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Victoria Fisher
May 19, 2025
In this paper, we argue that “umbrella” variables for socioeconomic status frequently used in vulnerability or disadvantage indices (i.e. “no college + unemployment + renting + public insurance, etc), mask how mechanisms of structural racism are differentially related to each other.
Ban Al-Sahab
Feb 24, 2025
Environmental context is an important predictor of health behavior. Understanding its effect on cannabis use among pregnant women has not been well understood.
Thea Senger-Carpenter
Jan 28, 2025
This study used baseline data from over 5,000 female youth participating in the national Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study to test hypotheses derived from Life History Theory (LHT) that exposure to multigenerational, intergenerational, and individual adversities are associated with earlier pubertal onset.
Natasha Cunningham
Mar 28, 2024
Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPD) are the most common chronic pain conditions of childhood and are made worse by co-occurring anxiety.