Neighborhood Walkability, Historical Redlining, and Childhood Obesity in Denver, Colorado
The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of neighborhood walkability and redlining, a historical practice of denying home loans to communities of color, with childhood obesity. We evaluated neighborhood walkability and walkable destinations for 250 participants of the Healthy Start cohort, based in the Denver metropolitan region. Eligible participants attended an examination between ages 4 and 8. Walkable destinations and redlining geolocations were determined based on residential addresses, and a weighting system for destination types was developed. Sidewalks and trails in Denver were included in the ne...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Demographics and Health Beliefs of Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men Receiving a Mpox Vaccination in the United States
AbstractAn outbreak of mpox virus (MPV) among humans in the United States (U.S.) was described in May 2022. This outbreak disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic sexual minority men (SMM) and these groups have lower rates of vaccination compared to Whites. Between July and August 2022, a partnership between a nonprofit and two local health departments successfully designed and implemented a community intervention to administer MPV vaccines to Black SMM in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We administered a quantitative survey to 178 respondents across four vaccinations clinics. We found that study participa...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Policy-Relevant Indicators of Urban Emergency Medical Services COVID-19-Patient Encounters
This study examines urban virus-surveillance indicators that can serve as an early warning of the volume of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) encounters with COVID-19 positive patients and subsequently how EMS encounters with confirmed COVID-19 p atients can serve as an early indicator of future hospital-demand surges. With daily data from Boston EMS and three other public agencies, we evaluate the relationship between five indicators and confirmed Boston EMS COVID-19 encounters by estimating separate Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Averag e models and cross-correlating their residuals. This study finds a significant and ...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Forecasting COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases for Proactive Policy: Artificial Intelligence Can Help
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Reviewer List for 2022
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Latinx: S í, Se Puede? A Reflection on the Terms Past, Present, and Future
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
The Potential of Long-Acting, Injectable PrEP, and Impediments to its Uptake
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Mechanisms to Improve Health Through Community Land Trusts
Abstract Community land trusts (CLTs) provide long-term affordable housing and offer a range of mechanisms that may improve the health and well-being of low-income households. We sought to elucidate these mechanisms through thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with a diverse sample of CLT staff and residents across the USA. Stakeholders most frequently identified improvements in mental health that come through increased housing stability and affordability. Other factors —including the ways that CLTs promote wealth generation, improvements in housing quality and neighborhood amenities, services and partnershi...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 23, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Forecasting COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases for Proactive Policy: Artificial Intelligence Can Help
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 23, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Demographics and Health Beliefs of Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men Receiving a Mpox Vaccination in the United States
AbstractAn outbreak of mpox virus (MPV) among humans in the United States (U.S.) was described in May 2022. This outbreak disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic sexual minority men (SMM) and these groups have lower rates of vaccination compared to Whites. Between July and August 2022, a partnership between a nonprofit and two local health departments successfully designed and implemented a community intervention to administer MPV vaccines to Black SMM in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We administered a quantitative survey to 178 respondents across four vaccinations clinics. We found that study participa...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 20, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Reviewer List for 2022
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Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 20, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Trading-Off Transit and Non-Transit Physical Activity among Older People: Evidence from Longitudinal Accelerometer Data of a Natural Experiment Study
This study used a natural experiment of a new metro line in Hong Kong to examine trade-offs between transit-related and non-transit-related physical activity (PA) among 104 older people (aged ≥ 65 years) based on longitudinal accelerometer data that distinguished transit-related and non-transit-related PA. Difference-in-difference (DID) analysis compared PA changes between treatment and control groups. We found that new metro stations have trade-off effects between transit and no n-transit PA. After opening metro stations, transit-related PA increased by 12 min per day on average, but non-transit-related PA decre...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 19, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Care and Complexity in Emergency Housing: an Examination of the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place (SIP) Hotel Program to House People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco
In this study, we consider the patient, provider, and public health repercussions of San Francisco ’s (SF) COVID-related response to homelessness using tourist hotels to house people experiencing homelessness (PEH). We describe the demographics, medical comorbidities, and healthcare utilization patterns of a subset of PEH who accessed the shelter-in-place (SIP) hotel sites during the 2020–202 1 pandemic. We focus on how SIP hotels impacted connection to outpatient care and higher-cost emergency utilization. Our mixed methods study integrates qualitative and quantitative data to consider the impact of this temporary hou...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Exploring the Relationship between Debt and Health after Incarceration: a Survey Study
Abstract
Financial debt and incarceration are both independently associated with poor health, but there is limited research on the association between debt and health for those leaving incarceration. This exploratory study surveyed 75 people with a chronic health condition and recent incarceration to examine debt burden, financial well-being, and possible associations with self-reported health. Eighty-four percent of participants owed at least one debt, with non-legal debt being more common than legal debt. High financial stress was associated with poor self-reported health and the number of debts owed. Owing specific f...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Associations Between Built Environment Factors and SARS-CoV-2 Infections at the Neighbourhood Level in a Metropolitan Area in Germany
This study examined the association between built environment factors and SARS-CoV-2 infections in a metropolitan area in Germany. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections of 7866 citizens of Essen between March 2020 and May 2021 were analysed, aggregated at the neighbourhood level. We performed spatial regression analyses to investigate associations between the cumulative number of SARS-CoV-2 infections per 1000 inhabitants (cum. SARS-CoV-2 infections) up to 31.05.2021 and built environment factors. The cum. SARS-CoV-2 infections in neighbourhoods (median: 11.5, IQR: 8.1 –16.9) followed a marked s...
Source: Journal of Urban Health - January 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
