Research on neighborhoods and health increasingly acknowledges the need to conceptualize, measure, and model spatial features of social and physical environments. When ignoring underlying spatial dynamics, we run the risk of biased statistical inference and misleading results. In this article, we propose an integrated multilevel spatial approach for Poisson models of discrete responses. In an… Continue reading Integrating space with place in health research: a multilevel spatial investigation using child mortality in 1880 Newark, New Jersey
Keyword: Ethnic Groups/statistics & Numerical Data
Take-up of Medicare Part D: results from the Health and Retirement Study
To estimate the impact of Medicare Part D on prescription drug coverage among elderly Medicare beneficiaries and to analyze the predictors of program enrollment (“take-up”) among those with no prior drug coverage.Multivariate analyses of data from the 2002, 2004, and 2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study.Take-up of Part D among those without drug… Continue reading Take-up of Medicare Part D: results from the Health and Retirement Study
Cumulative social risk and racial/ethnic disparities in obesity during the transition to adulthood
Racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent obesity in the U.S. are stark, and the causes of these disparities are largely unknown. We used a cumulative risk index (CRI) to examine the role of social risk in racial/ethnic disparities in obesity. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and multinomial logistic regression, we examined the role of… Continue reading Cumulative social risk and racial/ethnic disparities in obesity during the transition to adulthood
Changes in the built environment and changes in the amount of walking over time: longitudinal results from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Lack of longitudinal research hinders causal inference on the association between the built environment and walking. In the present study, we used data from 6,027 adults in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis who were 45-84 years of age at baseline to investigate the association of neighborhood built environment with trends in the amount of walking… Continue reading Changes in the built environment and changes in the amount of walking over time: longitudinal results from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis