Alenda Y Chang
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 838718 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alenda Y Chang |
| NOMBRES | Alenda Y |
| APELLIDO | Chang |
| FIRMA | CHANG A Y |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3947-3588 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Lasting Income Costs of Mental and Physical Illness
In this cohort study, income loss after disease diagnosis appeared to shape long-term income trajectories. Increased attention on the younger population and those outside of the workforce is warranted
Is ‘gender equality in health’ the right goal? Exploring issues of definition and measurement
Achieving ‘gender equality in health’ has been advocated by many as a key goal in health globally; however, we observe this goal has been defined differently by different users. In this paper, we explore the question of how progress towards gender equality in health has been defined and measured, and how the selection of indicators and targets can influence perceptions of who in a population is suffering disadvantage. We summarise the common popu…
Remove citizenship-based discrimination in global health institutions to truly achieve ‘health for all’
box Global health institutions like the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies should ensure ‘health for all,’ without exclusion based on citizenship, origin or geopolitical power
Global Disparities in Premature Mortality
In this cross-sectional study, disparities in PPD were likely to reflect major inequality in access to health-enhancing technologies and living standards, as well as context-specific obstacles. Technological and medical advancements leading to universal health benefits need to be rapidly and fairly disseminated
Understanding games as a site of utopian resonance
Where the Model Ends
The particular pathways by which natural models show up in games remain largely invisible and undertheorized. If models shape what is knowable and which actions can be taken, how might a closer attention to modeling-specifically, natural modeling in the worlds of digital games-encourage us to reevaluate our relationships to electronic artifacts and the biosphere? Drawing on work in data justice and digital modeling, this essay reflects on whether…
The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies
The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies gathers leading work by critical scholars in this burgeoning field. Redressing the lack of environmental perspectives in the study of media, ecomedia studies asserts that media are in and about the environment, and environments are socially and materially mediated. \n \nThe book gives form to this new area of study and brings together diverse scholarly contributions to explore and give definition to the …
Playing at SLSA
This retrospective essay weaves together the reflections of 12 diverse voices on the inclusion of game studies at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) annual meetings. The first game studies stream was organized in 2011 and brought together a series of interdisciplinary scholars, presentations, and panels on video games, virtual worlds, art, storytelling, war, time, platform, and identity. The stream was then and continues now…
One vaccine to counter many diseases? Modeling the economics of oral polio vaccine against child mortality and Covid-19
Introduction: Recent reviews summarize evidence that some vaccines have heterologous or non-specific effects (NSE), potentially offering protection against multiple pathogens. Numerous economic evaluations examine vaccines' pathogen-specific effects, but less than a handful focus on NSE. This paper addresses that gap by reporting economic evaluations of the NSE of oral polio vaccine (OPV) against under-five mortality and COVID-19. Materials and m…
Modeling the relative risk of incidence and mortality of select vaccine-preventable diseases by wealth group and geographic region in Ethiopia
Immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions, saving millions of lives every year. Ethiopia has seen gradual improvements in immunization coverage and access to child health care services; however, inequalities in child mortality across wealth quintiles and regions remain persistent. We model the relative distributional incidence and mortality of four vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) (rotavirus diarrhea, human papillom…
In Defense of Play
In Defense of Play Alenda Y. Chang (bio) I suspect that many of the authors in this issue will suggest that it’s time to double down on serious, environmentally minded (or even better, environmentally accountable) scholarship, and similarly, that it’s also time to use any and all platforms available to us to get our work into circulation, with the aim of improving the public discourse around climate crisis, biodiversity loss, environmental justic…
Trends and outcomes in primary health care expenditures in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–2017
INTRODUCTION: As the world responds to COVID-19 and aims for the Sustainable Development Goals, the potential for primary healthcare (PHC) is substantial, although the trends and effectiveness of PHC expenditure are unknown. We estimate PHC expenditure for each low-income and middle-income country between 2000 and 2017 and test which health outputs and outcomes were associated with PHC expenditure. METHODS: We used three data sources to estimate …
Health expenditures by services and providers for 195 countries, 2000–2017
INTRODUCTION: National Health Accounts are a significant source of health expenditure data, designed to be comprehensive and comparable across countries. However, there is currently no single repository of this data and even when compiled major gaps persist. This research aims to provide policymakers and researchers with a single repository of available national health expenditures by healthcare functions (ie, services) and providers of such serv…
Analysis of Sars-CoV-2 RNA on surfaces in New York City
BACKGROUND: This study sought to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus on surfaces that trainees and faculty of an academic eye clinic came into contact with during daily life at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. METHODS: This cross-sectional analysis involved collection of at least two samples by teams on four different days (November 9, 2020 - December 18, 2020) using sterile swabs (Puritan HydraFlock, Garden Grove, CA). …
The determinants and impacts of age-disparate relationships on women in Zimbabwe
Age-disparate relationships (ADR) with older men have been studied mostly in the context of HIV and found to be associated with increased HIV prevalence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa. Less is known about the impact of ADR on the broader life course of women. The objectives of this study are to identify the factors associated with being in ADR and estimate the association between ADR and a set of life outcomes in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. We…
Une Vie Bien Jouée / A Life Well Played
A brief introductory essay provides historical and scholarly context for an interview with the French game designer Muriel Tramis, whose pioneering work between 1987 and 2000 unusually foregrounded issues of race, colonialism, and sexuality but remains little known outside of France
Rambunctious Games
Amorous flowers quiver and invite my touch as I travel, dreamlike, down their seemingly endless petal-enclosed corridors. At first they lie pale and inert, but with each bud I caress, the petals pu
Past, present, and future of global health financing
BACKGROUND: Comprehensive and comparable estimates of health spending in each country are a key input for health policy and planning, and are necessary to support the achievement of national and international health goals. Previous studies have tracked past and projected future health spending until 2040 and shown that, with economic development, countries tend to spend more on health per capita, with a decreasing share of spending from developme…
Measuring population ageing
BACKGROUND: Traditional metrics for population health ageing tend not to differentiate between extending life expectancy and adding healthy years. A population ageing metric that reflects both longevity and health status, incorporates a comprehensive range of diseases, and allows for comparisons across countries and time is required to understand the progression of ageing and to inform policies. METHODS: Using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injur…
How to create competitive advantage
Based on the organizational strategy and capability perspective, we theorized a serial mediation-moderation analysis that links critical beneficial attributes of dynamic capabilities, differential strategies, social capital, shared goals, and organizational learning to creating competitive advantage. Results from a survey of 328 travel agencies were analysed to support our hypotheses. We found that travel agencies’ shared goals may influence comp…
Dynamic modeling approaches to characterize the functioning of health systems
Understanding and improving the one and three times GDP per capita cost-effectiveness thresholds
Researchers and policymakers have long been interested in developing simple decision rules to aid in determining whether an intervention is, or is not, cost-effective. In global health, interventions that impose costs per disability-adjusted life year averted less than three and one times gross domestic product per capita are often considered cost-effective and very cost-effective, respectively. This article explores the conceptual foundation and…
Economics in “Global Health 2035”
BACKGROUND: Commission on Investing in Health (CIH) adds the value of increased life expectancy to the value of growth in gross domestic product (GDP) when assessing national well-being. To value changes in life expectancy, the CIH relies on several strong assumptions to bridge gaps in the empirical research. It finds that the value of a life year (VLY) averages 2.3 times GDP per capita for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) assuming the ch…
Games as Environmental Texts
Research Article| December 01 2011 Games as Environmental Texts Alenda Y. Chang Alenda Y. Chang Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Qui Parle (2011) 19 (2): 57–84. https://doi.org/10.5250/quiparle.19.2.0057 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alenda Y. Chang; Games as Environmental Texts. Qui Parle 1 December 2011; 19 (2): 57–84. doi: https://doi.org/10.5250/quiparle.19.2.0057 Download c…
Games as Environmental Texts
Research Article| December 01 2011 Games as Environmental Texts Alenda Y. Chang Alenda Y. Chang Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Qui Parle (2011) 19 (2): 57–84. https://doi.org/10.5250/quiparle.19.2.0057 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alenda Y. Chang; Games as Environmental Texts. Qui Parle 1 December 2011; 19 (2): 57–84. doi: https://doi.org/10.5250/quiparle.19.2.0057 Download c…
Understanding and improving the one and three times GDP per capita cost-effectiveness thresholds
Researchers and policymakers have long been interested in developing simple decision rules to aid in determining whether an intervention is, or is not, cost-effective. In global health, interventions that impose costs per disability-adjusted life year averted less than three and one times gross domestic product per capita are often considered cost-effective and very cost-effective, respectively. This article explores the conceptual foundation and…
How to create competitive advantage
Based on the organizational strategy and capability perspective, we theorized a serial mediation-moderation analysis that links critical beneficial attributes of dynamic capabilities, differential strategies, social capital, shared goals, and organizational learning to creating competitive advantage. Results from a survey of 328 travel agencies were analysed to support our hypotheses. We found that travel agencies’ shared goals may influence comp…
Understanding games as a site of utopian resonance
Games as Environmental Texts
Research Article| December 01 2011 Games as Environmental Texts Alenda Y. Chang Alenda Y. Chang Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Qui Parle (2011) 19 (2): 57–84. https://doi.org/10.5250/quiparle.19.2.0057 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Alenda Y. Chang; Games as Environmental Texts. Qui Parle 1 December 2011; 19 (2): 57–84. doi: https://doi.org/10.5250/quiparle.19.2.0057 Download c…
Economics in “Global Health 2035”
BACKGROUND: Commission on Investing in Health (CIH) adds the value of increased life expectancy to the value of growth in gross domestic product (GDP) when assessing national well-being. To value changes in life expectancy, the CIH relies on several strong assumptions to bridge gaps in the empirical research. It finds that the value of a life year (VLY) averages 2.3 times GDP per capita for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) assuming the ch…
Dynamic modeling approaches to characterize the functioning of health systems
Understanding and improving the one and three times GDP per capita cost-effectiveness thresholds
Researchers and policymakers have long been interested in developing simple decision rules to aid in determining whether an intervention is, or is not, cost-effective. In global health, interventions that impose costs per disability-adjusted life year averted less than three and one times gross domestic product per capita are often considered cost-effective and very cost-effective, respectively. This article explores the conceptual foundation and…
How to create competitive advantage
Based on the organizational strategy and capability perspective, we theorized a serial mediation-moderation analysis that links critical beneficial attributes of dynamic capabilities, differential strategies, social capital, shared goals, and organizational learning to creating competitive advantage. Results from a survey of 328 travel agencies were analysed to support our hypotheses. We found that travel agencies’ shared goals may influence comp…
Past, present, and future of global health financing
BACKGROUND: Comprehensive and comparable estimates of health spending in each country are a key input for health policy and planning, and are necessary to support the achievement of national and international health goals. Previous studies have tracked past and projected future health spending until 2040 and shown that, with economic development, countries tend to spend more on health per capita, with a decreasing share of spending from developme…
Measuring population ageing
BACKGROUND: Traditional metrics for population health ageing tend not to differentiate between extending life expectancy and adding healthy years. A population ageing metric that reflects both longevity and health status, incorporates a comprehensive range of diseases, and allows for comparisons across countries and time is required to understand the progression of ageing and to inform policies. METHODS: Using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injur…
Une Vie Bien Jouée / A Life Well Played
A brief introductory essay provides historical and scholarly context for an interview with the French game designer Muriel Tramis, whose pioneering work between 1987 and 2000 unusually foregrounded issues of race, colonialism, and sexuality but remains little known outside of France
Rambunctious Games
Amorous flowers quiver and invite my touch as I travel, dreamlike, down their seemingly endless petal-enclosed corridors. At first they lie pale and inert, but with each bud I caress, the petals pu
Trends and outcomes in primary health care expenditures in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–2017
INTRODUCTION: As the world responds to COVID-19 and aims for the Sustainable Development Goals, the potential for primary healthcare (PHC) is substantial, although the trends and effectiveness of PHC expenditure are unknown. We estimate PHC expenditure for each low-income and middle-income country between 2000 and 2017 and test which health outputs and outcomes were associated with PHC expenditure. METHODS: We used three data sources to estimate …
Health expenditures by services and providers for 195 countries, 2000–2017
INTRODUCTION: National Health Accounts are a significant source of health expenditure data, designed to be comprehensive and comparable across countries. However, there is currently no single repository of this data and even when compiled major gaps persist. This research aims to provide policymakers and researchers with a single repository of available national health expenditures by healthcare functions (ie, services) and providers of such serv…
Analysis of Sars-CoV-2 RNA on surfaces in New York City
BACKGROUND: This study sought to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus on surfaces that trainees and faculty of an academic eye clinic came into contact with during daily life at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. METHODS: This cross-sectional analysis involved collection of at least two samples by teams on four different days (November 9, 2020 - December 18, 2020) using sterile swabs (Puritan HydraFlock, Garden Grove, CA). …
The determinants and impacts of age-disparate relationships on women in Zimbabwe
Age-disparate relationships (ADR) with older men have been studied mostly in the context of HIV and found to be associated with increased HIV prevalence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa. Less is known about the impact of ADR on the broader life course of women. The objectives of this study are to identify the factors associated with being in ADR and estimate the association between ADR and a set of life outcomes in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. We…
One vaccine to counter many diseases? Modeling the economics of oral polio vaccine against child mortality and Covid-19
Introduction: Recent reviews summarize evidence that some vaccines have heterologous or non-specific effects (NSE), potentially offering protection against multiple pathogens. Numerous economic evaluations examine vaccines' pathogen-specific effects, but less than a handful focus on NSE. This paper addresses that gap by reporting economic evaluations of the NSE of oral polio vaccine (OPV) against under-five mortality and COVID-19. Materials and m…
Modeling the relative risk of incidence and mortality of select vaccine-preventable diseases by wealth group and geographic region in Ethiopia
Immunization is one of the most effective public health interventions, saving millions of lives every year. Ethiopia has seen gradual improvements in immunization coverage and access to child health care services; however, inequalities in child mortality across wealth quintiles and regions remain persistent. We model the relative distributional incidence and mortality of four vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) (rotavirus diarrhea, human papillom…
In Defense of Play
In Defense of Play Alenda Y. Chang (bio) I suspect that many of the authors in this issue will suggest that it’s time to double down on serious, environmentally minded (or even better, environmentally accountable) scholarship, and similarly, that it’s also time to use any and all platforms available to us to get our work into circulation, with the aim of improving the public discourse around climate crisis, biodiversity loss, environmental justic…
The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies
The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies gathers leading work by critical scholars in this burgeoning field. Redressing the lack of environmental perspectives in the study of media, ecomedia studies asserts that media are in and about the environment, and environments are socially and materially mediated. \n \nThe book gives form to this new area of study and brings together diverse scholarly contributions to explore and give definition to the …
Playing at SLSA
This retrospective essay weaves together the reflections of 12 diverse voices on the inclusion of game studies at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA) annual meetings. The first game studies stream was organized in 2011 and brought together a series of interdisciplinary scholars, presentations, and panels on video games, virtual worlds, art, storytelling, war, time, platform, and identity. The stream was then and continues now…
Where the Model Ends
The particular pathways by which natural models show up in games remain largely invisible and undertheorized. If models shape what is knowable and which actions can be taken, how might a closer attention to modeling-specifically, natural modeling in the worlds of digital games-encourage us to reevaluate our relationships to electronic artifacts and the biosphere? Drawing on work in data justice and digital modeling, this essay reflects on whether…
Is ‘gender equality in health’ the right goal? Exploring issues of definition and measurement
Achieving ‘gender equality in health’ has been advocated by many as a key goal in health globally; however, we observe this goal has been defined differently by different users. In this paper, we explore the question of how progress towards gender equality in health has been defined and measured, and how the selection of indicators and targets can influence perceptions of who in a population is suffering disadvantage. We summarise the common popu…
Remove citizenship-based discrimination in global health institutions to truly achieve ‘health for all’
box Global health institutions like the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies should ensure ‘health for all,’ without exclusion based on citizenship, origin or geopolitical power
Global Disparities in Premature Mortality
In this cross-sectional study, disparities in PPD were likely to reflect major inequality in access to health-enhancing technologies and living standards, as well as context-specific obstacles. Technological and medical advancements leading to universal health benefits need to be rapidly and fairly disseminated
Understanding games as a site of utopian resonance
Lasting Income Costs of Mental and Physical Illness
In this cohort study, income loss after disease diagnosis appeared to shape long-term income trajectories. Increased attention on the younger population and those outside of the workforce is warranted
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