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{"title":"The health legacy of coal mining: Analysis of mortality rates over time in England and Wales (1981–2019)","authors":"Matthew Shaikh","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101706","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101706","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>– Coal mining areas in the UK continue to suffer worse health outcomes despite the industry disappearing by the early 1990s. Unemployment and deprivation are cited as key explanations. However, as the health effects of hazardous working environments continue after the industry's closure, it is unclear to what extent this ongoing health deficit is due to the legacy health effect of coal mining versus socioeconomic factors, including unemployment and deprivation.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>– I isolate the legacy health effect of coal mining using a matching research design. Coal mining areas are paired with non-mining areas using propensity score matching. This creates a sample of socioeconomically similar local authority districts in England and Wales. I estimate the effect of coal mining on male and female age-standardised period mortality rates for 1981–2019, analysing temporal dynamics and testing for convergence.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>– I find an initial coal mining effect in 1981 on male (female) mortality rates of 122.6 (66.5) deaths per 100,000. This effect decreases by 91% (70%) during this period, indicating convergence in mortality rates. The timing of this convergence is consistent with that of the industry's closure, with higher convergence rates observed during the 1990s.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>– These results provide evidence for a legacy health effect on mortality from coal mining and convergence in mortality rates between 1981 and 2019. This effect is important when explaining the health deficit experienced by coal mining areas. Furthermore, as coal mining areas tend to be more deprived, these results also shed light on relevant mechanisms driving recent health inequality in the UK.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101706"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001071/pdfft?md5=7ac06f86560eacfeca79b829ffc8e712&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001071-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigration and immigrant wellbeing in the United States","authors":"Sascha Krannich ,&nbsp;Douglas S. Massey","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101705","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101705","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article highlights the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigration.</p><p>and immigrant wellbeing in the United States by focusing on all categories of migrants, documented and undocumented. We argue that in the wake of the pandemic, immigrants disproportionately experienced higher rates of unemployment, greater losses of income, more exposure occupational risks, and higher rates of food and housing insecurity, all of which exacerbated preexisting differentials in access to health and health care to generate higher rates of COVID infection, morbidity, and mortality among adults and stunted educational outcomes for their children. The prospects for a full post-pandemic recovery of immigrants' wellbeing are dampened by the severe nature of COVID's negative effects on immigrants; the unusually hostile context of reception immigrants face after the pandemic; the large number of immigrants lacking legal status or holding tenuous documentation; and the formidable deportation regime that prevails in the United States that puts a great strain on immigrant communities. Undocumented migration has surged to restart undocumented population growth, further clouding the future for immigrants in the country. It is unclear whether reforms proposed by the Biden Administration be enacted and successful in improving their prospects. In general, this article aims to contribute to the broader discussion about migration and health policies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101705"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732400106X/pdfft?md5=9809c668ca9df250fbd79acb3dcb08d9&pid=1-s2.0-S235282732400106X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142011162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can the implementation of the smart city pilot policy improve the social adaptive health and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people? Evidence from China","authors":"Xuena Liu ,&nbsp;Haibin Liu ,&nbsp;Hui Huang ,&nbsp;Hanwei Zhang ,&nbsp;Weiqiang Zhang ,&nbsp;Yinglong Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101707","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101707","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the accelerating pace of population aging in China and the implementation of the smart city pilot policy, whether the middle-aged and elderly population can integrate and adapt to this “smart” society has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved. In this context, exploring the impact of smart city pilot policies on the social adaptation health and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people has become a top priority for China to implement a national strategy to actively respond to population aging. Thus, based on panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) for the years 2011, 2013, and 2015, this study employs the difference-in-differences (DID) method to investigate whether the smart city pilot policy can improve the social adaptive health and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people and to explore in depth the mechanism of its influence. The study finds that compared with non-pilot cities, the social adaptive health and mental health of middle-aged and elderly people in smart cities improve by 0.6% and 2.2%, respectively. The mechanism effect study shows that the smart city pilot policy can improve the mental health of the middle-aged and the elderly through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the enhancement of human capital. Furthermore, for the social adaptive health of middle-aged and elderly individuals, the smart city pilot policy can only make improvements through the enhancement of human capital. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the effect of smart city pilot policies on social adaptive health is more pronounced in the middle-aged group than in the elderly group.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101707"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001083/pdfft?md5=49813a98613ff6b0997b2584058b5be9&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001083-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Empty chairs at the dinner table: Black-white disparities in exposure to household member deaths","authors":"Angela R. Dixon","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101704","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101704","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As a result of Black–White inequities in life expectancy, recent research has indicated that Black individuals are disproportionately exposed to the deaths of multiple family members compared to White individuals. Black individuals are also more likely to live in coresident households—that is, households that extend beyond the nuclear family. However, it is unclear the degree to which this population may be disproportionately exposed to the loss of deaths marked by the geographic closeness of the household. In this study, I use data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to provide the first nationally representative estimates of Black-White disparities in exposure to household member deaths. I find that Black people are significantly more likely than White individuals to have experienced the death of a household member. Based on these findings, I argue the dual inequities of racial disparities in life expectancy and racial disparities in coresidence are an overlooked, salient source of racial disparities in exposure to death. By illuminating a broader range of network sources that contribute to racial inequities in exposure to death, this study sets forth a new conceptual unit of analysis—that of the household—to investigate the intergenerational reproduction of inequality in health and socioeconomic status due to exposure to death.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101704"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001058/pdfft?md5=38ff7d9ee1e7eff672ce8dbf99eafbb7&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001058-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142075805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interpersonal interactions, sense of loneliness and perceived depressive emotions among older adults: A cultural-psychological perspective from heterogeneous roles of different relationships","authors":"Chao Li ,&nbsp;Xiang Li ,&nbsp;Yuhan Zhang ,&nbsp;Wenyu Lao","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101703","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101703","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the context of the “<em>Chinese Differential Mode of Association</em>” in traditional Chinese culture, this paper examines the heterogeneous effects of interpersonal interactions in different relationships on older adults’ depressive emotions from a cultural-psychological perspective. Results using data from Chinese General Social Survey demonstrate that: interactions with children are the most helpful in reducing perceived depression for the elderly, followed by communications with siblings and relatives. However, interactions with friends and other fellows do not significantly reduce older people’s perceived depression. This reflects the “<em>Chinese Differential Mode of Association</em>” in interpersonal relationships. When using different perceived depression measures, and Double Debiased Machine Learning (DDML) approaches for robustness and endogeneity tests, above findings are very robust. The impact mechanism is that interactions with children and siblings reduce depressive emotions by decreasing older adults’ sense of loneliness, while communications with others do not have such a significant effect. This paper further discusses the roles of different types of interactions with adult children. It is found that receiving and providing emotional support can prominently decrease depressive emotions for older people, whereas the effects of monetary support and non-material assistance are less pronounced. In addition, interpersonal interactions’ impacts are more significant for those who are female, older than 75 and with poorer health, as well as older people who exercise less frequently, have higher social status, and hold more traditional beliefs. In the current context of active promotion of healthy aging, findings of this paper have important implications for a deeper understanding and scientific management of depressive emotions among the elderly.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101703"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001046/pdfft?md5=084ead1307695ed2b02b6c6d4e8661d2&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001046-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141963514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental incarceration and health risks in a population-based study of U.S. early adolescents: Results among racialized groups","authors":"Elizabeth I. Johnson ,&nbsp;Elizabeth M. Planalp ,&nbsp;Deadric T. Williams ,&nbsp;Julie Poehlmann","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101702","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101702","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Parental incarceration is an adverse childhood experience that inequitably burdens families of color and affects millions of U.S. children and adolescents. Although racialized disparities in exposure to parental incarceration are often acknowledged, researchers have yet to examine whether manifestations of racism may affect the link between parental incarceration and youth outcomes. This study provides a first look at how parental incarceration relates to health vulnerabilities in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, an ongoing, population-based study of U.S. children born between 2006 and 2008. We start by describing exposure to parental incarceration and then examine how parental incarceration, state-level racial prejudice, and discrimination relate to health risks among 9191 White (66%), Black (19%), or Hispanic (15%) youth. Consistent with what we know about pervasive racialized disparities in the U.S. criminal legal system, we find that 19.3% of Black children in our sample have experienced parental incarceration, followed by 7.8% of Hispanic children, and 4.8% of White children. Results of multilevel mixed models further indicate that parental incarceration was associated with increased health risks among White children whereas family economic hardship and discrimination experiences were more robustly associated with health vulnerabilities among Black and Hispanic children. Additional analyses explored whether parental incarceration was associated with other outcomes among Black and Hispanic children, revealing increased risk for behavior problems contingent upon parental incarceration and discrimination for Black children and Hispanic boys. Among Hispanic girls, parental incarceration was associated with increased risk of behavior problems in states with higher levels of racism. Results suggest that parental incarceration contributes to risk among early adolescents across racialized groups, but that the specific toll it takes depends on outcomes assessed and the context in which it occurs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101702"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001034/pdfft?md5=284acfd474808a51378f1ab2c4669e97&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001034-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141853484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Indicators of inequity: Exploring the complexities of operationalizing area-level structural racism","authors":"Joëlle Atere-Roberts ,&nbsp;Paul L. Delamater ,&nbsp;Whitney R. Robinson ,&nbsp;Allison E. Aiello ,&nbsp;Taylor W. Hargrove ,&nbsp;Chantel L. Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101701","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101701"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001022/pdfft?md5=78bb574238067681d6e77453da3cf8a8&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001022-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141843192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating the long-term effects of income assistance for material hardship among families with children","authors":"Molly Grant ,&nbsp;Kane Meissel ,&nbsp;Dan Exeter ,&nbsp;Susan M.B. Morton","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101700","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101700","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>As a key aspect of poverty, material hardship describes day-to-day struggles in affording necessities. In explorations of policy initiatives that mitigate material hardship, evidence suggests direct income support can be effective in alleviating hardship. However, research investigating the long-term effects of income supports is limited, and it remains uncertain as to how benefit receipt may mitigate material hardship for families with children across time.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>To explore the associations between income assistance and material hardship longitudinally, we utilised data from four waves of the <em>Growing Up in New Zealand</em> birth-cohort study (<em>n</em> = 5964), where family experiences were tracked between birth and adolescence. The variables of interest included mother-reported receipt of income benefits and material hardship from when the children were aged 9-months, 54-months, 8-years, and 12-years. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was employed to examine the associations between benefit receipt and material hardship in the short- and long-term. Interaction terms between benefit receipt and time were incorporated in the modelling to determine whether receiving benefits corresponded with significant changes in the likelihood of experiencing material hardship at specific time points.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The key results suggest that benefit receipt in early childhood reduced the likelihood of experiencing material hardship at subsequent time points at least until adolescence, when controlling for key sociodemographic characteristics.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>These findings provide insight into the associations between early childhood income supports and reductions in the likelihood of experiencing material hardship in the long-term, to emphasise the potential for such interventions to have longstanding effects. By elucidating the associations between benefit receipt and subsequent material hardship, this research gives direction for policy interventions and timely support for families.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101700"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001010/pdfft?md5=d37ec2a2c4eb0dd65861d138014d14c3&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001010-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141846509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aging in isolation: Sexual orientation differences in navigating cognitive decline","authors":"Nathaniel M. Tran ,&nbsp;Tara McKay ,&nbsp;Gilbert Gonzales ,&nbsp;Stacie B. Dusetzina ,&nbsp;Carrie Fry","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101699","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101699","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Subjective cognitive decline is a self-reported measure of worsening memory and day-to-day decision making. Cognitive decline may impair an individual's ability to complete instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) such as preparing meals or taking medication, ultimately limiting one's ability to live independently. People with IADL impairments typically rely on informal care from spouses or children. Interpersonal and structural discrimination towards sexual minority (SM, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other queer identified) populations may contribute to disparities in cognitive decline and informal care outcomes.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Estimate differences in prevalence, severity, and receipt of social support for subjective cognitive decline stratified by sex and <span>SM</span> status.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Cross-sectional study design using a probability sample (n = 172,047) from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2015–2019. Prevalence estimates and multivariable Poisson regression models were used to compare outcomes by sex and sexual identity.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Compared to heterosexual peers, SM men and women were more likely to experience cognitive decline (15% of SM men, 11% of heterosexual men, 17% of SM women, 11% of heterosexual women). In adjusted models, <span>SM</span> women were 22% more likely (95%CI:3%–44%, p &lt; .05) to report IADL impairments due to cognitive decline but were 17% less likely (95%CI:1%–31%, p &lt; .05) to receive any social support with IADL impairments compared to heterosexual women. In adjusted models, <span>SM</span> men were 25% more likely (95%CI: 0%–56%, p &lt; .05) to report IADL impairments due to cognitive decline but reported no significant difference in receiving social support with IADL impairments compared to heterosexual men.</p></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><p>We identified significant unmet need for social supports for IADL impairments, with highest unmet need among <span>SM</span> women. Comprehensive strategies such as LGBTQ + affirming assisted living and home and community-based services are needed to ensure equity in receipt of long-term supports and services for <span>SM</span> populations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101699"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324001009/pdfft?md5=f244ebceda56989f0b6e972be2f29657&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324001009-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141698804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The power of the family in times of pandemic: Cross-country evidence from 93 countries","authors":"Ming Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101698","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101698","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The majority of the hospitalizations and deaths associated with COVID-19 occurred in people over the age of 65. In addition, previous studies have shown that intergenerational contacts played a key role in COVID-19-related infection and fatality. This paper utilized two large-scale multinational surveys to uncover the important role of family ties in infection prevention across 93 countries. Using the World Values Survey, we measured country-level family ties emphasizing respondents’ view of their parents. We elicited individual willingness to uptake infection prevention measures from a panel study conducted each month in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and July 2021. We find that in countries with stronger family ties, people show more support for non-pharmaceutical interventions and higher vaccine acceptance; moreover, young people are more supportive of mandatory vaccination. The association between strength of family ties and compliance with infection prevention measures was salient before COVID-19 vaccines became available and was persistent before the global vaccination coverage reached 25%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47780,"journal":{"name":"Ssm-Population Health","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 101698"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324000995/pdfft?md5=2fab93425be0d222630b515ff36f7750&pid=1-s2.0-S2352827324000995-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141695910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}