Improving health with programmatic, legal, and policy approaches to reduce gender inequality and change restrictive gender norms

J Heymann, JK Levy, B Bose, V Ríos-Salas… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Evidence that gender inequalities and restrictive norms adversely affect health is extensive;
however, far less research has focused on testing solutions. We first comprehensively …

Gender difference in working from home and psychological distress-A national survey of US employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

TA Matthews, L Chen, N Omidakhsh, D Zhang… - Industrial …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated broad and extensive changes in the way people
live and work. While the general subject of working from home has recently drawn increased …

Dismantling restrictive gender norms: Can better designed paternal leave policies help?

N Omidakhsh, A Sprague… - Analyses of Social Issues …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite global commitments and efforts, women's equality, particularly at work, has still not
been fully realized. Here, we examine whether improved parental leave policies …

Thyroid cancer and pesticide use in a central California agricultural area: a case control study

N Omidakhsh, JE Heck, M Cockburn… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective To examine environmental factors that influence risk of thyroid cancer. Methods
We performed a case-control study utilizing thyroid cancer cases from the California Cancer …

[HTML][HTML] A case–control study of sporadic retinoblastoma in relation to maternal health conditions and reproductive factors: a report from the Children's Oncology group

JE Heck, N Omidakhsh, S Azary, B Ritz… - BMC cancer, 2015 - Springer
Background The early age at retinoblastoma occurrence, the most common eye malignancy
in childhood, suggests that perinatal factors may contribute to its etiology. Methods In a large …

Residential pesticide exposures in pregnancy and the risk of sporadic retinoblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group

N Omidakhsh, A Ganguly, GR Bunin… - American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine whether parental pesticide exposure contributes to the development of
sporadic retinoblastoma. Design Case-control study. Methods Data were collected by a …

[HTML][HTML] Improved child marriage laws and its association with changing attitudes and experiences of intimate partner violence: a comparative multi-national study

N Omidakhsh, J Heymann - Journal of global health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a multi-national problem with many health
consequences. Some research suggests that reducing rates of child marriage can improve …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of COVID-19 related work stressors with psychological distress: racial and ethnic disparities in Californian workers

TA Matthews, M Guardiano, N Omidakhsh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert immense societal impacts, with recent data
showing inequitable distribution of consequences among racial and ethnic groups. The …

Parental occupational exposures and the risk of childhood sporadic retinoblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group

N Omidakhsh, GR Bunin, A Ganguly, B Ritz… - Occupational and …, 2018 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives We examined associations between parental occupational chemical exposures
up to 10 years before conception and the risk of sporadic retinoblastoma among offspring …

Patients with stricturing or penetrating Crohn's disease phenotypes report high disease burden and treatment needs

Y Fan, L Zhang, N Omidakhsh, RL Bohn… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which inflammation
can progress to complications of stricturing and/or penetrating disease. Real-world data on …