Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Scoglio, A. A., & Nayak, S. S. (2023). Alignment of state-level policies and public attitudes towards abortion legality and government restrictions on abortion in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 320, 115724.
- Nayak, S. S., Carpenito, T., Zamechek, L., Roper, K., Méndez–Peñate, L., Arty, M.,…& Molnar, B. E. (2022). Predictors of service utilization of young children and families enrolled in a pediatric primary care mental health promotion and prevention program. Community Mental Health Journal.
- Nayak, S. S., Scoglio, A. A., Mirand, D., Oates, A., Rabow, M., & Molnar, B. E. (2021). Movement and Solidarity: Community Mobilization to Mitigate the Adverse Impact of COVID-19 on Families with Young Children Receiving Care from Early Childhood Systems. Child Care in Practice.
- Nayak, S. S., Fraser, T., Panagopoulos, C., Aldrich, D., & Kim, D. (2021). Is divisive politics making Americans sick? Associations between perceived partisan polarization and physical and mental health outcomes among adults in the United States. Social Science and Medicine.
- Nayak, S. S., Tobias, C., Wolfe, J., Roper, K., Méndez-Peñate, L., Moulin, C.,… & Molnar, B. E. (2021). Engaging and supporting young children and their families in early childhood mental health services: The role of the family partner. Community Mental Health Journal.
- Nayak, S. S., Kshtriya, S., & Neugebauer, R. (2019). Trauma Alleviation Treatment for unaccompanied children after the Rwandan Genocide: A cautionary tale. Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas.
- Sabnis, S., Fojo, S., Nayak, S. S., Lopez, E., Tarn, D. M., & Zeltzer, L. (2019). Reducing parental trauma and stress in neonatal intensive care: Systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital interventions. Journal of Perinatology, 1.
- Mutiso, V. N., Musyimi, C. W., Nayak, S. S., Musau, A. M., Rebello, T., Nandoya, E., ... & Ndetei, D. M. (2017). Stigma-related mental health knowledge and attitudes among primary health workers and community health volunteers in rural Kenya. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 63(6), 508-517.
- Musyimi, C. W., Mutiso, V. N., Nayak, S. S., Ndetei, D. M., Henderson, D. C., & Bunders, J. (2017). Quality of life of depressed and suicidal patients seeking services from traditional and faith healers in rural Kenya. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15(1), 95.
Doctoral Dissertation
Associations between the U.S. immigration policy climate and domestic violence survivors and systems
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Immigration and neighborhoods: Moderating effects on pregnancy outcomesA multilevel analysis examining interactions between maternal immigration status and neighborhood disadvantage on the occurrence of preterm birth.
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Changing immigration status and women's intimate partner violence victimization experiences A longitudinal analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting to better understand how naturalized citizenship impacts immigrant women’s violence victimization experiences.
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Snapshot of Ongoing Projects
Health experiences of documented non-naturalized immigrants in the U.S.Investigating how immigration statuses and other facets of social identity intersect to produce health inequities for immigrants in the U.S.
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Political polarization and healthExamining the impact of political polarization on mortality for U.S. adults.
Collaboration: Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences |
Snapshot of Past Projects
Engaging informal systems for mental health capacity-building in Kenya
Institution: Columbia University WHO Center for Global Mental Health & Africa Mental Health Foundation
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Exploring structural barriers to health & well-being for immigrant domestic violence survivorsInstitution: Northeastern University, Institute for Health Ewuity & Social Justice Research
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Parental stress and trauma in the neonatal intensive care unit
Institution: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
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