Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert

S Jordan, R Bromley, C Damase-Michel… - International …, 2022 - Springer
Background The pharmacoepidemiology of the long-term benefits and harms of medicines
in pregnancy and breastfeeding has received little attention. The impact of maternal …

Inequality and child health: dynamic population health interventions

N Halfon, SA Russ, RS Kahn - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Pathways to health inequalities are driven by social and structural determinants of health.
Interventions to address inequalities need to be driven less by older biomedical models, and …

Social connectedness as a mediator for horticultural therapy's biological effect on community-dwelling older adults: Secondary analyses of a randomized controlled …

TKS Ng, DRY Gan, R Mahendran, EH Kua… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Elevated levels of inflammatory marker and a lack of social connectedness are
two prominent risk factors for developing dementia and depression. Horticultural therapy …

Body mass and the epidemic of chronic inflammation in early mid-adulthood

TW McDade, JM Meyer, SM Koning, KM Harris - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Chronic inflammation is a potentially important mechanism through which social
inequalities may contribute to health inequalities over the life course. Excess body fat …

Effectiveness of a community-based support programme to reduce social inequality in exclusive breastfeeding: study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

HK Rossau, IMS Nilsson, M Busck-Rasmussen… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Breastmilk is the ideal nutrition for infants, and breastfeeding protects infants
and mothers from a range of adverse health outcomes. In Denmark, most mothers initiate …

Rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States: data insights from the 2016–2019 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

LE Diaz, LM Yee, J Feinglass - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction While breastfeeding rates in the United States have been increasing, they
remain low by international standards with substantial racial, income and education …

The national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health (Add Health): An underused resource for developmental science

KM Harris, CT Halpern - Annual Review of Developmental …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) represents a
data treasure for developmental psychologists working in both adolescent and life-span …

Testing the buffering hypothesis: Breastfeeding problems, cessation, and social support in the UK

AE Page, EH Emmott, S Myers - American Journal of Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Physical breastfeeding problems can lead women to terminate breastfeeding
earlier than planned. In high‐income countries such as the UK, breastfeeding problems …

Birth size and the serum level of biological age markers in men

A Żelaźniewicz, J Nowak-Kornicka, B Pawłowski - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Previous studies showed that intrauterine growth restrictions, resulting in smaller body size
at birth, are associated with altered development and the risk of age-related diseases in …

[HTML][HTML] Explaining physical health disparities and inequalities over the first half of the life course: An integrative review of Add Health studies

TK Lee, CW O'Neal - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2022 - Elsevier
This integrative review of research utilizing the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to
Adult Health draws on previous research detailing pathways linking early socioeconomic …