Browsing by FAS Department "Social and Behavioral Sciences"
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Access to Abortion: The Intersection of 'Who You Are' and 'Where You Live'
(2017-05-01)Access to reproductive health services, including abortion services, is essential to the health of women and families. While existing literature has documented the influence of demographic factors (‘who you are’) on access ... -
The Cardiometabolic Effects of Work and Family Stress
(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 ... -
Clinical, Community, and Epidemiologic Considerations for Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Chronic Disease
(2017-04-18)Advancing health equity requires explicit consideration of the factors that prevent the attainment of the highest level of health for all people. Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in chronic conditions such as ... -
Culturally-Relevant Strategies to Build Capacity Among Community Health Workers: Lessons From Alaska
(2017-04-07)Context: Culturally-relevant health promotion with community health workers (CHWs) is an opportunity to reduce health inequities. This dissertation explores the development, implementation, and evaluation of CHW interventions ... -
Gender Expression, Discrimination, and Health Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
(2015-04-27)Young people who are perceived as transgressing societal gender norms—that is, who have a nonconforming gender expression—are at heightened risk of discrimination and violence victimization in the U.S., which can adversely ... -
Individual and Population Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low and Middle Income Countries
(2017-04-25)This dissertation consists of three papers that explore the social determinants of several sexual and reproductive health outcomes in low and middle income countries. Together, these three papers employ a range of quantitative ... -
Media, Health Communication, and the Cancer Risk Factors of Smoking and Obesity
(2015-04-27)Introduction: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and obesity is the second cause. Both are risk factors for various types of cancer. Specifically, smoking is linked to lung, esophageal, ... -
Medication Nonadherence in Rheumatic Diseases
(2017-04-14)Medication nonadherence is the largest driver of avoidable healthcare costs in the United States. More than 40 percent of patients with rheumatic diseases are nonadherent. Among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ... -
Pills, Progress, Perils: Two Tales Told From the Lifecourse Perspective
(2017-05-01)This dissertation explores two separate topics that a reader might initially deem completely unrelated. And yet, upon closer examination, one can detect many unifying themes running through them. Paper 1 looks back at the ... -
Psychosocial Factors and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
(2020-05-14)Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the most common causes of disability and mortality worldwide, encompassing a wide range of disorders including myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure. ... -
Sexual Harm Reduction (Seroadaptation) and the Lived Experiences of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (BMSM) in Washington, DC
(2020-05-11)This exploratory sequential multiple methods study encompasses three papers that address how Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) conceptualize and practice seroadaptation and overall health. The term, seroadaptation, ... -
Smoke-Free Policy in Low Income Housing
(2017-04-24)Statement of Problem. There are inequities in tobacco use and second hand smoke exposure by socioeconomic status. Smoke-free housing is advanced as a strategy to reduce these inequities. In 2016, HUD issued a smoke-free ... -
Social and Behavioral Determinants of Sleep
(2017-04-28)There has been an epidemic of sleep deficiency over the past few decades. Previous research has linked suboptimal sleep to various adverse outcomes (e.g., higher morbidity and mortality), which warrant efforts to identify ... -
Social Determinants, and Psychiatric and Cardiometabolic Comorbidities of Disordered Weight Control Behaviors and Body Weight Misperception
(2017-04-28)This dissertation examined risk factors for disordered weight control behaviors (DWCB, i.e., fasting, skipping meals, one-food diet, self-induced vomiting, inappropriate laxatives/diuretics/diet pills use for weight control) ... -
Variations in Individual and Population Health and Well-Being: a Multilevel Perspective
(2017-04-25)Understanding the complex heterogeneity in health outcomes and their determinants at multiple levels are important to prevent further increase in inequalities between- and within- populations. Population health research ... -
War-Affected Populations and Mental Health Throughout the Lifespan: From World War II to Sierra Leone
(2017-04-05)Objective: There is a need to understand the epidemiology and long-term trajectories of the mental health of war-affected populations. Two papers in this dissertation use cross-sectional, retrospectively reported data ...