Impacts of a puberty and period education intervention among 9- to 12-year-old girls in the New York metropolitan area: a randomized trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the immediate impacts of an illustrated book on puberty and periods for girls in the United States (US).

Methods: We conducted a randomized educational intervention between February-May 2023 among girls ages 9-12 years in after-school programs in the New York metropolitan area (n = 123). Girls were assigned to read a book on puberty and periods or an alternative book on healthy eating.

Association between maternity care practitioner type and postpartum depression screening.

Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is increasingly common in the United States and poses a significant threat to maternal and neonatal health. Universal screening for postpartum depression is recommended by numerous organizations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, but is not achieved in practice.

Methods: A cross-sectional, weighted, state-representative study of California residents who gave birth in 2016 using the Listening to Mothers in California 2018 data set.

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Women's Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Hurricane Katrina Survivors, 2005-2015.

There is limited knowledge on the relationship between neighborhood factors and mental health among displaced disaster survivors, particularly among women. Hurricane Katrina (Katrina) was the largest internal displacement in the United States (U.S.

The Association of Adolescent Gender Performance and Adult Intimate Partner Violence.

Purpose: A quarter of women and nearly 1 in 10 men in the United States have reported experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) that had lasting negative impacts at least once during their lifetime. To prevent IPV over the lifecourse, adolescence has been identified as an ideal period for healthy relationship education that addresses the various IPV risk factors. One of those risk factors is believing in traditional gender roles, but the behavioral aspect of gender performance has been understudied.

Menstrual Product Insecurity Resulting From COVID-19‒Related Income Loss, United States, 2020.

To identify key effects of the pandemic and its economic consequences on menstrual product insecurity with implications for public health practice and policy. Study participants (n = 1496) were a subset of individuals enrolled in a national (US) prospective cohort study. Three survey waves were included (March‒October 2020).

Stroke hospitalizations, posttraumatic stress disorder, and 9/11-related dust exposure: Results from the World Trade Center Health Registry.

Background: Few studies have examined the association between disaster-related factors and stroke by subtype or number. We investigated the association between 9/11-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dust exposure, and stroke subtype as well as recurrent strokes.

Methods: The study included 29,012 individuals enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry.

Change in binge drinking behavior after Hurricane Sandy among persons exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster.

The objective of this study was to examine changes in drinking behavior after Hurricane Sandy among 3199 World Trade Center Health Registry (Registry) enrollees before (2011-12) and after Hurricane Sandy (2015-16). A composite Sandy exposure scale (none, low, medium and high) included Sandy traumatic experiences, financial and other factors. Probable Sandy-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was defined as scoring ≥44 on PTSD Checklist, and binge drinking as consuming ≥5 alcoholic drinks for men or ≥4 for women on one occasion in the past 30 days.

Risk of Stroke Among Survivors of the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center Disaster.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between 9/11-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dust cloud exposure, and subsequent development of stroke among 42,527 enrollees in the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry.

Methods: Using four waves of longitudinal data from the WTC Health Registry surveys, we employed Cox proportional hazards regression models to assess the associations.

Results: Incidence of stroke was higher among those with PTSD or intense dust cloud exposure than those without, and it was even higher for those who had experienced both.

The effectiveness of a monetary incentive offer on survey response rates and response completeness in a longitudinal study.

Background: Achieving adequate response rates is an ongoing challenge for longitudinal studies. The World Trade Center Health Registry is a longitudinal health study that periodically surveys a cohort of ~71,000 people exposed to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. Since Wave 1, the Registry has conducted three follow-up surveys (Waves 2-4) every 3-4 years and utilized various strategies to increase survey participation.