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Theresa L. Osypuk

Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Verified email at umn.edu
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Future directions in residential segregation and health research: a multilevel approach

D Acevedo-Garcia, KA Lochner… - … journal of public …, 2003 - ajph.aphapublications.org
The authors examine the research evidence on the effect of residential segregation on
health, identify research gaps, and propose new research directions. Four recommendations …

The consistency assumption for causal inference in social epidemiology: when a rose is not a rose

DH Rehkopf, MM Glymour, TL Osypuk - Current epidemiology reports, 2016 - Springer
The assumption that exposures as measured in observational settings have clear and
specific definitions underpins epidemiologic research and allows us to use observational …

[HTML][HTML] Do social and economic policies influence health? A review

TL Osypuk, P Joshi, K Geronimo… - Current epidemiology …, 2014 - Springer
Although social and economic policies are not considered part of health services
infrastructure, such policies may influence health and disease by altering social …

Are immigrant enclaves healthy places to live? The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

TL Osypuk, AVD Roux, C Hadley, NR Kandula - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
The growing size and changing composition of the foreign-born population in the USA
highlights the importance of examining the health consequences of living in neighborhoods …

Toward a policy-relevant analysis of geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in child health

D Acevedo-Garcia, TL Osypuk, N McArdle… - Health …, 2008 - healthaffairs.org
Extreme racial/ethnic disparities exist in children's access to “opportunity neighborhoods.”
These disparities arise from high levels of residential segregation and have implications for …

The effect of immigrant generation and duration on self-rated health among US adults 2003–2007

D Acevedo-Garcia, LM Bates, TL Osypuk… - Social science & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Global self-rated health (SRH) is increasingly a key indicator in the assessment of immigrant
health. However, evidence of the impact on SRH of generational status, duration of …

Racial residential segregation and geographic heterogeneity in black/white disparity in poor self-rated health in the US: a multilevel statistical analysis

SV Subramanian, D Acevedo-Garcia… - Social science & …, 2005 - Elsevier
Existing evidence demonstrating a relationship between racial residential segregation and
health has been based on aggregate analysis. Using a multilevel analytical framework, we …

Does housing mobility policy improve health?

D Acevedo‐Garcia, TL Osypuk, RE Werbel… - Housing policy …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This article summarizes the empirical evidence for the effect of housing mobility policies on
health outcomes. Our focus derived from our interest in housing policies that might help …

Neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential segregation and incident cardiovascular disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

KN Kershaw, TL Osypuk, DP Do, PJ De Chavez… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Previous research suggests that neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential
segregation is linked to health, but it has not been studied prospectively in relation to …

Beyond individual neighborhoods: a geography of opportunity perspective for understanding racial/ethnic health disparities

TL Osypuk, D Acevedo-Garcia - Health & place, 2010 - Elsevier
There has been insufficient attention to how and why place and neighborhood context
contribute to racial/ethnic health disparities, as well as to policies that can eliminate …