Publications by authors named "Brinda Kumar"

Purpose: The increasing number of people living longer with advanced cancer presents unique physical, psychosocial, financial, legal, practical and complex care needs. Supportive care interventions aim to address these needs by improving symptom management, promoting wellbeing, enhancing quality of life and potentially improving prognosis. To integrate supportive care interventions into clinical practice, a comprehensive review of existing studies is needed.

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Background: Despite increased e-cigarette use, limited research has focused on changes in e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use around pregnancy and the subsequent effects on infant health.

Objective: This study aimed to characterize changes in e-cigarette and cigarette use from before to during pregnancy and examine their associations with small-for-gestational-age birth.

Study Design: This was a secondary data analysis of 2016-2018 data of the US Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.

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