Abstract Purpose of Review Segregation has traditionally been measured at the
metropolitan area or county level, but a growing number of population health studies have …

With more than five million people living in proximity to oil and gas (OGA) infrastructure, the
state of Texas has the largest population at risk for developing health problems attributable …

Mental health effects are frequently reported following natural disasters. However, little is
known about effects of living in a hazard-prone region on mental health. We analyzed data …

While the sociology of disasters was slow to incorporate the study of inequality in analyses,
recent research in the field has centered the study of inequality. Powered by changing …

Objective: Employment is a well-documented social determinant of physical and mental
health and can be used to determine who is disproportionately affected by public health …

Recent increases in natural (eg extreme weather) and human-caused (eg industrial
accidents) have raised concerns for public health and safety. Older adults face greater …

Residents and visitors in the Southern Great Plains-Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas-benefit
from the region's working coasts, sandy beaches, southern forests, grasslands, urban areas …

Residential racial and economic segregation has been associated with an increased risk for
main causes of death. Quintiles of the Index of Concentration and the Extremes (ICE) are …

Since the inception of public health as a profession in the 19th and early 20th centuries,
public health professionals have recognized the need for including a social framework in …

Purpose: The purpose of the research discussed in this paper is to better understand the
negative health outcomes resulting from Hurricane Katrina and the disaster response that …