2024
Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review
Burgess R, Nyhan K, Dharia N, Freudenberg N, Ransome Y. Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0300699. PMID: 38669229, PMCID: PMC11051660, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluence population healthHealth equityLongitudinal quantitative studyPopulation healthHealth outcomesHigh-income regionsScoping reviewHealth researchQualitative methodsHealthAlcohol industryLower-income regionsQuantitative studyPracticeInfluence human healthCorporate activitiesCorporate practicesTobaccoFundersTime periodsReviewConflict of interestsAssociationOutcomesBeveragesUnveiling disparities: examining differential item functioning’s impact on racial health equity among white and black populations
Villalonga-Olives E, Khademi A, Pan Y, Ransome Y. Unveiling disparities: examining differential item functioning’s impact on racial health equity among white and black populations. Public Health 2024, 231: 80-87. PMID: 38636280, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifferential Item FunctioningMulti-group measurement invarianceMeasurement invarianceSocial capital indicatorsWhite respondentsComparing BlackItem response theory methodsCapital indicatorsSocial capitalRacial health equitySocial capital itemsSocial capital levelsSocial capital researchFactor structureStructural equation modelingIRT analysisPsychometric propertiesHealth equityItem FunctioningCommunity itemsSocial cohesionInvolvement itemsExamining raceCapital researchEquation modeling
2023
Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity
Ransome Y, Luan H, Song I, Duncan D. Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity. Journal Of Urban Health 2023, 100: 1258-1263. PMID: 37989815, PMCID: PMC10728374, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00791-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research