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Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Mobility, Safety, and Equity for Persons with Vision Loss in Urban Environments
Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Mobility, Safety, and Equity for Persons with Vision Loss in Urban Environments
This study explores the use of virtual reality (VR) as an innovative tool to enhance awareness, understanding of accessibi...
Measuring Spatial Social Polarization in Public Health Research: A Scoping Review of Methods and Applications
Measuring Spatial Social Polarization in Public Health Research: A Scoping Review of Methods and Applications
Spatial social polarization (SSP) refers to the uneven spatial distribution and subsequent concentration of polarized soci...
Examining the Association between Heat Exposure and Crime in Cities across the United States: A Scoping Review
Examining the Association between Heat Exposure and Crime in Cities across the United States: A Scoping Review
Growing evidence suggests exposure to high temperatures may result in increased urban crime, a known driver of health and ...
Impact of Different Greenspace Metrics on Cardiovascular Disease Incidence in Urban Settings: A Comparative Analysis
Impact of Different Greenspace Metrics on Cardiovascular Disease Incidence in Urban Settings: A Comparative Analysis
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality, and urban greenspace can reduce CVDs risk. Howev...
Heat-Related Health Risks for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Rapid Review
Heat-Related Health Risks for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Rapid Review
Extreme heat poses a significant public health threat for people experiencing homelessness (PEH), who face heightened risk...
Extreme Heat and Firearm Violence in New York City Public Housing: The Mitigating Role of Air Conditioning
Extreme Heat and Firearm Violence in New York City Public Housing: The Mitigating Role of Air Conditioning
Higher outdoor temperatures are associated with greater incidence of firearm violence in urban areas in the United States....
A Home Disaster Preparedness Intervention Study with Korean American Residents in New York City
A Home Disaster Preparedness Intervention Study with Korean American Residents in New York City
This study investigated the effectiveness of the Nurses Taking on Readiness Measures (N-TORM) intervention in improving di...
From Vulnerability to Strength: Transforming Health Systems for Climate Resilience
From Vulnerability to Strength: Transforming Health Systems for Climate Resilience
In the face of escalating climate-related challenges, the resilience of healthcare systems is paramount. As was seen durin...
“The Place Where Danger Waits”: Ten Years of Incarceration After the 1994 Crime Bill and Cognitive Function among Older Adults
“The Place Where Danger Waits”: Ten Years of Incarceration After the 1994 Crime Bill and Cognitive Function among Older Adults
A likely determinant of cognitive function is incarceration. Structural racism directs adverse policing to differentially ...
County-Level COVID-19 Policy Comprehensiveness and Adult Behavioral Health during 2021
County-Level COVID-19 Policy Comprehensiveness and Adult Behavioral Health during 2021
Epidemiologic research has found worsening behavioral health in the USA since 2020. Local policies may have contributed to...
Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Posts Related to a COVID-19 Test & Trace Program in NYC
Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Posts Related to a COVID-19 Test & Trace Program in NYC
As part of a program evaluation of the New York City Test & Trace program (T2)—one of the largest such progr...
Cross-State Relationship of Firearm Violence Between Police and Civilians: Gun Ownership as a Common Denominator
Cross-State Relationship of Firearm Violence Between Police and Civilians: Gun Ownership as a Common Denominator
Police shootings database 2015–2024: Search by race, age, department. Washington Post. Available from: https://www.washing...
Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Predominance, Child Opportunity, and Violence-Related Mortality among Children and Adolescents in Chicago
Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Predominance, Child Opportunity, and Violence-Related Mortality among Children and Adolescents in Chicago
Our objective was to determine whether Child Opportunity Index (COI), a measure of neighborhood socioeconomic and built en...
Drug Overdose Death Following Substance Use Disorder Treatment Termination in New York City: A Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
Drug Overdose Death Following Substance Use Disorder Treatment Termination in New York City: A Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
Drug overdose death rates are the highest recorded in New York City (NYC). Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment terminat...
Assessing New York City’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Strategy: A Case for Risk-Informed Distribution
Assessing New York City’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Strategy: A Case for Risk-Informed Distribution
This study reviews the impact of eligibility policies in the early rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine on coverage and probabl...
Assessing the Burden of Electrical, Elevator, Heat, Hot Water, and Water Service Interruptions in New York City Public Housing
Assessing the Burden of Electrical, Elevator, Heat, Hot Water, and Water Service Interruptions in New York City Public Housing
Reliable electricity, elevators, heat, hot water, and water are aspects of safe and accessible housing. Interruptions to t...
Analyzing and Optimizing the Distribution of Blood Lead Level Testing for Children in New York City: A Data-Driven Approach
Analyzing and Optimizing the Distribution of Blood Lead Level Testing for Children in New York City: A Data-Driven Approach
This study investigates blood lead level (BLL) rates and testing among children under 6 years of age across the 42 neighbo...
Area-Level Factors of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents in European Neighborhoods — a Systematic Review
Area-Level Factors of Dental Caries in Children and Adolescents in European Neighborhoods — a Systematic Review
The WHO emphasizes the importance of taking area-level factors into account when formulating public health interventions. ...
The Promises and Potential Pitfalls of Highway Reclamation for Population Health: A Research Framework
The Promises and Potential Pitfalls of Highway Reclamation for Population Health: A Research Framework
Highway reclamation (i.e., the removal of highways or placing existing highways underground to create mixed-use urban area...
Home Mortgage Lending and Neighborhood Mental Health: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of 18 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Home Mortgage Lending and Neighborhood Mental Health: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of 18 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas
This study investigates the relationship between home mortgages and neighborhood mental health across the 18 largest metro...
Neighborhood Social and Physical Environments and Sedentary Behaviors: Importance of Early Childhood in Shaping Health Behaviors
Neighborhood Social and Physical Environments and Sedentary Behaviors: Importance of Early Childhood in Shaping Health Behaviors
This study aims to investigate the persistence of sedentary behaviors from early childhood to adolescence and the longitud...
Housing Australian Children: A Snapshot of Health Inequities in the First 2000 Days
Housing Australian Children: A Snapshot of Health Inequities in the First 2000 Days
Housing is a critical social determinant of children’s health. While individual pathways between housing and health ...
Advancing Health Equity through 15-min Cities and Chrono-urbanism
Advancing Health Equity through 15-min Cities and Chrono-urbanism
Implementing the 15-min city and chrono-urbanism aims to improve sustainability and quality of life by ensuring residents&...
Development of Neighborhood Trajectories Employing Historic Redlining and the Area Deprivation Index
Development of Neighborhood Trajectories Employing Historic Redlining and the Area Deprivation Index
The role of historic residential redlining on health inequities is intertwined with policy changes made before and after t...
HealthyPlan.City: A Web Tool to Support Urban Environmental Equity and Public Health in Canadian Communities
HealthyPlan.City: A Web Tool to Support Urban Environmental Equity and Public Health in Canadian Communities
Urban environmental factors such as air quality, heat islands, and access to greenspaces and community amenities impact pu...