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The association of increased SNAP benefits during COVID-19 with food insufficiency and anxiety among US adults: a quasi-experimental study by Jackson, Kaitlyn E, Chiang, Amy Yunyu, Hamad, Rita

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policy response to mitigate disease spread had far-reaching impacts on health and social well-being. In response, the…”
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Paid Family Leave and Mental Health in the U.S.: A Quasi-Experimental Study of State Policies by Irish, Amanda M., White, Justin S., Modrek, Sepideh, Hamad, Rita

“…Several U.S. states have implemented paid family leave policies for new parents. Few studies have evaluated the impacts of U.S. paid family leave policies on…”
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Comparing the health of refugee and asylee patients with that of non-refugee immigrant and US-born patients in a large Urban clinic by Raphael, Eva, Barton, Michelle, Jaradeh, Katrin, Dieterich, Cristy, Hamad, Rita

“…To compare disease burden in refugee/asylee, non-refugee immigrant, and US-born patients in the largest safety net clinic in San Francisco, California. This is…”
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Educational attainment and cardiovascular disease in the United States: A quasi-experimental instrumental variables analysis by Hamad, Rita, Nguyen, Thu T, Bhattacharya, Jay, Glymour, M Maria, Rehkopf, David H

“…There is ongoing debate about whether education or socioeconomic status (SES) should be inputs into cardiovascular disease (CVD) prediction algorithms and…”
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Effects of the revised WIC food package on women’s and children’s health: a quasi-experimental study by Guan, Alice, Batra, Akansha, Hamad, Rita

“…Abstract Background: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was revised in 2009 to be more congruent with national…”
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School racial segregation and long-term cardiovascular health among Black adults in the US: A quasi-experimental study by Kim, Min Hee, Schwartz, Gabriel L, White, Justin S, Glymour, M Maria, Reardon, Sean F, Kershaw, Kiarri N, Gomez, Scarlett Lin, Collin, Daniel F, Inamdar, Pushkar P, Wang, Guangyi, Hamad, Rita

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionately affects Black adults in the United States. This is increasingly acknowledged to be due to inequitable…”
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The effect of the 2009 revised U.S. guidelines for gestational weight gain on maternal and infant health: a quasi-experimental study by Collin, Daniel F, Pulvera, Richard, Hamad, Rita

“…Excess gestational weight gain (GWG) has adverse short- and long-term effects on the health of mothers and infants. In 2009, the US Institute of Medicine…”
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Potential mechanisms linking poverty alleviation and health: an analysis of benefit spending among recipients of the U.S. earned income tax credit by Hamad, Rita, Yeb, Joseph, Jackson, Kaitlyn, Gosliner, Wendi, Fernald, Lia C H

“…The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest U.S. poverty alleviation program for low-income families, disbursed annually as a lump-sum tax refund…”
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Comparing demographic and health characteristics of new and existing SNAP recipients: application of a machine learning algorithm by Hamad, Rita, Templeton, Zachary S, Schoemaker, Lena, Zhao, Michelle, Bhattacharya, Jay

“…The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expanded significantly after the Great Recession of 2008–2009, but no studies have characterized this new…”
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The association of county-level socioeconomic factors with individual tobacco and alcohol use: a longitudinal study of U.S. adults by Hamad, Rita, Brown, Daniel M, Basu, Sanjay

“…Place-based factors have been implicated as root causes of socioeconomic disparities in risky health behaviors such as tobacco and alcohol use. Yet few studies…”
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Long-term effects of neighbourhood deprivation on diabetes risk: quasi-experimental evidence from a refugee dispersal policy in Sweden by White, Justin S, Dr, Hamad, Rita, MD, Li, Xinjun, MD, Basu, Sanjay, PhD, Ohlsson, Henrik, PhD, Sundquist, Jan, Prof, Sundquist, Kristina, Prof

“…Summary Background Although studies have shown associations between neighbourhood quality and chronic disease outcomes, such associations are potentially…”
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Experiences of distress and gaps in government safety net supports among parents of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study by Mooney, Alyssa C, Jackson, Kaitlyn E, Hamad, Rita, Fernald, Lia C H, Hoskote, Mekhala, Gosliner, Wendi

“…The COVID-19 pandemic prompted rapid federal, state, and local government policymaking to buffer families from the health and economic harms of the pandemic…”
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Pandemic-related socioeconomic disruptions and adverse health outcomes: a cross-sectional study of female caregivers by Brown, Erika M, Fernald, Lia C H, Hamad, Rita, Hoskote, Mekhala, Jackson, Kaitlyn E, Gosliner, Wendi

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate transmission resulted in sudden and widespread socioeconomic disruptions including school and child care…”
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and birth outcomes in California: a quasi-experimental study by Torres, Jacqueline M, Alcala, Emanuel, Shaver, Amber, Collin, Daniel F, Franck, Linda S, Gomez, Anu Manchikanti, Karasek, Deborah, Nidey, Nichole, Hotard, Michael, Hamad, Rita, Pacheco-Werner, Tania

“…The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides temporary relief from deportation and work permits for previously undocumented immigrants…”
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Factors associated with anxiety during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: An analysis of the COVID-19 Citizen Science study by Cozen, Aaron E, Carton, Thomas, Hamad, Rita, Kornak, John, Faulkner Modrow, Madelaine, Peyser, Noah D, Park, Soo, Orozco, Jaime H, Brandner, Matthew, O'Brien, Emily C, Djibo, Djeneba Audrey, McMahill-Walraven, Cheryl N, Isasi, Carmen R, Beatty, Alexis L, Olgin, Jeffrey E, Marcus, Gregory M, Pletcher, Mark J

“…COVID-19 increased the prevalence of clinically significant anxiety in the United States. To investigate contributing factors we analyzed anxiety, reported…”
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Estimating the effect of timing of earned income tax credit refunds on perinatal outcomes: a quasi-experimental study of California births by Karasek, Deborah, Batra, Akansha, Baer, Rebecca J, Butcher, Brittany D Chambers, Feuer, Sky, Fuchs, Jonathan D, Kuppermann, Miriam, Gomez, Anu Manchikanti, Prather, Aric A, Pantell, Matt, Rogers, Elizabeth, Snowden, Jonathan M, Torres, Jacqueline, Rand, Larry, Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Laura, Hamad, Rita

“…The largest poverty alleviation program in the US is the earned income tax credit (EITC), providing $60 billion to over 25 million families annually. While…”
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Using "big data" to capture overall health status: properties and predictive value of a claims-based health risk score by Hamad, Rita, Modrek, Sepideh, Kubo, Jessica, Goldstein, Benjamin A, Cullen, Mark R

“…Investigators across many fields often struggle with how best to capture an individual's overall health status, with options including both subjective and…”
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The U.S. COVID-19 County Policy Database: a novel resource to support pandemic-related research by Hamad, Rita, Lyman, Kristin A, Lin, Feng, Modrow, Madelaine F, Ozluk, Pelin, Azar, Kristen M J, Goodin, Amie, Isasi, Carmen R, Kitzman, Heather E, Knight, Sara J, Marcus, Gregory M, McMahill-Walraven, Cheryl N, Meissner, Paul, Nair, Vinit, O'Brien, Emily C, Olgin, Jeffrey E, Peyser, Noah D, Sylwestrzak, Gosia, Williams, Natasha, Pletcher, Mark J, Carton, Thomas

“…It is increasingly recognized that policies have played a role in both alleviating and exacerbating the health and economic consequences of the COVID-19…”
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Associations of U.S. state-level COVID-19 policies intensity with cannabis sharing behaviors in 2020 by Assaf, Ryan D, Hamad, Rita, Javanbakht, Marjan, Arah, Onyebuchi A, Shoptaw, Steven J, Cooper, Ziva D, Gorbach, Pamina M

“…Cannabis use before the COVID-19 pandemic for many involved sharing prepared cannabis for inhalation, practices that were less prevalent during the pandemic…”
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The association of residential racial segregation with health among U.S. children: A nationwide longitudinal study by Wang, Guangyi, Schwartz, Gabriel L, Kershaw, Kiarri N, McGowan, Cyanna, Kim, Min Hee, Hamad, Rita

“…Residential racial segregation in the U.S. has been hypothesized as a fundamental cause driving health disparities across racial groups. Potential mechanisms…”
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