Salma M Abdalla

Biographic Data

ID5859314
NAMESalma M Abdalla
GIVEN NAMESSalma M
FAMILY NAMEAbdalla
SIGNATUREABDALLA S M
AFFILIATIONSBoston University
ORCID0000-0001-5474-4521
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Assets and health across the lifecourse

    Open AccessCatherine K Ettman, Isabel T Galea et al.ARTICLEJournal of Migration and Health2026

    Migration is a defining feature of the 21 st century. With more than 304 million people having left their country of birth and the number growing daily, understanding the needs of migrant populations will be a primary global concern in coming decades. We propose a framework for understanding the health needs of migrant populations across life stages that builds on asset-building and lifecourse perspectives. We highlight examples from the literatu…

  • Methodological differences in measuring post-traumatic stress disorder

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Rebecca E Voss et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2025

    The Covid-19 pandemic spurred an unprecedented rise in mental health research globally, with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) emerging as a prominent concern. However, estimates of PTSD prevalence during the pandemic varied widely, raising questions about methodological consistency in how PTSD was measured and conceptualized during the pandemic. We systematically reviewed the global literature assessing PTSD prevalence during the Covid-19 pan…

  • Embracing complexity and innovation to tackle the social determinants of health

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Sandro GaleaARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    box Recognition of the social determinants of health has moved into the mainstream, yet health inequities continue to persist or widen in many countries

  • Experience of Personal Loss Due to Drug Overdose Among US Adults

    Open AccessAlene Kennedy‐Hendrick, Alene Kennedy-Hendricks et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    This cross-sectional study found that 32% of US adults reported knowing someone who died of a drug overdose and that personal overdose loss was associated with greater odds of endorsing addiction as an important policy issue. The findings suggest that mobilization of this group may be an avenue to facilitate greater policy change

  • Reimagining global health scholarship to tackle health inequities

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Sandro GaleaARTICLESSM - Population Health2024

    Significant health inequities persist between and within countries, necessitating a paradigm shift in global health scholarship.•Building on the contributions global health experts, this article proposes four key considerations for reframing global health scholarship.•This requires deeper engagement with macrosocial drivers of health and the application of population health science principles.•An evolving field also necessitates innovation in dat…

  • Terrifying the enemies of Allah

    Salma M Abdalla, Salma Mohamed Abdalmunim AbdallaARTICLESmall Wars and Insurgencies2024Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Disruptions to the social determinants of health and mental health indicators during the pandemic in eight countries

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Samuel B Rosenberg et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2023

    The social determinants of health (SDoH) shape both the risk of mental disorders and access to treatment. There is ample evidence detailing the decline in mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, there is a gap in our understanding of the association between disruptions to SDoH and adverse psychological indicators in different contexts. Data were collected through a multi-country, random, anonymous, opt-in, cross-sectional online surv…

  • Use of machine learning methods to understand discussions of female genital mutilation/cutting on social media

    Open AccessGray Babbs, Roberto Cueto et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) describes several procedures that involve injury to the vulva or vagina for nontherapeutic reasons. Though at least 200 million women and girls living in 30 countries have undergone FGM/C, there is a paucity of studies focused on public perception of FGM/C. We used machine learning methods to characterize discussion of FGM/C on Twitter in English from 2015 to 2020. Twitter has emerged in recent years as a…

  • Global Health Equity Requires Global Equity

    Open AccessNason Maani, Salma M Abdalla et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2023

    Many global health challenges are characterized by the inequitable patterning of their health and economic consequences, which are etched along the lines of pre-existing inequalities in resources, power, and opportunity. These links require us to reconsider how we define global health equity, and what we consider as most consequential in its pursuit. In this article, we discuss the extent to which improving underlying global equity is an essentia…

  • The Case for Optimism in Health and Health Care

    Open AccessSandro Galea, Salma M AbdallaARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2023

    This JAMA Health Forum discusses challenges to the nation’s health and the case for optimism for better population health based on 3 pillars

  • Data to Improve Global Health Equity—Key Challenges

    Open AccessSandro Galea, Salma M AbdallaARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2023

    This JAMA Forum discusses how to use data to help achieve global health equity, the challenges in using data to narrow health gaps, and ways to work toward a world with fewer health gaps

  • Depression and PTSD among Houston Residents who Experienced Hurricane Harvey and Covid-19

    Open AccessGregory H Cohen, Ruochen Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2023References: 3

  • What matters for health? Public views from eight countries

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Mark Hernandez et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    Introduction Despite growing scholarship on the social determinants of health (SDoH), wider action remains in its early stages. Broad public understanding of SDoH can help catalyse such action. This paper aimed to document public perception of what matters for health from countries with broad geographic, cultural, linguistic, population composition, language and income level variation. Methods We conducted an online survey in Brazil, China, Germa…

  • Marital rape and its impact on the mental health of women in India

    Open AccessNandini Agarwal, Salma M Abdalla et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    This systematic review aims to describe the prevalence of marital rape in India, the analytic methods employed in its study, and its implications on mental health of victims. Online databases, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and APA Psych, were systematically searched for articles published up until November 2020. Selected articles included those published from or studies conducted in India where the primary exposure was marital rape. The primary …

  • Health systems resilience in managing the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessViscount Haldane, Chuan De Foo et al.ARTICLENature Medicine2021

  • Trends of biomarkers of cardiovascular disease in the United States by income

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Shui Yu et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2021

    There are increasing disparities in cardiovascular disease biomarkers by income in the US. Between 1999 and 2018, improvement in biomarkers overwhelmingly occurred among the richest 20

  • Financial hardship and health risk behavior during Covid-19 in a large US national sample of women

    Open AccessLaura Sampson, Catherine K Ettman et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2021

    COVID-19 has caused over 300,000 US deaths thus far, but its long-term health consequences are not clear. Policies to contain the pandemic have led to widespread economic problems, which likely increase stress and resulting health risk behaviors, particularly among women, who have been hardest hit both by job loss and caregiving responsibilities. Further, women with pre-existing disadvantage (e.g., those without health insurance) may be most at r…

  • Media Exposure and the Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following a Mass traumatic Event

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Gregory H Cohen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Introduction: Following mass traumatic events, greater exposure to traditional media like television (TV) about the event is associated with higher burden of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, we know little about how social media exposure, combined with other media sources, shapes the population burden of PTSD following mass traumatic events. Materials and Methods: We built a microsimulation of 1,18,000 agents that was demographical…

  • The 3-D Commission

    Open AccessSalma M Abdalla, Sandro GaleaARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021

  • Data Sources for Understanding the Social Determinants of Health

    Open AccessIrene Torres, Bishnu Thapa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021

    The expansion in the scope, scale, and sources of data on the wider social determinants of health (SDH) in the last decades could bridge gaps in information available for decision-making. However, challenges remain in making data widely available, accessible, and useful towards improving population health. While traditional, government-supported data sources and comparable data are most often used to characterize social determinants, there are st…

  • Use of Data to Understand the Social Determinants of Depression in Two Middle‐Income Countries

    Open AccessBishnu Thapa, Bishnu Bahadur Thapa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021

  • Integrating Social Determinants in Decision-Making Processes for Health

    Open AccessDiogo Correia Martins, Opeyemi Babajide et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021

  • Food, Big Data, and Decision-making

    Open AccessOlivia Biermann, Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021References: 2

  • Energy, Data, and Decision-Making

    Open AccessNason Maani, Grace Robbins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021Cited by: 1References: 3

  • Improving Decision-Making for Population Health in Nonhealth Sectors in Urban Environments

    Open AccessOpeyemi Babajide, Diogo Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2021References: 1