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Racial residential segregation impacts on low birth weight using improved neighborhood boundary definitionsSue C Grady
Michigan State University, Department of Geography, 130 Geography Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 1:239-49. 2010....
A methodology for projecting hospital bed need: a Michigan case studyShaun A Langley
Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Source Code Biol Med 5:4. 2010..Additionally, we discuss methodologies for other states and compare them to Michigan's Bed Need methodology...
Racial disparities in low birthweight and the contribution of residential segregation: a multilevel analysisSue C Grady
Geography Department, Michigan State University, 130 Geography Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:3013-29. 2006..This study demonstrates that residential segregation and neighborhood poverty are important determinants of racial disparity in low birthweight in New York City...
Population vulnerability and disability in Kenya's tsetse fly habitatsSue C Grady
Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e957. 2011..Over the last decade HAT diagnostic capacity to estimate HAT prevalence has improved in active case-finding areas but enhanced passive surveillance programs are still lacking in much of rural sub-Saharan Africa...
Geographic analysis of low birthweight and infant mortality in Michigan using automated zoning methodologySue C Grady
Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
Int J Health Geogr 8:10. 2009..Vital statistics birth (n = 370,587) and linked infant death (n = 2,972) records obtained from the Michigan Department of Community Health and aggregated for the years 2004 to 2006 are utilized...
Mediating medical risk factors in the residential segregation and low birthweight relationship by race in New York CitySue C Grady
Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 130 Geography Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Health Place 14:661-77. 2008..Although this study was limited by the quality of the birth certificate data, it does provide exploratory pathways by which medical risks and their sequelae are linked to neighborhood environments and reproductive vulnerability...
Do more hospital beds lead to higher hospitalization rates? a spatial examination of Roemer's LawPaul L Delamater
Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
PLoS ONE 8:e54900. 2013..We pose the question, "Accounting for space in health care access and use, is there an observable association between the availability of hospital beds and hospital utilization?"..
Measuring geographic access to health care: raster and network-based methodsPaul L Delamater
Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Int J Health Geogr 11:15. 2012..Therefore, exploring the differences in the underlying data models and associated methods and their impact on geographic accessibility estimates is warranted...
Impact of fetal death reporting requirements on early neonatal and fetal mortality rates and racial disparitiesCrystal P Tyler
Michigan State University, Department of Epidemiology, East Lansing, MI, USA
Public Health Rep 127:507-15. 2012..We examined whether such reporting requirements may explain national variation in neonatal and fetal mortality rates and racial disparities...
Effects of green buildings on employee health and productivityAmanjeet Singh
School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Michigan State University, E Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1665-8. 2010..These preliminary findings indicate that green buildings may positively affect public health...
