Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections after Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Adolescent Females
The researchers found that human papillomavirus vaccination was not associated with increases in STIs in a large cohort of females, suggesting that vaccination is unlikely to promote unsafe sexual activity.
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Childhood and Later Life Stressors and Increased Inflammatory Gene Expression at Older Ages
This study examined the relative influence of adversities during childhood and adulthood in accounting for individual differences in pro-inflammatory gene expression in late life, and results showed that childhood trauma was associated with increased inflammatory transcription in late life.
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Marital Status, Marital Quality, and Heart Rate Variability in the MIDUS Cohort
To better understand the relationship among marital status, marital quality, and cardiovascular health, the researchers examined how marital status and marital quality are associated with an early indicator of deteriorating cardiovascular health, high-frequency heart rate variability.
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Determinants of Healthcare Provider Recommendations for Influenza Vaccinations
This study investigated the determinants of receiving healthcare provider recommendations for seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccinations, and found that Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) priority groups experienced higher rates of recommendations compared to non-ACIP groups, with racial differences in HCP recommendations unable to explain racial disparities in flu vaccination rates.
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Economic Burden of Undiagnosed Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in the United States
This study estimated the US incremental cost burden of undiagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) using administrative claims for working age and Medicare patients, and found that the direct medical costs for patients with undiagnosed AF are significantly higher than patients with similar observable characteristics without AF.
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Physiological Differences Across Populations Reflecting Early Life and Later Life Nutritional Status and Later Life Risk for Chronic Disease
This paper addresses how indicators of early life nutrition and development and later life nutrition vary in aging populations in the U.S., England, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Tsimane of Bolivia.
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Self-Employment, Health Insurance, and Return Migration of Middle-Aged and Elderly Mexican Males
In this study, researchers examined the factors associated with self-employment for Mexicans close to retirement age, including the role of US migration experience and health insurance, and found that self-employed workers are less likely to have health insurance than salaried workers and are also less likely to retire.
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Fixing America’s Mental Healthcare System
Seth Seabury joined The Hill, industry, and policy leaders in a discussion on the economic and societal toll of cost-cutting policies that limit access to treatment for mentally ill patients.
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Intolerance of Uncertainty, Cognitive Complaints, and Cancer‐Related Distress in Prostate Cancer Survivors
This study found that prostate cancer survivors who report cognitive difficulties or who find uncertainty uncomfortable and unacceptable may be at greater risk for cancer‐related distress, even three to five years after completing treatment.
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Are Differences in Disability-Free Life Expectancy by Gender, Race, and Education Widening at Older Ages?
This study examined changes from 1991 to 2001 in disability-free life expectancy in the age range 60–90 by gender, race, and education in the US, and found that disability-free life expectancy increased only among white men, while disabled life expectancy increased for all groups—black and white men and women.
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