Felix Muchomba

Assistant professor @RutgersU, @RutgersSSW. Doing research on health, social policy, and gender inequality.

[Lenna Nepomnyaschy @lennan77]

Really important new paper, "Racialized Police Use of Force and Birth Outcomes," out in Social Science & Medicine by @valecheg @joteitler of @ColumbiaSSW and @FelixMuchomba of @RutgersSSW and Nancy Reichman @RutgersU
https://t.co/jN9S8hPrXi

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Hot off the press! We find
-Higher housing costs are associated with severe maternal morbidity
-More housing subsidy attenuates this association, and translates to a smaller gap in maternal morbidity between those w/ a college degree and those w/ less than high school education.

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

Higher area-level housing rental costs were associated with greater odds of severe maternal morbidity in New Jersey. Availability of publicly-supported affordable housing attenuated the associations. https://t.co/4qClyUg6RR #OAResearch

[Am J Epidemiology @AmJEpi]

New in AJE:

Study by @FelixMuchomba finds that primary schooling had a large protective effect against anemia among women in Ethiopia and was cost effective—based on WHO thresholds—as an anemia intervention.

@RutgersSSW @rutgersifh
https://t.co/SASd87YrRX

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Thank you @Policies4Action!
A wonderful team made this research possible. Props to @brittany4joy for the infographic.

[Policies for Action @Policies4Action]

From @FelixMuchomba: higher municipal expenditures on fire & ambulance, transportation, health, housing, & libraries were associated with lower rates of severe maternal morbidity in NJ. Explore the findings: https://t.co/NbOlryFDy6
@RutgersSSW

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

This study found that higher municipal spending on fire and ambulance, transportation, public health, housing, and libraries was associated with lower odds of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) whereas spending on police was associated with higher odds of SMM https://t.co/DHTUgzefgb

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

I am listening to remarks by @hmcghee based on her research in #TheSumofUsBook. The metaphor of a drained public pool is powerful: injury to one of us is injury to all. Looking forward to reading the book.

[Heather McGhee @hmcghee]

The drained public pool has, for me, become the best metaphor to explain the mess we’re in — refusal to share across race leaves a country with nothing left for itself.

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

My grandmother died during childbirth in the 1950s. Today, the maternal mortality rate in the US has more than doubled since the 1980s.

I testified before @USCCRgov on the glaring racial disparities in maternal health care. Watch my full testimony here: https://t.co/26iK2XCtAe

[Amber Peterman @a_peterman]

Based in Panama, Senegal, or NYC! #jobs

[Dr Ranjitha Puskur @r_puskur]

Yes, yes!!

[Transfer Project @TransferProjct]

Does #CashPlus improve #gender equitable attitudes among young people in #Tanzania 🇹🇿?

Yes!

Our study in @JAdolesHealth finds that #CashTransfers + training had a significant impact on gender attitudes, particularly among males.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/thm0UcOSeb

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Pleased to share my research just out in @WorldDevJournal on poverty and child marriage. Suggests that mothers' assets, but not fathers' assets, lowered the rate of child marriage in Ethiopia.
Available ungated (for now): https://t.co/oqAepywumF
#childmarriage #endchildmarriage

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

There has been some progress but still so far to go.

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Today, the @UN turns 75!
#UN75 #UNDay

how it started how it's going

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Interesting contrast between what men & women care about in NYT:
“Women think about government in terms of the well-being of the country,...Men are much more likely to think about it in terms of their wallet. Their bottom line is, how does this affect me?” https://t.co/TZxc3lHYCF

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Interesting thread on policies that reduce police brutality.

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

3. More restrictive state and local policies governing police use of force are associated with significantly lower rates of police shootings/killings by police. This is backed by 30+ years of research. We identified specific policies that work here: https://t.co/utWgk3Fcdi

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Thank you @AnitaRajUCSD for this recognition, and for valuing and conducting research on #sexualviolence and #reproductivecoercion.

[Anita Raj @AnitaRajNewcomb]

Important paper from @FelixMuchomba on marital rape and son preference, adding to the evidence on intersections between #reproductivecoercion & #sexualviolence. https://t.co/cn5f6k8nrC

[Aine McCarthy @ainesmccarthy]

Come work with me! We have a new and appropriately timed Center for Community and Global Health at Lewis & Clark, seeking an assoc. director https://t.co/ZdTJOeQ81P

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

I also want to recognize the 800+ #women who die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and #childbirth each day.
#MaternalHealth #HappyMothersDay

[Jordan Steiner, PhD, MA, LSW @jx2jsteiner]

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mom’s (and women!) out there, particularly during the difficulty of #COVID19, acknowledging that this day is not easy for all. Thinking of, and recognizing, all. #HappyMothersDay

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

@RoxannaA66 @IrisEliCar @VenkataVBYal @Anita88331708 @allHa1etheQueen @HuiyingKim @libby_lucy @miniAmenni @theAbsentVoice @DrMeganHolmes @yayayafan1 Thanks for the heads up.

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Thank you @Policies4Action. I welcome this opportunity to advance research with the potential to improve and to reduce disparities in maternal health.

[Policies for Action @Policies4Action]

Congratulations & welcome to @FelixMuchomba from @RutgersSSW, a new @Policies4Action grantee who will map maternal health in New Jersey. #SDOH @RWJF #MaternalHealth @NJGov

[Felix Muchomba @FelixMuchomba]

Let’s see what Twitter is about. #FirstTweet ...bare w/ me.