The effects of CenteringPregnancy on maternal and infant health outcomes: a moderation analysis.

Background: CenteringPregnancy (CP) has been expected to produce beneficial outcomes for women and their infants. However, previous studies paid little attention to testing variations in CP's effects across women from different demographic groups. This study aimed to test how multiple demographic factors (obesity, race, ethnicity, marital status and socioeconomic status) moderate CP's effects on health outcomes.

Factors associated with food insecurity among Latinx/Hispanics in the U.S.: evidence from the Fragile Families & Childhood Wellbeing Study.

Objective: U.S. Latinx/Hispanic families experience higher food insecurity rates than the general population.

Health care utilization among Middle Eastern, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian immigrants in the United States: an application of Andersen's behavioral model.

Objectives: To examine whether Andersen's model explains health care utilization among Middle Eastern immigrants and to examine gender and ethnic differences in health care utilization of Middle Eastern, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian immigrants in the United States.

Method: Using data from the 2000-2017 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS), this study compares patterns of health care utilization among Middle Eastern (ME) immigrants to those among Hispanic/Latino and Asian immigrants in the U.S.

Sex Differences, Duration of Stay in the United States, and Serious Psychological Distress: The Case of Middle Eastern Immigrants in the United States.

Using data from the 2002-2012 National Health Interview Surveys, this study examines the association between duration of stay in the United States and serious psychological distress (SPD) among Middle Eastern (ME) immigrants and tests whether this association differs by sex. Results show that although ME immigrant women with longer duration are significantly more likely to report SPD than US-born white women, the SPD of ME immigrant men do not significantly differ from that of US-born white men. These findings emphasize the harmful influence of a longer duration of stay in the United States on the SPD of ME immigrant women.

Nativity/language, neighborhoods, and teen pregnancy norms among U.S. Hispanics.

This study examined the relations of nativity, language, and neighborhood context to pregnancy norms among U.S. Hispanic teens.

The School Contextual Effect of Sexual Debut on Sexual Risk-Taking: A Joint Parameter Approach.

Background: Previous research has identified individual and school-level characteristics that are associated with sexual risk-taking, but the impact of school-level mechanisms on sexual risk-taking is not well understood. We examine the aggregated effects that early sex at the school level have on risky sexual behaviors.

Methods: We use 3 waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.