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| Pamela J SurkanSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Effects of zinc and iron supplementation fail to improve motor and language milestone scores of infants and toddlersPamela J Surkan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nutrition 29:542-8. 2013..To assess the effects of zinc and iron-folic acid supplementation on motor and language milestones in Nepali children...- Social support of low-income Brazilian mothers related to time to completion of childhood vaccinationsPamela J Surkan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hum Vaccin Immunother 8:596-603. 2012..Longitudinal studies and research on mechanisms explaining associations between maternal social support and childhood vaccination are needed... - Impact of maternal depressive symptoms on growth of preschool- and school-aged childrenPamela J Surkan
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Room E5523, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Pediatrics 130:e847-55. 2012..The aim of our study was to examine whether maternal depressive symptoms at 9 months postpartum adversely affect growth in preschool- and school-aged children... - Beneficial effects of zinc supplementation on head circumference of Nepalese infants and toddlers: a randomized controlled trialP J Surkan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Eur J Clin Nutr 66:836-42. 2012..To assess the effects of micronutrient supplementation on head circumference of rural Nepali infants and children... - Parental relationship satisfaction in French young adults associated with alcohol abuse and dependencePamela J Surkan
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Dept of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Addict Behav 37:313-7. 2012..Family-centered approaches may be considered in prevention efforts to reduce problem drinking in French young adults... - Impact of a health promotion intervention on maternal depressive symptoms at 15 months postpartumPamela J Surkan
Division of Social and Behavioral Interventions, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2103, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:139-48. 2012..A health promotion intervention delivered through home visits and telephone calls can reduce depressive symptoms at 15 months postpartum among low-income, ethnically diverse women... - Healthy food purchasing among African American youth: associations with child gender, adult caregiver characteristics and the home food environmentPamela J Surkan
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E5523, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:670-7. 2011..To examine how factors related to the home food environment and individual characteristics are associated with healthy food purchasing among low-income African American (AA) youth... 
Perceived discrimination and stigma toward children affected by HIV/AIDS and their HIV-positive caregivers in central HaitiPamela J Surkan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
AIDS Care 22:803-15. 2010....- Social ties in relation to health status of low-income Brazilian womenPamela J Surkan
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2103, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:2049-56. 2009..Because the nature of supportive relationships varies by culture and social class, we studied the relationship of informal social support and networks to self-rated health among low-income women in northeastern Brazil... - Social support after stillbirth for prevention of maternal depressionPamela J Surkan
Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88:1358-64. 2009..To study how social support is associated with ensuing maternal depression following stillbirth... - Maternal depression and early childhood growth in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysisPamela J Surkan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 89:608-15. 2011..To investigate the relationship between maternal depression and child growth in developing countries through a systematic literature review and meta-analysis... - Events after stillbirth in relation to maternal depressive symptoms: a brief reportPamela J Surkan
Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Birth 35:153-7. 2008..Actions taken after a stillbirth can affect long-term psychological morbidity. Our objective was to study how infant bonding and maternal actions after stillbirth are associated with ensuing depressive symptoms... 
Reasons for increasing trends in large for gestational age birthsPamela J Surkan
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Obstet Gynecol 104:720-6. 2004....- Food expenditures and food purchasing among low-income, urban, African-American youthLauren A Dennisuk
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 6156 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:625-8. 2011..Patterns of food purchasing among youth likely contribute to these disparities, but little published information is available... - The combined effects of parental divorce and parental history of depression on cannabis use in young adults in FranceKwame S Sakyi
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Dept of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 126:195-9. 2012..The joint effects of multiple social risk factors on substance use, such as parental divorce and parental history of depression, have rarely been studied in young adult offspring... - Home care of a child dying of a malignancy and parental awareness of a child's impending deathPamela J Surkan
Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Palliat Med 20:161-9. 2006..4% who did not receive the information). Prevalence of children's unrelieved pain was 11.6% for those receiving home care and 15.3% for those receiving care outside the home... - Filipino women's tuberculosis care seeking experience in an urban poor setting: a socioecological perspectiveAlice Hu
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2103, USA
Health Care Women Int 33:29-44. 2012..Strategies to improve TB control should create social support systems and improve the quality of health services to promote timely care seeking... - Perceptions of inadequate health care and feelings of guilt in parents after the death of a child to a malignancy: a population-based long-term follow-upPamela J Surkan
Division of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
J Palliat Med 9:317-31. 2006..Parental feelings of guilt can be a serious problem after the death of a child to a malignancy. This study identified predictors of feelings of guilt in parents during the year after a child's death... - Neuropsychological function in school-age children with low mercury exposuresPamela J Surkan
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21025, USA
Environ Res 109:728-33. 2009..Hair Hg levels below 1.0 microg/g in US school-age children were not adversely related to neuropsychological function... - Previous preterm and small-for-gestational-age births and the subsequent risk of stillbirthPamela J Surkan
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
N Engl J Med 350:777-85. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Delivery of a previous small-for-gestational-age infant is an important predictor of the subsequent risk of stillbirth, particularly if the infant was delivered preterm... - The mental health and psychosocial effects of organized violence: a qualitative study in northern HaitiPaul Bolton
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 159 Tilden Road, MD 02066, USA
Transcult Psychiatry 49:590-612. 2012..However in selecting interventions, considerations must also include local acceptability, perceived causes of problems, and their social effects... - A qualitative study of georgian youth who are on the street or institutionalizedLaura K Murray
Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Int J Pediatr 2012:921604. 2012..It is important to understand the perspectives of these vulnerable populations to guide decisions on appropriate interventions that address their primary problems...