Recent manuscripts and commentary from WashU investigators on interdisciplinary topics of child health and well-being
Associations between Medicaid enrollment and diagnosis stage and survival among pediatric cancer patients
Johnson KJ, Brown DS, O’Connell CP, Thompson T, Barnes JM, King AA. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2024; 71:e30861
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Brown School of Social Work
School of Medicine
Associations between central nervous system tumor diagnosis stage and survival and Medicaid enrollment among children, adolescents, and young adults
Johnson KJ, Brown DS, Thompson T, Barnes JM, King AA. Neuro-Oncology Practice, 2024;, npae094
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Brown School of Social Work
School of Medicine
Characterizing Timeliness of Recommended Vaccinations Among Privately-Insured Children in the United States, 2009-2019
Butler AM, Newland JG, Sahrmann JM, O’Neil CA, McGrath LJ. Vaccine, Volume 42, Issue 21, 30 August 2024, 126179
Author Keywords
Administrative data; Data visualization; Early childhood; Guideline adherence; Pediatrics; Vaccination schedule; Vaccine delay
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School of Medicine
A Pilot Study of Factors Influencing Engagement with an mHealth Intervention Among Teens with Eating Disorder Symptoms
Kasson E, Vázquez MM, Li X, Doroshenko C, Szlyk HS, Montayne A, Fitzsimmons-Craft EE, Wilfley DE, Taylor CB, Cavazos-Rehg PA. (2024) Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science
Author Keywords
Adolescents; Eating disorders; Engagment; mHealth; Social media
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College of Arts & Sciences
School of Medicine
Accessibility of and Barriers to Long-Term Follow-Up Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors
Cai J, Malone S, Bhakta N, Pui CH, Chen J, Hu S, Jiang H, Ju X, Zhou F, Hudson MM, Cheung YT. (2024) JAMA Network Open, 7 (10), p. e2440258
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School of Medicine
The effects of neighborhood disadvantage and adverse childhood experiences on conditioned pain modulation in adults with chronic low back pain
Thomas PA, Ditta PV, Stocking SQ, Webb C, Meints SM, Owens MA, Quinn T, Aroke EN, Morris MC, Sorge RE, Goodin BR, Overstreet DS. (2025) Journal of Pain, 26, art. no. 104706
Author Keywords
Adverse childhood experiences; Area level deprivation; Chronic low back pain; Conditioned pain modulation; Social determinants of pain
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School of Medicine
Linking social determinants of health to mental health, movement behaviors, and cognitive function among U.S. youth
Liu Z, Chen Y, Herold F, Cheval B, Falck RS, Kramer AF, Gerber M, Werneck AO, An Rl, Teychenne M, Owen N, Zou L. (2024) Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27, art. no. 100639
Author Keywords
Memory; Mental health; Social determinants of health; Youth
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Brown School of Social Work
An implementation evaluation of a sports-based health intervention for underrepresented middle school youth in Philadelphia
Joyce CR, McLoughlin GM, Tripicchio GL, Jones GJ. (2024) Translational Behavioral Medicine, 14 (10), pp. 588-597
Author Keywords
Behavioral intervention; health equity; implementation; physical activity
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Brown School of Social Work
Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS): objectives, design, and enrollment results of a 12-city remote observational surveillance study of households with children, using direct-to-participant methods
Fulkerson PC, Lussier SJ, Bendixsen CG, …Fulkerson PC, Lussier SJ, Bendixsen CG. (2024) American Journal of Epidemiology, 193 (10), pp. 1329-1338.
Author Keywords
COVID-19; public health; remote methods; surveillance
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School of Medicine
Children born very preterm experience altered cortical expansion over the first decade of life
Gorham LS, Latham AR, Alexopoulos D, Kenley JK, Iannopollo E, Lean RE, Loseille D, Smyser TA, Neil JJ, Rogers CE, Smyser CD, Garcia, K. Brain Communications, Volume 6, Issue 5, 2024, fcae318
Author Keywords
brain development; cortical expansion; prematurity; surface area
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McKelvey School of Engineering
School of Medicine
Leveraging machine learning to study how temperament scores predict pre-term birth status
Seamon E, Mattera JA…Lenze SN, Christian LM , Saxbe DE, Stroud LR, Rodriguez CM, Anzman-Frasca S, Gartstein MA. (2024) Global Pediatrics, 9, art. no. 100220
Author Keywords
Infancy; Preterm birth; Quantitative methodology; Temperament
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School of Medicine
A microbiome-directed therapeutic food for children recovering from severe acute malnutrition
Hartman SJ, Hibberd MC, Mostafa I, Nahar NN, Islam MM, Uz Zaman M, Huq S, Mahfuz M, Islam MT, Mukherji K, Moghaddam VA, Chen RY, Province MA, Webber DM, Henrissat S, Henrissat B, Terrapon N, Rodionov DA, Osterman AL, Barratt MJ, Ahmed T, Gordon JI. (2024) Science Translational Medicine, 16 (767), p. eadn2366
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School of Medicine