Megan Comfort
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Recent Articles
1.
Emerson A, Dogan M, Hawes E, Wilson K, Chana S, Kelly P, et al.
Health Justice
. 2024 Oct;
12(1):41.
PMID: 39470936
No abstract available.
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Emerson A, Dogan M, Hawes E, Wilson K, Chana S, Kelly P, et al.
Health Justice
. 2024 Feb;
12(1):9.
PMID: 38407688
Background: The wide availability of routine screening with Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and vaccinations against human papillomavirus has resulted in a decline in rates of cervical cancer. As with other diseases,...
3.
Mansour Y, Emerson A, Lipnicky A, Lorvick J, Comfort M, Chana S, et al.
Ann LGBTQ Public Popul Health
. 2023 Sep;
3(2):98-110.
PMID: 37727363
Women with criminal-legal system involvement bear a disproportionate burden of cervical cancer, indeed 4-5 times more than women without criminal-legal system involvement. While we also know that sexual minority identification...
4.
Lorvick J, Hemberg J, George M, Piontak J, Comfort M
Res Sq
. 2023 May;
PMID: 37162894
The unintentional consumption of fentanyl is a serious health risk for people who use illicit drugs. In an ongoing community-based study regarding polysubstance use among people who use opioids, we...
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Caballero E, Minnis A, Parmar D, Zerofsky M, Comfort M, Raymond-Flesch M
Res Sq
. 2023 Mar;
PMID: 36993344
Background: Youth of color are disproportionately subjected to negative formal and informal labels by parents, peers, and teachers. This study examined the consequences of such labels on health-protective behaviors, wellbeing,...
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Parmar D, Minnis A, Caballero E, Zerofsky M, Comfort M, Raymond-Flesch M
BMC Public Health
. 2023 Feb;
23(1):223.
PMID: 36732714
Background: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are a measure of childhood toxic stress that have a dose-dependent relationship with many adult health outcomes. While ACEs have been validated across diverse populations...
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Akre E, Marthey D, Ojukwu C, Ottenwaelder C, Comfort M, Lorvick J
Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol
. 2021 Nov;
8:23333928211048640.
PMID: 34820477
Objective: To examine the relationship between social stability and access to healthcare services among a community-based sample of adult female drug users. Methods: We developed a measure of social stability...
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Salyer C, Lee J, Lorvick J, Comfort M, Cropsey K, Smith S, et al.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
. 2021 Oct;
31(4):533-545.
PMID: 34652231
This study aims to understand how criminal-legal involved women from three U.S. cities navigate different health resource environments to obtain cervical cancer screening and follow-up care. We conducted a cross-sectional...
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Hemberg J, Lorvick J, Lipnicky A, Wickliffe J, Comfort M, Faust A, et al.
Contraception
. 2021 Aug;
104(6):606-611.
PMID: 34461135
Objective: We examined if abortion-related knowledge among women with criminal legal system involvement differed in three U.S. cities in states with varying abortion policies. Study Design: Respondents were self-identified women...
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Emerson A, Lipnicky A, Comfort M, Lorvick J, Cropsey K, Smith S, et al.
J Aging Health
. 2021 Jun;
34(1):60-70.
PMID: 34120499
We profiled the health and health services needs of a sample of older adult women (age 50+) with criminal-legal system (CLS) involvement and compared them with younger women (age 18-49),...