A5074916483- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Mental Health via Writing
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Emory University
2011-2023
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2022
Atlanta VA Medical Center
2022
Sullivan University
2022
University of California, Irvine
2006-2011
The effects of maternal stress during pregnancy may depend, in part, on the timing gestation occurrence stress. aim present study was to examine effect stage psychophysiological responses using a standardized laboratory paradigm and cortisol response awakening (CAR). A longitudinal design employed quantify reactivity [changes heart rate (HR), blood pressure, salivary cortisol, psychological distress trier social test (TSST)] CAR at approximately 17 31 weeks sample 148 women. To account for...
Racism is a fundamental determinant of health inequities among racial and ethnic groups understudied adolescents. In 2023, the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey questionnaire included an item assessing experiences racism in school setting students grades 9-12 United States. This report estimates prevalence who reported ever having experienced compares by groups. For each group, differences ratios were estimated comparing indicators poor mental health, suicide risk, substance use that they...
Evidence stemming largely from retrospective studies suggests that childhood adversity (CA) is associated with earlier age at menarche, a marker of pubertal timing, among girls. Little known about associations tempo boys or racial/ethnic minorities. We examined the association between CA and timing development girls.The Boricua Youth Study longitudinal study Puerto Rican youth residing in San Juan metro area Rico South Bronx, New York. was based on caretaker reports parental loss...
Child abuse is common and several studies have linked it to health outcomes throughout the lifecourse. Recent information about timing of reported retrospectively underrepresented in literature, despite its importance informing target populations for primary prevention child studying effects abuse. This study uses data from Wave IV (2008–2009) The National Longitudinal Study Adolescent Health Adult (N = 14,776) describe distributions self-reported age onset childhood emotional, physical,...
Objective To understand the prevalence of child maltreatment-related emergency department (ED) visits in United States, we examined data from 2007 to 2014 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Methods Based on existing literature, International Classification Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9 CM) ED discharge codes for children less than 10 years age were characterized as specified maltreatment, defined with an explicit maltreatment ICD-9 CM or external causes injury...
Approximately 49,000 persons died by suicide in the United States 2022, and provisional data indicate that a similar number 2023. A comprehensive approach addresses upstream community risk protective factors is an important component of prevention. better understanding role these needed, particularly among disproportionately affected populations.
Background: A body of literature shows that child maltreatment (CM) is associated with subsequent adiposity and inflammation, but few studies examine factors buffer against these outcomes among survivors CM. Child adolescent team sports participation has been positive mental physical health outcomes, including decreased risk obesity. However, it unclear if benefits extend to longer-term cardiometabolic in maltreated individuals, given CM often have impaired stress coping may use obesogenic...
ABSTRACT Objective Experiences of child maltreatment are associated with cardiovascular risk and disease in adulthood; however, the mechanisms underlying these associations poorly understood. Methods We examined between retrospectively self-reported exposure to (Early Trauma Inventory Self-Report Short Form) inflammatory responses mental stress among adults (mean age = 50 years) who recently had a myocardial infarction ( n 227). Inflammation was assessed as blood interleukin-6 (IL-6), matrix...