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Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Researcher at Brandeis University
Publications - 98
Citations - 6496
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia is an academic researcher from Brandeis University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health equity. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 94 publications receiving 5748 citations. Previous affiliations of Dolores Acevedo-Garcia include College of Health Sciences, Bahrain & Harvard University.
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Future directions in residential segregation and health research: a multilevel approach.
TL;DR: Recommendations are made to develop multilevel research designs to examine the effects of individual, neighborhood, and metropolitan-area factors on health outcomes and develop better conceptual frameworks of the pathways that may link various segregation dimensions to specific health outcomes.
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Residential segregation and the epidemiology of infectious diseases
TL;DR: A conceptual framework of the role that residential segregation may play in the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and other infectious diseases is presented and various dimensions of residential segregation are conceptualized and proposed.
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The Differential Effect of Foreign-Born Status on Low Birth Weight by Race/Ethnicity and Education
TL;DR: Foreign-born status is associated with low birth weight (LBW), and the direction and strength of this association varies across racial/ethnic groups, and within those groups it varies by educational level.
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Racial residential segregation and geographic heterogeneity in black/white disparity in poor self-rated health in the US: a multilevel statistical analysis.
TL;DR: The authors' multilevel analysis only partially supports the previously reported aggregate findings linking segregation to health, and additional multileVEL statistical investigations across different health outcomes are required to draw firmer conclusions regarding the adverse effects of segregation on health.
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Immigration and Generational Trends in Body Mass Index and Obesity in the United States: Results of the National Latino and Asian American Survey, 2002–2003
TL;DR: Generational status is associated with increased BMI and obesity among Latinos and Asian Americans and aggregate estimates not accounting for nativity and country of origin may mask significant heterogeneity in the prevalence of obesity and patterns of distributional change.