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Sandra S. Albrecht
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 50
Citations - 2239
Sandra S. Albrecht is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1912 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandra S. Albrecht include University of Michigan & Northwestern University.
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Depression and Type 2 Diabetes Over the Lifespan: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: Depression is associated with a 60% increased risk of type 2 diabetes, and Type 2 diabetes isassociated with only modest increasedrisk of depression.
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Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation, the Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment, and Obesity Among Blacks and Mexican Americans
TL;DR: Variability in the interrelationships between residential segregation and obesity for black and Mexican-American women is suggested, as well as neighborhood poverty or negative income incongruity.
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Hand hygiene behavior in a pediatric emergency department and a pediatric intensive care unit: comparison of use of 2 dispenser systems.
TL;DR: The touch-free dispensers were used significantly more often than were the manual dispensers and the type of dispensing system influenced hand hygiene behavior, but overall hand hygiene compliance remained low.
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Predictors of Nonadherence to Single-Dose Nevirapine Therapy for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
Sandra S. Albrecht,Katherine Semrau,Prisca Kasonde,Moses Sinkala,Chipepo Kankasa,Cheswa Vwalika,Grace M. Aldrovandi,Donald M. Thea,Louise Kuhn +8 more
TL;DR: Nonadherence seems to be affected by place of birth and by poor health status of the newborn, and procedures to ensure that viable yet ill neonates receive nevirapine should be part of clinical protocols and training within pMTCT programs.
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Racial/ethnic residential segregation and cardiovascular disease risk
TL;DR: The majority of studies of black segregation showed higher segregation was related to higher CVD risk, although relationships were less clear for certain outcomes, and Implications for research on racial/ethnic disparities in CVD and lingering gaps in the literature are discussed.