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Scott Burris
Researcher at Temple University
Publications - 268
Citations - 7783
Scott Burris is an academic researcher from Temple University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Public health law. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 264 publications receiving 7279 citations. Previous affiliations of Scott Burris include American Civil Liberties Union & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Trends in the Black-White Life Expectancy Gap in the United States, 1983-2003
TL;DR: After widening during the late 1980s, the black-white life expectancy gap has declined because of relative mortality improvements in homicide, HIV, unintentional injuries, and, among females, heart disease.
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Addressing the 'Risk Environment' for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop
Scott Burris,Martin C. Donoghoe,Kim M. Blankenship,Susan G. Sherman,Jon S. Vernick,Patricia Case,Zita Lazzarini,Steve Koester +7 more
TL;DR: It is argued that more research is needed at four levels--laws; management of law enforcement agencies; knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices of frontline officers; and attitudes and experiences of IDUs--and that such research can be the basis of interventions within law enforcement to enhance IDU health.
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Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop
Scott Burris,Kim M. Blankenship,Martin C. Donoghoe,Susan G. Sherman,Jon S. Vernick,Patricia Case,Zita Lazzarini,Stephen Koester +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of criminal law enforcement in the "risk environment" of injection drug users (IDUs) provides an opportunity to apply structural thinking to the health problems associated with drug use.
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Workshop report: AIDS and stigma: a conceptual framework and research agenda
Gregory M. Herek,Leonard Mitnick,Scott Burris,Margaret A. Chesney,Patricia G. Devine,Mindy Thompson Fullilove,Robert E. Fullilove,Herbert Chao Gunther,Jeffrey Levi,Stuart Michaels,Alvin Novick,John B. Pryor,Mark Snyder,Timothy Sweeney +13 more