Lauren Hale
Biographic Data
| ID | 3863619 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Hale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Hale |
| SIGNATURE | HALE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stony Brook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2574-2225 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Handbook of Children and Screens
Neighborhood-level sleep health and childhood opportunities
Objectives Regional sleep differences may reflect other important indicators of health and well-being. Examining sleep health at the regional level can help inform policies to improve population health. We examined the relationship between neighborhood-level adult sleep health (modeled in this study via adult sleep duration) and other health metrics and multiple indicators of child-relevant opportunity. Methods Data were obtained from the “500 Ci…
Does sunlight exposure predict next-night sleep? A daily diary study among U.S. adults
Poor sleep is becoming increasingly prevalent and is associated with adverse health outcomes. Sunlight exposure may improve sleep by regulating circadian rhythms, increasing vitamin D, and influencing melatonin production. However, research on the sunlight-sleep association is limited, especially outside of cross-sectional designs. This study examined associations between daily self-reported sunlight exposure and next-night sleep quality in 103 a…
Associations of Chronic Burden, Sleep Characteristics, and Metabolic Syndrome in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
OBJECTIVE: Chronic exposure to stress is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS), but the mechanism is unclear. We investigated the associations between chronic burden, sleep, and MetS in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. METHODS: Chronic burden was self-reported (2000-2001) according to experiences with stressors for longer than 6 months. Wrist actigraphy-measured sleep duration and sleep efficiency were collected for…
Development and Initial Validation of the Assessment of Sleep Environment (ASE)
The purpose of this study was to develop and test the reliability and validity of a 13-item self-report Assessment of Sleep Environment (ASE). This study investigates the relationship between subjective experiences of environmental factors (light, temperature, safety, noise, comfort, humidity, and smell) and sleep-related parameters (insomnia symptoms, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and control over sleep). The ASE was developed using an iter…
Violent crime, police presence and poor sleep in two low-income urban predominantly Black American neighbourhoods
Objective To examine violent crime in relation to sleep and explore pathways, including psychological distress, safety perceptions and perceived police presence, that may account for associations. Methods In 2018, 515 predominantly Black American (94%) adults (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) provided survey data: actigraphy-assessed sleep duration and wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO). We estimated pathways from violent crime (2016–2018) to sle…
Sleep Health
The concept of sleep health provides a positive holistic framing of multiple sleep characteristics, including sleep duration, continuity, timing, alertness, and satisfaction. Sleep health promotion is an underrecognized public health opportunity with implications for a wide range of critical health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, mental health, and neurodegenerative disease. Using a socioecological framework, we describe inte…
Religious attendance, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbance in older Mexican Americans
Although numerous studies have shown that religious involvement is associated with better health across the life course, researchers have virtually ignored possible links between religious involvement and sleep-related outcomes. Building on previous work, we tested whether religious attendance is inversely associated with sleep disturbance among older Mexican Americans. We also assessed whether depressive symptoms mediate the association between …
Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States
Embracing the School Start Later Movement
Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased risks of obesity. Randomized controlled trials of reducing screen time in community settings have reduced weight gain in children, demonstrating a cause and effect relationship. Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through inc…
Association Between Portable Screen-Based Media Device Access or Use and Sleep Outcomes
Importance: Sleep is vital to children's biopsychosocial development. Inadequate sleep quantity and quality is a public health concern with an array of detrimental health outcomes. Portable mobile and media devices have become a ubiquitous part of children's lives and may affect their sleep duration and quality. Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine whether there is an association between portable screen-based med…
Evaluating an Outcomes‐based Standardized Homeownership Education Program
A statewide education program provided prospective homebuyers with information to support long‐term preservation of affordable homeownership. Between 2012 and 2015, a sample of 1,561 Michigan residents completed pre‐ and post program evaluation surveys. The surveys measured 12 outcomes of the homeownership education program. Change scores were calculated for participants, and paired t‐tests were used to compare pre‐ and postsurvey means for each …
Screen time and sleep among school-aged children and adolescents
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and biological ‘wear and tear’ in a nationally representative sample of US adults
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status (NSES) is independently associated with disparities in biological 'wear and tear' measured by allostatic load in a nationally representative sample of US adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Population-based US survey, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), merged with US census data describing respondents' neighbourhoods. PARTICIPANTS: 13…
Neighborhood socioeconomic status and fruit and vegetable intake among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States
The effects of pregnancy spacing on infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
Using high-quality longitudinal data on 125,720 singleton live births in Matlab, Bangladesh, we assessed the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality and how these effects vary over subperiods of infancy and childhood and by the type of outcome that began the interval. Controlling for other correlates of infant and child mortality, we find that shorter intervals are associated with higher mortality…
Racial Differences in Self-Reports of Sleep Duration in a Population-Based Study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Racial and ethnic differences in sleep duration are not well understood. Research shows that short ( or =9 hours) sleepers have higher mortality risks than mid-range sleepers. We investigated whether sleep duration varies by racial and ethnic characteristics and if some of these associations may be explained by residential context. DESIGN: Cross-sectional National Health Interview Survey. SETTING: Non-institutionalized adults li…
Why Are Infant and Child Mortality Rates Lower in the MCH‐FP Area of Matlab, Bangladesh
Infant and child mortality rates are significantly lower in the Maternal and Child Health‐Family Planning (MCH‐FP) area of Matlab, Bangladesh, than in a comparison area. The two areas are similar in terms of socioeconomic characteristics, but the MCH‐FP area provides better maternal and child health and family planning services, resulting in different reproductive patterns, including lower fertility rates and longer intervals between pregnancies.…
The Frog Pond Revisited
In this article, the authors test a 'frog-pond' model of elite college admission proposed by Attewell, operationalizing high school academic context as the secondary school-average SAT score and number of Advanced Placement tests per high school senior. Data on more than 45,000 applications to three elite universities show that a high school's academic environment has a negative effect on college admission, controlling for individual students' sc…
The Frog Pond Revisited
In this article, the authors test a 'frog-pond' model of elite college admission proposed by Attewell, operationalizing high school academic context as the secondary school-average SAT score and number of Advanced Placement tests per high school senior. Data on more than 45,000 applications to three elite universities show that a high school's academic environment has a negative effect on college admission, controlling for individual students' sc…
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and biological ‘wear and tear’ in a nationally representative sample of US adults
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status (NSES) is independently associated with disparities in biological 'wear and tear' measured by allostatic load in a nationally representative sample of US adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Population-based US survey, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), merged with US census data describing respondents' neighbourhoods. PARTICIPANTS: 13…
The effects of pregnancy spacing on infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
Using high-quality longitudinal data on 125,720 singleton live births in Matlab, Bangladesh, we assessed the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality and how these effects vary over subperiods of infancy and childhood and by the type of outcome that began the interval. Controlling for other correlates of infant and child mortality, we find that shorter intervals are associated with higher mortality…
Why Are Infant and Child Mortality Rates Lower in the MCH‐FP Area of Matlab, Bangladesh
Infant and child mortality rates are significantly lower in the Maternal and Child Health‐Family Planning (MCH‐FP) area of Matlab, Bangladesh, than in a comparison area. The two areas are similar in terms of socioeconomic characteristics, but the MCH‐FP area provides better maternal and child health and family planning services, resulting in different reproductive patterns, including lower fertility rates and longer intervals between pregnancies.…
Violent crime, police presence and poor sleep in two low-income urban predominantly Black American neighbourhoods
Objective To examine violent crime in relation to sleep and explore pathways, including psychological distress, safety perceptions and perceived police presence, that may account for associations. Methods In 2018, 515 predominantly Black American (94%) adults (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) provided survey data: actigraphy-assessed sleep duration and wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO). We estimated pathways from violent crime (2016–2018) to sle…
Embracing the School Start Later Movement
The Frog Pond Revisited
In this article, the authors test a 'frog-pond' model of elite college admission proposed by Attewell, operationalizing high school academic context as the secondary school-average SAT score and number of Advanced Placement tests per high school senior. Data on more than 45,000 applications to three elite universities show that a high school's academic environment has a negative effect on college admission, controlling for individual students' sc…
Why Are Infant and Child Mortality Rates Lower in the MCH‐FP Area of Matlab, Bangladesh
Infant and child mortality rates are significantly lower in the Maternal and Child Health‐Family Planning (MCH‐FP) area of Matlab, Bangladesh, than in a comparison area. The two areas are similar in terms of socioeconomic characteristics, but the MCH‐FP area provides better maternal and child health and family planning services, resulting in different reproductive patterns, including lower fertility rates and longer intervals between pregnancies.…
Racial Differences in Self-Reports of Sleep Duration in a Population-Based Study
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Racial and ethnic differences in sleep duration are not well understood. Research shows that short ( or =9 hours) sleepers have higher mortality risks than mid-range sleepers. We investigated whether sleep duration varies by racial and ethnic characteristics and if some of these associations may be explained by residential context. DESIGN: Cross-sectional National Health Interview Survey. SETTING: Non-institutionalized adults li…
Neighborhood socioeconomic status and fruit and vegetable intake among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States
The effects of pregnancy spacing on infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
Using high-quality longitudinal data on 125,720 singleton live births in Matlab, Bangladesh, we assessed the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality and how these effects vary over subperiods of infancy and childhood and by the type of outcome that began the interval. Controlling for other correlates of infant and child mortality, we find that shorter intervals are associated with higher mortality…
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and biological ‘wear and tear’ in a nationally representative sample of US adults
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status (NSES) is independently associated with disparities in biological 'wear and tear' measured by allostatic load in a nationally representative sample of US adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Population-based US survey, the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), merged with US census data describing respondents' neighbourhoods. PARTICIPANTS: 13…
Perceived neighborhood quality, sleep quality, and health status
Screen time and sleep among school-aged children and adolescents
Association Between Portable Screen-Based Media Device Access or Use and Sleep Outcomes
Importance: Sleep is vital to children's biopsychosocial development. Inadequate sleep quantity and quality is a public health concern with an array of detrimental health outcomes. Portable mobile and media devices have become a ubiquitous part of children's lives and may affect their sleep duration and quality. Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine whether there is an association between portable screen-based med…
Evaluating an Outcomes‐based Standardized Homeownership Education Program
A statewide education program provided prospective homebuyers with information to support long‐term preservation of affordable homeownership. Between 2012 and 2015, a sample of 1,561 Michigan residents completed pre‐ and post program evaluation surveys. The surveys measured 12 outcomes of the homeownership education program. Change scores were calculated for participants, and paired t‐tests were used to compare pre‐ and postsurvey means for each …
Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased risks of obesity. Randomized controlled trials of reducing screen time in community settings have reduced weight gain in children, demonstrating a cause and effect relationship. Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through inc…
Embracing the School Start Later Movement
Sleep Health
The concept of sleep health provides a positive holistic framing of multiple sleep characteristics, including sleep duration, continuity, timing, alertness, and satisfaction. Sleep health promotion is an underrecognized public health opportunity with implications for a wide range of critical health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, mental health, and neurodegenerative disease. Using a socioecological framework, we describe inte…
Religious attendance, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbance in older Mexican Americans
Although numerous studies have shown that religious involvement is associated with better health across the life course, researchers have virtually ignored possible links between religious involvement and sleep-related outcomes. Building on previous work, we tested whether religious attendance is inversely associated with sleep disturbance among older Mexican Americans. We also assessed whether depressive symptoms mediate the association between …
Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States
Violent crime, police presence and poor sleep in two low-income urban predominantly Black American neighbourhoods
Objective To examine violent crime in relation to sleep and explore pathways, including psychological distress, safety perceptions and perceived police presence, that may account for associations. Methods In 2018, 515 predominantly Black American (94%) adults (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) provided survey data: actigraphy-assessed sleep duration and wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO). We estimated pathways from violent crime (2016–2018) to sle…
Associations of Chronic Burden, Sleep Characteristics, and Metabolic Syndrome in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
OBJECTIVE: Chronic exposure to stress is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS), but the mechanism is unclear. We investigated the associations between chronic burden, sleep, and MetS in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. METHODS: Chronic burden was self-reported (2000-2001) according to experiences with stressors for longer than 6 months. Wrist actigraphy-measured sleep duration and sleep efficiency were collected for…
Development and Initial Validation of the Assessment of Sleep Environment (ASE)
The purpose of this study was to develop and test the reliability and validity of a 13-item self-report Assessment of Sleep Environment (ASE). This study investigates the relationship between subjective experiences of environmental factors (light, temperature, safety, noise, comfort, humidity, and smell) and sleep-related parameters (insomnia symptoms, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and control over sleep). The ASE was developed using an iter…
Neighborhood-level sleep health and childhood opportunities
Objectives Regional sleep differences may reflect other important indicators of health and well-being. Examining sleep health at the regional level can help inform policies to improve population health. We examined the relationship between neighborhood-level adult sleep health (modeled in this study via adult sleep duration) and other health metrics and multiple indicators of child-relevant opportunity. Methods Data were obtained from the “500 Ci…
Does sunlight exposure predict next-night sleep? A daily diary study among U.S. adults
Poor sleep is becoming increasingly prevalent and is associated with adverse health outcomes. Sunlight exposure may improve sleep by regulating circadian rhythms, increasing vitamin D, and influencing melatonin production. However, research on the sunlight-sleep association is limited, especially outside of cross-sectional designs. This study examined associations between daily self-reported sunlight exposure and next-night sleep quality in 103 a…
Handbook of Children and Screens
Medicine (15 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sleep and related disorders (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works)