Sarah Brennenstuhl
Biographic Data
| ID | 331049 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Brennenstuhl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Brennenstuhl |
| SIGNATURE | BRENNENSTUHL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2538-582X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Biopsychosocial vulnerability and parental behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and well-being in first-time mothers and fathers
Early parenthood is shaped by evolving parental behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and well-being embedded within biopsychosocial contexts. In this nationwide longitudinal study, we used latent growth curve modeling to examine how biopsychosocial vulnerability is associated with trajectories of parental experiences among new mothers and fathers during the first 2 years postpartum. Coresiding mothers ( N = 2,994) and fathers ( N = 2,787) across Canada…
Traditional postpartum rituals among immigrant and non-immigrant Chinese women
Due to cultural and systemic factors, Chinese-Canadians tend to use mental health services less or when mental health problems are more severe. Services need to be more culturally responsive in their treatment of mental illness. Around important life events, when there may be heightened vulnerability to mental illness, this is especially important. In this study, postpartum cultural practices were examined among recent immigrant, longer-term immi…
Pathways to recovery among survivors of childhood physical abuse
Achieving Optimal Mental Health Despite Exposure to Chronic Parental Domestic Violence
Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents
This study aimed to describe adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and determine factors associated with meeting guidelines in pregnancy planning and recently postpartum parents. A survey of preconception care attitudes and beliefs was conducted in Canadian adults who were pregnancy planning or ≤5 years postpartum. The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to evaluate physical activity and sedentary time. Respondents reported the num…
Prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among immigrant and Canadian‐born Chinese women
Breastfeeding is the optimal method for infant feeding, yet migrant women may be at risk for suboptimal exclusivity rates. In a cohort of immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese women, our objectives were to (a) describe patterns and prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 1, 3, and 6 months postpartum; (b) identify risk and protective factors associated with exclusivity; and (c) examine potentially differential importance of these factors across th…
Health of mothers of young children in Canada
The impact of HIV-related stigma on older and younger adults living with HIV disease
The purpose of this study was to examine the independent influence of age on levels of HIV-related stigma experienced by adults living with HIV/AIDS. To accomplish this, cross-sectional data from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study were used to determine whether older age is associated with overall stigma among HIV-positive adults living in Ontario, Canada (n = 960). The relationship was also tested for enacted, anticipated, and intern…
Who Has the Motherlode of Health? A Comparative Study of Socio-economic Inequalities in Health among Mothers of Young Children
This study examines cross-national differences in socio-economic inequalities in mothers’ health. Inequalities are expected to be largest where social policies treat mothers as unpaid caregivers, smallest where they support mothers as paid workers, and intermediate where policies are inconsistent. Hypotheses are tested using Latent Growth Curve Models for the effects of education on mothers’ self-rated health trajectories; estimates are then comp…
An investigation of the healthy migrant hypothesis
Protective and risk factors associated with stigma in a population of older adults living with HIV in Ontario, Canada
Although the deleterious effects of HIV stigma are well documented, less is known about how various types of stigma impact older adults living with HIV disease and what factors exacerbate or lessen the effects of HIV stigma. Using cross-sectional data from the OHTN cohort study (OCS), we undertook multiple linear regression to determine the predictors of overall HIV stigma, and enacted, anticipated, and internalized stigma subscales in a sample o…
Welfare regimes, population health and health inequalities
BACKGROUND: Research on the social determinants of health is increasingly using welfare regime theory. Although a key argument is that population health will be better and health inequalities lower in social democratic regimes than in others, this research has not been subjected to a systematic review. This paper identifies and assesses empirical studies that explicitly use a welfare regime typology in comparative health research. METHODS: 15 ele…
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Comparison of Disability Rates Among Older Adults in Aggregated and Separate Asian American/Pacific Islander Subpopulations
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and adjusted odds of 4 types of disability among 7 groups of older Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) subpopulations, both separately and aggregated, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. Data were from the nationally representative 2006 American Community Survey, which included institutionalized and community-dwelling Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 524), Vietnamese (n = 2357), Korean (n = 2082), J…
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work
How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work
The purpose of this article is to develop guidelines to assist practitioners and researchers in evaluating and developing rigorous case studies. The main concern in evaluating a case study is to accurately assess its quality and ultimately to offer clients social work interventions informed by the best available evidence. To assess the quality of a case study, we propose criteria, including transferability/external validity, credibility/internal …
A systematic review of information in decision aids
Objective We completed a systematic review of information reported as included in decision aids (DAs) for adult patients, to determine if it is complete, balanced and accurate. Search strategy DAs were identified using the Cochrane Database of DAs and searches of four electronic databases using the terms: ‘decision aid’; shared decision making’ and ‘patients’; ‘multimedia or leaflets or pamphlets or videos and patients and decision making’. Addit…
Welfare regimes, population health and health inequalities
BACKGROUND: Research on the social determinants of health is increasingly using welfare regime theory. Although a key argument is that population health will be better and health inequalities lower in social democratic regimes than in others, this research has not been subjected to a systematic review. This paper identifies and assesses empirical studies that explicitly use a welfare regime typology in comparative health research. METHODS: 15 ele…
Comparison of Disability Rates Among Older Adults in Aggregated and Separate Asian American/Pacific Islander Subpopulations
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and adjusted odds of 4 types of disability among 7 groups of older Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) subpopulations, both separately and aggregated, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. Data were from the nationally representative 2006 American Community Survey, which included institutionalized and community-dwelling Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 524), Vietnamese (n = 2357), Korean (n = 2082), J…
An investigation of the healthy migrant hypothesis
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work
The purpose of this article is to develop guidelines to assist practitioners and researchers in evaluating and developing rigorous case studies. The main concern in evaluating a case study is to accurately assess its quality and ultimately to offer clients social work interventions informed by the best available evidence. To assess the quality of a case study, we propose criteria, including transferability/external validity, credibility/internal …
Who Has the Motherlode of Health? A Comparative Study of Socio-economic Inequalities in Health among Mothers of Young Children
This study examines cross-national differences in socio-economic inequalities in mothers’ health. Inequalities are expected to be largest where social policies treat mothers as unpaid caregivers, smallest where they support mothers as paid workers, and intermediate where policies are inconsistent. Hypotheses are tested using Latent Growth Curve Models for the effects of education on mothers’ self-rated health trajectories; estimates are then comp…
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work
A systematic review of information in decision aids
Objective We completed a systematic review of information reported as included in decision aids (DAs) for adult patients, to determine if it is complete, balanced and accurate. Search strategy DAs were identified using the Cochrane Database of DAs and searches of four electronic databases using the terms: ‘decision aid’; shared decision making’ and ‘patients’; ‘multimedia or leaflets or pamphlets or videos and patients and decision making’. Addit…
How to Critically Evaluate Case Studies in Social Work
The purpose of this article is to develop guidelines to assist practitioners and researchers in evaluating and developing rigorous case studies. The main concern in evaluating a case study is to accurately assess its quality and ultimately to offer clients social work interventions informed by the best available evidence. To assess the quality of a case study, we propose criteria, including transferability/external validity, credibility/internal …
Comparison of Disability Rates Among Older Adults in Aggregated and Separate Asian American/Pacific Islander Subpopulations
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and adjusted odds of 4 types of disability among 7 groups of older Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) subpopulations, both separately and aggregated, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. Data were from the nationally representative 2006 American Community Survey, which included institutionalized and community-dwelling Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 524), Vietnamese (n = 2357), Korean (n = 2082), J…
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work
Welfare regimes, population health and health inequalities
BACKGROUND: Research on the social determinants of health is increasingly using welfare regime theory. Although a key argument is that population health will be better and health inequalities lower in social democratic regimes than in others, this research has not been subjected to a systematic review. This paper identifies and assesses empirical studies that explicitly use a welfare regime typology in comparative health research. METHODS: 15 ele…
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Protective and risk factors associated with stigma in a population of older adults living with HIV in Ontario, Canada
Although the deleterious effects of HIV stigma are well documented, less is known about how various types of stigma impact older adults living with HIV disease and what factors exacerbate or lessen the effects of HIV stigma. Using cross-sectional data from the OHTN cohort study (OCS), we undertook multiple linear regression to determine the predictors of overall HIV stigma, and enacted, anticipated, and internalized stigma subscales in a sample o…
The impact of HIV-related stigma on older and younger adults living with HIV disease
The purpose of this study was to examine the independent influence of age on levels of HIV-related stigma experienced by adults living with HIV/AIDS. To accomplish this, cross-sectional data from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study were used to determine whether older age is associated with overall stigma among HIV-positive adults living in Ontario, Canada (n = 960). The relationship was also tested for enacted, anticipated, and intern…
Who Has the Motherlode of Health? A Comparative Study of Socio-economic Inequalities in Health among Mothers of Young Children
This study examines cross-national differences in socio-economic inequalities in mothers’ health. Inequalities are expected to be largest where social policies treat mothers as unpaid caregivers, smallest where they support mothers as paid workers, and intermediate where policies are inconsistent. Hypotheses are tested using Latent Growth Curve Models for the effects of education on mothers’ self-rated health trajectories; estimates are then comp…
An investigation of the healthy migrant hypothesis
Prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among immigrant and Canadian‐born Chinese women
Breastfeeding is the optimal method for infant feeding, yet migrant women may be at risk for suboptimal exclusivity rates. In a cohort of immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese women, our objectives were to (a) describe patterns and prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding at 1, 3, and 6 months postpartum; (b) identify risk and protective factors associated with exclusivity; and (c) examine potentially differential importance of these factors across th…
Health of mothers of young children in Canada
Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents
This study aimed to describe adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and determine factors associated with meeting guidelines in pregnancy planning and recently postpartum parents. A survey of preconception care attitudes and beliefs was conducted in Canadian adults who were pregnancy planning or ≤5 years postpartum. The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to evaluate physical activity and sedentary time. Respondents reported the num…
Achieving Optimal Mental Health Despite Exposure to Chronic Parental Domestic Violence
Pathways to recovery among survivors of childhood physical abuse
Traditional postpartum rituals among immigrant and non-immigrant Chinese women
Due to cultural and systemic factors, Chinese-Canadians tend to use mental health services less or when mental health problems are more severe. Services need to be more culturally responsive in their treatment of mental illness. Around important life events, when there may be heightened vulnerability to mental illness, this is especially important. In this study, postpartum cultural practices were examined among recent immigrant, longer-term immi…
Biopsychosocial vulnerability and parental behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and well-being in first-time mothers and fathers
Early parenthood is shaped by evolving parental behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and well-being embedded within biopsychosocial contexts. In this nationwide longitudinal study, we used latent growth curve modeling to examine how biopsychosocial vulnerability is associated with trajectories of parental experiences among new mothers and fathers during the first 2 years postpartum. Coresiding mothers ( N = 2,994) and fathers ( N = 2,787) across Canada…
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Population (5 works)