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Adrian M. Bacong, PhD, MPH
@adrianbacong.bsky.social
Filipino American Postdoctoral Scholar Studying social and structural drivers of health inequities in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease. Sharing research on immigrant and racial health inequities.
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Are you interested in analyzing small samples from marginalized communities and aren't sure how?

My new commentary in AJE's collection on Methods in Social Epidemiology lays out rec's for researchers, public health practitioners, and data owners.

DM your email address if you need access.
Insufficient sample size or insufficient attention to marginalized populations? A practical guide to moving observational research forward
Naomi Harada Thyden; Insufficient sample size or insufficient attention to marginalized populations? A practical guide to moving observational research for
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February 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The erasure of the Jan. 6 records comes while the administration is also seeking to whitewash the teaching of U.S. history, threatening to withhold funds from schools that teach about America’s troubled history of racial and gender discrimination.

By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
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February 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Shoutout to this hero who apparently scraped all of the CDC data: www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarde...
From the DataHoarder community on Reddit: data.cdc.gov full archive
Explore this post and more from the DataHoarder community
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February 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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🚨If you use public data products from the CDC or other US federal agencies 🚨

Download them NOW

[This is how I’m spending my Friday]
A colleague asked whether I thought the government would continue the public release of its data products. The data from CDC health monitoring surveys, decades of data on mortality, crime data, climate data of a variety of types that go back for years, etc.
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January 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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This lawsuit is so shortsighted. Denying healthcare to any group of people is more harmful and costly than providing it. DACA recipients and all immigrants deserve access to care. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Obamacare coverage for DACA recipients in 19 states blocked by federal judge
The ruling applies only to the Republican-led states that filed the lawsuit, leaving the Biden administration rule in effect elsewhere.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Published my 2nd op-ed with the #TheOpEdProject #PublicVoices in @newsweek.com

Suicide is now the leading cause of death for Asian American youth. With college application season in full swing & the pressure felt by AA youth to get in to a top college, I wrote some considerations for AA families
The #suicide rate among #AsianAmerican youth is rising & pressure to conform with the stereotype of Asians as high achievers is a driver, writes Asst Prof @dalemaglalang.bsky.social. Read his op-ed unpacking the Model Minority Myth & suggesting action to counter it.
The Model Minority Myth Is Killing Asian American Youth | Opinion
One of the primary contributors to poor mental health and suicide among Asian American youth is the Model Minority Myth (MMM).
www.newsweek.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:33 PM