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Uchechi Mitchell, University of Illinois at Chicago
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When is Hope Enough? Hopefulness, Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Physiological Dysregulation
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Theodore Joyce, Baruch College
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The Impact of Parental Involvement Laws on the Abortion Rate of Minors
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Michael White, Brown University
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Migration, Urbanization, and Health: Insights from South Africa
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Amanda Geller, New York University
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Police Contact, Mental Health, and Health Disparities among Urban Teens
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Steven Haas, Penn State University
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The Long-Arm of Conflict: How Timing Shapes the Long-term Impacts of Childhood Exposure to War
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Utilizing Student Health and Academic Data: A County-Level Demonstration Project
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Students with chronic health conditions miss more school days than their peers and are at increased risk for performing worse on standardized tests and not completing a high school degree. University-based researchers, state government leaders, and a local county school system collaborated to use existing health and academic data to (1) evaluate the strength of the relationship between health status and school performance (absenteeism, grades) and (2) describe the health status of students who are chronically absent. Analyses included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, negative binomial regression models, and estimated marginal means. The most common health conditions among the 3,663 kindergarten through Grade 12 students were ADD (attention deficit disorder)/ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), asthma, migraine headaches, mental health conditions, and eczema/psoriasis/skin disorders. After controlling for covariates, having asthma or a mental health diagnosis was positively associated with absences; and having an ADD/ADHD or mental health diagnosis was negatively associated with GPA (grade point average). Chronically absent students had significantly lower GPAs, and a higher number of health conditions than other students. The success of this demonstration project encourages strengthening existing collaborations and establishing new multidisciplinary partnerships to analyze existing data sources to learn more about the relationship between student health and academic achievement. Moreover, connecting health status to academic achievement might be a chief tactic for advocating for additional resources to improve the care and management of chronic disease conditions among students.
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Olivia Denise Carter-Pokras, Ph.D.
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Amir Sapkota's research on future climate change risks
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Climate change will raise mortality rate among kidney patients
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Sleep debt: the impact of weekday sleep deprivation on cardiovascular health in older women
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STUDY OBJECTIVES:Short sleep duration is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, it is uncertain whether sleep debt, a measure of sleep deficiency during the week compared to the weekend, confers increased cardiovascular risk. Because sleep disturbances increase with age particularly in women, we examined the relationship between sleep debt and ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) in older women. METHODS:Sleep debt is defined as the difference between self-reported total weekday and weekend sleep hours of at least 2 hours among women without apparent CVD and cancer participating in the Women's Health Stress Study follow-up cohort of female health professionals (N = 22 082). The ICH consisted of seven health factors and behaviors as defined by the American Heart Association Strategic 2020 goals including body mass index, smoking, physical activity, diet, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and glucose. RESULTS:Mean age was 72.1 ± 6.0 years. Compared to women with no sleep debt, women with sleep debt were more likely to be obese and have hypertension (pall < .05). Linear regression models adjusted for age and race/ethnicity revealed that sleep debt was significantly associated with poorer ICH (B = -0.13 [95% CI = -0.18 to -0.08]). The relationship was attenuated but remained significant after adjustment for education, income, depression/anxiety, cumulative stress, and snoring. CONCLUSION:Sleep debt was associated with poorer ICH, despite taking into account socioeconomic status and psychosocial factors. These results suggest that weekly sleep duration variation, possibly leading to circadian misalignment, may be associated with cardiovascular risk in older women. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz149
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Natalie Slopen, Sc.D.
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Natalie Slopen Publications
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Wade Jacobsen, UMD Criminology
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Juvenile Arrest and Interpersonal Exclusion: Rejection, Withdrawal, and Homophily among Peers
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The role of weight perception in race differences in body mass index by education among women
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Caryn N. Bell University of Maryland: Loneke T. Blackman Carr Duke University: 2019-006
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