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African American Public Housing Residents in the HOPE VI Era: Relocation, Social Networks and Health.
(2009)
This dissertation is a three paper mixed-methods project that explores the significance of public-housing policy and urban development for the health of low-income African-American communities. Specifically, it seeks to ...
Perceived Stress, Coping Styles and Periodontitis: A Cross Cultural Analysis.
(2007)
Background: Psychosocial factors such as stress, depression, feelings of hopelessness, and hostility are known to be associated with physical health. Similar associations have been believed to be true for stress and ...
Diarrheal Disease in Northwestern Ecuador: Prevalence, Pathogenicity, and Transmission of Enteric Pathogens Accross the Region.
(2012)
Over four billion episodes of diarrhea occur worldwide each year. The burden of diarrhea is particularly high for children under five years living in developing countries. One in five child-deaths are attributed to diarrhea ...
Factors Influencing Oncologists' Use of Chemotherapy in Patients at the End of Life: A Qualitative Study.
(2011)
Background: There is a trend toward increasing use of chemotherapy among cancer patients during the last two weeks of life, even though chemotherapy is expensive, produces side effects that impact quality of life, and has ...
The Impacts of Concentrated Ambient Particulates on Heart Rate Variability Rats in Detroit, Michigan and Steubenville, Ohio.
(2009)
Epidemiological studies indicate that inhalation of fine ambient air particulates less than 2.5µm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) are linked to heart rate variability (HRV) and can exacerbate cardiovascular disease in ...
Social patterning of chronic disease risk factors: Cross-national and within-country comparisons.
(2010)
Chronic diseases are traditionally thought to be more important in high-income countries, although most of the burden occurs in low- and middle-income countries. Despite a recent global focus on the social determinants of ...
The Impact of Living Alone on the Relationship Between Social Resources and Physical and Psychological Well-being in the Elderly. Physical and Psychological Well-being in the Elderly.
(2009)
Despite a great deal of research, empirical findings regarding the relationships between social resources and well-being, to a great extent, remain inconclusive. Part of the problem arises because study populations are ...
Human Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants and Reproductive Health.
(2012)
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other compounds are used in the manufacture of a variety of materials and consumer products to meet fire safety standards. BFRs persist ...
Innovative Statistical Models for Inference from Complex Design Surveys and Longitudinal Studies.
(2011)
Bayesian inference is a method of statistical inference which combines two sources of information, prior information and data, into the posterior distribution. It is widely applied in different areas and has the advantage ...
American Dreams, Latino Realities: Interrogating the Intersections of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Nativity on Select Acculturative Stressors and Depressive Symptoms among Mexican-Origin Adults.
(2009)
A main tenet of American Dream narratives is the desire to improve one’s socio-economic status. Less central to these dream narratives however, are considerations regarding the costs and consequences not fulfilling one’s ...