Papers

Recent Journal Articles

*indicates trainee under my supervision or co-supervision.

  1. Chen D, Momen NC, Ejlskov L, Bødkergaard K, Werenberg Dreier J, Sørensen HT, Laustsen LM, Harper S, Hakulinen C, McGrath JJ, Plana-Ripoll O. “Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality Associated with Mental Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study” World Psychiatry. 2025; 24: 92–102. DOI: 10.1002/wps.21278 Citations:
  1. Al-Soneidar W*, Harper S, Coutlée F, Gheit T, Tommasino M, Nicolau B. “Prevalence of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Human Papillomaviruses in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer and Noncancer Controls and Relation to Behavioral Factors” The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024; 229: 1088–1096. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad335 Citations: 1
  1. Burgos-Ochoa L, Bertens L, Boderie N, Gravesteijn B, Obermann-Borst S, Rosman A, P.R.E.P.A.R.E.-consortium NA. “Impact of COVID-19 Mitigation Measures on Perinatal Outcomes in the Netherlands” Public Health. 2024; 236: 322–327. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.09.002 Citations: 0
  1. Gravesteijn B, Boderie N, Akker T, Bertens L, Bloemenkamp K, Burgos Ochoa L, {P.R.E.P.A.R.E.-consortium} NA. “Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Maternity Care and Maternal Outcome in the Netherlands: A National Quasi-Experimental Study” Public Health. 2024; 235: 15–25. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.06.024 Citations: 0
  1. Hetherington E*, Darling E, Harper S, Nguyen F, Schummers L, Norman W. “Inequalities in Access to Prenatal Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of a Population-Based Cohort” Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2024; 38: 291–301. DOI: 10.1111/ppe.13050 Citations:
  1. Lee M, Chang J, Deng Q, Hu P, Bixby H, Harper S, Liu J. “Effects of a Coal to Clean Heating Policy on Acute Myocardial Infarction in Beijing: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis” The Lancet. Planetary Health. 2024; 8: 924–932. DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00243-2 Citations: 0
  1. Nandi A, Agarwal P, Chandrashekar A, Maloney S, Richardson R, Thakur L, Harper S. “Access to Affordable Daycare and Women’s Mental Health in Rajasthan, India: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomised Social Intervention” Journal of Global Health. 2024; 14: 04063. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.04063 Citations: 0
  1. Socha P*, Harper S, Hutcheon J. “Methods of Confounder Selection in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Studies: An Overview of Recent Practice” BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2024; 131: 1430–1431. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17799 Citations: 0
  1. Socha P*, Harper S, Strumpf E, Murphy K, Hutcheon J. “Antenatal Corticosteroids and Newborn Respiratory Outcomes in Twins: A Regression Discontinuity Study” BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2024; 131: 1064–1071. DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17754 Citations: 1
  1. Harper S, Nandi A. “Empirical Challenges in Defining Treatments and Time in the Evaluation of Gun Laws” Epidemiology. 2023; 34: 793–795. DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001663 Citations: 3
  1. Socha P*, Harper S, Hutcheon JA. “Subgroup Effects Should Be Examined Using Both Relative and Absolute Effect Measures” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2023; 63: 469–472. DOI: 10.1111/ajo.13656 Citations: 1
  1. Hetherington E*, Harper S, Davidson R, Festo C, Lampkin N, Mtenga S, Teixeira C, Vincent I, Nandi A. “Impact Evaluation of the TAMANI Project to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Tanzania” J Epidemiol Community Health. 2023; DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-219995 Citations: 1
  1. Anato J, Ma H, Hamilton M, Xia Y, Harper S, Buckeridge D, Maheu-Giroux M. “Impact of a Vaccine Passport on First-Dose SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Coverage by Age and Area-Level Social Determinants of Health in the Canadian Provinces of Quebec and Ontario: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis” CMAJ Open. 2023; 11: 995–1005. DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220242 Citations:
  1. Hawkins S, Harper S, Baum C, Kaufman J. “Associations between State-Level Changes in Reproductive Health Services and Indicators of Severe Maternal Morbidity” JAMA Pediatrics. 2023; 177: 93–95. DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4136 Citations: 2
  1. Windle SB, Socha P*, Nazif-Munoz JI, Harper S, Nandi A. “The Impact of Cannabis Decriminalization and Legalization on Road Safety Outcomes: A Systematic Review” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2022; 63: 1037–1052. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.07.012 Citations: 29
  1. Windle SB, Socha P*, Nazif-Munoz JI, Harper S, Nandi A. “The Impact of Cannabis Decriminalization and Legalization on Road Safety Outcomes: A Systematic Review” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2022; 63: 1037–1052. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.07.012 Citations: 29
  1. Sternbach TJ, Harper S, Li X, Zhang X, Carter E, Zhang Y, Shen G, Fan Z, Zhao L, Tao S, Baumgartner J. “Effects of Indoor and Outdoor Temperatures on Blood Pressure and Central Hemodynamics in a Wintertime Longitudinal Study of Chinese Adults” Journal of Hypertension. 2022; 40: 1950. DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003198 Citations: 7
  1. Nandi A, Charters TJ, Quamruzzaman A, Strumpf EC, Kaufman JS, Heymann J, Mukherji A, Harper S. “Health Care Services Use, Stillbirth, and Neonatal and Infant Survival Following Implementation of the Maternal Health Voucher Scheme in Bangladesh: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey Data, 2000 to 2016” PLOS Medicine. 2022; 19: e1004022. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004022 Citations:
  1. Carabali M, Harper S, Lima Neto AS, family = Santos de Sousa g=G, Caprara A, Restrepo BN, Kaufman JS. “Decomposition of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Arboviral Diseases in Brazil and Colombia (2007–2017)” Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2022; 116: 717–726. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trac004 Citations: 3
  1. Al-Soneidar WA, Harper S, Madathil SA, Schlecht NF, Nicolau B. “Do Cutaneous Human Papillomavirus Genotypes Affect Head and Neck Cancer? Evidence and Bias-Correction from a Case-Control Study” Cancer Epidemiology. 2022; 79: 102205. DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2022.102205 Citations: 5
  1. Davis LE, Webber C, Datta GD, Wiens A, Harper S, Hallet J, Coburn NG, Konikoff L, Tanuseputro P, Mahar AL. “Assessing Research Methodologies Used to Evaluate Inequalities in End-of-Life Cancer Care Research: A Scoping Review Protocol” BMJ Open. 2022; 12: e064743. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064743 Citations: 1
  1. Capurro DA*, Harper S. “Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Paraguay: Description of Trends from 1999 to 2018” Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2022; 27: 180–189. DOI: 10.1177/13558196221079160 Citations: 6
  1. Davis LE, Webber C, Datta GD, Wiens A, Harper S, Hallet J, Coburn NG, Konikoff L, Tanuseputro P, Mahar AL. “Assessing Research Methodologies Used to Evaluate Inequalities in End-of-Life Cancer Care Research: A Scoping Review Protocol” BMJ Open. 2022; 12: e064743. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064743 Citations: 1
  1. Li X, Baumgartner J, Barrington-Leigh C, Harper S, Robinson B, Shen G, Sternbach T, Tao S, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Carter E. “Socioeconomic and Demographic Associations with Wintertime Air Pollution Exposures at Household, Community, and District Scales in Rural Beijing, China” Environmental Science & Technology. 2022; 56: 8308–8318. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07402 Citations: 6
  1. Clark S, Harper S, Weber B. “Growing Up in Rural America” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2022; 8: 1–47. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.4.01 Citations: 40
  1. Hutcheon JA, Strumpf EC, Liauw J, Skoll MA, Socha P*, Srour M, Ting JY, Harper S. “Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood: A Regression Discontinuity Study” CMAJ. 2022; 194: E235-E241. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211491 Citations: 5
  1. Al-Soneidar WA, Harper S, Alli BY, Nicolau B. “Interaction of HPV16 and Cutaneous HPV in Head and Neck Cancer” Cancers. 2022; 14: 5197. DOI: 10.3390/cancers14215197 Citations: 2
  1. Li X, Baumgartner J, Harper S, Zhang X, Sternbach T, Barrington-Leigh C, Brehmer C, Robinson B, Shen G, Zhang Y, Tao S, Carter E. “Field Measurements of Indoor and Community Air Quality in Rural Beijing before, during, and after the COVID-19 Lockdown” Indoor Air. 2022; 32: e13095. DOI: 10.1111/ina.13095 Citations:
  1. Harper S, Riddell CA*, King NB. “Declining Life Expectancy in the United States: Missing the Trees for the Forest” Annual Review of Public Health. 2021; 42: 381–403. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-082619-104231 Citations: 135
  1. Arsenault C*, Harper S, Nandi A. “Effect of Vaccination on Children’s Learning Achievements: Findings from the India Human Development Survey” J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020; 74: 778–784. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2019-213483 Citations: 10
  1. Harper S. “Would Stronger Seat Belt Laws Reduce Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths?: A Semi-Bayesian Analysis” Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 2019; 30: 380–387. DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000990 Citations: 6
  1. Banack HR, Harper S, Kaufman JS. “Accounting for Selection Bias in Studies of Acute Cardiac Events” Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2018; 34: 709–716. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.01.013 Citations: 22
  1. Breen N, Lewis DR, Gibson JT, Yu M, Harper S. “Assessing Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Mortality by Socioeconomic Status Using New Tools: Health Disparities Calculator and Socioeconomic Quintiles” Cancer Causes & Control. 2017; 28: 117–125. DOI: 10.1007/s10552-016-0842-2 Citations: 38
  1. Auger N, Roncarolo F, Harper S. “Increasing Educational Inequality in Preterm Birth in Québec, Canada, 1981–2006” J Epidemiol Community Health. 2011; 65: 1091–1096. DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.102350 Citations:
  1. Lynch J, Smith GD, Harper S, Hillemeier M, Ross N, Kaplan GA, Wolfson M. “Is Income Inequality a Determinant of Population Health? Part 1. A Systematic Review” The Milbank Quarterly. 2004; 82: 5–99. DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378x.2004.00302.x Citations: 1269

Book Chapters

  1. Strumpf EC, Harper S, Kaufman JS (2017). “Fixed Effects and Difference-in-Differences” In: Oakes JM, Kaufman JS (Eds.). Methods in Social Epidemiology. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 341–368. Citations: 105