Browsing SPH Theses and Dissertations by Title
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“I Just Try to Keep Her Quiet and Happy” The Role of Caregiver Feeding Practices in Early Childhood Obesity Prevention
(2015-05-01)Children’s diet is a key driver of childhood obesity, and thus understanding the role of caregivers in mediating the frequency and content of foods offered to children is critical to developing population-based interventions ... -
Identification of Factors Associated With Colorectal Cancer Risk and Survival
(2018-04-27)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. In this dissertation, we examined several factors possibly associated with CRC risk or survival among participants from the ... -
Identifying Opportunities to Improve the Integration of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services into Primary Care: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
(2016-05-07)Objectives: Unintended pregnancy is endemic in the United States. Primary care physicians (PCPs) are optimally positioned within the health care system to improve the prevention and management of unintended pregnancy by ... -
Impact of Multiple Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions on Cardiovascular Diseases and Disparities
(2015-01-16)Major cardiovascular risk factors have changed over the past 3-4 decades throughout the world. While adiposity and diabetes are rising worldwide, blood pressure and cholesterol are declining in high-income and even some ... -
Implementing Preconception Care in Zambia: Addressing Gaps and Leveraging Opportunities
(2023-01-27)Background: The Zambian government's investment in maternal and child health, specifically in life-saving interventions during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and for children under five years of age, has resulted in ... -
Improving China’s Aid Effectiveness Through Strengthening Strategic Management of Developmental Public Private Partnerships
(2018-04-24)A prominent feature of China’s evolving aid system has been the involvement of Chinese firms in implementing diversified development cooperation projects. Chinese aid managers face challenges in managing the burgeoning ... -
Improving Health and Safety in Construction: The Intersection of Programs and Policies, Work Organization, and Safety Climate
(2015-04-23)Statement of Problem: Despite significant advancements in occupational health and safety in recent decades, injury rates in commercial construction remain high. New programs that address the complexity of the construction ... -
Improving Health Measures: Evidence From a List Experiment, Cognitive Interviews, and a Vignette Study
(2015-04-27)Measuring health through surveys is challenging. Participants may respond in a socially favorable but untruthful way, and responses across respondents may be difficult to compare. List experiments and anchoring vignette ... -
Improving Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Health Systems by Raising Expectations of Care
(2018-05-01)A growing body of literature shows that the quality of healthcare experienced by people in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is remarkably poor. Effective systemic improvement approaches that can have large-scale ... -
Improving the Quality of Humanitarian Assistance: The Role of Gender Equality & Systems for Program Quality Assurance
(2018-05-09)Gendered habitus and the invisible hand of patriarchy determine the hazards, vulnerabilities, and capacities of every individual; not only does it define our everyday interactions and rationalizations but also the very ... -
Income Inequality, Social Capital, and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Depression in South Africa
(2016-05-07)Chronic stress associated with living in societies with high income inequality may increase risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mental illness. Research has also linked social capital, including trust of other people, ... -
Infant Sleep Disparities: Examining the Emergence of Differences in Infant Sleep Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status, and Implications for Childhood Obesity
(2018-09-26)Almost a third of children in the United States are overweight or obese, with the highest prevalence among racial/ethnic minority children. [Ogden et al., 2014] The short- and long-term consequences of childhood obesity ... -
Inflammation, Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and Risk of Ovarian Cancer
(2018-04-25)Ovarian cancer is a highly fatal malignancy. Advancing knowledge of ovarian cancer etiology to improve prevention strategies is essential to reducing ovarian cancer mortality. My research investigated the role of inflammation ... -
Influencing Health Behaviors via Short Message Service (SMS): Evidence for Best Practices From Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Xi’an China
(2016-04-25)Text messaging, also known as short message services (SMS), is a burgeoning innovation area showing promise in eliciting health behavior changes. This dissertation details two intervention trials that each comparatively ... -
Innate Immunity Immunomodulators in Post-Influenza Bacterial Pneumonia
(2015-05-01)Post-influenza bacterial pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. One mechanism for enhanced susceptibility to bacterial infection after influenza is down-regulation of a major phagocytic receptor ... -
Innovation Ecosystems for Health: A Learning Approach to Public Health Implementation
(2018-04-20)This Thesis describes the DELTA Doctoral project and experience for Harvard DrPH Candidate Chris Wheelahan. The DELTA Doctoral project work focused on a nonprofit, digital health startup founded by the student called ... -
Innovative Approaches to Investigating Social Determinants of Health - Social Networks, Environmental Effects and Intersectionality
(2015-09-19)Contexts are important social determinants of individual health trajectories and population level patterns of health disparities. This dissertation examines three types of contexts—social networks, physical environments, ... -
JUSTICE(IN)HEALTH::HEALTH(IN)JUSTICE: A Participatory Assessment of the Value Proposition of Medical-Legal Partnership for Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder
(2022-04-21)The Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services funds integrated care clinics for mothers with opioid use disorder in Massachusetts through its Moms Do Care Program. Moms Do Care teams and participants experience ... -
Large Population-Based Health Care Databases for Maternal and Infant Outcomes: the Role of Maternal Age, Race, and Interpregnancy Interval
(2018-04-23)Delayed childbearing is associated with increased risks of adverse outcomes. The precise form with which risks increase with maternal age remain unclear. Different distributions of age-related risk factors across racial ... -
Late-Life Depression Trajectories in Relation to Health and Aging
(2018-04-24)Depression is common in older adults and has been associated with a myriad of adverse health and quality of life outcomes. However, most studies rely on a classification of depression symptoms at a single time point rather ...