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Demographics in Social Media Data for Public Health Research: Does it matter? [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Social media data provides propitious opportunities for public health research. However, studies suggest that disparities may exist in the representation of certain populations (e.g., people of lower socioeconomic status). To quantify and address these disparities in population representation, we need demographic information, which is usually missing ...
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Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities: Reconsidering Comparative Approaches
, 2012 The focus on eliminating racial/ethnic health disparities has brought critical attention to the poor health status of minority populations. Assessing the health outcomes of racial minority groups by comparing them to a racial majority standard is ...
Bediako, Shawn M., Griffith, Derek M.
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The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil [PDF]
, 2017 This research brief reports on a focus group study that explores how and why the Zika virus affects reproductive processes in Brazil. The authors found that both reproductive intentions and behaviors changed as a result of the Zika epidemic among women ...
Alves, Sandra Valongueiro +3 more
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Low‐Activation Compositionally Complex Alloys for Advanced Nuclear Applications—A Review
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Low‐activation compositionally complex alloys (LACCAs) are advanced metallic materials primarily composed of low‐activation elements, offering advantages such as rapid compliance with operational standards and safe recyclability. This review highlights their potential for extreme high‐temperature irradiation environments as structural materials for ...
Yangfan Wang +8 more
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A Calibrated Sensitivity Analysis for Weighted Causal Decompositions [PDF]
arXivDisparities in health or well-being experienced by minority groups can be difficult to study using the traditional exposure-outcome paradigm in causal inference, since potential outcomes in variables such as race or sexual minority status are challenging to interpret.
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The Health Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians [PDF]
We use unique survey data to examine the determinants of self-assessed health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We explore the degree to which differences in health are due to differences in socio-economic factors, and examine the sensitivity
Alison Booth, Nick Carroll
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Poverty Re-Cycles: Why America Needs to Prioritize Child Health Disparities [PDF]
, 2015 When we think about children, we envision cute, innocent little people who have not a care in the world. Though optimistic, this vision is unfortunately not reality.
Gentry, Maria
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Reducing Disparities Beginning in Early Childhood [PDF]
, 2007 Research shows that many disparities in health and well-being are rooted in early childhood. These disparities reflect gaps in access to services, unequal treatment, adverse congenital health conditions, and exposures in the early years linked to ...
Johnson, Kay, Theberge, Suzanne
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Racial and Age Group Disparities in the Effect of Social Distancing on Health Status [PDF]
, 2021 Karen D. Lincoln
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Controlling the size and distribution of dispersoids is essential for optimizing the performance of oxide‐dispersion‐strengthened steels. This study focuses on nanoparticle dispersion and agglomeration during laser additive manufacturing of Fe20Cr alloy reinforced with ZrO 2 nanoparticles. Utilizing multiphysics phase‐field simulations and nanoparticle
Somnath Bharech +6 more
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