2019
Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population
Mehra R, Shebl FM, Cunningham SD, Magriples U, Barrette E, Herrera C, Kozhimannil KB, Ickovics JR. Area-level deprivation and preterm birth: results from a national, commercially-insured population. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 236. PMID: 30813938, PMCID: PMC6391769, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6533-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArea-level deprivationPreterm birthHighest quartileMultiple adverse birth outcomesSecond highest quartileRetrospective cohort studyLive singleton birthsAdverse birth outcomesGeneralized estimation equation modelsHealth Care Cost InstituteEstimation equation modelsCommercial health insuranceIndividual socioeconomic statusCohort studyBirth outcomesSingleton birthsResultsIn totalLowest quartileLower riskPsychosocial factorsQuartileMaternal mediatorsZip code level dataSocioeconomic statusWomen
2017
Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mehra R, Boyd LM, Ickovics JR. Racial residential segregation and adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine 2017, 191: 237-250. PMID: 28942206, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse birth outcomesLow birth weightBirth outcomesPreterm birthBirth weightMultiple adverse birth outcomesRacial disparitiesBirth outcome disparitiesWhite mothersIndividual-level risk factorsBlack mothersPersistent racial disparitiesWeb of ScienceRisk factorsOutcome disparitiesMethodological heterogeneitySystematic reviewOutcomesMothersBirthOnly exposureTrue associationAssociationRiskExposure
2016
Applying Community Organizing Principles to Assess Health Needs in New Haven, Connecticut.
Santilli A, Carroll-Scott A, Ickovics JR. Applying Community Organizing Principles to Assess Health Needs in New Haven, Connecticut. American Journal Of Public Health 2016, 106: 841-7. PMID: 26985599, PMCID: PMC4985100, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchCommunity-Institutional RelationsConnecticutFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth Services AccessibilityHealth StatusHospitals, VoluntaryHumansInformation DisseminationMaleNeeds AssessmentPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActPoverty AreasPublic HealthResidence CharacteristicsSocial CapitalSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesUniversities
2014
Housing Instability and Birth Weight among Young Urban Mothers
Carrion BV, Earnshaw VA, Kershaw T, Lewis JB, Stasko EC, Tobin JN, Ickovics JR. Housing Instability and Birth Weight among Young Urban Mothers. Journal Of Urban Health 2014, 92: 1-9. PMID: 25344356, PMCID: PMC4338127, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-014-9913-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousing instabilityLow birth weightBirth weightPregnant teensHousing stabilitySocial conditionsWomen ages 14Second trimesterInfant healthCommunity hospitalHealth centersNew York CityFinancial supportPregnancySingle-family homesUrban mothersYoung womenFuture interventionsYoung mothersDelivery logsSevere stressorsSignificant predictorsWomenYork CityAge 14
2010
Parity & Untreated Dental Caries in US Women
Russell S, Ickovics J, Yaffee R. Parity & Untreated Dental Caries in US Women. Journal Of Dental Research 2010, 89: 1091-1096. PMID: 20631092, PMCID: PMC3318049, DOI: 10.1177/0022034510375282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAttitude to HealthDental CareDental CariesDental Restoration, PermanentDiet, CariogenicDMF IndexEducational StatusFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansIncomeMarital StatusMiddle AgedModels, TheoreticalOccupationsParityPregnancySmokingSocial ClassSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalUnited StatesYoung Adult
2008
Experiences of Racial Discrimination & Relation to Violence Perpetration and Gang Involvement among a sample of Urban African American Men
Reed E, Silverman J, Ickovics J, Gupta J, Welles S, Santana M, Raj A. Experiences of Racial Discrimination & Relation to Violence Perpetration and Gang Involvement among a sample of Urban African American Men. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health 2008, 12: 319-326. PMID: 18553221, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9159-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanConfidence IntervalsCrimeCross-Sectional StudiesCultureData CollectionHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPrejudicePsychometricsResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSocial AlienationSocioeconomic FactorsSpouse AbuseSpousesStress, PsychologicalUnited StatesUrban PopulationYoung Adult
2001
The Culmulative Effects of Social Class on Mental Status Decline
Long J, Ickovics J, Gill T, Horwitz R, Gill T, Horwitz R. The Culmulative Effects of Social Class on Mental Status Decline. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2001, 49: 1005-1007. PMID: 11527501, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49198.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMortality, CD4 Cell Count Decline, and Depressive Symptoms Among HIV-Seropositive Women: Longitudinal Analysis From the HIV Epidemiology Research Study
Ickovics J, Hamburger M, Vlahov D, Schoenbaum E, Schuman P, Boland R, Moore J, Group F. Mortality, CD4 Cell Count Decline, and Depressive Symptoms Among HIV-Seropositive Women: Longitudinal Analysis From the HIV Epidemiology Research Study. JAMA 2001, 285: 1466-1474. PMID: 11255423, DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.11.1466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusChronic depressive symptomsCD4 cell countHIV-seropositive womenTreatment of depressionDepressive symptomsCell countDisease progressionBaseline CD4 cell countCD4 cell count declineHIV Epidemiologic Research StudyCell count declineCD4 lymphocyte countBaseline viral loadEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleHIV disease progressionHIV Epidemiology Research StudyLongitudinal cohort studyEpidemiologic research studiesImpact of depressionAcademic medical centerSelf-reported CenterCohort studyLymphocyte countCount decline
2000
Relationship of Subjective and Objective Social Status With Psychological and Physiological Functioning: Preliminary Data in Healthy White Women
Adler N, Epel E, Castellazzo G, Ickovics J. Relationship of Subjective and Objective Social Status With Psychological and Physiological Functioning: Preliminary Data in Healthy White Women. Health Psychology 2000, 19: 586-592. PMID: 11129362, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.19.6.586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubjective socioeconomic statusObjective social statusLaboratory stress studySocial statusSubjective social statusPsychological functioningNegative affectivityPsychological perceptionHealthy white womenPhysiological functioningFunctioningObjective indicatorsWhite womenMost associationsHealth-related factorsSocioeconomic statusPsychologicalSES-health gradientAffectivityStress studiesPerceptionPreliminary dataWomenStatusAssociationInfant Birth Weight Among Women With or at High Risk for HIV Infection: The Impact of Clinical, Behavioral, Psychosocial, and Demographic Factors
Ickovics J, Ethier K, Koenig L, Wilson T, Walter E, Fernandez M. Infant Birth Weight Among Women With or at High Risk for HIV Infection: The Impact of Clinical, Behavioral, Psychosocial, and Demographic Factors. Health Psychology 2000, 19: 515-523. PMID: 11129354, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.19.6.515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCase-Control StudiesConnecticutFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth BehaviorHIV SeropositivityHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornMultivariate AnalysisNew YorkNorth CarolinaOdds RatioPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal CareRiskRisk-TakingSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalConceptsLow birth weightBirth weightPregnant womenHigh riskHIV-negative pregnant womenHIV-seropositive pregnant womenInfant birth weightHIV risk factorsHIV specialty clinicsMedical chart reviewTrimester of pregnancyAdverse birth outcomesBirth outcome dataImpact of ClinicalLogistic regression analysisImpact of HIVChart reviewHIV infectionHIV-positiveBirth outcomesGestational ageHIV transmissionPrenatal clinicsWeeks postpartumRisk factorsSelf-reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: The AACTG Adherence Instruments
Chesney M, Ickovics J, Chambers D, Gifford A, Neidig J, Zwickl B, Wu A, GROUP P. Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: The AACTG Adherence Instruments. AIDS Care 2000, 12: 255-266. PMID: 10928201, DOI: 10.1080/09540120050042891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult AIDS Clinical Trials GroupCent of patientsClinical trialsAntiretroviral therapyAdherence instrumentAIDS Clinical Trials GroupCombination antiretroviral therapyClinical Trials GroupSelf-reported adherenceHIV clinical trialsAdherent patientsAntiretroviral medicationsTrial groupLow adherenceSelf-report questionnairesCommon reasonPatientsDrug resistanceTrialsImproved healthMedicationsProtease inhibitorsQuestionnaireDoseAdherence
1994
Limited effects of HIV counseling and testing for women. A prospective study of behavioral and psychological consequences.
Ickovics J, Morrill A, Beren S, Walsh U, Rodin J. Limited effects of HIV counseling and testing for women. A prospective study of behavioral and psychological consequences. JAMA 1994, 272: 443-8. PMID: 8040979, DOI: 10.1001/jama.272.6.443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV counselingSexual riskHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counselingPrimary health care servicesCommunity health clinicsHealth care servicesPartner risk factorsSeronegative womenImmunodeficiency syndromeProspective studyRisk factorsHealth clinicsPsychological consequencesStudy groupPrevention interventionsCare servicesNumber of womenCondom useGeneral psychological functioningWomenComparison groupSexual activitySequential samplesCounselingSexual behavior