May Sudhinaraset
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 240207 |
|---|---|
| NOME | May Sudhinaraset |
| PRENOMES | May |
| SOBRENOME | Sudhinaraset |
| ASSINATURA | SUDHINARASET M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6099-7485 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 51 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Silence Beneath the Surface
Qualitative Analysis of Asian American College Women’s Sexual Socialization and Experiences with Sexual Relationships, Sexual Consent, and Sexual Assault
Centering Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants face significant barriers to sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH); however, there is a dearth of empirical data among this population. This study aims to examine the role of health insurance and SRH use among undocumented immigrants in California. This study uses cross-sectional survey data conducted between July 2020 and May 2022 in California. The final sample includes undocumented female and gender non-conforming ad…
The Influence of County Contexts on Preterm Births Among Latina Mothers in the US
Preterm birth (PTB), defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, is a significant public health issue, with implications for newborns, families, and society. The residential contexts in which mothers live may, in part, shape their risk of delivering preterm. Although ethnic enclaves—residential settings with a large concentration of people from the same ethnic group—exist within counties, little is known about how different county contexts …
Employment Exclusions and Health Care Access among Latine and Asian Immigrants in the Context of Racialization
Latine immigrants face a greater number of barriers to employment opportunities and protections of worker rights compared to Asians, while employment exclusions and past legal status drives poorer health care utilization
Access to and quality of contraceptive healthcare for undocumented immigrant women in California
Immigrants have lower rates of contraceptive use compared to non-immigrants. Undocumented immigrants face multiple barriers to healthcare and often experience poor-quality healthcare, yet few studies have examined contraceptive healthcare in this population. This study aimed to explore access to and quality of contraceptive healthcare among undocumented immigrants. Twenty-four in-depth interviews were conducted between April and July 2022 with As…
Levers of care in the health system
Perinatal depression and anxiety are major contributors to maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Perinatal mental health screening is recommended to identify patients in need of mental healthcare and make appropriate referrals. Additionally, in 2019, California implemented a law to mandate maternal mental health screening. Despite these recommendations and laws, gaps remain in continuity of maternal mental healthcare from screening to refe…
Stratified reproduction and threats to reproductive justice for immigrants
Context matters
County governments across the U.S. adopt varied immigrant-related policies that facilitate or hinder immigrant inclusion. County-level social, economic, and geographic characteristics also differ by location-resulting in diverging immigrant inclusion goals and local contexts that disparately impact the lives and health of immigrants and their families. Although ethnic enclaves-communities where a large share of coethnic and immigrant residents li…
Structural racism and sexual and reproductive healthcare experiences
Navigating a climate of administrative burden
Undocumented immigrants experienced high levels of economic insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic while being excluded from government-based relief and unemployment benefits. In April 2020, California became the first state to offer financial aid to undocumented immigrants through the innovative Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants (DRAI) program in collaboration with several community-based organizations (CBOs). However, the process of ap…
Everyday Violence
Researchers should consider the mental health implications of a punitive immigration enforcement system, and policymakers should examine the impacts of immigration policies on local communities
The "disproportionate costs" of immigrant policy on the health of Latinx and Asian immigrants
Understanding the function of social capital among Mexican and Chinese immigrants in Southern California
Social capital is a vital resource for immigrants who experience weakening of ties with people in their home countries as part of the migration journey. • To access and navigate healthcare, immigrants relied on bridging and bonding social capital due to weak linking social capital. • Bridging and bonding social capital were deemed critical to overcoming language barriers that limit access to linking capital. • Bonding ties sometimes incurred addi…
Person‐centred sexual and reproductive health
Maternity Care at the Intersections of Language, Ethnicity, and Immigration Status
Reproductive autonomy cannot be achieved without access to culturally and linguistically appropriate health care. Health care systems should ensure that comprehensive information is given to women, in a language and manner they can understand, with particular attention toward providing in-language services across multiple ethnicities. Multilingual staff and health care providers are critical in providing care that is responsive to immigrant women
Cumulative Experiences of Immigration Enforcement Policy and the Physical and Mental Health Outcomes of Asian and Latinx Immigrants in the United States
Immigration enforcement policies in the United States and other nations have long been enacted and implemented as intentional tools of racial control. There is mounting evidence that immigration raids, arrests, and deportations in the United States are associated with poor immigrant health outcomes, but this research has primarily focused on associations between health and single, specific enforcement actions or experiences that may not capture t…
Beyond “Chilling Effects”
OBJECTIVES: Immigration enforcement policies are associated with immigrants' barriers to health care. Current evidence suggests that enforcement creates a "chilling effect" in which immigrants avoid care due to fear of encountering enforcement. Yet, there has been little examination of the impact of immigrants' direct encounters with enforcement on health care access. We examined some of the first population-level data on Asian and Latinx immigra…
Strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination in sexual and reproductive healthcare settings
Stigma and discrimination are fundamental causes of health inequities, and reflect privilege, power, and disadvantage within society. Experiences and impacts of stigma and discrimination are well-documented, but a critical gap remains on effective strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination in sexual and reproductive healthcare settings. We aimed to address this gap by conducting a mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis to des…
Differences in Barriers to Healthcare and Discrimination in Healthcare Settings Among Undocumented Immigrants by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) Status
Undocumented immigrants face barriers to and discrimination in healthcare, but those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status may fare better. This analysis uses the cross-sectional BRAVE Study of young undocumented Latinx and Asian immigrants to examine differences in barriers to and discrimination in healthcare by DACA status. A majority of respondents experienced financial, language, and cultural barriers, and up to half exper…
Association between immigration enforcement encounters and Covid-19 testing and delays in care
Immigration enforcement encounters compound barriers to COVID-19 testing and treatment for undocumented immigrants
A Qualitative Analysis on Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Issues During Covid-19 Using a Reproductive Justice Framework
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing health inequities, further exposing the challenges in meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, particularly for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). We interviewed 11 key informants through three focus groups to explore barriers and pathways to SRH care for BIPOC during COVID-19 in the United States. Reimagining reproductive health practices requires holistic practices and multis…
Adaptation of the Person-Centered Maternity Care Scale in the United States
Deferred depression? Mediation analysis of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and immigration enforcement among Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander students
Findings suggest that the benefits of DACA protected UndocuAPI in California from depressive symptoms, even when accounting for immigration enforcement experiences. Because it was unclear whether immigration enforcement mediates DACA, future research should investigate the underlying mechanisms between immigration policies and mental health with larger samples. Practitioners should consider the short-term need for mental health support and legal …
The association between social ties and depression among Asian and Pacific Islander undocumented young adults
Our findings suggest that both bonding and bridging ties are important factors in the mental health of API undocumented young adults. Factors that facilitate these types of ties, such as DACA, can be effective interventions for improving mental health among this population
When a Parent Goes Off to War
The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the consequences of parental deployment for adolescents and their families and (2) to identify potential strategies that may help adolescents cope with a parent's deployment. Eleven focus groups were conducted among adolescents in military families, military parents, and school personnel in military-impacted schools at five military bases. Findings reveal that one of the most prominent sources of s…
Development of a Person‐Centered Family Planning Scale in India and Kenya
Despite recognition that person‐centered care is a critical component to providing high quality family planning services, there lacks consensus on how to operationalize and measure it. This paper describes the development and validation of a person‐centered family planning (PCFP) scale in India and Kenya. Cross‐sectional data were collected from 522 women in Kenya and 225 women in India who visited a health facility providing family planning serv…
Transnational ties and the health of sub-Saharan African migrants
Dreams deferred
Cumulative Experiences of Immigration Enforcement Policy and the Physical and Mental Health Outcomes of Asian and Latinx Immigrants in the United States
Immigration enforcement policies in the United States and other nations have long been enacted and implemented as intentional tools of racial control. There is mounting evidence that immigration raids, arrests, and deportations in the United States are associated with poor immigrant health outcomes, but this research has primarily focused on associations between health and single, specific enforcement actions or experiences that may not capture t…
The association between Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, health access, and mental health
DACA is a potential strategy to improve healthcare access and address the mental health of undocumented populations. In particular, issues of discrimination, stigma by healthcare providers, and medical mistrust need to be addressed
Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in the Ayeyarwaddy Region in Myanmar
BACKGROUND: Myanmar has low rates of exclusive breastfeeding despite many decades of efforts to increase this practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding and how different household members participate in decision-making. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with mothers with an infant 6-12 months (24), and a subset of their husbands (10) and their mothers/mothers-in-laws (grandmothers) (1…
The "disproportionate costs" of immigrant policy on the health of Latinx and Asian immigrants
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arrests for Drug Possession After California Proposition 47, 2011–2016
Objectives. To evaluate the effects of California Proposition 47, which reclassified felony drug offenses to misdemeanors in 2014, on racial/ethnic disparities in drug arrests. Methods. Using data on all drug arrests made in California from 2011 to 2016, we compared racial/ethnic disparities in drug arrests between Whites, Blacks, and Latinos, immediately and 1 year after policy changes, controlling for secular and seasonal trends. Results. In th…
Where women go to deliver
Growing evidence from a number of countries in Asia and Africa documents a large shift towards facility deliveries in the past decade. These increases have not led to the improvements in health outcomes that were predicted by health policy researchers in the past. In light of this unexpected evidence, we have assessed data from multiple sources, including nationally representative data from 43 countries in Asia and Africa, to understand the size …
Context matters
County governments across the U.S. adopt varied immigrant-related policies that facilitate or hinder immigrant inclusion. County-level social, economic, and geographic characteristics also differ by location-resulting in diverging immigrant inclusion goals and local contexts that disparately impact the lives and health of immigrants and their families. Although ethnic enclaves-communities where a large share of coethnic and immigrant residents li…
Patient-experience during delivery in public health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India
In India, most women now delivery in hospitals or other facilities, however, maternal and neonatal mortality remains stubbornly high. Studies have shown that mistreatment causes delays in care-seeking, early discharge and poor adherence to post-delivery guidance. This study seeks to understand the variation of women’s experiences in different levels of government facilities. This information can help to guide improvement planning. We surveyed 201…
Neuromaturation and Adolescent Risk Taking
In the January 2009 issue of this journal, Males argues that adolescent brain science perpetuates the “myth of adolescent risk taking.” He contends that those who study adolescent neuromaturation are biological determinists who ignore the profound social and environmental forces that influence adolescent behavior to further their own agendas. Males mischaracterizes developmental research and misinterprets public health data. This article analyzes…
Neuromaturation and Adolescent Risk Taking
In the January 2009 issue of this journal, Males argues that adolescent brain science perpetuates the “myth of adolescent risk taking.” He contends that those who study adolescent neuromaturation are biological determinists who ignore the profound social and environmental forces that influence adolescent behavior to further their own agendas. Males mischaracterizes developmental research and misinterprets public health data. This article analyzes…
When a Parent Goes Off to War
The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the consequences of parental deployment for adolescents and their families and (2) to identify potential strategies that may help adolescents cope with a parent's deployment. Eleven focus groups were conducted among adolescents in military families, military parents, and school personnel in military-impacted schools at five military bases. Findings reveal that one of the most prominent sources of s…
Convergence of HIV Prevalence and Inter-Racial Sexual Mixing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, San Francisco, 2004–2011
Sexual attitudes, behaviours and acculturation among young migrants in Shanghai
China's rates of internal migration increased to an all-time high of over 200 million individuals at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Yet, there is a dearth of information on the lives of young migrant populations. The aim of this study was to explore how migration influences the sexual attitudes and behaviours of 18-24-year-old migrant men and women in Shanghai, China. A total of 64 migrants participated in 10 focus-group discussions a…
What Is the Role of Informal Healthcare Providers in Developing Countries? A Systematic Review
Equity and the Sun Quality Health Private Provider Social Franchise
Franchised clinics in Myanmar are reaching poor populations of TB patients in urban areas; more efforts are needed in order to reach the most vulnerable in rural areas
Cross-border ties and the reproductive health of India's internal migrant women
The literature on how social ties influence sexual and reproductive health is well established; however, one significant limitation of this research is the influence of social ties to hometowns among migrant women. Drawing from cross-border social ties literature, the objective of this study is to assess how cross-border social ties influence use of family planning and institutional deliveries among internal migrant women in India. Cross-sectiona…
Influence of internal migration on reproductive health in Myanmar
This study found that female migrants in Myanmar reported better health outcomes compared to non-migrant women in regards to family planning and maternal health. Future research should focus on monitoring the outcomes of migrants and their children over time to assess long-term impacts
Assessing Rates of Inadequate Feeding Practices Among Children 12–24 months
Delivery and postpartum practices among new mothers in Laputta, Myanmar
Myanmar is witnessing increased access to modern maternity care, along with shifting norms and practices. Past research has documented low rates of facility-based deliveries in the country, along with adverse maternal and child health outcomes. Research has also documented diverse traditional practices in the postpartum period, related to maternity care and maternal food intake. Through 34 qualitative interviews with women who recently gave birth…
Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in the Ayeyarwaddy Region in Myanmar
BACKGROUND: Myanmar has low rates of exclusive breastfeeding despite many decades of efforts to increase this practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding and how different household members participate in decision-making. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with mothers with an infant 6-12 months (24), and a subset of their husbands (10) and their mothers/mothers-in-laws (grandmothers) (1…
Transnational ties and the health of sub-Saharan African migrants
The Important Role of Binational Studies for Migration and Health Research
The impact of migration on health is an important and growing concern worldwide. We conducted a literature review of published health literature in PubMed, between January 1999 and February 2015, representing studies including US and Mexico samples and the title word “binational”. Fifty‐nine studies representing three types of study designs were identified. The health issues examined included chronic conditions, mental health, substance abuse, re…
Where women go to deliver
Growing evidence from a number of countries in Asia and Africa documents a large shift towards facility deliveries in the past decade. These increases have not led to the improvements in health outcomes that were predicted by health policy researchers in the past. In light of this unexpected evidence, we have assessed data from multiple sources, including nationally representative data from 43 countries in Asia and Africa, to understand the size …
Dreams deferred
The influence of a community-level breast-feeding promotion intervention programme on breast-feeding practices in Myanmar
Objective Breast-feeding in the first 6 months of life is critical for ensuring both child health and well-being. Despite efforts to improve breast-feeding practices, recent studies have reported that Myanmar continues to have low rates of exclusive breast-feeding. Design/Setting/Subjects A community-based breast-feeding promotion programme using trained community members was implemented for 1 year in hard-to-reach townships of Myanmar. The prese…
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arrests for Drug Possession After California Proposition 47, 2011–2016
Objectives. To evaluate the effects of California Proposition 47, which reclassified felony drug offenses to misdemeanors in 2014, on racial/ethnic disparities in drug arrests. Methods. Using data on all drug arrests made in California from 2011 to 2016, we compared racial/ethnic disparities in drug arrests between Whites, Blacks, and Latinos, immediately and 1 year after policy changes, controlling for secular and seasonal trends. Results. In th…
Development of a Person‐Centered Family Planning Scale in India and Kenya
Despite recognition that person‐centered care is a critical component to providing high quality family planning services, there lacks consensus on how to operationalize and measure it. This paper describes the development and validation of a person‐centered family planning (PCFP) scale in India and Kenya. Cross‐sectional data were collected from 522 women in Kenya and 225 women in India who visited a health facility providing family planning serv…
Evaluating concordance between government administrative data and externally collected data among high-volume government health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India
Background: Globally, opportunities to validate government reports through external audits are rare, notably in India. A cross-sectional maternal health study in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, compares government administrative data and externally collected data on maternal health service indicators.Objectives: Our study aims to determine the level of concordance between government-reported health facility data compared to externally…
The health profile of newly-arrived refugee women and girls and the role of region of origin
Refugee women and girls experience high levels of trauma and persecution, suggesting the need for trauma-informed care. Those working with refugee women, such as resettlement agencies and health providers, should be equipped with information about antenatal care, nutrition, and pregnancy to newly arrived women. Lastly, differences in health status by region of origin indicate a need for tailored interventions and linguistically appropriate health…
Providers and women’s perspectives on person-centered maternity care
Implications of this study suggests that providers should be trained on person-centered care approaches and women should be counseled on understanding patient rights and how to communicate with health professionals
Patient-experience during delivery in public health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India
In India, most women now delivery in hospitals or other facilities, however, maternal and neonatal mortality remains stubbornly high. Studies have shown that mistreatment causes delays in care-seeking, early discharge and poor adherence to post-delivery guidance. This study seeks to understand the variation of women’s experiences in different levels of government facilities. This information can help to guide improvement planning. We surveyed 201…
The association between Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, health access, and mental health
DACA is a potential strategy to improve healthcare access and address the mental health of undocumented populations. In particular, issues of discrimination, stigma by healthcare providers, and medical mistrust need to be addressed
Do you need to pay for quality care? Associations between bribes and out-of-pocket expenditures on quality of care during childbirth in India
While it is mandated that reproductive and child health services be provided for free at public facilities in India, qualitative evidence suggests it is common for facilities to request bribes and other informal payments for medicines, medical tests or equipment. This article examines the prevalence of bribe requests, total out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPEs) and associations between bribe requests and total OOPEs on the experience of quality of c…
Patient-experience during delivery in public health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, India
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