Browsing by Author "Berkman, Lisa"
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The Cardiometabolic Effects of Work and Family Stress
O'Donnell, Emily Martin (2015-04-23)Work and family stress is increasingly pervasive in today’s workforce, and studies reveal that it may be related to worse employee cardiovascular health. However, it is unclear whether the combined stress from work and ... -
Cardiovascular Inflammation in Healthy Women: Multilevel Associations with State-Level Prosperity, Productivity and Income Inequality
Clark, Cheryl; Ridker, Paul M.; Ommerborn, Mark J; Huisingh, Carrie E; Coull, Brent Andrew; Buring, Julie Elizabeth; Berkman, Lisa Faye (BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Cardiovascular inflammation is a key contributor to the development of atherosclerosis and the prediction of cardiovascular events among healthy women. An emerging literature suggests biomarkers of inflammation ... -
Increasing ambient temperature reduces emotional well-being
Noelke, Clemens; McGovern, Mark T.; Corsi, Daniel J.; Jimenez, Marcia P.; Stern, Ari; Wing, Ian Sue; Berkman, Lisa Faye (Elsevier BV, 2016) -
Is Economic Growth Associated with Reduction in Child Undernutrition in India?
Subramanyam, Malavika A.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Berkman, Lisa Faye; Subramanian, S.V. Venkata (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011)BACKGROUND: Economic growth is widely perceived as a major policy instrument in reducing childhood undernutrition in India. We assessed the association between changes in state per capita income and the risk of undernutrition ... -
Manager Support for Work-Family Issues and its Impact on Employee-Reported Pain in the Extended Care Setting
O'Donnell, Emily M.; Berkman, Lisa Faye; Subramanian, S.V. Venkata (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2012)OBJECTIVE: Supervisor-level policies and the presence of a manager engaged in an employee's need to achieve work-family balance, or "supervisory support," may benefit employee health, including self-reported pain. METHODS: ... -
The Non-Linear Risk of Mortality by Income Level in a Healthy Population: US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mortality Follow-up Cohort, 1988-2001
Rehkopf, David H; Berkman, Lisa; Coull, Brent; Krieger, Nancy (BioMed Central, 2008)Background: An examination of where in the income distribution income is most strongly associated with risk of mortality will provide guidance for identifying the most critical pathways underlying the connections between ... -
Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Incident Mobility Disability Among Elders: The Hazards of Poverty
Clark, Cheryl; Kawachi, Ichiro; Ryan, Louise Marie; Ertel, Karen Ann; Fay, Martha Elizabeth; Berkman, Lisa Faye (BioMed Central, 2009)Background: We investigated whether lack of perceived neighborhood safety due to crime, or living in high crime neighborhoods was associated with incident mobility disability in elderly populations. We hypothesized that ... -
Sexual Behaviors and HIV Status: A Population-Based Study Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa
Rosenberg, Molly S.; Gómez-Olivé, Francesc X.; Rohr, Julia K.; Houle, Brian C.; Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W.; Wagner, Ryan G.; Salomon, Joshua A.; Kahn, Kathleen; Berkman, Lisa F.; Tollman, Stephen M.; Bärnighausen, Till (JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2016)Objective: To identify the unmet needs for HIV prevention among older adults in rural South Africa. Methods: We analyzed data from a population-based sample of 5059 men and women aged 40 years and older from the study ... -
Well-Being and Social Capital on Planet Earth: Cross-National Evidence from 142 Countries
Calvo, Rocío; Zheng, Yuhui; Kumar, Santosh; Olgiati, Analia; Berkman, Lisa Faye (Public Library of Science, 2012)High levels of social trust and social support are associated with life satisfaction around the world. However, it is not known whether this association extends to other indicators of social capital and of subjective ...