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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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MPH education for the 21st century: motivation, rationale, and key principles for the new Columbia public health curriculum.
TL;DR: This argues strongly for public health graduate education that adequately prepares trainees to tackle emerging challenges and to lead now and in the future.
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Comparison of Simulated Treatment and Cost-effectiveness of a Stepped Care Case-Finding Intervention vs Usual Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After a Natural Disaster.
Gregory H. Cohen,Gregory H. Cohen,Shailesh Tamrakar,Sarah R. Lowe,Laura Sampson,Catherine K. Ettman,Ben Linas,Kenneth J. Ruggiero,Sandro Galea,Sandro Galea +9 more
TL;DR: The results of this simulation study suggest that SC for individuals with PTSD in the aftermath of a natural disaster is associated with greater reach, more effectiveness than UC, and is well within the range of acceptability for cost-effectiveness.
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Race/Ethnic-Specific Homicide Rates in New York City: Evaluating the Impact of Broken Windows Policing and Crack Cocaine Markets.
TL;DR: Examining racially/ethnically disaggregated data can shed light on group-sensitive mechanisms that may explain changes in homicide over time, and support was found for the crack cocaine hypotheses but not for the broken windows hypothesis.
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Investigating the Effect of Social Changes on Age-Specific Gun-Related Homicide Rates in New York City During the 1990s
Magdalena Cerdá,Steven F. Messner,Melissa Tracy,David Vlahov,Emily Goldmann,Kenneth Tardiff,Sandro Galea +6 more
TL;DR: Substance use prevention policies and expansion of the social safety net may be able to cause major reductions in homicide among age groups that drive city homicide trends.
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The defensive nature of benefit finding during ongoing terrorism: an examination of a national sample of israeli jews.
TL;DR: It is suggested that benefit finding may be a defensive coping strategy when expressed under the conditions of ongoing terrorism and external threat.