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Publikováno v:
Open Journal of Statistics. :519-532
Item Response Theory (IRT) models have been extensively used in the field of education to identify link between a response to a test item and underlying latent capability of the test taker. We demonstrate the benefit of using IRT model to analyze hea
Publikováno v:
Health Promot Pract
Chronic diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, disproportionately impact women of color as compared to White women. Community-engaged and participatory approaches are proposed as a means to address chronic disease health disparities in minority c
Publikováno v:
Journal of substance abuse treatment. 101
The agreement between self-reported and toxicologically verified substance use provides important information about the validity of self-reported use. While some studies report aggregate agreement across follow-up points, only a few have examined the
Autor:
Emily Spence-Almaguer, Leilani Dodgen
Publikováno v:
Preventing Chronic Disease
African American women have higher prevalence (82%) of overweight (body mass index [BMI] 25-29) and obesity (BMI ≥30) than white women (63.2%) or Hispanic women (77.2%), and weight-loss programs yield minimal results in this population. We examine
Autor:
Elena M. Andresen, Michael Brad Cannell, Emily Spence-Almaguer, Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, Todd M. Manini
Publikováno v:
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. 26:398-413
We describe the annual prevalence of sexual abuse among community-dwelling older adults in the United States. We also describe factors associated with experiencing sexual abuse. We used data from 24,343 older adults from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Fact
Publikováno v:
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 24:469-486
The current study tested the postdictive validity of the Vulnerability Index (VI), an instrument used to assess medical vulnerability among people who are homeless. It also examined the relationship between hospitalization records and self-reported h