2024
Disability severity and risk of new or recurrent intimate partner violence – Evidence from a cohort study in rural Pakistan
Collins A, Maselko J, Hagaman A, Bates L, Haight S, Kachoria A, Gupta S, Bhalotra S, Sikander S, Bibi A. Disability severity and risk of new or recurrent intimate partner violence – Evidence from a cohort study in rural Pakistan. Disability And Health Journal 2024, 101673. PMID: 39095292, DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual intimate partner violenceRisk ratioIntimate partner violenceDisability severityModified Poisson regression modelsRural PakistanPoisson regression modelsCohort of mothersSouth Asian contextDisability levelLow-incomeCohort studyPhysical intimate partner violencePsychological intimate partner violenceDisabilityAsian contextConsecutive wavesRegression modelsPartner violenceMothersRiskCohortCultural normsCross-sectionLow severity
2022
Suicide Ideation within and outside the Perinatal Period: An Exploration of Interpersonal Factors from a Maternal Cohort in Rural Pakistan to Improve Intervention Targeting
Hagaman A, Bates L, Atif N, Chung E, LeMasters K, Rahman A, Saqib K, Sikander S, Maselko J. Suicide Ideation within and outside the Perinatal Period: An Exploration of Interpersonal Factors from a Maternal Cohort in Rural Pakistan to Improve Intervention Targeting. Archives Of Suicide Research 2022, 28: 231-249. PMID: 36533657, PMCID: PMC10277318, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2022.2154727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMonths postpartumSuicidal thoughtsSocial supportWeeks of pregnancySuch risk factorsBurden of suicideCohort studyMaternal deathsPerinatal womenYear postpartumMaternal cohortRisk factorsPerinatal periodIndependent factorsCombined associationsPsychosocial interventionsPregnancySI prevalenceSuicidal ideationPostpartumSubstantial mortalityPrevalenceMixed effects modelsIntervention targetingInterpersonal factorsThe Day‐in‐the‐Life method for assessing infant caregiving in rural Pakistan
O'Donnell K, Gallis J, Turner E, Hagaman A, Scherer E, Sikander S, Maselko J. The Day‐in‐the‐Life method for assessing infant caregiving in rural Pakistan. Family Relations 2022, 72: 1237-1253. PMID: 37346745, PMCID: PMC10281745, DOI: 10.1111/fare.12706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDepression symptomsPatient health questionnaire-9 measuresMaternal mental healthMaternal depression symptomsExcellent interrater agreementFamily membersCohort studyFamily members' rolesChild healthCaregiving activitiesRural PakistanMental healthMultiple family membersSymptomsMothersInterrater agreementRegression analysisInfantsInfant caregivingChild caregivingCareCaregivingDaysChildrenAssociation
2021
Adverse childhood experiences and depression among women in rural Pakistan
LeMasters K, Bates LM, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Hagaman A, Scherer E, Sikander S, Staley BS, Zalla LC, Zivich PN, Maselko J. Adverse childhood experiences and depression among women in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 400. PMID: 33632175, PMCID: PMC7905421, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10409-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive episodeSymptom severityPerinatal mental health interventionsWomen's depressionBackgroundAdverse childhood experiencesDepressive symptom severityMajority of womenACE-International QuestionnaireCurrent mental healthMental health interventionsAdverse childhood experiencesChildhood experiencesCohort studyDepressive episodeMonths postpartumPerinatal periodElevated riskPronounced elevationHealth interventionsMore ACEsRural PakistanMental healthFamily distressCommon pathwayDepression
2020
Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices
LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Zalla L, Hagaman A, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Bhalotra S, Sikander S, Maselko J. Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices. BMC Public Health 2020, 20: 68. PMID: 31941468, PMCID: PMC6964000, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8176-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive episodePostpartum depressionTraditional postpartum practicesMonths postpartumSymptom severityLower symptom severityPostpartum practicesMaternal mental healthPatient Health QuestionnaireSocial supportStructured Clinical InterviewDepression symptom severityResultsEighty-nine percentCohort studyThird trimesterDepressive episodePrenatal depressionDepression statusHealth QuestionnaireProtective associationMaternal depressionLower oddsAdjusted modelClinical InterviewDays postpartum
2019
Psychosocial determinants of sustained maternal functional impairment: Longitudinal findings from a pregnancy-birth cohort study in rural Pakistan
Hagaman A, Gallis JA, Bhalotra S, Baranov V, Turner EL, Sikander S, Maselko J. Psychosocial determinants of sustained maternal functional impairment: Longitudinal findings from a pregnancy-birth cohort study in rural Pakistan. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0225163. PMID: 31743374, PMCID: PMC6863521, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor functioningFunctional impairmentPsychosocial characteristicsPerinatal mental healthFunctional trajectoriesPublic health implicationsImportant protective roleHigh functioning groupGroup-based trajectory modeling approachCohort studyThird trimesterFunction recoveryPerinatal periodAssess predictorsChild CohortProtective rolePsychosocial determinantsOne-yearMental healthImportant markerHealth implicationsTrajectory groupsFunctioning groupPregnancyLongitudinal findingsCohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development ; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan
Sikander S, Ahmad I, Bates LM, Gallis J, Hagaman A, O’Donnell K, Turner EL, Zaidi A, Rahman A, Maselko J. Cohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development ; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e025644. PMID: 31061029, PMCID: PMC6502044, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocioemotional developmentDetrimental developmental outcomesChildren's socioemotional developmentMother-child dyadsPerinatal depressionEffect of depressionSocioemotional measuresChild developmentDevelopmental outcomesPsychosocial measuresPoor child developmentPregnancy birth cohortChild's ageSchool environmentCohort studyInflammatory biomarkersChronic courseEligible dyadsPregnant womenRisk factorsBaseline assessmentRepeated measuresDyadsDepressionChildren