Akram N Alshawabkeh

Biographic Data

ID5477155
NAMEAkram N Alshawabkeh
GIVEN NAMESAkram N
FAMILY NAMEAlshawabkeh
SIGNATUREALSHAWABKEH A N
AFFILIATIONSNortheastern University
ORCID0000-0001-5243-4087
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • A descriptive examination of rurality in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort

    Open AccessLacey A Mccormack, Debra MacKenzie et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2025

    PURPOSE: The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort has enrolled over 60,000 children to examine how early environmental factors (broadly defined) are associated with key child health outcomes. The ECHO Cohort may be well-positioned to contribute to our understanding of rural environments and contexts, which has implications for rural health disparities research. The present study examined the outcome of child obesity to …

  • The Impact of Covid-19 on Maternal Health

    Open AccessIrene Lafarga Previdi, Nobel Hernández Otero et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    COVID-19 restrictions changed initial plans for baby showers, births, and childcare, and impacted the participants' mental health. Physical distance measures have resulted in isolation and stress. We expect these findings to lead to developing interventions for community health centers and parents/caretakers in Puerto Rico

  • Do small effects matter more in vulnerable populations? an investigation using Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (Echo) cohorts

    Open AccessJanet L Peacock, Susana Diaz Coto et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Vulnerable sub-populations with greater baseline percentages at high risk fare worse when exposed to a small insult compared to the general population. This illustrates another facet of health disparity in vulnerable individuals

  • The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Pregnancy, Birth Experiences, and Mental Health

    Open AccessIrene Lafarga Previdi, Carmen Vélez Vega et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024

    COVID-19 restrictions impacted the experiences in receiving healthcare services, particularly regarding the birthing process and the participants' mental health. Social support, particularly from family, was found to be a protective factor for facing the challenges during pandemic times. We expect that the findings can lead to the development of interventions for community health centers, prenatal clinics, non-governmental organizations, and pare…

  • Association of maternal education, neighborhood deprivation, and racial segregation with gestational age at birth by maternal race/ethnicity and United States Census region in the Echo cohorts

    Open AccessAnne L Dunlop, Mohamad Burjak et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background In the United States, disparities in gestational age at birth by maternal race, ethnicity, and geography are theorized to be related, in part, to differences in individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES). Yet, few studies have examined their combined effects or whether associations vary by maternal race and ethnicity and United States Census region. Methods We assembled data from 34 cohorts in the Environmental influ…

  • Maternal Metals/Metalloid Blood Levels Are Associated With Lipidomic Profiles Among Pregnant Women in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessChristine Kim, Pahriya Ashrap et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background/Aim: The association between heavy metal exposure and adverse birth outcomes is well-established. However, there is a paucity of research identifying biomarker profiles that may improve the early detection of heavy metal-induced adverse birth outcomes. Because lipids are abundant in our body and associated with important signaling pathways, we assessed associations between maternal metals/metalloid blood levels with lipidomic profiles …

  • The Impact of Natural Disasters on Maternal Health

    Open AccessIrene Lafarga Previdi, Michael Welton et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    The PROTECT research Center funded by the NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program was launched in 2010 to explore the impact of exposure to pollutants on the high rate of premature births in Puerto Rico. In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and María devastated the archipelago, which caused: collapse of the electrical system, collapse of the communication system, limited access to clean water, fo…

  • Investigating the impact of Hurricane Maria on an ongoing birth cohort in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessDeborah J Watkins, Héctor Ramón Torres Zayas et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2020References: 43

  • Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Puerto Rico Maternal and Child Health Research Programs

    Open AccessMichael Welton, Carmen M Vélez Vega et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019

  • Hurricanes and the Environmental Justice Island

    Open AccessPhil Brown, Carmen M Vélez-Vega et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Justice2018

    This article presents an overview of our research team's disaster response to the massive destruction of Hurricanes, Irma and Maria, in September 2017, in light of the 120-year colonial legacy and long-term, widespread environmental contamination in Puerto Rico. Both local and federal governmental responses have been extremely inadequate, especially in light of the long-standing issues of environmental contamination throughout the island. Communi…