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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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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 journal › Review article › peer-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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Outpatient depression current care expenditure changes in Liaoning Province from 2015 to 2020: a study based on the “system of health accounts 2011”
Ma, Y., Shi, X., Sznajder, K. K., Zhao, Y., Wan, Q., Chai, P. & Yang, X., 2024, In: Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15, 1092580.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The association between prenatal psychosocial factors and autism spectrum disorder in offspring at 3 years: a prospective cohort study
Seebeck, J., Sznajder, K. K. & Kjerulff, K. H., Sep 2024, In: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 59, 9, p. 1639-1649 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with HIV risk factors in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Sznajder, K. K., Eshak, T. B., Biney, A. A. E., Dodoo, N., Wang, M., Toprah, T., Blanford, J. I., Jensen, L. & Dodoo, F., 2024, In: Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 19, 3, p. 593-608 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Timing of hospital admission at first childbirth: A prospective cohort study
Kjerulff, K. H., Attanasio, L. B., Vanderlaan, J. & Sznajder, K. K., Feb 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 2 February, e0281707.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying the Influencing Factors of Depressive Symptoms among Nurses in China by Machine Learning: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study
Li, S., Sznajder, K. K., Ning, L., Gao, H., Xie, X., Liu, S., Shao, C., Li, X. & Yang, X., 2023, In: Journal of Nursing Management. 2023, 5524561.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Helping first-time mothers establish and maintain breastfeeding: Access to someone who can provide breastfeeding advice is an important factor
Massare, B. A., Hackman, N. M., Sznajder, K. K. & Kjerulff, K., Jun 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 6 June, e0287023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
English as a foreign language writing anxiety and its relationship with self-esteem and mobile phone addiction among Chinese medical students—A structural equation model analysis
Song, Y., Sznajder, K., Bai, Q., Xu, Y., Dong, Y. & Yang, X., Apr 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 4 April, e0284335.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Betel quid use is associated with anemia among both men and women in Matlab, Bangladesh
Sznajder, K. K., Shenk, M., Alam, N., Raqib, R., Kumar, A., Haque, F., Blumenfield, T., Mattison, S. M. & Wander, K., Jun 2023, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 3, 6, e0001677.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Paternal Education and Its Impact on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration: An Understudied and Often Overlooked Factor in U.S. Breastfeeding Practices
Hackman, N. M., Sznajder, K. K. & Kjerulff, K. H., May 1 2022, In: Breastfeeding Medicine. 17, 5, p. 429-436 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review