Trends and disparities in violence-related injury morbidity among pregnant and postpartum individuals.

Purpose: Violence against pregnant and postpartum individuals is a major public health problem. Homicides during the perinatal period have recently increased, yet these deaths reflect only the most extreme manifestation of violence. Far less is known about trends and disparities in pregnancy-associated violence morbidity.

Emergency Department Utilization for Postpartum Behavioral Health Problems and Assault Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Distinctive stressors facing pregnant and postpartum individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected their emergency department (ED) care-seeking for behavioral health concerns and violence victimization. We tested whether the incidence of postpartum behavioral health and assault injury ED visits differed for individuals according to their months of postpartum pandemic exposure. We used statewide, longitudinally linked hospital and ED administrative claims data from California to classify all individuals with hospital deliveries between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, according to their months of postpartum pandemic exposure.

Psychiatric disorder before and after exposure to violent injury: A nationwide Norwegian register-based cohort study.

Interpersonal violent injury is associated with increased risk of subsequent psychological problems, but pre-existing psychopathology may complicate this association in ways that are poorly understood. Using nationwide longitudinal registry data from Norway, we tested how psychiatric history modified the association between violent injury exposure and subsequent psychiatric disorder, and examined disorder continuity before vs. after violent injury.

Pregnancy-Associated Mortality During the Pandemic: Disparities by Rurality.

Introduction: In the U.S., rural areas experience higher rates of adverse maternal health outcomes, but little data exists on rural/urban differences in pregnancy-associated deaths (PAD, all deaths during pregnancy and postpartum) or rural/urban differences in those deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trends in and characteristics of drug overdose morbidity among pregnant and postpartum individuals in California, 2010-2018.

Fatal drug overdoses among pregnant and postpartum individuals have risen dramatically over the past 10 years. Trends in and characteristics of nonfatal drug overdoses in this population, however, remain unknown, despite the importance of this outcome for maternal and infant health. We used statewide, longitudinally-linked hospital and emergency department administrative claims data from California to characterize the incidence, trends, drug type involvement, and sociodemographic disparities in pregnancy-associated drug overdose between 2010 and 2019.

Changes in Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Pregnancy-Associated Death in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

To examine changes in cause-specific pregnancy-associated deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic by race and ethnicity and assess changes in racial and ethnic inequities in pregnancy-associated deaths. We used US vital statistics mortality data from 2018 to 2021 to identify pregnancy-associated deaths among females aged 15 to 44 years. We calculated crude pregnancy-associated death rates (deaths per 100 000 live births) by year, cause, and race/ethnicity, percent change in death rate, and the inequity (difference) in rate for each racial or ethnic group compared with non-Hispanic White people.

The socioeconomic consequences of loneliness: Evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal study of young adults.

The negative health consequences of loneliness have led to increasing concern about the economic cost of loneliness in recent years. Loneliness may also incur an economic burden more directly, by impacting socioeconomic position. Much of the research to date has focused on employment status which may not fully capture socioeconomic position and has relied on cross-sectional data, leaving questions around the robustness of the association and reverse causation.

Manmade earthquakes and healthcare visits for anxiety disorders in Oklahoma, 2010-2019.

Unlabelled: Since 2010, seismicity in Oklahoma has increased from wastewater injection. It remains unknown if these earthquakes have resulted in increased treatment seeking for mental healthcare services.

Methods: Using data from a nationwide United States patient-level commercial and Medicare Advantage claims database from 2010 to 2019, we identified healthcare encounters for anxiety disorders using diagnostic codes and subclassified them as adjustment reaction; anxiety-related disorders; physical symptoms of anxiety; and stress disorders.

Mental health among rural Latino immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mental health of the United States' Latino population significantly deteriorated during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, and Latino immigrants living in rural areas faced unique vulnerabilities. However, few studies have specifically examined the mental health burden and experiences of rural Latino immigrants during the COVID pandemic. To understand the mental health experiences of first- and second-generation Latinos in rural areas, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 35 Latino residents of rural California counties during July 2020-February 2021 and screened all respondents for major depression and generalized anxiety symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ]-2 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD]-2 screeners.

Incidence and Correlates of Emergency Department Visits for Deliberate Self-Harm Among Asian American Youth.

Purpose: This study examined the epidemiology of self-harm emergency department (ED) visits among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth, and associated factors.

Methods: We used California ED visit records in 2010 and 2011 to calculate incidence rates of self-harm ED visits for AAPI versus non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients aged 10-29 years. Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared for AAPI versus NHW patients presenting with self-harm.

Mortality Risk Following Nonfatal Injuries With Alcohol Use Disorder Involvement: A One-Year Follow-Up of Emergency Department Patients Using Linked Administrative Data.

Objective: Patient presentations to the emergency department (ED) for alcohol-involved injury represent a growing public health burden, but their characteristics and sequelae remain understudied. This study examined mortality rates among ED patients presenting with alcohol-involved injuries and assessed how mortality varied by injury intent and other characteristics.

Method: This retrospective cohort study used statewide, longitudinally linked ED patient record and mortality data from California.

County-Level Segregation and Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes.

Context: Segregation has been linked to unequal life chances. Individuals from marginalized communities experience more crime, higher levels of poverty, poorer health, and less civic engagement. In addition, segregated metropolitan regions have been found to display inequality in access to basic services.

Working around safety net exclusions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study of rural Latinx immigrants.

Rural Latinx immigrants experienced disproportionately negative health and economic impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. They contended with the pandemic at the intersection of legal status exclusions from the safety net and long-standing barriers to health care in rural regions. Yet, little is known about how rural Latinx immigrants navigated such exclusions.

Rural Household Food Insecurity among Latino Immigrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

U.S. food insecurity rates rapidly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with disproportionate impacts on Latino immigrant households.

Acute injury mortality and all-cause mortality following emergency department presentation for alcohol use disorder.

Background: Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality have increased substantially in the U.S. Understanding the population health implications of these concerning trends, including by identifying clinical subgroups of alcohol users at increased risk for potentially preventable acute causes of mortality, is of critical importance.

Postpartum women's attitudes to disclosure of adult-onset conditions in pregnancy.

Background: Advanced prenatal genomic technologies can identify risks for adult-onset (AO) conditions in the fetus, challenging the traditional purpose of prenatal testing. Professional guidelines commonly support disclosure of high-penetrance AO actionable conditions, yet attitudes of women/parents to these findings and factors affecting their attitudes are understudied.

Methods: We explored 941 (77% response rate) postpartum women's attitudes towards receiving prenatal genetic information, and associations of sociodemographic, medical and psychological characteristics with their choices, focusing on AO conditions.

Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health.

Poor perinatal mental health is a common pregnancy-related morbidity with potentially serious impacts that extend beyond the individual to their family. A possible contributing factor to poor perinatal mental health is discontinuity in health insurance coverage, which is particularly important among low-income people. We examined impacts of Medicaid expansion on prepregnancy depression screening and self-reported depression and postpartum depressive symptoms and well-being among low-income people giving birth.