Publications

recent publications

1. Nayak, S. S., Fraser, T., Aldrich, D. P., Panagopoulos, C., & Kim, D. (2024). County-level political group density, partisan polarization, and individual-level mortality among adults in the United States: A lagged multilevel study. SSM-Population Health, 101662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101662
   
   

2. Nayak, S.S., Efimov, X., Ncube, C., Griffith, J., & Molnar, B. E. (2023). ‘No Safe Spaces’: The retraumatization and dehumanization of immigrant survivors of domestic violence in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2023.2278055
   
   

3. Nayak, S. S., Scoglio, A.J., Nandi, S., Anderson, K., Mirand, D., Roper, K., ...& Molnar, B.E. (2023). Implementing integrated early childhood mental health services in primary care: Relationships, vision, and sustainability. Administration and Policy in Mental Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01275-w
   
   

4. Scoglio, A. A., & Nayak, S. S. (2023). Alignment of state-level policies and public attitudes towards abortion legality and government restrictions on abortion in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 320, 115724.  doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115724

From Dr. Nayak's prior institutions

1. Nayak, S. S., Carpenito, T., Zamechek, L., Roper, K., Méndez–Peñate, L., Arty, M.,…& Molnar, B. E. (2022). Predictors of service utilization of young children and families enrolled in a pediatric primary care mental health promotion and prevention program. Community Mental Health Journal.
   
   

2. Nayak, S. S., Fraser, T., Panagopoulos, C., Aldrich, D., & Kim, D. (2021). Is divisive politics making Americans sick? Associations between perceived partisan polarization and physical and mental health outcomes among adults in the United States. Social Science and Medicine.
   
   

3. Nayak, S. S., Scoglio, A. A., Mirand, D., Oates, A., Rabow, M., & Molnar, B. E. (2021). Movement and Solidarity: Community Mobilization to Mitigate the Adverse Impact of COVID-19 on Families with Young Children Receiving Care from Early Childhood Systems. Child Care in Practice.
   
   

4. Nayak, S. S., Tobias, C., Wolfe, J., Roper, K., Méndez-Peñate, L., Moulin, C.,… & Molnar, B. E. (2021). Engaging and supporting young children and their families in early childhood mental health services: The role of the family partner. Community Mental Health Journal.
   
   

5. Nayak, S. S., Kshtriya, S., & Neugebauer, R. (2019). Trauma Alleviation Treatment for unaccompanied children after the Rwandan Genocide: A cautionary tale. Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas.
   
   

6. Sabnis, S., Fojo, S., Nayak, S. S., Lopez, E., Tarn, D. M., & Zeltzer, L. (2019). Reducing parental trauma and stress in neonatal intensive care: Systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital interventions. Journal of Perinatology, 1.
   
   

7. Mutiso, V. N., Musyimi, C. W., Nayak, S. S., Musau, A. M., Rebello, T., Nandoya, E., ... & Ndetei, D. M. (2017). Stigma-related mental health knowledge and attitudes among primary health workers and community health volunteers in rural Kenya. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 63(6), 508-517.
   
   

8. Musyimi, C. W., Mutiso, V. N., Nayak, S. S., Ndetei, D. M., Henderson, D. C., & Bunders, J. (2017). Quality of life of depressed and suicidal patients seeking services from traditional and faith healers in rural Kenya. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15(1), 95.