Foreign-Born Blacks Experience Lower Odds of Obesity but Higher Odds of Diabetes than US-Born Blacks in New York City

Using the literature on achievement differences as a framework and motivation, along with data on New York City students, we examine nativity differences in students' rates of attendance, school mobility, school system exit, and special education participation. The results indicate that, holding demographic and school characteristics constant, foreign-born have higher attendance rates and lower rates of participation in special education than native-born. Among first graders, immigrants are also more likely to transfer schools and exit the school system between years than native-born, yet the patterns are different among older students. We also identify large variation according to birth region.

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A Survey of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Laboratory Healthcare Workers in New York City

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ◽

10.1086/502140 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 24 (11) ◽

pp. 801-806 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Elizabeth Garber ◽

Pablo San Gabriel ◽

Lauren Lambert ◽

Lisa Saiman

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Latent Tuberculosis ◽

Skin Tests ◽

First Year ◽

Foreign Born ◽

History Of ◽

Latent Tb Infection

AbstractObjective:To determine the prevalence of positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs), incidence of TST conversion, risk factors for positive TSTs, and history of active TB among HCWs in microbiology laboratories in New York City.Design:Two-year survey from May 1999 to June 2001.Setting:Nineteen microbiology laboratories.Results:During the first year, interviews were conducted with 345 laboratory HCWs (mean, 18 HCWs per site; range, 2 to 51) to assess the prevalence of positive TSTs, but 3 (1%) could not recall their result and were excluded from further analyses. The mean age of the remaining 342 HCWs was 48 years; 68% (n = 233) were female, 54% (n = 183) received bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination, and 71% (n = 244) were foreign born. The prevalence of a positive TST was 57% (n = 196), but only 20% (n = 39) of the HCWs received isoniazid. The incidence of TST conversion in the second year of the study was 1% (1 of 108). Multivariate analysis identified age (odds ratio [OR] per year, 1.05; 95% confidence interval [CI95], 1.02–1.08), foreign birth (OR, 3.80; CI95, 1.98–7.28), BCG immunization (OR, 4.89; CI95, 2.72–8.80), and employment in a mycobacteriology laboratory (OR, 2.14; CI95, 1.25–3.68) as risk factors for a positive TST. Only one HCW had been treated for active TB.Conclusions:The prevalence of positive TSTs was high among laboratory HCWs, but the TST conversion rate was low. Higher rates of treatment for latent TB infection are desirable.

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Factors Associated with COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization and Death in New York City Neighborhoods

INNOVATIONS in pharmacy ◽

10.24926/iip.v12i3.3379 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Anna Gu ◽

Hira Shafeeq ◽

Ting Chen ◽

Preety Gadhoke

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Community Intervention ◽

City Government ◽

Foreign Born ◽

City Community ◽

Greenwich Village ◽

Large Populations ◽

Using Data

Background: A key to an effective Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Community Intervention is to understand populations who are most vulnerable to it. We aimed at evaluating characteristics of New York City communities where rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases were particularly high. Methods: The study outcomes - neighborhood-specific confirmed COVID-19 cases, positive tests, and COVID-19 attributable deaths were calculated using data extracted from the New York City government health website, which were linked to results from Community Health Survey. Distributions of study outcomes across New York City community districts and their associations with neighborhood characteristics were examined using Jonckheere-Terpstra tests. Results: As of May 21, 2010, rates of confirmed cases ranged from 0.8% (Greenwich Village and Soho) to 3.9% (Jackson Heights), and the rates of attributable death from to 0.6‰ (Greenwich Village and Soho) to 4.2‰ (Coney Island). Higher percentages of black, Hispanic and foreign-born populations, lower educational attainment, poverty, lack of health insurance, and suboptimal quality of health care were all factors found to be correlated with increased rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Conclusions: The epidemiology of COVID-19 exhibited great variations among neighborhoods in New York City. Community interventions aimed at COVID-19 prevention and mitigation should place high priorities in areas with large populations of blacks and Hispanics and economically disadvantages areas.

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Differential mortality by ethnicity: Foreign-born Irish, Italians and Jews in New York city, 1979–81

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/0277-9536(89)90088-9 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 29 (7) ◽

pp. 885-889 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Ira Rosenwaike ◽

Katherine Hempstead

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Differential Mortality ◽

Foreign Born

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Health care provider perspectives on tuberculosis care for foreign-born populations in New York City

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ◽

10.5588/ijtld.16.0299 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (12) ◽

pp. 1625-1632 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. R. Zelnick ◽

M. R. O'Donnell ◽

S. D. Ahuja ◽

A. Chua ◽

J. Sullivan Meissner

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Health Care Provider ◽

Care Provider ◽

York City ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Provider Perspectives ◽

Tuberculosis Care

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Blood pressure control and mortality in US- and foreign-born blacks in New York City

Journal of Clinical Hypertension ◽

10.1111/jch.13045 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (10) ◽

pp. 956-964 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joyce Gyamfi ◽

Mark Butler ◽

Stephen K. Williams ◽

Charles Agyemang ◽

Lloyd Gyamfi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Blood Pressure Control ◽

York City ◽

Pressure Control ◽

Foreign Born

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Severe sociopolitical stressors and preterm births in New York City: 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2017

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ◽

10.1136/jech-2018-211077 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 72 (12) ◽

pp. 1147-1152 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Nancy Krieger ◽

Mary Huynh ◽

Wenhui Li ◽

Pamela D Waterman ◽

Gretchen Van Wye

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Interpersonal Violence ◽

Hispanic Women ◽

Preterm Births ◽

Central American ◽

Foreign Born ◽

Political Leaders ◽

The Us

BackgroundSevere stressors can induce preterm birth (PTB; gestation <37 weeks), with such stressors including social and economic threats, interpersonal violence, hate crimes and severe sociopolitical stressors (ie, arising from political leaders’ threatening rhetoric or from political legislation). We analysed temporal changes in risk of PTB among immigrant, Hispanic and Muslim populations targeted in the US 2016 presidential election and its aftermath.MethodsTrend analysis of all singleton births in New York City from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2017 (n=230 105).ResultsComparing the period before the US presidential nomination (1 September 2015 to 31 July 2016) to the post-inauguration period (1 January 2017 to 31 August 2017), the overall PTB rate increased from 7.0% to 7.3% (relative risk (RR): 1.04; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.07). Among Hispanic women, the highest post-inauguration versus pre-inauguration increase occurred among foreign-born Hispanic women with Mexican or Central American ancestry (RR: 1.15; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.31). The post-inauguration versus pre-inauguration PTB rate also was higher for women from the Middle East/North Africa and from the travel ban countries, although non-significant due to the small number of events.ConclusionSevere sociopolitical stressors may contribute to increases in the risk of PTB among targeted populations.

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