The use and functionality of electronic health records (EHRs) have increased rapidly in the
past decade. Although the primary purpose of EHRs is clinical, researchers have used them …

Purpose We conducted a systematic review of literature published on January 2000–May
2017 that spatially linked electronic health record (EHR) data with environmental information …

Background The estimated worldwide prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD) in adults is 25%; however, prevalence in young adults remains unclear. We aimed …

Background Neighborhood-level factors have been shown to influence surgical outcomes
through material deprivation, psychosocial mechanisms, health behaviors, and access to …

Introduction Although infrequently recorded in electronic health records (EHRs), measures
of SES are essential to describe health inequalities and account for confounding in …

Living in communities with more vegetation during pregnancy has been associated with
higher birth weights, but fewer studies have evaluated other birth outcomes, and only one …

Through public health studies, specifically on child obesity modeling, research scholars
have been attempting to identify the factors affecting obesity using suitable statistical …

The main purpose of the current article is to introduce a framework of the complexity of
childhood obesity based on the family environment. A conceptual model that quantifies the …

Are neighborhoods causal? The answer remains elusive. Armed with new multilevel
methods, enthusiasm for neighborhoods research surged at the turn of the century …

Objective To evaluate the association between adverse family experiences (AFEs) during
childhood and adolescent obesity and to determine populations at highest risk for AFEs …