A5081577820- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Sex work and related issues
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Community Health and Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Health Policy Implementation Science
University of Pittsburgh
2020-2025
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
2020-2025
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2022-2025
Academic Pediatric Association
2024-2025
Pediatrics and Genetics
2021
Boston Medical Center
2017-2020
Boston University
2020
Northwestern University
2019
Stanford University
2014-2016
Palo Alto University
2014-2016
The American Academy of Pediatrics and its members recognize the importance improving physician’s ability to intimate partner violence (IPV) understand effects on child health development role in continuum family violence. Pediatricians are a unique position identify IPV survivors pediatric settings, evaluate treat children exposed IPV, connect families with available local national resources. Children at increased risk being abused neglected more likely develop adverse health, behavioral,...
Importance Despite constituting 8% of the US population, people who speak languages other than English (LOE) are consistently underrepresented in health-focused research. To make research more inclusive and generalizable, it is crucial to better understand researcher perspectives on barriers inclusion participants using LOE solutions promote language justice. Objective assess best practices for generate strategies inclusive. Design, Setting, Participants This exploratory cross-sectional...
Relatively few studies have considered the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on intimate partner violence (IPV) advocates or agencies where they work. In this study, based United States IPV advocates' experiences working with survivors during pandemic, we conducted interviews to explore: 1) personal challenges and resilience as pandemic; 2) how adapted support advocates; 3) specific needs culturally-specific agencies. We semi-structured 53 from June November 2020. Participants were included if...
This Viewpoint describes how pediatric health care systems can use health-related social needs screening implementation as an opportunity to reimagine more healing-centered systems.
Several clinical practice guidelines advise race- and ethnicity-based screening for youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) due to a higher prevalence among American Indian Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic youths compared with White youths. However, rather than biological risk, this disparity likely reflects the inequitable distribution of adverse social determinants health (SDOH), product interpersonal structural racism.
People who use languages other than English (LOE) are rarely included in research the United States. LOE communities face numerous health disparities that rooted language injustice and intersecting oppressions including racism xenophobia. Equitable inclusion of is an important step to disrupt disparities. We propose a new conceptual framework on justice support researchers conducting equitable multilingual research. This comprises six core pillars best practices required for achieving during...
We explored the challenges and lived experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 pandemic by interviewing 53 U.S.-based IPV advocates between June November 2020. Advocates described how limited survivors’ abilities to meet their basic needs. The was also as being used abusive partners perpetrate control has created unique safety harm reduction challenges. experienced compounding due structural inequities. must be considered local, state, federal governments when...
Paediatric obesity disproportionately impacts individuals from minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds. Recent guidelines support use of anti-obesity pharmacotherapy for adolescents with obesity, but the potential impact on disparities in prevalence has not been evaluated.
Adolescent relationship abuse (ARA) has significant sequelae and is more prevalent among sexual gender-diverse youth (SGDY). Increased parental involvement communication been linked to decreased prevalence of ARA associated health risks. Parents SGDY may have unique needs experiences regarding communicating with their children about ARA, yet little research examined this area. This study explored caregivers' current practices around supporting in healthy formation prevention; perceptions...
Youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly common and projected to impact over 200,000 adolescents young adults by 2060. Youth with T2D frequently experience health-related social needs (HRSN) that increase their risk for poor outcomes. Using human-centered design methodology, we explored how best address HRSN in pediatric endocrinology clinics. We conducted two parallel, six-session group meetings youth ( n = 4) caregivers of 6), as well individual interviews 12 clinicians. An...
Abstract Language is our primary tool for communication and a salient component of acculturation status among Hispanic populations. Importantly, language associated with behavioral health outcomes can identify confront disparities adolescents. The purpose this study was to evaluate the association between adolescent identity drug use depressive symptoms examine parent-adolescent parent as mediators moderators, respectively, association. We conducted secondary data analysis ( N = 746)...
To better understand the perspectives of family caregivers' children with medical complexity (CMC) about their emotional well-being. We conducted a qualitative study caregivers CMC receiving care at an academic children's hospital in western Pennsylvania. Participants completed one-on-one, in-depth, semi-structured interviews examining well-being context caregiving. used constant-comparative and inductive approach to analyze deidentified transcripts identify emergent themes. interviewed 19...
Summary Background Recent pediatric guidelines recommend clinicians offer anti‐obesity medication (AOM) as an adjunct to intensive lifestyle intervention. Objective To investigate pediatricians' perspectives about prescribing AOM, including barriers and facilitators. Methods An investigator‐developed survey was emailed primary care physicians ( n = 187) advanced practice providers 190) within academic‐affiliated network. The evaluated how willing were prescribe AOM their agreement with 25...