2024
Religion, Spirituality, and COVID-19
Ransome Y, Taggart T, Kawachi I. Religion, Spirituality, and COVID-19. 2024, 395-419. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197625217.003.0016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReligious service attendanceService attendanceLevels of religious service attendanceConstructs of religiosityReading scriptureReligious textsReligious practicesPrivate religiosityReligious effectsSpecific traditionsReligionReligiositySocial relationsCOVID-19 health outcomesEucharistScriptureCommunionGoodsSpiritualityTraditionRitualsMeditationOrganizational aspectsTextPurviewSocial Capital, Social Cohesion, and COVID-19
Kawachi I, Ransome Y. Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and COVID-19. 2024, 364-394. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197625217.003.0015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial capitalPopulation health outcomesPopulation health impactSocial cohesionCohesive societyHealth outcomesCommunity—areMental illnessInformal socializingSocial distancing policiesSocial participationSocial isolationCOVID outcomesHealth impactsCapitalDistancing policiesIllustrative case studyCOVID-19 pandemicHigher ratesCase studyOutcomesMask-wearingPhysical distancePolicyCOVID-19Characteristics 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 modelingPrevalence and correlates of alcohol use among the elderly in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) cohort study
Ransome Y, Martinez-Brockman J, Galusha D, Thompson T, Adams O, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M, Maharaj R. Prevalence and correlates of alcohol use among the elderly in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) cohort study. Addictive Behaviors 2024, 153: 108001. PMID: 38447411, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkCorrelates of alcohol useCohort studyAlcohol useAlcohol problemsBinge drinking daysResearch NetworkDrinking daysLogistic regression analysisDrinking statusDescriptive statisticsCollege educationReligious attendanceCaribbean peopleSample characteristicsAlcohol measuresLongitudinal studySchool educationReligious servicesRegression analysisDrinking problemsOddsAlcohol dependenceCohortPrevalenceSpatiotemporal Patterns of Late HIV Diagnosis in Philadelphia at a Small‐area Level, 2011–2016: A Bayesian Modeling Approach Accounting for Excess Zeros
Luan H, Ransome Y, Dean L, Nassau T, Brady K. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Late HIV Diagnosis in Philadelphia at a Small‐area Level, 2011–2016: A Bayesian Modeling Approach Accounting for Excess Zeros. Geographical Analysis 2024, 56: 494-513. DOI: 10.1111/gean.12391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe impact of racism on Black American mental health
Cogburn C, Roberts S, Ransome Y, Addy N, Hansen H, Jordan A. The impact of racism on Black American mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry 2024, 11: 56-64. PMID: 38101873, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00361-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental illnessMental healthUnfavorable health outcomesMental health systemMental health issuesDSM-5 classification systemEpidemiological surveyHealth outcomesInadequate treatmentAmerican mental healthHealth systemExperience disparitiesHealth issuesIllnessBlack individualsBlack AmericansBlack populationHealthClassification systemMorbidityMisdiagnosisDisparities
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 ResearchA “Dark Side” of religion? Associations between religious involvement, identity and domestic violence determinants in Australia
Priest N, Esler M, Ransome Y, Williams D, Perry R. A “Dark Side” of religion? Associations between religious involvement, identity and domestic violence determinants in Australia. Australian Journal Of Social Issues 2023, 59: 186-205. DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDomestic violenceReligious involvementReligious identityPatriarchal beliefsFaith communitiesReligious service attendanceFrequency of prayerRepresentative cross-sectional dataNational issuesService attendanceGender rolesViolenceSocial attitudesAustralian surveyIdentityDark sideBeliefsPopulation healthCross-sectional dataAttitudesCommunityReligionPrayerAcknowledgementAustralian adults