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Improving Health Measures: Evidence From a List Experiment, Cognitive Interviews, and a Vignette Study
(2015-04-27)
Measuring health through surveys is challenging. Participants may respond in a socially favorable but untruthful way, and responses across respondents may be difficult to compare. List experiments and anchoring vignette ...
Essays on HIV and Malaria Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015-05-04)
Malaria and HIV are the two diseases that cause the most disability and loss of life in sub-Saharan Africa. Treatments play a critical role in ameliorating the impact of these diseases on patients and their communities. ...
Adiposity and Cancer Risk: A Life Course Approach
(2015-04-28)
Obesity is a risk factor for several cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC). I and my colleagues investigated adulthood weight change and body fat distribution and its change in relation to CRC risk in the Nurses’ ...
Prenatal Metals Exposure and Child Birth and Growth in Bangladesh
(2015-04-24)
The objective of this dissertation is to contribute to ongoing research on prenatal metals exposure, in terms of arsenic, lead, and manganese, and infant health and growth, and to deepen the understanding of the complexity ...
Evaluation of Strategies and Outcomes in Maternal and Child Health
(2015-05-01)
Maternal and child mortality, particularly during the neonatal period, are among the most challenging global health issues of this era. This burden disproportionately affects the poorest populations, across and within ...
Smoking and Obesity in a Social Context: What Is the Role of Stress?
(2015-09-30)
Background: Smoking and obesity are the leading causes of preventable death in the United States and known cancer risk factors, yet the patterning of these conditions within low-income and immigrant populations is not well ...
Social and Environmental Factors Related to Community Use in Massachusetts
(2015-09-29)
The majority of children in the United States do not attain the recommended sixty minutes of daily physical activity. Opening up school facilities outside of school hours for use by the community has been suggested to ...
HIV Risk Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Cape Town, South Africa: the Role of Economic Support and Employment
(2015-09-29)
This three-paper dissertation examined the association between social and economic factors and HIV risk behavior among adolescents and young adults in Cape Town, South Africa. Studies in South Africa have demonstrated an ...
Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(2015-09-29)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive debilitating disease of the upper and lower motor neurons. Median survival of ALS patients is consistently estimated at between 2-3 years from symptom onset, with some ...
Determinants of Global Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality
(2015-04-23)
In 2013, approximately 289,000 women died from pregnancy-related causes and 2.8 million newborns died within the first 28 days of life. The vast majority of these deaths occur in resource-limited settings. This work examines ...