Thomas A Burke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4392576 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Thomas A Burke |
| NOMBRES | Thomas A |
| APELLIDO | Burke |
| FIRMA | BURKE T A |
| AFILIACIONES | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6808-1252 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Working with an Online Artificial Partner Enhances Implicit and Reduces Explicit Sense of Agency
A "sense of agency" is the feeling that one is the cause of events in the world. The presence of others has been shown to create a diffusion of responsibility and thus reduce individuals' explicit ratings of control. This notion has recently been conceptualised as "interfered agency". The current study investigated both explicit and implicit measures of agency in an interfered agency paradigm. In two online experiments, we showed that when being …
Spatially targeting national-scale afforestation for multiple ecosystem services
The potential for large-scale afforestation, as a climate change mitigation strategy, has led to national afforestation targets being proposed. These targets raise many questions, including how to optimise carbon storage, whilst enhancing other ecosystem services (ES). Here, we assess how decision-making at different scales might affect the spatial distribution of new tree planting in England and hence ES provision. This was achieved by modelling…
Health care provider decision-making and the quality of maternity care
Achieving national scale targets for carbon sequestration through afforestation
Reimagining Public Health in the Aftermath of a Pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society, affecting those already subject to unacceptable health inequalities and resulting in vast economic impacts. The pandemic reminds everyone of the value and necessity of public health. In the context of an era that will be shaped by COVID-19, we outline the coming series of challenges and transitions in public health and the needed actions over the next 5 ye…
Global to Local
The article discusses the relation of local public health efforts to global effects of climate change. Topics include the regional disparities in climate-related health risks, the role of public health personnel in addressing the effects of climate change, and the roles of state and local governments in responding to climate change
Chemical Risk Assessment
Preventing adverse health effects of environmental chemical exposure is fundamental to protecting individual and public health. When done efficiently and properly, chemical risk assessment enables risk management actions that minimize the incidence and effects of environmentally induced diseases related to chemical exposure. However, traditional chemical risk assessment is faced with multiple challenges with respect to predicting and preventing d…
We Need a Strong Environmental Protection Agency
An editorial is presented in which the authors discuss the historical aspects of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and public health in America as of 2017. Cholera outbreaks in the 19th century and the Paris Agreement international climate change mitigation deal are examined, along with public health progress in America and the U.S. Clean Air Act. Environmental health is assessed, along with efforts to protect food, water, and air in…
Community Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Survival of Infants With Congenital Heart Defects
Objectives. We examined the association between survival of infants with severe congenital heart defects (CHDs) and community-level indicators of socioeconomic status. Methods. We identified infants born to residents of Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Texas between 1999 and 2007 with selected CHDs from 4 population-based, statewide birth defect surveillance programs. We linked data to the 2000 US Census to obtain 11 census tract–level socioeco…
Integrating Susceptibility into Environmental Policy
Susceptibility to chemical toxins has not been adequately addressed in risk assessment methodologies. As a result, environmental policies may fail to meet their fundamental goal of protecting the public from harm. This study examines how characterization of risk may change when susceptibility is explicitly considered in policy development; in particular we examine the process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a Nationa…
The Impact of Local Environmental Health Capacity on Foodborne Illness Morbidity in Maryland
Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between local food protection capacity and service provision in Maryland's 24 local food protection programs (FPPs) and incidence of foodborne illness at the county level. Methods. We conducted regression analyses to determine the relationship between foodborne illness and local FPP characteristics. We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FoodNet and Maryland Department of Health and Ment…
Advancing Health and Environmental Disease Tracking
Objectives. Our goal was to gain an understanding of the extent to which environmental public health tracking (EPHT) has progressed since the release of the 2000 Pew Environmental Health Commission report examining the nation’s EPHT infrastructure. Methods. As a follow-up to the Pew Commission report, we conducted a telephone survey of state practitioners in an effort to assess EPHT trends and changes in state-level capacities and activities over…
Adequacy of State Capacity to Address Noncommunicable Disease Clusters in the Era of Environmental Public Health Tracking
Objectives. We sought to assess the capacity of state public health agencies to address noncommunicable disease clusters (NCCs) and to develop recommendations to enhance agencies’ NCC response capacity. Methods. We conducted an inventory of state public health agency Web sites and administered a Web-based survey of state health agency personnel to examine NCC capacity with respect to responsibility and authority, scope, protocols, trends in NCC i…
Turning Science Into Junk
In this issue, Glantz and Ong offer a powerful analysis of the tobacco industry's attempt to discredit the scientific evidence on passive smoking, particularly the industry's use of the label “junk science.” Environmental epidemiologic studies in other arenas have also been targets for the “junk science” label. Lessons for researchers involved in high-stakes issues in the public policy arena include a need for awareness of competing interests, fo…
Strengthening the Role of Public Health in Environmental Policy
Over the past 25 years there has been a steady decline in the role of public health agencies in environmental protection. This paper examines the major factors that have contributed to that decline, including the impact of federal environmental laws, the disparity in funding between regulatory and public health activities in environmental protection, and the emergence of risk assessment as a basis for environmental decisions. The methods of risk …
Drinking water contamination and the incidence of leukemia
An ecologic study was performed to examine the relation between the incidence of leukemias and the occurrence of volatile organic chemical (VOC) contamination of drinking water supplies within a study area comprised of subpopulations differentially exposed to drinking water VOCs (trichloroethylene and related solvents). Populations served by community water supplies were classified into exposure categories according to VOC contamination status ba…
Reimagining Public Health in the Aftermath of a Pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society, affecting those already subject to unacceptable health inequalities and resulting in vast economic impacts. The pandemic reminds everyone of the value and necessity of public health. In the context of an era that will be shaped by COVID-19, we outline the coming series of challenges and transitions in public health and the needed actions over the next 5 ye…
Turning Science Into Junk
In this issue, Glantz and Ong offer a powerful analysis of the tobacco industry's attempt to discredit the scientific evidence on passive smoking, particularly the industry's use of the label “junk science.” Environmental epidemiologic studies in other arenas have also been targets for the “junk science” label. Lessons for researchers involved in high-stakes issues in the public policy arena include a need for awareness of competing interests, fo…
The Impact of Local Environmental Health Capacity on Foodborne Illness Morbidity in Maryland
Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between local food protection capacity and service provision in Maryland's 24 local food protection programs (FPPs) and incidence of foodborne illness at the county level. Methods. We conducted regression analyses to determine the relationship between foodborne illness and local FPP characteristics. We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FoodNet and Maryland Department of Health and Ment…
Advancing Health and Environmental Disease Tracking
Objectives. Our goal was to gain an understanding of the extent to which environmental public health tracking (EPHT) has progressed since the release of the 2000 Pew Environmental Health Commission report examining the nation’s EPHT infrastructure. Methods. As a follow-up to the Pew Commission report, we conducted a telephone survey of state practitioners in an effort to assess EPHT trends and changes in state-level capacities and activities over…
Achieving national scale targets for carbon sequestration through afforestation
Chemical Risk Assessment
Preventing adverse health effects of environmental chemical exposure is fundamental to protecting individual and public health. When done efficiently and properly, chemical risk assessment enables risk management actions that minimize the incidence and effects of environmentally induced diseases related to chemical exposure. However, traditional chemical risk assessment is faced with multiple challenges with respect to predicting and preventing d…
We Need a Strong Environmental Protection Agency
An editorial is presented in which the authors discuss the historical aspects of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and public health in America as of 2017. Cholera outbreaks in the 19th century and the Paris Agreement international climate change mitigation deal are examined, along with public health progress in America and the U.S. Clean Air Act. Environmental health is assessed, along with efforts to protect food, water, and air in…
Strengthening the Role of Public Health in Environmental Policy
Over the past 25 years there has been a steady decline in the role of public health agencies in environmental protection. This paper examines the major factors that have contributed to that decline, including the impact of federal environmental laws, the disparity in funding between regulatory and public health activities in environmental protection, and the emergence of risk assessment as a basis for environmental decisions. The methods of risk …
Drinking water contamination and the incidence of leukemia
An ecologic study was performed to examine the relation between the incidence of leukemias and the occurrence of volatile organic chemical (VOC) contamination of drinking water supplies within a study area comprised of subpopulations differentially exposed to drinking water VOCs (trichloroethylene and related solvents). Populations served by community water supplies were classified into exposure categories according to VOC contamination status ba…
Drinking water contamination and the incidence of leukemia
An ecologic study was performed to examine the relation between the incidence of leukemias and the occurrence of volatile organic chemical (VOC) contamination of drinking water supplies within a study area comprised of subpopulations differentially exposed to drinking water VOCs (trichloroethylene and related solvents). Populations served by community water supplies were classified into exposure categories according to VOC contamination status ba…
Strengthening the Role of Public Health in Environmental Policy
Over the past 25 years there has been a steady decline in the role of public health agencies in environmental protection. This paper examines the major factors that have contributed to that decline, including the impact of federal environmental laws, the disparity in funding between regulatory and public health activities in environmental protection, and the emergence of risk assessment as a basis for environmental decisions. The methods of risk …
Turning Science Into Junk
In this issue, Glantz and Ong offer a powerful analysis of the tobacco industry's attempt to discredit the scientific evidence on passive smoking, particularly the industry's use of the label “junk science.” Environmental epidemiologic studies in other arenas have also been targets for the “junk science” label. Lessons for researchers involved in high-stakes issues in the public policy arena include a need for awareness of competing interests, fo…
Advancing Health and Environmental Disease Tracking
Objectives. Our goal was to gain an understanding of the extent to which environmental public health tracking (EPHT) has progressed since the release of the 2000 Pew Environmental Health Commission report examining the nation’s EPHT infrastructure. Methods. As a follow-up to the Pew Commission report, we conducted a telephone survey of state practitioners in an effort to assess EPHT trends and changes in state-level capacities and activities over…
Adequacy of State Capacity to Address Noncommunicable Disease Clusters in the Era of Environmental Public Health Tracking
Objectives. We sought to assess the capacity of state public health agencies to address noncommunicable disease clusters (NCCs) and to develop recommendations to enhance agencies’ NCC response capacity. Methods. We conducted an inventory of state public health agency Web sites and administered a Web-based survey of state health agency personnel to examine NCC capacity with respect to responsibility and authority, scope, protocols, trends in NCC i…
The Impact of Local Environmental Health Capacity on Foodborne Illness Morbidity in Maryland
Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between local food protection capacity and service provision in Maryland's 24 local food protection programs (FPPs) and incidence of foodborne illness at the county level. Methods. We conducted regression analyses to determine the relationship between foodborne illness and local FPP characteristics. We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FoodNet and Maryland Department of Health and Ment…
Integrating Susceptibility into Environmental Policy
Susceptibility to chemical toxins has not been adequately addressed in risk assessment methodologies. As a result, environmental policies may fail to meet their fundamental goal of protecting the public from harm. This study examines how characterization of risk may change when susceptibility is explicitly considered in policy development; in particular we examine the process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set a Nationa…
Community Socioeconomic Disadvantage and the Survival of Infants With Congenital Heart Defects
Objectives. We examined the association between survival of infants with severe congenital heart defects (CHDs) and community-level indicators of socioeconomic status. Methods. We identified infants born to residents of Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Texas between 1999 and 2007 with selected CHDs from 4 population-based, statewide birth defect surveillance programs. We linked data to the 2000 US Census to obtain 11 census tract–level socioeco…
Chemical Risk Assessment
Preventing adverse health effects of environmental chemical exposure is fundamental to protecting individual and public health. When done efficiently and properly, chemical risk assessment enables risk management actions that minimize the incidence and effects of environmentally induced diseases related to chemical exposure. However, traditional chemical risk assessment is faced with multiple challenges with respect to predicting and preventing d…
We Need a Strong Environmental Protection Agency
An editorial is presented in which the authors discuss the historical aspects of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and public health in America as of 2017. Cholera outbreaks in the 19th century and the Paris Agreement international climate change mitigation deal are examined, along with public health progress in America and the U.S. Clean Air Act. Environmental health is assessed, along with efforts to protect food, water, and air in…
Global to Local
The article discusses the relation of local public health efforts to global effects of climate change. Topics include the regional disparities in climate-related health risks, the role of public health personnel in addressing the effects of climate change, and the roles of state and local governments in responding to climate change
Reimagining Public Health in the Aftermath of a Pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society, affecting those already subject to unacceptable health inequalities and resulting in vast economic impacts. The pandemic reminds everyone of the value and necessity of public health. In the context of an era that will be shaped by COVID-19, we outline the coming series of challenges and transitions in public health and the needed actions over the next 5 ye…
Achieving national scale targets for carbon sequestration through afforestation
Spatially targeting national-scale afforestation for multiple ecosystem services
The potential for large-scale afforestation, as a climate change mitigation strategy, has led to national afforestation targets being proposed. These targets raise many questions, including how to optimise carbon storage, whilst enhancing other ecosystem services (ES). Here, we assess how decision-making at different scales might affect the spatial distribution of new tree planting in England and hence ES provision. This was achieved by modelling…
Health care provider decision-making and the quality of maternity care
Working with an Online Artificial Partner Enhances Implicit and Reduces Explicit Sense of Agency
A "sense of agency" is the feeling that one is the cause of events in the world. The presence of others has been shown to create a diffusion of responsibility and thus reduce individuals' explicit ratings of control. This notion has recently been conceptualised as "interfered agency". The current study investigated both explicit and implicit measures of agency in an interfered agency paradigm. In two online experiments, we showed that when being …
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