Sue C Grady
Biographic Data
| ID | 1730659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue C Grady |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue C |
| FAMILY NAME | Grady |
| SIGNATURE | GRADY S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 188 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Spatial distribution of central obesity in rural and peri urban communities of Botswana
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City of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, and School of Choice
This research studies the levels of environmental pollutants related to four different school of choice types in the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park in 2021. It is hypothesized that public and for-profit charter schools will be located in older buildings and in areas of greater pollution. Indicators of pollution exposure included Superfund and Brownfield sites, location and pounds of Toxic Release Inventory, and mean blood lead le…
Gentrification and Air Quality in a Large Urban County in the United States
Introduction: Increases in industrialization and manufacturing have led to worsening pollution in some components of air quality. In addition, gentrification is occurring in large cities throughout the world. As these socioeconomic and demographic changes occur, there have been no studies examining the association of gentrification with air quality. To investigate this association, we studied the trends of gentrification, changes in racial distri…
Racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to risk-screening environmental indicator (RSEI) toxicity-weighted concentrations
Winter Malaria, Urban Environmental Mismanagement and Climate Change in Khartoum City, Sudan
This study investigates malaria incidence during the hot-wet summer (June to September) and cool-dry winter (January to March) seasons in Khartoum, Sudan. Using data on malaria cases, LandScan gridded population data, and temperature data from the Global Historical Climatology Network, malaria incidence in Khartoum city in 2015 was 1,629.2 per 100,000 population in cool-dry winter months compared to 924.7 in hot-wet summer months, with temperatur…
What lies beyond the built environment? Exploring “walkability” across the Detroit region
Spaces of Segregation and Health
Lead Emissions and Population Vulnerability in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2006–2013
This research investigates the relationships between airborne and depositional industrial lead emission concentrations modeled using Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) American Meteorological Society/Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model (AERMOD) and childhood blood lead levels (BLL) in the Detroit Metropolitan Area (DMA) 2006-2013. Linear and mediation interaction regression models estimated the effects of older housing and air…
Characterizing preschooler's outdoor physical activity
Creating therapeutic spaces for the public
It is becoming increasingly crucial to consider the design and construction of ‘age-friendly” and “healthy” cities to accommodate the world’s changing demographic. We propose a conceptual framework through which urban open spaces are transformed into “therapeutic public spaces”. Following eight months of fieldwork in public parks in two Chinese cities, we found that the assemblage of physical and social elements, as well as elderly people’s perfo…
Optimizing Antiretroviral Uptake in Rural Botswana
Botswana was the first African country to introduce free antiretroviral treatment (ART) to people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but today it has the third highest HIV prevalence rate (20.3 per 100 population) in the world. This study investigates the availability and accessibility of ART facilities in Botswana and the utilization of ART services in districts with high HIV prevalence and low percentages of ART uptake. Availabilit…
Mapping Multi-Disease Risk during El Niño
El Niño is a quasi-periodic pattern of climate variability and extremes often associated with hazards and disease. While El Niño links to individual diseases have been examined, less is known about the cluster of multi-disease risk referred to as an ecosyndemic, which emerges during extreme events. The objective of this study was to explore a mapping approach to represent the spatial distribution of ecosyndemics in Piura, Peru at the district-lev…
Physical activity and chronic diseases among older people in a mid-size city in China
Health disparities among older people may widen as the sedentary experience earlier onsets of chronic diseases and worse health trajectories, compared to physically active people. Future health education communication and programmatic interventions should focus on sedentary and less healthy older populations to encourage healthy aging. These lessons from China may be applied to other countries also experiencing an increasing aging population
Explained and unexplained racial and regional inequality in obesity prevalence in the United States
Objective: There are substantial racial and regional disparities in obesity prevalence in the United States. This study partitioned the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) and obesity prevalence rate gaps between non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites into the portion attributable to observable obesity risk factors and the remaining portion attributable to unobservable factors at the national and the state levels in the United States (U.S.) in 2010. …
The ‘transportation disadvantaged’
Urban decentralisation in the USA during the past five decades has created an automobile-dependent landscape characterised by low-densities, largely single-use zoning and disconnected street networks. Longer distances between dispersing destinations, resulting from urban decentralisation, negatively affects the mobility of socially disadvantaged groups, including women, minorities and lower-income populations. Furthermore, the urban poor and mino…
Africana womanism as an extension of feminism in political ecology (of health) research
Lead Emissions and Population Vulnerability in the Detroit (Michigan, USA) Metropolitan Area, 2006–2013
Objective : The purpose of this research is to geographically model airborne lead emission concentrations and total lead deposition in the Detroit Metropolitan Area (DMA) from 2006 to 2013. Further, this study characterizes the racial and socioeconomic composition of recipient neighborhoods and estimates the potential for IQ (Intelligence Quotient) loss of children residing there. Methods : Lead emissions were modeled from emitting facilities in …
How the built environment affects change in older people's physical activity
El Niño, Climate, and Cholera Associations in Piura, Peru, 1991–2001
Three modes of power operation
Modeling the Movement of Homicide by Type to Inform Public Health Prevention Efforts
Objectives. We modeled the spatiotemporal movement of hotspot clusters of homicide by motive in Newark, New Jersey, to investigate whether different homicide types have different patterns of clustering and movement. Methods. We obtained homicide data from the Newark Police Department Homicide Unit’s investigative files from 1997 through 2007 (n = 560). We geocoded the address at which each homicide victim was found and recorded the date of and th…
Today and tomorrow
Reexamining El Niño and Cholera in Peru
In the 1990s Peru experienced the first cholera epidemic after almost a century. The source of emergence was initially attributed to a cargo ship, but later there was evidence of an El Niño association. It was hypothesized that marine ecosystem changes associated with El Niño led to the propagation of V. cholerae along the coast of Peru, which in turn initiated the onset of the epidemic in 1991. Earlier studies supported this explanation by demon…
Ethnic Density and Maternal and Infant Health Inequalities
How do the social and material characteristics of residential contexts in the host country affect immigrant maternal and infant health? We examine this question through the lens of the ethnic density hypothesis, a hypothesis that posits beneficial effects on immigrant health of living in areas of high ethnic density; that is, among a socially and linguistically similar population. We analyze the association between infant low birth weight and eth…
Spatial Methods to Study Local Racial Residential Segregation and Infant Health in Detroit, Michigan
Over the last several decades, blacks in the United States have experienced substantial health disadvantages compared to other racial and ethnic groups. These disadvantages have been observed for important types of morbidity and early mortality, which public health interventions have achieved limited progress in improving. A promising new direction in health geographic research investigates the relationships among racial residential segregation, …
Racial disparities in low birthweight and the contribution of residential segregation
Segregation, Nativity, and Health
This research analyzes differences between immigrant and native-born Black women in the relationship between racial residential segregation and low birthweight risk. Differences in nativity are investigated because sociocultural diversity may affect women's exposure to environmental and psychosocial stressors associated with living in highly segregated neighborhoods and in the presence of protective "ethnic density" effects. Using vital statistic…
How the built environment affects change in older people's physical activity
Mediating medical risk factors in the residential segregation and low birthweight relationship by race in New York City
The ‘transportation disadvantaged’
Urban decentralisation in the USA during the past five decades has created an automobile-dependent landscape characterised by low-densities, largely single-use zoning and disconnected street networks. Longer distances between dispersing destinations, resulting from urban decentralisation, negatively affects the mobility of socially disadvantaged groups, including women, minorities and lower-income populations. Furthermore, the urban poor and mino…
Ethnic Density and Maternal and Infant Health Inequalities
How do the social and material characteristics of residential contexts in the host country affect immigrant maternal and infant health? We examine this question through the lens of the ethnic density hypothesis, a hypothesis that posits beneficial effects on immigrant health of living in areas of high ethnic density; that is, among a socially and linguistically similar population. We analyze the association between infant low birth weight and eth…
Africana womanism as an extension of feminism in political ecology (of health) research
Modeling the Movement of Homicide by Type to Inform Public Health Prevention Efforts
Objectives. We modeled the spatiotemporal movement of hotspot clusters of homicide by motive in Newark, New Jersey, to investigate whether different homicide types have different patterns of clustering and movement. Methods. We obtained homicide data from the Newark Police Department Homicide Unit’s investigative files from 1997 through 2007 (n = 560). We geocoded the address at which each homicide victim was found and recorded the date of and th…
Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity
We investigated the effects of improved indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on perceived health and productivity in occupants who moved from conventional to green (according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ratings) office buildings. In 2 retrospective–prospective case studies we found that improved IEQ contributed to reductions in perceived absenteeism and work hours affected by asthma, respiratory allergies, depression, and stres…
Spaces of Segregation and Health
Today and tomorrow
Three modes of power operation
Spatial Methods to Study Local Racial Residential Segregation and Infant Health in Detroit, Michigan
Over the last several decades, blacks in the United States have experienced substantial health disadvantages compared to other racial and ethnic groups. These disadvantages have been observed for important types of morbidity and early mortality, which public health interventions have achieved limited progress in improving. A promising new direction in health geographic research investigates the relationships among racial residential segregation, …
Immigration and Geographic Access to Prenatal Clinics in Brooklyn, NY
We compared levels of geographic access to prenatal clinics in Brooklyn, NY, between immigrant and US-born mothers and among immigrant groups by country of birth. We used birth data to characterize the spatial distribution of mothers and kernel estimation to measure clinic density within a 2-mile radius of each mother. Results showed that geographic access to clinics differs substantially by country of birth. Certain groups (e.g., Pakistani, Bang…
Creating therapeutic spaces for the public
It is becoming increasingly crucial to consider the design and construction of ‘age-friendly” and “healthy” cities to accommodate the world’s changing demographic. We propose a conceptual framework through which urban open spaces are transformed into “therapeutic public spaces”. Following eight months of fieldwork in public parks in two Chinese cities, we found that the assemblage of physical and social elements, as well as elderly people’s perfo…
Explained and unexplained racial and regional inequality in obesity prevalence in the United States
Objective: There are substantial racial and regional disparities in obesity prevalence in the United States. This study partitioned the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) and obesity prevalence rate gaps between non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites into the portion attributable to observable obesity risk factors and the remaining portion attributable to unobservable factors at the national and the state levels in the United States (U.S.) in 2010. …
Racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to risk-screening environmental indicator (RSEI) toxicity-weighted concentrations
Immigration and Geographic Access to Prenatal Clinics in Brooklyn, NY
We compared levels of geographic access to prenatal clinics in Brooklyn, NY, between immigrant and US-born mothers and among immigrant groups by country of birth. We used birth data to characterize the spatial distribution of mothers and kernel estimation to measure clinic density within a 2-mile radius of each mother. Results showed that geographic access to clinics differs substantially by country of birth. Certain groups (e.g., Pakistani, Bang…
Racial disparities in low birthweight and the contribution of residential segregation
Mediating medical risk factors in the residential segregation and low birthweight relationship by race in New York City
Segregation, Nativity, and Health
This research analyzes differences between immigrant and native-born Black women in the relationship between racial residential segregation and low birthweight risk. Differences in nativity are investigated because sociocultural diversity may affect women's exposure to environmental and psychosocial stressors associated with living in highly segregated neighborhoods and in the presence of protective "ethnic density" effects. Using vital statistic…
It takes a village
BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated the contribution of community and parental education levels in determining paediatric outcomes, including lower-respiratory infection (LRI), the leading global cause of child mortality. METHODS: The authors evaluated the association between community and maternal educational attainment and LRI risk among Medicaid-enrolled children age <2 years in Alaska, which has one of the highest LRI incidences ever repor…
Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity
We investigated the effects of improved indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on perceived health and productivity in occupants who moved from conventional to green (according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ratings) office buildings. In 2 retrospective–prospective case studies we found that improved IEQ contributed to reductions in perceived absenteeism and work hours affected by asthma, respiratory allergies, depression, and stres…
Ethnic Density and Maternal and Infant Health Inequalities
How do the social and material characteristics of residential contexts in the host country affect immigrant maternal and infant health? We examine this question through the lens of the ethnic density hypothesis, a hypothesis that posits beneficial effects on immigrant health of living in areas of high ethnic density; that is, among a socially and linguistically similar population. We analyze the association between infant low birth weight and eth…
Spatial Methods to Study Local Racial Residential Segregation and Infant Health in Detroit, Michigan
Over the last several decades, blacks in the United States have experienced substantial health disadvantages compared to other racial and ethnic groups. These disadvantages have been observed for important types of morbidity and early mortality, which public health interventions have achieved limited progress in improving. A promising new direction in health geographic research investigates the relationships among racial residential segregation, …
Reexamining El Niño and Cholera in Peru
In the 1990s Peru experienced the first cholera epidemic after almost a century. The source of emergence was initially attributed to a cargo ship, but later there was evidence of an El Niño association. It was hypothesized that marine ecosystem changes associated with El Niño led to the propagation of V. cholerae along the coast of Peru, which in turn initiated the onset of the epidemic in 1991. Earlier studies supported this explanation by demon…
Modeling the Movement of Homicide by Type to Inform Public Health Prevention Efforts
Objectives. We modeled the spatiotemporal movement of hotspot clusters of homicide by motive in Newark, New Jersey, to investigate whether different homicide types have different patterns of clustering and movement. Methods. We obtained homicide data from the Newark Police Department Homicide Unit’s investigative files from 1997 through 2007 (n = 560). We geocoded the address at which each homicide victim was found and recorded the date of and th…
Today and tomorrow
El Niño, Climate, and Cholera Associations in Piura, Peru, 1991–2001
Three modes of power operation
Lead Emissions and Population Vulnerability in the Detroit (Michigan, USA) Metropolitan Area, 2006–2013
Objective : The purpose of this research is to geographically model airborne lead emission concentrations and total lead deposition in the Detroit Metropolitan Area (DMA) from 2006 to 2013. Further, this study characterizes the racial and socioeconomic composition of recipient neighborhoods and estimates the potential for IQ (Intelligence Quotient) loss of children residing there. Methods : Lead emissions were modeled from emitting facilities in …
How the built environment affects change in older people's physical activity
Mapping Multi-Disease Risk during El Niño
El Niño is a quasi-periodic pattern of climate variability and extremes often associated with hazards and disease. While El Niño links to individual diseases have been examined, less is known about the cluster of multi-disease risk referred to as an ecosyndemic, which emerges during extreme events. The objective of this study was to explore a mapping approach to represent the spatial distribution of ecosyndemics in Piura, Peru at the district-lev…
Physical activity and chronic diseases among older people in a mid-size city in China
Health disparities among older people may widen as the sedentary experience earlier onsets of chronic diseases and worse health trajectories, compared to physically active people. Future health education communication and programmatic interventions should focus on sedentary and less healthy older populations to encourage healthy aging. These lessons from China may be applied to other countries also experiencing an increasing aging population
Explained and unexplained racial and regional inequality in obesity prevalence in the United States
Objective: There are substantial racial and regional disparities in obesity prevalence in the United States. This study partitioned the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) and obesity prevalence rate gaps between non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites into the portion attributable to observable obesity risk factors and the remaining portion attributable to unobservable factors at the national and the state levels in the United States (U.S.) in 2010. …
The ‘transportation disadvantaged’
Urban decentralisation in the USA during the past five decades has created an automobile-dependent landscape characterised by low-densities, largely single-use zoning and disconnected street networks. Longer distances between dispersing destinations, resulting from urban decentralisation, negatively affects the mobility of socially disadvantaged groups, including women, minorities and lower-income populations. Furthermore, the urban poor and mino…
Africana womanism as an extension of feminism in political ecology (of health) research
Optimizing Antiretroviral Uptake in Rural Botswana
Botswana was the first African country to introduce free antiretroviral treatment (ART) to people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but today it has the third highest HIV prevalence rate (20.3 per 100 population) in the world. This study investigates the availability and accessibility of ART facilities in Botswana and the utilization of ART services in districts with high HIV prevalence and low percentages of ART uptake. Availabilit…
Lead Emissions and Population Vulnerability in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2006–2013
This research investigates the relationships between airborne and depositional industrial lead emission concentrations modeled using Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) American Meteorological Society/Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model (AERMOD) and childhood blood lead levels (BLL) in the Detroit Metropolitan Area (DMA) 2006-2013. Linear and mediation interaction regression models estimated the effects of older housing and air…
Characterizing preschooler's outdoor physical activity
Creating therapeutic spaces for the public
It is becoming increasingly crucial to consider the design and construction of ‘age-friendly” and “healthy” cities to accommodate the world’s changing demographic. We propose a conceptual framework through which urban open spaces are transformed into “therapeutic public spaces”. Following eight months of fieldwork in public parks in two Chinese cities, we found that the assemblage of physical and social elements, as well as elderly people’s perfo…
Winter Malaria, Urban Environmental Mismanagement and Climate Change in Khartoum City, Sudan
This study investigates malaria incidence during the hot-wet summer (June to September) and cool-dry winter (January to March) seasons in Khartoum, Sudan. Using data on malaria cases, LandScan gridded population data, and temperature data from the Global Historical Climatology Network, malaria incidence in Khartoum city in 2015 was 1,629.2 per 100,000 population in cool-dry winter months compared to 924.7 in hot-wet summer months, with temperatur…
Medicine (23 works) · Geography (21 works) · Environmental health (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Population (11 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Poverty (8 works)