Gretchen Van Wye

Biographic Data

ID6064164
NAMEGretchen Van Wye
GIVEN NAMESGretchen
FAMILY NAMEVan Wye
SIGNATUREVAN WYE G
AFFILIATIONSNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS156
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX5

  • Fertility in the Heart of the Covid-19 Storm

    Open AccessDaniel Dench, Wenhui Li et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2024References: 35

  • Managing Death Reporting at a Peak of the Covid-19 Pandemic in New York City in Spring 2020

    Gretchen Van WyeARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2022References: 1

  • Covid-19 Outbreak — New York City, February 29–June 1, 2020

    Open AccessCorinne N Thompson, Jennifer Baumgartner et al.ARTICLEMMWR. Surveillance Summaries2020

    New York City (NYC) was an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States during spring 2020 (1). During March-May 2020, approximately 203,000 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). To obtain more complete data, DOHMH used supplementary information sources and relied on direct data importation and matching of patient identifiers for data on …

  • Structural Racism, Historical Redlining, and Risk of Preterm Birth in New York City, 2013–2017

    Nancy Krieger, Gretchen Van Wye et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2020Cited by: 45References: 18

    Objectives. To assess if historical redlining, the US government’s 1930s racially discriminatory grading of neighborhoods’ mortgage credit-worthiness, implemented via the federally sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) color-coded maps, is associated with contemporary risk of preterm birth ( Methods. We analyzed 2013–2017 birth certificate data for all singleton births in New York City (n = 528 096) linked by maternal residence at time o…

  • Severe sociopolitical stressors and preterm births in New York City

    Open AccessNancy Krieger, Mary Huynh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2018Cited by: 20References: 8

    BACKGROUND: Severe stressors can induce preterm birth (PTB; gestation <37 weeks), with such stressors including social and economic threats, interpersonal violence, hate crimes and severe sociopolitical stressors (ie, arising from political leaders' threatening rhetoric or from political legislation). We analysed temporal changes in risk of PTB among immigrant, Hispanic and Muslim populations targeted in the US 2016 presidential election and its …

  • Public Health Monitoring of Privilege and Deprivation With the Index of Concentration at the Extremes

    Nancy Krieger, Pamela D Waterman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 46References: 40

    Objectives. We evaluated use of the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE) for public health monitoring. Methods. We used New York City data centered around 2010 to assess cross-sectional associations at the census tract and community district levels, for (1) diverse ICE measures plus the US poverty rate, with (2) infant mortality, premature mortality (before age 65 years), and diabetes mortality. Results. Point estimates for rate ratios we…

  • Reducing Sugary Drink Consumption

    Susan M Kansagra, Maura O Kennelly et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Cited by: 3References: 16

    Studies have linked the consumption of sugary drinks to weight gain, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Since 2006, New York City has taken several actions to reduce consumption. Nutrition standards limited sugary drinks served by city agencies. Mass media campaigns educated New Yorkers on the added sugars in sugary drinks and their health impact. Policy proposals included an excise tax, a restriction on use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra…

  • Breakfast patterns among low-income, ethnically-diverse 4th-6thgrade children in an urban area

    Open AccessHannah G Lawman, Heather M Polonsky et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

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  • Evaluation of the New York City Breakfast in the Classroom Program

    Gretchen Van Wye, Hannah Seoh et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2013Cited by: 3References: 10

    Objectives. We determined the impact of Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) on the percentage of children going without morning food, number of locations where food was consumed, and estimated calories consumed per child. Methods. We used a cross-sectional survey of morning food consumed among elementary school students offered BIC and not offered BIC in geographically matched high-poverty-neighborhood elementary schools. Results. Students offered B…

  • Measuring food deserts in New York City's low-income neighborhoods

    Open AccessCynthia Gordon, Marnie Purciel-Hill et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2011Cited by: 30References: 11

  • Demographic and Behavioral Factors Associated with Daily Sugar-sweetened Soda Consumption in New York City Adults

    Open AccessColin D Rehm, Thomas Matte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2008Cited by: 9References: 1

  • Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?

    Open AccessDavid Wendler, Raynard Kington et al.ARTICLEPLoS Medicine2005

    BACKGROUND: It is widely claimed that racial and ethnic minorities, especially in the US, are less willing than non-minority individuals to participate in health research. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical data to substantiate this claim. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed a comprehensive literature search to identify all published health research studies that report consent rates by race or ethnicity. We found 20 health research studies that …