Using COVID-19 online learning modules to examine concerns of university students returning to in-person learning: a mixed-methods study.

Objective: Understand student concerns with returning to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic using an e-learning module.

Participants: 925 undergraduate and graduate students returning to in-person instruction in Fall 2021.

Methods: Five modules educated students about COVID and the transition to in-person learning and collected quantitative and qualitative data related to concerns about COVID and in-person learning.

Exploring acculturative stress and family dynamics in African immigrant students in the US: implications for mental health.

Objectives: African immigrants represent a rapidly growing immigrant group in the US, yet relatively little is known about influences on the health of this group. This is a particularly important oversight since adaptation to life in the United States can have deleterious effects on health due to the stress associated with immigrant and minority status as well as separation from family abroad. The present study explores how African immigrants experience acculturative stress - the stress-inducing elements of life as an immigrant - and the mental health implications of these experiences in light of home country values and conceptions of health.

The Interaction and Impact of Social Support and Father Absence on Breastfeeding.

Behaviors related to early childhood nutrition are influenced by a mother's social environment. In many low- and middle-income countries, breastfeeding rates have steadily declined. At the same time, many communities have a history of domestic or international migration that affects the family support systems for women and children remaining in these communities.

Depressive symptoms among mothers with young children-the role of family migration and social networks in Mexico.

Background: Women who remain in migratory sending communities as their family members migrate internationally are at risk for depression. Limited research examines the association between the number of absent household members and a woman's mental health.

Aims: This study examines the association between residing in a migrant household and depressive symptoms for women in Mexico while accounting for social networks and social support.

Father Absence, Social Networks, and Maternal Ratings of Child Health: Evidence from the 2013 Social Networks and Health Information Survey in Mexico.

Objectives To bridge the literature on the effect of father absence, international migration, and social networks on child health, we assess the association between father absence and maternal ratings of child poor health (MCPH). Next we test whether social networks of immediate and extended kin mediate the relationship between fathers' absence and MCPH. Methods Nested logistic regression models predicting MCPH are estimated using the 2013 Social Networks and Health Information Survey, collected in a migrant-sending community in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Using "clinical trial diaries" to track patterns of participation for serial healthy volunteers in U.S. phase I studies.

Phase I testing of investigational drugs relies on healthy volunteers as research participants. Many U.S.

Promotoras across the border: a pilot study addressing depression in Mexican women impacted by migration.

The migration of working-aged men from Mexico to the United States fractures the family-centered support structures typical of Latin America and contributes to high levels of depression in women left behind in migratory sending communities in Mexico. Mujeres en Solidaridad Apoyandose (MESA) was developed to improve depression in women through social support in a resource poor setting. MESA is a promotora intervention that trains women in the community to lead social support groups over a five-week period.