Integrating DNA methylation measures of biological aging into social determinants of health research

L Raffington, DW Belsky - Current Environmental Health Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Acceleration of biological processes of aging is hypothesized to
drive excess morbidity and mortality in socially disadvantaged populations. DNA methylation …

Working toward anti-racist perspectives in attachment theory, research, and practice

JA Stern, O Barbarin, J Cassidy - Attachment & Human …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Recent social movements have illuminated systemic inequities in US society, including
within the social sciences. Thus, it is essential that attachment researchers and practitioners …

[HTML][HTML] Intersectionality in Alzheimer's disease: the role of female sex and Black American race in the development and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease

MB Misiura, B Butts, B Hammerschlag, C Munkombwe… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is well known that vascular factors and specific social determinants of health contribute to
dementia risk and that the prevalence of these risk factors differs according to race and sex …

An updated equitable model of readiness for transition to adult care: content validation in young people with sickle cell disease

KV Prussien, LE Crosby, HL Faust, LP Barakat… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite elevated health risks during young adulthood, many adolescents and
young adults with serious health care needs face barriers during the transfer to an adult …

Captive bodies, prison geographies, and the somatic carceral condition

S Bloch, EA Olivares-Pelayo - Progress in Human …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Putting research and reflection on prison experience into conversation with the subfields of
carceral and health geography, we discuss the “somatic carceral condition” as a viseral …

Attachment perspectives on race, prejudice, and anti-racism: Introduction to the special issue

JA Stern, O Barbarin, J Cassidy - Attachment & human …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Central to attachment theory is the idea that behavior in close relationships can best be
understood in context. Although decades of research have illuminated cross-cultural …

Long-term neighborhood poverty effects on internalizing symptoms in adolescents: Mediated through allostatic load and pubertal timing

Y Ren, C Zuo, H Ming, Y Zhang, S Huang - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose The long-term effect of neighborhood poverty on internalizing symptoms in
adolescents and the biological mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. We …

Racial inequity in pediatric anesthesia

BL Willer, C Mpody, OO Nafiu - Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Minority health disparities have received renewed attention in
the USA following several highly publicized racial injustices in 2020. Though the focus has …

Cumulative risk exposure and child cellular aging in a Dutch low‐risk community sample

R Beijers, I Ten Thije, E Bolhuis, KJ O'Donnell… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the proposed mechanisms linking childhood stressor exposure to negative mental
and physical health outcomes in later life is cellular aging. In this prospective, longitudinal …

Exposomic and polygenic contributions to allostatic load in early adolescence

KW Hoffman, KT Tran, TM Moore, MM Gataviņš… - Nature Mental …, 2024 - nature.com
Allostatic load (AL) is the cumulative 'wear and tear'on the body due to chronic adversity. We
tested the poly-environmental (exposomic) and polygenic contributions to AL and their …