HEALTH OUTCOMES

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) introduces physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual challenges into patients’ lives. Spirituality has been found to contribute to improved health outcomes, mainly in the areas of quality of life (QOL) and well-being. No studies exis…

In 2011 the National Academy of Medicine identified research gaps related to transgender populations and suggested a research agenda that included, among other goals, investigating health outcomes related to transition related care. The overarching goal of this dissertation ther…

This thesis studies event history analysis in multivariate longitudinal observational databases (LODs) and its application in postmarketing surveillance to identify and measure the relationship between events of health outcomes and drug exposures. The LODs contain repeated measu…

My dissertation focuses on health outcomes for Chile during the 20th century.

Background. Research indicates that a woman is more likely to be abused by an intimate partner than by any other person. The consequences of domestic violence are numerous and affect the victims, their children and the whole community. Data and methods. In 1995, Egypt conducted …