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Geography
John Lauermann
Summary: Recent years have seen a rapid growth of the luxury housing market in New York City, mainly concentrated in affluent neighborhoods and recently gentrified areas, but typically occurring in already established gentrified places.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Louisa W. Holaday, Destiny G. Tolliver, Tiana Moore, Keitra Thompson, Emily A. Wang
Summary: This study explores the association between neighborhood incarceration rates and adverse birth outcomes in New York City. The findings suggest that neighborhoods with higher incarceration rates have higher rates of preterm birth, low birth weight, and other adverse birth outcomes. This association is particularly significant for Black residents, indicating that mass incarceration may contribute to racial disparities in birth outcomes.
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Ethnic Studies
Min Li, Faxi Yuan
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted racial/ethnic minorities in the USA, potentially due to their segregation in neighborhoods with health-compromising conditions. Areas with higher proportions of black and Hispanic populations in New York City have shown higher percentages of COVID-19 infections. Historically low-graded neighborhoods are at a higher risk for infection, with these associations changing over time as the pandemic unfolds.
RACE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cody D. D. Neshteruk, Sophia E. E. Day, Kevin J. J. Konty, Sarah C. C. Armstrong, Asheley C. C. Skinner, Emily M. M. D'Agostino
Summary: This study examined the relationship between weight status and fitness in children and adolescents from New York City public schools. The findings showed that more severe obesity was associated with lower fitness, especially among male and non-Hispanic White youth. Further research is needed to develop targeted interventions for obese youth to improve their fitness.
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Education & Educational Research
Masatoshi Ishikawa
Summary: This study investigated the work hours and background factors of resident physicians in Japanese hospitals, and identified several factors associated with long work hours, such as gender, age, specialization, and hospital size. Understanding these factors can aid in implementing targeted changes to improve working conditions for resident physicians and enhance the quality of care provided.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Paromita Hore, Kolapo Alex-Oni, Slavenka Sedlar, Kari Patel, Robert B. Saper
Summary: The study analyzed health remedies collected during poisoning investigations in New York City over a 10-year period and found that rasa shastra Ayurvedic medications can contain high levels of lead, mercury, and arsenic. The average blood lead levels among adult users of these medications were significantly higher than those using other types of non-Ayurvedic health remedies.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rania Kanchi, Sharon E. Perlman, Bahman Tabaei, Mark D. Schwartz, Nadia Islam, Claudia Chernov, Adeiyewunmi Osinubi, Lorna E. Thorpe
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the change in metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence among New York City (NYC) adults between 2004 and 2013-2014 and identify key subgroups at risk. The results showed that age and racial/ethnic disparities in MetS prevalence in NYC were persistent from 2004 to 2013-2014, with Asian adults and non-Latino Black women at particularly high risk. MetS prevalence decreased over time, with different subgroups experiencing varying levels of decrease.
ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
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Psychology, Biological
Bryce J. Dietrich, Melissa L. Sands
Summary: Using publicly available traffic camera feeds and a real-world field experiment, the study examines the behavior of pedestrians of different races in the presence of racial out-group members. The results show that pedestrians tend to maintain a greater distance from Black confederates compared to white non-Hispanic confederates, indicating a tendency towards racial avoidance.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kate E. Lee, Francesca Lim, Elisabeth R. Silver, Adam S. Faye, Chin Hur
Summary: A survey conducted among medical students in four NYC medical schools found that 59% of participants believed that COVID-19 impacted their choice of residency, with 11.6% explicitly changing their top specialty choice. Investigating the impact of the pandemic on medical student residency considerations is crucial for understanding potential changes in medical career outlooks.
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Economics
Devajyoti Deka, Jon Carnegie
Summary: This study examines transit mode choice preferences of New Jersey commuters traveling to New York City, finding that commuters' choices are influenced by various factors such as time, cost, reliability, and comfort. The research suggests that commuters consider the entire journey from home to stations/terminals before crossing the river when choosing a mode of transportation, and attachment to current modes serves as a barrier to switching to others.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kate Whittemore, Kristian M. Garcia, Chaorui C. Huang, Sungwoo Lim, Demetre C. Daskalakis, Neil M. Vora, David E. Lucero
Summary: This study aimed to identify hospital-level factors associated with higher than expected in-hospital pneumonia death rates among adults in New York City. The analysis of data from 39 hospitals during 2010-2014 revealed that an increase in average daily occupancy and membership in the Council of Teaching Hospitals were associated with increased in-hospital pneumonia SMR.
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Psychology, Clinical
Karen A. Alroy, Amy Wang, Michael Sanderson, L. Hannah Gould, Catherine Stayton
Summary: This study described the prevalence and health correlates of psychological and physical IPV among adults in New York City. The findings suggest that IPV is significantly associated with mental health conditions and behaviors.
JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Bruce Ramphal, Jordan D. Dworkin, David Pagliaccio, Amy E. Margolis
Summary: Using data from the NYC 311 database, this study examines socioeconomic disparities in noise complaints at the census tract level since 2010 and investigates how these disparities changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that census tracts with a higher proportion of low-income residents reported more monthly noise complaints, and this disparity was exacerbated during the pandemic.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
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Ecology
Alisha Rajbhandari, Kevin Matteson, Emma Katz, Gretchen LeBuhn, Elizabeth Johnson
Summary: In this study, four years of citizen science data was used to analyze bee visitation to flowers in New York City. The research found that five bees were observed in 63% of the observations, with bumble bees being the most commonly observed bee morphotype. Community gardens had the highest bee visitation rate, followed by parks, private gardens, and rooftops/terraces. The 500 m buffer scale was found to be the most informative in analyzing the factors affecting bee visitation.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kate R. Weinberger, Erin R. Kulick, Amelia K. Boehme, Shengzhi Sun, Francesca Dominici, Gregory A. Wellenius
Summary: The study found that tropical cyclones may lead to changes in the scale, types, and rates of emergency department visits, particularly with acute respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases among the elderly.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)