Meggan J. Lee
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Meggan J. Lee has a total of 9 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Andrew J. Greenlee
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
2 shared publications - Kedir N. Turi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
2 shared publications - Ruby Mendenhall
Department of African American Studies and Sociology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
2 shared publications - Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas
Informatics Program University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
2 shared publications - Steven W. Cole
University of California, Los Angeles
2 shared publications - Clare C. Rittschof
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 30 January 2023
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Vol. 10 (5) , 2513-2527
Black Mothers in Racially Segregated Neighborhoods Embodying Structural Violence: PTSD and Depressive Symptoms on the South Side of Chicago
This study employs multi-level and mixed-methods approaches to examine how structural violence affects the health of low-income, single Black mothers. We use multilevel regression models to examine how feeling “trapped” in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence on the South Side of Chicago affects mothers’ (N = 69) reports of posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms. The relationship between feeling “trapped” and variations in expression of mRNA for the glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1 using microarray assays was also examined. The regression models revealed that feeling “trapped” significantly predicted increased mental distress in the form of PTSD, depressive symptoms, and glucocorticoid receptor gene regulation. The mothers’ voices revealed a nuanced understanding about how a lack of financial resources to move out of the neighborhood creates feelings of being “trapped” in dangerous situations.
- 30 January 2023
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Vol. 10 (5) , 2513-2527
Black Mothers in Racially Segregated Neighborhoods Embodying Structural Violence: PTSD and Depressive Symptoms on the South Side of Chicago
This study employs multi-level and mixed-methods approaches to examine how structural violence affects the health of low-income, single Black mothers. We use multilevel regression models to examine how feeling “trapped” in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence on the South Side of Chicago affects mothers’ (N = 69) reports of posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms. The relationship between feeling “trapped” and variations in expression of mRNA for the glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1 using microarray assays was also examined. The regression models revealed that feeling “trapped” significantly predicted increased mental distress in the form of PTSD, depressive symptoms, and glucocorticoid receptor gene regulation. The mothers’ voices revealed a nuanced understanding about how a lack of financial resources to move out of the neighborhood creates feelings of being “trapped” in dangerous situations.
- 16 February 2021
- Published by Elsevier in Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Vol. 127, 105174
Transcriptomic analyses of black women in neighborhoods with high levels of violence
- 16 February 2021
- Published by Elsevier in Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Vol. 127, 105174
Transcriptomic analyses of black women in neighborhoods with high levels of violence