Publications by authors named "R Scheinmann"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to develop a patient-reported outcome and decision support system for postpartum patients to identify when to seek medical care based on their symptoms, considering various demographic factors.
- A total of 446 postpartum participants were surveyed across four demographic groups, focusing on their interest in using the application and how they prefer to report symptoms.
- Results showed significant disparities between groups, with Black participants less interested in using the app and preferring less frequent reporting, while Spanish-speaking Hispanic participants favored direct calls to professionals for urgent signs, highlighting the importance of tailoring tools to different demographic needs.
Neighborhood Safety and Neighborhood Police Violence Are Associated with Psychological Distress among English- and Spanish-Speaking Transgender Women of Color in New York City: Finding from the TURNNT Cohort Study.
J Urban Health
June 2024
Transgender women of color (TWOC) experience high rates of police violence and victimization compared to other sexual and gender minority groups, as well as compared to other White transgender and cisgender women. While past studies have demonstrated how frequent police harassment is associated with higher psychological distress, the effect of neighborhood safety and neighborhood police violence on TWOC's mental health is rarely studied. In this study, we examine the association between neighborhood safety and neighborhood police violence with psychological distress among TWOC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In the USA, transgender women are among the most vulnerable to HIV. In particular, transgender women of colour face high rates of infection and low uptake of important HIV prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This paper describes the design, sampling methods, data collection and analyses of the TURNNT ('Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour') study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransgender women (TW) have higher HIV prevalence rates than cisgender (i.e., non-transgender) women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe infant activity at 3 months old and to test the efficacy of a primary care-based child obesity prevention intervention on promoting infant activity in low-income Hispanic families.
Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial (n = 533) comparing a control group of mother-infant dyads receiving standard prenatal and pediatric primary care with an intervention group receiving "Starting Early," with individual nutrition counseling and nutrition and parenting support groups coordinated with prenatal and pediatric visits. Outcomes included infant activity (tummy time, unrestrained floor time, time in movement-restricting devices).