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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Childhood behavior problems substantially impact individuals, families, and communities. Poverty and social disadvantage are known risk factors for child behavior problems, while healthy social environments may buffer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...