2023
Young Children's Development and Behavior: Associations with Timing of Household Food Insecurity in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Early Head Start Sample
Treviño M, Cherry K, Njoroge W, Gerstein E. Young Children's Development and Behavior: Associations with Timing of Household Food Insecurity in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Early Head Start Sample. Journal Of Developmental And Behavioral Pediatrics 2023, 44: e617-e624. PMID: 37871284, DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold food insecurityPersistent household food insecurityMaternal risk factorsAge 3 yearsRisk factorsCumulative risk effectAnalysis of covarianceChild Experiences StudySociodemographic informationEarly Head Start familiesProblem behaviorFood insecurityDevelopmental healthHead Start sampleEarly childhoodChildrenHead Start familiesNeeds ratioMeaningful differencesSocioeconomic riskRisk effectsStart sampleDifferent patternsStart familiesChild development
2020
Association of Adverse Neighborhood Exposures With HIV Viral Load in Pregnant Women at Delivery
Momplaisir F, Nassau T, Moore K, Grayhack C, Njoroge W, Roux A, Brady K. Association of Adverse Neighborhood Exposures With HIV Viral Load in Pregnant Women at Delivery. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2024577. PMID: 33156348, PMCID: PMC7648255, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV viral loadElevated viral loadViral loadPrenatal careVirologic controlCohort studyPregnant womenNeighborhood exposureMAIN OUTCOMEElevated HIV viral loadHigher HIV viral loadPopulation-based cohort studyHigher neighborhood educationHIV virologic controlIntermediate prenatal careMaternal health needsPoor virologic controlInadequate prenatal careCopies/mLHIV surveillance dataProportion of womenRace/ethnicityMaternal morbidityHIV diagnosisChronic diseasesColoring Outside the Lines: Making Black and Brown Lives Matter in the Prevention of Youth Suicide
Bath E, Njoroge W. Coloring Outside the Lines: Making Black and Brown Lives Matter in the Prevention of Youth Suicide. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020, 60: 17-21. PMID: 33010455, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.09.013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Parental Cultural Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Young Children and Television
Njoroge W, Elenbaas L, Garrison M, Myaing M, Christakis D. Parental Cultural Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Young Children and Television. JAMA Pediatrics 2013, 167: 739-745. PMID: 23778788, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAsianAttitudeBlack or African AmericanChild, PreschoolCultural CharacteristicsCultureHumansMaleParentsTelevisionWhite PeopleConceptsNon-Hispanic white childrenRace/ethnicityBeliefs/attitudesEthnic disparitiesYoung childrenSocioeconomic statusWhite childrenChild race/ethnicityCommunity-based sampleParents of childrenPediatric clinicMAIN OUTCOMEScreen timeAfrican American childrenMinutes of televisionPractice networkAged childrenSignificant differencesChildrenEarly childhood developmentDemographic questionnaireMore televisionDemographic covariatesTV viewingFamily socioeconomic status