Leland K Ackerson

Summary

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Social disparities, communication inequalities, and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 3 Solomont Way, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:2072-81. 2012
  2. ncbi Media attention and public perceptions of cancer and eastern equine encephalitis
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 3 Solomont Way, Suite 3, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    J Community Health 35:409-16. 2010
  3. ncbi Negative freedom and death in the United States
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:2163-4. 2010
  4. ncbi Intimate partner violence and death among infants and children in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e878-89. 2009
  5. ncbi Communication inequalities, social determinants, and intermittent smoking in the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey
    Leland K Ackerson
    Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 6:A40. 2009
  6. ncbi Geography of underweight and overweight among women in India: a multilevel analysis of 3204 neighborhoods in 26 states
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Econ Hum Biol 6:264-80. 2008
  7. ncbi Association of maternal height with child mortality, anthropometric failure, and anemia in India
    S V Subramanian
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA 301:1691-701. 2009
  8. ncbi Effects of individual and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence: a population-based study of women in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge Building, 7th flr, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:507-14. 2008
  9. ncbi Determinants of termination of breastfeeding within the first 2 years of life in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey-2
    Rahul Malhotra
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Matern Child Nutr 4:181-93. 2008
  10. ncbi Domestic violence and chronic malnutrition among women and children in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 167:1188-96. 2008

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Social disparities, communication inequalities, and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 3 Solomont Way, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    AIDS Behav 16:2072-81. 2012
    ..These associations attenuated when use of various mass media types were added to the models with television showing the strongest effect. Mass media may be helpful in reducing social disparities in HIV/AIDS outcomes...
  2. ncbi Media attention and public perceptions of cancer and eastern equine encephalitis
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 3 Solomont Way, Suite 3, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    J Community Health 35:409-16. 2010
    ..18; 95% CI 1.24-3.84). Media treatment of health stories that emphasize the novelty and unpredictability of EEE compared to cancer may lead to distorted perceptions of threat among news consumers...
  3. ncbi Negative freedom and death in the United States
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:2163-4. 2010
    ..A conceptual emphasis on positive freedom construed as freedom to pursue a life without risk of unintentional injury could help motivate a conversation to improve public health...
  4. ncbi Intimate partner violence and death among infants and children in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e878-89. 2009
    ..The goal was to test the association between maternal intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and child death...
  5. ncbi Communication inequalities, social determinants, and intermittent smoking in the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey
    Leland K Ackerson
    Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 6:A40. 2009
    ..Intermittent smokers account for a large proportion of all smokers, and this trend is increasing. Social and communication inequalities may account for disparities in intermittent smoking status...
  6. ncbi Geography of underweight and overweight among women in India: a multilevel analysis of 3204 neighborhoods in 26 states
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Econ Hum Biol 6:264-80. 2008
    ..These findings suggest that interventions to address the double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition in India must take into account state and neighborhood characteristics in order to be successful...
  7. ncbi Association of maternal height with child mortality, anthropometric failure, and anemia in India
    S V Subramanian
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA 301:1691-701. 2009
    ..Research on intergenerational factors that might also predispose a child to increased health adversity remains limited...
  8. ncbi Effects of individual and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence: a population-based study of women in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge Building, 7th flr, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:507-14. 2008
    ..We examined the role of women's education and proximate educational context on intimate partner violence (IPV)...
  9. ncbi Determinants of termination of breastfeeding within the first 2 years of life in India: evidence from the National Family Health Survey-2
    Rahul Malhotra
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Matern Child Nutr 4:181-93. 2008
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  10. ncbi Domestic violence and chronic malnutrition among women and children in India
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 167:1188-96. 2008
    ..These findings indicate that reducing domestic violence is important not only from a moral and intrinsic perspective but also because of the instrumental health benefits likely to accrue...
  11. ncbi Exposure to domestic violence associated with adult smoking in India: a population based study
    Leland K Ackerson
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 6096, USA
    Tob Control 16:378-83. 2007
    ..To investigate the relation between domestic violence and tobacco use among adults in India...
  12. ncbi Race, ethnicity, language, social class, and health communication inequalities: a nationally-representative cross-sectional study
    Kasisomayajula Viswanath
    Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e14550. 2011
    ..The purpose of this study is to investigate how the use of cancer-related health communications is patterned by race, ethnicity, language, and social class...
  13. ncbi Movies and TV influence tobacco use in India: findings from a national survey
    K Viswanath
    Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e11365. 2010
    ..The objective is to test the association of self-reported tobacco smoking and chewing with frequency of use of four types of mass media: newspapers, radio, television, and movies...
  14. ncbi Parental BMI and childhood undernutrition in India: an assessment of intrauterine influence
    S V Subramanian
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 126:e663-71. 2010
    ..The objective of this study was to examine the influence of parental BMI on childhood undernutrition in India...
  15. ncbi The social context of interpersonal communication and health
    Leland K Ackerson
    Community Health and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA leland_ackerson uml edu
    J Health Commun 14:5-17. 2009
    ..Finally, we argue that addressing the social context may be an important tool for eliminating communication inequalities...
  16. ncbi Domestic violence is associated with adult and childhood asthma prevalence in India
    S V Subramanian
    Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 36:569-79. 2007
    ..Little is known on the influence of stressful psychosocial circumstances in predicting asthma. We examine the link between asthma prevalence and domestic violence (DV) in a nationally representative sample of adults and children in India...