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The Disproportionate Burden Of Asthma By Race, Sex, Income And Education, Lisa Elizabeth Stack
The Disproportionate Burden Of Asthma By Race, Sex, Income And Education, Lisa Elizabeth Stack
Wayne State University Dissertations
This paper seeks to understand the relationship of county level median air quality with adult asthma risk, and the disproportional adult asthma risk by sex, race, income and education, controlling for individual and county effects. The specific objectives of this work are to answer the following questions: 1) What is the difference exposure of the median AQI by race, controlling for county and individual effects? 2) What is the difference in exposure of the median AQI by sex, controlling for county and individual effects? 3) What is the difference in exposure of the median AQI by education, controlling for county …
Seeds For Change: Examining The Association Between Race, Food Security, And Urban Agriculture, Komal Razvi
Seeds For Change: Examining The Association Between Race, Food Security, And Urban Agriculture, Komal Razvi
Honors College Theses
Access to healthy, nutritious food is one of the most basic human needs. Unfortunately, a large portion of the global population, including that of the United States, has limited access to such food, hence putting families in a state of food insecurity. Food insecurity occurs when households are unable to (or struggle to) provide adequate food to all household members due to lack of funds or food resources. This phenomenon is considered to be a major concern in many urban settings such as Detroit, as it is a characteristic of societal distress. Interestingly, research has shown that while food insecurity …