Publications by authors named "Margaret B Young"
Article Synopsis
- Preventing child maltreatment and addressing adverse childhood experiences is crucial for better adult health, necessitating an analysis of evolving household challenges during prebirth and early childhood.
- A study involving 1,699 birthing parents in Alaska used data from a monitoring system and administrative records to explore how changes in household challenges impact the risk of maltreatment reports by age three.
- Results indicated that families improving from high to low household challenges saw reduced maltreatment risks, while those worsening faced the highest risks, stressing the importance of screening and resources for parents during pregnancy and early childhood.
Background: Sugary drink consumption by young children is a public health concern. The State of Alaska, partnering with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, implemented the social marketing campaign in 2019-2021 to encourage parents to serve healthy drinks to young children. The campaign's intended audience was parents who experience disproportionately poor nutrition outcomes: Alaska Native people, those living in rural communities, and those with low incomes and/or educational attainment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The U.S. infant mortality rate has been steadily declining since 2007.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Prenatal and early life risk factors are associated with childhood obesity. Alaska Native children have one of the highest prevalences of childhood obesity of all US racial/ethnic groups.
Methods: Using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) and the follow-up survey at 3 years of age (CUBS), we evaluated health, behavioral, lifestyle and nutritional variables in relation to obesity (95th percentile for body mass index (BMI)) at 3 years of age.
Background: Child maltreatment has been linked to multiple negative health outcomes and many leading causes of death. Statewide population-based evaluations are needed to identify high-risk populations early in life for targeted interventions.
Purpose: To assess the utility of combining Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data with child protective services (CPS) records to identify risk factors associated with Protective Services Reports (PSR) suggestive of child maltreatment.