Designing difference in difference studies: best practices for public health policy research

C Wing, K Simon… - Annual review of public …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The difference in difference (DID) design is a quasi-experimental research design that
researchers often use to study causal relationships in public health settings where …

Selecting and improving quasi-experimental designs in effectiveness and implementation research

MA Handley, CR Lyles, C McCulloch… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Interventional researchers face many design challenges when assessing intervention
implementation in real-world settings. Intervention implementation requires holding fast on …

[HTML][HTML] Framework for the development and evaluation of complex interventions: gap analysis, workshop and consultation-informed update

K Skivington, L Matthews, SA Simpson… - Health technology …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Medical Research Council published the second edition of its framework in
2006 on developing and evaluating complex interventions. Since then, there have been …

Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults' Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study: Study examines the effects of the expanded Child Tax Credit …

A Batra, K Jackson, R Hamad - Health Affairs, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
The US Congress temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC) during the COVID-19
pandemic to provide economic assistance for families with children. Although formerly the …

Neighborhood environments and diabetes risk and control

U Bilal, AH Auchincloss, AV Diez-Roux - Current diabetes reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The objective of this review is to highlight the evidence on the
association between contextual characteristics of residential environments and type 2 …

The impact of social assistance programs on population health: a systematic review of research in high-income countries

FV Shahidi, C Ramraj, O Sod-Erdene, V Hildebrand… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Socioeconomic disadvantage is a fundamental cause of morbidity and
mortality. One of the most important ways that governments buffer the adverse …

A difference-in-differences approach to assess the effect of a heat action plan on heat-related mortality, and differences in effectiveness according to sex, age, and …

T Benmarhnia, Z Bailey, D Kaiser… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The impact of heat waves on mortality and health inequalities is well
documented. Very few studies have assessed the effectiveness of heat action plans (HAPs) …

Retirements of coal and oil power plants in California: association with reduced preterm birth among populations nearby

JA Casey, D Karasek, EL Ogburn… - American journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Coal and oil power plant retirements reduce air pollution nearby, but few studies have
leveraged these natural experiments for public health research. We used California …

[HTML][HTML] Growing sense of social status threat and concomitant deaths of despair among whites

A Siddiqi, O Sod-Erdene, D Hamilton, TMM Cottom… - SSM-population …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background A startling population health phenomenon has been unfolding since the turn of
the 21st century. Whites in the United States, who customarily have the most favorable …

Changes in US mass shooting deaths associated with the 1994–2004 federal assault weapons ban: Analysis of open-source data

C DiMaggio, J Avraham, C Berry, M Bukur… - Journal of trauma and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND A federal assault weapons ban has been proposed as a way to reduce
mass shootings in the United States. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 made the …