2024
Quantifying the Association between Pump Use and Breastfeeding Duration
Nardella D, Canavan M, Sharifi M, Taylor S. Quantifying the Association between Pump Use and Breastfeeding Duration. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2024, 274: 114192. PMID: 39004167, PMCID: PMC11499033, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic blacksBreastfeeding durationBreastfeeding cessationPump usePregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System dataAssociated with longer breastfeeding durationNon-Hispanic whitesMagnitude of associationAssociated with breastfeeding durationLonger breastfeeding durationCox proportional hazards regressionCross-sectional analysisProportional hazards regressionNative American participantsBreastfeeding inequitiesBreastfeeding outcomesInitiate breastfeedingLive-born infantsNon-missing dataUnmarried statusSurvey completionMonitoring system dataLow-incomeStratified analysisHazards regression
2023
Multilevel Factors Associated With Participation in Group Well-Child Care
Aloe C, Hall K, Pérez-Escamilla R, Rosenthal M, Fenick A, Sharifi M. Multilevel Factors Associated With Participation in Group Well-Child Care. Academic Pediatrics 2023, 23: 1376-1384. PMID: 36933616, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroup well-child careWell-child careMother-infant dyadsCare visitsEligible mother-infant dyadsMaternal/infant characteristicsPreventive health care visitsNon-Hispanic white infantsYale-New Haven HospitalTimes higher adjusted oddsPrimary care visitsHealth care visitsPrimary care centersElectronic health record dataMultivariate logistic regressionOdds of initiationPrimary care appointmentsHigher adjusted oddsNew Haven HospitalNon-Hispanic blacksHealth record dataCare appointmentsAdjusted oddsMaternal ageCare center
2022
Assessment of Underuse and Overuse of Screening Tests for Co-occurring Conditions Among Children With Obesity
Sharifi M, Goodman A, Chua K. Assessment of Underuse and Overuse of Screening Tests for Co-occurring Conditions Among Children With Obesity. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2222101. PMID: 35834247, PMCID: PMC9284328, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWell-child visitsProportion of childrenCross-sectional studyEndocrine testingInsulin testIBM MarketScan Multi-State Medicaid databaseMarketScan Multi-State Medicaid DatabaseIBM MarketScan Commercial DatabaseMulti-State Medicaid DatabaseScreening testMarketScan Commercial DatabasePrimary care cliniciansCommercial claims databaseRate of adherenceNon-Hispanic blacksCo-occurring conditionsLogistic regression modelsPrimary outcomeCare cliniciansLiver diseaseClaims databaseMean ageMedicaid databaseDiagnosis codesPayer type