Publications

Links to recent papers using Equity Research Cluster survey data

Equity Research Cluster authors are in italics

Associations among political voting preference, high-risk health status, and preventative behaviors for COVID-19. Thalia Porteny, Laura Corlin, Jennifer D. Allen, Kyle Monahan, Andrea Acevedo, Thomas J. Stopka, Peter Levine, Keren Ladin. Public Health, February 2022.

This study of political preference, level of Covid risk, and level of Covid prevention behavior found that individual preventative behavior was associated with political preference but not the risk of severe Covid.

Why are Some People Reluctant to be Vaccinated for COVID-19? A Cross-Sectional Survey among U.S. Adults in May-June 2020. Jennifer Allen, Wenhui Feng, Laura Corlin, Thalia Porteny, Andrea Acevedo, Deborah Schildkraut, Erin King, Keren Ladin, Quiang Fu, Thomas J. Stopka. Preventive Medicine Reports, July 2021.

Beliefs regarding personal responsibility, public health authority, vaccine safety, and risk exposure among others can all play a part in vaccine reluctance according to this study.

Assessing Equity in Health, Wealth, and Civic Engagement: A Nationally Representative Survey, United States, 2020. Thomas J. Stopka, Wenhui Feng, Laura Corlin, Erin King, Jayanthi Mistry, Wendy Mansfield, Ying Wang, Peter Levine, Jennifer D. Allen. International Journal for Equity in Health, January 2022

We developed a conceptual framework to guide our inquiry of equity across health, wealth, and civic engagement domains. Using structural equation modeling, we developed latent constructs for wealth and civic engagement, to assess associations with a measured health variable. We found significant associations among key equity domains.


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022 & 2023 papers (as of May 2023) authored by Equity Research Cluster investigators (in bold)

Better Understanding Wearable Activity Monitor Use and Non-Use Among Older Adults: A Qualitative StudyD Zytnick, SC Folta, KF Reid, VR Chomitz
Journal of Applied Gerontology 42 (3), 447-455
Evaluation of a Produce Prescription Program for Patients With Diabetes: A Longitudinal Analysis of Glycemic ControlK Hager, P Shi, Z Li, K Chui, SA Berkowitz, D Mozaffarian, J Chhabra, J Wilken, C Vergara, E Becker, S Small, B Ling, SB Cash, SC Folta, F Zhang
Diabetes Care, dc221645
COVID-19 Related Protocol Considerations and Modifications within a Rural, Community-Engaged Health Promotion Randomized TrialRA Seguin-Fowler, GD Eldridge, M Graham, SC Folta, KL Hanson, JE Maddock
Methods and Protocols 6 (1), 5
The impact of a community social marketing campaign on children’s meal orders and consumption: main outcomes from a group randomised controlled trialE Hennessy, E Shonkoff, L Harelick, P Bakun, K Chui, S Roberts, S Folta, J Goldberg, CD Economos
Public Health Nutrition 26 (1), 256-261
Changes in physical activity outcomes in the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities (SHHC-2.0) community-based randomized trialJE Maddock, M Demment, M Graham, S Folta, D Strogatz, M Nelson, S Ha, GD Eldridge, RA Seguin-Fowler
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 19 (1), 159
The Socio-Ecological Context of the Nutrition Transition in Indonesia: A Qualitative Investigation of Perspectives from Multi-Disciplinary StakeholdersOA Anyanwu, EN Naumova, VR Chomitz, F Zhang, K Chui, MI Kartasurya, SC Folta
Nutrients 15 (1), 25
Improvements and maintenance of clinical and functional measures among rural women: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities-2.0 cluster randomized trialRA Seguin-Fowler, GD Eldridge, CD Rethorst, ML Graham, M Demment, D Strogatz, SC Folta, JE Maddock, ME Nelson, S HaCirculation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 15 (11), e009333
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nutrition, Health and Environment in Indonesia: A Qualitative Investigation of Perspectives from Multi-Disciplinary ExpertsOA Anyanwu, EN Naumova, VR Chomitz, FF Zhang, K Chui, MI Kartasurya, SC Folta
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (18), 11575
Evaluation of a civic engagement approach to catalyze built environment change and promote healthy eating and physical activity among rural residents: a cluster (community) randomized controlled trialRA Seguin-Fowler, KL Hanson, D Villarreal, CD Rethorst, P Ayine, SC Folta, JE Maddock, MS Patterson, GA Marshall, LC Volpe, GD Eldridge, M Kershaw, V Luong, H Wang, D KenkelBMC Public Health
22 (1), 1674
Development of a Theory-based Educational Intervention for Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Using Human-centered Design MethodologyS Kasturi, S Tate, T Farrar, L Mandl, A LeClair, F Chiu, M Gore-Massy, I Navarro-Millan, S Folta
ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY
74, 1918-1920
You Are What You Eat… But Do You Eat What You Are? The Role of Identity in Eating Behaviors—A Scoping ReviewS Gerber, SC FoltaNutrients 14 (17), 3456
Exploring leisure time use and impact on well-being among transition-age autistic youthSC Folta, LG Bandini, A Must, J Pelletier, K Ryan, C CurtinResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders 96
Dollar Stores and Food Access for Rural Households in the United States, 2008‒2020W Feng, ET Page, SB Cash
American Journal of Public Health 113 (3), 331-336
The effect of administrative burden on state safety‐net participation: Evidence from food assistance, cash assistance, and MedicaidA Fox, W Feng, M Reynolds
Public Administration Review
83 (2), 367-384
How increasing administrative burdens and means testing in the US safety-net punishes the poorAM Fox, W Feng, MM Reynolds
USApp–American Politics and Policy Blog
Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020A Acevedo, W Feng, L Corlin, JD Allen, P Levine, TJ StopkaPLoS One 17 (7), e0271788
What’s the Hold Up? The FDA’s Delayed Implementation of Menu-Labeling PolicyW Feng, AM Fox
Administration & Society 54 (6), 1045-1088
COVID-19 booster vaccination coverage among adults, children and adolescents and reasons for non-receipt, United StatesKH Nguyen, Y Chen, J Huang, P Beninger, L Corlin
American Journal of Infection Control
COVID-19 Adult, Childhood, and Adolescent Vaccination Coverage Among Military and Civilian Families, United StatesKH Nguyen, KA Mansfield, CY Xie, L Corlin, RW NiskaMilitary Medicine, usac435
Trends in vaccination schedules and up-to-date status of children 19–35 months, United States, 2015–2020KH Nguyen, R Zhao, C Mullins, L Corlin, P Beninger, RA BednarczykVaccine 41 (2), 467-475
Web-Based Health Information–Seeking Methods and Time Since Provider Engagement: Cross-sectional StudyE Shaveet, C Urquhart, M Gallegos, O Dammann, L Corlin
JMIR Formative Research 6 (11), e42126
A Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Manganese and Incidence of Metabolic SyndromeE Riseberg, K Chui, KA James, R Melamed, TL Alderete, L CorlinNutrients 14 (20), 4271
Sex-Specific Associations Between Differentially Methylated Regions, Air Pollution Exposures, and Cardiometabolic Health StatusL Corlin, F Cudhea, LA Salas, D Koestler, L Liang, H Suh, DS MichaudJOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH 31 (1), A13-A14
Associations between metals and metabolomic profiles related to diabetes among adults in a rural regionJ Debertin, E Holzhausen, DI Walker, KA James, T Alderete, L CorlinISEE Conference Abstracts 2022 (1)
Air pollution, proteomics, metabolomics, and cardiometabolic health in the Framingham Heart StudyL Corlin, K Eum, TJ Honda, H Suh
ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022 (1)
Academic training of authors publishing in high-impact epidemiology and clinical journalsA Sullivan, EJ Murray, L Corlin
Plos one 17 (7), e0271159
HCV serostatus and injection sharing practices among those who obtain syringes from pharmacies and directly and indirectly from syringe services programs in rural New EnglandE Romo, AE Rudolph, TJ Stopka, B Wang, BM Jesdale, PD FriedmannAddiction Science & Clinical Practice 18 (1), 1-10
Methods for jurisdictional vulnerability assessment of opioid-related outcomesS Shrestha, R Bayly, J Pustz, J Sawyer, M Van Handel, C Lingwall, TJ StopkaPreventive Medicine 170, 107490
Opioid-related mortality: Dynamic temporal and spatial trends by drug type and demographic subpopulations, Massachusetts, 2005–2021TJ Stopka, MR Larochelle, X Li, D Bernson, W Li, LK Ackerson, R Bayly, O Dammann, C BauerDrug and alcohol dependence 246, 109836

Perspectives of opioid prescribers in overdose hotspots and coldspots, Massachusetts, 2019
C Santelices, J Pustz, C Chase, JY Kim, TJ Stopka
Substance Use & Misuse, 1-6
‘I feel like they’re actually listening to me’: a pilot study of a hospital discharge decision-making conversation guide for patients with injection drug use–associated infectionsK Thakarar, M Kohut, H Stoddard, D Burris, F Chessa, MK Sikka, DA Solomon, CM Kershaw, E Eaton, R Hutchinson, KM Fairfield, P Friedmann, TJ StopkaTherapeutic advances in infectious disease 10, 20499361231165108
COVID-19 impact on opioid overdose after jail release in MassachusettsPD Friedmann, D Dunn, P Michener, D Bernson, TJ Stopka, E Pivovarova, WJ Ferguson, R Rottapel, R Hoskinson Jr, D Wilson, EA EvansDrug and Alcohol Dependence Reports 6, 100141
Small Area Forecasting of Opioid-Related Mortality: Bayesian Spatiotemporal Dynamic Modeling ApproachC Bauer, K Zhang, W Li, D Bernson, O Dammann, MR LaRochelle, TJ StopkaJMIR Public Health and Surveillance 9, e41450
Predicting Spatiotemporal Counts of Opioid-related Fatal Overdoses via Zero-Inflated Gaussian ProcessesK Heuton, S Shrestha, TJ Stopka, J Pustz, L Liu, MC HughesThe 2022 NeurIPS Workshop on Gaussian Processes, Spatiotemporal Modeling, and Decision-making Systems.
Medical mistrust, discrimination, and COVID-19 vaccine behaviors among a national sample US adultsJD Allen, Q Fu, S Shrestha, KH Nguyen, TJ Stopka, A Cuevas, L CorlinSSM-Population Health 20, 101278
Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providersTJ Stopka, RE Rottapel, WJ Ferguson, E Pivovarova, L Del Toro-Mejias, PD Friedmann, EA EvansInternational Journal of Drug Policy 110, 103803
The Rural Opioid Initiative Consortium description: providing evidence to understand the fourth wave of the opioid crisisRA Jenkins, BM Whitney, RM Nance, TM Allen, HLF Cooper, J Feinberg, R Fredericksen, PD Friedmann, VF Go, WD Jenkins, PT Korthuis, WC Miller, MT Pho, AE Rudolph, DW Seal, GS Smith, TJ Stopka, RP Westergaard, AM Young, WA Zule, JAC Delaney, JI Tsui, HM CraneAddiction science & clinical practice 17 (1), 1-12
Spatial and Nonspatial Factors Associated with Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder among Pregnant Women in MassachusettsC Joshi, KKH Chui, MR Skeer, TJ StopkaSubstance Use & Misuse 57 (13), 1904-1917
Continuing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment after incarceration: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providersTJ Stopka, R Rottapel, W Ferguson, E Pivovarova, L Del Toro-Mejias, P Friedmann, E EvansAPHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo
Relationships between places of residence, injury, and death: Spatial and statistical analysis of fatal opioid overdoses across MassachusettsJ Pustz, S Srinivasan, MR Larochelle, AY Walley, TJ StopkaSpatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology 43, 100541
Jail-based reentry programming to support continued treatment with medications for opioid use disorder: Qualitative perspectives and experiences among jail staff in MassachusettsA Matsumoto, C Santelices, EA Evans, E Pivovarova, TJ Stopka, WJ Ferguson, PD FriedmannInternational Journal of Drug Policy 109, 103823
Medicaid Expansion and Change in Federally Qualified Health Center Accessibility From 2008 to 2016L Evans, MP Fabian, MP Charns, D Gurewich, TJ Stopka, HJ CabralMedical Care 60 (10), 743-749
Who Are the Local Policy Innovators? Cluster Analysis of Municipal Tobacco Control Policies in MassachusettsW Feng, A Lischko, EG Martin, M Skeer, A Kaplan, Y Wang, TJ StopkaJournal of Public Health Management and Practice, 10.1097
Health care professional perspectives on discharging hospitalized patients with injection drug use-associated infectionsN Moore, M Kohut, H Stoddard, D Burris, F Chessa, MK Sikka, D Solomon, CM Kershaw, E Eaton, R Hutchinson, KM Fairfield, TJ Stopka, P Friedmann, K ThakararTherapeutic advances in infectious disease 9, 20499361221126868
A Qualitative Study of the Role of Palliative
Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Perceptions and Experiences Among Critical
Care Clinicians, Hospital Leaders, and
Spiritual Care Providers
T Vesel, E Ernst, L Vesel, K McGowan, TJ StopkaAmerican Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 39 (10), 1236-1243
Opioid-involved overdose vulnerability in Wyoming: measuring risk in a rural environmentJ Pustz, S Shrestha, S Newsky, M Taylor, L Fowler, M Van Handel, Lingwall, TJ StopkaSubstance Use & Misuse 57 (11), 1720-1731
Locating the risk: using participatory mapping to contextualize perceived HIV risk across geography and social networks among men who have sex with men in the Deep SouthT Arnold, TJ Stopka, CES Gomillia, M Murphy, K Johnson, PA Chan, L Klasko-Foster, B Rogers, JH Soler, ML Monger, E Jacque, CS Coats, TC Willie, A Ogunbajo, L Mena, A NunnThe Journal of Sex Research 59 (7), 931-938
Residence with a Person Who Used Substances and Childhood Anxiety and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2019 National Health Interview SurveyZ Jafry, K Chui, TJ Stopka, L CorlinChildren 9 (9), 1296
Association of methamphetamine and opioid use with nonfatal overdose in rural communitiesPT Korthuis, RRCook, CA Foot, G Leichtling, JI Tsui, TJ Stopka, J Leahy, WD Jenkins, R Baker, B Chan, HM Crane, HL Cooper, J Feinberg, WA Zule, VF Go, AT Estadt, RM Nance, GS Smith, RP Westergaard, B Van Ham, R Brown, AM YoungAMA network open 5 (8), e2226544-e2226544
Engagement in the preschool classroom: Brief measures for use with children from ethno-racially diverse and low-income backgroundsCM McWayne, W Ochoa, J Segovia, B Zan, D Greenfield, J MistryEarly Childhood Research Quarterly 64, 177-185
Parent and teacher perspectives about preschool children’s natural learning opportunities in two immigrant Head Start communitiesLW Li, CM McWayne, J MistryJournal of Early Childhood Teacher Education 44 (1), 42-65
“I woke up to science”: Teacher narratives of growth in a culturally sustaining preschool STEM programJ Mistry, J Segovia, LW Li, C McWayne, B Zan, D GreenfieldJournal of Applied Developmental Psychology 83, 101456
A home-to-school approach for promoting culturally inclusive family–school partnership research and practiceCM McWayne, G Melzi, J MistryEducational Psychologist 57 (4), 238-251
Mapping ideologies as networks of ideasP LevineJournal of Political Ideologies, 1-28
Challenges Reported by Candidates for Local OfficeP Levine, D AbromowitzState and Local Government Review, 0160323X221130449
Does education matter? Income inequality and mental health among young adult menJ Lee, JD AllenJournal of Men’s Health 1 (6)
Parental Decision Making Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines for Children under Age 5: Does Decision Self-Efficacy Play a Role?JD Allen, M Matsunaga, E Lim, GD Zimet, KH Nguyen, HB FontenotVaccines 11 (2), 478
Mental Health of Brazilian Immigrant Women: The Role of Discrimination, Social Support, and Community StrengthsJD Allen, ZJ Kunicki, ML GreaneyResearch Square
Concurrent Intimate Partner Violence: Survivors’ Health and Help-SeekingW Kim, H Cho, S Hong, A Nelson, JD AllenViolence against Women, 10778012221132307
Intention to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine among Brazilian immigrant women in the USJD Allen, LB Rocha, R Rose, A Hoch, T Porteny, A Fernandes, H Galvã0Plos one 17 (9), e0274912
Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020A Acevedo, W Feng, L Corlin, JD Allen, P Levine, TJ StopkaPloS one 17 (7), e0271788
Broadening access to naloxone: Community predictors of standing order naloxone distribution in MassachusettsA Chatterjee, S Yan, Z Xuan, KM Waye, AM Lambert, TC Green, TJ Stopka, R Pollini, JR Morgan, AY WalleyDrug and alcohol dependence 230, 109190
Intimate Partner Violence and Openness to Online Counseling Among College StudentsA Nelson, J Allen, H Cho, SH Yun, YJ Choi, GY ChoiJournal of Family Violence, 1-11
¿ Cómo deberían los investigadores de equidad sanitaria considerar la interrelación de raza y etnia en las comunidades afrolatinas?AG CuevasAMA Journal of Ethics, 283-288
How Should Health Equity Researchers Consider Intersections of Race and Ethnicity in Afro-Latino Communities?AG CuevasAMA Journal of Ethics 24 (4), 283-288
Assessing the role of socioeconomic status and discrimination exposure for racial disparities in inflammationAG Cuevas, E Goler, CJ Guetta, RF KruegerBrain, Behavior, and Immunity 102, 333-337
The Association Between Veteran Status and Obesity Differs Across Race/EthnicityAG Cuevas, LE Cofie, S NolteAmerican Journal of Health Promotion 36 (2), 314-317
Placental miRNAs Targeting Cellular Stress Response Pathways Are Highly Expressed in Non-Hispanic Black People.Alvarado-Flores, Fernanda, Anastasia Savelyeva, Tianjiao Chu, Yoel Sadovsky, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn.Reproductive Sciences (2022): 1-8.
The Relationship Between Subjective Social Status, Mental Health Disparities, and the Mediating Role of Discrimination Among Latinx PopulationsBA Dawson, K Carvalho, A CuevasJournal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-7
“We feel connected… and like we belong”: A parent-led, staff-supported model of family engagement in early childhoodC McWayne, S Hyun, V Diez, J MistryEarly Childhood Education Journal 50 (3), 445-457
Abrupt Discontinuation From Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Massachusetts, 2015–2018CA Beaugard, KKH Chui, MR Larochelle, LD Young, AY Walley, TJ StopkaAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine 62 (3), 404-413
Examining the Role of Psychosocial Influences on Black Maternal Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Carvalho, Keri, Anna Kheyfets, Blessing Lawrence, Alison Moky, Lauren Harris, Siwaar Abouhala, Ndidiamaka Amutah-OnukaghaMaternal and Child Health Journal 26, no. 4 (2022): 764-769.
Head start teachers act their way into new ways of thinking: Science and engineering practices in preschool classroomsCM McWayne, B Zan, W Ochoa, D Greenfield, J MistryScience Education
Using longitudinally linked data to measure severe maternal morbidity. Declercq, E.R., Cabral, H.J., Cui, X., Liu, C.L., Amutah-Onukagha, N., Larson, E., Meadows, A. and Diop, H.2022. Obstetrics & Gynecology139(2), pp.165-171. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004641
Modeling the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater or sludge and COVID-19 cases in three New England regionsE Anneser, E Riseberg, YM Brooks, L Corlin, C StringerJournal of Water and Health 20 (5), 816-828
Legislatively mandated implementation of medications for opioid use disorders in jails: A qualitative study of clinical, correctional, and jail administrator perspectivesE Pivovarova, EA Evans, TJ Stopka, C Santelices, WJ Ferguson, …Drug and alcohol dependence 234, 109394
Uncommon and preventable: Perceptions of diversion of medication for opioid use disorder in jailEA Evans, E Pivovarova, TJ Stopka, C Santelices, WJ Ferguson, …Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 138, 108746
Strong Black Women: Linking Stereotypes, Stress, and Overeating Among a Sample of Black Female College Students.Godbolt D, Opara I, Amutah-Onukagha N.Journal of Black Studies. 2022;53(6):609-634. doi:10.1177/00219347221087453
Enhancing Clinical Practice to Include Biomedical HIV Prevention for Black Women. Hill, M., Amutah-Onukagha, N., Flash, C.A., Joiner, K., Olayinka, F., Ojikutu, B.2022. Black Women and Public Health: Strategies to Name, Locate, and Change Systems of Power.
Young women’s food consumption and mental health: the role of employmentJ Lee, J AllenBMC Women’s Health 22 (1), 1-10
Age Difference in Relationships between Depression and Sleep among Young Adult MenJ Lee, J AllenJournal of Men’s Health 18 (7), 142
Inequality in the intergenerational economic mobility in single mother-headed householdsJ Lee, J AllenChildren and Youth Services Review, 106566
Dual Mediating Effects of Information and Communication Technology Resources and Family Satisfaction on COVID-19 Knowledge Among Middle School StudentsJ Lee, J Allen, H Lim, G ChoiSage Open 12 (1), 21582440221079897
The Moderating Effect of Age on Low-Income Students’ Relationships With Mentors and Their Self-Efficacy Since COVID-19J Lee, J Allen, H Lim, G Choi, J JungFrontiers in Psychiatry, 643
Adverse childhood experiences, intimate partner violence victimization, and self-perceived health and depression among college studentsJ Seon, H Cho, GY Choi, E Son, J Allen, A Nelson, I KwonJournal of Family Violence 37 (4), 691-706
Help-seeking behaviors among college students who have experienced intimate partner violence and childhood adversityJ Seon, H Cho, JB Han, J Allen, A Nelson, I KwonJournal of family violence 37 (4), 681-690
Does Shared Decision-Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men Happen? It Depends on Who You AskJD Allen, T Porteny, A Kaplan, K Ladin, K Monahan, DL BerryJournal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 9 (4), 1225-1233
Understanding opioid overdose risk and response preparedness among people who use cocaine and other drugs: mixed-methods findings from a large, multi-city studyJMW Hughto, LK Gordon, TJ Stopka, P Case, WR Palacios, A Tapper, T GreenSubstance Abuse 43 (1), 465-478
Delays in Children’s Preventive Health Services During the COVID-19 PandemicKH Nguyen, K Nguyen, D Lekshmi, L Corlin, R NiskaFamily Medicine 54 (5), 350-361
“I’ve been to more of my friends’ funerals than I’ve been to my friends’ weddings”: Witnessing and responding to overdose in rural Northern New EnglandK Nolte, E Romo, TJ Stopka, A Drew, P Dowd, L Del Toro‐Mejias, …The Journal of Rural Health
Disparities in national and state estimates of COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intent to vaccinate by race/ethnicity, income, and age group among adults≥ 18 years, United StatesKH Nguyen, E Anneser, A Toppo, JD Allen, JS Parott, L CorlinVaccine 40 (1), 107-113
COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, Behaviors, and Intentions among Adults with Previous Diagnosis, United StatesKH Nguyen, J Huang, K Mansfield, L Corlin, JD AllenEmerging infectious diseases 28 (3), 631
Child and adolescent COVID-19 vaccination status and reasons for non-vaccination by parental vaccination statusKH Nguyen, K Nguyen, K Mansfield, JD Allen, L CorlinPublic Health
Trends in adolescent COVID-19 vaccination receipt and parental intent to vaccinate their adolescent children, United States, July to October, 2021KH Nguyen, K Nguyen, M Geddes, JD Allen, L CorlinAnnals of Medicine 54 (1), 733-742
Trends in COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intention to vaccinate, United States, April to August, 2021KH Nguyen, K Nguyen, M Geddes, JD Allen, L CorlinAmerican journal of infection control 50 (6), 699-703
Mental health symptoms and association with COVID-19 vaccination receipt and intention to vaccinate among adults, United StatesKH Nguyen, S Chen, K Morris, K Chui, JD AllenPreventive Medicine 154, 106905
Prevalence of Previous COVID-19 Infection, COVID-19 Vaccination Receipt, and Intent to Vaccinate Among the US WorkforceKH Nguyen, S Irvine, M Chung, H Yue, C Sheetoh, K Chui, JD AllenPublic Health Reports, 00333549221085238
Who has not been vaccinated, fully vaccinated, or boosted for COVID-19?KH Nguyen, Y Chen, J Huang, JD Allen, P Beninger, L CorlinAmerican Journal of Infection Control
Implications for racial inequities in maternal health if Roe v Wade is lost. Kheyfets, A., Miller, B., Amutah-Onukagha, N.(2022). The Lancet
Food access, dietary intake, and nutrition knowledge of adults on probationKR Dong, X Chen, TJ Stopka, A Must, CG Beckwith, AM TangJournal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 54 (6), 510-520
Understanding health priorities, behaviors, and service utilization among Brazilian immigrant women: implications for designing community-based interventionsL Priebe Rocha, C Soares, A McGregor, S Chen, A Kaplan, RR Rose, H Galvão, CE Siqueira, JD AllenJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities 9 (1), 135-145
Length of Residency in the United States and Obesity Across Race/EthnicityLE Cofie, AG CuevasJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-5
County-Level Social Vulnerability Is Positively Associated with Cardiometabolic Disease in ColoradoLE Wild, MK Walters, A Powell, KA James, L Corlin, TL AldereteInternational journal of environmental research and public health 19 (4), 2202
“Nobody Knows How You’re Supposed to Interpret it:” End-user Perspectives on Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in MassachusettsM Hong, S Seymour, TJ Stopka, L Bandanza, E Crocker, A Morgan, L BeletskyJournal of Addiction Medicine 16 (3), e171-e176
Contested racial identity and the health of women and their infantsNN Abuelezam, AG Cuevas, S Galea, SS HawkinsPreventive Medicine 155, 106965
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and age stopped breastfeeding on early childhood weight status.Odusanya, Anne O., Kaydian S. Reid, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Kelley Robinson, Ola U. Kalu, Wayne R. Lawrence, Ziqiang Lin.Obesity Research & Clinical Practice (2022).
Putting the US Constitution in Its PlaceP LevineCitizenship and Civic Leadership in America, 267
What Should We Do?: A Theory of Civic LifeP LevineOxford University Press
Social Movements and Stakeholder EngagementP LevineBroadly Engaged Team Science in Clinical and Translational Research, 67-74
Racial disparities in cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults: The roles of cumulative stress exposures across the life courseR Chen, J Weuve, S Misra, A Cuevas, LD Kubzansky, DR WilliamsThe Journals of Gerontology: Series A 77 (2), 357-364
Reconsidering the Roots of Transformative Education: Habermas and MezirowS Eschenbacher, P LevineThe Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation, 45-58
Spatial Epidemiology and Public HealthS Shrestha, TJ StopkaGeospatial Technology for Human Well-Being and Health, 49-77
Technical report: an online international weight control registry to inform precision approaches to healthy weight managementSB Roberts, SK Das, RD Sayer, AE Caldwell, HR Wyatt, TS Mehta, AG Cuevas...International Journal of Obesity, 1-6
The Role of Palliative Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perceptions and Experiences Among Critical Care Clinicians, Hospital Leaders, and Spiritual Care Providers (S538)T Vesel, E Ernst, L Vesel, K McGowan, T StopkaJournal of Pain and Symptom Management 63 (5), 926-927
Molecular and spatial epidemiology of HCV among people who inject drugs in Boston, MassachusettsTJ Stopka, O Yaghi, M Li, E Paintsil, K Chui, D Landy, R HeimermedRxiv
Assessing equity in health, wealth, and civic engagement: a nationally representative survey, United States, 2020TJ Stopka, W Feng, L Corlin, E King, J Mistry, W Mansfield, Y Wang, …International Journal for Equity in Health 21 (1), 1-15
Advancing Health Equity through Inclusive and Equitable Publication Practices at Women’s Health Issues. Vyas, A.N., Katon, J.G., Battaglia, T.A., Batra, P., Borkowski, L., Frick, K.D., Hamilton, A.B., Agénor, M., Amutah-Onukagha, N., Bird, C.E. and Kozhimannil, K.B.2022. Women’s Health Issues32(3), pp.203-207.
The Effects of Changing SNAP Work Requirement on the Health and Employment Outcomes of Able-Bodied Adults without DependentsW FengJournal of the American Nutrition Association 41 (3), 281-290
The Healthfulness and Mix of Foods Purchased at Dollar Stores, 2008-2019W Feng, ET Page, B Sun, SB Cash

A sample of Equity Research Cluster works-in-progress



Parents’ Willingness to Vaccinate Children for COVID-19: Conspiracy Theories, Information Sources, and Perceived Responsibility. Jennifer Allen, Quiang Fu, Kimberly Nguyen, Rebecca Rose, Deborah Silva, Laura Corlin. (Under review.)

Medical mistrust, perceived discrimination, and COVID-19 vaccination. Jennifer Allen, Keri Carvalho, Shikhar Shrestha, Kimberly H. Nguyen, Thomas J. Stopka, Adolfo Cuevas.

Environmental equity and COVID-19 experiences: a nationally representative sample in the United States. Elyssa Anneser, Thomas Stopka, Elena Naumova, Keith Spangler, Kevin Lane, Andrea Acevedo, Jeffrey Griffiths, Jennifer Allen, Peter Levine, Laura Corlin.

Housing inequities and COVID-19 outcomes. Nathan Kim, Elyssa Anneser, others TBD, Laura Corlin.

Is Everything Politicized? Exploring Associations Between Health Behaviors and Political Ideology. Wenhui Feng, Shikhar Shrestha, Ashley Fox, Michael Siegel, Andrea Acevedo, Thomas J. Stopka.

Research using the Equity Research Cluster’s Equity in America Surveys, Waves 1-3, has been funded by Tufts University Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) and the Research and Scholarship Strategic Plan (RSSP) as one of several such initiatives. Additional support for the Wave 2 (2021) and Wave 3 (2022) Equity in America surveys has been provided by the Tufts Clinical andTranslational Science Institute (CSTI) with funding from NIH CTSA grant UL1TR002544. 


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