Amy Ehntholt
Biographic Data
| ID | 150127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Ehntholt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Ehntholt |
| SIGNATURE | EHNTHOLT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
New York State’s Bail Elimination Act of 2019
Pretrial detention is associated with negative health and mental health outcomes but new policies that limit its use rarely cite the impact that such changes could have on individual or family-level mental health. This paper describes the potential of mental health impact assessments to be used as a tool in policy decision-making about criminal legal system reforms. An abbreviated, retrospective mental health impact assessment of New York State’s…
The association between reproductive rights and access to abortion services and mental health among US women
We found the association between state-level restrictions on reproductive rights and abortion access and frequent mental health distress differed by age and socioeconomic status. These results suggest abortion rights restrictions may contribute to mental health inequities among women
Associations between Social Adversities and Chronic Medical Conditions in a Statewide Sample of Individuals in Treatment for Mental Illnesses
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
Race, Adolescent Socioeconomic Status, and Lifetime Non-Medical Use of Prescription Painkillers
The misuse of prescription painkillers is a major contributor to the ongoing drug overdose epidemic. This study investigated variability in non-medical use of prescription painkillers (NMUPP) by race and early-life socioeconomic status (SES) in a sample now at increased risk for opioid overdose. Data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 11,602) were used to calculate prevalence of reported NMUPP by…
From Restrictions to Outright Challenges
AffiliationsSze Yan Liu is with the Department of Public Health, Montclair State University College of Education and Human Services, Montclair, NJ. Amy Ehntholt was with the School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno when work was completed. Daniel M. Cook is with the School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno. Roman Pabayo is with the University of Alberta School of Public Health, Edmonton
Laws Restricting Access to Abortion Services and Infant Mortality Risk in the United States
Restricting access to abortion services may increase the risk for infant mortality
Differential relationship between state-level minimum wage and infant mortality risk among US infants born to white and black mothers
BACKGROUND: Compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, US infant mortality rates (IMRs) are particularly high. These differences are partially driven by racial disparities, with non-Hispanic black having IMRs that are twice those of non-Hispanic white. Income inequality (the gap between rich and poor) is associated with infant mortality. One proposed way to decrease income inequality (and possibly to …
Structural Racism and Odds for Infant Mortality Among Infants Born in the United States 2010
School racial composition and lifetime non-medical use of prescription painkillers
We found evidence of an effect of school racial composition on the risk of misusing prescription painkillers over a decade later, over and above individual race, with higher risk of misuse reported among participants who had attended white schools. Black participants who had attended predominantly white schools were, on average, twice as likely to report lifetime misuse of prescription painkillers compared to blacks who had attended black schools
Does Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Families Change Over Time? The Boston Neighborhood Survey
There is an increased interest in how neighborhood social processes, such as collective efficacy, may protect mental health. Yet little is known about how stable these neighborhood processes are over time, or how to change them to influence other downstream factors. We used a population‐based, repeat cross‐sectional study of adults (n = 5135) to assess stability of collective efficacy for families in 38 Boston neighborhoods across 4 years (2006, …
Structural Racism and Odds for Infant Mortality Among Infants Born in the United States 2010
Does Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Families Change Over Time? The Boston Neighborhood Survey
There is an increased interest in how neighborhood social processes, such as collective efficacy, may protect mental health. Yet little is known about how stable these neighborhood processes are over time, or how to change them to influence other downstream factors. We used a population‐based, repeat cross‐sectional study of adults (n = 5135) to assess stability of collective efficacy for families in 38 Boston neighborhoods across 4 years (2006, …
Differential relationship between state-level minimum wage and infant mortality risk among US infants born to white and black mothers
BACKGROUND: Compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, US infant mortality rates (IMRs) are particularly high. These differences are partially driven by racial disparities, with non-Hispanic black having IMRs that are twice those of non-Hispanic white. Income inequality (the gap between rich and poor) is associated with infant mortality. One proposed way to decrease income inequality (and possibly to …
School racial composition and lifetime non-medical use of prescription painkillers
We found evidence of an effect of school racial composition on the risk of misusing prescription painkillers over a decade later, over and above individual race, with higher risk of misuse reported among participants who had attended white schools. Black participants who had attended predominantly white schools were, on average, twice as likely to report lifetime misuse of prescription painkillers compared to blacks who had attended black schools
Does Neighborhood Collective Efficacy for Families Change Over Time? The Boston Neighborhood Survey
There is an increased interest in how neighborhood social processes, such as collective efficacy, may protect mental health. Yet little is known about how stable these neighborhood processes are over time, or how to change them to influence other downstream factors. We used a population‐based, repeat cross‐sectional study of adults (n = 5135) to assess stability of collective efficacy for families in 38 Boston neighborhoods across 4 years (2006, …
School racial composition and lifetime non-medical use of prescription painkillers
We found evidence of an effect of school racial composition on the risk of misusing prescription painkillers over a decade later, over and above individual race, with higher risk of misuse reported among participants who had attended white schools. Black participants who had attended predominantly white schools were, on average, twice as likely to report lifetime misuse of prescription painkillers compared to blacks who had attended black schools
Structural Racism and Odds for Infant Mortality Among Infants Born in the United States 2010
Laws Restricting Access to Abortion Services and Infant Mortality Risk in the United States
Restricting access to abortion services may increase the risk for infant mortality
Differential relationship between state-level minimum wage and infant mortality risk among US infants born to white and black mothers
BACKGROUND: Compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, US infant mortality rates (IMRs) are particularly high. These differences are partially driven by racial disparities, with non-Hispanic black having IMRs that are twice those of non-Hispanic white. Income inequality (the gap between rich and poor) is associated with infant mortality. One proposed way to decrease income inequality (and possibly to …
Race, Adolescent Socioeconomic Status, and Lifetime Non-Medical Use of Prescription Painkillers
The misuse of prescription painkillers is a major contributor to the ongoing drug overdose epidemic. This study investigated variability in non-medical use of prescription painkillers (NMUPP) by race and early-life socioeconomic status (SES) in a sample now at increased risk for opioid overdose. Data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 11,602) were used to calculate prevalence of reported NMUPP by…
From Restrictions to Outright Challenges
AffiliationsSze Yan Liu is with the Department of Public Health, Montclair State University College of Education and Human Services, Montclair, NJ. Amy Ehntholt was with the School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno when work was completed. Daniel M. Cook is with the School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno. Roman Pabayo is with the University of Alberta School of Public Health, Edmonton
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
New York State’s Bail Elimination Act of 2019
Pretrial detention is associated with negative health and mental health outcomes but new policies that limit its use rarely cite the impact that such changes could have on individual or family-level mental health. This paper describes the potential of mental health impact assessments to be used as a tool in policy decision-making about criminal legal system reforms. An abbreviated, retrospective mental health impact assessment of New York State’s…
The association between reproductive rights and access to abortion services and mental health among US women
We found the association between state-level restrictions on reproductive rights and abortion access and frequent mental health distress differed by age and socioeconomic status. These results suggest abortion rights restrictions may contribute to mental health inequities among women
Associations between Social Adversities and Chronic Medical Conditions in a Statewide Sample of Individuals in Treatment for Mental Illnesses
Medicine (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Demography (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Logistic regression (4 works)