Publications by authors named "Yufu Yan"

While empirical studies have observed that homeownership is associated with improved mental health conditions, research indicates that this relationship might vary by race. Moreover, such a White-Black disparity in the impacts of homeownership on mental health could be complexed by poverty status, as maintaining one's homeownership could be a financial burden for people living in poverty status, defined by the US official poverty threshold. We add to the existing literature by analyzing the impacts of homeownership on psychological distress, simultaneously disaggregating by race and poverty status using survey data from the Panel Study on Income Dynamics from the 2017 and 2019 waves (N = 7059).

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  • After 10 years of monitoring filariasis transmission in Jiangxi Province, only a small percentage of townships (29.5%) and population (3.7%) were surveyed, showing a decrease over time.
  • No cases of microfilaremia were detected in 8248 additionally tested individuals, nor were any filarial larvae found in over 103,000 dissected mosquitoes.
  • Overall, out of nearly 700,000 people studied, only 667 were chronic filariasis patients, providing strong evidence that Jiangxi Province has achieved filariasis elimination as per Ministry of Health standards.
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