Jesse J. Helton

Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Obesity: Gender-Specific Pathways

Childhood maltreatment has been linked to adverse health outcomes across the life course, yet its association with body mass index (BMI) in middle adulthood remains underexplored. Using MIDUS Refresher Biomarker and Milwaukee African American Sample data ( N = 696), this study ex...

Cumulative lifetime trauma exposures in a nationally representative prison sample: findings from the mental health and substance use disorders prevalence survey

BACKGROUND: Trauma exposure is a driver of poor health, mental health, social and economic outcomes with a dose-response relationship between number of types of exposures and worse outcomes. This study explores the trauma exposure histories of individuals in prison, a population...