2020
Accelerated senescence as a cost of reproduction: Testing associations between oxidative stress and reproductive effort in rural and urban women
Sancilio A, Jasienska G, Panter‐Brick C, Ziomkiewicz A, Nenko I, Bribiescas RG. Accelerated senescence as a cost of reproduction: Testing associations between oxidative stress and reproductive effort in rural and urban women. American Journal Of Human Biology 2020, 33: e23537. PMID: 33190335, PMCID: PMC8843032, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23537.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Biocultural research in global mental health: mapping idioms of distress onto blood pressure in a population survey
Sancilio A, Eggerman M, Panter‐Brick C. Biocultural research in global mental health: mapping idioms of distress onto blood pressure in a population survey. American Journal Of Human Biology 2016, 29 PMID: 27435220, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressureMental healthGlobal mental healthSystolic/diastolic blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureBlood pressure medicationsBody mass indexMental Health SurveyConceptualizations of distressPopulation surveyHypertensive individualsMass indexInverse associationHealth SurveyPsychosocial dataPhysiological blood pressureMental distressSubstantial proportionMedicationsUtility of mappingBiopsychosocial understandingDistressSubjective reportsHealthIdioms of distress
2014
Comparing the validity of the self reporting questionnaire and the Afghan symptom checklist: dysphoria, aggression, and gender in transcultural assessment of mental health
Rasmussen A, Ventevogel P, Sancilio A, Eggerman M, Panter-Brick C. Comparing the validity of the self reporting questionnaire and the Afghan symptom checklist: dysphoria, aggression, and gender in transcultural assessment of mental health. BMC Psychiatry 2014, 14: 206. PMID: 25034331, PMCID: PMC4107970, DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-14-206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfghan Symptom ChecklistSymptom ChecklistMental healthSRQ-20External validityTwo-factor structureThree-factor structureConfirmatory factor analysisEmotional numbingNegative affectTrauma exposureAggression subscaleLifetime traumaPsychosocial wellbeingResource-poor settingsValidity of instrumentsPsychosocial programmingMore salientWorld Health OrganizationGender interactionPsychosocial supportSubscalesTranscultural researchAggressionSubscale scores
1995
Inter-individual and seasonal weight variation in rural Nepali women
Panter-Brick C. Inter-individual and seasonal weight variation in rural Nepali women. Journal Of Biosocial Science 1995, 27: 215-233. PMID: 7738083, DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000022719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal energy expenditureBody weightMid-upper arm circumferenceHigher physical activity levelsRural Nepali womenWeight changeNon-pregnant womenBody mass indexPhysical activity levelsEnergy expenditureUpper arm circumferenceBody weight changesSeasonal weight variationInitial body weightMass indexArm circumferenceNonlactating womenFood intakePhysical activityAnthropometric measuresThin womenInter-individual variationWeight lossWomenActivity levels