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 20:32-9. 2010
  8. ncbi Black-white preterm birth disparity: a marker of inequality
    Lynne C Messer
    Health Inequalities Program, Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:851-8. 2008
  9. ncbi Socioeconomic domains and associations with preterm birth
    Lynne C Messer
    Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    Soc Sci Med 67:1247-57. 2008
  10. ncbi The development of a standardized neighborhood deprivation index
    Lynne C Messer
    Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    J Urban Health 83:1041-62. 2006

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi The development of a health information exchange to enhance care and improve patient outcomes among HIV+ individuals in rural North Carolina
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, United States
    Int J Med Inform 81:e46-55. 2012
    ..CHIC RHIO comprises one medical clinic and five AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) serving clients in eight rural counties...
  2. ncbi Conceptualizing neighborhood space: consistency and variation of associations for neighborhood factors and pregnancy health across multiple neighborhood units
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Duke Global Health Institute, 2812 Erwin Rd, Suite 403, Durham NC 27705, USA
    Health Place 18:805-13. 2012
    ..Associations with neighborhood attributes were similar in effect size across geographies, but less precise as neighborhoods became smaller...
  3. ncbi Assessing urban and rural neighborhood characteristics using audit and GIS data: derivation and reliability of constructs
    Kelly R Evenson
    Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:44. 2009
    ..abstract:..
  4. ncbi Prevalence and predictors of HIV-related stigma among institutional- and community-based caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children living in five less-wealthy countries
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, 2812 Erwin Rd, Suite 403, Duke University Campus Box 90392, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    BMC Public Health 10:504. 2010
    ..In light of the paucity of this literature, this paper will describe HIV-related stigma among caregivers of OAC in five less wealthy nations...
  5. ncbi Invited commentary: the socioeconomic causes of adverse birth outcomes
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 172:135-7; discussion 138-9. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Effects of socioeconomic and racial residential segregation on preterm birth: a cautionary tale of structural confounding
    Lynne C Messer
    Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 171:664-73. 2010
    ..The implications for statistical and public health inference, in the presence of no data, are considered...
  7. ncbi Urban-rural residence and the occurrence of cleft lip and cleft palate in Texas, 1999-2003
    Lynne C Messer
    Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 20:32-9. 2010
    ..The etiology of orofacial clefts is complex and relatively unknown. Variation in cleft lip with or without palate (CLP) and cleft palate alone (CP) was examined in Texas across urban-rural residence (1999 to 2003)...
  8. ncbi Black-white preterm birth disparity: a marker of inequality
    Lynne C Messer
    Health Inequalities Program, Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:851-8. 2008
    ..Herein we sought to analyze exposure to area-level PTB disparity and its association with individual-level PTB risk...
  9. ncbi Socioeconomic domains and associations with preterm birth
    Lynne C Messer
    Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    Soc Sci Med 67:1247-57. 2008
    ..These socioeconomic domains represent potential targets for intervention or policy efforts designed to improve maternal and child health and reduce health disparities...
  10. ncbi The development of a standardized neighborhood deprivation index
    Lynne C Messer
    Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    J Urban Health 83:1041-62. 2006
    ....
  11. ncbi A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations
    Kathryn Whetten
    Center for Health Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e8169. 2009
    ..This analysis tests the hypothesis that institutional care for OAC aged 6-12 is associated with worse health and wellbeing than community residential care using conservative two-tail tests...
  12. ncbi Neighborhood crime, deprivation, and preterm birth
    Lynne C Messer
    Departments of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 16:455-62. 2006
    ..Significant racial disparity in preterm birth (PTB; birth at <37 weeks' gestation) exists, poorly explained by Individual-level factors. This research explores whether neighborhood crime contributes to the racial disparity in PTB...
  13. ncbi Comparison of gestational age at birth based on last menstrual period and ultrasound during the first trimester
    Caroline S Hoffman
    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:587-96. 2008
    ..Results indicate first trimester report of LMP reasonably approximates gestational age obtained from first trimester ultrasound, but the degree of discrepancy between estimates varies by important maternal characteristics...
  14. ncbi Invited commentary: Beyond the metrics for measuring neighborhood effects
    Lynne C Messer
    Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 165:868-71; discussion 872-3. 2007
    ..Clearly, Mujahid et al. have made progress in addressing how, and to a lesser extent what, to measure when researchers estimate neighborhood effects. But equally clearly, important work remains to be done...