Nicholas B King
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1184071 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nicholas B King |
| PRENOMES | Nicholas B |
| SOBRENOME | King |
| ASSINATURA | KING N B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2093-3380 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 225 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
How global is global health research? A large-scale analysis of trends in authorship
Many have called for greater inclusion of researchers from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the conduct of global health research, yet the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Prior studies are journal-, subject-, or region-specific, largely rely on manual review, and yield varying estimates not amenable to broad evaluation of the literature. We conducted a large-scale investigation of the contribution of LMIC-affiliated researchers…
Defining global health as public health somewhere else
Many definitions of global health have been offered, but none properly distinguish this field from public health more generally. We propose the following definition: global health is public health somewhere else. Our definition encourages consideration of the normative dimensions of global health, and their impact on aspects of training and practice that lead to unintended consequences and critiques. Practising public health somewhere else often …
Lockdown texts
Cash transfer programs have differential effects on health
Unsettling circularity”
The US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the controversial analgesic Zohydro has drawn attention to its endorsement of so-called ‘enrichment strategies’ for streamlining clinical trials. Among these is ‘enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal’ (EERW), a design intended to improve measures of drug efficacy by screening out patients who are non-responsive or suffer adverse effects. EERW has been promoted as a response to the problem of h…
The heterogeneity of vulnerability in public health
The concept of vulnerability is frequently used in public health policies to develop tailored interventions or dedicate proportionately more resources to certain sub-populations. However, once segments of the population are identified as vulnerable, they are rarely consulted regarding whether this label is acceptable before instituting interventions. Instead, it is implicitly assumed that the targeted individuals identify themselves as vulnerable…
Trends in Educational Inequalities in Drug Poisoning Mortality
Objectives. We estimated trends in drug poisoning death rates by educational attainment and investigated educational inequalities in drug poisoning mortality by race, gender, and region. Methods. We linked drug poisoning death counts from the National Vital Statistics System to population denominators from the Current Population Survey to estimate drug poisoning rates by gender, race, region, and educational attainment (less than high school degr…
Determinants of Increased Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States and Canada, 1990–2013
We review evidence of determinants contributing to increased opioid-related mortality in the United States and Canada between 1990 and 2013. We identified 17 determinants of opioid-related mortality and mortality increases that we classified into 3 categories: prescriber behavior, user behavior and characteristics, and environmental and systemic determinants. These determinants operate independently but interact in complex ways that vary accordin…
The influence of popular media on perceptions of personal and population risk in possible disease outbreaks
Infectious disease outbreaks are uncertain and potentially risky events that often attract significant media attention. Previous research has shown that, regardless of their objective severity, diseases receiving greater coverage in the media are considered to be more serious and more representative of a disease than those receiving less coverage. This study assesses the role of media coverage in estimations of population risk (measured as percei…
Who cares about health inequalities? Cross-country evidence from the World Health Survey
Reduction of health inequalities within and between countries is a global health priority, but little is known about the determinants of popular support for this goal. We used data from the World Health Survey to assess individual preferences for prioritizing reductions in health and health care inequalities. We used descriptive tables and regression analysis to study the determinants of preferences for reducing health inequalities as the primary…
Implicit Value Judgments in the Measurement of Health Inequalities
CONTEXT: Quantitative estimates of the magnitude, direction, and rate of change of health inequalities play a crucial role in creating and assessing policies aimed at eliminating the disproportionate burden of disease in disadvantaged populations. It is generally assumed that the measurement of health inequalities is a value-neutral process, providing objective data that are then interpreted using normative judgments about whether a particular di…
Relative Measures Alone Tell Only Part of the Story
In their article on HIV/AIDS mortality, Rubin et al. approvingly cite Braveman's definition of a health inequality as “a difference in which disadvantaged social groups ... systematically experience worse health or greater health risks than more advantaged social groups.”1(p1053) Later in her work, Braveman discusses two common effect measures used when comparing two groups, the rate ratio and the rate difference, and observes that “both absolute…
The Scale Politics of Emerging Diseases
The concept of scale politics offers historians a useful framework for analyzing the connections between environment and health. This essay examines the public health campaign around emerging diseases during the 1990s, particularly the ways in which different actors employed scale in geographic and political representations; how they configured cause, consequence, and intervention at different scales; and the moments at which they shifted between…
The Influence of Anxiety
Contemporary American responses to the threat of bioterrorism represent a mixture of familiar and novel themes in the history of public health. As in previous eras, bioterrorism preparedness raises questions about microbial transgression of borders, civil liberties, and the place of biomedical and surveillance technology in public health. However, bioterrorism also presents an historically specific assemblage of risks and responses, illustrating …
Security, Disease, Commerce
Security, Disease, Commerce
Public health in the United States and Western Europe has long been allied with national security and international commerce. During the 1990s, American virologists and public health experts capitalized on this historical association, arguing that 'emerging diseases' presented a threat to American political and economic interests. This paper investigates these arguments, which I call the 'emerging diseases worldview', and compares it to colonial-…
Security, Disease, Commerce
Public health in the United States and Western Europe has long been allied with national security and international commerce. During the 1990s, American virologists and public health experts capitalized on this historical association, arguing that 'emerging diseases' presented a threat to American political and economic interests. This paper investigates these arguments, which I call the 'emerging diseases worldview', and compares it to colonial-…
Security, Disease, Commerce
The Scale Politics of Emerging Diseases
The concept of scale politics offers historians a useful framework for analyzing the connections between environment and health. This essay examines the public health campaign around emerging diseases during the 1990s, particularly the ways in which different actors employed scale in geographic and political representations; how they configured cause, consequence, and intervention at different scales; and the moments at which they shifted between…
The Influence of Anxiety
Contemporary American responses to the threat of bioterrorism represent a mixture of familiar and novel themes in the history of public health. As in previous eras, bioterrorism preparedness raises questions about microbial transgression of borders, civil liberties, and the place of biomedical and surveillance technology in public health. However, bioterrorism also presents an historically specific assemblage of risks and responses, illustrating …
Who cares about health inequalities? Cross-country evidence from the World Health Survey
Reduction of health inequalities within and between countries is a global health priority, but little is known about the determinants of popular support for this goal. We used data from the World Health Survey to assess individual preferences for prioritizing reductions in health and health care inequalities. We used descriptive tables and regression analysis to study the determinants of preferences for reducing health inequalities as the primary…
Trends in Educational Inequalities in Drug Poisoning Mortality
Objectives. We estimated trends in drug poisoning death rates by educational attainment and investigated educational inequalities in drug poisoning mortality by race, gender, and region. Methods. We linked drug poisoning death counts from the National Vital Statistics System to population denominators from the Current Population Survey to estimate drug poisoning rates by gender, race, region, and educational attainment (less than high school degr…
Relative Measures Alone Tell Only Part of the Story
In their article on HIV/AIDS mortality, Rubin et al. approvingly cite Braveman's definition of a health inequality as “a difference in which disadvantaged social groups ... systematically experience worse health or greater health risks than more advantaged social groups.”1(p1053) Later in her work, Braveman discusses two common effect measures used when comparing two groups, the rate ratio and the rate difference, and observes that “both absolute…
Security, Disease, Commerce
Security, Disease, Commerce
Public health in the United States and Western Europe has long been allied with national security and international commerce. During the 1990s, American virologists and public health experts capitalized on this historical association, arguing that 'emerging diseases' presented a threat to American political and economic interests. This paper investigates these arguments, which I call the 'emerging diseases worldview', and compares it to colonial-…
The Influence of Anxiety
Contemporary American responses to the threat of bioterrorism represent a mixture of familiar and novel themes in the history of public health. As in previous eras, bioterrorism preparedness raises questions about microbial transgression of borders, civil liberties, and the place of biomedical and surveillance technology in public health. However, bioterrorism also presents an historically specific assemblage of risks and responses, illustrating …
The Scale Politics of Emerging Diseases
The concept of scale politics offers historians a useful framework for analyzing the connections between environment and health. This essay examines the public health campaign around emerging diseases during the 1990s, particularly the ways in which different actors employed scale in geographic and political representations; how they configured cause, consequence, and intervention at different scales; and the moments at which they shifted between…
Implicit Value Judgments in the Measurement of Health Inequalities
CONTEXT: Quantitative estimates of the magnitude, direction, and rate of change of health inequalities play a crucial role in creating and assessing policies aimed at eliminating the disproportionate burden of disease in disadvantaged populations. It is generally assumed that the measurement of health inequalities is a value-neutral process, providing objective data that are then interpreted using normative judgments about whether a particular di…
Relative Measures Alone Tell Only Part of the Story
In their article on HIV/AIDS mortality, Rubin et al. approvingly cite Braveman's definition of a health inequality as “a difference in which disadvantaged social groups ... systematically experience worse health or greater health risks than more advantaged social groups.”1(p1053) Later in her work, Braveman discusses two common effect measures used when comparing two groups, the rate ratio and the rate difference, and observes that “both absolute…
The influence of popular media on perceptions of personal and population risk in possible disease outbreaks
Infectious disease outbreaks are uncertain and potentially risky events that often attract significant media attention. Previous research has shown that, regardless of their objective severity, diseases receiving greater coverage in the media are considered to be more serious and more representative of a disease than those receiving less coverage. This study assesses the role of media coverage in estimations of population risk (measured as percei…
Who cares about health inequalities? Cross-country evidence from the World Health Survey
Reduction of health inequalities within and between countries is a global health priority, but little is known about the determinants of popular support for this goal. We used data from the World Health Survey to assess individual preferences for prioritizing reductions in health and health care inequalities. We used descriptive tables and regression analysis to study the determinants of preferences for reducing health inequalities as the primary…
Determinants of Increased Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States and Canada, 1990–2013
We review evidence of determinants contributing to increased opioid-related mortality in the United States and Canada between 1990 and 2013. We identified 17 determinants of opioid-related mortality and mortality increases that we classified into 3 categories: prescriber behavior, user behavior and characteristics, and environmental and systemic determinants. These determinants operate independently but interact in complex ways that vary accordin…
Trends in Educational Inequalities in Drug Poisoning Mortality
Objectives. We estimated trends in drug poisoning death rates by educational attainment and investigated educational inequalities in drug poisoning mortality by race, gender, and region. Methods. We linked drug poisoning death counts from the National Vital Statistics System to population denominators from the Current Population Survey to estimate drug poisoning rates by gender, race, region, and educational attainment (less than high school degr…
Unsettling circularity”
The US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the controversial analgesic Zohydro has drawn attention to its endorsement of so-called ‘enrichment strategies’ for streamlining clinical trials. Among these is ‘enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal’ (EERW), a design intended to improve measures of drug efficacy by screening out patients who are non-responsive or suffer adverse effects. EERW has been promoted as a response to the problem of h…
The heterogeneity of vulnerability in public health
The concept of vulnerability is frequently used in public health policies to develop tailored interventions or dedicate proportionately more resources to certain sub-populations. However, once segments of the population are identified as vulnerable, they are rarely consulted regarding whether this label is acceptable before instituting interventions. Instead, it is implicitly assumed that the targeted individuals identify themselves as vulnerable…
Defining global health as public health somewhere else
Many definitions of global health have been offered, but none properly distinguish this field from public health more generally. We propose the following definition: global health is public health somewhere else. Our definition encourages consideration of the normative dimensions of global health, and their impact on aspects of training and practice that lead to unintended consequences and critiques. Practising public health somewhere else often …
Lockdown texts
Cash transfer programs have differential effects on health
How global is global health research? A large-scale analysis of trends in authorship
Many have called for greater inclusion of researchers from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the conduct of global health research, yet the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Prior studies are journal-, subject-, or region-specific, largely rely on manual review, and yield varying estimates not amenable to broad evaluation of the literature. We conducted a large-scale investigation of the contribution of LMIC-affiliated researchers…
Medicine (13 obras) · Environmental health (8 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Public health (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Nursing (5 obras) · Population (5 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 obras)