Alan Meyers
Biographic Data
| ID | 146721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Meyers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyers |
| SIGNATURE | MEYERS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1138-0024 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Homelessness During Pregnancy
Rethinking Resistance and the Cultural Politics of Occupy
This article examines the cultural politics of organizing in the Occupy LA movement. Utilizing ethnographic methods and the analysis of digital media sources produced by a variety of Occupy activists, this study focuses on how members of Occupy LA, in the post camp eviction period, made efforts to infuse a new kind of class politics among members of the newly and structurally dispossessed in the Los Angeles area. It focuses mainly on their effort…
US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children
Objectives. We investigated the association between housing insecurity and the health of very young children. Methods. Between 1998 and 2007, we interviewed 22 069 low-income caregivers with children younger than 3 years who were seen in 7 US urban medical centers. We assessed food insecurity, child health status, developmental risk, weight, and housing insecurity for each child's household. Our indicators for housing insecurity were crowding (> …
Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity
OBJECTIVES: To develop a brief screen to identify families at risk for food insecurity (FI) and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and convergent validity of the screen. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Caregivers of children (age: birth through 3 years) from 7 urban medical centers completed the US Department of Agriculture 18-item Household Food Security Survey (HFSS), reports of child health, hospitalizations in their lifetime, and developmental r…
Food Insecurity and Risk of Poor Health Among US-Born Children of Immigrants
Objectives. We investigated the risk of household food insecurity and reported fair or poor health among very young children who were US citizens and whose mothers were immigrants compared with those whose mothers had been born in the United States. Methods. Data were obtained from 19 275 mothers (7216 of whom were immigrants) who were interviewed in hospital-based settings between 1998 and 2005 as part of the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assess…
Household Food Insecurity
OBJECTIVES. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between household food security status and developmental risk in young children, after controlling for potential confounding variables. METHODS. The Children's Sentinel Nutritional Assessment Program interviewed (in English, Spanish, or Somali) 2010 caregivers from low-income households with children 4 to 36 months of age, at 5 pediatric clinic/emergency department sites (in Arkansas, Massa…
Child Food Insecurity Increases Risks Posed by Household Food Insecurity to Young Children’s Health
Child Food Insecurity and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
The appearance of discretionary income
Undernutrition--protein energy malnutrition or specific nutrient deficiencies--has been an inherent characteristic of impoverished populations throughout the world. Over-nutrition, obesity and nutrition imbalance is a current concern among those with rising though still insufficient incomes. We review data to suggest that the prevalence of these forms of malnutrition in populations is highly influenced by the rate of appearance of discretionary i…
Child Food Insecurity and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers
Maternal Depression, Changing Public Assistance, Food Security, and Child Health Status
Objective. To examine the association of positive report on a maternal depression screen (PDS) with loss or reduction of welfare support and foods stamps, household food insecurity, and child health measures among children aged ≤36 months at 6 urban hospitals and clinics. Methods. A convenience sample of 5306 mothers, whose children <36 months old were being seen in hospital general clinics or emergency departments (EDs) at medical centers in 5 s…
Growth Status and Related Medical Conditions Among Refugee Children in Massachusetts, 1995–1998
Objectives. This study analyzed growth and identified related medical conditions among refugee children in Massachusetts. Methods. Between July 1995 and June 1998, 1825 refugee children were screened. Variables included positive tuberculin (purified protein derivative; PPD) test; dental abnormalities; pathogenic parasites; weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height z scores; and body mass index greater than the 84th percentile. Results…
Immigration Legal Status and Use of Public Programs and Prenatal Care
Immigration Reporting Laws
Objectives. This study assessed the potential impact of immigration reporting requirements on pediatricians' referrals to child protective services.Methods.A random sample of 200 Massachusetts pediatricians were surveyed. Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were performed.Results.Asked whether potential deportation of the family would cause them to question or alter a decision to refer, 50% of the respondents said yes.Conclusions.Pediatri…
Aboriginal Education and Culture
This paper looks at the issue of culture and identity formation in the context of Aboriginal education. The paper provides a brief overview of traditional understandings of the word 'culture' before it examines current notions and the ways those understandings impact on the formation of identity. The paper concludes with a look at some of the implications of such understandings for the policy and practice of Aboriginal education.But everyone need…
Public housing subsidies may improve poor children's nutrition
Public housing subsidies may improve poor children's nutrition. A Meyers, D Rubin, M Napoleone, and K NicholsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.1.115 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Community Health Assessment of a "Repopulated" Village in El Salvador
A community health assessment was carried out in San Jose las Flores, a village in rural northern El Salvador "repopulated" entirely by former refugees who returned to their area of origin in June 1986. In a survey of randomly selected households, knowledge of hygienic practices was documented among mothers, despite low levels of literacy and education. A campaign stressing sanitation and health education, conducted by village health promoters, a…
Effects of Maine's 1981 and Massachusetts' 1982 driving-under-the-influence legislation
In 1981, Maine passed a drunk driving law with mandatory penalties and a new civil charge to increase the conviction rate. One year later, Massachusetts increased drunk driving penalties, particularly for repeat offenders and intoxicated drivers involved in fatal crashes. In Maine, single-vehicle nighttime fatal crashes declined 22 per cent the year before passage of the law, and 33 per cent the year after. Maine's rates returned to pre-law level…
US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children
Objectives. We investigated the association between housing insecurity and the health of very young children. Methods. Between 1998 and 2007, we interviewed 22 069 low-income caregivers with children younger than 3 years who were seen in 7 US urban medical centers. We assessed food insecurity, child health status, developmental risk, weight, and housing insecurity for each child's household. Our indicators for housing insecurity were crowding (> …
Food Insecurity and Risk of Poor Health Among US-Born Children of Immigrants
Objectives. We investigated the risk of household food insecurity and reported fair or poor health among very young children who were US citizens and whose mothers were immigrants compared with those whose mothers had been born in the United States. Methods. Data were obtained from 19 275 mothers (7216 of whom were immigrants) who were interviewed in hospital-based settings between 1998 and 2005 as part of the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assess…
Effects of Maine's 1981 and Massachusetts' 1982 driving-under-the-influence legislation
In 1981, Maine passed a drunk driving law with mandatory penalties and a new civil charge to increase the conviction rate. One year later, Massachusetts increased drunk driving penalties, particularly for repeat offenders and intoxicated drivers involved in fatal crashes. In Maine, single-vehicle nighttime fatal crashes declined 22 per cent the year before passage of the law, and 33 per cent the year after. Maine's rates returned to pre-law level…
Public housing subsidies may improve poor children's nutrition
Public housing subsidies may improve poor children's nutrition. A Meyers, D Rubin, M Napoleone, and K NicholsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.1.115 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Growth Status and Related Medical Conditions Among Refugee Children in Massachusetts, 1995–1998
Objectives. This study analyzed growth and identified related medical conditions among refugee children in Massachusetts. Methods. Between July 1995 and June 1998, 1825 refugee children were screened. Variables included positive tuberculin (purified protein derivative; PPD) test; dental abnormalities; pathogenic parasites; weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height z scores; and body mass index greater than the 84th percentile. Results…
Community Health Assessment of a "Repopulated" Village in El Salvador
A community health assessment was carried out in San Jose las Flores, a village in rural northern El Salvador "repopulated" entirely by former refugees who returned to their area of origin in June 1986. In a survey of randomly selected households, knowledge of hygienic practices was documented among mothers, despite low levels of literacy and education. A campaign stressing sanitation and health education, conducted by village health promoters, a…
Rethinking Resistance and the Cultural Politics of Occupy
This article examines the cultural politics of organizing in the Occupy LA movement. Utilizing ethnographic methods and the analysis of digital media sources produced by a variety of Occupy activists, this study focuses on how members of Occupy LA, in the post camp eviction period, made efforts to infuse a new kind of class politics among members of the newly and structurally dispossessed in the Los Angeles area. It focuses mainly on their effort…
Immigration Reporting Laws
Objectives. This study assessed the potential impact of immigration reporting requirements on pediatricians' referrals to child protective services.Methods.A random sample of 200 Massachusetts pediatricians were surveyed. Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were performed.Results.Asked whether potential deportation of the family would cause them to question or alter a decision to refer, 50% of the respondents said yes.Conclusions.Pediatri…
Effects of Maine's 1981 and Massachusetts' 1982 driving-under-the-influence legislation
In 1981, Maine passed a drunk driving law with mandatory penalties and a new civil charge to increase the conviction rate. One year later, Massachusetts increased drunk driving penalties, particularly for repeat offenders and intoxicated drivers involved in fatal crashes. In Maine, single-vehicle nighttime fatal crashes declined 22 per cent the year before passage of the law, and 33 per cent the year after. Maine's rates returned to pre-law level…
Community Health Assessment of a "Repopulated" Village in El Salvador
A community health assessment was carried out in San Jose las Flores, a village in rural northern El Salvador "repopulated" entirely by former refugees who returned to their area of origin in June 1986. In a survey of randomly selected households, knowledge of hygienic practices was documented among mothers, despite low levels of literacy and education. A campaign stressing sanitation and health education, conducted by village health promoters, a…
Public housing subsidies may improve poor children's nutrition
Public housing subsidies may improve poor children's nutrition. A Meyers, D Rubin, M Napoleone, and K NicholsCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.1.115 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Aboriginal Education and Culture
This paper looks at the issue of culture and identity formation in the context of Aboriginal education. The paper provides a brief overview of traditional understandings of the word 'culture' before it examines current notions and the ways those understandings impact on the formation of identity. The paper concludes with a look at some of the implications of such understandings for the policy and practice of Aboriginal education.But everyone need…
Immigration Reporting Laws
Objectives. This study assessed the potential impact of immigration reporting requirements on pediatricians' referrals to child protective services.Methods.A random sample of 200 Massachusetts pediatricians were surveyed. Chi-square and logistic regression analyses were performed.Results.Asked whether potential deportation of the family would cause them to question or alter a decision to refer, 50% of the respondents said yes.Conclusions.Pediatri…
Immigration Legal Status and Use of Public Programs and Prenatal Care
Growth Status and Related Medical Conditions Among Refugee Children in Massachusetts, 1995–1998
Objectives. This study analyzed growth and identified related medical conditions among refugee children in Massachusetts. Methods. Between July 1995 and June 1998, 1825 refugee children were screened. Variables included positive tuberculin (purified protein derivative; PPD) test; dental abnormalities; pathogenic parasites; weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height z scores; and body mass index greater than the 84th percentile. Results…
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers
Maternal Depression, Changing Public Assistance, Food Security, and Child Health Status
Objective. To examine the association of positive report on a maternal depression screen (PDS) with loss or reduction of welfare support and foods stamps, household food insecurity, and child health measures among children aged ≤36 months at 6 urban hospitals and clinics. Methods. A convenience sample of 5306 mothers, whose children <36 months old were being seen in hospital general clinics or emergency departments (EDs) at medical centers in 5 s…
The appearance of discretionary income
Undernutrition--protein energy malnutrition or specific nutrient deficiencies--has been an inherent characteristic of impoverished populations throughout the world. Over-nutrition, obesity and nutrition imbalance is a current concern among those with rising though still insufficient incomes. We review data to suggest that the prevalence of these forms of malnutrition in populations is highly influenced by the rate of appearance of discretionary i…
Child Food Insecurity and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
Child Food Insecurity Increases Risks Posed by Household Food Insecurity to Young Children’s Health
Child Food Insecurity and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
Household Food Insecurity
OBJECTIVES. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between household food security status and developmental risk in young children, after controlling for potential confounding variables. METHODS. The Children's Sentinel Nutritional Assessment Program interviewed (in English, Spanish, or Somali) 2010 caregivers from low-income households with children 4 to 36 months of age, at 5 pediatric clinic/emergency department sites (in Arkansas, Massa…
Food Insecurity and Risk of Poor Health Among US-Born Children of Immigrants
Objectives. We investigated the risk of household food insecurity and reported fair or poor health among very young children who were US citizens and whose mothers were immigrants compared with those whose mothers had been born in the United States. Methods. Data were obtained from 19 275 mothers (7216 of whom were immigrants) who were interviewed in hospital-based settings between 1998 and 2005 as part of the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assess…
Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity
OBJECTIVES: To develop a brief screen to identify families at risk for food insecurity (FI) and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and convergent validity of the screen. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Caregivers of children (age: birth through 3 years) from 7 urban medical centers completed the US Department of Agriculture 18-item Household Food Security Survey (HFSS), reports of child health, hospitalizations in their lifetime, and developmental r…
US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children
Objectives. We investigated the association between housing insecurity and the health of very young children. Methods. Between 1998 and 2007, we interviewed 22 069 low-income caregivers with children younger than 3 years who were seen in 7 US urban medical centers. We assessed food insecurity, child health status, developmental risk, weight, and housing insecurity for each child's household. Our indicators for housing insecurity were crowding (> …
Rethinking Resistance and the Cultural Politics of Occupy
This article examines the cultural politics of organizing in the Occupy LA movement. Utilizing ethnographic methods and the analysis of digital media sources produced by a variety of Occupy activists, this study focuses on how members of Occupy LA, in the post camp eviction period, made efforts to infuse a new kind of class politics among members of the newly and structurally dispossessed in the Los Angeles area. It focuses mainly on their effort…
Homelessness During Pregnancy
Medicine (17 works) · Environmental health (15 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (14 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Public health (9 works) · Food insecurity (7 works) · Food security (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works)