2024
High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity
Nugent J, Maciejewski K, Finn E, Grout R, Wood C, Esserman D, Michel J, Lu Y, Sharifi M. High Blood Pressure in Children Aged 3 to 12 Years Old With Overweight or Obesity. Childhood Obesity 2024 PMID: 38700557, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2023.0143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHypertensive BPHigh blood pressurePrevalence of high blood pressurePrimary care practicesAssociated with higher oddsUS health systemBlood pressureSustained hypertensionPre-intervention dataAged 3Multivariate logistic regressionStudy periodObesity practiceChildren aged 3Care practicesBMI classificationHealth systemBP percentilesHigher oddsDiagnosing sustained hypertensionObesity severityOverweight/obesityLogistic regressionHigh BPIII obesity
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