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Community perceptions and factors influencing utilization of health services in UgandaSolome K Bakeera
Department of Policy and Planning, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala Divison of Social Medicine, Uganda
Int J Equity Health 8:25. 2009..We sought to assess the relevance of social resources in overcoming barriers to healthcare utilization...- Are doctors and nurses associated with coverage of essential health services in developing countries? A cross-sectional studyMargaret E Kruk
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Hum Resour Health 7:27. 2009..We examined the relationship between doctor and nurse concentrations and utilization rates of five essential health services in developing countries... - The health of Arab-Americans living in the United States: a systematic review of the literatureAbdulrahman M El-Sayed
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
BMC Public Health 9:272. 2009..This review aims to synthesize the extant peer-reviewed literature concerned with the health of AAs living in the US... - Cocaine- and opiate-related fatal overdose in New York City, 1990-2000Kyle T Bernstein
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
BMC Public Health 7:31. 2007..We assessed trends and correlates of cocaine- and opiate-related overdose deaths in NYC during 1990-2000... - Correlates of illicit methadone use in New York City: a cross-sectional studyDanielle C Ompad
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, USA
BMC Public Health 8:375. 2008..We assessed the prevalence and examined correlates of lifetime and recent illicit methadone use in New York City (NYC)... - Epidemiologic heterogeneity of common mood and anxiety disorders over the lifecourse in the general population: a systematic reviewArijit Nandi
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, USA
BMC Psychiatry 9:31. 2009..The objective of this study was to systematically review the epidemiologic evidence for potential patterns of heterogeneity of common mood and anxiety disorders over the lifecourse in the general population... - Longitudinal population-based studies of affective disorders: where to from here?John R Beard
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
BMC Psychiatry 8:83. 2008..While studies of this type are becoming increasingly prevalent, there has been little discussion about the limitations of the methods commonly used... - Urban built environment and depression: a multilevel analysisSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:822-7. 2005..To assess the relations between characteristics of the neighbourhood internal and external built environment and past six month and lifetime depression... - Neighborhood income and income distribution and the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuanaSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 2548, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:S195-202. 2007..Further research should investigate specific pathways that may explain the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and use of different substances... - The long-term health consequences of disasters and mass traumasSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
CMAJ 176:1293-4. 2007 - Social epidemiology and complex system dynamic modelling as applied to health behaviour and drug use researchSandro Galea
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Int J Drug Policy 20:209-16. 2009..We conclude with suggestions about future directions in the field and how such models may serve as virtual laboratories for policy experiments aimed at improving health behaviour... 
Participation rates in epidemiologic studiesSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:643-53. 2007..We conclude with a discussion of methods that may help improve study participation rates...- Urban neighborhood poverty and the incidence of depression in a population-based cohort studySandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:171-9. 2007..We assessed the relation between urban neighborhood poverty and incident depression in a population-based prospective cohort study... - Participant reactions to survey research in the general population after terrorist attacksSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:461-5. 2005.... - Education inequality and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuanaSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 2548, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 90:S4-15. 2007.... - Causal thinking and complex system approaches in epidemiologySandro Galea
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Int J Epidemiol 39:97-106. 2010..We also discuss some of the key difficulties that the discipline faces in incorporating these methods into non-infectious disease epidemiology. We conclude with a discussion of a potential way forward... - Social context and the psychobiology of posttraumatic stressSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1214 S University, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1071:231-41. 2006..An example of our own work illustrates the feasibility of the population-based sampling approach... - Provision of naloxone to injection drug users as an overdose prevention strategy: early evidence from a pilot study in New York CitySandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Addict Behav 31:907-12. 2006..However, there has been little documented evidence of naloxone distribution programs and their feasibility in the peer reviewed literature in the US... - Heroin and cocaine dependence and the risk of accidental non-fatal drug overdoseSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1214 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
J Addict Dis 25:79-87. 2006..These observations suggest that overdose prevention interventions, perhaps even those specifically targeting opiate overdose, may be more efficiently directed at individuals exhibiting cocaine dependence... 
Sampling and design challenges in studying the mental health consequences of disastersSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:S21-8. 2008..We further suggest research directions that may be most helpful in moving the field forward...- Explaining racial disparities in incidence of and survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrestS Galea
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:534-43. 2007.... - Invited commentary: Considerations about specificity of associations, causal pathways, and heterogeneity in multilevel thinkingSandro Galea
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:1079-82; discussion 1083. 2006 - Financial and social circumstances and the incidence and course of PTSD in Mississippi during the first two years after Hurricane KatrinaSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
J Trauma Stress 21:357-68. 2008..Postdisaster interventions that aim to improve manipulable stressors after these events may influence the onset and course of PTSD... - Exposure to hurricane-related stressors and mental illness after Hurricane KatrinaSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:1427-34. 2007..Uncertainty exists about the prevalence, severity, and correlates of mental disorders among people exposed to Hurricane Katrina... - Understanding the health of populations and of individualsSandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Addiction 103:1063-4; discussion 1067-8. 2008 - Longitudinal determinants of posttraumatic stress in a population-based cohort studySandro Galea
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 2548, USA
Epidemiology 19:47-54. 2008..Posttraumatic stress disorder is a prevalent and disabling psychologic pathology. Longitudinal research on the predictors of posttraumatic stress symptomatology is limited... - The urban built environment and overdose mortality in New York City neighborhoodsC Hembree
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 5293, USA
Health Place 11:147-56. 2005.... - Alcohol drinking problems among New York City residents after the September 11 terrorist attacksD Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029, USA
Subst Use Misuse 41:1295-311. 2006..4% in nondrinkers), and depression (23.5% vs 5.6% vs. 4.9%, respectively) after September 11. After a disaster, a link between drinking problems and posttraumatic stress disorder or depression should be assessed... - Adverse reactions associated with studying persons recently exposed to mass urban disasterJoseph A Boscarino
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-5293, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:515-24. 2004..We suggest that, with the proper safeguards, research with persons exposed to a resent mass urban disaster generally can be conducted safely and effectively... - Prevalence and correlates of previous hepatitis B vaccination and infection among young drug-users in New York CityS Amesty
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Center for Family and Community Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Community Health 33:139-48. 2008..We were interested in determining correlates of immunization among younger (<25 years) and older (25 and older) DUs... - Evaluation of a naloxone distribution and administration program in New York CityTinka Markham Piper
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:858-70. 2008..2%) said they would want naloxone administered if overdosing. Naloxone administration by IDUs is feasible as part of a comprehensive overdose prevention strategy and may be a practicable way to reduce overdose deaths on a larger scale... - Collaboration among community members, local health service providers, and researchers in an urban research center in Harlem, New YorkS Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, Rm 556, New York, NY 10029 5293, USA
Public Health Rep 116:530-9. 2001..The Center's experience has demonstrated that active communities and responsive researchers can establish partnerships that improve community health... - Sampling and recruitment in multilevel studies among marginalized urban populations: the IMPACT studiesDanielle C Ompad
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 5283, USA
J Urban Health 85:268-80. 2008..quot; We describe the organization and rationale for the IMPACT Studies in New York City as a case illustration on how such issues may be addressed... - What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stressGeorge A Bonanno
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:671-82. 2007..Implications for future research and intervention are discussed... - Psychological sequelae of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York CitySandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 5283, USA
N Engl J Med 346:982-7. 2002..We assessed the prevalence and correlates of acute post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among residents of Manhattan five to eight weeks after the attacks... - Urban health: evidence, challenges, and directionsSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, Columbia University, NY 10029, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 26:341-65. 2005.... - Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disasterRichard E Adams
Division of Health and Science Policy, The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029-5293, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:176-88. 2006..We discuss these findings relative to community disasters in industrialized and developing countries... - Determinants of influenza vaccination in hard-to-reach urban populationsW K Bryant
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Prev Med 43:60-70. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Participants who are unconnected to health or social services or government health insurance are less likely to have been vaccinated in the past although these persons are willing to receive vaccine if it were available... - Health care utilization among young adult injection drug users in Harlem, New YorkA Cronquist
Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Subst Abuse 13:17-27. 2001..Young adult IDUs may benefit from increased efforts to help them arrange and maintain health insurance coverage, potentially at NEPs. NEPs may be connecting young IDUs with health insurance to medical care through referrals... - Alcohol use, mental health status and psychological well-being 2 years after the World Trade Center attacks in New York CityRichard E Adams
Division of Health Policy, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:203-24. 2006..We discuss reasons for these results and the negative consequences that heavy alcohol use may have on the postdisaster recovery process... - Increased use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among Manhattan, New York, residents after the September 11th terrorist attacksDavid Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 5283, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:988-96. 2002..Increase in use of different substances may be associated with the presence of different comorbid psychiatric conditions... - The epidemiology of nonspecific psychological distress in New York City, 2002 and 2003Katharine H McVeigh
Bureau of Epidemiology Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth Street, Rm 315, CN 6, New York, NY, 10013, USA
J Urban Health 83:394-405. 2006..The excess prevalence of NPD may be associated with substantial economic and societal burden. Research to understand the etiology of this high prevalence and interventions to promote mental health in NYC are indicated... - Television watching and the risk of incident probable posttraumatic stress disorder: a prospective evaluationKyle T Bernstein
Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:41-7. 2007..4-fold increased risk of new-onset probable PTSD (p=0.004). Exposure to television coverage of the September 11 anniversary was associated with new-onset probable PTSD among a cohort of New Yorkers with no probable PTSD at baseline... - Estimating co-occurring behavioral trajectories within a neighborhood context: a case study of multivariate transition models for clustered dataMagdalena Cerda
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:1190-203. 2008..These models can prove instrumental in answering the persistent questions about possible sequential relations among problem behaviors... - An overview of 9/11 experiences and respiratory and mental health conditions among World Trade Center Health Registry enrolleesMark Farfel
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
J Urban Health 85:880-909. 2008.... - Access to and use of health services among undocumented Mexican immigrants in a US urban areaArijit Nandi
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Public Health 98:2011-20. 2008..We assessed access to and use of health services among Mexican-born undocumented immigrants living in New York City in 2004... - Social context and depression after a disaster: the role of income inequalityJennifer Ahern
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7636, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:766-70. 2006..To examine the association between neighbourhood income inequality and depression, both overall and among those with different levels of income, in the post-disaster context... - Science for the community: assessing mental health after 9/11Randall D Marshall
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 65:37-43. 2004..Future directions for postdisaster survey research are briefly discussed... - Sustained increased consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among Manhattan residents after september 11, 2001David Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Am J Public Health 94:253-4. 2004..These sustained increases in substance use following the September 11 terrorist attacks suggest potential long-term health consequences as a result of disasters... - Hispanic ethnicity and post-traumatic stress disorder after a disaster: evidence from a general population survey after September 11, 2001Sandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:520-31. 2004..CONCLUSION: Socio-economic position, event exposures, social support, and peri-event emotional reactions may help explain differences in PTSD risk after disaster between Hispanic subgroups and non-Hispanics... - Job loss, unemployment, work stress, job satisfaction, and the persistence of posttraumatic stress disorder one year after the September 11 attacksArijit Nandi
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-5283, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:1057-64. 2004..02). High levels of perceived work stress predicted PTSD persistence among persons employed at follow-up (P = 0.02). Persons unemployed in the aftermath of a disaster may be at risk for poor mental health in the long-term... - Ecstasy use among Hispanic and black substance users in New York CityDanielle C Ompad
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:1399-407. 2005..These findings are limited to persons who use other drugs, but suggest that further investigation of ecstasy use in minority populations is warranted... - Interpersonal discrimination and the health of illicit drug usersMichael Young
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 31:371-91. 2005..Discrimination may contribute to poor mental and physical health in this marginalized population, potentially complicating the provision of substance abuse treatment... - Probable cigarette dependence, PTSD, and depression after an urban disaster: results from a population survey of New York City residents 4 months after September 11, 2001Arijit Nandi
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, USA
Psychiatry 68:299-310. 2005..3% vs. 13.3%, p = 0.027). This study showed the co-occurrence of probable cigarette dependence with increased cigarette use and the co-occurrence of probable cigarette dependence with probable PTSD and depression after September 11... - Women's preferences for obstetric care in rural Ethiopia: a population-based discrete choice experiment in a region with low rates of facility deliveryM E Kruk
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:984-8. 2010..In this study, women's preferences for attributes of health facilities for delivery in rural Ethiopia were investigated... - Genetic and environmental influences on psychiatric comorbidity: a systematic reviewM Cerda
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, 10029, USA
J Affect Disord 126:14-38. 2010.... - Needle exchange programs and experience of violence in an inner city neighborhoodS Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 5293, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 28:282-8. 2001..To assess the association between proximity to a needle exchange program (NEP) and experience of violence in an inner city neighborhood... - Community and health system factors associated with facility delivery in rural Tanzania: a multilevel analysisMargaret E Kruk
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 600 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Health Policy 97:209-16. 2010..This study estimated the contribution of individual and community factors in explaining variation in the use of health facilities for childbirth in rural Tanzania... - Availability of essential health services in post-conflict LiberiaMargaret E Kruk
Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, 600 W 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 88:527-34. 2010..To assess the availability of essential health services in northern Liberia in 2008, five years after the end of the civil war... - Defining neighborhood boundaries for urban health researchLinda Weiss
Office of Special Populations, New York, New York 10029, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:S154-9. 2007.... - Gender, social support, and posttraumatic stress in postwar KosovoJennifer Ahern
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:762-70. 2004..Interventions targeting social support may be important public health efforts in the postwar context... - The built environment and alcohol consumption in urban neighborhoodsKyle T Bernstein
Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10013, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:244-52. 2007..To examine the relations between characteristics of the neighborhood built environment and recent alcohol use... - What explains the association between neighborhood-level income inequality and the risk of fatal overdose in New York City?Arijit Nandi
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Soc Sci Med 63:662-74. 2006..Implications of these findings for the reduction of drug overdose mortality associated with the distribution of income are discussed... - Trends of probable post-traumatic stress disorder in New York City after the September 11 terrorist attacksSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 5283, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:514-24. 2003..The psychological consequences of a large-scale disaster in a densely populated urban area may extend beyond persons directly affected by the disaster to persons in the general population... - Income distribution and risk of fatal drug overdose in New York City neighborhoodsSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York 10024, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:139-48. 2003..Disinvestment in social and economic resources in unequal neighborhoods may explain this association. Public health interventions related to overdose risk should pay particular attention to highly unequal neighborhoods... - Effects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug useCrystal M Fuller
Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168th St, 4th Floor, Room R422, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Public Health 95:689-95. 2005..We investigated individual- and neighborhood-level factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use... - Multilevel community-based intervention to increase access to sterile syringes among injection drug users through pharmacy sales in New York CityCrystal M Fuller
Harlem Community and Academic Partnership at the Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 97:117-24. 2007..We developed a community-based participatory research partnership to determine whether a multilevel intervention would increase sterile syringe access through a new policy allowing nonprescription syringe sales in pharmacies... - Relationship of self-reported asthma severity and urgent health care utilization to psychological sequelae of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center among New York City area residentsJoanne Fagan
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10029-5283, USA
Psychosom Med 65:993-6. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: PTSD related to the September 11 terrorist attacks contributed to symptom severity and the utilization of urgent health care services among asthmatics in the NYC metropolitan area... - Neighborhood characteristics and change in depressive symptoms among older residents of New York CityJohn R Beard
Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029 5202, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1308-14. 2009..We investigated the relationship between the depressive symptoms of older adults over time and the characteristics of the neighborhoods in which they live... - Explaining the relationship between race/ethnicity and pharmacy purchased syringes among injection drug users in New York CityCrystal M Fuller
Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
Ethn Dis 14:589-96. 2004..Educational efforts should be enhanced to reach those who continue to perceive barriers to ESAP... - Firearm suicide in New York City in the 1990sT M Piper
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Inj Prev 12:41-5. 2006..Innovative, local population based interventions that target non-firearm related suicide may contribute to lower suicide mortality overall in urban areas... - Acceptance and completion of hepatitis B vaccination among drug users in New York CityD C Ompad
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York 10029 5283, USA
Commun Dis Public Health 7:294-300. 2004..HBV vaccination acceptance among drug users seems likely in programmes that are convenient and offer remuneration; however, extended efforts are needed to improve series completion... - Access to resources for substance users in Harlem, New York City: service provider and client perspectivesSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York 10029 5293, USA
Health Educ Behav 29:296-311. 2002..The authors also discuss survey results and how the URC will use these results to develop interventions... - Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarcerationSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10029 5293, USA
Public Health Rep 117:S135-45. 2002..This article reviews the evidence on the adverse health consequences of low socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration among drug users... - Racial differences in discrimination experiences and responses among minority substance usersThomas Minior
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
Ethn Dis 13:521-7. 2003..These differences may help explain racial and ethnic differences in health among marginalized populations, and identify avenues for effective, targeted intervention... - Awareness and perceptions of a communitywide mental health program in New York city after September 11Sasha Rudenstine
Center for Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1404-6. 2003..The results of the study suggest that although awareness of this public mental health services was low, Project Liberty was well received among the people who may be most likely to need its services... - Project VIVA: a multilevel community-based intervention to increase influenza vaccination rates among hard-to-reach populations in New York CityMicaela H Coady
Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies at the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1314-21. 2008..We sought to determine whether the work of a community-based participatory research partnership increased interest in influenza vaccination among hard-to-reach individuals in urban settings... - "Culture of drinking" and individual problems with alcohol useJennifer Ahern
Division of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA 94720 7358, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:1041-9. 2008..Analyses that consider social and structural factors that shape harmful drinking may inform efforts targeting the problematic aspects of alcohol consumption... - What explains the relation between family poverty and childhood depressive symptoms?Melissa Tracy
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
J Psychiatr Res 42:1163-75. 2008..Further exploration of the pathways between family SES and depression may suggest potential interventions to reduce the occurrence and persistence of depressive symptoms in children... - Racial/ethnic disparities in overdose mortality trends in New York City, 1990-1998Sandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 5283, USA
J Urban Health 80:201-11. 2003.... - Bayesian hierarchical spatial modeling of substance abuse patterns following a mass trauma: the role of time and placeCharlie DiMaggio
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, New York, New York, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:1725-43. 2009..These methods hold promise for the characterization of disease risk where spatial patterning of exposures and outcomes may matter... - Antidepressant use in elderly suicide victims in New York city: an analysis of 255 casesRobert C Abrams
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, N Y 10021, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:312-7. 2009..We examined postmortem evidence of antidepressant, analgesic, and anxiolytic-hypnotic drugs in suicide victims aged 65 years and older... - Posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population after mass terrorist incidents: considerations about the nature of exposureSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
CNS Spectr 10:107-15. 2005..Future research should consider mechanisms through which persons in the general population may be at risk for PTSD after such incidents... - Distribution of education and population health: an ecological analysis of New York City neighborhoodsSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2198-205. 2005..We assessed the relationship between distribution of education and health indicators in a large urban area to determine if distribution of education may be a determinant of population health... - Cities and health: history, approaches, and key questionsDavid Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Acad Med 79:1133-8. 2004.... - Club drug use among minority substance users in New York CityDanielle C Ompad
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 36:397-9. 2004..3% Hispanics and 56.4% of Blacks reported a lifetime history of club drug use. PCP was the most commonly reported club drug used among all racial/ethnic groups. Further investigation of club drug use in minority populations is warranted... - Consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana among New York City residents six months after the September 11 terrorist attacksDavid Vlahov
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, Room 556, 1216 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029 5283, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 30:385-407. 2004..These results suggest that the increase in substance use after a disaster may be a cause for public health concern in the long-term... - Drug use, misuse, and the urban environmentSandro Galea
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:127-36. 2005..g. collective efficacy, the built environment) may be associated with drug use and misuse, summarize the existing empiric literature that substantiates elements of this framework, and identify potential directions for future research... - Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe growth and development studyC Hadley
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:980-6. 2008..An assessment was carried out of whether food insecurity and exposure to stressful life events, two common features of life in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are associated with symptoms of mental disorders among adults... - Use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia in a cohort studyC Cramer
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Neurology 71:344-50. 2008..This study aimed to test the association between use of statins and incidence of dementia and cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND) over 5 years of follow-up... - Post-traumatic stress disorder following disasters: a systematic reviewY Neria
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychol Med 38:467-80. 2008..The time-frame for inclusion of reports in this review is from 1980 (when PTSD was first introduced in DSM-III) and February 2007 when the literature search for this examination was terminated... - Economic evaluation of surgically trained assistant medical officers in performing major obstetric surgery in MozambiqueM E Kruk
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
BJOG 114:1253-60. 2007..Técnicos de cirurgia have been previously shown to have quality of care outcomes comparable to physicians... - The course of posttraumatic stress symptoms and functional impairment following a disaster: what is the lasting influence of acute versus ongoing traumatic events and stressors?M Cerda
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 W168th St, 10032, New York, NY, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 48:385-95. 2013..The purpose of this study was to compare the influence of acute hurricane-related exposures and ongoing post-hurricane exposures on the short- and long-term course of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and functional impairment (FI)... - Are neighbourhood characteristics associated with depressive symptoms? A review of evidenceC Mair
Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:940-6, 8 p following 946. 2008.... - Economic downturns and population mental health: research findings, gaps, challenges and prioritiesK Zivin
Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development HSR and D Center of Excellence, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center SMITREC, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Psychol Med 41:1343-8. 2011..How economic downturns influence mental health should be considered in policies such as social protection programs that aim to promote recovery... - Overdose deaths attributed to methadone and heroin in New York City, 1990-1998W K Bryant
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
Addiction 99:846-54. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: There was no appreciable increase in methadone-induced overdose mortality in New York City during the 1990s. Both heroin-induced overdose mortality and prescriptions of methadone increased during the same interval... - Epigenetic and inflammatory marker profiles associated with depression in a community-based epidemiologic sampleM Uddin
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Psychol Med 41:997-1007. 2011..We also investigate the physiologic consequences that may be associated with these profiles... - Health status among emergency department patients approximately one year after consecutive disasters in New York CityWilliam George Fernandez
Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Acad Emerg Med 12:958-64. 2005.... - Income inequality and risk of suicide in New York City neighborhoods: a multilevel case-control studyJeffrey R Miller
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:448-59. 2005..These data suggest that income inequality may contribute to the risk of suicide in younger adults... - Circumstances of witnessed drug overdose in New York City: implications for interventionMelissa Tracy
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:181-90. 2005.... - Alcohol use in New York after the terrorist attacks: a study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behaviorJoseph A Boscarino
Division of Health and Science Policy, Room 552, The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029 5293, United States
Addict Behav 31:606-21. 2006..Our study suggests that exposure to psychological trauma may be associated with increases in problem drinking long after exposure and deserves further investigation...
Research Grants
- Ecologic Stressors, PTSD, and Drug Use in DetroitSandro Galea; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Ecologic Stressors, PTSD, and Drug Use in DetroitSandro Galea; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Ecological Approaches to Understanding Post-Disaster DistressSandro Galea; Fiscal Year: 2007..Key hypotheses will be tested using multi-level hierarchical models and ecologic analyses. ..
- The neighborhood environment and drug use in NYCSandro Galea; Fiscal Year: 2007..This, coupled with our studies involving telephone interviews with 6,000+ New Yorkers is assurance that the aims of this study can be achieved. ..
- HEPATITIS C IN NEW IDUS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HIV PREVENTIONSandro Galea; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Mental Health and Service Utilization Among Reserve and National Guard ForcesSandro Galea; Fiscal Year: 2010....