Laura Hawks
Biographic Data
| ID | 6073783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Hawks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Hawks |
| SIGNATURE | HAWKS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6380-1356 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Material needs security and cardiovascular risk factors in rural South Africa
Increased material needs security was associated with significantly increased cardiovascular risk in older adults in rural South Africa. These findings can inform the approach to treatment and management of cardiovascular disease in South Africa and similar LMICs. Future investigations should evaluate the implementation and efficacy of interventions that recognize the role of material needs security in cardiovascular risk
Association between lifetime criminal legal involvement and acute healthcare utilization in middle-aged and older US adults, 2015–2019
Middle-aged and older adults with lifetime CLI experience higher rates of acute care utilization than their peers with no lifetime CLI, even after adjustment for confounders. As the cohort of adults from the era of mass incarceration ages, understanding the mechanisms by which lifetime CLI impacts health outcomes is crucial in designing interventions to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary acute healthcare utilization
Association Between Recent Criminal Legal Involvement and Functional Status Among US Adults with Diabetes: 2015–2019
Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012–2019
To determine whether the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) hepatitis C (HCV) treatment campaign reached marginalized populations, we compared HCV care by previous incarceration status with Veterans Aging Cohort Study data. Of those with and those without previous incarceration, respectively, 40% and 21% had detectable HCV, 59% and 65% underwent treatment (P = .07); 92% and 94% of those who completed treatment achieved sustained virologic res…
Association Between Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Adults with Diabetes
Background: Criminal justice involvement (CJI) is a social risk in adults with both diabetes and substance use, however, the relationship between CJI, diabetes, and substance use disorders is not well studied. Methods: Data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults with diabetes from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (2015–2018) were used to establish the prevalence of the following substance use disorders: alcohol, opioid, …
Association Between Social Adaptability Index Score and Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in U.S. Adults
Background: Exposure to the criminal legal system is associated with negative health outcomes and profound socioeconomic health disparities. The social adaptability index (SAI) is a validated composite scale based on five indicators of socioeconomic status; a higher score predicts better health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between cumulative social risk factors as measured by the SAI and lifetime criminal legal involv…
Health Care Disparities Across the Urban‐Rural Divide: A National Study of Individuals with COPD
PURPOSE: The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is high in rural America. Few studies, however, have examined urban/rural differences in health care access, or racial/ethnic and income disparities stratified by urban/rural residence, among persons with COPD. METHODS: We studied individuals age ≥ 40 years with COPD from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The primary exposure was "urban" or "rural" county of re…
Evaluation of Changes in US Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals With Criminal Legal Involvement in Medicaid Expansion and Nonexpansion States, 2010 to 2017
This cross-sectional study compares changes in health insurance coverage from 2010 to 2017 for low-income US adults with criminal legal involvement in states that did and did not adopt the Medicaid expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act
The Health and Health Needs of People under Community Supervision
Americans under community supervision experience high rates of chronic disease, mental illness, and substance use disorders but have poor access to high-quality preventive care and treatment. Pervasive barriers to healthcare and health insurance reinforce poor health, as do restrictions to evidence-based addiction treatment. We propose that community supervision agencies transfer management of the health of supervised individuals to an expanded c…
Hawks et al. Respond
Health Status and Health Care Utilization of US Adults Under Probation: 2015–2018
Objectives. To compare the health and health care utilization of persons on and not on probation nationally. Methods. Using the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, a population-based sample of US adults, we compared physical, mental, and substance use disorders and the use of health services of persons (aged 18–49 years) on and not on probation using logistic regression models controlling for age, race/ethnicity, gender, poverty, and insuranc…
Past year and prior incarceration and HIV transmission risk among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the US
Three quarters of new HIV infections in the US are among men who have sex with men (MSM). In other populations, incarceration is a social determinant of elevations in viral load and HIV-related substance use and sex risk behavior. There has been limited research on incarceration and these HIV transmission risk determinants in HIV-positive MSM. We used the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) 2011-2012 follow-up survey to measure associations betwee…
Health Status and Health Care Utilization of US Adults Under Probation: 2015–2018
Objectives. To compare the health and health care utilization of persons on and not on probation nationally. Methods. Using the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, a population-based sample of US adults, we compared physical, mental, and substance use disorders and the use of health services of persons (aged 18–49 years) on and not on probation using logistic regression models controlling for age, race/ethnicity, gender, poverty, and insuranc…
The Health and Health Needs of People under Community Supervision
Americans under community supervision experience high rates of chronic disease, mental illness, and substance use disorders but have poor access to high-quality preventive care and treatment. Pervasive barriers to healthcare and health insurance reinforce poor health, as do restrictions to evidence-based addiction treatment. We propose that community supervision agencies transfer management of the health of supervised individuals to an expanded c…
Hawks et al. Respond
Past year and prior incarceration and HIV transmission risk among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the US
Three quarters of new HIV infections in the US are among men who have sex with men (MSM). In other populations, incarceration is a social determinant of elevations in viral load and HIV-related substance use and sex risk behavior. There has been limited research on incarceration and these HIV transmission risk determinants in HIV-positive MSM. We used the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) 2011-2012 follow-up survey to measure associations betwee…
Health Status and Health Care Utilization of US Adults Under Probation: 2015–2018
Objectives. To compare the health and health care utilization of persons on and not on probation nationally. Methods. Using the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, a population-based sample of US adults, we compared physical, mental, and substance use disorders and the use of health services of persons (aged 18–49 years) on and not on probation using logistic regression models controlling for age, race/ethnicity, gender, poverty, and insuranc…
Hawks et al. Respond
Association Between Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement and Substance Use Disorders in U.S. Adults with Diabetes
Background: Criminal justice involvement (CJI) is a social risk in adults with both diabetes and substance use, however, the relationship between CJI, diabetes, and substance use disorders is not well studied. Methods: Data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults with diabetes from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (2015–2018) were used to establish the prevalence of the following substance use disorders: alcohol, opioid, …
Association Between Social Adaptability Index Score and Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in U.S. Adults
Background: Exposure to the criminal legal system is associated with negative health outcomes and profound socioeconomic health disparities. The social adaptability index (SAI) is a validated composite scale based on five indicators of socioeconomic status; a higher score predicts better health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between cumulative social risk factors as measured by the SAI and lifetime criminal legal involv…
Health Care Disparities Across the Urban‐Rural Divide: A National Study of Individuals with COPD
PURPOSE: The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is high in rural America. Few studies, however, have examined urban/rural differences in health care access, or racial/ethnic and income disparities stratified by urban/rural residence, among persons with COPD. METHODS: We studied individuals age ≥ 40 years with COPD from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The primary exposure was "urban" or "rural" county of re…
Evaluation of Changes in US Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals With Criminal Legal Involvement in Medicaid Expansion and Nonexpansion States, 2010 to 2017
This cross-sectional study compares changes in health insurance coverage from 2010 to 2017 for low-income US adults with criminal legal involvement in states that did and did not adopt the Medicaid expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act
The Health and Health Needs of People under Community Supervision
Americans under community supervision experience high rates of chronic disease, mental illness, and substance use disorders but have poor access to high-quality preventive care and treatment. Pervasive barriers to healthcare and health insurance reinforce poor health, as do restrictions to evidence-based addiction treatment. We propose that community supervision agencies transfer management of the health of supervised individuals to an expanded c…
Treating Hepatitis C in Individuals With Previous Incarceration: The Veterans Health Administration, 2012–2019
To determine whether the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) hepatitis C (HCV) treatment campaign reached marginalized populations, we compared HCV care by previous incarceration status with Veterans Aging Cohort Study data. Of those with and those without previous incarceration, respectively, 40% and 21% had detectable HCV, 59% and 65% underwent treatment (P = .07); 92% and 94% of those who completed treatment achieved sustained virologic res…
Material needs security and cardiovascular risk factors in rural South Africa
Increased material needs security was associated with significantly increased cardiovascular risk in older adults in rural South Africa. These findings can inform the approach to treatment and management of cardiovascular disease in South Africa and similar LMICs. Future investigations should evaluate the implementation and efficacy of interventions that recognize the role of material needs security in cardiovascular risk
Association between lifetime criminal legal involvement and acute healthcare utilization in middle-aged and older US adults, 2015–2019
Middle-aged and older adults with lifetime CLI experience higher rates of acute care utilization than their peers with no lifetime CLI, even after adjustment for confounders. As the cohort of adults from the era of mass incarceration ages, understanding the mechanisms by which lifetime CLI impacts health outcomes is crucial in designing interventions to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary acute healthcare utilization
Association Between Recent Criminal Legal Involvement and Functional Status Among US Adults with Diabetes: 2015–2019
Medicine (11 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Confidence interval (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 works)