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PubMed Feed- Trends in Prevalence of Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Veterans With and Without Psychiatric Disorders Between 2005 and 2019
- An evolutionary perspective on complex neuropsychiatric disease
- Has the opening of Amazon fulfillment centers affected demand for disability insurance?
- Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity
- Maternal early pregnancy body mass index and bipolar disorder in the offspring
- Behavioral Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Among Children of Women With Epilepsy
- ASO Visual Abstract: Robot-Assisted Surgery and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Post-prostatectomy Outcomes Among Prostate Cancer Patients
- Diabetes status and postoperative complications for patients receiving open rotator cuff repair
- Independent and joint contributions of physical disability and chronic pain to incident opioid use disorder and opioid overdose among Medicaid patients
- Overamped: Stimulant Use and HIV Pathogenesis
Category Archives: Childhood Adversity
The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Threat Multiplier for Childhood Health Disparities: Evidence from St. Louis, MO
In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated socioeconomic and racial health disparities. For example, U.S.-based studies have found that the mortality rates for Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Indigenous communities from COVID-19 are double that of their … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Adversity, COVID-19, Pandemic, Race, Stress, Urban Health
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Innovative Responses to Pandemic Related Disruptions in School Meal Programs
School meals are a vital source of federal food assistance; the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs serve approximately 30 million lunches and 15 million breakfasts daily at low or no cost to students. At the start of the … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Adversity, COVID-19, Food Insecurity
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Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) Convening
Dr. Suglia recently attended the Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) Convening, where she presented her work on the neighborhood social environment and obesity prevention. To effectively prevent obesity in the US, this work proposes that rather than continue … Continue reading
A New Project to Study Childhood Adversity and Cardiovascular Health in Puerto Rican Young Adults
Cluster faculty member Shakira Suglia was recently awarded an NIH grant to study the effects of childhood adversity on health outcomes among young Puerto Rican adults from the South Bronx and from San Juan, Puerto Rico. While these two groups of … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Adversity, Ethnicity
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