Characteristics of persistently unhealthy counties: A comparison of white and black mortality over time [0.03%]
持续不健康的县的特点：比较白人和黑人的死亡率变化
Wesley James,Julia Wolf,Jeralynn Cossman
Wesley James
This research examines differences in white and black persistence of mortality in the United States over a period of nearly 50 years. Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics Compressed Mortality File, we calculated race-sp...
Has the medical reform improved the cost efficiency of Chinese hospitals? [0.03%]
医药卫生体制改革是否改善了医院的费用效率？
Zhongfei Chen,Carlos Pestana Barros,Xiaojuan Hou
Zhongfei Chen
After three decades of reform, the medical care system in China has experienced significant changes. However, the present research has not made a tentative evaluation of it to justify further reform. This paper analyses the cost efficiency ...
David Eitle,Maggie Thorsen,Tamela McNulty Eitle
David Eitle
The present study extends prior research exploring the role of school contextual factors in predicting individual adolescent substance use by examining how a school's racial composition is associated with American Indian adolescent tobacco ...
The Association of Attitudes about Contraceptives with Contraceptive Use in a Random Sample of Colorado Women [0.03%]
科罗拉多州妇女避孕态度与避孕行为的关联性研究
Laurie James-Hawkins,Michelle Broaddus
Laurie James-Hawkins
Context: Research regarding unintended pregnancy often focuses on how women make decisions about whether or not to use contraceptives, and structural barriers to contraception. Less research examines how multidimensional ...
Kelly Campbell,Nicole Holderness,Matt Riggs
Kelly Campbell
Interpersonal chemistry refers to a connection between two individuals that exists upon first meeting. The goal of the current study is to identify beliefs about the underlying components of friendship chemistry. Individuals respond to an o...
Young maternal age and low birth weight risk: An exploration of racial/ethnic disparities in the birth outcomes of mothers in the United States [0.03%]
年轻产妇与低出生体重风险——探索美国母亲不同种族和族裔的分娩结局差异
Jeff A Dennis,Stefanie Mollborn
Jeff A Dennis
This study considers how low birth weight (LBW) prevalence varies by race/ethnicity and maternal age and explores mechanisms that explain disparities. Results show that maternal age patterns in LBW risk for African Americans differ from whi...
Karina M Shreffler,David R Johnson,Laurie K Scheuble
Karina M Shreffler
Although media coverage of infertility treatments has increased markedly over the past decade, there is a dearth of empirical information about public perceptions of the ethics of infertility procedures (e.g. artificial insemination, in-vit...
Importation, SES-selective Acculturation, and the Weaker SES-health Gradients of Mexican Immigrants in the United States [0.03%]
移民、社会经济地位选择性同化与墨西哥移民在美国较低的社会经济地位-健康梯度关系弱化现象
Fernando Riosmena,Jeff A Dennis
Fernando Riosmena
Previous studies find U.S. immigrants have weaker socioeconomic gradients in health relative to non-Hispanic whites and their U.S.-born co-ethnics. Several explanations have been advanced but few have been tested empirically. We use data fr...
Michael G Vaughn,Christopher Witko
Michael G Vaughn
School choice may increase student engagement by enabling students to attend schools that more closely match their needs and preferences. But this effect on engagement may depend on the characteristics of the choices available. Therefore, w...