Publications
2025
McGovern, M. E. [1], Rokicki, S. [1], Ahn, H. Reichman, N.E. (2025) Minimum wage policies and obstetric disorders in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (in-press) [1]-joint first authors.
R. Woofter, M. Sudhinaraset, Access to and Quality of Contraceptive Healthcare for Undocumented Immigrant Women in California, SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, (in-press), 2025, 100655, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100655.
M. Sudhinaraset, R. Woofter, P. Huang, Stratified reproduction and threats to reproductive justice for immigrants: Decision-making for fertility using an ecological model, Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 382(18334), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118334.
Rokicki, S., Amulya Gobburu, Melissa Weidner, Nashwah Azam, Michelle Jansen, Zorimar Rivera-Núñez, Adriana De Resende, Veenat Parmar, Gloria Bachmann, Nancy Reilly, Reynold Panettieri, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Daniel B. Horton, Martin J. Blaser & Emily S. Barrett. (2025) Barriers and strategies for recruitment of pregnant women in contemporary longitudinal birth cohort studies. BMC Medical Research Methodology.
Woofter R, Varghese K, Mboya J, et al. Women’s experiences giving birth outside of health facilities in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study BMJ Open 2025;15:e101458. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101458c
M. Sudhinaraset, R. Woofter, E. Ebuehi, Misty C. Richards, Courtney S. Thomas Tobin, Rashmi Rao, Levers of care in the health system: A qualitative study of experiences with perinatal mental health screening, referrals, and treatment among birthing people of color in California,
SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 2025, 8(100610), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100610.
Rokicki, S., Barrett, E.S. (2025) Perinatal health in the United States: COVID-19 exacerbates an ongoing crisis. Invited Commentary. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Garnett, M., Treglia, D., Osofsky, J., Costa, G., McGovern, M. E., Noor, Z., et al. (2025). Supporting infants, children and families after caregiver death: Recognizing and responding to childhood grief in pediatric primary care. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, Forthcoming.
Rokicki, S., Oviedo, D., Perreault, N., Bates, M.A., Zhou, R.A., Baicker, K., McConnell, M.A. (2025) Impact of Nurse Home Visiting on Take-up of Social Safety Net Programs in a Medicaid Population. Health Affairs Scholar.
2024
McGovern, M. E., Treglia, D., Eliason, E. L., Spishak-Thomas, A., & Cantor, J. C. (2024). Homelessness and maternal and infant health. JAMA Network Open, 7(11), e2442596. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825817
Rokicki, S., Oviedo, D., Perreault, N., Zera, C., McGregor, A. J., Bates, M. A., Zhou, A, Baicker, K, & McConnell, M. A. (2024). Home Visits and the Use of Routine and Emergency Postpartum Care Among Low-Income People: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 7(12), e2451605-e2451605.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828398
Rokicki, S. (2024) Perinatal depression associated with increased pediatric emergency department use in first year of life. Health Affairs; 43(4). https://doi-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01443
Delaney L, McGovern M.E., Smith JP. Infant Mortality in Mother and Baby Homes in 20th Century Ireland. Population Research and Policy Review. 2024;43(5):67. doi:10.1007/s11113-024-09901-7
Rowland N, McVicar D, Jahanshahi B, McGovern M. E., O’Reilly D. Long-term Exposure to Ambient PM2. 5 and Self-Reported Health: Evidence from Longitudinally-linked Census Data. Economics and Human Biology. 2024;55:101417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101417
Jahanshahi B, Johnston B, McVicar D, McGovern M.E., D O’Reilly, N. Rowland, S. Vlachos. Prenatal exposure to particulate matter and infant birth outcomes: Evidence from a population-wide database. Health Economics. 2024;33(9):2182-2200. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4862
Rokicki, S. & McConnell, M.A. (2024) Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Preconception Health Risk Factors and Access to Care. Journal of Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2023.0560
2023
Rokicki S, Reichman NE, McGovern M.E. Association of Increasing the Minimum Wage in the US With Experiences of Maternal Stressful Life Events. JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(7):e2324018. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.24018