Donna D Baird
Biographic Data
| ID | 100801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna D Baird |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna D |
| FAMILY NAME | Baird |
| SIGNATURE | BAIRD D D |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5544-2653 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Managing tourism in Antarctica
Rapid growth in tourism to Antarctica has led the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties to launch a multi-year process to develop a framework for managing Antarctic tourism. Managing tourism in this region poses particular challenges, given the remoteness, ecological sensitivity and complex institutional systems. Approximately 65% of the current 120,000+ Antarctic cruise tourists travel on ‘expedition’ vessels that allow landfall. Landings are co…
Skin tone – a marker of bias known as colorism – in relation to sleep health among African American women
People with darker-skin tone are more likely than their lighter-skin counterparts to have less access to health-promoting resources (e.g., economic security; quality housing; favorable neighborhood environment). These adverse conditions can affect sleep and result in poor health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and depression. However, few studies have examined associations between skin tone and sleep disparities. To address this gap, we u…
Early Life Disadvantage and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms among Young Black Women
Life-Course Mobility in Socioeconomic Position and High Depressive Symptoms Among Young Black Women
Life Course Racism and Depressive Symptoms among Young Black Women
Disparities by Skin Color Among Young African-American Women
Hair Maintenance and Chemical Hair Product Usage as Barriers to Physical Activity in Childhood and Adulthood among African American Women
Qualitative studies have identified haircare practices as important culturally specific barriers to physical activity (PA) among Black/African American (AA) women, but quantitative investigations are lacking. Using the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids data among 1558 Black/AA women, we investigated associations between hair product usage/hair maintenance behaviors and PA during childhood and adulthood. Participants reported childhood …
ELF researchers take issue with 'English as a lingua franca
ELF (English as a lingua franca) as a field of inquiry has attracted a great deal of controversy since its beginning: so critiques and responses to those critiques have been a key part of its development. The reasons for this are multiple, but it is perhaps not surprising given ELF’s position, as Cook (2012) puts it, as ‘the disobedient child of two rather reactionary academic parents, variationist sociolinguistics ... and EFL pedagogic theory’ (…
The gestational timing of pregnancy loss
This commentary links early pregnancy milestones (rescue of the corpus luteum, the luteal‐placental shift, and blocking of the spiral arteries) with the pattern of gestation‐specific pregnancy loss in humans. The objective is to describe the pattern and present an adaptive hypothesis: that high first trimester pregnancy loss results from selection to reduce the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality associated with human delivery. Specific ques…
Adolescent reproductive events and subsequent breast cancer risk
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the relationship between reproductive events during adolescence and subsequent breast cancer risk. METHODS: Logistic regression models used self-reported data from 862 case patients and 790 controls in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. RESULTS: Miscarriage, induced abortion, and full-term pregnancy before 20 years of age were not associated with breast cancer. Among premenopausal women, breast-feeding before 20…
Vaginal douching and reduced fertility
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated douching and reduced fertility. METHODS: The monthly probability of conception for douchers and nondouchers was compared in a sample of 840 married, parous women in King County, Washington. Data on the number of months required to conceive were analyzed. RESULTS: In comparison with nondouchers, women who douched were 30% less likely to become pregnant each month they attempted pregnancy. This relationship remai…
Cigarette Smoking Associated with Delayed Conception
We conducted an epidemiologic study to test the hypothesis that women who smoke have reduced fertility. Data on smoking history and number of noncontracepting cycles until conception were collected from 678 pregnant women. Thirty-eight percent of nonsmokers conceived in their first cycle compared with 28% of smokers. Smokers were 3.4 times more likely to have taken greater than a year to conceive compared with nonsmokers. After adjusting for pote…
The Impact of Sociobiology on Political Science
Life Course Racism and Depressive Symptoms among Young Black Women
Adolescent reproductive events and subsequent breast cancer risk
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the relationship between reproductive events during adolescence and subsequent breast cancer risk. METHODS: Logistic regression models used self-reported data from 862 case patients and 790 controls in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. RESULTS: Miscarriage, induced abortion, and full-term pregnancy before 20 years of age were not associated with breast cancer. Among premenopausal women, breast-feeding before 20…
The Impact of Sociobiology on Political Science
The Impact of Sociobiology on Political Science
Cigarette Smoking Associated with Delayed Conception
We conducted an epidemiologic study to test the hypothesis that women who smoke have reduced fertility. Data on smoking history and number of noncontracepting cycles until conception were collected from 678 pregnant women. Thirty-eight percent of nonsmokers conceived in their first cycle compared with 28% of smokers. Smokers were 3.4 times more likely to have taken greater than a year to conceive compared with nonsmokers. After adjusting for pote…
Vaginal douching and reduced fertility
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated douching and reduced fertility. METHODS: The monthly probability of conception for douchers and nondouchers was compared in a sample of 840 married, parous women in King County, Washington. Data on the number of months required to conceive were analyzed. RESULTS: In comparison with nondouchers, women who douched were 30% less likely to become pregnant each month they attempted pregnancy. This relationship remai…
Adolescent reproductive events and subsequent breast cancer risk
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the relationship between reproductive events during adolescence and subsequent breast cancer risk. METHODS: Logistic regression models used self-reported data from 862 case patients and 790 controls in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. RESULTS: Miscarriage, induced abortion, and full-term pregnancy before 20 years of age were not associated with breast cancer. Among premenopausal women, breast-feeding before 20…
The gestational timing of pregnancy loss
This commentary links early pregnancy milestones (rescue of the corpus luteum, the luteal‐placental shift, and blocking of the spiral arteries) with the pattern of gestation‐specific pregnancy loss in humans. The objective is to describe the pattern and present an adaptive hypothesis: that high first trimester pregnancy loss results from selection to reduce the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality associated with human delivery. Specific ques…
ELF researchers take issue with 'English as a lingua franca
ELF (English as a lingua franca) as a field of inquiry has attracted a great deal of controversy since its beginning: so critiques and responses to those critiques have been a key part of its development. The reasons for this are multiple, but it is perhaps not surprising given ELF’s position, as Cook (2012) puts it, as ‘the disobedient child of two rather reactionary academic parents, variationist sociolinguistics ... and EFL pedagogic theory’ (…
Disparities by Skin Color Among Young African-American Women
Hair Maintenance and Chemical Hair Product Usage as Barriers to Physical Activity in Childhood and Adulthood among African American Women
Qualitative studies have identified haircare practices as important culturally specific barriers to physical activity (PA) among Black/African American (AA) women, but quantitative investigations are lacking. Using the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids data among 1558 Black/AA women, we investigated associations between hair product usage/hair maintenance behaviors and PA during childhood and adulthood. Participants reported childhood …
Life-Course Mobility in Socioeconomic Position and High Depressive Symptoms Among Young Black Women
Life Course Racism and Depressive Symptoms among Young Black Women
Early Life Disadvantage and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms among Young Black Women
Skin tone – a marker of bias known as colorism – in relation to sleep health among African American women
People with darker-skin tone are more likely than their lighter-skin counterparts to have less access to health-promoting resources (e.g., economic security; quality housing; favorable neighborhood environment). These adverse conditions can affect sleep and result in poor health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and depression. However, few studies have examined associations between skin tone and sleep disparities. To address this gap, we u…
Managing tourism in Antarctica
Rapid growth in tourism to Antarctica has led the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties to launch a multi-year process to develop a framework for managing Antarctic tourism. Managing tourism in this region poses particular challenges, given the remoteness, ecological sensitivity and complex institutional systems. Approximately 65% of the current 120,000+ Antarctic cruise tourists travel on ‘expedition’ vessels that allow landfall. Landings are co…
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