Geetanjali D Datta
Biographic Data
| ID | 1729325 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geetanjali D Datta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geetanjali D |
| FAMILY NAME | Datta |
| SIGNATURE | DATTA G D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5364-0464 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Inequities in colorectal and breast cancer screening
Due to small, unweighted sample sizes, results should be interpreted with caution. Heterogeneity in screening participation by SGM status within and across racial/ethnic groups were observed, revealing the need to disaggregate data to account for intersecting identities and for studies with larger sample sizes to increase estimate reliability
Multidimensional school features associated with physical activity among youth at risk of obesity
School built and social contexts may be associated with PA cross-sectionally and over time. Further studies are necessary to confirm the direction and magnitude of effects and to establish their relevance to school-based health promotion efforts
Cancer Screening Practices Among Healthcare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to impact long-standing efforts to increase adherence to cancer screening guidelines. Healthcare workers (HCWs) experienced significant hardship, but generally have greater access to preventive services, making them a particularly relevant population in which to understand cancer screening behaviors during the pandemic. We report data from 794 HCWs enrolled in the NCI-funded Serological Sciences Network for…
Interact
INTERACT aims to advance the evidence base on population health intervention research and address challenges related to big data, knowledge mobilization and engagement, ethics, and causality. We will collect ~ 100 TB of sensor data from participants over 5 years. We will address these challenges using interdisciplinary partnerships, training of highly qualified personnel, and modern methodologies for using sensor-based data
Social disparities in children's exposure to secondhand smoke in privately owned vehicles
This study revealed social disparities in children's exposure to SHS in privately owned vehicles
A reliability assessment of a direct-observation park evaluation tool
The tool is generally reliable and can be used to assess park characteristics that may be associated with youth PA. The items tested in Montreal and Perth are likely generalizable to other urban environments
The added value of accounting for activity space when examining the association between tobacco retailer availability and smoking among young adults
This study adds to the sparse literature on contextual correlates of smoking among young adults, and illustrates the added value of considering individuals' activity space in contextual studies of smoking
SRH and HrQOL
Both SRH and HRQoL were lower among those reporting functional limitations or chronic low back pain. However, the change varied according SEP and the measure. In relative term, the negative impact of a given health condition seems to be greater on SRH and lower on HRQoL for people with higher SEP in comparison with people with low SEP. Using SRH could thus decrease socioeconomic differences. In contrast using HRQoL could increase these difference…
Area-Level Social Fragmentation and Walking for Exercise
Objectives. We determined whether social fragmentation, which is linked to the concept of anomie (or normlessness), was associated with a decreased likelihood of willingness to walk for exercise. Methods. Data were collected from mothers and fathers of 630 families participating in the Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth Cohort, an ongoing longitudinal study investigating the natural history of obesity and insulin resistance in ch…
O6-2.6 Bladder cancer survival disparities in the United States
Introduction Black patients have lower bladder cancer survival rates than White patients, but previous studies have not been able to explain this difference. Recent work has found that racial disparities in bladder cancer survival persist after adjusting for sex, age, and tumour characteristics. The objective of this study was to assess the association of insurance status, comorbidities, marital status, the receipt of radical cystectomy and being…
Is there a US prostate cancer belt
Background and objective Several chronic diseases display geographic patterns of increased incidence or mortality in the southern US. State- and county-level maps describe increased prostate cancer mortality in a band of states spanning from Washington, DC, to Louisiana. A recent report has documented that birth in the so-called Stroke Belt (SB) region in the southern US predicts mortality from stroke independently of residence in a SB state in a…
Using self-rated health for analysing social inequalities in health
BACKGROUND: The use of self-rated health (SRH) for measuring health inequalities could present some limits. The impact of the same disease on SRH could be different according to health expectations people have which are associated with social characteristics. The aim of this study was to analyse the link between physical health status and SRH, according to level of education. METHOD: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey …
Marital status and survival following bladder cancer
BACKGROUND: Marital status has been implicated as a prognostic factor in bladder cancer survival. However, few studies have explored potential mechanisms through which this might occur. METHODS: The study identified 19,982 bladder cancer patients from the SEER-Medicare database (1992-8) and constructed sex-specific Cox proportional hazard models to assess the relation between marital status and 5-year survival, while sequentially adding covariate…
Impact of Social Position on the Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Self-Rated Health
Objectives. We assessed the impact of education level on the association between self-rated health and cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin level, and total cholesterol and triglyceride levels). Methods. We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 2001 through 2004 (4015 men and 4066 women). Multivariate analyses were performed with a logistic regression model. Results. Afte…
Relation of female gender and low socioeconomic status to internalizing symptoms among adolescents
Individual, neighborhood, and state-level predictors of smoking among US Black women
Individual, neighborhood, and state-level predictors of smoking among US Black women
Relation of female gender and low socioeconomic status to internalizing symptoms among adolescents
Using self-rated health for analysing social inequalities in health
BACKGROUND: The use of self-rated health (SRH) for measuring health inequalities could present some limits. The impact of the same disease on SRH could be different according to health expectations people have which are associated with social characteristics. The aim of this study was to analyse the link between physical health status and SRH, according to level of education. METHOD: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey …
Impact of Social Position on the Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Self-Rated Health
Objectives. We assessed the impact of education level on the association between self-rated health and cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin level, and total cholesterol and triglyceride levels). Methods. We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 2001 through 2004 (4015 men and 4066 women). Multivariate analyses were performed with a logistic regression model. Results. Afte…
Area-Level Social Fragmentation and Walking for Exercise
Objectives. We determined whether social fragmentation, which is linked to the concept of anomie (or normlessness), was associated with a decreased likelihood of willingness to walk for exercise. Methods. Data were collected from mothers and fathers of 630 families participating in the Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth Cohort, an ongoing longitudinal study investigating the natural history of obesity and insulin resistance in ch…
Marital status and survival following bladder cancer
BACKGROUND: Marital status has been implicated as a prognostic factor in bladder cancer survival. However, few studies have explored potential mechanisms through which this might occur. METHODS: The study identified 19,982 bladder cancer patients from the SEER-Medicare database (1992-8) and constructed sex-specific Cox proportional hazard models to assess the relation between marital status and 5-year survival, while sequentially adding covariate…
Individual, neighborhood, and state-level predictors of smoking among US Black women
Relation of female gender and low socioeconomic status to internalizing symptoms among adolescents
Using self-rated health for analysing social inequalities in health
BACKGROUND: The use of self-rated health (SRH) for measuring health inequalities could present some limits. The impact of the same disease on SRH could be different according to health expectations people have which are associated with social characteristics. The aim of this study was to analyse the link between physical health status and SRH, according to level of education. METHOD: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey …
Marital status and survival following bladder cancer
BACKGROUND: Marital status has been implicated as a prognostic factor in bladder cancer survival. However, few studies have explored potential mechanisms through which this might occur. METHODS: The study identified 19,982 bladder cancer patients from the SEER-Medicare database (1992-8) and constructed sex-specific Cox proportional hazard models to assess the relation between marital status and 5-year survival, while sequentially adding covariate…
Impact of Social Position on the Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Self-Rated Health
Objectives. We assessed the impact of education level on the association between self-rated health and cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin level, and total cholesterol and triglyceride levels). Methods. We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 2001 through 2004 (4015 men and 4066 women). Multivariate analyses were performed with a logistic regression model. Results. Afte…
Is there a US prostate cancer belt
Background and objective Several chronic diseases display geographic patterns of increased incidence or mortality in the southern US. State- and county-level maps describe increased prostate cancer mortality in a band of states spanning from Washington, DC, to Louisiana. A recent report has documented that birth in the so-called Stroke Belt (SB) region in the southern US predicts mortality from stroke independently of residence in a SB state in a…
O6-2.6 Bladder cancer survival disparities in the United States
Introduction Black patients have lower bladder cancer survival rates than White patients, but previous studies have not been able to explain this difference. Recent work has found that racial disparities in bladder cancer survival persist after adjusting for sex, age, and tumour characteristics. The objective of this study was to assess the association of insurance status, comorbidities, marital status, the receipt of radical cystectomy and being…
SRH and HrQOL
Both SRH and HRQoL were lower among those reporting functional limitations or chronic low back pain. However, the change varied according SEP and the measure. In relative term, the negative impact of a given health condition seems to be greater on SRH and lower on HRQoL for people with higher SEP in comparison with people with low SEP. Using SRH could thus decrease socioeconomic differences. In contrast using HRQoL could increase these difference…
Area-Level Social Fragmentation and Walking for Exercise
Objectives. We determined whether social fragmentation, which is linked to the concept of anomie (or normlessness), was associated with a decreased likelihood of willingness to walk for exercise. Methods. Data were collected from mothers and fathers of 630 families participating in the Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth Cohort, an ongoing longitudinal study investigating the natural history of obesity and insulin resistance in ch…
A reliability assessment of a direct-observation park evaluation tool
The tool is generally reliable and can be used to assess park characteristics that may be associated with youth PA. The items tested in Montreal and Perth are likely generalizable to other urban environments
The added value of accounting for activity space when examining the association between tobacco retailer availability and smoking among young adults
This study adds to the sparse literature on contextual correlates of smoking among young adults, and illustrates the added value of considering individuals' activity space in contextual studies of smoking
Social disparities in children's exposure to secondhand smoke in privately owned vehicles
This study revealed social disparities in children's exposure to SHS in privately owned vehicles
Interact
INTERACT aims to advance the evidence base on population health intervention research and address challenges related to big data, knowledge mobilization and engagement, ethics, and causality. We will collect ~ 100 TB of sensor data from participants over 5 years. We will address these challenges using interdisciplinary partnerships, training of highly qualified personnel, and modern methodologies for using sensor-based data
Cancer Screening Practices Among Healthcare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to impact long-standing efforts to increase adherence to cancer screening guidelines. Healthcare workers (HCWs) experienced significant hardship, but generally have greater access to preventive services, making them a particularly relevant population in which to understand cancer screening behaviors during the pandemic. We report data from 794 HCWs enrolled in the NCI-funded Serological Sciences Network for…
Inequities in colorectal and breast cancer screening
Due to small, unweighted sample sizes, results should be interpreted with caution. Heterogeneity in screening participation by SGM status within and across racial/ethnic groups were observed, revealing the need to disaggregate data to account for intersecting identities and for studies with larger sample sizes to increase estimate reliability
Multidimensional school features associated with physical activity among youth at risk of obesity
School built and social contexts may be associated with PA cross-sectionally and over time. Further studies are necessary to confirm the direction and magnitude of effects and to establish their relevance to school-based health promotion efforts
Medicine (16 works) · Demography (12 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Public health (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works)