Confounding by socioeconomic status in epidemiological studies of air pollution and health: challenges and opportunities

A Hajat, RF MacLehose, A Rosofsky… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Despite a vast air pollution epidemiology literature to date and the recognition
that lower-socioeconomic status (SES) populations are often disproportionately exposed to …

Age and sex differences in associations between self-reported health, physical function, mental function and mortality

MH Lin, LJ Chen, ST Huang, LC Meng, WJ Lee… - Archives of gerontology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore how age and sex affect the impacts of self-rated health, self-reported
physical activities, physical function, and depressive symptoms on long-term mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to multiple environmental stressors, emotional and physical well-being, and self-rated health: An analysis of relationships using latent variable …

ML Cantuaria, J Brandt, V Blanes-Vidal - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The World Health Organization has defined health as a “complete state of physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”(World Health …

Perceptions and experiences of environmental health and risks among Latina mothers in urban Los Angeles, California, USA

EM Kamai, A Calderon, YO Van Horne, TM Bastain… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Environmental exposures during pregnancy and early childhood can have
acute and chronic adverse health impacts. As minoritized populations are more likely to …

Proliferation of noise pollution: implication on health and community perception in coastal slums

OP Okimiji, AT Okafor, MI Fasona, T Atoro… - Applied Acoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
Noise pollution's impact on human health and community perceptions is explored in this
study. This study employed a mixed method approach, including survey, documentary, in …

[HTML][HTML] Social environment characteristics are related to self-rated health in four Latin America countries: evidence from the SALURBAL Project

CT Vaz, DM Coelho, UM Silva, AC de Souza Andrade… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigated the associations of social and built environment and demographic features
of urban areas with self-rated health among adults living in four Latin American countries …

Neighborhood social cohesion and serious psychological distress among Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and White adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study

LR Gullett, DM Alhasan, SA Gaston, WB Jackson… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Serious psychological distress (SPD) is common and more prevalent in women,
older adults, and individuals with a low-income. Prior studies have highlighted the role of …

Real-time indoor PM2. 5 monitoring in an urban cohort: Implications for exposure disparities and source control

MDT Chu, SE Gillooly, JI Levy, J Vallarino… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) concentrations are highly variable indoors, with
evidence for exposure disparities. Real-time monitoring coupled with novel statistical …

Living environment, social support, and informal caregiving are associated with healthcare seeking behaviour and adherence to medication treatment: A cross …

E Berglund, P Lytsy, R Westerling - Health & social care in the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the well‐known associations between local environment and health, few studies
have focused on environment and healthcare utilisation, for instance healthcare seeking …

Utilization of the Maryland environmental justice screening tool: A Bladensburg, Maryland case study

A Driver, C Mehdizadeh, S Bara-Garcia… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Maryland residents' knowledge of environmental hazards and their health effects is limited,
partly due to the absence of tools to map and visualize distribution of risk factors across …