Shawnita Sealy–Jefferson
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
Publications
89
Citations
1,612
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
20
Publishing since 2007
Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson's research examines how structural racism, neighborhood conditions (such as evictions, segregation, and redlining), and psychological stress affect pregnancy outcomes and long-term health, particularly among Black women. Her work spans maternal health topics like preterm birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and postpartum mental health, as well as later-life outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and longevity. Much of this research uses epidemiological methods to connect social and environmental exposures to racial health disparities.
Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with peaks in 2019-2020 and 2024-2025, and an average of about 5.6 publications per year over the last five years, suggesting a steady but variable rate of output.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Neighborhood evictions, household children, and preterm birth among Black birthing people
UNC Libraries · 2026
- Neighborhood Threat of Eviction over Time and Risk of Preterm Birth in Black American Women
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities · 2025
- Prospective association of depression symptoms with exceptional longevity among older women
GeroScience · 2025
- Neighborhood evictions, household children, and preterm birth among Black birthing people
BMC Public Health · 2025
- Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women
American Journal of Epidemiology · 2024
- Sealy-Jefferson et al. respond to invited commentary by Joseph et al. with “Toward naming who and what is accountable for racial inequities in adverse Black maternal mental health”
American Journal of Epidemiology · 2024
- Intergenerational Occurrence of Premature Birth and Reproductive Health in Prematurely-Born Women in the Women’s Health Initiative
Maternal and Child Health Journal · 2024
- Still Separate, Still Not Equal: An Ecological Examination of Redlining and Racial Segregation with COVID-19 Vaccination Administration in Washington D.C.
Journal of Urban Health · 2024
- Abstract P258: Association of Depressive Symptoms With Exceptional Longevity: The Women’s Health Initiative
Circulation · 2024
- Racism as a Source of Pain
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2023
- Racial and Economic Segregation Over the Life Course and Incident Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Black Women in California
American Journal of Epidemiology · 2023
- Pregnancy loss and risk of incident CVD within 5 years: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine · 2023
- A conceptual understanding of the impact of interconnected forms of racism on maternal hypertension through Black Women’s lived experiences
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health · 2023
- Structural racism and health: Assessing the mediating role of community mental distress and health care access in the association between mass incarceration and adverse birth outcomes
SSM - Population Health · 2023
- On the Need to Revitalize Descriptive Epidemiology
American Journal of Epidemiology · 2022
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- Circulation×6
- American Journal of Epidemiology×4
- Journal of Urban Health×4
- SSM - Population Health×3
- Lauren Roberson
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Patricia M. Morton
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Kierra S. Barnett
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Callie Zaborenko
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Andrew Halpern-Manners
Social Sciences · Indiana University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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