H Horan

Biographic Data

ID46386
NAMEH Horan
GIVEN NAMESH
FAMILY NAMEHoran
SIGNATUREHORAN H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
ORCID0000-0003-1577-0369
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Transitioning from punitive to healing centered healthcare for pregnant people with substance use disorder in Alabama

    Open AccessMeagan Copeland, H HoranARTICLEFeminist Anthropology2025

    In 2022, the Alabama Maternal Mortality Review Committee identified that substance use disorders (SUDs) were a key contributor in almost half of all maternal deaths. Substance use disorders (SUD) are chronic, relapsing conditions, and best practice recommendations include continuous harm reduction skills training for healthcare professionals; however, punitive policies, such as Alabama's Child Endangerment Law (ACEL), diminish the availability, a…

  • Unequal gains

    Open AccessNatalie Malak, H Horan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Infant mortality remains a critical public health concern in the United States, with disparities by race and maternal marital status. In response, Alabama implemented a pilot initiative in 2019 to reduce the state’s high infant mortality rate (IMR). This study evaluates the program’s effectiveness in mitigating IMR disparities across race and marital status. We utilized linked birth and infant death certificate data from 2014 to 2023 to assess pr…

  • A Community-Informed Maternal and Infant Health Needs Assessment in Alabama

    Open AccessH Horan, Emily Locke et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024

    Participants advocated for a collaborative perinatal healthcare model that focuses on the provision of respectful, quality perinatal healthcare. Our approach can be applied across contexts and used to support the effective implementation of contextually relevant maternity care practices

  • Addressing Gaps and Saving Lives

    Open AccessMadison D Haiman, Karen A Johnson et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

  • Is Subjective Cognitive Decline Associated with Behavioral Health Outcomes Among Mothers

    Open AccessDavid L Albright, Justin Mcdaniel et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

  • Maternal hair cortisol concentrations across pregnancy and the early postpartum period in a Puerto Rican sample

    Open AccessH Horan, Sari Pitkänen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2022

    Maternal hair cortisol concentrations were lower in the first and second trimester than the third trimester and early postpartum period. We also observed a wide range of variation in cortisol levels throughout pregnancy and in the postpartum period

  • La Crisis de la Atención de Maternidad

    H Horan, Melissa Cheyney et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization2021

    The purpose of this study was to center the voices of maternal and infant health care (MIH) clinicians and public health experts to better understand factors associated with persistently high rates of poor perinatal health outcomes in Puerto Rico. Currently, Puerto Rican physicians, midwives, and other care providers’ perspectives are absent from the literature. Guided by a syndemics framework, data were collected during eighteen months of ethnog…

  • Pregnancy and Binge Drinking

    Open AccessDavid L Albright, Justin Mcdaniel et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2021

  • Maternal stress and the Zikv epidemic in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessH Horan, Melissa Cheyney et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2020

    In the summer of 2016, we examined the impact of the ZIKV crisis on women’s experiences of perinatal stress in Puerto Rico. Twenty-two pregnant or recently postpartum women engaged in qualitative interviews designed to elicit experiences of stress and pregnancy. Three key themes emerged from the interviews: 1) ‘Every day I think that it was invented’: Skepticism of official messaging about ZIKV; 2) ‘I worried about mosquitoes all the time’: Fear …