2024
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Aminawung J, Puglisi L, Roy B, Horton N, Elumn J, Lin H, Bibbins-Domingo K, Krumholz H, Wang E. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: ejaha2024035683t. PMID: 39248257, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.035683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUncontrolled CVD risk factorsCardiovascular disease risk factor controlCVD risk factorsRisk factor controlFactor controlRisk factorsSocial determinant of cardiovascular healthCardiovascular diseaseProspective cohort study of individualsDeterminants of cardiovascular healthPublic health prevention effortsCardiovascular disease risk factorsCohort study of individualsHealth prevention effortsCross-sectional studyProspective cohort studyCarceral facilitiesCorrectional facilitiesSocial determinantsTailored interventionsTraditional risk factorsStudy of individualsAdversity scorePerceived stressCardiovascular health
2023
The sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper
Elumn J, Saeed G, Aminawung J, Horton N, Lin H, Yaggi H, Wang E. The sleep justice study - a prospective cohort study assessing sleep as a cardiometabolic risk factor after incarceration: a protocol paper. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 2107. PMID: 37884957, PMCID: PMC10605958, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16985-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiometabolic Risk FactorsCardiovascular DiseasesHumansPrisonersPrisonsProspective StudiesSleepConceptsCVD risk factor controlPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexRisk factor controlRisk factorsSleep healthCardiovascular healthCarceral facilitiesEpidemiology of CVDCardiometabolic risk factorsCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsOngoing prospective cohortProspective cohort studySleep Quality IndexPopulation-specific risk factorsHistory of incarcerationRest-activity patternsObjective measuresSTOP-BangCardiovascular outcomesCardiovascular riskCohort studyProspective cohortCVD epidemiologyFactor controlTrusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence
Tong G, Spell V, Horton N, Thornhill T, Keene D, Montgomery C, Spiegelman D, Wang E, Roy B. Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 1545. PMID: 37580653, PMCID: PMC10426138, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15997-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsExposure to ViolenceGun ViolenceHumansMental Health ServicesProspective StudiesPublic HousingConceptsGun violenceHousing assistanceStructural racismHousing stabilityViolence exposureMulti-level interventionsCommunity gun violenceMulti-stakeholder coalitionsRental assistance programsCommunity-based organizationsHousing supportPolicy changesFinancial educationStable housingBeing of individualsViolenceTarget neighborhoodsCommunity membersNew HavenNeighborhood ratesAssistance programsOrganization leadersRacismHavenNeighborhood
2014
High Incarceration Rates Among Black Men Enrolled In Clinical Studies May Compromise Ability To Identify Disparities
Wang EA, Aminawung JA, Wildeman C, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. High Incarceration Rates Among Black Men Enrolled In Clinical Studies May Compromise Ability To Identify Disparities. Health Affairs 2014, 33: 848-855. PMID: 24799583, PMCID: PMC4065793, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical studiesHealth outcomesBlack menProspective clinical studyObservational clinical researchBlood InstituteNational HeartClinical researchWhite womenRacial disparitiesWhite menMinimal riskMenBlack womenHigh rateJail inmatesMinority populationsWomenOutcomesEffects of incarcerationImpact of incarcerationHigh incarceration ratesIncarcerationLungFollow