Publications by authors named "L L Rand"
Context: Vaccine hesitancy is associated with political and institutional distrust, but there is little research on how people's trust responds to political events. We revisit the fall of 2020 when evaluation of new COVID-19 vaccines collided with an impending national election. Drawing on a political Bayesian perspective, we assess abrupt changes in attention to political events and test hypotheses on subpopulation response: (1) partisan, (2) educational, and (3) ethnic and racial.
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- Preterm birth (PTB) is a significant cause of infant health issues in the US, influenced by racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities, indicating a need for further research to understand risk factors.
- Over the past decade, a study analyzed singleton live births in California to examine PTB rates among various racial and ethnic groups and insurance types, finding notable variations.
- The overall PTB rate increased from 6.8% to 7.5% between 2011 and 2022, with the rates varying significantly among different racial groups, showing higher rates in Black individuals with public insurance compared to White individuals with nonpublic insurance.
Importance: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a major cause of infant death in the US. Previous research suggests that inborn errors of metabolism may contribute to SIDS, yet the relationship between SIDS and biomarkers of metabolism remains unclear.
Objective: To evaluate and model the association between routinely measured newborn metabolic markers and SIDS in combination with established risk factors for SIDS.