Abdulrahman M El-Sayed
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 123350 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Abdulrahman M El-Sayed |
| NOMBRES | Abdulrahman M |
| APELLIDO | El-Sayed |
| FIRMA | EL-SAYED A M |
| AFILIACIONES | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4809-5630 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Differences in Health Characteristics of Geographic Subgroups of Arab Americans in a Northern California Health Plan
Understanding differences within ethnic group designation
This work supports the need to collect granular data on race and ethnicity within the MENA ethnic group to improve identification in clinical care settings and population health reporting to better address the physical and mental health needs of different MENA subgroups
Health Risks and Chronic Health Conditions among Arab American and White Adults in Northern California
Hospital and health systems should intentionally collect data on Middle Eastern and North African ethnicity in electronic health records to identify and reduce the disparities this minority group faces
County Jail Incarceration Rates and County Mortality Rates in the United States, 1987–2016
Objectives. To evaluate the relationship between changes in county jail incarceration rates and subsequent county mortality rates across the United States. Methods. We analyzed county jail incarceration rates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 1987 to 2016 for 1884 counties and mortality rates from the National Vital Statistics System. We fit 1-year-lagged quasi-Poisson 2-way fixed-effects models, controlling for unmeasured stable county …
Differences in health behaviors and health outcomes among non-Hispanic Whites and Arab Americans in a population-based survey in California
Arab Americans in California participate in less risky health behaviors and have better health outcomes than non-Hispanic Whites, except with regards to diabetes. Future work aiming to understand the health of Arab Americans should allow for self-identification and less reliance on country of origin and language use at home for sample selection
Relevance of the “Immigrant Health Paradox” for the Health of Arab Americans in California
Objectives. To assess the validity of the immigrant health paradox among Arab Americans in California. Methods. We used data from the 2003 to 2017 California Health Interview Survey (n = 1425). We used survey-weighted χ 2 and logistic regression analyses to compare Arabs by immigrant generation on socioeconomic indicators, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Results. Second-generation Arab Americans had higher odds of binge drinking (adjusted …
The Health of Arab Americans in the United States
Background: Arab Americans are a historically understudied minority group in the United States and their health needs and risks have been poorly documented. We aim to provide an updated systematic review of the literature on Arab American physical and mental health and provide suggestions for future work in this field. Methods: A comprehensive review of the English language medical and public health literature published prior to 2017 identified t…
Ineffective insurance in lower and middle income countries is an obstacle to universal health coverage
BACKGROUND: Recent health policy efforts have sought to promote universal health coverage (UHC) as a means of providing affordable access to health services to populations. However, insurance schemes are heterogeneous, and some schemes may not provide necessary services to those covered. We explored the prevalence and determinants of ineffective insurance across 42 lower and middle income countries (LMICs) from the 2002-2004 World Health Survey. …
Objective and subjective poor mental health indicators among Arab Americans in Michigan
Background: Arab Americans are at high risk for poor mental health outcomes and are difficult to study at a population level due to a lack of racial/ethnic identifiers for this population. Methods: Using data from the standalone 2013 Michigan Arab Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (MI ABRFS) we aimed to understand whether the burden of mental health differed between Arab Americans and non-Arab, non-Hispanic Whites. Two measures of mental health were …
National income inequality and ineffective health insurance in 35 low- and middle-income countries
Global health policy efforts to improve health and reduce financial burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) has fuelled interest in expanding access to health insurance coverage to all, a movement known as Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Ineffective insurance is a measure of failure to achieve the intended outcomes of health insurance among those who nominally have insurance. This study aimed to evaluate the relation between…
What Is “Public” About Public Health
The author comments on the role of public institutions in public health, the value of public health, and the water contamination in Flint, Michigan. Additional topics of discussion include public health equality, the blurring line between public and population health, and community engagement in the articulation of the value of health care.
Stigma and the etiology of depression among the obese
Calorie Offsets
Although obesity continues to challenge the public’s health, effective policy solutions are wanting. Borrowing from environmental protection efforts, we explored the potential for a “calorie offset” regulatory mechanism, which is similar to the carbon emission offsets used to curb greenhouse gas emissions, to mitigate the harmful health externalities of unhealthy food production. This approach might have a number of advantages over traditional po…
Complex Systems for a Complex Issue
By embracing factors such as inter-individual interactions, environmental influences, and reciprocity and feedback, agent-based modeling and complex systems approaches enable researchers to understand why race is so strong a predictor of differences in health
Putting the ‘epi’ into epigenetics research in psychiatry
During the past two decades, research concerned with the aetiology of psychopathology has generally progressed along two separate paths: investigations that have characterised the roles played by environmental determinants such as childhood adversity in the development of psychopathology, and those that have focused on neurobiological processes involving genetic and intracellular pathways. Epigenetic modifications, functionally relevant changes t…
Rethinking Our Public Health Genetics Research Paradigm
Since the sequencing of the human genome, tremendous resources have been dedicated to understanding how genetic determinants may drive the production of disease. Despite some successes, the promise of genetics research in these areas remains largely unrealized. The focus on isolating individual (or clusters of) genes that may be associated with narrowly defined phenotypes in large part explains this discrepancy. In particular, efforts to identify…
Infant Mortality Among Arab-Americans
Temporal Changes in Socioeconomic Influences on Health
Objectives. To consider how the relationships between social determinants and health indicators change over time, we assessed the time-varying influence of maternal education on risk of preterm birth (PTB) between 1989 and 2006. Methods. We used bivariate and multivariable Poisson regression models with robust variation estimates to examine (1) the association between maternal education and PTB risk by year; (2) the relationship between low mater…
Prenatal Care and Risk of Preterm Birth Among Foreign and US-Born Mothers in Michigan
Interethnic mating and risk for preterm birth among Arab-American mothers
Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia
We found that FI was associated with symptoms of neurologic disorder. Given the cross-sectional nature of our study, the directionality of these associations is unclear. Future research should assess causal mechanisms relating FI to neurologic symptoms in sub-Saharan Africa
Validation of an Arab name algorithm in the determination of Arab ancestry for use in health research
The ANA is highly specific but only moderately sensitive as a means of detecting Arab ancestry. Future research should compare health characteristics among Arab-American populations defined by Arab ancestry and those defined by the ANA
Community context, acculturation and low-birth-weight risk among Arab Americans
BACKGROUND: An assessment was made as to whether maternal residence in areas with high Arab-American concentrations, hence with expected low acculturation for this ethnic group, was associated with low-birth-weight (<2500 g) (LBW) risk among Arab-ethnicity mothers (AEM). METHODS: Data on all births in Michigan from 2000 to 2005 were collected. Bivariate chi(2) tests and multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the relation bet…
Relevance of the “Immigrant Health Paradox” for the Health of Arab Americans in California
Objectives. To assess the validity of the immigrant health paradox among Arab Americans in California. Methods. We used data from the 2003 to 2017 California Health Interview Survey (n = 1425). We used survey-weighted χ 2 and logistic regression analyses to compare Arabs by immigrant generation on socioeconomic indicators, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Results. Second-generation Arab Americans had higher odds of binge drinking (adjusted …
County Jail Incarceration Rates and County Mortality Rates in the United States, 1987–2016
Objectives. To evaluate the relationship between changes in county jail incarceration rates and subsequent county mortality rates across the United States. Methods. We analyzed county jail incarceration rates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 1987 to 2016 for 1884 counties and mortality rates from the National Vital Statistics System. We fit 1-year-lagged quasi-Poisson 2-way fixed-effects models, controlling for unmeasured stable county …
Rethinking Our Public Health Genetics Research Paradigm
Since the sequencing of the human genome, tremendous resources have been dedicated to understanding how genetic determinants may drive the production of disease. Despite some successes, the promise of genetics research in these areas remains largely unrealized. The focus on isolating individual (or clusters of) genes that may be associated with narrowly defined phenotypes in large part explains this discrepancy. In particular, efforts to identify…
Temporal Changes in Socioeconomic Influences on Health
Objectives. To consider how the relationships between social determinants and health indicators change over time, we assessed the time-varying influence of maternal education on risk of preterm birth (PTB) between 1989 and 2006. Methods. We used bivariate and multivariable Poisson regression models with robust variation estimates to examine (1) the association between maternal education and PTB risk by year; (2) the relationship between low mater…
Community context, acculturation and low-birth-weight risk among Arab Americans
BACKGROUND: An assessment was made as to whether maternal residence in areas with high Arab-American concentrations, hence with expected low acculturation for this ethnic group, was associated with low-birth-weight (<2500 g) (LBW) risk among Arab-ethnicity mothers (AEM). METHODS: Data on all births in Michigan from 2000 to 2005 were collected. Bivariate chi(2) tests and multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the relation bet…
Objective and subjective poor mental health indicators among Arab Americans in Michigan
Background: Arab Americans are at high risk for poor mental health outcomes and are difficult to study at a population level due to a lack of racial/ethnic identifiers for this population. Methods: Using data from the standalone 2013 Michigan Arab Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (MI ABRFS) we aimed to understand whether the burden of mental health differed between Arab Americans and non-Arab, non-Hispanic Whites. Two measures of mental health were …
What Is “Public” About Public Health
The author comments on the role of public institutions in public health, the value of public health, and the water contamination in Flint, Michigan. Additional topics of discussion include public health equality, the blurring line between public and population health, and community engagement in the articulation of the value of health care.
Stigma and the etiology of depression among the obese
Putting the ‘epi’ into epigenetics research in psychiatry
During the past two decades, research concerned with the aetiology of psychopathology has generally progressed along two separate paths: investigations that have characterised the roles played by environmental determinants such as childhood adversity in the development of psychopathology, and those that have focused on neurobiological processes involving genetic and intracellular pathways. Epigenetic modifications, functionally relevant changes t…
Validation of an Arab name algorithm in the determination of Arab ancestry for use in health research
The ANA is highly specific but only moderately sensitive as a means of detecting Arab ancestry. Future research should compare health characteristics among Arab-American populations defined by Arab ancestry and those defined by the ANA
Interethnic mating and risk for preterm birth among Arab-American mothers
Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia
We found that FI was associated with symptoms of neurologic disorder. Given the cross-sectional nature of our study, the directionality of these associations is unclear. Future research should assess causal mechanisms relating FI to neurologic symptoms in sub-Saharan Africa
Validation of an Arab name algorithm in the determination of Arab ancestry for use in health research
The ANA is highly specific but only moderately sensitive as a means of detecting Arab ancestry. Future research should compare health characteristics among Arab-American populations defined by Arab ancestry and those defined by the ANA
Community context, acculturation and low-birth-weight risk among Arab Americans
BACKGROUND: An assessment was made as to whether maternal residence in areas with high Arab-American concentrations, hence with expected low acculturation for this ethnic group, was associated with low-birth-weight (<2500 g) (LBW) risk among Arab-ethnicity mothers (AEM). METHODS: Data on all births in Michigan from 2000 to 2005 were collected. Bivariate chi(2) tests and multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the relation bet…
Prenatal Care and Risk of Preterm Birth Among Foreign and US-Born Mothers in Michigan
Infant Mortality Among Arab-Americans
Temporal Changes in Socioeconomic Influences on Health
Objectives. To consider how the relationships between social determinants and health indicators change over time, we assessed the time-varying influence of maternal education on risk of preterm birth (PTB) between 1989 and 2006. Methods. We used bivariate and multivariable Poisson regression models with robust variation estimates to examine (1) the association between maternal education and PTB risk by year; (2) the relationship between low mater…
Putting the ‘epi’ into epigenetics research in psychiatry
During the past two decades, research concerned with the aetiology of psychopathology has generally progressed along two separate paths: investigations that have characterised the roles played by environmental determinants such as childhood adversity in the development of psychopathology, and those that have focused on neurobiological processes involving genetic and intracellular pathways. Epigenetic modifications, functionally relevant changes t…
Rethinking Our Public Health Genetics Research Paradigm
Since the sequencing of the human genome, tremendous resources have been dedicated to understanding how genetic determinants may drive the production of disease. Despite some successes, the promise of genetics research in these areas remains largely unrealized. The focus on isolating individual (or clusters of) genes that may be associated with narrowly defined phenotypes in large part explains this discrepancy. In particular, efforts to identify…
Complex Systems for a Complex Issue
By embracing factors such as inter-individual interactions, environmental influences, and reciprocity and feedback, agent-based modeling and complex systems approaches enable researchers to understand why race is so strong a predictor of differences in health
Calorie Offsets
Although obesity continues to challenge the public’s health, effective policy solutions are wanting. Borrowing from environmental protection efforts, we explored the potential for a “calorie offset” regulatory mechanism, which is similar to the carbon emission offsets used to curb greenhouse gas emissions, to mitigate the harmful health externalities of unhealthy food production. This approach might have a number of advantages over traditional po…
National income inequality and ineffective health insurance in 35 low- and middle-income countries
Global health policy efforts to improve health and reduce financial burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) has fuelled interest in expanding access to health insurance coverage to all, a movement known as Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Ineffective insurance is a measure of failure to achieve the intended outcomes of health insurance among those who nominally have insurance. This study aimed to evaluate the relation between…
What Is “Public” About Public Health
The author comments on the role of public institutions in public health, the value of public health, and the water contamination in Flint, Michigan. Additional topics of discussion include public health equality, the blurring line between public and population health, and community engagement in the articulation of the value of health care.
Stigma and the etiology of depression among the obese
The Health of Arab Americans in the United States
Background: Arab Americans are a historically understudied minority group in the United States and their health needs and risks have been poorly documented. We aim to provide an updated systematic review of the literature on Arab American physical and mental health and provide suggestions for future work in this field. Methods: A comprehensive review of the English language medical and public health literature published prior to 2017 identified t…
Ineffective insurance in lower and middle income countries is an obstacle to universal health coverage
BACKGROUND: Recent health policy efforts have sought to promote universal health coverage (UHC) as a means of providing affordable access to health services to populations. However, insurance schemes are heterogeneous, and some schemes may not provide necessary services to those covered. We explored the prevalence and determinants of ineffective insurance across 42 lower and middle income countries (LMICs) from the 2002-2004 World Health Survey. …
Objective and subjective poor mental health indicators among Arab Americans in Michigan
Background: Arab Americans are at high risk for poor mental health outcomes and are difficult to study at a population level due to a lack of racial/ethnic identifiers for this population. Methods: Using data from the standalone 2013 Michigan Arab Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (MI ABRFS) we aimed to understand whether the burden of mental health differed between Arab Americans and non-Arab, non-Hispanic Whites. Two measures of mental health were …
Differences in health behaviors and health outcomes among non-Hispanic Whites and Arab Americans in a population-based survey in California
Arab Americans in California participate in less risky health behaviors and have better health outcomes than non-Hispanic Whites, except with regards to diabetes. Future work aiming to understand the health of Arab Americans should allow for self-identification and less reliance on country of origin and language use at home for sample selection
Relevance of the “Immigrant Health Paradox” for the Health of Arab Americans in California
Objectives. To assess the validity of the immigrant health paradox among Arab Americans in California. Methods. We used data from the 2003 to 2017 California Health Interview Survey (n = 1425). We used survey-weighted χ 2 and logistic regression analyses to compare Arabs by immigrant generation on socioeconomic indicators, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Results. Second-generation Arab Americans had higher odds of binge drinking (adjusted …
County Jail Incarceration Rates and County Mortality Rates in the United States, 1987–2016
Objectives. To evaluate the relationship between changes in county jail incarceration rates and subsequent county mortality rates across the United States. Methods. We analyzed county jail incarceration rates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 1987 to 2016 for 1884 counties and mortality rates from the National Vital Statistics System. We fit 1-year-lagged quasi-Poisson 2-way fixed-effects models, controlling for unmeasured stable county …
Understanding differences within ethnic group designation
This work supports the need to collect granular data on race and ethnicity within the MENA ethnic group to improve identification in clinical care settings and population health reporting to better address the physical and mental health needs of different MENA subgroups
Health Risks and Chronic Health Conditions among Arab American and White Adults in Northern California
Hospital and health systems should intentionally collect data on Middle Eastern and North African ethnicity in electronic health records to identify and reduce the disparities this minority group faces
Differences in Health Characteristics of Geographic Subgroups of Arab Americans in a Northern California Health Plan
Medicine (22 obras) · Environmental health (16 obras) · Demography (13 obras) · Population (13 obras) · Public health (12 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (10 obras) · Ethnic group (9 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Gerontology (8 obras) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (7 obras)