Nursing homes with largest proportions of non-white residents experience more COVID-19 deaths
Nursing homes with the largest proportions of non-White residents experience 3.3 times more COVID-19 deaths than do nursing homes with the largest proportions of White residents, according to a new study from the University of Chicago.
The paper, published in
JAMA Network Open, suggests that these differences are likely due to nursing home size and the level of coronavirus spread in the local community, reinforcing the inseparability of long-term care facilities from society at large when it comes to bringing the COVID-19 pandemic to heel.
Since the start of the pandemic, between 35% and 40% of COVID-19 deaths have been associated with long-term care facilities. Senior author R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD, the Louis Block Professor of Public Health Sciences and the College at UChicago, wanted to bring her 25 years of experience studying nursing homes to ask why these facilities were experienc
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Nursing homes with the largest proportions of non-White residents experience 3.3 times more COVID-19 deaths than do nursing homes with the largest proportions of White residents, according to a new study from the University of Chicago. The paper, published in
JAMA Network Open, suggests that these differences are likely due to nursing home size and the level of coronavirus spread in the local community, reinforcing the inseparability of long-term care facilities from society at large when it comes to bringing the COVID-19 pandemic to heel.
Since the start of the pandemic, between 35% and 40% of COVID-19 deaths have been associated with long-term care facilities. Senior author R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD, the Louis Block Professor of Public Health Sciences and the College at UChicago, wanted to bring her 25 years of experience studying nursing homes to ask why these facilities were experiencing such devastation from the coronavirus and if it was possible to predict which nurs
Capstone project improves disease mapping tool for Penn State Cancer Institute
The new Penn State Cancer Institute LionVu dashboard. Through the user interface, users can toggle two side-by-side maps of Pennsylvania and the 28 county Catchment Area. Documentation, charts, video, and user a feedback form are prominent on the site. Image: Nate Geyer.
Image: Nate Geyer
Capstone project improves disease mapping tool for Penn State Cancer Institute
Angela M. Rogers
February 26, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Recent Master of Geographic Information Systems graduate Nate Geyer has always been interested in epidemiology and geography. As a research support assistant in the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Medicine, he was able to put those interests together by creating a new version of the LionVu cancer mapping tool.
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News Release - New study says current cancer research efforts do not match the global burden of the disease
Thursday, January 28, 2021
January 28- A new study involving scientists at Queen’s University has found that current cancer research efforts do not match the global burden of deaths from the disease.
The research was led by Christopher Booth, Professor of Oncology and Public Health Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care. The international research team also included Drs. Bishal Gyawali and Nazik Hammad from Queen’s.
The study reviewed every randomized controlled trial (RCT) in cancer published during 2014-2017. The cohort of 694 RCTs was predominantly led by oncologists in high-income countries and funded by the pharmaceutical industry. The trials disproportionately study breast cancer while other cancers including cervix, gastroesophagel and pancreas are under-represented even though they account for a substantial proportion of global