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Deb Karasek

@karasekd

Social epidemiologist and Asst Prof @publichealthpdx. Mama, amateur potter, population health, birth equity, guaranteed income researcher (she/her).

 Portland, OR
Joined November 2010
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Our new paper shows how restrictive abortion policies can increase infant mortality. Some— but not all— of the increase we found was likely due to forced continuation of pregnancies with known lethal congenital anomalies. Absolutely heartbreaking study to work on.
Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) (@jeremyfaust) profile pictureJeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)@jeremyfaust24 Jun 2024
Breaking: Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy | Women's Health | JAMA Pediatrics. Hats off to the JHU team. Our team has a similar study that we will now preprint that confirms this. A crucial and horrific finding. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy

Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy

This cohort study of recorded infant deaths examines infant mortality after the passage of the 2021 ban on early abortions in Texas.

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Birth certificate data are great, but they are inadequate for studying maternal morbidity! Our paper linked below...
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Hey there #epitwitter #statstwitter! We are seeking an Associate Professor of #Epidemiology to join our team here @publichealthpdx ! Accepting applications until November 26th, 2023. Hope to hear from you! CC: @Epijobs social.icims.com/viewjob/pt1…
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I’ve been saying for decades that women would be imprisoned for abortions—they are in prison already for stillbirths, miscarriages & other pregnancy-related crimes—& anti-abortion advocates kept denying they would be so cruel. The gloves are off. nytimes.com/2023/07/20/us/ce…

Nebraska Teen Who Used Pills to End Pregnancy Gets 90 Days in Jail (Published 2023)

Celeste Burgess, 19, and her mother, Jessica Burgess, 42, were charged last year after the police obtained their private Facebook messages.

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How do abortion restrictions impact birth rates? Our analysis in @JAMA_current studied the impact of the 2021 Texas Heartbeat Act on counts of lives births. We find ~9800 births above expectation between Apr-Dec 2022 (3% increase) in Texas. (Work w/ Suzanne Bell & @Lizstuartdc)
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Check out our latest paper on the impact of the pandemic on breastfeeding in the US-- important implications for #PaidLeave policy. Thread by @DrRitaHamad and additional write-up by @sfchronicle below!
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Excited that we could contribute to the literature on the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on parents and infants. Grateful to @CTSIatUCSF for funding this work! @UCSFPTBI @alisongemmill @k_andreujackson
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#SooninAJPH "The Pent-up Demand for Breastfeeding among U.S. Women: Trends after COVID-19 Shelter-in-place" There was an increase in breastfeeding during early pandemic policies, with disparities by income and race/ethnicity.@DrRitaHamad @alisongemmill @k_andreujackson @karasekd
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New paper in @AmJPrevMed finds that sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in US cities improved the health of mothers and their infants. doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.202… Co-authors: @k_andreujackson @DrRitaHamad @karasekd A short 🧵
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Joan Casey@joanacasey23 Mar 2023
👏Really important new work from @davidJXgonzalez @rmfrosch @PhySciEng on racial disparities in oil and gas exposure in CA featuring some beautiful and saddening figures. Look at the gradient of increased exposure for NH-Black Californians to higher-producing oil and gas wells:
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David J.X. González (@davidJXgonzalez) profile pictureDavid J.X. González@davidJXgonzalez23 Mar 2023
We already knew that oil and gas wells are more likely to be in Black, Latinx, and low-income neighborhoods. In this new study, we learned that these disparities were worst for Black people living in neighborhoods with the most intensive oil production 1/n doi.org/10.1029/2022GH000690
Temporal Trends of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Population Exposures to Upstream Oil and...

Temporal Trends of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Population Exposures to Upstream Oil and...

Black, Hispanic, and socioeconomically marginalized people persistently had disproportionately high exposure to oil and gas development The widest observed disparities were for Black people resid...

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Maternal health is a national priority. We desperately need more info on how to improve maternal health and promote equity. In the new @AmJEpi, our team led by @Menolly provides new evidence @drdmrichardson @kjohnmcconnell @Mirodriguez731. Results🧵/1 academic.oup.com/aje/advance…

Postpartum Hospital Readmissions With and Without Severe Maternal Morbidity Within 1 Year of Birth,...

Abstract. Postpartum readmissions (PPRs) represent a critical marker of maternal morbidity after hospital childbirth. Most severe maternal morbidity (SMM)

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It'd been such a privilege to work with and learn from @badavis_ during her time as a @UCSFPTBI postdoctoral scholar. Thrilled for you and your new role with @CARHEumn Dr. Davis!!
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San Francisco's paid parental leave program shows that designing policy with an equity focus is essential to reach the people who need it most. New research from @Karasekd, @Julia__Goodman, @seraifman @DrRitaHamad & @WilliamHDow bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/sa…
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Know any great scientific grant writers, ideally with PCORI (or NIH) grant experience? Would love any recommendations for an individual or org that has a health equity approach.
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Joan Casey@joanacasey3 Oct 2022
climate change will keep offering opportunities to learn from our mistakes led by @JNwanajiEnwerem -- we need #EnvironmentalJustice and #CivicHealth in preparedness, adaptation, and mitigation to reduce health disparities @LancetRH_Americ sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Julia@Julia__Goodman22 Sep 2022
Our new paper on San Francisco's PPLO is out. Though paid leave has clear and well-documented benefits, the impact on health outcomes can be hard to detect in a population-based study. This partly has to do with limitations in who the policy is actually reaching. 👇
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Did SF’s paid parental policy improve birth outcomes? New work with @Julia__Goodman @seraifman @DrRitaHamad @WilliamHDow just published in @IJERPH, funded by @ucsfptbi. We found limited effects, likely b/c of inequitable access and that benefits are received after birth...1/2
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This isn’t a critique of paid leave, which we know is beneficial for parents and babies, but rather that policymakers should consider equity explicitly in policy the design and implementation. 2/2
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