Publications by authors named "M M Maliniak"

Despite similar incidence rates, nationwide breast cancer mortality is 40% higher among non-Hispanic Black (NHB) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) women. The racial disparity persists even among women with early-stage disease, prognostically favorable subtypes, and indicators of high socioeconomic status and is not evenly distributed throughout the US. Understanding geographic differences may provide additional insight into the drivers of the disparity.

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Mortgage discrimination alters the distribution of investment, opportunity, and economic advantage-key contributors of health disparities. Leveraging Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, we assessed mortgage denial risk in 380 U.S.

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Article Synopsis
  • Neighborhood deprivation is linked to increased breast cancer mortality among White women, with mixed findings for Black women, suggesting a need to explore how various neighborhood factors impact this relationship.
  • The study aims to determine the association between neighborhood deprivation and breast cancer mortality in both Black and White women while considering factors like rurality, residential mobility, and racial composition.
  • Using data from the Georgia Cancer Registry, the study analyzes the health outcomes of nearly 37,000 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer from 2010 to 2017, utilizing advanced statistical methods to uncover significant patterns.
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Mortgage discrimination alters the distribution of investment, opportunity, and economic advantage-key contributors of health disparities. Leveraging Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, we assessed mortgage denial risk in 380 U.S.

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Importance: Inequities created by historical and contemporary mortgage discriminatory policies have implications for health disparities. The role of persistent mortgage discrimination (PMD) in breast cancer (BC) outcomes has not been studied.

Objective: To estimate the race-specific association of historical redlining (HRL) with the development of BC subtypes and late-stage disease and a novel measure of PMD in BC mortality.

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