Sarah McKetta

MD/PhD, social epidemiologist, kind hearted lady

[Aimee Huang MD, MPH @AimeeHuangMD]

📣 Our team's latest pub alert in @JournalCancer on cancer inequities impacting LGBTQ communities 🌈

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Article 👇https://t.co/RhTnBQyuCv

#CancerPrevention #HealthEquity #QueerEpi #LGBTQHealth

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Sarah McKetta @SMcketta discusses her recent JAMA research on health disparities for lesbian, gay, and bisexual women, including worse physical, mental, and behavioral health than heterosexual women.

https://t.co/0VJiiTKip0

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

In an otherwise largely homogeneous sample of female nurses, participants identifying as lesbian or bisexual had markedly earlier mortality during the study period compared with heterosexual women. https://t.co/5K8E1h4bQ4

[Department of Population Medicine @DeptPopMed]

A new study led by @DeptPopMed w/@HarvardChanSPH, @UofUsociology, @BostonChildrens, & @ColumbiaNursing collaborators found premature death higher among sexual minority women than their heterosexual peers.

Findings are online now in @JAMA_current: https://t.co/dJtYYL58Zp

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[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

Binge drinking is bad for health, and identifying populations at risk remains an urgent public health priority! Read the whole thing here: https://t.co/Bv3auqFlQe (https://t.co/Bv3auqFlQe) (3/3)

[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

We found that LGBTQ+ disparities in midlife women’s binge drinking have attenuated in recent years - because cisgender, heterosexual women are drinking MORE (2/3)

[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

Proud to report our newest study, “Trends in binge drinking in the United States by LGBTQ+ identity, gender, and age, 2014–2022” by me, @epi_kerrykeyes , @justinOjager was just published in @ACERjournal  (1/3)

[Payal Chakraborty @_payalc]

Our team’s article, “Sexual orientation disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes” by @_payalc, @ColleenAmandaR, @ObedinMaliver, @sbrynaustin, @SHaneuse, @britshmit, @Smcketta & Schroeder, & Everett, was just published by @AJOG_thegray! https://t.co/GxBxw1o9FQ (1/5)

[kodiak soled, phd (she/her) @kodiaksoled]

*NEW STUDY RESULTS* on perinatal mental health disparities among LGBTQ+ women

led by the fabulous @Smcketta & myself w/ @CoRAL_DPM @HarvardChanSPH research team @britshmit @_payalc @ColleenAmandaR @sbrynaustin @siwenwangMD @SHaneuse H. Eliassen J. Chavarro

#AcademicTwitter

[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

Perinatal depression can be extremely dangerous, and our study highlights the dire consequences of restrictive abortion legislation for women and families (4/4)

[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

We found that more hostile abortion climates led to higher risks that pregnancies were unintended, which increased risks of depression and stress during pregnancy (3/4)

[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

In this study, we examined whether living in a state with a hostile abortion climate impacted perinatal mental health among pregnant women (2/4)

[Sarah McKetta @SMcketta]

Our study, “Restrictive abortion legislation and adverse mental health during pregnancy and postpartum” by @Smcketta, @_payalc, @kodiaksoled, @taborhoatson, @arielbeccia, @ColleenAmandaR, @britshmit, Gimbrone, Huang is now published in @AnnalsofEpi https://t.co/LBT26oxHyu
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