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Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 46
Citations - 6658
Deborah Prothrow-Stith is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Suicide prevention. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 45 publications receiving 6399 citations. Previous affiliations of Deborah Prothrow-Stith include Temple University & Boston University.
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Social capital, income inequality, and mortality.
TL;DR: Data from this cross-sectional ecologic study support the notion that income inequality leads to increased mortality via disinvestment in social capital.
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Income distribution and mortality: cross sectional ecological study of the Robin Hood index in the United States
TL;DR: Variations between states in the inequality of income were associated with increased mortality from several causes, suggesting that policies that deal with the growing inequities in income distribution may have an important impact on the health of the population.
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Income distribution, socioeconomic status, and self rated health in the United States: multilevel analysis
TL;DR: Inequality in the distribution of income was associated with an adverse impact on health independent of the effect of household income, and individuals living in states with the greatest inequalities in income were 30% more likely to report their health as fair or poor.
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Social capital, income inequality, and firearm violent crime.
TL;DR: The profound effects of income inequality and social capital, when controlling for other factors such as poverty and firearm availability, on firearm violent crime indicate that policies that address these broader, macro-social forces warrant serious consideration.
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Women's status and the health of women and men: a view from the States
TL;DR: It is concluded that women experience higher mortality and morbidity in states where they have lower levels of political participation and economic autonomy, and living in such states has detrimental consequences for the health of men as well.