Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.
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Smoking in Context
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines the extent to which smoking prevalence varies across geographic areas, specifically communities, health regions, and provinces/territories in Canada, independent of individual characteristics. Geography contributed to the total variation in smoking at 8.4 percent.
Infant Mortality and Income in 4 World Cities
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This study investigated the association between average income or deprivation and infant mortality rate across neighborhoods of 4 world cities. Using a maximum likelihood negative binomial regression model that controls for births, we analyzed data ...
Good Health = Good Economics
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, developed and disseminated the proceedings and action plans from the 4th Trilateral Conference in Ottawa, Canada, held September 17-24, 2000.
National Spending on Health Care May be Too Narrowly Allocated
September 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Health Policy and Program Evaluation organized a conference on strategies to improve population health through the reallocation of national spending on health, education, and other concerns.
Cochrane Colloquium Focused on Systematic Review of the Effects of Health Care Interventions
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1998, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine convened the Sixth Annual International Cochrane Colloquium. View the grant results report from this colloquium.