Kristin Sznajder

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Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Kristin Sznajder is a field epidemiologist who has worked both domestically and internationally on the social and environmental determinants of health among vulnerable populations. She is primarily interested in the nexus of gender, the environment and health.

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Recent Publications

The Association Between Adverse Childhood Events and Rape Myth Acceptance Among Young Adults in Agbogbloshie Ghana

Allen, S., Biney, A. A. E., Eshak, T., Dodoo, N. D., Toprah, T., Blanford, J., Jensen, L., Dodoo, F. N. A. & Sznajder, K. K., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Sexual Health.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Characterizing Sleep Disturbance Subgroups and Identifying Associated Factors in Traditional Chinese Medicine Nurses: A Latent Profile Analysis and Explainable Machine Learning Approach

Liu, C., Lian, N., Sznajder, K. K., Li, C., Zou, C. & Yang, X., 2026, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 2026, 1, 1269507.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An evolutionary perspective on the use of betel nut and its effects on health outcomes

Perez, L., Wander, K., Sznajder, K. K., Alam, N., Raqib, R., Haque, F., Kumar, A., Blumenfield, T., Cully, S. M. & Shenk, M. K., 2026, In: Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 14, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.

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Inverse Association Between Betel Quid Use and Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh

Sznajder, K. K., Shenk, M. K., Perez, L., Alam, N., Raqib, R., Kumar, A., Haque, F., Blumenfield, T., Cully, S. M. & Wander, K., Feb 2026, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 38, 2, e70203.

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Reimagining sexual health: gender, environment, and the pursuit of equity

Sznajder, K. K., Agu, I. C. & Getaneh, Y., Dec 2026, In: Scientific reports. 16, 1, 11115.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

Targeting youth violence: Modifiable environmental factors and gene-environment interactions in Chinese left-behind children

Ye, Y., Shen, W., Huang, X., Zhang, J., Sznajder, K. K., Chi, D. & Wang, J., Aug 2026, In: Public Health. 257, 106335.

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Frontline knowledge, attitudes, and practices on climate change and its link to zoonotic diseases: a mixed-methods study of healthcare workers in Ada East, Ghana

Yilma, A. N., West, K. P., Sauve, H. E., Sznajder, K. K., Hwang, G., Baatiema, L., Kenu, E., Noora, C. L., Roba, K. T., Gizaw, A. T. & Kisiel, M. A., Dec 2026, In: Discover public health. 23, 1, 285.

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American cities in a time of global environmental change: the case of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative

Zaitchik, B. F., Avins, M., Avolio, M., Azari, R., Bader, M. D. M., Band, L., Cameron, M., Carter, D. J., Cross, K., Davis, K. J., DeCarlo, P. F., Mirindi, D., Forest, C., Groffman, P., Hadjimichael, A., Hu, X., Hunter, J., Ling, J., McComas, M. & Miller, S. & 11 others, Minor-Terrell, D., Pan, Y., Richardson, A., Rozanski, M., Sanders Thach, T., Sznajder, K., Waring, M., Waugh, D., Wei, Y., Welty, C. & Zuo, W., Jun 2026, In: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. 6, 2

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Access to lactation consult services during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on breastfeeding outcome variables

Maltese, C., Gandhi, C. K., Ramirez, S. I., Sznajder, K. K. & Hackman, N., Mar 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 3 March, e0318749.

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Achieving equity for International Medical Graduates: a systematic review

Saxena, S. G., Tisdell, E., Farace, E., Godfrey, T., Aumiller, B., Dell, E., Razzak, O. P., Kumar, B. N. & Sznajder, K. K., 2025, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 12, 1601492.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Maternal and infant health during the COVID-19 pandemic – A Pennsylvania Study Protocol

Sznajder, K. K., Legro, R. S., Teti, D., Mackeen, A. D., Mulla, W., Simhan, H. & Hwang, W., May 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 5 May, e0323891.

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Balancing mental health through predictive modeling for healthcare workers during public health crises

Wang, J., Feng, L., Meng, N., Yang, C., Cai, F., Huang, X., Sun, Y., Sznajder, K. K., Zhang, L. & Yao, P., Dec 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 28788.

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Unclean cooking fuel use and stillbirth in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 DHS

West, K. P., Sznajder, K. K., Hwang, G., Sauve, H. E., Roba, K. T., Baatiema, L., Kenu, E., Noora, C. L., Gizaw, A. T. & Yilma, A. N., 2025, In: Frontiers in Global Women's Health. 6, 1636924.

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Syndemic of Substance Abuse, Depression, and Type 2 Diabetes and Their Association with Retention in Care Among People Living with HIV

Eshak, T. B., Hobkirk, A. L., Whitener, C. J., Conyers, L. M., Hwang, W. & Sznajder, K. K., May 2024, In: AIDS and Behavior. 28, 5, p. 1612-1620 9 p.

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Predicting Depression, Anxiety, and Their Comorbidity among Patients with Breast Cancer in China Using Machine Learning: A Multisite Cross-Sectional Study

Li, S., Shi, J., Shao, C., Sznajder, K. K., Wu, H. & Yang, X., 2024, In: Depression and Anxiety. 2024, 3923160.

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