Annals of epidemiology
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Annals of epidemiology · Mar 2009
Review Historical ArticleU.S. burden of disease--past, present and future.
To review the history and challenges of "burden of disease" studies, how these are dependent on robust epidemiologic data as well as complex conceptual constructions, and to identify the public health policy issues these studies can most usefully inform. ⋯ Controversies surrounding the interpretation of "burden of disease" studies are not new. Particularly in developed countries, these studies appear more useful for setting research priorities rather than allocating resources to support prevention efforts. Such investigations are not possible without ongoing support for systematic collection and analysis of descriptive epidemiologic data.
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Annals of epidemiology · Mar 2009
Neighborhoods and cumulative biological risk profiles by race/ethnicity in a national sample of U.S. adults: NHANES III.
To examine race/ethnic-specific patterns of association between neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) and a cumulative biological risk index in a nationally representative population. ⋯ Our results indicate that living in low NSES neighborhoods is most strongly associated with greater cumulative biological risk profiles in the black U.S. population.