Salma Abdalla

Jun 19, 2024 | thelancet.com | Dan Even |Salma Abdalla |Nason Maani |Sandro Galea

SummaryCommercial determinants of health frameworks aim to identify the features and actions of corporate entities that can influence health. This Viewpoint conceptualises the work of the news media as a set of commercial forces and provides a framework that can help researchers better understand how features and actions of the news media shape health and health equity.

Jun 6, 2024 | nature.com | Salma Abdalla |Samuel Rosenberg

AbstractA clear understanding of public perceptions of the social determinants of health remains lacking. This paper aimed to describe the relationship between income and urbanicity levels and public views of the determinants of health in eight middle-and high-income countries that varied across multiple characteristics. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey in Brazil, China, Germany, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and the United States.

May 27, 2024 | ajpmonline.org | C. Ross Hatton |Catherine Ettman |Sarah E. Gollust |Salma Abdalla

Goldman N Glei DA Weinstein M. Declining mental health among disadvantaged Americans. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2018; 115: 7290-7295https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1722023115Zack MM Moriarty DG Stroup DF Ford ES Mokdad AH. Worsening Trends in Adult Health-Related Quality of Life and Self-Rated Health—United States, 1993–2001. Public Health Rep. 2004; 119: 493-505https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phr.2004.07.007Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic. N Engl J Med.

Apr 9, 2024 | nature.com | Salma Abdalla

AbstractSubstantial literature documents the impact of mass traumatic events on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in populations. However, the trajectory of PTSD in the US population during the pandemic and the association between assets, Covid-19 related stressors, and PTSD over time remains unclear.

Mar 19, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Mohammed Abba-Aji |Angela Moreland |Salma Abdalla |Caitlin Rancher

Introduction On October 1, 2017, a lone gunman shot and killed 60 people and injured 867 others at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, making this mass shooting the deadliest in US history.1 Witnesses and survivors of mass violence incidents (MVIs) often experience depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).2 However, the psychological sequelae and associated factors among witnesses and survivors of the Las Vegas MVI have yet to be examined.