Social Determinants of Health Initiative

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Scholar Publications

Initiative scholars' recent publications provide an opportunity to highlight the breadth of SDH-related work they are producing as community representatives and researchers.

2024 - 2025 Academic Year

  1. Akobirshoev, I., Jerome, S., Snowden, J.M., Slaughter-Acey, J., Valentine, A., Horner-Johnson, W., Mitra, M. (2025). Intersectional inequities in maternal mortalities: Examining the compounded risks for Black birthing individuals with physical disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101765.  
  1. Akobirshoev, I., Vetter, M. Horner-Johnson, W., Lomerson, N., Moore Simas, T.A., Mitra, M. (2024). Severe maternal morbidity by disability status and type in the United States. O&G Open, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.1097/og9.0000000000000027.  
  1. Beck, K.B., MacKenzie, K.T., Kirby, A.V., McDonald, K.W., Moura, I., Breitenfeldt, K.E., Rutenberg, E., Kunmar, T., Mancino, J., Sabatello, M., Roth, S., Nicolaidis, C., the Working Group to Increase Invlusivity in Research Ethics (WIRE) Consortium [Atisme, A., Baker-Ericzen, M., Caplan, R., CHis, M., Davis, A., Doran, K., Duncan-Ischcomer, B., Eden, K., Edwards, T., Feldman, K., Frowner, E., Guise, J.M., Herer, A., Horner-Johnson, W., Ionadi, I., Upshaw, J., Vales, F., Vera, H., Wallington, A., Wasilowski, L., Wyman, M., Yang, L.Q.J.] (2025). Guidelines for the creation of accessible consent materials and procedures: Lessons from research with autistic people and people with intellectual disability. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0263.  
  1. Buckley, D.I., Hsu, F., Dana, T., Blackie, K., Holmes, R., Nygren, P., Horner-Johnson, W., Nicolaidis, C., Chou, R. (2025). Healthcare delivery of clinical preventive services for people with disabilities: A systematic review. Annals of Internal Medicine, 175(5). https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-24-02446.  
  1. Chan, B., Cook, R., Levander, X., Hoffman, K., Wiest, K., Pertl, K., Petluri, R., McCarty, D., Korthuis, P.T., Martin, S. (2024). Participant reported outcomes in digitally-provided Buprenorphine treatment for Opioid Use Disorder compared with treatment as usual office-based treatment: An observational longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 167(209511). 
  1. Cooke, A., Gray, M., LaForge, K., Livingston, C.J., Flores, D.P., Choo, E.K. (2024). Adaptive appraoches to physical pain treatment modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 30(11), 1102-1107. https://doi.org/10.1089/jicm.2024.0065. 
  1. Cordova-Ramos, E.G., Miller, E., & Klawetter, S. (2025). Supplemental Security Income for low-birth-weight infants - Addressing gaps in coverage. JAMA Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.6268. 
  1. Dev, A., Horner-Johnson, W., Schaefer, A., Ganduglia-Cazaban, C., Stukel, T.A., Goodman, D., Leyenaar, J.K. (2025). Identifying pregnant women with disabilities and associated maternal and newborn outcomes. JAMA Network Open, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.2159.  
  1. Eliason, E., Nelson, D., & Vasan, A. (2025). Continuous eligibility policies and CHIP structure affected children’s coverage loss during Medicaid unwinding. Health Affairs, 44(3), 288-295. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01099. 
  1. Eliason, E.L., Vasan, A., & Nelson, D.B. (2025). Children’s insurance stability and coverage inequities during the COVID-19 Continuous Coverage Provisions. American Journal of Public Health, (0), e1-e19. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307900. 
  1. Gabor, A., Stephens, J., McKee, M.M., Brown, H.K., Ayers, K.B., Valentine, A., Horner-Johnson, W., Mitra, M., Harris, J.A.,, (2025) Consensus preconception educational domains for people with mobility disabilities: A Delphie study. Women’s Health Issues, 35(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2024.11.001. 
  1. Geduldig, A., Devoe, M., Srikanth, P., Bruno, R., Edwards, S.T., Saba, S., Chan, B. (2025). “Baseline housing instability negatively impacts the effect of an ambulatory intensive care unit on patient outcomes. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09361-5. 
  1. Gray, M., Cooke, A., Livingston, C.J., LaForge, K., Flores, D.P., Choo, E.K. (2024). “It has improved my practice to be able to offer alternative treatments”: A longitudinal qualitative study of Oregon Medicaid back pain providers. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 30(11). https://doi.org/10.1089/jicm.2023.0743.  
  1. Horner-Johnson, W., Akobirshoev, I., Valentine, A., Powell, R., Mitra, M. (2024). Preconception health risks by presence and type of disability among U.S. women. Disability and Health Journal, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101588.  
  1. Horner-Johnson, W., Garg, B., Snowden, J.M., Caughey, A.B., Slaughter-Acey, J., Akobirshoev, I., Mitra, M. (2024). Severe maternal morbidity and other perinatal complications among Black, Hispanic, and White birthing persons with and without physical disabilities. Journal of Women’s Health, 34(5), 590-600. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2024.0694. 
  1. Klawetter, S., Gievers, L., McEvoy, C., & Nicolaidis, C. (2024). NICU parent and staff advocacy to address parental mental health. Clinical Pediatrics, 64(2), 247-256.https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228241260167. 
  1. LaForge, K. (2024). “Just because I’m smiling doesn’t mean I’m not in pain”: Navigating the layered stigma of chronic pain and suicidality in social worlds. Health Sociology Review, 1-6. https://doi.org.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/14461242.2024.2398250.  
  1. Lee-Rambharose, J., Smith, L., The K, Horner-Johnson, W., Long-Bellil, L., Watkins, H., Senda, J., Garr-Colzie, N., Palacios, M., Mitra, M. (2024). Inclusion of Black and Latina parents with physical disabilities in a qualitative research study: A peer researcher training model. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23(Oct), 1-8. ﷟HYPERLINK "https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231207771"https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406923120777 
  1. Li, F.S., Mills, J., Slaughter-Acey, J., Akobirshoev, I., Horner-Johnson, W., Mitra, M. (2025). Preconception, prenatal, and postpartum assault of Massachusetts mothers with physical disabilities by racial/ethnic background. Journal of Inrerpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251338779.  
  1. McCabe, M.A., Gabor, A., Stephens, J., McKee, M.M., Brown, H.K., Ayers, K.B., Valentine, A., Horner-Johnson, W., Mitra, M., Harris, J.A. (2025). Pilot study for a preconception educational intervention for people with mobilitiy disabilities. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shrc.2025.101101.  
  1. Newby-Kew, A., Snowden, J.M., Valentine, A., Akobirshoev, I., Mitra, M., Horner-Johnson, W. (2025) Pregnancy intendedness by presence and extent of disability in the United States, 2019-2020. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 57(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/psrh.12292.  
  1. Nicolaidis, C., Sharer, M., Raymaker, D.M., Vera, J., Edwards, T., Moura, I., Baker-Ericzen, M., Maslak, J., Yang, L.Q., Kripke-Ludwig, R., Kapp, S., Joyce, A., Wallington, A., the Academic Autism Spectrum Partneship in Research and Education (AASPIRE) Outcomes Team [Lounds-Taylor, J., Horner-Johnson, W., Hunter, M., Caplan, R., Frowner, E., Gardiner, F., Smith, I., Siddeek, Z., Kripke, C., McDonald, K., Love, J.] (2025). Consensus on high-priority outcomes to be used in the evaluation of services for autistic adults: Results from a CBPR-nested Delphi process. Autism,  
  1. Ondusko, D.S., Klawetter, S., Carter, E.H., Osborne, M., Peterson, J.W., Carrasco, V.U., Platteau, A., & Hunte, R.S. (2025). The needs and experiences of Black families in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatrics, 155(1): e2024067473. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-067473.  
  1. Redline, B., Nusser, J., Brill, J., Brown, P., Yates, S., Chan, B. (2025). Onsite primary care to address medical needs among permanent supportive housing tenants: A feasibility demonstration project. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-5. ﷟HYPERLINK "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09256-x"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09256-x. 
  1. Valentine, A., Vetter, M., Horner-Johnson, W., Snowden, J.M., Akobirshoev, I., Slaughter-Acey, J., Mitra, M. (2024). Pregnancy intendedness among racially and ethnically minoritized women with disabilities. Journal of Women’s Health, 33(10), 1334-1343. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2023.0494. 

 

 

Previous publication summaries are available upon request. Contact: sdhi@pdx.edu.