Kristen Marchi, MPH
Academic Coordinator III
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Rotary Scholarship, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, 1989-1990

Education & Training

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• MPH MCH Epidemiology University of California 06/1993
• BA Human Biology/Medical Anthropology Stanford University 06/1988

Interests

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• diversity
• equity
• inclusion in research
• maternal and infant health
• racism
• community partnership in research
• social determinants of health

Publications (29)

Top publication keywords:
Stomatognathic DiseasesHealth PromotionPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActInsurance, HealthPoverty AreasDental Health ServicesCaliforniaMedically UninsuredMedicaidHealth PersonnelDental CarePerinatal CarePremature BirthInsurance CoveragePrenatal Care

• African immigrants' favorable preterm birth rates challenge genetic etiology of the Black-White disparity in preterm birth.
  Frontiers in public health 2024 Braveman P, Heck K, Dominguez TP, Marchi K, Burke W, Holm N
• Severe maternal hardships are associated with food insecurity among low-income/lower-income women during pregnancy: results from the 2012-2014 California maternal infant health assessment.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2022 Laraia BA, Gamba R, Saraiva C, Dove MS, Marchi K, Braveman P
• The Affordable Care Act and Changes in Women's Health Insurance Coverage Before, During, and After Pregnancy in California.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2020 Marchi KS, Dove MS, Heck KE, Fan C
• Medical Provider Promotion of Oral Health and Women's Receipt of Dental Care During Pregnancy.
  Maternal and child health journal 2019 Marchi KS, Rinki C, Shah M, Dove M, Terpak C, Curtis MP, Braveman P
• Economic Hardship in Childhood: A Neglected Issue in ACE Studies?
  Maternal and child health journal 2018 Braveman P, Heck K, Egerter S, Rinki C, Marchi K, Curtis M

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• Worry about racial discrimination: A missing piece of the puzzle of Black-White disparities in preterm birth?
  PloS one 2017 Braveman P, Heck K, Egerter S, Dominguez TP, Rinki C, Marchi KS, Curtis M
• Are the poverty histories of neighbourhoods associated with psychosocial well-being among a representative sample of California mothers? An observational study.
  Journal of epidemiology and community health 2017 Walsemann KM, Child S, Heck K, Margerison-Zilko C, Braveman P, Marchi K, Cubbin C
• Latina Birth Outcomes in California: Not so Paradoxical.
  Maternal and child health journal 2016 Sanchez-Vaznaugh EV, Braveman PA, Egerter S, Marchi KS, Heck K, Curtis M
• Post-partum Residential Mobility Among a Statewide Representative Sample of California Women, 2003-2007.
  Maternal and child health journal 2016 Margerison-Zilko C, Cubbin C, Jun J, Marchi K, Braveman P
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant Women Vary by Income and Neighborhood Poverty.
  AIMS public health 2015 Cubbin C, Heck K, Powell T, Marchi K, Braveman P
• Beyond the cross-sectional: neighborhood poverty histories and preterm birth.
  American journal of public health 2015 Margerison-Zilko C, Cubbin C, Jun J, Marchi K, Fingar K, Braveman P
• The role of socioeconomic factors in Black-White disparities in preterm birth.
  American journal of public health 2014 Braveman PA, Heck K, Egerter S, Marchi KS, Dominguez TP, Cubbin C, Fingar K, Pearson JA, Curtis M
• Limited socioeconomic opportunities and Latina teen childbearing: a qualitative study of family and structural factors affecting future expectations.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2013 Minnis AM, Marchi K, Ralph L, Biggs MA, Combellick S, Arons A, Brindis CD, Braveman P
• Most pregnant women in California do not receive dental care: findings from a population-based study.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2010 Marchi KS, Fisher-Owens SA, Weintraub JA, Yu Z, Braveman PA
• Segmented assimilation theory and perinatal health disparities among women of Mexican descent.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2009 Johnson MA, Marchi KS
• Sociocultural determinants of teenage childbearing among Latinas in California.
  Maternal and child health journal 2009 Dehlendorf C, Marchi K, Vittinghoff E, Braveman P
• Poverty, near-poverty, and hardship around the time of pregnancy.
  Maternal and child health journal 2008 Braveman P, Marchi K, Egerter S, Kim S, Metzler M, Stancil T, Libet M
• Is neighborhood deprivation independently associated with maternal and infant health? Evidence from Florida and Washington.
  Maternal and child health journal 2007 Cubbin C, Marchi K, Lin M, Bell T, Marshall H, Miller C, Braveman P
• Early postnatal care among healthy newborns in 19 States: pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system, 2000.
  Maternal and child health journal 2005 Lansky A, Barfield WD, Marchi KS, Egerter SA, Galbraith AA, Braveman PA
• Socioeconomic status in health research: one size does not fit all.
  JAMA 2005 Braveman PA, Cubbin C, Egerter S, Chideya S, Marchi KS, Metzler M, Posner S
• An approach to studying social disparities in health and health care.
  American journal of public health 2004 Braveman PA, Egerter SA, Cubbin C, Marchi KS
• Surveillance for disparities in maternal health-related behaviors--selected states, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2000-2001.
  Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) 2004 Phares TM, Morrow B, Lansky A, Barfield WD, Prince CB, Marchi KS, Braveman PA, Williams LM, Kinniburgh B
• Infant sleep position: associated maternal and infant factors.
  Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2003 Chung EK, Hung YY, Marchi K, Chavez GF, Braveman P
• Improvements in prenatal insurance coverage and utilization of care in California: an unsung public health victory.
  Maternal and child health journal 2003 Rittenhouse DR, Braveman P, Marchi K
• Newborn early discharge revisited: are California newborns receiving recommended postnatal services?
  Pediatrics 2003 Galbraith AA, Egerter SA, Marchi KS, Chavez G, Braveman PA
• Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy among postpartum women in California.
  Maternal and child health journal 2002 Cubbin C, Braveman PA, Marchi KS, Chavez GF, Santelli JS, Gilbert BJ
• Timing of insurance coverage and use of prenatal care among low-income women.
  American journal of public health 2002 Egerter S, Braveman P, Marchi K
• The impact of managed care on children's access, satisfaction, use, and quality of care.
  Health services research 2001 Newacheck PW, Hung YY, Marchi KS, Hughes DC, Pitter C, Stoddard JJ
• Follow-up of newborns and their mothers after early hospital discharge.
  Clinics in perinatology 1998 Egerter SA, Braveman PA, Marchi KS