Category Archives: Injury

Causal Inference with Case-Only Studies in Injury Epidemiology Research.

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Built Environment and Health

We recently published a paper in Current Epidemiology Reports describing how the case-only design is commonly misinterpreted in injury epidemiology.  Due to the availability of registries and Emergency Department medical record databases, case-only studies are common in the injury epidemiology … Continue reading →

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Registry Data in Injury Research: Study Designs and Interpretation

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Built Environment and Health

We recently published a paper in Current Epidemiology Reports on the use of registry data in injury epidemiology. Injury data are frequently captured in registries that form a census of 100% of known cases that meet specified inclusion criteria. We … Continue reading →

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National Geographic Cities Issue

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Built Environment and Health

Just a quick note:  The April 2019 issue of National Geographic focuses on Cities and how to redesign them to support health, sustainability and community.  The issue covers transit oriented design, China’s new urban design regulations, walking through Tokyo, the … Continue reading →

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Free-floating Bike Share in Seattle

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Built Environment and Health

BEH member Steve Mooney recently led two studies regarding the use of the free-floating bike share system in Seattle.  (Free-floating bike share systems are systems that allow users to pick up and leave bikes anywhere within a service area rather … Continue reading →

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