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Sleep Health among Community-Recruited Opioid-Using People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Avaion Ruth, Siddhi S. Ganesh, Pooja Shah, Erin E. Gould, Katrina Ninh, Rachel Carmen Ceasar, Dustin T. Duncan, Ricky N. Bluthenthal
Chronic insufficient and poor-quality sleep are linked to hypertension, diabetes, depression, heart attack, and stroke. While studies on substance use and sleep typically focus on people in or entering treatment, there is a lack of research on sleep health among community-recruited people who inject drugs (PWID). To address this literature gap, we examined factors associated with insufficient and poor-quality
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Assessing the Burden of Electrical, Elevator, Heat, Hot Water, and Water Service Interruptions in New York City Public Housing J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Nina M. Flores, Diana Hernández, Carolyn A. Fahey, Lonnie J. Portis, Joan A. Casey
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Meeting Social Needs in a Crisis Context: Lessons Learned from Integrating the ‘Take Care Initiative’ into New York City’s Testing and Contact Tracing Program J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-12 Rachel E. Massar, Margaret M. Paul, Lorraine Kwok, Michelle M. Chau, Rita Larson, Nadia Islam, Lorna E. Thorpe, Stefanie Bendik, Anna Bershteyn, Carolyn A. Berry
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of addressing social needs in a crisis context. Some US jurisdictions integrated a social service component into case investigation and contact tracing (CI/CT) programs, including the New York City (NYC) Test & Trace (T2) Program; the Take Care initiative referred NYC residents who tested positive or were exposed to COVID-19 to services to support isolation
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Neighborhood Safety Concerns and the Onset of Depressive Symptoms Among Women: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study in South Korea J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Seong-Uk Baek, Yu-Min Lee, Jong-Uk Won, Jin-Ha Yoon
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Considering Residents’ Health and Well-Being in the Process of Social Housing Redevelopment: A Rapid Scoping Literature Review J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Jinhee Kim, Jennifer Green, Erica McIntyre, Christopher Standen
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Strategies to Reduce Frequent Emergency Department Use among Persons Experiencing Homelessness with Mental Health Conditions: a Scoping Review J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Rebekah A. Davis, Max Lookabaugh, Kimberly Christnacht, Robert Stegman
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Virtual Assessment of Physical Activity–Related Built Environment in Soweto, South Africa: What Is the Role of Contextual Familiarity? J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Motlatso Godongwana, Khulu Gama, Vongani Maluleke, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Damilola Odekunle, Yves Florent Wasnyo, Boris Elouna, Edwin Ngwa, Adalberto Lopes, Muhammad Rabiu Balarabe, Eva Coringrato, Alice McGushin, Tolu Oni, Louise Foley, Tiago Canelas
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Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Predominance, Child Opportunity, and Violence-Related Mortality among Children and Adolescents in Chicago J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Gwyneth A. Sullivan, Yao Tian, Regina Royan, Lynn Wei Huang, Kelsey J. Rydland, Selwyn O. Rogers, Rashmi Kabre, Maryann Mason, Mehul V. Raval, Anne M. Stey
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Detainer Requests Issued by ICE and Fair/Poor Self-Rated Health among Latines in the U.S., 2017–2020 J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Alexandra Eastus, Amy H. Auchincloss, M. Pia Chaparro, Sofia Argibay, Caroline Kravitz, Brent A. Langellier
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issues detainer requests to local law enforcement agencies to hold detainees suspected of being undocumented immigrants until they can be transferred into ICE custody. We examined the association between area-level detainer requests and self-rated health among Latine adults. We linked health data from Latine adults included in the 2017–2020 Behavioral
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County-level Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Physical Activity Behavior among US Adults J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-10 Yangyang Deng, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Breanna Rogers, Kelly K. Jones, Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Shreya Patel, David Berrigan, Charles E. Matthews, Kosuke Tamura
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Predicting Short Time-to-Crime Guns: a Machine Learning Analysis of California Transaction Records (2010–2021) J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Hannah S. Laqueur, Colette Smirniotis, Christopher McCort
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Lasting Legacy: The Enduring Relationship Between Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants and Health and Wellbeing J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Kristine West, Elizabeth M. Allen, Rachel Neiwert, Ava LaPlante, Anchee Nitschke Durben, Victoria Delgado-Palma
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A Framework for Measuring Neighborhood Walkability for Older Adults—A Delphi Consensus Study J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Daniela Koller, Malte Bödeker, Ulrike Dapp, Eva Grill, Judith Fuchs, Werner Maier, Ralf Strobl
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Inequalities and Trends in Under-Five Mortality Between Formal and Informal Areas in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Bruno Yempabou Lankoandé, Yacouba Compaoré, Kassoum Dianou, Souleymane Sanogo, Abdramane Soura, Abdoulaye Maïga, Agbessi Amouzou
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Lessons Learned from the Launch and Implementation of the COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program in New York City: a Qualitative Study J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Margaret M. Paul, Lorraine Kwok, Rachel E. Massar, Michelle Chau, Rita Larson, Stefanie Bendik, Lorna E. Thorpe, Anna Bershteyn, Nadia Islam, Carolyn A. Berry
On June 1, 2020, NYC Health + Hospitals, in partnership with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, other city agencies, and a large network of community partners, launched the New York City Test & Trace (T2) COVID-19 response program to identify and isolate cases, reduce transmission through contact tracing, and provide support to residents during isolation or quarantine periods. In this
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Cross-State Relationship of Firearm Violence Between Police and Civilians: Gun Ownership as a Common Denominator J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Vageesh Jain, David Hemenway
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Historical Bias in Mortgage Lending, Redlining, and Implications for the Uncertain Geographic Context Problem: A Study of Structural Housing Discrimination in Dallas and Boston J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 Alaina M. Beauchamp, Jasmin A. Tiro, Jennifer S. Haas, Sarah C. Kobrin, Margarita Alegria, Amy E. Hughes
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Association of Victimization by Sex among Public Facing Bus and Subway Transit Workers, New York City J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 David Vlahov, Daniel Hagen, Michael Cziner, Alexis Merdjanoff, Martin F. Sherman, Robyn R. Gershon
Federal data indicate that assaults on transit workers resulting in fatalities or hospitalizations tripled between 2008 and 2022. The data indicated a peri-pandemic surge of assault-related fatalities and hospitalizations, but assaults with less dire outcomes were not recorded. In collaboration with the Transport Workers Union, Local 100, we conducted an online survey in late 2023 through early 2024
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Smartphone GPS-Based Exposure to Greenspace and Walkability and Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Early Postpartum—Evidence from the MADRES Cohort J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-15 Li Yi, Rima Habre, Tyler B. Mason, Yan Xu, Jane Cabison, Marisela Rosales, Daniel Chu, Thomas A. Chavez, Mark Johnson, Sandrah P. Eckel, Theresa M. Bastain, Carrie V. Breton, John P. Wilson, Genevieve F. Dunton
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Summer Heat, Historic Redlining, and Neighborhood Walking among Older Adults: 2017 National Household Travel Survey J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Diana Mitsova, Lilah M. Besser, Elaine T. Le
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Are Neighborhood Greenspaces Associated with Leisure-time Physical Activity? Results from ELSA-Brasil Eight-year Follow-up J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Luciene Fátima Fernandes Almeida, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Maria Conceição Chagas Almeida, Isabela Judith Bensenor, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Maria Del Carmen Bisi Molina, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Luana Giatti
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Drug Overdose Death Following Substance Use Disorder Treatment Termination in New York City: A Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Ashly E. Jordan, Gail Jette, Jason K. Graham, Constance Burke, Chinazo O. Cunningham
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Gun Violence Exposure and Quality of Life in Nine US States J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Jennifer Paruk, Daniel Semenza
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Participatory Systems Thinking to Elucidate Drivers of Food Access and Diet Disparities among Minoritized Urban Populations J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Brent A. Langellier, Sofia Argibay, Rosie Mae Henson, Caroline Kravitz, Alexandra Eastus, Ivana Stankov, Irene Headen
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Who Benefits? A Mixed Methods Study Assessing Community Use of a Major Metropolitan Park During the COVID-19 Pandemic J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Áine O’Connor, Eugen Resendiz, Leah Nason, Amy A. Eyler, Ross C. Brownson, Rodrigo S. Reis, Ann Banchoff, Abby C. King, Deborah Salvo
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The "15-Minute City" Concept in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change. J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 David Vlahov,Ann Kurth
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Urban Scaling Functions: Emission, Pollution and Health J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Caterina A. M. La Porta, Stefano Zapperi
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Associations between Individual- and Structural-Level Racism and Gestational Age at Birth in the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Veronica Barcelona, LinQin Chen, Yihong Zhao, Goleen Samari, Catherine Monk, Rebecca McNeil, Andrea Baccarelli, Ronald Wapner
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The U-shape Association between Population Agglomeration and Individual Depression: the Role of Dialect Diversity J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Jiatong Han, Kai Zhang, Han Lin, Le Chang, Juan Tu, Qiang Mai
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The Cumulative Impact of Unmet Essential Needs on Indicators of Attrition: Findings from a Public University Population-Based Sample of Students in the Bronx, NY J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Jenna Sanborn, Heidi E. Jones, Meredith Manze, Tara Twiste, Nicholas Freudenberg
In recent decades, a growing proportion of college students have experienced financial stress, resulting in unmet essential needs including food insecurity, housing instability, lack of healthcare access, and inadequate mental health treatment. Given that urban-based public universities constitute a substantial proportion of the US college student population, understanding how unmet needs affect academic
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Exposure to Crime and Racial Birth Outcome Disparities J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Nicholas Mark, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa
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Neighborhood Racial Composition and Unequal Exposure to Violent Crime in Everyday Contexts J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Karl Vachuska
Exposure to violence is a critical aspect of contemporary racial inequality in the United States. While extensive research has examined variations in violent crime rates across neighborhoods, less attention has been given to understanding individuals’ everyday exposure to violent crimes. This study investigates patterns of exposure to violent crimes among neighborhood residents using cell phone mobility
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Research Translation to Promote Urban Health in Latin America: The SALURBAL Experience J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 S. Claire Slesinski, Katherine Indvik, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez, Andrea Bolinaga, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Francisco Diez-Canseco, J. Jaime Miranda, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Olga L. Sarmiento, José G. Siri, Alejandra Vives Vergara, Ana V. Diez Roux
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Still Separate, Still Not Equal: An Ecological Examination of Redlining and Racial Segregation with COVID-19 Vaccination Administration in Washington D.C. J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Kristen M. Brown, Jessica Lewis-Owona, Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Amanda Onwuka, Sharon K. Davis
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Interplay of Physical, Psychological, and Social Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Five European Countries: A Longitudinal Study J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Lizhen Ye, Amy van Grieken, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, Shuang Zhou, Gary Clough, Athina Markaki, Lovorka Bilajac, Hein Raat
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To What Extent Are Informal Healthcare Providers in Slums Linked to the Formal Health System in Providing Services in Sub-Sahara Africa? A 12-Year Scoping Review J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Aloysius Odii, Ifeyinwa Arize, Prince Agwu, Chinyere Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe
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Historical Structural Racism in the Built Environment and Physical Health among Residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Emily J. Jones, Brianna N. Natale, Lorraine R. Blatt, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Portia Miller, Anna L. Marsland, Richard C. Sadler
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Development of Neighborhood Trajectories Employing Historic Redlining and the Area Deprivation Index J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Heather A. Carlos, Julie E. Weiss, Benjamin Carter, Ellesse-Roselee L. Akré, Adrian Diaz, Andrew P. Loehrer
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Structural Determinants of Health and Markers of Immune Activation and Systemic Inflammation in Sexual Minority Men With and Without HIV J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Delaram Ghanooni, Annesa Flentje, Sabina Hirshfield, Keith J. Horvath, Patricia I. Moreno, Audrey Harkness, Emily J. Ross, Samantha E. Dilworth, Savita Pahwa, Suresh Pallikkuth, Adam W. Carrico
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A Statistical Analysis of the Impact of Gun Ownership on Mass Shootings in the USA Between 2013 and 2022 J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Madison Daraklis, Mehul Pol, Lindsey Johnson, Cianna Salvatora, Lucy Kerns
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Neighborhood Safety and Neighborhood Police Violence Are Associated with Psychological Distress among English- and Spanish-Speaking Transgender Women of Color in New York City: Finding from the TURNNT Cohort Study J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Dustin T. Duncan, Su Hyun Park, Christoffer Dharma, Gerard Torrats-Espinosa, Jessica Contreras, Roberta Scheinmann, Kim Watson, Cristina Herrera, John A. Schneider, Maria Khan, Sahnah Lim, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Asa Radix
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Relationship between Civilian Injuries Caused during Contact with Law Enforcement and Community-Level Sociodemographic Characteristics J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Chibuzor Abasilim, Lee S. Friedman, Brett Shannon, Alfreda Holloway-Beth
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The Development and the Assessment of Sampling Methods for Hard-to-Reach Populations in HIV Surveillance J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Peng Wang, Chongyi Wei, Willi McFarland, Henry F. Raymond
Due to stigma or legal issues, populations with higher HIV risk are often hard to reach, which impedes accurate population estimation of HIV burden. To better sample hard-to-reach populations (HTRPs) for HIV surveillance, various sampling methods have been designed and/or used since HIV epidemic following the first reported AIDS cases in 1981. This paper describes the development and the assessment
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Community-Academic Partnership to Assess the Role of Physical Disinvestment on Firearm Violence in Toledo, OH J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Emma L. Gause, Suzanne G. McLone, Malcolm Cunningham, Jonathan Jay
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Erosion of the Capital City Advantage in Child Survival and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Intervention Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Agbessi Amouzou, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Fernando C. Wehrmeister, Leonardo Z. Ferreira, Safia S. Jiwani, Sethson Kassegne, Abdoulaye Maïga, Cheikh M. Faye, Tome Ca, Ties Boerma
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“I am a survivor!”: Violently Injured Black Men’s Perceptions of Labeling After a Violent Firearm Injury J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Nazsa S. Baker, Cortney VanHook, Devon Ziminski, Jordan Costa, Michael Mitchell, Nakita Lovelady
Self-appraisal after a life-altering event is a critical process for individuals, often comprised by assigned labels that may not align with an individuals’ perceptions of themselves or of their situation. Existing research within this victim-survivor dichotomy largely rests in the interpersonal violence space, with a victim assuming legal recourse and wrongdoing, and a survivor associating with positive
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Exploring the “Urban Advantage” in Access to Immunization Services: A Comparison of Zero-Dose Prevalence Between Rural, and Poor and Non-poor Urban Households Across 97 Low- and Middle-Income Countries J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Thiago M. Santos, Bianca O. Cata-Preta, Andrea Wendt, Luisa Arroyave, Cauane Blumenberg, Tewodaj Mengistu, Daniel R. Hogan, Cesar G. Victora, Aluisio J. D. Barros
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Firearm Violence Exposure and Functional Disability among Black Men and Women in the United States J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Daniel C. Semenza, Nazsa S. Baker, Christopher St. Vil
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Investigating the Black Birth Experience: A Race-Stratified Analysis of Preterm Birth Risk and Exposure to Metropolitan Statistical Area-Level Police-Related Deaths, US 2018–2019 J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Lauren Dyer, Jé Judson, Jaquelyn L. Jahn, Maeve Wallace
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Psychophysiological Impact of Touching Landscape Grass among Older Adults J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Ahmad Hassan, Zhang Deshun
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Area-Level Social Vulnerability and Severe COVID-19: A Case–Control Study Using Electronic Health Records from Multiple Health Systems in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Region J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Pricila H. Mullachery, Usama Bilal, Ran Li, Leslie A. McClure
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Advancing Health Equity through 15-min Cities and Chrono-urbanism J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 David Rojas-Rueda, Michelle Norberciak, Emily Morales-Zamora
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Trends in Suicidality and Bullying among New York City Adolescents across Race and Sexual Identity: 2009–2019 J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Devin English, Elizabeth Kelman, Nneka Lundy De La Cruz, Azure B. Thompson, Karolyn Le, Marné Garretson, Aishwarya L. Viswanath, Diksha Brahmbhatt, Cynthia Lockwood, Danielle R. Busby, Marivel Davila
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Individual and Interactive Effects of Housing and Neighborhood Quality on Mental Health in Hong Kong: A Retrospective Cohort Study J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Corine Sau Man Wong, Wai Chi Chan, Natalie Wing Tung Chu, Wing Yan Law, Harriet Wing Yu Tang, Ting Yat Wong, Eric Yu Hai Chen, Linda Chiu Wa Lam
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Standardizing Portions in Restaurants J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Deborah A. Cohen, Melissa Preciado, Allison Voorhees, Amorette Castillo, Monica Montes, Titilola Labisi, Kelly Lopez, Christina Economos, Mary Story
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A Price Too High: Injury and Assault among Delivery Gig Workers in New York City J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Zoey Laskaris, Mustafa Hussein, Jim P. Stimpson, Emilia F. Vignola, Zach Shahn, Nevin Cohen, Sherry Baron
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Association Between Household Deprivation and Living in Informal Settlements and Incidence of Diarrhea in Children Under 5 in Eleven Latin American Cities J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Victoria Alpaugh, Ana Ortigoza, Ariela Braverman Bronstein, Carolina Pérez-Ferrer, Nicolle Wagner-Gutierrez, Natalia Pacifico, Alex Ezeh, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Gina Lovasi, Usama Bilal
Diarrhea is a leading cause of death in children globally, mostly due to inadequate sanitary conditions and overcrowding. Poor housing quality and lack of tenure security that characterize informal settlements are key underlying contributors to these risk factors for childhood diarrhea deaths. The objective of this study is to better understand the physical attributes of informal settlement households
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Cash Transfers and After-School Programs: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Young Men at Risk of Violence Exposure in Wilmington, Delaware J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Christina Plerhoples Stacy, Daniel Teles, Jorge González-Hermoso, Fay Walker, Anna Morgan, Steven Huettner, Rachel L. J. Thornton, Pamela A. Matson
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Actual and Virtual Parks Benefit Quality of Life and Physical Activity: A Cluster Trial J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Hsin-Yen Yen, Hao-Yun Huang
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Characterizing Multisystem Barriers to Women’s Residential SUD Treatment: A Multisite Qualitative Analysis in Los Angeles J. Urban Health (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Dean Rivera, Benjamin F. Henwood, Steve Sussman, Suzanne Wenzel, Anindita Dasgupta, Aimee N. C. Campbell, Elwin Wu, Hortensia Amaro