scholarly journals Blood pressure control and mortality in US- and foreign-born blacks in New York City

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 956-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Gyamfi ◽  
Mark Butler ◽  
Stephen K. Williams ◽  
Charles Agyemang ◽  
Lloyd Gyamfi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
York City ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Foreign Born

scholarly journals Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Self-Reported Hypertension Among US- and Foreign-Born Blacks in New York City

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 904-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. White ◽  
L. N. Borrell ◽  
D. W. Wong ◽  
S. Galea ◽  
G. Ogedegbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
York City ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Ethnic Residential Segregation ◽  
Racial Ethnic

scholarly journals Residential and GPS-Defined Activity Space Neighborhood Noise Complaints, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York City

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 974-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Tamura ◽  
Brian Elbel ◽  
Basile Chaix ◽  
Seann D. Regan ◽  
Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Low Income ◽  
York City ◽  
Activity Space ◽  
Low Income Housing

Foreign-Born Blacks Experience Lower Odds of Obesity but Higher Odds of Diabetes than US-Born Blacks in New York City

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margrethe F. Horlyck-Romanovsky ◽  
Katarzyna Wyka ◽  
Sandra E. Echeverria ◽  
May May Leung ◽  
Melissa Fuster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Lower Odds

Immigrant and Native-Born Differences in School Stability and Special Education: Evidence from New York City

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Conger ◽  
Amy Ellen Schwartz ◽  
Leanna Stiefel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Special Education ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
School System ◽  
First Graders ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Education Participation

Using the literature on achievement differences as a framework and motivation, along with data on New York City students, we examine nativity differences in students' rates of attendance, school mobility, school system exit, and special education participation. The results indicate that, holding demographic and school characteristics constant, foreign-born have higher attendance rates and lower rates of participation in special education than native-born. Among first graders, immigrants are also more likely to transfer schools and exit the school system between years than native-born, yet the patterns are different among older students. We also identify large variation according to birth region.

A Survey of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Laboratory Healthcare Workers in New York City

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 801-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Garber ◽  
Pablo San Gabriel ◽  
Lauren Lambert ◽  
Lisa Saiman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Latent Tuberculosis ◽  
Skin Tests ◽  
First Year ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
History Of ◽  
Latent Tb Infection

AbstractObjective:To determine the prevalence of positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs), incidence of TST conversion, risk factors for positive TSTs, and history of active TB among HCWs in microbiology laboratories in New York City.Design:Two-year survey from May 1999 to June 2001.Setting:Nineteen microbiology laboratories.Results:During the first year, interviews were conducted with 345 laboratory HCWs (mean, 18 HCWs per site; range, 2 to 51) to assess the prevalence of positive TSTs, but 3 (1%) could not recall their result and were excluded from further analyses. The mean age of the remaining 342 HCWs was 48 years; 68% (n = 233) were female, 54% (n = 183) received bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination, and 71% (n = 244) were foreign born. The prevalence of a positive TST was 57% (n = 196), but only 20% (n = 39) of the HCWs received isoniazid. The incidence of TST conversion in the second year of the study was 1% (1 of 108). Multivariate analysis identified age (odds ratio [OR] per year, 1.05; 95% confidence interval [CI95], 1.02–1.08), foreign birth (OR, 3.80; CI95, 1.98–7.28), BCG immunization (OR, 4.89; CI95, 2.72–8.80), and employment in a mycobacteriology laboratory (OR, 2.14; CI95, 1.25–3.68) as risk factors for a positive TST. Only one HCW had been treated for active TB.Conclusions:The prevalence of positive TSTs was high among laboratory HCWs, but the TST conversion rate was low. Higher rates of treatment for latent TB infection are desirable.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization and Death in New York City Neighborhoods

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Anna Gu ◽  
Hira Shafeeq ◽  
Ting Chen ◽  
Preety Gadhoke
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Community Intervention ◽  
City Government ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
City Community ◽  
Greenwich Village ◽  
Large Populations ◽  
Using Data

Background: A key to an effective Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Community Intervention is to understand populations who are most vulnerable to it. We aimed at evaluating characteristics of New York City communities where rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases were particularly high. Methods: The study outcomes - neighborhood-specific confirmed COVID-19 cases, positive tests, and COVID-19 attributable deaths were calculated using data extracted from the New York City government health website, which were linked to results from Community Health Survey. Distributions of study outcomes across New York City community districts and their associations with neighborhood characteristics were examined using Jonckheere-Terpstra tests. Results: As of May 21, 2010, rates of confirmed cases ranged from 0.8% (Greenwich Village and Soho) to 3.9% (Jackson Heights), and the rates of attributable death from to 0.6‰ (Greenwich Village and Soho) to 4.2‰ (Coney Island). Higher percentages of black, Hispanic and foreign-born populations, lower educational attainment, poverty, lack of health insurance, and suboptimal quality of health care were all factors found to be correlated with increased rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases.  Conclusions: The epidemiology of COVID-19 exhibited great variations among neighborhoods in New York City. Community interventions aimed at COVID-19 prevention and mitigation should place high priorities in areas with large populations of blacks and Hispanics and economically disadvantages areas.

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