Russ Lopez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926782 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russ Lopez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russ |
| FAMILY NAME | Lopez |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
M elanie A. K iechle . Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America
The sense of smell—along with its close associate, taste—is highly subjective and can be difficult to measure. In the nineteenth century, odors were thought to cause disease. When this belief collided with an urban environment that was horrifically afflicted by overwhelming smells, people struggled to protect themselves from odors that surrounded them. And not only were these odors difficult to breathe; they also were thought to be the direct cau…
James A. Schafer Jr. The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900–1940
Journal Article James A. Schafer Jr. The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900–1940. Get access James A. SchaferThe Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900–1940. (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine.) New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2014. Pp. xix, 250. $32.95. Russ Lopez Russ Lopez Northeastern University…
Posters for Housing and Health
THE 1930S POSTER IMAGE contrasts a modernist public housing development with conditions in a tenement district. In the latter, a woman pushes a baby carriage through a neighborhood that at the time would have been considered unhealthy.1 She approaches overflowing garbage cans; laundry lines fill the tall, narrow space between tenement buildings; and an old water tank tops a roof. An elevated train can be seen in the distance. The image, in gray-b…
Public Health, the Apha, and Urban Renewal
Joint efforts by fields of public health in the last decade have advocated use of the built environment to protect health. Past involvement by public health advocates in urban policy, however, has had mixed results. Although public health has significantly contributed to health improvements, its participation in urban renewal activities was problematic. Health advocates and the American Public Health Association produced guidelines that were wide…
Neighborhood Risk Factors for Obesity
Objective: The goal of this study was to explore neighborhood environmental factors associated with obesity in a sample of adults living in a major U.S. metropolitan area. Research Methods and Procedures: This was a multi‐level study combining data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System with data from the U.S. Census. A total of 15,358 subjects living in 327 zip code tabulation areas were surveyed between 1998 and 2002. The outc…
Income inequality and self-rated health in US metropolitan areas: A multi-level analysis
Urban Sprawl and Risk for Being Overweight or Obese
Objectives. I examined the association between urban sprawl and the risk for being overweight or obese among US adults. Methods. A measure of urban sprawl in metropolitan areas was derived from the 2000 US Census; individual-level data were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. I used multilevel analysis to assess the association between urban sprawl and obesity. Results. After I controlled for gender, age, race/ethnicity,…
Sprawl In The 1990s: Measurement, Distribution, and Trends
Although sprawl is a growing national debate, there have been few efforts to measure or monitor changes in degree of sprawl over time. By using a methodology that employs census data, this sprawl index allows computation of levels of sprawl and examination of temporal and geographic changes. The results show that sprawl has increased over the past decade in many metropolitan areas. There are important geographic variations in sprawl, implying tha…
Sprawl In The 1990s: Measurement, Distribution, and Trends
Although sprawl is a growing national debate, there have been few efforts to measure or monitor changes in degree of sprawl over time. By using a methodology that employs census data, this sprawl index allows computation of levels of sprawl and examination of temporal and geographic changes. The results show that sprawl has increased over the past decade in many metropolitan areas. There are important geographic variations in sprawl, implying tha…
Urban Sprawl and Risk for Being Overweight or Obese
Objectives. I examined the association between urban sprawl and the risk for being overweight or obese among US adults. Methods. A measure of urban sprawl in metropolitan areas was derived from the 2000 US Census; individual-level data were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. I used multilevel analysis to assess the association between urban sprawl and obesity. Results. After I controlled for gender, age, race/ethnicity,…
Public Health, the Apha, and Urban Renewal
Joint efforts by fields of public health in the last decade have advocated use of the built environment to protect health. Past involvement by public health advocates in urban policy, however, has had mixed results. Although public health has significantly contributed to health improvements, its participation in urban renewal activities was problematic. Health advocates and the American Public Health Association produced guidelines that were wide…
Posters for Housing and Health
THE 1930S POSTER IMAGE contrasts a modernist public housing development with conditions in a tenement district. In the latter, a woman pushes a baby carriage through a neighborhood that at the time would have been considered unhealthy.1 She approaches overflowing garbage cans; laundry lines fill the tall, narrow space between tenement buildings; and an old water tank tops a roof. An elevated train can be seen in the distance. The image, in gray-b…
Sprawl In The 1990s: Measurement, Distribution, and Trends
Although sprawl is a growing national debate, there have been few efforts to measure or monitor changes in degree of sprawl over time. By using a methodology that employs census data, this sprawl index allows computation of levels of sprawl and examination of temporal and geographic changes. The results show that sprawl has increased over the past decade in many metropolitan areas. There are important geographic variations in sprawl, implying tha…
Income inequality and self-rated health in US metropolitan areas: A multi-level analysis
Urban Sprawl and Risk for Being Overweight or Obese
Objectives. I examined the association between urban sprawl and the risk for being overweight or obese among US adults. Methods. A measure of urban sprawl in metropolitan areas was derived from the 2000 US Census; individual-level data were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. I used multilevel analysis to assess the association between urban sprawl and obesity. Results. After I controlled for gender, age, race/ethnicity,…
Neighborhood Risk Factors for Obesity
Objective: The goal of this study was to explore neighborhood environmental factors associated with obesity in a sample of adults living in a major U.S. metropolitan area. Research Methods and Procedures: This was a multi‐level study combining data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System with data from the U.S. Census. A total of 15,358 subjects living in 327 zip code tabulation areas were surveyed between 1998 and 2002. The outc…
Public Health, the Apha, and Urban Renewal
Joint efforts by fields of public health in the last decade have advocated use of the built environment to protect health. Past involvement by public health advocates in urban policy, however, has had mixed results. Although public health has significantly contributed to health improvements, its participation in urban renewal activities was problematic. Health advocates and the American Public Health Association produced guidelines that were wide…
Posters for Housing and Health
THE 1930S POSTER IMAGE contrasts a modernist public housing development with conditions in a tenement district. In the latter, a woman pushes a baby carriage through a neighborhood that at the time would have been considered unhealthy.1 She approaches overflowing garbage cans; laundry lines fill the tall, narrow space between tenement buildings; and an old water tank tops a roof. An elevated train can be seen in the distance. The image, in gray-b…
James A. Schafer Jr. The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900–1940
Journal Article James A. Schafer Jr. The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900–1940. Get access James A. SchaferThe Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900–1940. (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine.) New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2014. Pp. xix, 250. $32.95. Russ Lopez Russ Lopez Northeastern University…
M elanie A. K iechle . Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America
The sense of smell—along with its close associate, taste—is highly subjective and can be difficult to measure. In the nineteenth century, odors were thought to cause disease. When this belief collided with an urban environment that was horrifically afflicted by overwhelming smells, people struggled to protect themselves from odors that surrounded them. And not only were these odors difficult to breathe; they also were thought to be the direct cau…
Medicine (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Metropolitan area (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (3 works)