Mark Walker

Biographic Data

ID3595438
NAMEMark Walker
GIVEN NAMESMark
FAMILY NAMEWalker
SIGNATUREWALKER M
AFFILIATIONSUnion College
ORCID0000-0002-0507-1954
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS84
TOTAL CITATIONS129
AUTHOR COUNT82
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX6

  • Covid-19 Infections Still Occur

    Open AccessAnick Berard, Odile Sheehy et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Over 100 million pregnant people worldwide remain at risk of COVID-19. We compared the prevalence of severe COVID-19 in pregnancy and in people of reproductive age, and the risk of adverse pregnancy/neonatal outcomes in those with/without COVID-19 during gestation. In the Canadian Mother-Child Cohort, two sub-cohorts were identified using medical services, prescription medication fillings, hospitalizations, and COVID-19 surveillance testing progr…

  • The crisis in American science

    Open AccessKathryn M Olesko, Anthony Eames et al.ARTICLEHistory of Science2025Cited by: 2

    The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unprecedented crisis. The authors in this roundtable take a close look at the tortured landscape of science in America and, using historical scholarship and the tools of history, analyze and assess its plight. Topics include nuclear facilities, the role of Silicon Valley oligarchs, Executive O…

  • Ensnared between Hitler and Stalin

    Mark WalkerARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History2025

  • Association between maternal marginalization and infants born with congenital heart disease in Ontario Canada

    Open AccessQun Miao, Sandra Dunn et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Higher maternal material deprivation was associated with increasing odds of infant CHD, whereas neighbourhood minority ethnic concentration was inversely associated with the odds of infant CHD. Our study further confirms that poverty is associated with CHD development. Future investigations might focus on the causal pathways between social deprivation, immigrant status, ethnicity, and the risk of infant CHD

  • Relationship Between Gestational Weight Gain and Health Service Utilization in Early Childhood

    Open AccessLisa Currie, Deshayne B Fell et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

  • Tough Ties and Rough Networks

    Open AccessWesley Shrum, Mark H Walker et al.ARTICLESociological Forum2023References: 16

    Reciprocity and negativity in social relationships are fundamental topics of social research rarely examined in sub‐Saharan Africa. Since the number and quality of relationships is associated with individual outcomes, these ties are particularly important in impoverished areas. We conducted a multi‐method study of the conditions associated with problematic networks and difficult people, including face‐to‐face surveys in Agbogbloshie (Accra, Ghana…

  • Operation Epsilon

    Open AccessMark WalkerARTICLEBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschicht…2023References: 6

  • Worries, beliefs and factors influencing perinatal Covid-19 vaccination

    Open AccessSerine Ramlawi, Katherine A Muldoon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    In this Canadian perinatal population, approximately 42% reported COVID-19 vaccination. Among unvaccinated individuals, willingness to receive vaccination was high (73%). Factors enhancing vaccine willingness included discussions with healthcare providers and believing the vaccine was effective. Concerns regarding vaccine safety, particularly with respect to fetal/child development, were the greatest barriers to vaccine uptake

  • Giving Birth in the Early Phases of the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessCarlie Boisvert, Robert Talarico et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

  • Collaborative relations and irresponsible purity

    Open AccessMark WalkerARTICLEScience in Context2022

    Argument By breaking decisively with the predominantly apologetic and hagiographic literature on science during National Socialism and employing compelling terms such as “irresponsible purity” and “collaborative relations,” Herbert Mehrtens profoundly influenced both his contemporaries and the subsequent generation of historians working in this field

  • Sanitation and property tax compliance

    Open AccessEvan Plous Kresch, Mark Walker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2022Cited by: 3References: 3

  • Did Werner Heisenberg Understand How Atomic Bombs Worked

    Open AccessMark WalkerARTICLEBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschicht…2022Cited by: 1References: 21

    Drawing upon primary sources and using a comparison with the American Manhattan Project for context, this article examines the question whether Werner Heisenberg understood how atomic bombs work

  • Epistemic Permissiveness and the Problem of Philosophical Disagreement

    Open AccessMark WalkerARTICLEDialogue2022References: 29

    Epistemic uniqueness is the view that there is at most one rational doxastic response to a given batch of evidence E, while epistemic permissiveness is the denial of epistemic uniqueness. As several authors have noted, one of the attractions of epistemic permissiveness is that it allows us to believe that more than one doxastic response may be rationally faultless, and so permits us to respect the epistemic credentials of all parties to a dispute…

  • Global health and social accountability

    Open AccessMichael Fitzgerald, Esther S Shoemaker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    Global health education has theoretical sensitivity to power differentials and inequities, giving global health critical force for change in health care systems, whereas social accountability involves a re-orientation towards addressing priority health needs determined jointly with communities

  • Branching Is Not a Bug; It’s a Feature

    Open AccessMark WalkerARTICLEPhilosophy & Technology2020

  • The determinants of maternal homocysteine in pregnancy

    Open AccessShazia Hira Chaudhry, Monica Taljaard et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: Observational studies have linked elevated homocysteine to vascular conditions. Folate intake has been associated with lower homocysteine concentration, although randomised controlled trials of folic acid supplementation to decrease the incidence of vascular conditions have been inconclusive. We investigated determinants of maternal homocysteine during pregnancy, particularly in a folic acid-fortified population. Design: Data were from…

  • Boxed In

    Open AccessMary C Noonan, Freda B Lynn et al.ARTICLESocius Sociological Research for…2020Cited by: 3References: 18

    Researchers have long noted that role expectations of a “good” mother conflict with those of a “good” worker, described as the “cultural contradiction” of motherhood. But given that work roles vary tremendously in terms of the cultural meanings the public assigns them, the authors examine variability in the perceived compatibility of mother-occupation and father-occupation combinations. Building on previous research, the authors hypothesize that …

  • Racial/ethnic variations in gestational weight gain

    Open AccessYanfang Guo, Qun Miao et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2019Cited by: 1References: 27

    Variations in unhealthy GWG by pre-pregnancy weight classes among Ontario White, Asian and Black women were observed. Individualized counseling regarding appropriate GWG is universally recommended. Additional consideration of racial/ethnic variations by maternal weight classes may help to promote healthy GWG in Canada

  • Suicide contagion, gender, and suicide attempts among adolescents

    Muhammed Yıldız, Muhammed Yildiz et al.ARTICLEDeath Studies2018Cited by: 5References: 9

    Exposure to suicidal behavior (ESB) through social networks is often associated with an increased risk of suicidality, but empirical research-largely limited to the Western populations-has produced mixed results. Using survey data, we examined (a) the association between ESB and suicide attempt, and (b) the exacerbating role of ESB on gender differences in suicide attempt risk among Turkish adolescents (N = 2035). ESB was significantly associated…

  • Trends and correlates of cannabis use in pregnancy

    Open AccessDaniel J Corsi, Helen Hsu et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 1References: 32

    Cannabis use in pregnancy has increased since 2012 in Ontario and was reported in about 2% of pregnancies in 2017. Increases were predominately among women of younger ages and those of lower SES, and these groups account for half of users. Promoting cannabis cessation in pregnancy could lead to improved perinatal and later childhood outcomes and reduce health inequalities

  • Strapped for Time or Stressed Out? Predictors of Work Interruption and Unmet Need for Workplace Support Among Informal Elder Caregivers

    Open AccessM A Andersson, Mark H Walker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2017Cited by: 1References: 11

    Needs-related work interruptions may arise by other workplace processes, such as organizational culture, that should be measured and tested explicitly by future research

  • Physics, History, and the German Atomic Bomb

    Open AccessMark WalkerARTICLEBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschicht…2017Cited by: 1References: 9

    Physics, History, and the German Atomic Bomb . This paper examines the German concept of a nuclear weapon during National Socialism and the Second World War. Zusammenfassung: Physik, Geschichte und die deutsche Atombombe . Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die deutsche Vorstellung einer nuklearen Waffe während des Nationalsozialismus und des Zweiten Weltkrieges

  • Risk for cardiovascular disease after pre-eclampsia

    Myra J Hird, Rebecca Scott Yoshizawa et al.ARTICLEHealth Sociology Review2017References: 47

    A research-to-practice gap was identified in a study on knowledge sharing regarding future cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk associated with a previous diagnosis of pre-eclampsia (PE) during pregnancy, where 41% of healthcare practitioners did not inform patients of increased risk more than 50% of the time. Employing an empirical, sociological lens, we conducted interviews with women and healthcare providers from the same sample as that study. In…

  • Serum and red-blood-cell folate demonstrate differential associations with BMI in pregnant women

    Open AccessMinxue Shen, Shazia Hira Chaudhry et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective To examine the association between BMI and folate concentrations in serum and red blood cells (RBC) in pregnant women. Design A cross-sectional comparison of folate concentrations in serum and RBC sampled simultaneously from the same individual. Setting The Ottawa Hospital and Kingston General Hospital, Ontario, Canada. Subjects Pregnant women recruited between 12 and 20 weeks of gestation. Results A total of 869 pregnant women recruite…

  • Why is the Pack Persuasive? The Effect of Choice Status on Perceptions of Quality

    Open AccessFreda B Lynn, B Simpson et al.ARTICLESociological Science2016Cited by: 7References: 19

    The logic of social proof and related arguments posits that decision makers interpret an actor's sociometric position (such as popularity) as a signal for quality, especially when quality itself is difficult to ascertain. Although prior work shows that market-level behavioral patterns are consistent with this micro-level account, we seek to explicitly examine the extent to which (and the conditions under which) sociometric status information actu…