A5047767921- Health disparities and outcomes
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
Columbia University
2016-2025
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2021
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2017-2020
University of Nottingham
2012-2017
University of Minnesota
2015
New York Proton Center
2013
London School of Economics and Political Science
2012
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2012
Erasmus MC
2012
Duke University
2009
Although the pervasiveness of domestic violence against women in Bangladesh is well documented, specific risk factors, particularly those that can be affected by policies and programs, are not understood.In 2001-2002, surveys, in-depth interviews small group discussions were conducted with married from six Bangladeshi villages to examine types severity violence, explore pathways through which women's social economic circumstances may influence their vulnerability marriage. Women's odds...
We examined patterns of body mass index (BMI) and obesity among a nationally representative sample first-, second-, third-generation Latinos Asian Americans to reveal associations with nativity or country origin.We used data from the National Latino American Survey (2002-2003) generate estimates mean BMI prevalence explored changes in distribution by generational status. Analyses tested association between status whether this varied ethnicity, education, gender.We found substantial...
This study documents the prevalence of workplace abuse, sexual harassment at work, and lifetime experiences racial discrimination among United for Health cohort 1,202 predominantly black, Latino, white women men low-income union workers in Greater Boston area. Overall, 85 percent reported exposure to least one these three social hazards; all reached 20 30 black racial/ethnic groups other than white, or Latino. Workplace abuse past year, by slightly more half workers, was most frequently...
There is growing interest in the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), poverty, and mental health low middle-income countries (LMIC). However, it not clear whether a gradient approach focused on wider SES distribution or binary poverty more salient for LMIC. Yet this distinction has implications interventions aimed at improving population health. We contribute to literature by examining how multiple indicators of status, including indicators, prenatal depression symptoms LMIC...
In traditional settings where early marriage and childbearing persist, decisions about age at are often made by parents, mothers‐in‐law tend to have considerable influence in hastening the initiation of childbearing. This study analyzes data from a 2002 survey six villages rural Bangladesh test hypothesis that daughters women with more education marry later daughters‐in‐law educated initiate slower rate. Using Cox proportional hazard models, we find significant associations between...
The negative effects of perinatal depression on the mother and child start early persist throughout lifecourse (Lancet 369(9556):145–57, 2007; Am J Psychiatry 159(1):43-7, 2002; Arch Dis Child 77(2):99–101, 1997; Pak Med Assoc 60(4):329; Psychosoma Res 49(3):207–16, 2000; Clin Fam Psychol Rev 14(1):1–27, 2011). Given that 10–35% children worldwide are exposed to in their first year life (Int 8(1):37–54, 1996), mitigating this intergenerational risk is a global public health priority...
Abstract Despite a well‐established social gradient for many mental disorders, there is evidence that individuals near the middle of hierarchy suffer higher rates depression and anxiety than those at top or bottom. Although prevailing indicators socioeconomic status ( SES ) cannot detect easily explain such patterns, relational theories class, which emphasise political‐economic processes dimensions power, might. We test whether construct contradictory class location, embodies aspects both...
Studies of the gender pay gap are seldom able to simultaneously account for range alternative putative mechanisms underlying it. Using CloudResearch, an online microtask platform connecting employers workers who perform research-related tasks, we examine whether discrepancies still evident in a labor market characterized by anonymity, relatively homogeneous work, and flexibility. For 22,271 Mechanical Turk participated nearly 5 million analyze hourly earnings gender, controlling key...
This is a prospective pregnancy-birth cohort designed to investigate the effects of depression on socioemotional development children. Perinatal risk factor for poor child and many it has recurring chronic course. Thus, exposure can continue through early years with detrimental developmental outcomes.Between October 2014 February 2016, we recruited 1154 pregnant women from rural subdistrict Pakistan. Data include longitudinal repeated measures maternal psychosocial growth, cognitive...