Rohinton Mistry
Biographic Data
| ID | 1639690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rohinton Mistry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rohinton |
| FAMILY NAME | Mistry |
| SIGNATURE | MISTRY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1514-1466 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Religiosity, school connectedness, and tobacco use susceptibility
Encouraging religiosity and school connectedness may help reduce adolescent susceptibility to tobacco use in India
Changing patterns of cigarette and ENDS transitions in the USA
The persistence of ENDS use among adults remained high in 2019-2021, but a larger fraction of dual users transitioned to ENDS-only use compared with 2017-2019. Because the fraction of cigarette-only users switching to dual use remained low, especially among older adults, the public health implications of this change are minimal
Family functioning within the context of families with adolescent children in urban India
Research on family functioning within given cultural contexts is needed. This study aims to describe salient dimensions of family functioning in two urban contexts in India and to examine differences in family functioning by sociodemographic groups. We measured differences in family functioning using cross‐sectional survey questionnaire data collected from 13 to 15‐year‐old adolescents and one of their parents/primary caregivers in Mumbai ( n = 8…
Changing patterns of cigarette and ENDS transitions in the USA
ENDS-only and dual use became more persistent. Middle-aged and older adults who used both products became less likely to transition to cigarette-only use but not more likely to discontinue cigarettes. Youth and young adults became more likely to transition to ENDS-only use
A mixed-methods study on the dietary practices of early postpartum women during the summer rainy season in Belgaum, Karnataka, India
The current mixed-method study uses Food Frequency Questionnaires and 24-hour dietary recalls (n = 41) to assess the food/nutrient intake; and qualitative interviews to identify local perceptions of food among 41 early postpartum women in Belgaum, India. The results show that total energy, protein, and most micronutrient intake were significantly lower than the Recommended Dietary Allowance of India (p < .05 individually); ninety percent of mothe…
Parental Educational Attainment, the Superior Temporal Cortical Surface Area, and Reading Ability among American Children
While parental educational attainment may improve children's superior temporal cortical surface area, promoting reading ability, this effect may be unequal across racial/ethnic groups. To minimize the racial/ethnic gap in children's brain development and school achievement, we need to address societal barriers that diminish parental educational attainment's marginal returns for middle-class minority families. Social and public policies need to go…
Sociodemographic Patterns of Exclusive and Dual Use of ENDS and Menthol/Non-Menthol Cigarettes among US Youth (Ages 15–17) Using Two Nationally Representative Surveys (2013–2017)
The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among youth in the United States has increased rapidly in the past decade. Simultaneously, while youth cigarette smoking has declined considerably, youth are still more likely to use menthol cigarettes than any other age group. We used nationally representative data on 15-17-year-olds from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study and the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS…
A comparison of tobacco product prevalence by different frequency of use thresholds across three US surveys
The estimated prevalence of each tobacco product use depends largely on the survey and frequency of use threshold adopted. The choice of survey and frequency threshold merits serious consideration when monitoring patterns of tobacco use
Public health impact of a US ban on menthol in cigarettes and cigars
Our findings strongly support the implementation of a ban on menthol in cigarettes and cigars
Neighbourhood tobacco retail access and tobacco use susceptibility in young adolescents in urban India
Efforts to reduce neighbourhood tobacco retail access in India may reduce cognitive tobacco use risk factors in young adolescents. The frequency of tobacco retailer visits and perceived tobacco retailer density increased cognitive risks, though there were some exceptions in Kolkata that further research may explain
Parents’ Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Cognitive Performance
The race/ethnicity of children moderates the association between neighborhood safety and cognitive performance. This becomes more complicated, as the patterns seem to differ across race/ethnicity and cognitive domains. It is unknown whether the observed racial/ethnic variations in the effect of neighborhood safety on cognitive performance are due to neighborhood characteristics such as residential segregation. Addressing neighborhood inequalities…
Transitions between cigarette, ENDS and dual use in adults in the Path study (waves 1–4)
Multistate transition models are an effective tool for uncovering and characterising longitudinal patterns and determinants of tobacco use from complex survey data. ENDS use among US adults was less persistent than cigarette use prior to 2018
Diminished Return of Employment on Ever Smoking Among Hispanic Whites in Los Angeles
Purpose: According to the Minorities' Diminished Return (MDR) theory, socioeconomic status (SES) indicators such as employment status produce smaller tangible outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, however, very limited information exists on such diminished returns for Hispanics. To test whether MDR also holds for the social patterning of smoking behaviors among white adults, this study explored ethnic differences in the association betw…
Substance Use among Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults; Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status
Purpose . This study investigated the effects of objective and subjective socioeconomic status (SES) indicators on two health behaviors, cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking, among African American older adults. Methods. This community-based study recruited 619 economically disadvantaged African American older adults (age ≥ 65 years) residing in South Los Angeles. Structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data. Data on demogr…
Educational Attainment and Smoking Status in a National Sample of American Adults; Evidence for the Blacks’ Diminished Return
In line with previous research in the United States, education is more strongly associated with health and health behaviors in Whites than Blacks. Smaller protective effects of education on health behaviors may be due to the existing racism across institutions such as the education system and labor market
Longitudinal study of adolescent tobacco use and tobacco control policies in India
India experiences a high burden of disease and mortality from tobacco use. To address this burden, significant long-term prevention and control activities need to include the joint impact of policy, community and family factors on adolescent tobacco use onset. The findings from this study can be used to guide the development and implementation of future tobacco control policy designed to minimize adolescent tobacco use
Compliance with point-of-sale tobacco control policies and student tobacco use in Mumbai, India
Improving vendor compliance with tobacco POS laws may reduce student tobacco use. Future studies should test strategies to improve compliance with tobacco POS laws, particularly in low-income and middle-income country settings like urban India
Ecodevelopmental trajectories of family functioning
We examined the effects of family functioning trajectories on sexual risk behaviors and STI in adolescents. A sample of 850 predominantly (80%) Black adolescents from Michigan, United States, was assessed at baseline, 12, 24, and 36 months postbaseline. Adolescents were from working-class families with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD = .64, Range = 13.9 to 16.9) at baseline. Participants completed measures of family functioning at each time point. A…
Transitions in Current Substance Use from Adolescence to Early-Adulthood
Relation between Emotion Regulation and Mental Health
This meta-analysis examined the relationship between emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression) and mental health (measured by life-satisfaction, positive affect, depression, anxiety, and negative affect). 48 studies, which included 51 independent samples, 157 effect sizes, and 21,150 participants, met the inclusion criteria. The results showed that cognitive reappraisal was correlated significantly and positive…
Banning tobacco sales and advertisements near educational institutions may reduce students' tobacco use risk
The tobacco sales ban near educational institutions could be expanded beyond 100 m. Greater enforcement is needed regarding the current bans, particularly because advertisement density within 100 m of schools was associated with all students' tobacco use outcomes
The Road from There to Here
cover feature 44 World Literature Today photo: shevaun williams / shevaun williams & Associates january–february 2013 • 45 A few months before I was to leave Bombay for Toronto, a friend asked to borrow my copy of A Hard Day’s Night. It was 1975, and the Beatles had long since recorded their last studio album, but my friend—I’ll call him Harish—working his way backward, was now enthralled by their earlier work. He was constantly trying to find hi…
Training Mixtec Promotores to Assess Health Concerns in Their Community
Adolescent smoking risk increases with wider income gaps between rich and poor
The policies–inequality feedback and health
BACKGROUND: Major research contributions aimed at explaining the association between economic inequality and health have concentrated on the plausibility of the material deprivation and psychosocial factors pathways. However, little work has analysed the reciprocal associations between public policies and inequality and their effect on health. METHODS: A conceptual framework was first proposed explaining how the public policies-inequality feedbac…
Women's autonomy and pregnancy care in rural India
Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries
Objective: To investigate the relation between income inequality and life expectancy in Italy and across wealthy nations. Design and setting: Measure correlation between income inequality and life expectancy at birth within Italy and across the top 21 wealthy countries. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to study these relations. Multivariate linear regression was used to measure the association between income inequality and life ex…
Density of Tobacco Retailers Near Schools
Objectives. We examined the relationship between students' tobacco use and the density and proximity of tobacco retailers near their schools. Methods. We used data from the 2003–2004 California Student Tobacco Survey and California retail licensing data. Measures included students' self-reported tobacco use and geocoded state-reported locations of tobacco retailers. We used random-intercept generalized linear mixed modeling to jointly evaluate in…
Parenting-Related Stressors and Self-Reported Mental Health of Mothers With Young Children
Objectives. We assessed whether there were associations between maternal mental health and individual and co-occurring parenting stressors related to social and financial factors and child health care access. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2000 National Survey of Early Childhood Health. The 5-item Mental Health Inventory was used to measure self-reported mental health. Results. After we controlled for demographic covariates, we fo…
Adolescent smoking risk increases with wider income gaps between rich and poor
Ecodevelopmental trajectories of family functioning
We examined the effects of family functioning trajectories on sexual risk behaviors and STI in adolescents. A sample of 850 predominantly (80%) Black adolescents from Michigan, United States, was assessed at baseline, 12, 24, and 36 months postbaseline. Adolescents were from working-class families with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD = .64, Range = 13.9 to 16.9) at baseline. Participants completed measures of family functioning at each time point. A…
Parents’ Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Cognitive Performance
The race/ethnicity of children moderates the association between neighborhood safety and cognitive performance. This becomes more complicated, as the patterns seem to differ across race/ethnicity and cognitive domains. It is unknown whether the observed racial/ethnic variations in the effect of neighborhood safety on cognitive performance are due to neighborhood characteristics such as residential segregation. Addressing neighborhood inequalities…
The policies–inequality feedback and health
BACKGROUND: Major research contributions aimed at explaining the association between economic inequality and health have concentrated on the plausibility of the material deprivation and psychosocial factors pathways. However, little work has analysed the reciprocal associations between public policies and inequality and their effect on health. METHODS: A conceptual framework was first proposed explaining how the public policies-inequality feedbac…
Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries
Objective: To investigate the relation between income inequality and life expectancy in Italy and across wealthy nations. Design and setting: Measure correlation between income inequality and life expectancy at birth within Italy and across the top 21 wealthy countries. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to study these relations. Multivariate linear regression was used to measure the association between income inequality and life ex…
Parenting-Related Stressors and Self-Reported Mental Health of Mothers With Young Children
Objectives. We assessed whether there were associations between maternal mental health and individual and co-occurring parenting stressors related to social and financial factors and child health care access. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2000 National Survey of Early Childhood Health. The 5-item Mental Health Inventory was used to measure self-reported mental health. Results. After we controlled for demographic covariates, we fo…
Placing Health
By Tim Blackman. . Published by The Policy Press, Bristol, 2006, pp 264, £21.99 (paperback). ISBN 101861346107. In an effort to understand the multiple determinants of health and devise strategies for health improvement, neighbourhoods have become a burgeoning area of inquiry and intervention. While neighbourhood quality is posited to have a measurable impact on the health of its inhabitants, much work is needed to better define neighbourhoods, t…
The policies–inequality feedback and health
BACKGROUND: Major research contributions aimed at explaining the association between economic inequality and health have concentrated on the plausibility of the material deprivation and psychosocial factors pathways. However, little work has analysed the reciprocal associations between public policies and inequality and their effect on health. METHODS: A conceptual framework was first proposed explaining how the public policies-inequality feedbac…
Density of Tobacco Retailers Near Schools
Objectives. We examined the relationship between students' tobacco use and the density and proximity of tobacco retailers near their schools. Methods. We used data from the 2003–2004 California Student Tobacco Survey and California retail licensing data. Measures included students' self-reported tobacco use and geocoded state-reported locations of tobacco retailers. We used random-intercept generalized linear mixed modeling to jointly evaluate in…
Women's autonomy and pregnancy care in rural India
Adolescent smoking risk increases with wider income gaps between rich and poor
Training Mixtec Promotores to Assess Health Concerns in Their Community
Banning tobacco sales and advertisements near educational institutions may reduce students' tobacco use risk
The tobacco sales ban near educational institutions could be expanded beyond 100 m. Greater enforcement is needed regarding the current bans, particularly because advertisement density within 100 m of schools was associated with all students' tobacco use outcomes
The Road from There to Here
cover feature 44 World Literature Today photo: shevaun williams / shevaun williams & Associates january–february 2013 • 45 A few months before I was to leave Bombay for Toronto, a friend asked to borrow my copy of A Hard Day’s Night. It was 1975, and the Beatles had long since recorded their last studio album, but my friend—I’ll call him Harish—working his way backward, was now enthralled by their earlier work. He was constantly trying to find hi…
Relation between Emotion Regulation and Mental Health
This meta-analysis examined the relationship between emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression) and mental health (measured by life-satisfaction, positive affect, depression, anxiety, and negative affect). 48 studies, which included 51 independent samples, 157 effect sizes, and 21,150 participants, met the inclusion criteria. The results showed that cognitive reappraisal was correlated significantly and positive…
Transitions in Current Substance Use from Adolescence to Early-Adulthood
Ecodevelopmental trajectories of family functioning
We examined the effects of family functioning trajectories on sexual risk behaviors and STI in adolescents. A sample of 850 predominantly (80%) Black adolescents from Michigan, United States, was assessed at baseline, 12, 24, and 36 months postbaseline. Adolescents were from working-class families with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD = .64, Range = 13.9 to 16.9) at baseline. Participants completed measures of family functioning at each time point. A…
Educational Attainment and Smoking Status in a National Sample of American Adults; Evidence for the Blacks’ Diminished Return
In line with previous research in the United States, education is more strongly associated with health and health behaviors in Whites than Blacks. Smaller protective effects of education on health behaviors may be due to the existing racism across institutions such as the education system and labor market
Longitudinal study of adolescent tobacco use and tobacco control policies in India
India experiences a high burden of disease and mortality from tobacco use. To address this burden, significant long-term prevention and control activities need to include the joint impact of policy, community and family factors on adolescent tobacco use onset. The findings from this study can be used to guide the development and implementation of future tobacco control policy designed to minimize adolescent tobacco use
Compliance with point-of-sale tobacco control policies and student tobacco use in Mumbai, India
Improving vendor compliance with tobacco POS laws may reduce student tobacco use. Future studies should test strategies to improve compliance with tobacco POS laws, particularly in low-income and middle-income country settings like urban India
Diminished Return of Employment on Ever Smoking Among Hispanic Whites in Los Angeles
Purpose: According to the Minorities' Diminished Return (MDR) theory, socioeconomic status (SES) indicators such as employment status produce smaller tangible outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, however, very limited information exists on such diminished returns for Hispanics. To test whether MDR also holds for the social patterning of smoking behaviors among white adults, this study explored ethnic differences in the association betw…
Substance Use among Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults; Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status
Purpose . This study investigated the effects of objective and subjective socioeconomic status (SES) indicators on two health behaviors, cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking, among African American older adults. Methods. This community-based study recruited 619 economically disadvantaged African American older adults (age ≥ 65 years) residing in South Los Angeles. Structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data. Data on demogr…
Transitions between cigarette, ENDS and dual use in adults in the Path study (waves 1–4)
Multistate transition models are an effective tool for uncovering and characterising longitudinal patterns and determinants of tobacco use from complex survey data. ENDS use among US adults was less persistent than cigarette use prior to 2018
Parental Educational Attainment, the Superior Temporal Cortical Surface Area, and Reading Ability among American Children
While parental educational attainment may improve children's superior temporal cortical surface area, promoting reading ability, this effect may be unequal across racial/ethnic groups. To minimize the racial/ethnic gap in children's brain development and school achievement, we need to address societal barriers that diminish parental educational attainment's marginal returns for middle-class minority families. Social and public policies need to go…
Sociodemographic Patterns of Exclusive and Dual Use of ENDS and Menthol/Non-Menthol Cigarettes among US Youth (Ages 15–17) Using Two Nationally Representative Surveys (2013–2017)
The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) among youth in the United States has increased rapidly in the past decade. Simultaneously, while youth cigarette smoking has declined considerably, youth are still more likely to use menthol cigarettes than any other age group. We used nationally representative data on 15-17-year-olds from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study and the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS…
A comparison of tobacco product prevalence by different frequency of use thresholds across three US surveys
The estimated prevalence of each tobacco product use depends largely on the survey and frequency of use threshold adopted. The choice of survey and frequency threshold merits serious consideration when monitoring patterns of tobacco use
Public health impact of a US ban on menthol in cigarettes and cigars
Our findings strongly support the implementation of a ban on menthol in cigarettes and cigars
Neighbourhood tobacco retail access and tobacco use susceptibility in young adolescents in urban India
Efforts to reduce neighbourhood tobacco retail access in India may reduce cognitive tobacco use risk factors in young adolescents. The frequency of tobacco retailer visits and perceived tobacco retailer density increased cognitive risks, though there were some exceptions in Kolkata that further research may explain
Parents’ Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Cognitive Performance
The race/ethnicity of children moderates the association between neighborhood safety and cognitive performance. This becomes more complicated, as the patterns seem to differ across race/ethnicity and cognitive domains. It is unknown whether the observed racial/ethnic variations in the effect of neighborhood safety on cognitive performance are due to neighborhood characteristics such as residential segregation. Addressing neighborhood inequalities…
Medicine (22 works) · Environmental health (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Population (13 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (13 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (12 works) · Public health (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Demography (8 works)