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Susie Hoffman
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 103
Citations - 5861
Susie Hoffman is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 90 publications receiving 5568 citations. Previous affiliations of Susie Hoffman include University of York & University of Pennsylvania.
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Risk factors for falls as a cause of hip fracture in women
Jeane Ann Grisso,Jennifer L. Kelsey,Brian L. Strom,Grace Y. Chiu,Greg Maislin,Linda A. O'Brien,Susie Hoffman,Frederick Kaplan +7 more
TL;DR: A number of factors that have been identified as risk factors for falls are also associated with hip fracture, including lower-limb dysfunction, neurologic conditions, barbiturate use, and visual impairment.
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Rethinking Gender, Heterosexual Men, and Women's Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
TL;DR: This work reviews the etiology and successes of the women's vulnerability paradigm, and calls for an expanded model that acknowledges biology, gender inequality, and gendered power relations but also directly examines social structure, gender, and HIV risk for heterosexual women and men.
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Depressive symptomatology during pregnancy: evidence for an association with decreased fetal growth in pregnancies of lower social class women.
Susie Hoffman,Maureen Hatch +1 more
TL;DR: Among 222 women from lower occupational status households, each unit increase on the CES-D at 28 weeks gestation was associated with a reduction in gestational-age-adjusted birth weight, raising the possibility that among lower status women, depressive mood may be associated with restricted fetal growth.
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Stress, social support and pregnancy outcome: a reassessment based on recent research
Susie Hoffman,Maureen Hatch +1 more
TL;DR: An assessment of studies published in the last decade that consider the relationship of stress and social support to preterm delivery or fetal growth retardation shows that stressful life events during pregnancy, though more common in disadvantaged groups, do not increase the risk of preterm birth.
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Structural barriers to ART adherence in Southern Africa: Challenges and potential ways forward
TL;DR: Three sets of structural barriers to ART adherence that are salient in Southern Africa are identified: poverty-related, institutional, and political and cultural.