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Susan B. Sorenson is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences and medicine, with specific subfields including health, gender studies, sociology and political science, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and radiological and ultrasound technology.

The primary focus of their work centers around topics such as intimate partner and family violence, sexual assault and victimization studies, crime patterns and interventions, sex work and related issues, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, infant development and preterm care, as well as family and patient care in intensive care units.

Recent publications by Susan B. Sorenson include:

  • The Endemic Amid the Pandemic: Seeking Help for Violence Against Women in the Initial Phases of COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Violence Against Women as a Global Public Health Issue, 2024, Annual Review of Public Health
  • O041 / #504: PICU Outcomes: A Qualitative Study of Teen and Family Priorities, 2021, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their research are:

  • Laura Šinko
  • Richard A. Berk
  • Heidi Stöckl
  • Lenora M. Olson
  • Susan Zickmund

Their work has been published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Annual Review of Public Health
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Best Publications

  • The Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Five US Communities

    Marvin Karno;Jacqueline M. Golding;Susan B. Sorenson;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Sexual assault and mental disorders in a community population.

    M. A. Burnam;Judith A. Stein;J. M. Golding;Judith M. Siegel

  • Community and dating violence among adolescents: perpetration and victimization

    Shaista Malik;Susan B. Sorenson;Carol S. Aneshensel

  • Violence and injury in marital arguments: risk patterns and gender differences.

    Susan B. Sorenson;Dawn M. Upchurch;Haikang Shen

  • THE PREVALENCE OF ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT THE LOS ANGELES EPIDEMIOLOGIC CATCHMENT AREA PROJECT

    Susan B. Sorenson;Judith A. Stein;Judith M. Siegel;J. M. Golding

  • Safe access to safe water in low income countries: Water fetching in current times

    Susan B. Sorenson;Christiaan Morssink;Paola Abril Campos;Paola Abril Campos

  • Self-reports of spousal violence in a Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white population.

    Susan B. Sorenson;Cynthia A. Telles

  • Female aggression toward male intimate partners: an examination of social norms in a community-based sample

    Susan B. Sorenson;Catherine A. Taylor

  • News media coverage and the epidemiology of homicide.

    Susan B. Sorenson;J. G. Manz;Richard A. Berk

  • Social support sources following sexual assault

    Jacqueline M. Golding;Judith M. Siege;Susan B. Sorenson;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Long-term psychological sequelae of child sexual abuse: The Los Angeles Epidemiologic Catchment Area study.

    Judith A. Stein;Jacqueline M. Golding;Judith M. Siegel;M. Audrey Burnam

  • The prevalence of childhood sexual assault. The Los Angeles Epidemiologic Catchment Area Project.

    Judith M. Siegel;Susan B. Sorenson;J. M. Golding;M. A. Burnam

  • Violence Against Women: Examining Ethnic Differences and Commonalities

    Susan B. Sorenson

  • Sexual assault history and use of health and mental health services.

    Jacqueline M. Golding;Judith A. Stein;Judith M. Siegel;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Gender disparities in injury mortality: consistent, persistent, and larger than you'd think

    Susan B. Sorenson

  • Community-based Norms About Intimate Partner Violence: Putting Attributions of Fault and Responsibility into Context

    Catherine A. Taylor;Catherine A. Taylor;Catherine A. Taylor;Susan B. Sorenson

  • Forecasting Domestic Violence: A Machine Learning Approach to Help Inform Arraignment Decisions

    Richard A. Berk;Susan B. Sorenson;Geoffrey Barnes

  • Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Assault: Findings from a Los Angeles Study

    Susan B. Sorenson;Judith M. Siegel

  • Occurrence, severity, and outcomes of brain injury

    Susan B. Sorenson;Jess F. Kraus

  • Depression in the community: An investigation into age of onset.

    Susan B. Sorenson;Carolyn M. Rutter;Carol S. Aneshensel

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Berk
Richard A. Berk University of Pennsylvania
Judith A. Stein
Judith A. Stein University of California, Los Angeles
Judith M. Siegel
Judith M. Siegel University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas J. Wiebe
Douglas J. Wiebe University of Pennsylvania
Carol S. Aneshensel
Carol S. Aneshensel University of California, Los Angeles
Jacquelyn W. White
Jacquelyn W. White University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Phyllis Solomon
Phyllis Solomon University of Pennsylvania
Daniel W. Webster
Daniel W. Webster Johns Hopkins University
Jacqueline M. Golding
Jacqueline M. Golding University of California, San Francisco
Richard J. Gelles
Richard J. Gelles University of Pennsylvania

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