Search Results - "Gotway, Carol A."

A Bibliometric Analysis of U.S.-Based Research on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System by Khalil, George M., MPH, Gotway Crawford, Carol A., PhD

“…Background Since Alan Pritchard defined bibliometrics as “the application of statistical methods to media of communication” in 1969, bibliometric analyses have…”
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The role of geographic scale in testing the income inequality hypothesis as an explanation of health disparities by Chen, Zhuo, Gotway Crawford, Carol A.

“…This study re-examined the role of geographic scale in measuring income inequality and testing the income inequality hypothesis (IIH) as an explanation of…”
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Mental Health, Social Functioning, and Disability in Postwar Afghanistan by Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Bilukha, Oleg O, Crawford, Carol A. Gotway, Shaikh, Irshad, Wolfe, Mitchell I, Gerber, Michael L, Anderson, Mark

“…CONTEXT More than 2 decades of conflict have led to widespread human suffering and population displacement in Afghanistan. In 2002, the Centers for Disease…”
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Mental Health Symptoms Following War and Repression in Eastern Afghanistan by Scholte, Willem F, Olff, Miranda, Ventevogel, Peter, de Vries, Giel-Jan, Jansveld, Eveline, Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Crawford, Carol A. Gotway

“…CONTEXT Decades of armed conflict, suppression, and displacement resulted in a high prevalence of mental health symptoms throughout Afghanistan. Its Eastern…”
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EVALUATION OF VARIANCE ESTIMATORS FOR THE CONCENTRATION AND HEALTH ACHIEVEMENT INDICES: A MONTE CARLO SIMULATION by Chen, Zhuo, Roy, Kakoli, Gotway Crawford, Carol A.

“…SUMMARY Although the concentration index (CI) and the health achievement index (HAI) have been extensively used, previous studies have relied on bootstrapping…”
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A new source of data for public health surveillance: Facebook likes by Gittelman, Steven, Lange, Victor, Gotway Crawford, Carol A, Okoro, Catherine A, Lieb, Eugene, Dhingra, Satvinder S, Trimarchi, Elaine

“…Investigation into personal health has become focused on conditions at an increasingly local level, while response rates have declined and complicated the…”
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Exposures to Air Pollutants during Pregnancy and Preterm Delivery by Leem, Jong-Han, Kaplan, Brian M., Shim, Youn K., Pohl, Hana R., Gotway, Carol A., Bullard, Stevan M., Rogers, J. Felix, Smith, Melissa M., Tylenda, Carolyn A.

“…The association between preterm delivery (PTD) and exposure to air pollutants has recently become a major concern. We investigated this relationship in…”
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A Geostatistical Approach to Linking Geographically Aggregated Data From Different Sources by Gotway, Carol A, Young, Linda J

“…The widespread availability of digital spatial data and the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) make it possible to easily synthesize spatial…”
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Examining the Role of Gender in Career Advancement at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Chen, Zhuo, Roy, Kakoli, Gotway Crawford, Carol A

“…During the past decade, efforts to promote gender parity in the healing and public health professions have met with only partial success. We provide a critical…”
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Mental Health, Social Functioning, and Attitudes of Kosovar Albanians Following the War in Kosovo by Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Vergara, Alfredo, Agani, Ferid, Gotway, Carol A

“…CONTEXT The 1998-1999 war in Kosovo had a direct impact on large numbers of civilians. The mental health consequences of the conflict are not known. OBJECTIVES…”
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Mental health, social functioning, and feelings of hatred and revenge of Kosovar Albanians one year after the war in Kosovo by Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Kaiser, Reinhard, Gotway, Carol A., Agani, Ferid

“…A cross‐sectional cluster sample survey was conducted in June 2000 in Kosovo to assess the prevalence of mental health problems associated with traumatic…”
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Obesity Prevention: The Impact of Local Health Departments by Chen, Zhuo (Adam), Roy, Kakoli, Gotway Crawford, Carol A.

“…Objective To examine the association between bodyweight status and provision of population‐based prevention services. Data Sources The National Association of…”
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The Effect of the 1995 Heat Wave in Chicago on All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality by Kaiser, Reinhard, Le Tertre, Alain, Schwartz, Joel, Gotway, Carol A, Daley, W. Randolph, Rubin, Carol H

“…We sought to reexamine the effects of the 1995 Chicago heat wave on all-cause and cause-specific mortality, including mortality displacement, using advanced…”
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The Mental Health of Expatriate and Kosovar Albanian Humanitarian Aid Workers by Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Holtz, Timothy H., Kaiser, Reinhard, Gotway, Carol A., Ghitis, Frida, Toomey, Estelle, Salama, Peter

“…The mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events and the risk factors for psychological morbidity among expatriate and Kosovar Albanian…”
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Combining Incompatible Spatial Data by Gotway, Carol A, Young, Linda J

“…Global positioning systems (GPSs) and geographical information systems (GISs) have been widely used to collect and synthesize spatial data from a variety of…”
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Individual and Community-Level Determinants of Mental and Physical Health After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Findings from the Gulf States Population Survey by Fan, Amy Z., Prescott, Marta R., Zhao, Guixiang, Gotway, Carol A., Galea, Sandro

“…The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill had enormous consequences on the environment. Prevalence of mental and physical health conditions among Gulf residents…”
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pseudo‐penalized quasi‐likelihood approach to the spatial misalignment problem with non‐normal data by Lopiano, Kenneth K, Young, Linda J, Gotway, Carol A

“…Spatially referenced datasets arising from multiple sources are routinely combined to assess relationships among various outcomes and covariates. The…”
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Age adjustment of diabetes prevalence: use of 2010 U.S. Census data by Li, Chaoyang, Ford, Earl S, Zhao, Guixiang, Wen, Xiao-Jun, Gotway, Carol A

“…There is a growing interest in using the 2010 U.S. Census data for age adjustment after the Census data are officially released. This report discusses the…”
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Quantifying geographic variations in associations between alcohol distribution and violence: a comparison of geographically weighted regression and spatially varying coefficient models by Waller, Lance A., Zhu, Li, Gotway, Carol A., Gorman, Dennis M., Gruenewald, Paul J.

“…Past studies consistently indicate measurable local associations between alcohol distribution and the incidence of violence. These results, coupled with…”
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Mental health status of human rights workers, Kosovo, June 2000 by Holtz, Timothy H., Salama, Peter, Cardozo, Barbara Lopes, Gotway, Carol A.

“…Human righls workers in humanitarian relief settings may be exposed to traumatic events that put them at risk for psychiatric morbidity. We conducted a…”
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