2025
Pediatric Nonfatal Firearm Injury Health Care Utilization.
Du J, Andrews A, Gastineau K, Lee L, Ranney M, Sacks C, Song Z, Fleegler E, Pulcini C. Pediatric Nonfatal Firearm Injury Health Care Utilization. 2025, 156 PMID: 40555422, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-070424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirearm injuriesHealth care outcomesHealth care useHealth care utilizationMental health diagnosesPediatric firearm injuriesHealth care spendingCare outcomesCare useInjury preventionCare utilizationPostinjury careInjured childrenHealth diagnosisCare spendingPrevention effortsHealth impactsIntervention effortsHealthLongitudinal researchChildrenPostinjuryCost-effectiveFirearmUnited StatesStatistical Methods for Chemical Mixtures: A Roadmap for Practitioners Using Simulation Studies and a Sample Data Analysis in the PROTECT Cohort
Hao W, Cathey A, Aung M, Boss J, Meeker J, Mukherjee B. Statistical Methods for Chemical Mixtures: A Roadmap for Practitioners Using Simulation Studies and a Sample Data Analysis in the PROTECT Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives 2025, 133: 067019. PMID: 40392783, PMCID: PMC12178341, DOI: 10.1289/ehp15305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental risk scoreMixtures researchBirth outcomesSummary scoreSimulation studyBirth cohortIllustrative data analysisData analysisPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsRisk scoreBinary outcomesEpidemiological studiesHealth impactsRisk stratificationCumulative measureInferential goalsIntegrated R packagePractitionersChemical mixturesImprove risk stratificationPROTECT cohortSimulation settingsCohortScoresExposure to chemical mixturesFire Smoke Elevated the Carbonaceous PM2.5 Concentration and Mortality Burden in the Contiguous U.S. and Southern Canada
Jin Z, Ferrada G, Zhang D, Scovronick N, Fu J, Chen K, Liu Y. Fire Smoke Elevated the Carbonaceous PM2.5 Concentration and Mortality Burden in the Contiguous U.S. and Southern Canada. Environmental Science And Technology 2025, 59: 12196-12210. PMID: 40504638, PMCID: PMC12199464, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c01641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWildland fire smokeElemental carbonOrganic carbonContiguous U.S.Fire smokeSouthern CanadaImpact of fine particulate matterFine particulate matterBackground air qualityHealth impactsNon-accidental deathsPrescribed firePM2.5 concentrationsWildfire seasonFuture health burdenParticulate matterAir qualityWildlandMonetized damagesSouthwestern CanadaMonthly scaleFireModel resultsWildfireCanadaHuman Health Impacts of Energy Transitions across the United States among Sociodemographic Subpopulations for the Year 2050
Stewart R, Kim H, Choi H, Song Y, Zhang Y, Gillingham K, Esty D, Hobbs B, Bell M. Human Health Impacts of Energy Transitions across the United States among Sociodemographic Subpopulations for the Year 2050. Environmental Science And Technology 2025, 59: 11995-12007. PMID: 40498102, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c14326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman health impactsConcentration-response functionsAmbient fine particlesImprove air qualityMonetized health benefitsGreenhouse gas emissionsEnvironmental health inequalitiesBaseline incidence ratePollution levelsAir qualityContiguous United StatesFine particlesHealth impactsGas emissionsMitigation strategiesSensitive to assumptionsFossil fuel productionPopulation projectionsFuel productionEconomic benefitsCobenefitsEnergy scenariosPollutionHealth benefitsEnergy transition policiesToward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here?
BURGESS R, SREBOTNJAK T, LIN C, GRIERSON L, ESTY D, RANSOME Y, FREUDENBERG N. Toward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here? Milbank Quarterly 2025, 103: 254-315. PMID: 40415397, PMCID: PMC12185374, DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEstimating the urban heat-related mortality burden due to greenness: a global modelling study
Wu Y, Wen B, Ye T, Huang W, Liu Y, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Tong S, Lavigne E, Roye D, Achilleos S, Ryti N, Pascal M, Zeka A, de'Donato F, da Silva S, Madureira J, Mistry M, Armstrong B, Bell M, Schwartz J, Guo Y, Li S, Network M. Estimating the urban heat-related mortality burden due to greenness: a global modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2025 PMID: 40318693, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(25)00062-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeat-mortality associationsEnhanced Vegetation IndexHeat-related deathsMortality burdenIncreased greennessMeta-regression modelsGlobal model studiesUrban areasCollaborative research networksModeling studiesHeat-related mortalityMeta-analytic approachDaily mortalityHealth impactsResearch NetworkHealth impacts of heat exposureRandom forest modelPublic health threatVegetation indexWarm seasonMulti-countryMean temperatureImpact of heat exposureDaily temperatureMitigation strategiesFloods and cause-specific mortality in the United States applying a triply robust approach
Chu L, Warren J, Spatz E, Lowe S, Lu Y, Ma X, Ross J, Krumholz H, Chen K. Floods and cause-specific mortality in the United States applying a triply robust approach. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 2853. PMID: 40122917, PMCID: PMC11930965, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58236-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCDC's National Center for Health StatisticsNational Center for Health StatisticsCause-specific mortality ratesCenter for Health StatisticsCause-specific mortalityHealth impacts of floodingExcess all-cause deathsLong-term health risksFlood daysLong-term associationDeath recordsHealth StatisticsConfounder adjustmentExternal causesStorm Events DatabaseAll-cause deathHealth impactsImpact of floodsPropensity scorePost‐flood yearMortality rateMyocardial infarctionPost-floodContiguous U.S.Respiratory diseaseTemporal trends in the association between temperature and firearm mortality
Choi H, Heo S, Bell M. Temporal trends in the association between temperature and firearm mortality. Environmental Research 2025, 275: 121384. PMID: 40081650, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirearm mortalityPublic health initiativesLow socioeconomic statusConditional logistic regressionFirearm mortality dataFirearm death ratesHealth inequalitiesMortality trendsAttributable fractionHealth initiativesCase-crossoverMortality dataSocioeconomic statusRacial/ethnic groupsTargeted interventionsBlack/African AmericanStratified analysisVulnerable populationsLogistic regressionWhite populationHealth impactsDeath rateFirearm deathsRace/ethnicityTemporal trendsTransparency in United States healthcare sustainability: a scoping review
Locke S, Hadley C, Sherman J, Hantel A, Senay E. Transparency in United States healthcare sustainability: a scoping review. Environmental Research Health 2025, 3: 022001. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/adb06d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare sustainabilitySustainability initiativesEnvironmental sustainability practicesNon-peer-reviewed literatureHealth care administratorsBusiness of healthcareCorporate reportingPublic health impactIntegrate sustainabilitySustainable practicesScoping ReviewCare administratorsHealthcare literatureSustainability dataU.S. healthcareThematic analysisIndependent reviewersOvid MEDLINEHealthcareInclusion criteriaGreenwashingTransparent reportingBody of researchHealth impactsGrowing body of researchCumulative disaster exposure and hypertension among mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina
Meadows M, Desai M, Zacher M, Lowe S. Cumulative disaster exposure and hypertension among mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Environmental Research Health 2025, 3: 025005. PMID: 39968533, PMCID: PMC11831098, DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/adb32c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychological distressHurricane exposureAdverse physical health outcomesDisaster exposurePhysical health outcomesLow-income mothersImpact mental healthShort-term health impactsHurricane KatrinaExposure to hypertensionHealth outcomesChronic conditionsPhysical healthMental healthHypertension oddsHypertension riskIncreased oddsVulnerable populationsSurvey wavesLogistic regressionCumulative exposureHealth impactsPotential mediatorsExposure to hurricanesPost-KatrinaIndicators from The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Perspectives and Experience of City Leaders from 118 Cities
Ickovics J, Astbury K, Campbell M, Carrión D, James H, Sinha N, Ong A, Dubrow R, Seto K, Vlahov D. Indicators from The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Perspectives and Experience of City Leaders from 118 Cities. Journal Of Urban Health 2025, 102: 201-209. PMID: 39762690, PMCID: PMC11865389, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00952-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir pollutionClimate changeHealth Co-BenefitsGlobal greenhouse gas emissionsMonitor air qualityGreenhouse gas emissionsCity leadersAir qualityCo-benefitsLancet CountdownClimate resilience planningMitigation actionsRapid urbanizationHealth impactsGas emissionsHealth hazardsPromote social equityUrban areasPollutionCross-sector collaborationClimateEnhance resilienceEssential resourcesHigher concernPolitical engagement
2024
Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico
Meadows M, Serino N, Camacho-Monclova D, Joshipura K, Lowe S. Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico. The Journal Of Climate Change And Health 2024, 21: 100365. PMID: 40026672, PMCID: PMC11870674, DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2024.100365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisaster-related exposurePosttraumatic growth subscalesPosttraumatic growthAssociated with higher levelsPosttraumatic stressPosttraumatic growth domainsHealth impactsMental health outcomesAppreciation of lifeMental health ailmentsPredictors of posttraumatic stressHealth outcomesAssociated with greater identificationPuerto RicansDisaster exposureStructured interviewsPuerto Rican contextHome damageHigher levelsPuerto RicoMultivariate modelSpiritual growthDisaster-affected communitiesSocial factorsHealth ailmentsPrEP your step: Implementing an online crowdsourcing contest to engage young people in HIV prevention in Washington DC, USA
Taggart T, Mathews A, Junious T, Lindsey J, Augustine A, Debnam C, Boyd Y, Wright S, Tucker J, Magnus M. PrEP your step: Implementing an online crowdsourcing contest to engage young people in HIV prevention in Washington DC, USA. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0313882. PMID: 39556546, PMCID: PMC11573147, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrEP messagingSemi-structured interviewsHigh risk of HIVCommunity engagementCrowdsourced messagesYoung peopleCross-sectional surveyRisk of HIVPre-exposure prophylaxisPublic health impactImplementation researchPromote PrEPHIV preventionMedical providersConvenience sampleHIV incidenceCommunity partnersPromotion messagesEngaging young peopleWorld Health OrganizationThematic codingSurvey participantsPrEPHealth impactsSocial marketingCorporate activities that influence population health: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology
Burgess R, Nyhan K, Freudenberg N, Ransome Y. Corporate activities that influence population health: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology. Globalization And Health 2024, 20: 77. PMID: 39516852, PMCID: PMC11549802, DOI: 10.1186/s12992-024-01082-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluence population healthPopulation healthHealth equityPopulation groupsMiddle-income countriesHealth inequalitiesHealth outcomesScoping ReviewCommercial determinantsInfluence healthCorporate activitiesQualitative synthesisHealthHealth impactsCorporate practicesLack of researchCorporate influenceSurveillance effortsPolicy makersPopulationPracticeCode descriptionEmployment practicesIntroductionThe conceptCivil society actorsDelineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment
Song Y, Deziel N, Bell M. Delineating Urbanicity and Rurality: Impact on Environmental Exposure Assessment. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 19178-19188. PMID: 39412270, PMCID: PMC11627196, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c06942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresEnvironmental exposure assessmentExposure of particulate matterUrban/rural disparitiesDemographic compositionHealth StudyHealth researchPopulation-basedClassification systemExposure assessmentSpatial patternsHealth impactsRural areasHealthRuralParticulate matterLand surface temperatureWest VirginiaUnited StatesSurface temperatureUrbanizationResearch questionsAssessmentDisparitiesExposureEstimating the lives that could be saved by expanded access to weight-loss drugs
Pandey A, Ye Y, Wells C, Singer B, Galvani A. Estimating the lives that could be saved by expanded access to weight-loss drugs. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2412872121. PMID: 39405358, PMCID: PMC11513960, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2412872121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucagon-like peptide-1Body mass index categoriesObesity prevalence dataGlucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsHazard ratio of mortalityRatio of mortalityPublic health impactWeight loss drugsInsurance coverage issuesGastric inhibitory polypeptideHealthcare accessType 2 diabetesUnited StatesPublic health crisisObesity epidemicReceptor agonistsIndex categoriesHazard ratioPrevalence dataInhibitory polypeptidePeptide-1Health impactsNovel treatmentObesityHealth crisisA deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes
Mankiewicz Ledins P, Lin E, Bhattacharya C, Pollitt K, Dyson A, Hénaff E. A deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 23857. PMID: 39394219, PMCID: PMC11470061, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72341-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman healthPotential human health impactsHuman health impactsNegative long-term impactEnvironmental microbiomesTime indoorsEnvironmental nucleic acidsExposure studiesSequencing-based analysisChronic exposureHealth impactsHigher DNA yieldLong-term impactLow abundanceMicrobiome abundanceIndoor microbiome exposureSamplerMicrobiome samplesAbundanceIndoor microbiomeDNA yieldExtraction kitMicrobiomeSampling strategyGlobal populationHeat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment
Zhang S, Breitner S, de' Donato F, Stafoggia M, Nikolaou N, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Heat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2024, 46: 101049. PMID: 39290807, PMCID: PMC11406445, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase-crossover studyRelative riskImprove public health practiceConditional quasi-Poisson regressionAssociated with increased mortality riskPublic health practiceRandom-effects meta-analysisQuasi-Poisson regressionHeat-related health impactsDistrict-level characteristicsSmall area dataHealth practicesRespiratory mortalityAssociated with increased mortalityPotential individual-Cardiopulmonary mortalityMortality riskRespiratory deathsSub-causesVulnerability factorsMeta-RegressionHealth impactsRural areasMeta-analysisSubgroup analysisCost-effectiveness and health impact of screening and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among formerly incarcerated individuals in Brazil: a Markov modelling study
van Lieshout Titan A, Klaassen F, Pelissari D, de Barros Silva J, Alves K, Alves L, Sanchez M, Bartholomay P, Johansen F, Croda J, Andrews J, Castro M, Cohen T, Vuik C, Menzies N. Cost-effectiveness and health impact of screening and treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among formerly incarcerated individuals in Brazil: a Markov modelling study. The Lancet Global Health 2024, 12: e1446-e1455. PMID: 39151980, PMCID: PMC11339731, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00221-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisability-adjusted life yearsTuberculosis preventive treatmentTuberculosis deathsHealth impactsImpact of screeningIntervention cost-effectivenessInfection screeningCost-effectiveNational Institutes of HealthHealth outcomesHealth gainsInstitutes of HealthQuantify health effectsTuberculosis casesCost-effectiveness ratioTreatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infectionPotential health impactsLife yearsGreater health benefitsTuberculosis preventionTarget populationMonths of isoniazidMarkov modelling studiesHealth statesHealthTrends, risks and opportunities in environmental nanotechnology
Huang X, Auffan M, Eckelman M, Elimelech M, Kim J, Rose J, Zuo K, Li Q, Alvarez P. Trends, risks and opportunities in environmental nanotechnology. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2024, 5: 572-587. DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00567-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEngineered nanomaterialsRelease of ENMsRisks of engineered nanomaterialsENM concentrationsImpact of engineered nanomaterialsPredicted no-effect concentrationWater treatmentHealth risksEnvironmental applicationsNo-effect concentrationPotential environmental applicationsPotential dischargeEnvironmental health risksLife cycle analysisSynthesized materialsReduced toxicityPollution remediationSewage effluentIncidental releaseEnvironmental nanotechnologyReduced riskEnvironmental impactRiskHealth impactsEnvironmental benefits
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