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Thu T. Nguyen, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UMD SPH

Examining the impact of racial bias and discrimination on birth outcomes using mixed methods
When Sep 26, 2022
from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
Where Online via Zoom
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Contact Phone 301-405-6403
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About the Presentation

This study aimed to investigate the associations between state-level Twitter-derived sentiments related to racial or ethnic minorities and birth outcomes. We utilized Twitter’s Streaming application programming interface to collect a random sample of 47,010,605 publicly available tweets from January 2015 to December 2020, containing at least one race-related term. Sentiment analysis was performed using support vector machine, a supervised machine learning model. We constructed overall indicators of sentiment toward minorities and sentiment toward race-specific groups. For each year, state-level Twitter-derived sentiment data were merged with birth data for that year. More negative tweets referencing minorities were associated with adverse birth outcomes in the total population, including non-Hispanic white people and racial or ethnic minorities. A negative social context related to race was associated with poor birth outcomes.

About the Speaker

Thu Nguyen

Thu Nguyen, ScD, MSPH is an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She is a social epidemiologist whose research focuses on the impact of modifiable social factors on minority health and health disparities. A primary line of focus of her research is investigating the influence of racism and  discrimination in creating and perpetuating health equities. Dr. Nguyen uses a variety of different data sources (including Big Data) and approaches (including quantitative and qualitative research methods) to advance our understanding of social determinants of health. Dr. Nguyen also leads the interdisciplinary research collaborative, Big Data for Health Equity (BD4HE) (https://bd4he.org).

Seminar Format

Location ONLINE VIA ZOOM - Zoom Link to Register:  Registration link will be available approximately one week prior to the seminar.  Upon registration you will receive an automatically generated email with the direct link for the seminar.

COVID-19 Information

MPRC public events for Spring 2022 will be a mix of in person and online via Zoom.  For in person events, all event attendees must follow current protocols

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