April M Falconi
Biographic Data
| ID | 202217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April M Falconi |
| GIVEN NAMES | April M |
| FAMILY NAME | Falconi |
| SIGNATURE | FALCONI A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8909-7838 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Role of Doulas in Improving Maternal Health and Health Equity Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2014‒2023
Objectives. To assess the relationship between doula utilization and health outcomes of females enrolled in Medicaid-affiliated plans in the United States. Methods. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we used Medicaid claims data from a national health insurer to compare health outcomes between females who used and who did not use a doula (2014–2023). We conducted propensity score matching using a 1:1 case‒control match, without re…
Sex-Based Differences in the Determinants of Old Age Life Expectancy
Studies using the sensitive periods framework typically examine the effects of early life exposures on later life health, due to the significant growth and development occurring during the first few years of life. The menopausal transition (i.e., perimenopause) is similarly characterized by rapid physiological change, yet rarely has been tested as a sensitive window in adulthood. Cohort mortality data drawn from three historic populations, Sweden…
Health Impacts of the Great Recession
Timing of birth
OBJECTIVES: The "dysregulated parturition" narrative posits that the human stress response includes a cascade of hormones that "dysregulates" and accelerates parturition but provides questionable utility as a guide to understand or prevent preterm birth. We offer and test a "strategic parturition" narrative that not only predicts the excess preterm births that dysregulated parturition predicts but also makes testable, sex-specific predictions of …
Stroke-attributable death among older persons during the great recession
Do macroeconomic contractions induce or ‘harvest’ suicides? A test of competing hypotheses
BACKGROUND: Researchers often invoke a mortality displacement or 'harvesting' mechanism to explain mortality patterns, such that those with underlying health vulnerabilities die sooner than expected in response to environmental phenomena, such as heat waves, cold spells and air pollution. It is unclear if this displacement mechanism might also explain observed increases in suicide following economic contraction, or if suicides are induced in pers…
Puberty and perimenopause
Very low birthweight
Puberty and perimenopause
Very low birthweight
Role of Doulas in Improving Maternal Health and Health Equity Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2014‒2023
Objectives. To assess the relationship between doula utilization and health outcomes of females enrolled in Medicaid-affiliated plans in the United States. Methods. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we used Medicaid claims data from a national health insurer to compare health outcomes between females who used and who did not use a doula (2014–2023). We conducted propensity score matching using a 1:1 case‒control match, without re…
Sex-Based Differences in the Determinants of Old Age Life Expectancy
Studies using the sensitive periods framework typically examine the effects of early life exposures on later life health, due to the significant growth and development occurring during the first few years of life. The menopausal transition (i.e., perimenopause) is similarly characterized by rapid physiological change, yet rarely has been tested as a sensitive window in adulthood. Cohort mortality data drawn from three historic populations, Sweden…
Very low birthweight
Stroke-attributable death among older persons during the great recession
Do macroeconomic contractions induce or ‘harvest’ suicides? A test of competing hypotheses
BACKGROUND: Researchers often invoke a mortality displacement or 'harvesting' mechanism to explain mortality patterns, such that those with underlying health vulnerabilities die sooner than expected in response to environmental phenomena, such as heat waves, cold spells and air pollution. It is unclear if this displacement mechanism might also explain observed increases in suicide following economic contraction, or if suicides are induced in pers…
Puberty and perimenopause
Health Impacts of the Great Recession
Timing of birth
OBJECTIVES: The "dysregulated parturition" narrative posits that the human stress response includes a cascade of hormones that "dysregulates" and accelerates parturition but provides questionable utility as a guide to understand or prevent preterm birth. We offer and test a "strategic parturition" narrative that not only predicts the excess preterm births that dysregulated parturition predicts but also makes testable, sex-specific predictions of …
Sex-Based Differences in the Determinants of Old Age Life Expectancy
Studies using the sensitive periods framework typically examine the effects of early life exposures on later life health, due to the significant growth and development occurring during the first few years of life. The menopausal transition (i.e., perimenopause) is similarly characterized by rapid physiological change, yet rarely has been tested as a sensitive window in adulthood. Cohort mortality data drawn from three historic populations, Sweden…
Role of Doulas in Improving Maternal Health and Health Equity Among Medicaid Enrollees, 2014‒2023
Objectives. To assess the relationship between doula utilization and health outcomes of females enrolled in Medicaid-affiliated plans in the United States. Methods. In this retrospective, observational cohort study, we used Medicaid claims data from a national health insurer to compare health outcomes between females who used and who did not use a doula (2014–2023). We conducted propensity score matching using a 1:1 case‒control match, without re…
Medicine (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works)