Jennifer Ahern

Estimating the Effects of Potential Public Health Interventions on Population Disease Burden: A Step-by-Step Illustration of Causal Inference Methods (2009)

Ahern, Jennifer, Hubbard, Alan, Galea, Sandro

Causal inference methods allow estimation of the effects of potential public health interventions on the population burden of disease. Motivated by calls for epidemiologic research to be presented in...

"Culture of Drinking" and Individual Problems with Alcohol Use (2008)

Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Hubbard, Alan, Midanik, Lorraine, Syme, S. Leonard

Binge drinking is a substantial and growing health problem. Community norms about drinking and drunkenness may influence individual drinking problems. Using data from the New York Social Environment...

Alcohol Drinking Problems Among New York City Residents after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2006)

Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Rudenstine, Sasha, Resnick, Heidi S, Kilpatrick, Dean G., ...

Recent studies have shown an increase in alcohol use in New York City in the months after the September 11 terrorist attacks; thus far there have been no studies documenting changes in drinking...

Period and Birth-Cohort Effects on Age of First Phencyclidine (PCP) Use Among Drug Users in New York City, 1960 to 2000 (2006)

Bryant, Whitney, Ompad, Danielle C., Ahern, Jennifer, Wu, Yingfeng, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro

PURPOSE: The aim of the study is to determine period and birth-cohort effects in the early initiation of phencyclidine (PCP) use in drug users in New York City (NYC). METHODS: We analyzed data...

What explains the association between neighborhood-level income inequality and the risk of fatal overdose in New York City? (2006)

Nandi, Arijit K., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Bucciarelli, Angela, Vlahov, David, Tardiff, Kenneth J.

Accidental drug overdose is a substantial cause of mortality for drug users. Using a multilevel case-control study we previously have shown that neighborhood-level income inequality may be an...

Predictors of Peritraumatic Reactions and PTSD Following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (2006)

Lawyer, Steven R., Resnick, Heidi S., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Kilpatrick, Dean G., Vlahov, David

In this study the authors characterize peritraumatic reactions of residents of New York City during and immediately following the September 11th terrorist attacks, identify predictors of those...

Distribution of Education and Population Health: An Ecological Analysis of New York City Neighborhoods (2005)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer

Objectives: We assessed the relationship between distribution of education and health indicators in a large urban area to determine if distribution of education may be a determinant of population...

Interpersonal Discrimination and the Health of Illicit Drug Users (2005)

Young, Michael, Stuber, Jennifer, Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro

Although discrimination has been shown to adversely affect the health of marginalized populations, there is a paucity of research on the health impacts of discrimination experienced by illicit drug...

Probable Cigarette Dependence, PTSD, and Depression after an Urban Disaster: Results from a Population Survey of New York City Residents 4 Months after September 11, 2001 (2005)

Nandi, Arijit K., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Vlahov, David

Disaster exposure may exacerbate psychopathology and substance–related disorders. Four months after September 11, 2001, using random–digit dialing to contact a representative sample of adults (N...

The urban built environment and overdose mortality in New York City neighborhoods (2005)

Hembree, C., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Markham Piper, T., Miller, J., ...

Accidental drug overdose continues to be a substantial cause of mortality for drug users. Characteristics of the neighborhood built environment may be important determinants of the likelihood of drug...

Urban built environment and depression: a multilevel analysis (2005)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Rudenstine, Sasha, Wallace, Zachary, Vlahov, David

Study objective: To assess the relations between characteristics of the neighbourhood internal and external built environment and past six month and lifetime depression. Design and setting:...

Distribution of Education and Population Health: An Ecological Analysis of New York City Neighborhoods (2005)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer

Objectives. We assessed the relationship between distribution of education and health indicators in a large urban area to determine if distribution of education may be a determinant of population...

A model of underlying socioeconomic vulnerability in human populations: evidence from variability in population health and implications for public health (2005)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Karpati, Adam

Drawing from insights into the variability of complex biologic systems we propose that the health of human populations reflects the interrelationship between underlying vulnerabilities (determined by...

Health Status among Emergency Department Patients Approximately One Year after Consecutive Disasters in New York City (2005)

Fernandez, William G., Galea, Sandro, Miller, Jeff, Ahern, Jennifer, Chiang, William, Kennedy, Elizabeth L., ...

Objectives: Emergency department (ED) patients with disaster-related experiences may present with vague symptoms not clearly linked to the event. In 2001, two disasters in New York City, the World...

War-related psychological sequelae among emergency department patients in the former Republic of Yugoslavia (2004)

Nelson, Brett D, Fernandez, William G, Galea, Sandro, Sisco, Sarah, Dierberg, Kerry, Gorgieva, Gordana, ...

Abstract Background Residents of the Republic of Serbia faced civil war and a NATO-led bombing campaign in 1999. We sought to assess the burden of metal health dysfunction among emergency department...

Sustained Increased Consumption of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana Among Manhattan Residents after September 11, 2001 (2004)

Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi S, Kilpatrick, Dean G.

We compared reports of increased substance use in Manhattan 1 and 6 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Data from 2 random-digit-dial surveys conducted 1 and 6 months after...

Television Watching and Mental Health in the General Population of New York City After September 11 (2004)

Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi S, Vlahov, David

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were watched on television by millions. Using data from a telephone survey of New York City residents in January 2002 (N = 2001), we examined the relations...

Television Images and Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After September 11. The Role of Background Characteristics, Event Exposures, and Perievent Panic (2004)

Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi S, Vlahov, David

Television viewing has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after disasters and traumas; we examined characteristics that may explain this association among New Yorkers...

Gender, Social Support, and Posttraumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo (2004)

Ahern, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Fernandez, William G., Koci, Bajram, Waldman, Ronald J., Vlahov, David

The effects of social support and traumatic experiences on mental health in conflict situations may be different by gender. The Kosovo Emergency Department Study was conducted in July and August 2001...

War-related psychological sequelae among emergency department patients in the former Republic of Yugoslavia (2004)

Nelson, Brett D., Fernandez, William G., Galea, Sandro, Sisco, Sarah, Dierberg, Kerry, Subaric Gorgieva, Gordana, ...

Background: Residents of the Republic of Serbia faced civil war and a NATO-led bombing campaign in 1999. We sought to assess the burden of metal health dysfunction among emergency department (ED)...

Job Loss, Unemployment, Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and the Persistence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder One Yeak After the September 11 Attacks (2004)

Nandi, Arijit K., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi S, Gershon, Robyn, ...

The influence of unemployment and adverse work conditions on the course of psychopathology after a mass disaster is unclear. We recruited a representative sample of adults living in the New York City...

Mental Health Status Among Ethnic Albanians Seeking Medical Care in an Emergency Department Two Years After the War in Kosovo: A Pilot Project (2004)

Fernandez, William G., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Sisco, Sarah, Waldman, Ronald J., Koci, Bajram, ...

Study objective: The long-term psychological effects of war are underappreciated in clinical settings. Describing the postwar psychosocial burden on medical care can help direct public health...

Opiates, cocaine and alcohol combinations in accidental drug overdose deaths in New York City, 1990-98 (2003)

Coffin, Phillip O., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Leon, Andrew C., Vlahov, David, Tardiff, Kenneth J.

Aims Accidental drug overdose contributes substantially to mortality among drug users. Multi-drug use has been documented as a key risk factor in overdose and overdose mortality in several studies....

The Association Between Multiple Domains of Discriminations and Self-Assessed Health: A Multilevel Analysis of Latinos and Blacks in Four Low-Income New York City Neighborhoods (2003)

Stuber, Jennifer, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Blaney, Shannon, Fuller, Crystal M

Objective. This study examines the association between discrimination due to race and other attributes (e.g., sex, age) and self-assessed mental and physical health among Latinos and blacks. Data...

Racial Differences in Discrimination Experiences and Responses Among Minority Substance Users (2003)

Minior, Thomas, Galea, Sandro, Stuber, Jennifer, Ahern, Jennifer, Ompad, Danielle C.

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40302/2/Minior_Racial Differences in Discrimination Experiences_2003.pdf

Does Discrimination Affect the Mental Health of Substance Abusers? (2003)

Minior, Thomas, Galea, Sandro, Stuber, Jennifer, Ahern, Jennifer, Ompad, Danielle C.

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40304/2/Minior_Does Discrimination Affect the Mental Health_2003.pdf

Awareness and Perceptions of a Communitywide Mental Health Program in New York City After September 11 (2003)

Rudenstine, Sasha, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Felton, Chip, Vlahov, David

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40319/2/Rudenstine_Awareness and Perceptions of a Communitywide_2003.pdf

Trends of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in New York City after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2003)

Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David, Resnick, Heidi S, Ahern, Jennifer, Susser, Ezra, Gold, Joel, ...

The authors investigated trends in probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence in the general population of New York City in the first 6 months after the September 11 terrorist attacks....

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Overdose Mortality Trends in New York City, 1990-1998 (2003)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tardiff, Kenneth J., Leon, Andrew C., Coffin, Phillip O., Derr, Karen, ...

Racial/ethnic disparities in health and disease have been present in the United States for the past century. Although differences such as individual access to health care and health-related behaviors...

Posttraumatic Stress in Women after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in New York City (2003)

Pulcino, Tiffany, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi S, Foley, Mary Kay, Vlahov, David

Background: Women have been shown to be at higher risk than men of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after traumatic events. Women in New York City were more likely than men to have...

Contextual Determinants of Drug Use Risk Behavior: a Theoretic Framework (2003)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Vlahov, David

Over the past two decades, public health research has emphasized the role of individual risk behaviors, primarily injection and sexual risk behaviors, in the spread of HIV infection. Much less...

Income distribution and risk of fatal drug overdose in New York City neighborhoods (2003)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Vlahov, David, Coffin, Phillip O., Fuller, Crystal M, Leon, Andrew C., ...

Accidental drug overdose is a substantial cause of mortality for drug users. Neighborhood-level factors, such as income distribution, may be important determinants of overdose death independent of...

Contextual Determinants of Drug Use Risk Behavior: a Theoretic Framework (2003)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Vlahov, David

Over the past two decades, public health research has emphasized the role of individual risk behaviors, primarily injection and sexual risk behaviors, in the spread of HIV infection. Much less...

Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents (2003)

Fagan, Joanne, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Bonner, Sebastian, Vlahov, David

Objective: Posttraumatic psychological stress may be associated with increases in somatic illness, including asthma, but the impact of the psychological sequelae of the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

Trends of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in New York City after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2003)

Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David, Resnick, Heidi, Ahern, Jennifer, Susser, Ezra, Gold, Joel, ...

The authors investigated trends in probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence in the general population of New York City in the first 6 months after the September 11 terrorist attacks....

Increased Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana among Manhattan, New York, Residents after the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (2002)

Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi S, Ahern, Jennifer, Boscarino, Joseph A, Bucuvalas, Michael J, ...

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the largest human-made disaster in the United States since the Civil War. Studies after earlier disasters have reported rates of psychological disorders...

Psychological Sequelae of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks In New York City (2002)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi S, Kilpatrick, Dean G., Bucuvalas, Michael J, Gold, Joel, ...

Background The scope of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was unprecedented in the United States. We assessed the prevalence and correlates of acute post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Manhattan, New York City, After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (2002)

Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi S, Ahern, Jennifer, Gold, Joel, Bucuvalas, Michael J, Kilpatrick, Dean G., ...

There remains concern that survey research after a disaster can precipitate or exacerbate distress among study participants. The authors surveyed 5,774 persons in three random-digit-dial telephone...

Drugs and Firearm Deaths in New York City, 1990-1998 (2002)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tardiff, Kenneth J., Leon, Andrew C., Vlahov, David

Urbanization is probably the single most important demographic shift world-wide throughout the past and the new century and represents a sentinel change from how most of the world’s population has...

Psychological sequelae of the September 11th attacks in Manhattan, New York City. (2002)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi S, Kilpatrick, Dean G., Bucuvalas, Michael J, Gold, Joel, ...

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/50424/1/Galea_Psychological+Sequelae+of+the+September+11_2002[1].pdf

Increased Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana among Manhattan, New York, Residents after the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (2002)

Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Resnick, Heidi, Ahern, Jennifer, Boscarino, Joseph A., Bucuvalas, Michael, ...

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the largest human-made disaster in the United States since the Civil War. Studies after earlier disasters have reported rates of psychological disorders...

Needle Exchange Programs and Experience of Violence in an Inner City Neighborhood (2001)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Fuller, Crystal M, Freudenberg, Nicholas, Vlahov, David

Objective: To assess the association between proximity to a needle exchange program (NEP) and experience of violence in an inner city neighborhood. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of residents of...

Sustained Increased Consumption of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana Among Manhattan Residents After September 11, 2001

Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi, Kilpatrick, Dean

We compared reports of increased substance use in Manhattan 1 and 6 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Data from 2 random-digit-dial surveys conducted 1 and 6 months after...

Sustained Increased Consumption of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana Among Manhattan Residents After September 11, 2001

Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi, Kilpatrick, Dean

We compared reports of increased substance use in Manhattan 1 and 6 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Data from 2 random-digit-dial surveys conducted 1 and 6 months after...

Distribution of Education and Population Health: An Ecological Analysis of New York City Neighborhoods

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer

Objectives. We assessed the relationship between distribution of education and health indicators in a large urban area to determine if distribution of education may be a determinant of population...