Peter S Arno
Biographic Data
| ID | 6064893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter S Arno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter S |
| FAMILY NAME | Arno |
| SIGNATURE | ARNO P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York Medical College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Improving population health by reducing poverty
Despite the established relationship between adverse health outcomes and low socioeconomic status, researchers rarely test the link between health improvements and poverty-alleviating economic policies. New research, however, links individual-level health improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a broad-based income support policy. We build on these findings by examining whether the EITC has ecological, neighborhood-level health effec…
Disparities Among Younger and Older Persons Alike
AffiliationsDeborah Viola, PhD, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Peter S. Arno, PhD, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, and the City University of New York Institute for Health Equity, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Socio-economic status, neighbourhood food environments and consumption of fruits and vegetables in New York City
Objective Recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption are largely unmet. Lower socio-economic status (SES), neighbourhood poverty and poor access to retail outlets selling healthy foods are thought to predict lower consumption. The objective of the present study was to assess the interrelationships between these risk factors as predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption. Design Cross-sectional multilevel analyses of data on fruit and v…
The Postpediatrician Transition
A variety of factors impacts the transition from childhood to adulthood for persons with special health care needs or disabilities. Among these are the barriers in care coordination associated with our bifurcated health care delivery system in which pediatric medicine does not smoothly link up with the medical care received by adults. After reviewing the literature, we discuss the strong case to be made for reconceptualizing the medical home mode…
Neighbourhood food environments and body mass index among New York City adults
BACKGROUND: Studies evaluating the impact of the neighbourhood food environment on obesity have summarised the density or proximity of individual food outlets. Though informative, there is a need to consider the role of the entire food environment; however, few measures of whole system attributes have been developed. New variables measuring the food environment were derived and used to study the association with body mass index (BMI). METHODS: In…
Neighborhood Walkability and Active Travel (Walking and Cycling) in New York City
Costs of care for people living with combined HIV/Aids, chronic mental illness, and substance abuse disorders
To determine healthcare access and costs for triply diagnosed adults, we examined baseline data from the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study, a multi-site cohort study of HIV+ adults with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders conducted between 2000 and 2004. Baseline interviews were conducted with 1138 triply diagnosed adults in eight predominantly urban sites nationwide. A modified version of Structured Inter…
Triply-diagnosed patients in the HIV/Aids Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study
Although AIDS is a chronic illness, little is known about the patterns and correlates of long-term care use among triply diagnosed HIV patients. We examined nursing and home care use among 1,045 participants in the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study, a multi-site study of HIV-positive patients with at least one mental health and one substance disorder. Patient interviews and medical record review data were used to examin…
Analysis of a Population-Based Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Index as an Outcome Measure of Access and Quality of Care for the Treatment of HIV Disease
Objectives. A population-based Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) Index was developed in New York City to identify geographic areas and subpopulations at increased risk for PCP. Methods. A zip code–level PCP Index was created from AIDS surveillance and hospital discharge records and defined as (number of PCP-related hospitalizations)/(number of persons living with AIDS). Results. In 1997, there were 2262 hospitalizations for PCP among 39 740 pe…
The Economic Value Of Informal Caregiving
This study explores the current market value of the care provided by unpaid family members and friends to ill and disabled adults. Using large, national data sets we estimate that the national economic value of informal caregiving was $196 billion in 1997. This figure dwarfs national spending for formal home health care ($32 billion) and nursing home care ($83 billion). Estimates for five states also are presented. This study broadens the issue o…
The Economic Impact of High-Technology Home Care
High-tech home care has not proven to be the panacea that it was\nexpected to be, at least partly because oversight has largely been absent. \nDespite claims to the contrary, the cost-effectiveness of home care is called\ninto question by high prices that often bear little relationship to costs. The\nabsence of research to determine when high-tech home care is clinically\nappropriate raises doubts about its widespread use. While there may, in fac…
Against the Odds
The nonprofit sector's response to the Aids epidemic
Community-based organizations in San Francisco have played a key role in providing social support services and public health information to those affected by acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These services have helped minimize the economic impact of the epidemic by reducing the level and expense of hospitalization of AIDS patients. During fiscal year 1984-85, the three largest community-based groups in San Francisco provided more than …
The nonprofit sector's response to the Aids epidemic
Community-based organizations in San Francisco have played a key role in providing social support services and public health information to those affected by acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These services have helped minimize the economic impact of the epidemic by reducing the level and expense of hospitalization of AIDS patients. During fiscal year 1984-85, the three largest community-based groups in San Francisco provided more than …
Neighborhood Walkability and Active Travel (Walking and Cycling) in New York City
Analysis of a Population-Based Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Index as an Outcome Measure of Access and Quality of Care for the Treatment of HIV Disease
Objectives. A population-based Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) Index was developed in New York City to identify geographic areas and subpopulations at increased risk for PCP. Methods. A zip code–level PCP Index was created from AIDS surveillance and hospital discharge records and defined as (number of PCP-related hospitalizations)/(number of persons living with AIDS). Results. In 1997, there were 2262 hospitalizations for PCP among 39 740 pe…
Neighbourhood food environments and body mass index among New York City adults
BACKGROUND: Studies evaluating the impact of the neighbourhood food environment on obesity have summarised the density or proximity of individual food outlets. Though informative, there is a need to consider the role of the entire food environment; however, few measures of whole system attributes have been developed. New variables measuring the food environment were derived and used to study the association with body mass index (BMI). METHODS: In…
The Postpediatrician Transition
A variety of factors impacts the transition from childhood to adulthood for persons with special health care needs or disabilities. Among these are the barriers in care coordination associated with our bifurcated health care delivery system in which pediatric medicine does not smoothly link up with the medical care received by adults. After reviewing the literature, we discuss the strong case to be made for reconceptualizing the medical home mode…
The nonprofit sector's response to the Aids epidemic
Community-based organizations in San Francisco have played a key role in providing social support services and public health information to those affected by acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These services have helped minimize the economic impact of the epidemic by reducing the level and expense of hospitalization of AIDS patients. During fiscal year 1984-85, the three largest community-based groups in San Francisco provided more than …
Against the Odds
The Economic Impact of High-Technology Home Care
High-tech home care has not proven to be the panacea that it was\nexpected to be, at least partly because oversight has largely been absent. \nDespite claims to the contrary, the cost-effectiveness of home care is called\ninto question by high prices that often bear little relationship to costs. The\nabsence of research to determine when high-tech home care is clinically\nappropriate raises doubts about its widespread use. While there may, in fac…
The Economic Value Of Informal Caregiving
This study explores the current market value of the care provided by unpaid family members and friends to ill and disabled adults. Using large, national data sets we estimate that the national economic value of informal caregiving was $196 billion in 1997. This figure dwarfs national spending for formal home health care ($32 billion) and nursing home care ($83 billion). Estimates for five states also are presented. This study broadens the issue o…
Analysis of a Population-Based Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Index as an Outcome Measure of Access and Quality of Care for the Treatment of HIV Disease
Objectives. A population-based Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) Index was developed in New York City to identify geographic areas and subpopulations at increased risk for PCP. Methods. A zip code–level PCP Index was created from AIDS surveillance and hospital discharge records and defined as (number of PCP-related hospitalizations)/(number of persons living with AIDS). Results. In 1997, there were 2262 hospitalizations for PCP among 39 740 pe…
Triply-diagnosed patients in the HIV/Aids Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study
Although AIDS is a chronic illness, little is known about the patterns and correlates of long-term care use among triply diagnosed HIV patients. We examined nursing and home care use among 1,045 participants in the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study, a multi-site study of HIV-positive patients with at least one mental health and one substance disorder. Patient interviews and medical record review data were used to examin…
Costs of care for people living with combined HIV/Aids, chronic mental illness, and substance abuse disorders
To determine healthcare access and costs for triply diagnosed adults, we examined baseline data from the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study, a multi-site cohort study of HIV+ adults with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders conducted between 2000 and 2004. Baseline interviews were conducted with 1138 triply diagnosed adults in eight predominantly urban sites nationwide. A modified version of Structured Inter…
Neighborhood Walkability and Active Travel (Walking and Cycling) in New York City
Socio-economic status, neighbourhood food environments and consumption of fruits and vegetables in New York City
Objective Recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption are largely unmet. Lower socio-economic status (SES), neighbourhood poverty and poor access to retail outlets selling healthy foods are thought to predict lower consumption. The objective of the present study was to assess the interrelationships between these risk factors as predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption. Design Cross-sectional multilevel analyses of data on fruit and v…
The Postpediatrician Transition
A variety of factors impacts the transition from childhood to adulthood for persons with special health care needs or disabilities. Among these are the barriers in care coordination associated with our bifurcated health care delivery system in which pediatric medicine does not smoothly link up with the medical care received by adults. After reviewing the literature, we discuss the strong case to be made for reconceptualizing the medical home mode…
Neighbourhood food environments and body mass index among New York City adults
BACKGROUND: Studies evaluating the impact of the neighbourhood food environment on obesity have summarised the density or proximity of individual food outlets. Though informative, there is a need to consider the role of the entire food environment; however, few measures of whole system attributes have been developed. New variables measuring the food environment were derived and used to study the association with body mass index (BMI). METHODS: In…
Disparities Among Younger and Older Persons Alike
AffiliationsDeborah Viola, PhD, School of Health Sciences and Practice, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Peter S. Arno, PhD, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, and the City University of New York Institute for Health Equity, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Improving population health by reducing poverty
Despite the established relationship between adverse health outcomes and low socioeconomic status, researchers rarely test the link between health improvements and poverty-alleviating economic policies. New research, however, links individual-level health improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a broad-based income support policy. We build on these findings by examining whether the EITC has ecological, neighborhood-level health effec…
Medicine (11 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · Political science (4 works)