Browsing SPH Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Associations Between Gender, Migration and Integration Stressors, and Health in an Indigenous Mixteco Migrant Community
(2018-04-23)This dissertation explores the relationships between gender, migration and integration stressors, depressive symptomology, and alcohol and tobacco use within a binational indigenous Mixteco migrant community. The idea of ... -
Associations of Air Pollution, Industries, and Socioeconomic Status With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Among the Elderly in the U.S.
(2018-04-25)In the United States, by 2030, more than 20 percent of U.S. residents are projected to be aged 65 and over, compared with 13 percent in 2010, with increased racial and ethnic diversity. Lung function declines by aging and ... -
Body Image, Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors, and Experiences With Discrimination: Implications for Public Health Practice and Research
(2018-08-16)In recent years, a growing number of news outlets have reported incidents of racism and other forms discrimination in online dating, including on mobile dating apps. Discrimination in dating apps, however, is a phenomenon ... -
CA Quits: Redesigning the Health Care System to Combat California’s Smoking Disparities
(2018-09-26)Over the last fifty years, the adult smoking rate in the United States (US) declined dramatically, from 42 to 15.5 percent. Despite this success, smoking remains the single leading cause of preventable death and disease ... -
Can Creative Placemaking Be a Tool for Building Community Resilience?
(2018-05-09)Across the nation, heat waves, droughts and floods are becoming more frequent and severe, increasing risks to individuals and infrastructure. Simultaneously, amplified and rapid urbanization continue to increase pressure ... -
Cancer Epidemiology Used in Policy Questions
(2018-04-20)This dissertation sought to answer policy questions concerning cancer using techniques and skills from epidemiology for three studies. First, trends in cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) can help public ... -
The Cardiometabolic Effects of Work and Family Stress
(2015-04-23)Work and family stress is increasingly pervasive in today’s workforce, and studies reveal that it may be related to worse employee cardiovascular health. However, it is unclear whether the combined stress from work and ... -
Causal Mediation Analysis With Time-Varying and Multiple Mediators
(2016-05-03)The assessment of direct and indirect effects with time-varying and multiple mediators is a common but challenging problem, and standard mediation analysis approaches are generally not applicable in this context. This ... -
Changes to the Social Patterning of Economic Resources and the Distribution of Mental and Biological Health Markers
(2015-01-22)This dissertation examines the relationship between life course social mobility and socio-economic disparities in health using data from the Health and Retirement Study. Chapter 1 explores how eligibility for the Korean ... -
Checking all the boxes: Encouraging the adoption of behavioral science at an international organization through a recruitment pilot using asynchronous video interviews
(2022-01-28)Traditional recruitment practices are prone to unconscious biases that can disadvantage minority groups. To combat this, many organizations have publicly committed to more inclusive workplaces by changing their recruitment ... -
Child Nutrition: From School Nutrition Policy to Diet Quality
(2017-09-20)Overweight and obesity in children continues to be a concern in the US. Many factors play a role in this epidemic including decrease in physical activity, increase in sedentary time, and increase in the consumption of sugar ... -
Circadian Disruption, Mammographic Density and Risk of Breast Cancer
(2016-01-19)Humans are synchronized to the 24-hour day by the light-dark cycle of the environment. Through alteration of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the brain’s circadian pacemaker, exposure to light at night (LAN) influences ... -
Combating Non-Communicable Diseases Worldwide: What Role for Drug Research & Development?
(2018-04-27)The share of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rising disproportionately fast in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) compared to high-income countries (HIC). At the same time, drug Research & Development (R&D) ... -
Communication to Promote Healthier Behaviors – Understanding the Roles of Channels and Message Formats
(2016-09-27)Communication has been used to change people’s health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, and it is critical for improving people’s lives, especially those who are in a disadvantaged group. Many studies suggest that ... -
Community Perceptions of Hypertension and its Risk Factors and Community-Led Interventions to Address the Social Determinants of Hypertension in Mukono District, Uganda
(2022-04-19)According to WHO, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer are the leading causes of premature death globally. Cardiovascular diseases account for the most annual deaths ... -
Comparative Safety of Antiretroviral Drugs to Treat HIV During Pregnancy
(2017-01-23)Each year, nearly 1.5 million women with HIV become pregnant, and require antiretroviral treatment to reduce risk of perinatal transmission of the virus and improve their own health. The safety of currently approved ... -
Confounding Adjustment in Comparative Studies of Newly Marketed Medications
(2015-01-20)Observational studies of newly marketed medications can add important safety and effectiveness information to what is known from pre-approval randomized controlled trials. As new medications are often prescribed to select ... -
Convening with Purpose: An Impact Analysis of Malaria Related Advocacy in the Asia-Pacific
(2021-09-24)The Asia-Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) hosts their annual convening, Malaria Week, and the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM), annually. It was originated to be a space where leaders pledge to agreements presented ... -
Creating Healthy Nutrition Environments
(2016-05-03)The home nutrition environment and the consumer nutrition environment present two important settings for addressing the high prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adults. They provide the broader context ... -
Dairy Products and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes
(2018-09-07)The association between dairy fat intake and type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk remains unclear despite evidence from several studies examining the relationship between dairy product consumption stratified by fat content and risk ...