Sheena Michele Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 461812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheena Michele Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheena Michele |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7635-9832 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Clarifying the social and structural determinants of health and health inequities: Refining and extending a conceptual framework
Social and structural determinants of health and health inequities (SSDHHI) include upstream factors influencing policies that shape health. We conducted a qualitative case study of the 2023 passage of the Minnesota Child Tax Credit (CTC) to refine and extend an SSDHHI framework [Karatekin et al. (Re-politicizing the WHO’s social determinants of health framework. Health Promot Int 2024;39:daae122)] that centers power and the agents who use power …
Re-politicizing the WHO’s social determinants of health framework
Although the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) framework on social and structural determinants of health and health inequities (SSDHHI) has done much to raise awareness of these determinants, it does not go far enough in considerations of politics and power. The framework has become more de-politicized since its publication, with the definition of social determinants shifting toward downstream and individualized factors. In the meantime, new re…
Predicting Post-Disaster Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Trajectories: The Role of Pre-Disaster Traumatic Experiences
The mental health impact of disasters is substantial, with 30-40% of direct disaster victims developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is not yet clear why some people cope well with disaster-related trauma while others experience chronic dysfunction. Prior research on non-disaster trauma suggests that an individual's history of traumatic experiences earlier in the life course, prior to the disaster, may be a key factor in explaining v…
Exploring the associations of food and financial insecurity and food assistance with breastfeeding practices among first-time mothers
Objective: Social determinants of health (SDoH), such as food and financial insecurity and food assistance, are potentially modifiable factors that may influence breastfeeding initiation and duration. Knowledge gaps exist regarding the relationship between these SDoH and infant feeding practices. We explored the relationships of food and financial insecurity and food assistance with the continuation of breastfeeding at four months postpartum amon…
Carjacking and homicide in Minneapolis after the police killing of George Floyd: Evidence from an interrupted time series analysis
The role of prior trauma exposure and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder in reactions to the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
This study found notable differences in reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic between people with and without PTSD, with findings that are likely relevant to future disasters. These findings can inform the development of preparedness policies for future disasters, pandemics, or other collective traumas to prevent distress and improve mental health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as individuals with preexisting PTSD. (PsycInfo Database …
Trends in Maternal Weight Disparities: Statewide Differences in Rural and Urban Minnesota Residents From 2012 to 2019
Adverse childhood experiences and food insecurity in emerging adulthood: Findings from the EAT 2010–2018 study
Objective: Low childhood socio-economic status (SES) and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are associated with poor health outcomes in adulthood. Determining how ACE may be linked to food insecurity among young people from socio-economically diverse households can inform health-protective strategies. This study examined if ACE are associated with food insecurity during the transition to adulthood and investigated prevalence differences across S…
Is fair representation good for children? effects of electoral partisan bias in state legislatures on policies affecting children's health and well-being
Adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review of measures and methods
Everyday discrimination as a predictor of maladaptive and adaptive eating: Findings from EAT 2018
Adverse experiences as predictors of maladaptive and adaptive eating: Findings from EAT 2018
Theory of Racelessness: A Case for Antirace(ism)
Urban, Low-Income, African American Well-Child Care: Comparison of Parent and Healthcare Provider Experiences and Expectations
Trends in cyclical food expenditures among low-income households receiving monthly nutrition assistance: Results from a prospective study
Objective: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are rapidly depleted after distribution. This phenomenon, known as the benefit cycle, is associated with poor nutrition and health outcomes. However, to date, no study has evaluated trends in food expenditures before and after households receive benefits using prospective data, and whether these trends vary by household characteristics. Design: Generalised estimating equations w…
Childhood maltreatment and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in adult men and women: Findings from project EAT
Longitudinal associations between intuitive eating and weight-related behaviors in a population-based sample of young adults
Associations between shopper impulsivity and cyclical food purchasing: Results from a prospective trial of low-income households receiving monthly benefits
Constrained choices: Combined influences of work, social circumstances, and social location on time-dependent health behaviors
According to these data, time to engage in physical activity and time in bed was constrained by particular everyday contexts (work and parent status) and the extent to which these contexts mattered also depended on gender. If replicated in other studies, results suggest equitable strategies are necessary to assist all parents and workers in engaging in these time-dependent health behaviors for long-term health
Household food insecurity: Associations with disordered eating behaviours and overweight in a population-based sample of adolescents
Objective: To examine how household food insecurity is related to adolescent weight status and disordered eating. Design: Cross-sectional, population-based study. Adolescents self-reported unhealthy weight control behaviours, binge eating and meal frequency; weight status was measured. Household food insecurity was assessed by asking parents to respond to the validated six-item US Household Food Security Survey Module. Setting: Adolescents survey…
Risk of Contraceptive Lapse and New Sexual Partnership Among Female University Students Traveling Internationally
If the findings are corroborated by additional research, they may suggest a role for health care providers in students' pretravel period
Does non-standard work mean non-standard health? Exploring links between non-standard work schedules, health behavior, and well-being
The last century has seen dramatic shifts in population work circumstances, leading to an increasing normalization of non-standard work schedules (NSWSs), defined as non-daytime, irregular hours. An ever-growing body of evidence links NSWSs to a host of non-communicable chronic conditions; yet, these associations primarily concentrate on the physiologic mechanisms created by circadian disruption and insufficient sleep. While important, not all NS…
Pathways between childhood/adolescent adversity, adolescent socioeconomic status, and long-term cardiovascular disease risk in young adulthood
Effects of Socioeconomic and Racial Residential Segregation on Preterm Birth: A Cautionary Tale of Structural Confounding
Confounding associated with social stratification or other selection processes has been called structural confounding. In the presence of structural confounding, certain covariate strata will contain only subjects who could never be exposed, a violation of the positivity or experimental treatment effect assumption. Thus, structural confounding can prohibit the exchangeability necessary for meaningful causal contrasts across levels of exposure. Th…
Neighborhood ethnic density and preterm birth across seven ethnic groups in New York City
Neighborhood ethnic density and preterm birth across seven ethnic groups in New York City
Segregation and preterm birth: The effects of neighborhood racial composition in North Carolina
Pathways between childhood/adolescent adversity, adolescent socioeconomic status, and long-term cardiovascular disease risk in young adulthood
Longitudinal associations between intuitive eating and weight-related behaviors in a population-based sample of young adults
Adverse experiences as predictors of maladaptive and adaptive eating: Findings from EAT 2018
Childhood maltreatment and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in adult men and women: Findings from project EAT
Everyday discrimination as a predictor of maladaptive and adaptive eating: Findings from EAT 2018
Segregation and preterm birth: The effects of neighborhood racial composition in North Carolina
Effects of Socioeconomic and Racial Residential Segregation on Preterm Birth: A Cautionary Tale of Structural Confounding
Confounding associated with social stratification or other selection processes has been called structural confounding. In the presence of structural confounding, certain covariate strata will contain only subjects who could never be exposed, a violation of the positivity or experimental treatment effect assumption. Thus, structural confounding can prohibit the exchangeability necessary for meaningful causal contrasts across levels of exposure. Th…
Neighborhood ethnic density and preterm birth across seven ethnic groups in New York City
Does non-standard work mean non-standard health? Exploring links between non-standard work schedules, health behavior, and well-being
The last century has seen dramatic shifts in population work circumstances, leading to an increasing normalization of non-standard work schedules (NSWSs), defined as non-daytime, irregular hours. An ever-growing body of evidence links NSWSs to a host of non-communicable chronic conditions; yet, these associations primarily concentrate on the physiologic mechanisms created by circadian disruption and insufficient sleep. While important, not all NS…
Pathways between childhood/adolescent adversity, adolescent socioeconomic status, and long-term cardiovascular disease risk in young adulthood
Risk of Contraceptive Lapse and New Sexual Partnership Among Female University Students Traveling Internationally
If the findings are corroborated by additional research, they may suggest a role for health care providers in students' pretravel period
Constrained choices: Combined influences of work, social circumstances, and social location on time-dependent health behaviors
According to these data, time to engage in physical activity and time in bed was constrained by particular everyday contexts (work and parent status) and the extent to which these contexts mattered also depended on gender. If replicated in other studies, results suggest equitable strategies are necessary to assist all parents and workers in engaging in these time-dependent health behaviors for long-term health
Household food insecurity: Associations with disordered eating behaviours and overweight in a population-based sample of adolescents
Objective: To examine how household food insecurity is related to adolescent weight status and disordered eating. Design: Cross-sectional, population-based study. Adolescents self-reported unhealthy weight control behaviours, binge eating and meal frequency; weight status was measured. Household food insecurity was assessed by asking parents to respond to the validated six-item US Household Food Security Survey Module. Setting: Adolescents survey…
Urban, Low-Income, African American Well-Child Care: Comparison of Parent and Healthcare Provider Experiences and Expectations
Trends in cyclical food expenditures among low-income households receiving monthly nutrition assistance: Results from a prospective study
Objective: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are rapidly depleted after distribution. This phenomenon, known as the benefit cycle, is associated with poor nutrition and health outcomes. However, to date, no study has evaluated trends in food expenditures before and after households receive benefits using prospective data, and whether these trends vary by household characteristics. Design: Generalised estimating equations w…
Childhood maltreatment and disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in adult men and women: Findings from project EAT
Longitudinal associations between intuitive eating and weight-related behaviors in a population-based sample of young adults
Associations between shopper impulsivity and cyclical food purchasing: Results from a prospective trial of low-income households receiving monthly benefits
Adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review of measures and methods
Everyday discrimination as a predictor of maladaptive and adaptive eating: Findings from EAT 2018
Adverse experiences as predictors of maladaptive and adaptive eating: Findings from EAT 2018
Theory of Racelessness: A Case for Antirace(ism)
The role of prior trauma exposure and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder in reactions to the Covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
This study found notable differences in reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic between people with and without PTSD, with findings that are likely relevant to future disasters. These findings can inform the development of preparedness policies for future disasters, pandemics, or other collective traumas to prevent distress and improve mental health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as individuals with preexisting PTSD. (PsycInfo Database …
Trends in Maternal Weight Disparities: Statewide Differences in Rural and Urban Minnesota Residents From 2012 to 2019
Adverse childhood experiences and food insecurity in emerging adulthood: Findings from the EAT 2010–2018 study
Objective: Low childhood socio-economic status (SES) and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are associated with poor health outcomes in adulthood. Determining how ACE may be linked to food insecurity among young people from socio-economically diverse households can inform health-protective strategies. This study examined if ACE are associated with food insecurity during the transition to adulthood and investigated prevalence differences across S…
Is fair representation good for children? effects of electoral partisan bias in state legislatures on policies affecting children's health and well-being
Re-politicizing the WHO’s social determinants of health framework
Although the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) framework on social and structural determinants of health and health inequities (SSDHHI) has done much to raise awareness of these determinants, it does not go far enough in considerations of politics and power. The framework has become more de-politicized since its publication, with the definition of social determinants shifting toward downstream and individualized factors. In the meantime, new re…
Predicting Post-Disaster Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Trajectories: The Role of Pre-Disaster Traumatic Experiences
The mental health impact of disasters is substantial, with 30-40% of direct disaster victims developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is not yet clear why some people cope well with disaster-related trauma while others experience chronic dysfunction. Prior research on non-disaster trauma suggests that an individual's history of traumatic experiences earlier in the life course, prior to the disaster, may be a key factor in explaining v…
Exploring the associations of food and financial insecurity and food assistance with breastfeeding practices among first-time mothers
Objective: Social determinants of health (SDoH), such as food and financial insecurity and food assistance, are potentially modifiable factors that may influence breastfeeding initiation and duration. Knowledge gaps exist regarding the relationship between these SDoH and infant feeding practices. We explored the relationships of food and financial insecurity and food assistance with the continuation of breastfeeding at four months postpartum amon…
Carjacking and homicide in Minneapolis after the police killing of George Floyd: Evidence from an interrupted time series analysis
Medicine (20 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Population (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Demography (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (8 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 works)