Maryann Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 4192168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maryann Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maryann |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6524-1532 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Firearm Restraining Order Implementation Case Study in Lake County, Illinois
Risk-based firearm laws are a firearm injury prevention strategy. However, evidence for their efficacy in reducing firearm injury is mixed. There is agreement that the magnitude of their effect depends on implementation and efficacy would improve with better implementation. Local context and processes are key to evaluating outcomes of these laws. To contribute to the evidence base we conducted a case study of Firearm Restraining Order (FRO) imple…
Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Predominance, Child Opportunity, and Violence-Related Mortality among Children and Adolescents in Chicago
The Perfect Gun Policy Study in a Not So Perfect Storm
Unintentional Opioid Overdose Death Characteristics in Illinois Before and During the Covid-19 Era, 2017 to 2020
This cross-sectional study characterizes Illinois unintentional opioid overdose deaths from July 2017 through June 2020 using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System
A cross-sectional study of opioid involvement in non-poisoning suicide – risks and prevention opportunities
The opioid overdose crisis largely has not overlapped with non-poisoning suicide in this study. Overall, our analyses have not identified additional risk factors for suicide among opioid-positive suicide decedents. However, the overlap between opioid-positivity, SUD, and physical and mental health problems found among decedents in our data suggest several suicide prevention opportunities. These include medication assisted treatment for SUD which …
Physical education environment and student physical activity levels in low-income communities
PE lessons with higher motor content and higher teacher's in-class PA promotion are more likely to meet the recommended level of MVPA in all school levels. However, the sub-categories of motor content and lesson location could impact student MVPA differently by school levels
Daily Physical Activity Among Toddlers
Physical activity (PA) habits seem to track over time from as young as early childhood. For children under age 3 years, wearable sensor-measured PA levels have begun to be investigated. The aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of using hip- vs. wrist-worn accelerometers, and to report accelerometer-derived PA metrics among toddlers. A convenience sample of 22 toddlers aged 13 to 35 months and their mothers were recruited for this s…
Investigating the Support Networks for Mothers of a High-density Public Housing Community and the Effects of Housing Closures on These Support Systems
Hispanic Caregiver Perceptions of Water Intake Recommendations for Young Children and Their Current Beverage Feeding Practices
Hispanic children in the United States are at high risk of obesity. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (SSB) is a modifiable contributor to obesity. Hispanic children are more likely to drink SSB than non-Hispanic white children. The main goal of the study was to explore caregiver beverage feeding behaviors and evaluate reactions to water intake recommendations for children birth to five years old in a diverse U.S. Hispanic urban community. Fin…
Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
I Know What CBPR Is, Now What Do I Do?”
Results will inform future efforts and contribute to the understanding of capacity-building outcomes for initiatives supporting multiple CBPR partnerships
Beyond the Manuscript
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 7, Issue 3, Fall 2013
Ciclovìa in Chicago
Ciclovìas create temporary spaces for physical activity by closing off streets to motorized traffic for short periods of time—typically a day at a time. In Chicago, these health promotion events are called “Open Streets” and follow a route through five diverse communities. We report findings for evaluation of 2008--2009 Open Streets events. The evaluation creates a framework for examining Ciclovìa outcomes and tracks attendance, participant chara…
Learning from Program Participants
A mixed method study was conducted to assess the utility of adding health-focused obesity prevention programs/services to food distribution sites. A Project Advisory Committee (comprised of service agencies interested in extending services to food distribution sites) led the project. Field surveys and focus groups were conducted with food distribution participants at four community food distribution sites in Chicago. User opinions/suggestions for…
Role Sharing Between Evaluators and Stakeholders in Practice
In the past three decades, program evaluation has sought to more fully engage stakeholders in the evaluative process. But little information has been gathered from stakeholders about how they share in evaluation tasks and whether role sharing leads to confusion or tensions between the evaluator and the stakeholders. This article reports findings from surveys and interviews with 20 evaluator—project director (lead stakeholder) pairs to explore how…
Role Sharing Between Evaluators and Stakeholders in Practice
In the past three decades, program evaluation has sought to more fully engage stakeholders in the evaluative process. But little information has been gathered from stakeholders about how they share in evaluation tasks and whether role sharing leads to confusion or tensions between the evaluator and the stakeholders. This article reports findings from surveys and interviews with 20 evaluator—project director (lead stakeholder) pairs to explore how…
I Know What CBPR Is, Now What Do I Do?”
Results will inform future efforts and contribute to the understanding of capacity-building outcomes for initiatives supporting multiple CBPR partnerships
Ciclovìa in Chicago
Ciclovìas create temporary spaces for physical activity by closing off streets to motorized traffic for short periods of time—typically a day at a time. In Chicago, these health promotion events are called “Open Streets” and follow a route through five diverse communities. We report findings for evaluation of 2008--2009 Open Streets events. The evaluation creates a framework for examining Ciclovìa outcomes and tracks attendance, participant chara…
Investigating the Support Networks for Mothers of a High-density Public Housing Community and the Effects of Housing Closures on These Support Systems
Role Sharing Between Evaluators and Stakeholders in Practice
In the past three decades, program evaluation has sought to more fully engage stakeholders in the evaluative process. But little information has been gathered from stakeholders about how they share in evaluation tasks and whether role sharing leads to confusion or tensions between the evaluator and the stakeholders. This article reports findings from surveys and interviews with 20 evaluator—project director (lead stakeholder) pairs to explore how…
Learning from Program Participants
A mixed method study was conducted to assess the utility of adding health-focused obesity prevention programs/services to food distribution sites. A Project Advisory Committee (comprised of service agencies interested in extending services to food distribution sites) led the project. Field surveys and focus groups were conducted with food distribution participants at four community food distribution sites in Chicago. User opinions/suggestions for…
Ciclovìa in Chicago
Ciclovìas create temporary spaces for physical activity by closing off streets to motorized traffic for short periods of time—typically a day at a time. In Chicago, these health promotion events are called “Open Streets” and follow a route through five diverse communities. We report findings for evaluation of 2008--2009 Open Streets events. The evaluation creates a framework for examining Ciclovìa outcomes and tracks attendance, participant chara…
I Know What CBPR Is, Now What Do I Do?”
Results will inform future efforts and contribute to the understanding of capacity-building outcomes for initiatives supporting multiple CBPR partnerships
Beyond the Manuscript
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 7, Issue 3, Fall 2013
Hispanic Caregiver Perceptions of Water Intake Recommendations for Young Children and Their Current Beverage Feeding Practices
Hispanic children in the United States are at high risk of obesity. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (SSB) is a modifiable contributor to obesity. Hispanic children are more likely to drink SSB than non-Hispanic white children. The main goal of the study was to explore caregiver beverage feeding behaviors and evaluate reactions to water intake recommendations for children birth to five years old in a diverse U.S. Hispanic urban community. Fin…
Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Investigating the Support Networks for Mothers of a High-density Public Housing Community and the Effects of Housing Closures on These Support Systems
Daily Physical Activity Among Toddlers
Physical activity (PA) habits seem to track over time from as young as early childhood. For children under age 3 years, wearable sensor-measured PA levels have begun to be investigated. The aims of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of using hip- vs. wrist-worn accelerometers, and to report accelerometer-derived PA metrics among toddlers. A convenience sample of 22 toddlers aged 13 to 35 months and their mothers were recruited for this s…
Physical education environment and student physical activity levels in low-income communities
PE lessons with higher motor content and higher teacher's in-class PA promotion are more likely to meet the recommended level of MVPA in all school levels. However, the sub-categories of motor content and lesson location could impact student MVPA differently by school levels
Unintentional Opioid Overdose Death Characteristics in Illinois Before and During the Covid-19 Era, 2017 to 2020
This cross-sectional study characterizes Illinois unintentional opioid overdose deaths from July 2017 through June 2020 using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System
A cross-sectional study of opioid involvement in non-poisoning suicide – risks and prevention opportunities
The opioid overdose crisis largely has not overlapped with non-poisoning suicide in this study. Overall, our analyses have not identified additional risk factors for suicide among opioid-positive suicide decedents. However, the overlap between opioid-positivity, SUD, and physical and mental health problems found among decedents in our data suggest several suicide prevention opportunities. These include medication assisted treatment for SUD which …
The Perfect Gun Policy Study in a Not So Perfect Storm
Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Predominance, Child Opportunity, and Violence-Related Mortality among Children and Adolescents in Chicago
Firearm Restraining Order Implementation Case Study in Lake County, Illinois
Risk-based firearm laws are a firearm injury prevention strategy. However, evidence for their efficacy in reducing firearm injury is mixed. There is agreement that the magnitude of their effect depends on implementation and efficacy would improve with better implementation. Local context and processes are key to evaluating outcomes of these laws. To contribute to the evidence base we conducted a case study of Firearm Restraining Order (FRO) imple…
Medicine (11 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Public health (4 works)