2022
Association of COVID-19 and Endemic Systemic Racism With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Among Black Birthing Individuals
Njoroge W, White LK, Waller R, Forkpa M, Himes MM, Morgan K, Seidlitz J, Chaiyachati BH, Barzilay R, Kornfield SL, Parish-Morris J, Rodriguez Y, Riis V, Burris HH, Elovitz MA, Gur RE. Association of COVID-19 and Endemic Systemic Racism With Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Among Black Birthing Individuals. JAMA Psychiatry 2022, 79: 600-609. PMID: 35416928, PMCID: PMC9008565, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0597.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Social Determinants of Health: the Impact of Racism on Early Childhood Mental Health
Berry O, Londoño Tobón A, Njoroge W. Social Determinants of Health: the Impact of Racism on Early Childhood Mental Health. Current Psychiatry Reports 2021, 23: 23. PMID: 33712922, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-021-01240-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly childhood mental healthChildhood mental healthMental healthSocial determinantsYoung childrenCaregivers' mental healthPurpose of ReviewDespiteForm of exposureMore studiesImpact of racismInfantsSocioemotional developmentHealthChildrenFuture studiesChildhood developmentBehavioral developmentExposureSequelaeEffects of racismChildren's socioemotional developmentStudyRecent literature
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 diseases