A5011421099- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Sex work and related issues
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
University of Nevada, Reno
2022-2024
Northwestern University
2019-2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2014-2021
Women of color and women in poverty experience disproportionately high rates adverse birth outcomes the United States (US). We use an intersectionality-based approach to examine how maternal life events (LE's) preceding childbirth are patterned shape at intersection race income. Using population data from Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System we uncover common LE clusters births 2011-2015, offering a description measurement what call "stressor landscapes" that go beyond standard...
Racial discrimination is an important predictor of racial inequities in mental and physical health. Scholars have made progress conceptualizing measuring structural forms racism, yet, little work has focused on racism social contexts, which are especially relevant for studying the life course consequences Using National Longitudinal Study Adolescent to Adult Health, we take a biosocial, approach develop two stage-specific indices manifestations school contexts adolescence, sensitive period...
Human rights violations (HRVs) are common in conflict and displacement contexts. Women especially vulnerable to HRVs these contexts, perinatal health is acutely sensitive related stressors care barriers. However, how affect immediate long-term chronic settings has not been closely investigated. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether contexts tied directly circumstances or other marginalizing factors affecting local migrant minority populations generally.
Abstract Objectives Recent discussions in human biology have highlighted how local ecological contexts shape the relationship between social stressors and health across populations. Chronic low‐grade inflammation has been proposed as a pathway linking to health, with evidence concentrated high‐income Western contexts. However, it remains unclear whether this is an important populations where prevalence lower due adiposity greater infectious exposures. To investigate further, we tested...
Maternal socioeconomic status (SES) is an important predictor of adverse birth outcomes and postnatal health across global populations. Chronic inflammation implicated in cardiometabolic disease risk high-income contexts a potential pathway linking maternal adversity to offspring trajectories. To clarify how inequality shapes pregnancy middle-income settings, we investigated SES as inflammatory cytokines late gestation sample from the Cebu Longitudinal Health Nutrition Survey Cebu, Philippines.
As complex mental health traits and life histories are often poorly captured in hospital systems, the utility of using Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) for assessing adult disease risks is unknown. Here, we use participants from Healthy Nevada Project (HNP) to determine if two standard self-assessments could predict incidence onset disease. We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving who completed Behavioral Mental Health Self-Assessment (HDSA)...
In this research, we examine and identify the implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on a range health outcomes, with particular focus number mental disorders. Many previous studies observed that traumatic childhood events are linked to long-term adult diseases using standard Experience Questionnaire. The study cohort was derived from Healthy Nevada Project, volunteer-based population in which each participant is invited take retrospective questionnaire includes Questionnaire,...
Abstract Background Rising nativism and political volatility worldwide threaten to undermine hard-won achievements in human rights public health. Risks are particularly acute for hundreds of millions migrants, minorities, Indigenous peoples, who face disproportionately high health burdens, including HIV/AIDS, precarious legal status (LS). While LS is receiving increasing attention as a social determinant HIV, understandings still limited select immigrant communities. Its effects on among...
Abstract The impact of fertility decline on economic development remains central to population studies. Recent scholarship emphasizes parental investment in education as a mediator. We further develop the theoretical foundation, and empirical evidence, for role child health—specifically how changes promote children’s physical cognitive thereby complement human capital accumulation through educational gains. test this using two-generation model applied Indonesian longitudinal data from 1993...
BackgroundUnequal access to safe obstetric services is still a problem worldwide. I examine maternal characteristics associated with place of childbirth and the effect Thailand's 2001 Universal Health Care Coverage (UHCC) Plan on women's use hospital-based services.MethodsI analysed household data from sample 13 534 women included in UNESCO Highland Peoples Survey 2010, survey Thai-Burma border villages. contextualised triangulated statistical findings relation interviews conducted highland...
Adolescent violence victimisation is associated with a spectrum of adult social and behavioural health outcomes, including adverse mental symptoms. However, underlying stress mechanisms linking adolescent to cardiometabolic remains poorly understood.
Abstract Structural racism contributes to health disparities between U.S. non-Hispanic Black and white populations by differentially distributing resources used maintain health. Policies that equitably redistribute may mitigate racialized disparities. Using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Adult Health data time-to-event parametric g-formula methods, we investigate a hypothetical intervention reduce Black-white family income inequities on differences in self-rated (N=11,312) obesity...