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Sylvia Guendelman is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Epidemiology.

The main topics of their research work include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

Guendelman has published several papers recently. These include:

  • "Using Application Programming Interfaces to Access Google Data for Health Research: Protocol for a Methodological Framework" (2020), published in JMIR Research Protocols
  • "Quality of top webpages providing abortion pill information for Google searches in the USA: An evidence-based webpage quality assessment" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Health Profile and Health Care Access of Mexican Migration Flows Traversing the Northern Border of Mexico" (2020), published in Medical Care
  • "Preterm birth and social support services for prenatal depression and social determinants" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Shining the light on abortion: Drivers of online abortion searches across the United States in 2018" (2020), published in PLoS ONE

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ndola Prata
  • Elizabeth Pleasants
  • Jodi Stookey
  • Anne Zepecki
  • Johanna Burch

Regarding publication venues, Guendelman has multiple contributions in the following journals:

  • PLoS ONE (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Public Health (2 publications)
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2 publications)
  • JMIR Research Protocols (1 publication)
  • Children and Youth Services Review (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Juggling Work and Breastfeeding: Effects of Maternity Leave and Occupational Characteristics

    Sylvia Guendelman;Jessica Lang Kosa;Michelle Pearl;Steve Graham

  • Improving asthma outcomes and self-management behaviors of inner-city children: a randomized trial of the Health Buddy interactive device and an asthma diary.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Kelley Meade;Mindy Benson;Ying Qing Chen

  • Birth outcomes of immigrant women in the United States, France, and Belgium.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Pierre Buekens;Beatrice Blondel;Monique Kaminski

  • Generational differences in perinatal health among the Mexican American population: findings from HHANES 1982-84.

    S Guendelman;J B Gould;M Hudes;B Eskenazi

  • Effect of United States Residence on Birth Outcomes among Mexican Immigrants: An Exploratory Study

    Sylvia Guendelman;Paul B. English

  • Perceptions of Hormonal Contraceptive Safety and Side Effects Among Low-Income Latina and Non-Latina Women

    Sylvia Guendelman;Colleen Denny;Jane Mauldon;Carol Chetkovich

  • Orientations to motherhood and male partner support among women in Mexico and Mexican-origin women in the United States.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Christina Malin;Barbara Herr-Harthorn;Patricia Noemi Vargas

  • Unfriendly Shores: How Immigrant Children Fare In The U.S. Health System

    Sylvia Guendelman;Helen Halpin Schauffler;Michelle Pearl

  • Racial/ethnic Differences in Mother-daughter Communication About Sex

    Lisa M. Meneses;Joan K. Orrell-Valente;Sylvia R. Guendelman;Doug Oman

  • Health Services Utilization Among Latinos and White Non-Latinos: Results From a National Survey

    Sylvia Guendelman;Todd H. Wagner

  • Dietary Associations of Household Food Insecurity among Children of Mexican Descent: Results of a Binational Study

    Lisa G. Rosas;Kim Harley;Lia C.H. Fernald;Sylvia Guendelman

  • Medical Care Utilization by Hispanic Children: How Does it Differ From Black and White Peers?

    Sylvia Guendelman;Joan Schwalbe

  • Disparities in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia among immigrant women giving birth in six industrialised countries

    Ml Urquia;Ml Urquia;Rh Glazier;Rh Glazier;Aj Gagnon;Laust Hvas Mortensen

  • Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Children of Mexican Descent: Results of a Binational Study

    Lisa G. Rosas;Sylvia Guendelman;Kim Harley;Lia C. H. Fernald

  • Overcoming the odds: access to care for immigrant children in working poor families in California.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Veronica Angulo;Megan Wier;Doug Oman

  • Maternal Perception of Child Weight Among Mexicans in California and Mexico

    Lisa G Rosas;Kim G Harley;Sylvia Guendelman;Lia C H Fernald

  • Healthcare utilization among Hispanics: findings from the 1994 Minority Health Survey.

    Todd H. Wagner;Sylvia Guendelman

  • Obstetric complications during labor and delivery: assessing ethnic differences in California.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Dorothy Thornton;Jeffrey Gould;Nap Hosang

  • Dietary, alcohol, and tobacco intake among Mexican-American women of childbearing age: results from HANES data.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Barbara Abrams

  • Infants of Mexican immigrants. Health status of an emerging population.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Paul English;Gilberto Chavez

  • Listening to Communities: Mixed-Method Study of the Engagement of Disadvantaged Mothers and Pregnant Women With Digital Health Technologies

    Sylvia Guendelman;Andrew Broderick;Hmellisa Mlo;Alison Gemmill

  • Maternal perceptions of early childhood ideal body weight differ among Mexican-origin mothers residing in Mexico compared to California.

    Sylvia Guendelman;Lia C.H. Fernald;Lynnette M. Neufeld;Elena Fuentes-Afflick

Frequent Co-Authors

Lia C. H. Fernald
Lia C. H. Fernald University of California, Berkeley
Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley
Claire D. Brindis
Claire D. Brindis University of California, San Francisco
Charles E. Irwin
Charles E. Irwin University of California, San Francisco
Melbourne F. Hovell
Melbourne F. Hovell San Diego State University
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez
Carlos Magis-Rodriguez University of California, San Diego
Ninez A. Ponce
Ninez A. Ponce University of California, Los Angeles
Julianna Deardorff
Julianna Deardorff University of California, Berkeley
Ayala M. Pines
Ayala M. Pines Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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