The association between racial disparity in income and reported sexually transmitted infections

K Owusu-Edusei Jr, HW Chesson… - … journal of public …, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the association between racial disparity in income and reported
race-specific county-level bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States …

Disparities in sexually transmitted disease rates across the “eight Americas”

HW Chesson, CK Kent… - Sexually transmitted …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine rates of 3 bacterial sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs; syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) in 8 subpopulations …

Correlates of county-level nonviral sexually transmitted infection hot spots in the US: application of hot spot analysis and spatial logistic regression

BA Chang, WS Pearson, K Owusu-Edusei Jr - Annals of epidemiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose We used a combination of hot spot analysis (HSA) and spatial regression to
examine county-level hot spot correlates for the most commonly reported nonviral sexually …

Assessing spatial relationships between race, inequality, crime, and gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States

P Marotta - Journal of Urban Health, 2017 - Springer
Incidence rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea reached unprecedented levels in 2015 and are
concentrated in southern counties of the USA. Using incidence data from the Center for …

[HTML][HTML] Ciprofloxacin resistance and gonorrhea incidence rates in 17 cities, United States, 1991–2006

HW Chesson, RD Kirkcaldy, TL Gift… - Emerging Infectious …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial drug resistance can hinder gonorrhea prevention and control efforts. In this
study, we analyzed historical ciprofloxacin resistance data and gonorrhea incidence data to …

Investigating multiple-reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection hot spot counties in the United States: ordered spatial logistic regression

K Owusu-Edusei Jr, BA Chang - Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To identify and examine the correlates of multiple bacterial sexually transmitted
infection (STI) hot spot counties in the United States. Methods We assembled and analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of optimum scopes of environmental factors for snails using spatial analysis techniques in Dongting Lake Region, China

JY Wu, YB Zhou, LH Li, SB Zheng, S Liang… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Owing to the harmfulness and seriousness of Schistosomiasis japonica in
China, the control and prevention of S. japonica transmission are imperative. As the unique …

Local public health systems and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases

HP Rodriguez, J Chen… - … journal of public …, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the associations of local public health system organization and
local health department resources with county-level sexually transmitted disease (STD) …

Spatiotemporal distribution and determinants of gonorrhea infections in mainland China: a panel data analysis

W Cao, R Li, J Ying, X Chi, X Yu - Public Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Gonorrhea remains a major public health concern worldwide. This study aims to
explore the spatiotemporal distribution and sociodemographic determinants of gonorrhea …

Assessing spatial relationships between rates of crime and rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in Chicago, 2012

P Marotta - Journal of Urban Health, 2017 - Springer
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain serious public health problems particularly in
urban environments in the USA. Despite accumulating research into the role of aggregate …