Recent manuscripts and commentary from WashU investigators on interdisciplinary topics of child health and well-being

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Associations between polygenic scores for cognitive and non-cognitive factors of educational attainment and measures of behavior, psychopathology, and neuroimaging in the adolescent brain cognitive development study

Gorelik AJ, Paul SE, Miller AP, Baranger DAA, Lin S, Zhang W, Elsayed NM, Modi H, Addala P, Bijsterbosch J, Barch DM, Karcher NR, Hatoum AS, Agrawal A, Bogdan R, Johnson EC. (2024) Psychological Medicine

Author Keywords
academic achievement; cognitive performance; educational attainment; genetics; late childhood; middle childhood; neuroimaging; polygenic scores

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College of Arts & Sciences
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Mediators That Matter: Psychological Distress, Developmental Assets, and Educational Outcomes Among Black Youth

Rose T, Joe S, & Hancock GR. (2024) Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(8), 1317–1332

Author Keywords
developmental assets; educational expectations; educational outcomes; school bonding; self-esteem

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Brown School of Social Work

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Complex emotion processing and early life adversity in the Healthy Brain Network sample

Furtado EJ, Camacho MC, Chin JH, Barch DM. (2024) Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 70, art. no. 101469

Author Keywords
Adolescence; Adversity; Emotion processing; Naturalistic fMRI

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Neighborhood demographics in relation to marketing and regulation-related factors among cannabis retailers in 5 US cities

Berg CJ, Schleicher NC, Cavazos-Rehg PA, Romm KF, LoParco CR, Cui Y, Wang Y, McCready DM, Chakraborty R, Henriksen L. (2024) Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 265, art. no. 112471

Author Keywords
Cannabis; Health communication; Health disparities; Health policy; Marketing; Public health

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School of Medicine

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Practitioners’ perspectives on working with families of minors experiencing sex trafficking: Family risk factors and implications for family based interventions

Nichols AJ, Oberstaedt M, Slutsker S, Gilbert K. (2024) Child Abuse and Neglect, 158, art. no. 107132

Author Keywords
Child maltreatment; Child sexual abuse; Commercial sexual exploitation of children; CSA; Family interventions; Human trafficking; Juvenile justice; Sex trafficking of minors

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College of Arts & Sciences

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Socioemotional Outcomes of Children Born Very Preterm

Bishop CL, Lean RE, Smyser TA, Smyser CD, Rogers CE. (2025) Journal of Pediatrics, 276, art. no. 114377

Author Keywords
prematurity; psychopathology; stress; trauma

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School of Medicine

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Implementation Science and Pediatric Diabetes: A Scoping Review of the State of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research

Price J, Hawkins J, Amante DJ, James R, Haire-Joshu D. (2025) Current Diabetes Reports, 25 (1), art. no. 2

Author Keywords
Diabetes; Evidence-based care; Implementation science; Pediatric

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Brown School of Social Work

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Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Suicidal Ideation and Attempt Among Adolescents Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study in Masaka, Uganda

Atwebembere R, Nakasujja N, Mugisha J, Ssewamala F, Mckay M. (2024) Global Social Welfare

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Brown School of Social Work

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The impact of a pediatric malnutrition telehealth clinic on anthropometric measurements in children aged 6–59 months in rural Guatemala

Sobczak B, Jennings G, Henderson R, Lyerla F. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 2024 Nov 1;36(11):619-626.

Author Keywords
Anthropometric measurement; global health; Guatemala; pediatric malnutrition; telehealth

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School of Medicine

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Low HIV Viral Load Suppression and Its Implications for Controlling HIV among Refugee Adolescents and Youth Living in Refugee Settlements in Uganda: A Cross-sectional Analysis

Tutlam NT, Kizito S, Nakasujja N, Nabunya P, Kabarambi A, Kwesiga I, Tumusiime C, Namatovu P, Sensoy Bahar O, Ssewamala FM. (2024) AIDS and Behavior

Author Keywords
Economic Empowerment; HIV Treatment Adherence; Refugee Adolescents and Youth; Viral load Suppression (VLS)

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Brown School of Social Work

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“We pray for the night to be shorter, so we can change our menstrual pads”: A qualitative exploration of menstrual hygiene challenges among internally displaced adolescent girls in Northern Ethiopia, 2023

Betsu BD, Medhanyie AA, Gebrehiwet TG, Wall LL. (2024) PLoS ONE, 19 (10), art. no. e0309985

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Functional Connectivity Relationships to Longitudinal Motor Outcomes Differ in Very Preterm Children with and Without Brain Injury

Cyr PEP, Lean RE, Kenley JK, Kaplan S, Meyer D, Neil JJ, Alexopoulos D, Brady RG, Shimony JS, Rodebaugh TL, Rogers CE, Smyser CD. (2024) Neurology: Clinical Practice, 15 (1), art. no. e200397

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