Population Health and Disparities
Our work in Population Health and Disparities
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New USC Schaeffer Research Maps State and Federal Responses to the Opioid Crisis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
While all states and D.C. have adopted at least one policy related to treatment access for patients suffering from opioid addiction, no state adopted all the policies analyzed, leaving potential barriers in place.
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Discrimination and Hypertension among Older African Americans and Caribbean Blacks: The Moderating Effects of John Henryism
Discrimination is a major contributor to health disparities between Black and White older adults. Although the health effects of discrimination are well established, less is known about factors that may intervene in the discrimination-health connection, such as coping strategies.
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Exploring Associative Pathways and Gender Effects of Racial and Weight Discrimination with Sleep Quality, Physical Activity, and Dietary Behavior in Adults with Higher Body Mass Index and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Racial disparities in obesity and cardiovascular disease can partly be attributed discrimination. Racial discrimination (RD) and weight discrimination (WD) have been linked to higher psychological distress, lower sleep quality, less physical activity, and unhealthy diet, which can negatively impact weight. Better understanding the processes by which discrimination influences weight-loss factors would help create strategies for mitigating obesity disparities.
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Do Early-Life Social, Behavioral, and Health Exposures Increase Later-Life Arthritis Incidence?
New Schaeffer Center research shows that experiencing two or more childhood socioeconomic disadvantages is indirectly associated with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Regulating Cannabis for Public Health
Join the USC Schaeffer Center and the Institute for Addiction Science for a conversation about the challenges of regulating cannabis. Schaeffer Center Senior Fellow Rosalie Liccardo Pacula will moderate the conversation with Rebecca Jesseman, director of policy at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, and Ricky N. Bluthenthal, associate dean for social justice and professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
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Claims-Based Measures of Prescription Opioid Utilization: A Practical Guide for Researchers
Given the increased attention to the opioid epidemic and the role of inappropriate prescribing, there has been a marked increase in the number of studies using claims data to study opioid use and policies designed to curb misuse.
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Changes in Emergency Department Encounters for Vomiting After Cannabis Legalization in Colorado
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome is an emerging clinical issue associated with cannabis use. Legalization of cannabis has led to an increase in vomiting-related illnesses in health care settings.
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Opioid-Related Deaths Before and After COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders in Los Angeles County
A new Schaeffer Center study partnered with the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office to investigate whether the stay-at-home orders impacted opioid-related fatal overdoses.
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