Gopal K Singh

Summary

Affiliation: Health Resources and Services Administration
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of neighborhood social conditions and household socioeconomic status on behavioral problems among US children
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U S Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Matern Child Health J 16:S158-69. 2012
  2. ncbi Changing urbanization patterns in US lung cancer mortality, 1950-2007
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 37:412-20. 2012
  3. ncbi Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and behavioral determinants of childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States: analyzing independent and joint associations
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:682-95. 2008
  4. ncbi Widening socioeconomic inequalities in US life expectancy, 1980-2000
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 35:969-79. 2006
  5. ncbi High levels of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors among US immigrant children and adolescents
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Ln, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:756-63. 2008
  6. ncbi Independent and joint effects of socioeconomic, behavioral, and neighborhood characteristics on physical inactivity and activity levels among US children and adolescents
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville MD, 20857, USA
    J Community Health 33:206-16. 2008
  7. ncbi Nativity/immigrant status, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic determinants of breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States, 2003
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 119:S38-46. 2007
  8. ncbi Persistent socioeconomic disparities in infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates in the United States, 1969-2001
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers La, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 119:e928-39. 2007
  9. ncbi Widening socioeconomic disparities in US childhood mortality, 1969 2000
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:1658-65. 2007
  10. ncbi A multilevel analysis of state and regional disparities in childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 33:90-102. 2008

Detail Information

Publications48

  1. ncbi Impact of neighborhood social conditions and household socioeconomic status on behavioral problems among US children
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U S Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Matern Child Health J 16:S158-69. 2012
    ..9 times higher odds of SBP than their more advantaged counterparts. Improvements in neighborhood conditions and household SES may both help to reduce childhood behavioral problems...
  2. ncbi Changing urbanization patterns in US lung cancer mortality, 1950-2007
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 37:412-20. 2012
    ..Temporal trends in rural-urban disparities in lung cancer mortality appear to be consistent with those in smoking...
  3. ncbi Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and behavioral determinants of childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States: analyzing independent and joint associations
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 18:682-95. 2008
    ..This study examines independent and joint associations between several socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral characteristics and obesity prevalence among 46,707 children aged 10-17 years in the United States...
  4. ncbi Widening socioeconomic inequalities in US life expectancy, 1980-2000
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 35:969-79. 2006
    ..This study examines changes in the extent of inequalities in life expectancy at birth and other ages in the United States between 1980 and 2000 by gender and socioeconomic deprivation levels...
  5. ncbi High levels of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors among US immigrant children and adolescents
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Ln, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:756-63. 2008
    ..To examine the prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among immigrant and US-born children...
  6. ncbi Independent and joint effects of socioeconomic, behavioral, and neighborhood characteristics on physical inactivity and activity levels among US children and adolescents
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville MD, 20857, USA
    J Community Health 33:206-16. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi Nativity/immigrant status, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic determinants of breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States, 2003
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 119:S38-46. 2007
    ....
  8. ncbi Persistent socioeconomic disparities in infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates in the United States, 1969-2001
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers La, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 119:e928-39. 2007
    ..This study examines changing patterns of inequalities in US infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates between 1969 and 2001 by area deprivation and maternal education...
  9. ncbi Widening socioeconomic disparities in US childhood mortality, 1969 2000
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:1658-65. 2007
    ..We examined the extent to which area socioeconomic inequalities in overall and cause-specific mortality among US children aged 1-14 years changed between 1969 and 2000...
  10. ncbi A multilevel analysis of state and regional disparities in childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 33:90-102. 2008
    ..Prevention efforts targeting individual risk factors as well as contextual social and environmental factors may reduce geographic disparities in childhood and adolescent obesity...
  11. ncbi Disparities in obesity and overweight prevalence among US immigrant children and adolescents by generational status
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 34:271-81. 2009
    ..Immigrant patterns in childhood obesity and overweight vary substantially by ethnicity and generational status. To reduce disparities, obesity prevention programs must target at-risk children of both immigrant and US-born parents...
  12. ncbi Rural-urban trends and patterns in cervical cancer mortality, incidence, stage, and survival in the United States, 1950-2008
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 37:217-23. 2012
    ..0% for white women in metropolitan areas. Disparities in survival existed after controlling for disease stage. Rural-urban disparities in cervical cancer have persisted despite steep declines in incidence and mortality rates...
  13. ncbi Changes in state-specific childhood obesity and overweight prevalence in the United States from 2003 to 2007
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Ln, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:598-607. 2010
    ..To examine changes in state-specific obesity and overweight prevalence among US children and adolescents between 2003 and 2007...
  14. ncbi Disparities in children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the United States, 2007
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 126:4-13. 2010
    ..This study examined racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or secondhand smoke in the home...
  15. ncbi Dramatic increases in obesity and overweight prevalence and body mass index among ethnic-immigrant and social class groups in the United States, 1976-2008
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Community Health 36:94-110. 2011
    ..Continued immigrant and socioeconomic disparities in prevalence will likely have substantial impacts on future obesity trends in the US...
  16. ncbi Neighborhood socioeconomic conditions, built environments, and childhood obesity
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:503-12. 2010
    ..Our findings can contribute to policy decisions aimed at reducing health inequalities and promoting obesity prevention efforts such as community-based physical activity and healthy diet initiatives...
  17. ncbi Rising social inequalities in US childhood obesity, 2003-2007
    Gopal K Singh
    U S Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 20:40-52. 2010
    ..This study examines changes between 2003 and 2007 in obesity and overweight prevalence among U.S. children and adolescents 10 to 17 years of age from detailed racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups...
  18. ncbi Geographic disparities in access to the medical home among US CSHCN
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 124:S352-60. 2009
    ..In this study we examined geographic disparities in medical home access among US children with special health care needs (CSHCN) aged 0 to 17 years...
  19. ncbi Multivariate analysis of state variation in breastfeeding rates in the United States
    Michael D Kogan
    Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:1872-80. 2008
    ..We sought to determine the impact of sociodemographic and behavioral factors and state legislation on breastfeeding initiation (child ever fed breastmilk) and duration...
  20. ncbi A national profile of the health care experiences and family impact of autism spectrum disorder among children in the United States, 2005-2006
    Michael D Kogan
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 122:e1149-58. 2008
    ..We sought to examine the health care experiences of children with autism spectrum disorder and the impact of autism spectrum disorder on the family and to assess whether having a medical home is associated with less family impact...
  21. ncbi Underinsurance among children in the United States
    Michael D Kogan
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    N Engl J Med 363:841-51. 2010
    ..Recent interest in policy regarding children's health insurance has focused on expanding coverage. Less attention has been devoted to the question of whether insurance sufficiently meets children's needs...
  22. ncbi Household language use and health care access, unmet need, and family impact among CSHCN
    Stella M Yu
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 124:S414-9. 2009
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  23. ncbi Prevalence of parent-reported diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder among children in the US, 2007
    Michael D Kogan
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 124:1395-403. 2009
    ..The reported increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attendant health and family impact make monitoring of ASD prevalence a public health priority...
  24. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of state and regional disparities in vigorous physical activity levels among US children and adolescents
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Phys Act Health 6:73-87. 2009
    ..This study examines state and regional disparities in vigorous physical activity levels among US children age 6 to 17 years...
  25. ncbi High parenting aggravation among US Immigrant families
    Stella M Yu
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 18A 55, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:2102-8. 2012
    ..We examined the association between the joint effects of children's immigrant family type and race/ethnicity on parenting aggravation...
  26. ncbi State variation in underinsurance among children with special health care needs in the United States
    Michael D Kogan
    Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers La, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 125:673-80. 2010
    ..Defined as having inadequate benefits, underinsurance may be a particular problem for CSHCN because of their greater needs for medical care...
  27. ncbi Health status and health services utilization among US Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, and other Asian/Pacific Islander Children
    Stella M Yu
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Data and Information Management, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 113:101-7. 2004
    ....
  28. ncbi Health status and health services access and utilization among Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese children in California
    Stella M Yu
    5600 Fishers Lane, 18A 55 Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:823-30. 2010
    ..We examined health status and health services access and utilization of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Vietnamese, and non-Hispanic White children in California...
  29. ncbi Trends and disparities in socioeconomic and behavioural characteristics, life expectancy, and cause-specific mortality of native-born and foreign-born populations in the United States, 1979-2003
    Gopal K Singh
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 35:903-19. 2006
    ....
  30. ncbi Access to the medical home: new findings from the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
    Bonnie B Strickland
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Parklawn Building 188 A 27, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 123:e996-1004. 2009
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  31. ncbi Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in the United States
    Jessica R Jones
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    Pediatrics 128:1117-25. 2011
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  32. ncbi Socioeconomic, Rural-Urban, and Racial Inequalities in US Cancer Mortality: Part I-All Cancers and Lung Cancer and Part II-Colorectal, Prostate, Breast, and Cervical Cancers
    Gopal K Singh
    US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
    J Cancer Epidemiol 2011:107497. 2011
    ..Socioeconomic gradients in mortality were steeper in nonmetropolitan than in metropolitan areas. Mortality disparities may reflect inequalities in smoking and other cancer-risk factors, screening, and treatment...
  33. ncbi Ethnic-immigrant differentials in health behaviors, morbidity, and cause-specific mortality in the United States: an analysis of two national data bases
    Gopal K Singh
    National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8316, USA
    Hum Biol 74:83-109. 2002
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  34. ncbi Increasing rural-urban gradients in US suicide mortality, 1970-1997
    Gopal K Singh
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    Am J Public Health 92:1161-7. 2002
    ..This study examined rural-urban gradients in US suicide mortality and the extent to which such gradients varied across time, sex, and age...
  35. ncbi Epidemiology of cancer in the United States
    Shanita Williams-Brown
    Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 1495, USA
    Semin Oncol Nurs 21:236-42. 2005
    ..To describe the epidemiology of cancer in the United States-risk factors, trends, and recent patterns of disparities in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival...
  36. ncbi Increasing inequalities in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among US adults aged 25-64 years by area socioeconomic status, 1969-1998
    Gopal K Singh
    National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 504, MSC 8316, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 31:600-13. 2002
    ..This study examined the extent to which areal socio-economic gradients in all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among US men and women aged 25-64 years increased between 1969 and 1998...
  37. ncbi Changing area socioeconomic patterns in U.S. cancer mortality, 1950-1998: Part I--All cancers among men
    Gopal K Singh
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 94:904-15. 2002
    ..However, such indices have not been used in cancer surveillance in the United States. We developed an area socioeconomic index to examine area socioeconomic patterns in all-cancer mortality among U.S. men between 1950 and 1998...
  38. ncbi Changing area socioeconomic patterns in U.S. cancer mortality, 1950-1998: Part II--Lung and colorectal cancers
    Gopal K Singh
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 94:916-25. 2002
    ..S. cancer mortality. Because mortality rates for many cancers vary by socioeconomic characteristics, we used area socioeconomic indices to examine patterns in U.S. lung and colorectal cancer mortality between 1950 and 1998...
  39. ncbi Smoking cessation and financial stress
    Mohammad Siahpush
    Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 6075, USA
    J Public Health (Oxf) 29:338-42. 2007
    ..Research on the financial consequences of quitting smoking is scant. We examined the association of smoking cessation with the subsequent likelihood of experiencing financial stress...
  40. ncbi The association of smoking with perception of income inequality, relative material well-being, and social capital
    Mohammad Siahpush
    The Cancer Council Victoria, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, 100 Drummond Street, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
    Soc Sci Med 63:2801-12. 2006
    ..While the cross-sectional design of the study does not allow causal inferences, the results imply that smoking is less prevalent in communities that are more egalitarian and have a higher stock of social capital...
  41. ncbi Happiness and life satisfaction prospectively predict self-rated health, physical health, and the presence of limiting, long-term health conditions
    Mohammad Siahpush
    Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 6075, USA
    Am J Health Promot 23:18-26. 2008
    ..To examine the effect of happiness and life satisfaction on health...
  42. ncbi Persistent area socioeconomic disparities in U.S. incidence of cervical cancer, mortality, stage, and survival, 1975-2000
    Gopal K Singh
    Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    Cancer 101:1051-7. 2004
    ..The current article analyzed temporal area socioeconomic inequalities in U.S. cervical cancer incidence, mortality, stage, and survival...
  43. ncbi Health, life expectancy, and mortality patterns among immigrant populations in the United States
    Gopal K Singh
    Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 504, MSC 8316, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    Can J Public Health 95:I14-21. 2004
    ..In this study, we examined the extent to which US- and foreign-born blacks, whites, Asians, and Hispanics differ in their health, life expectancy, and mortality patterns across the life course...
  44. ncbi Cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status
    Elizabeth Ward
    Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
    CA Cancer J Clin 54:78-93. 2004
    ..Opportunities to reduce cancer disparities exist in prevention (reductions in tobacco use, physical inactivity, and obesity), early detection (mammography, colorectal screening, Pap tests), treatment, and palliative care...
  45. ncbi Area deprivation and widening inequalities in US mortality, 1969-1998
    Gopal K Singh
    National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
    Am J Public Health 93:1137-43. 2003
    ..This study examined age-, sex-, and race-specific gradients in US mortality by area deprivation between 1969 and 1998...
  46. ncbi Sociodemographic predictors of pap test receipt, currency and knowledge among Australian women
    Mohammad Siahpush
    VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Control Research Institute, Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton South, Australia
    Prev Med 35:362-8. 2002
    ..The aim of this research was to examine sociodemographic predictors of receipt, currency (being up-to-date for), and knowledge of Pap test...
  47. ncbi Association of smoking cessation with financial stress and material well-being: results from a prospective study of a population-based national survey
    Mohammad Siahpush
    Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Victoria, Australia
    Am J Public Health 97:2281-7. 2007
    ..We used 4 waves of prospective data to examine the association of smoking cessation with financial stress and material well-being...
  48. ncbi Sociodemographic variations in breast cancer screening behavior among Australian women: results from the 1995 National Health Survey
    Mohammad Siahpush
    VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton, Australia
    Prev Med 35:174-80. 2002
    ..We examined sociodemographic variations in breast cancer screening behavior among Australian women...