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J Interpers Violence
January 2025
School of Social Work, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Prior research has linked the social determinants of health, such as food insecurity and housing instability, to experiences of interpersonal violence. However, little is known about how the social determinants of health are related to the risk for interpersonal violence among Black Americans living in rural, high-poverty communities in the Deep South. The intersection of rurality, racialized identity, and economic hardship makes this population particularly vulnerable to interpersonal violence, yet this population is underrepresented in the literature.
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February 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California.
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Mississippi adults. Social determinants of health are significant contributors to cardiovascular disease risk and associated mortality as well as health disparities. The authors examined the association between a summary measure of social determinants of health and cardiovascular disease among Mississippi adults.
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September 2024
Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Background: Food insecurity is associated with poor health outcomes; however, the connection with cancer care is not well understood. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of county-level food insecurity on the surgical management and survival of patients with esophageal cancer.
Methods: Patients with stage I to III esophageal cancer were identified from Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results data (2010-2016).
Public Health Nutr
January 2025
Department of Anthropology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Objective: Explore the relationship between water insecurity and food security and their covariates in Mexican households.
Design: A cross-sectional study with nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey-Continuous 2021 (in Spanish, ENSANUT-Continua 2021), collected data from 12,619 households.
Setting: Water insecurity was measured using the Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale in Spanish and adapted to the Mexican context.
J Gen Intern Med
January 2025
MD/PhD Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Background: Diversity in the physician workforce is critical for quality patient care. Students from low-income backgrounds represent an increasing proportion of medical school matriculants, yet little research has addressed their medical school experiences.
Objective: To explore the medical school experiences of students from low-income backgrounds using a modified version of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (physiologic, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization) as a theoretical framework.
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