Health Inequalities

A central theme of our research, which influences all of our substantive and methodological work is social and geographical inequalities in health. We focus on both illustrating the extent of health inequalities, and how to reduce them through social, environmental and health systems intervention.

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Dionisio KL, Rooney MS, Arku RE, Friedman AB, Hughes AF, Vallarino J, Agyei-Mensah S, Spengler JD, Ezzati M

Within-neighborhood patterns and sources of particle pollution: mobile monitoring and geographic information system analysis in four communities in Accra, Ghana

Environmental Health Perspectives, 118 (5), pp. 607-613, 2010.

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Danaei G, Rimm EB, Oza S, Kulkarni SC, Murray CJL, Ezzati M

The promise of prevention: the effects of four preventable risk factors on national life expectancy and life expectancy disparities by race and county in the United States

PLoS Medicine, 7 (3), pp. e1000248, 2010.

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Dionisio KL, Arku RE, Hughes AF, Vallarino J, Carmichael H, Spengler JD, Agyei-Mensah S, Ezzati M

Air pollution in Accra neighborhoods: spatial, socioeconomic, and temporal patterns

Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (7), pp. 2270–2276, 2010.

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Feldman BS, Zaslavsky AM, Ezzati M, Peterson KE, Mitchell M

Contraceptive use, birth spacing, and autonomy: an analysis of the Oportunidades program in rural Mexico

Studies in Family Planning, 40 (1), pp. 51-62, 2009.

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Stevens G, Dias RH, Ezzati M

The effects of three environmental risks on mortality disparities across Mexican communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 105 (44), pp. 16860-16865, 2008.

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Health Inequality