Community perceptions and factors influencing utilization of health services in Uganda (2009)
Bakeera, Solome K, Wamala, Sarah P, Galea, Sandro, State, Andrew, Peterson, Stefan, Pariyo, George W
Abstract Background Healthcare utilization has particular relevance as a public health and development issue. Unlike material and human capital, there is little empirical evidence on the utility of...
Nandi, Arijit, Beard, John R, Galea, Sandro
Abstract Background Clinical evidence has long suggested there may be heterogeneity in the patterns and predictors of common mood and anxiety disorders; however, epidemiologic studies have generally...
Kruk, Margaret E, Prescott, Marta R, De Pinho, Helen, Galea, Sandro
Abstract Background There is broad policy consensus that a shortage of doctors and nurses is a key constraint to increasing utilization of essential health services important for achieving the health...
RGS2 modulates PTSD in adults exposed to the 2004 Florida hurricanes (2009)
Amstadter, Amanda B, Koenen, Karestan C, Ruggiero, Kenneth J, Acierno, Ron, Galea, Sandro, Kilpatrick, Dean G, ...
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Hobfoll, Stevan E, Palmieri, Patrick A, Johnson, Robert J, Canetti-Nisim, Daphna, Hall, Brian J, Galea, Sandro
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Galea, Sandro, Hall, Chris, Kaplan, George A
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El-Sayed, Abdulrahman M, Galea, Sandro
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Kruk, Margaret E, Prescott, Marta R, De Pinho, Helen, Galea, Sandro
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Redmond, Michelle L., Galea, Sandro, Delva, Jorge
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Substance use and misuse in the aftermath of terrorism. A Bayesian meta-analysis (2009)
DiMaggio, Charles, Galea, Sandro, Li, Guohua
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Acierno, Ron, Amstadter, Ananda B, Gros, Daniel F, Richardson, Lisa, Kilpatrick, Dean G, Trung, Lam Tu, ...
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The Prevalence and Types of Gambling Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in New York City (2009)
Momper, Sandra L, Nandi, Vijay, Ompad, Danielle C, Delva, Jorge, Galea, Sandro
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Nandi, Arijit, Beard, John R, Galea, Sandro
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Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania (2009)
Kruk, Margaret E, Mbaruku, Godfrey, McCord, Colin W, Moran, Molly, Rockers, Peter R, Galea, Sandro
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Beard, John R, Cerda, Magda, Blaney, Shannon, Ahern, Jennifer, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Ahern, Jennifer, Hubbard, Alan, Galea, Sandro
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Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Hubbard, Alan, Syme, S. Leonard
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Cerdá, Magdalena, Tracy, Melissa, Messner, Steven F, Vlahov, David, Tardiff, Kenneth, Galea, Sandro
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Amstadter, Ananda B, Acierno, Ron, Richardson, Lisa K, Kilpatrick, Dean G, Gros, Daniel F, Gaboury, Mario T, ...
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Looking for Resilience: Understanding the longitudinal trajectories of responses to stress (2009)
Norris, Fran H, Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro
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El-Sayed, Abdulrahman, Galea, Sandro
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Laumbach, Robert J., Harris, Gerald, Kipen, Howard M., Georgopoulos, Panos, Shade, Pamela, Isukapalli, Sastry S., ...
Researchers have reported adverse health effects among rescue/recovery workers and people living near the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The authors investigated the occurrence of...
Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania (2009)
Kruk, Margaret E, Mbaruku, Godfrey, McCord, Colin W, Moran, Molly, Rockers, Peter C, Galea, Sandro
In an effort to reduce maternal mortality, developing countries have been investing in village-level primary care facilities to bring skilled delivery services closer to women. We explored the extent...
Ahern, Jennifer, Hubbard, Alan, Galea, Sandro
Causal inference methods allow estimation of the effects of potential public health interventions on the population burden of disease. Motivated by calls for epidemiologic research to be presented in...
Who conceals their smoking status from their health care provider? (2009)
Stuber, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro
Introduction: The decline in the social acceptability of tobacco use has the potential consequence that smokers may conceal their smoking from health care providers. Methods: To assess the frequency...
Koenen, Karestan C., Aiello, Allison E., Bakshis, Erin, Amstadter, Ananda B., Ruggiero, Kenneth J., Acierno, Ron, ...
Although both genetic factors and features of the social environment are important predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there are few data examining gene-social environment...
Dissatisfaction with traditional birth attendants in rural Tanzania (2009)
Galea, Sandro, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Rockers, Peter C, Kruk, Margaret E, Msambichaka, Beverly
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Circumstances and Witness Characteristics Associated With Overdose Fatality (2009)
Galea, Sandro, Bohnert, Amy S.B., Tracy, Melissa
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Hall, Brian J, Hobfoll, Stevan E, Johnson, Robert J, Galea, Sandro
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Patterns and Predictors of Trajectories of Depression after an Urban Disaster (2009)
Nandi, Arijit, Tracy, Melissa, Beard, John R, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Tracy, Melissa, Hobfoll, Stevan, Canetti-Nisim, Daphna, Galea, Sandro
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Evaluation of a naloxone distribution and administration program in New York City (2008)
Markham Piper, Tinka, Stancliff, Sharon, Rudenstine, Sasha, Sherman, Susan, Nandi, Vijay, Clear, Alan, ...
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“Culture of drinking” and individual problems with alcohol use (2008)
Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Hubbard, Alan, Midanik, Laura, Syme, Leonard S
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Coady, Micaela H, Galea, Sandro, Blaney, Shannon, Ompad, Danielle C, Sisco, Sarah, Vlahov, David
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Cerda, Magdalena, Vlahov, David, Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro
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Frye, Victoria, Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Bucciarelli, Angela, Putnam, Sarah, Wilt, Susan
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Use of statins and incidence of dementia in a population-based cohort study. (2008)
Cramer, Caryn, Haan, Mary, Galea, Sandro, Langa, Kenneth, Kalbfleisch, Jack
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Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Norris, Fran, Coffey, Scott
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Palmieri, Patrick, Canetti-Nisim, Daphna, Galea, Sandro, Johnson, Robert, Hobfoll, Stevan
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Urban health systems: an overview (2008)
Ompad, Danielle C, Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David
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El-Sayed, Abdulrahman, Hadley, Craig, Galea, Sandro
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Smoking and the emergence of a stigmatized social status (2008)
Stuber, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Link, Bruce G
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What explains the relation between family poverty and childhood depressive symptoms? (2008)
Tracy, Melissa, Zimmerman, Frank J, Galea, Sandro, McCauley, Elizabeth, Vander Stoep, Ann
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Longitudinal population-based studies of affective disorders: where to from here? (2008)
Beard, John R, Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David
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Nandi, Arijit, Galea, Sandro, Lopez, Gerald, Nandi, Vijay, Strongarone, Stacey, Ompad, Danielle C
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Hadley, Craig, Tegegn, Ayalew, Tessema, Fasil, Cowan, John A, Asefa, Makonnen, Galea, Sandro
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Dworkin, J, Prescott, MR, Jamal, R, Hardawan, SA, Abdullah, A, Galea, Sandro
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Suicide among older adults in long-term care: 1990-2005 (2008)
Mezuk, Briana, Prescott, Marta R, Tardiff, Kenneth J, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Ompad, Danielle C, Galea, Sandro, Marshall, Grant, Fuller, Crystal M, Weiss, Linda, Beard, John, ...
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Ahern, Jennifer, Jones, Matthew, Bakshis, Erin, Galea, Sandro
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Kruk, Margaret E, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Rockers, Peter C, Galea, Sandro
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Ompad, Danielle C, Fuller, Crystal M, Chan, Christina, Frye, Victoria, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Epidemiology of subway-related fatalities in New York City, 1990-2003 (2008)
Gershon, Robyn RM, Pearson, Julie M, Nandi, Vijay, Vlahov, David, Bucciarelli-Prann, Angela, Tracy, Melissa, ...
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Sampling and design challenges in studying the mental health consequences of disasters. (2008)
Galea, Sandro, Maxwell, Andrea R, Norris, Fran H
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Koenen, Karestan C, Aiello, Allison E, Bakshis, Erin, Amstadter, Ananda B, Ruggiero, Kenneth J, Aciemo, Ron, ...
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Spatial analytic approaches to explaining the trends and patterns of drug overdose deaths (2008)
DiMaggio, Charlie, Bucciarelli, Angela, Tardiff, Kenneth J, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Beard, John R, Tracy, Melissa, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Cerdá, Magdalena, Sánchez, Brisa N, Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Buka, Stephen L
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Comorbid Forms of Psychopathology: Key Patterns and Future Research Directions (2008)
Cerdá, Magdalena, Sagdeo, Aditi, Galea, Sandro
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"Culture of Drinking" and Individual Problems with Alcohol Use (2008)
Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Hubbard, Alan, Midanik, Lorraine, Syme, S. Leonard
Binge drinking is a substantial and growing health problem. Community norms about drinking and drunkenness may influence individual drinking problems. Using data from the New York Social Environment...
Comorbid Forms of Psychopathology: Key Patterns and Future Research Directions (2008)
Cerdá, Magdalena, Sagdeo, Aditi, Galea, Sandro
The purpose of this review is to systematically appraise the peer-reviewed literature about clustered forms of psychopathology and to present a framework that can be useful for studying comorbid...
Cerdá, Magdalena, Sánchez, Brisa N., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Buka, Stephen L.
Comorbidity is well-documented in psychiatric and risk behavior epidemiology. The authors present a novel application of clustered multivariate transition models to study comorbidity within a...
Health care financing and utilization of maternal health services in developing countries (2007)
Kruk, Margaret E, Galea, Sandro, Prescott, Marta, Freedman, Lynn P
Background The Millennium Development Goals call for a 75% reduction in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015. Skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care, including Caesarean section,...
Suicide tourism in Manhattan, New York City, 1990-2004 (2007)
Gross, Charles C, Markham Piper, Tinka, Bucciarelli, Angela, Tardiff, Kenneth J, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro
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Pfefferbaum, Betty, Stuber, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Fairbrother, Gerry
A number of factors, including subjective reactions and appraisal of danger, influence one's reaction to a traumatic event. This study used telephone survey methodology to examine adolescent and...
Was there unmet mental health need after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? (2006)
Stuber, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Boscarino, Joseph A., Schlesinger, Mark
This study examined the use of professionals for mental health problems among New York City residents who were directly affected by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center...
PTSD and depression after the Madrid March 11 train bombings (2006)
Miguel-Tobal, Juan J., Cano-Vindel, Antonio, Gonzalez-Ordi, Hector, Iruarrizaga, Iciar, Rudenstine, Sasha, Vlahov, David, ...
The March 11, 2004, train bombings in Madrid, Spain, caused the largest loss of life from a single terrorist attack in modern European history. We used a cross-sectional random digit dial survey of...
Distribution of Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Groups (2006)
Ompad, Danielle C., Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David
Vaccine distribution programs have historically targeted individuals at high risk of complications due to influenza. Despite recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,...
Distribution of Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Groups (2006)
Ompad, Danielle C., Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David
Vaccine distribution programs have historically targeted individuals at high risk of complications due to influenza. Despite recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,...
Vlahov, David, Galai, Noya, Safaeian, Mahboobeh, Galea, Sandro, Kirk, Gregory D., Lucas, Greg M., ...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been shown to be effective in different populations, but data among injection drug users are limited. Human immunodeficiency virus-infected injection...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 2003.
Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David, Resnick, Heidi, Ahern, Jennifer, Susser, Ezra, Gold, Joel, ...
The authors investigated trends in probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence in the general population of New York City in the first 6 months after the September 11 terrorist attacks....
Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi, Ahern, Jennifer, Boscarino, Joseph A., Bucuvalas, Michael, ...
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the largest human-made disaster in the United States since the Civil War. Studies after earlier disasters have reported rates of psychological disorders...
Ruggiero, Kenneth J., Rheingold, Alyssa A., Resnick, Heidi S., Kilpatrick, Dean G., Galea, Sandro
Epidemiological research serves a critical role in public mental health planning in the aftermath of disasters, particularly via estimation of the mental health burden and potential needs of affected...
Hobfoll, Stevan E., Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro
The authors interviewed by phone 2,752 randomly selected individuals in New York City within 6 to 9 months after the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center, and 1,939 of these were...
Zatzick, Douglas F., Galea, Sandro
Early, trauma-focused intervention development has emphasized unidirectional trajectories that begin with basic research and efficacy trials followed later by effectiveness and dissemination studies....
Hall, Brian J., Hobfoll, Stevan E., Palmieri, Patrick A., Canetti-Nisim, Daphna, Shapira, Oren, Johnson, Robert J., ...
The Israeli government's decision to remove settlers in the Gaza Strip forcibly produced a situation of traumatic stress, resulting from confrontation and conflict for settlers. The authors examined...
Hobfoll, Stevan E., Canetti-Nisim, Daphna, Johnson, Robert J., Palmieri, Patrick A., Varley, Joseph D., Galea, Sandro
Israel has faced ongoing terrorism since the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada in September 2000. The authors examined risk and resiliency factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
Sampling and design challenges in studying the mental health consequences of disasters
Galea, Sandro, Maxwell, Andrea R., Norris, Fran
Disasters are unpredictable and frequently lead to chaotic post-disaster situations, creating numerous methodologic challenges for the study of the mental health consequences of disasters. In this...
Ompad, Danielle C., Galea, Sandro, Marshall, Grant, Fuller, Crystal M., Weiss, Linda, Beard, John R., ...
Illicit drug use in urban settings is a major public health problem. A range of individual level factors are known to influence drug use and its consequences, and a number of recent studies have...
Acierno, Ron, Ruggiero, Kenneth J., Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi S., Koenen, Karestan, Roitzsch, John, ...
Objectives. Data are limited regarding mental health effects of disasters such as hurricanes. We sought to determine the prevalence of and major risk factors associated with posttraumatic stress...
Mental illness and suicidality after Hurricane Katrina.
Kessler, Ronald C., Galea, Sandro, Jones, Russell T., Parker, Holly A.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the impact of Hurricane Katrina on mental illness and suicidality by comparing results of a post-Katrina survey with those of an earlier survey. METHODS: The National...
Farfel, Mark, DiGrande, Laura, Brackbill, Robert, Prann, Angela, Cone, James, Friedman, Stephen, ...
To date, health effects of exposure to the September 11, 2001 disaster in New York City have been studied in specific groups, but no studies have estimated its impact across the different exposed...
Cities of Consumption: The Impact of Corporate Practices on the Health of Urban Populations
Freudenberg, Nicholas, Galea, Sandro
The increasing concentration of the world’s population in cities and the growing accumulation of political and economic power by corporations create new threats to health and opportunities for...
Community perceptions and factors influencing utilization of health services in Uganda
Bakeera, Solome K, Wamala, Sarah P, Galea, Sandro, State, Andrew, Peterson, Stefan, Pariyo, George W
Schulz, Amy J., Zenk, Shannon N., Israel, Barbara A., Mentz, Graciela, Stokes, Carmen, Galea, Sandro
As the body of evidence linking disparities in the health of urban residents to disparate social, economic and environmental contexts grows, efforts to delineate the pathways through which broader...
Cerdá, Magdalena, Sánchez, Brisa N., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Buka, Stephen L.
Comorbidity is well-documented in psychiatric and risk behavior epidemiology. The authors present a novel application of clustered multivariate transition models to study comorbidity within a...