Spatial disparities in air conditioning ownership in Florida, United States

The spatial disorientation problem in the United States Air Force.

Spatial disorientation (SD) in flight wastes hundreds of millions of dollars worth of defense capability annually and continues to kill air-crew. SD results primarily from inadequacies of human visual and vestibular sensory systems in the flying environment; but other factors, such as task saturation and distraction, precipitate it. The United States Air Force is conducting a three-pronged rese...

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Oral health disparities in the United States.

Oral health disparities refers to the existence of differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of oral diseases and other adverse health conditions, as well as the use of health care services, among specific population groups in the United States. Existence of disparities in oral health status, accessing and using the oral health care delivery system, and receiving treatment...

Regional Disparities in Obesity Prevalence in the United States: A Spatial Regime Analysis

OBJECTIVE Significant clusters of high- and low-obesity counties have been demonstrated across the United States (US). This study examined regional disparities in obesity prevalence and differences in the related structural characteristics across regions of the US. METHODS Drawing on model-based estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regional differences in county-leve...

Voter restrictions in Florida (and elsewhere in the United States).