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Sandro Galea
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 1221
Citations - 70071
Sandro Galea is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 1129 publications receiving 58396 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandro Galea include University of California, Berkeley & Dartmouth College.
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Utilization of mental health services following the September 11th terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York City.
TL;DR: In Manhattan following the September 11th terrorist attacks, a random-digit-dial telephone survey was conducted 5 to 8 weeks afterwards, among 988 randomly selected adult householders over 17 years old (females = 52, whites = 72, mean age = 42) as mentioned in this paper.
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A prospective population based study of changes in alcohol use and binge drinking after a mass traumatic event.
TL;DR: Responses who had followed a lower lifetime income trajectory and were exposed to more lifetime traumatic events experienced the highest risk of reporting increased alcohol use given exposure to hurricane-related traumatic events and post-hurricane stressors.
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Longitudinal determinants of posttraumatic stress in a population-based cohort study
Sandro Galea,Sandro Galea,Sandro Galea,Jennifer Ahern,Jennifer Ahern,Melissa Tracy,Alan Hubbard,Magdalena Cerdá,Magdalena Cerdá,Emily Goldmann,David Vlahov,David Vlahov +11 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that ongoing stressors play a central role in explaining the trajectory of post traumatic stress over time, and that factors beyond the experience of stressors and traumas may account for sex and ethnic differences in posttraumatic stress risk.
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Social context and depression after a disaster : the role of income inequality
Jennifer Ahern,Sandro Galea +1 more
TL;DR: In the post-disaster context, neighbourhood level income inequality was associated with depression among persons with lower income; this group may be more socially or economically marginalised and dependent on local resources.
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Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Research and Practice
TL;DR: This special issue of Health Education&Behavior examines efforts of the Urban ResearchCenters (URCs) to use community-based participatory approaches to understand and develop interventions to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in three urban communities: New York City, Detroit, and Seattle.