Publications by authors named "E Bair"
Importance: People with disabilities experience pervasive health disparities driven by adverse social determinants of health, such as unemployment. Section 14(c) of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act has been a controversial policy that allows people with disabilities to be paid below the prevailing minimum wage, but its impact on employment remains unknown despite ongoing national debates about its repeal.
Objective: To estimate whether state-level repeal of Section 14(c) was associated with employment-related outcomes for people with cognitive disability.
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- - The study aimed to gather data on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men in Kenya, focusing on men engaged in transactional sex and heavy alcohol use to support better STI prevention efforts for both men and women.
- - A total of 1500 men aged 18-39 participated in the research, revealing significant STI rates: 9.5% for HIV, 38.7% for HSV-2, and higher rates for other bacterial STIs (CT: 14.3%, NG: 2.5%).
- - The findings showed that younger participants with more sexual and transactional partners had higher STI rates and lower condom use, emphasizing the need for targeted prevention strategies for this demographic.
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- - The study investigates the presence of microplastics (MPs) in snowfall across 11 sites in western coastal North America, highlighting the challenges of analyzing these small airborne particles.
- - Microplastics were detected in both fresh and months-old snow, with concentrations significantly varying based on proximity to contamination sources and snow depth.
- - The research introduces a new method for effectively measuring MPs in remote areas, enhancing knowledge of how these pollutants are transported over long distances through the atmosphere.
Three incidents that impacted two US newborn screening (NBS) programs highlight the importance of contingency planning for the continuity of operations (COOP). Other NBS programs may benefit from the experience of these state programs for their own contingency planning efforts. Through after-action reviews conducted post-incident, crucial elements for the successful management of an incident were identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Racial disparities in sleep health may mediate the broader health outcomes of structural racism.
Objective: To assess changes in sleep duration in the Black population after officer-involved killings of unarmed Black people, a cardinal manifestation of structural racism.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Two distinct difference-in-differences analyses examined the changes in sleep duration for the US non-Hispanic Black (hereafter, Black) population before vs after exposure to officer-involved killings of unarmed Black people, using data from adult respondents in the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS; 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018) and the American Time Use Survey (ATUS; 2013-2019) with data on officer-involved killings from the Mapping Police Violence database.