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Background: Adverse experiences in childhood are a major public health concern, promoting social inequality in health through biopsychosocial mechanisms. So far, no known measures comprehend the complexity and variations of severity of adverse events. This study aims to develop and validate a new index: the Weighted Index for Childhood Adverse Cond...
Gray, Samantha Stuart, Heather Lee, Sabine Bartels, Susan A
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Violence against women
Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of women and girls by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers is an international concern. However, the typical binary measurement of SEA (indicating that it occurred, or it did not) disregards varying exposure levels and the complex circumstances surrounding the interaction. To address this gap, we constructed an index...
Wende, Marilyn E Stowe, Ellen W Eberth, Jan M McLain, Alexander C Liese, Angela D Breneman, Charity B Josey, Michele J Hughey, S Morgan Kaczynski, Andrew T
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International journal of environmental health research
This study examined spatial patterns of obesogenic environments for US counties. We mapped the geographic dispersion of food and physical activity (PA) environments, assessed spatial clustering, and identified food and PA environment differences across U.S. regions and rurality categories. Substantial low food score clusters were located in the Sou...