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Self-reported health status of low-income mothersP J Salsberry
College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
Image J Nurs Sch 31:375-80. 1999..Policy makers and others have a need for key health-status information about low-income mothers, a topic for which little empirical data currently exist...
Growth differences by age of menarche in African American and White girlsPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Nurs Res 58:382-90. 2009..Because of the rapid increases in childhood obesity coupled with decreases in the median age of menarche, there is interest in how growth (body mass index [BMI] and height) in childhood may be associated with timing of menarche...- Comparing the influence of childhood and adult economic status on midlife obesity in Mexican American, white, and African American womenPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Public Health Nurs 26:14-22. 2009..What is the effect of childhood and adult economic status on midlife obesity in Mexican American women? How do these economic patterns in Mexican American women compare with patterns seen in White women and in African American women?.. - A complex web of risks for metabolic syndrome: race/ethnicity, economics, and genderPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:114-20. 2007..This study examines the relationship between metabolic syndrome (and the underlying contributing risk factors) and race/ethnicity, economic status, and gender... 
Effects of heritability, shared environment, and nonshared intrauterine conditions on child and adolescent BMIPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1775-80. 2010..Differences in birth weight were significant in all groups at 6-8 years suggesting long-term effects of the nonshared intrauterine environment; at 12-14 years, birth weight was no longer significant for girls...- Dynamics of early childhood overweightPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Pediatrics 116:1329-38. 2005.... - Use of general medical services among Medicaid patients with severe and persistent mental illnessPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, Ohio State University, 1585 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:458-62. 2005..The aim of this study was to examine patterns of use of general medical services among persons with a severe and persistent mental illness enrolled in Medicaid from 1996 to 1998... - Does the measure of economic disadvantage matter? Exploring the effect of individual and relative deprivation on intrauterine growth restrictionPatricia B Reagan
Ohio State University, OH, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:2016-29. 2007..They also explained more of the variance in permanent disadvantage than in the contemporaneous counterpart... - Race and ethnic differences in determinants of preterm birth in the USA: broadening the social contextPatricia B Reagan
Department of Economics, Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University, 1945 N High St, Columbus, OH 43221, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:2217-28. 2005..We find direct effects of cumulative exposure to income inequality only for Hispanics. However, we do find indirect effects of context broadly defined on behaviors that increased the risk of preterm birth... - Pathways to adolescent overweight: Body mass index and height percentile change in childhoodPatricia B Reagan
Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:80-7. 2010..The aim was to determine if monitoring percentile changes can provide early warnings about risk for adolescent overweight before a chronic pattern of overweight is established... - Taking the long view: the prenatal environment and early adolescent overweightPamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Res Nurs Health 30:297-307. 2007..The risk for overweight was reduced by breastfeeding if the mother was overweight/obese prepregnancy. Prenatal and early life factors were related to adolescent overweight, providing an important window for intervention... - Why are some children still uninsured?Pamela J Salsberry
College of Nursing, Ohio State University, USA
J Pediatr Health Care 17:32-8. 2003..Nationally, 24% of low-income children remain uninsured after the implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)... - Socioeconomic disparity in provider-delivered assistance to quit smokingKristine K Browning
The Ohio State University College of Nursing, OH, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:55-61. 2008..The mechanisms responsible for the disparities in delivery of tobacco dependence treatment must be investigated further...
Research Grants
- Pathways to Overweight in Children: A Longitudinal StudyPamela Salsberry; Fiscal Year: 2007..This study is relevant to the public's health because we study the effect of various factors on the development of childhood overweight and identify factors to target for risk reduction. ..
- Pathways to overweight and pubertal timing in African-American and White girlsPAMELA J contact SALSBERRY; Fiscal Year: 2010..The results of this study will inform practice at the individual and aggregate level, and should assist with achieving Healthy People 2010 goals to reduce the level of health disparities in minorities in this country. ..