Kayla N. Anderson's research while affiliated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other places

... Moreover, a cohort study from French Polynesia found that maternal ZIKV infection was not associated with an excess burden of developmental delay during early childhood [33]. Data from the U.S. Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry show that among children with confirmed prenatal Zika-exposure but without Zika-associated birth defects, the rate of confirmed or possible NDD was 7.4% up to 36 months of age, which is considered to be within the expected general population rate [unpublished personal data] [34]. Nevertheless, developmental delays, particularly in cognitive and language domains, have been previously reported in normocephalic ZIKVexposed children [34][35][36][37] and authors have cautioned against normocephaly being used as a proxy marker for reassurance of typical neurodevelopment [12]. ...

... In recent decades, public health emergencies (e.g., the SARS, Ebola, and COVID-19 pandemics) have broken out several times and are assumed to have negative impacts on individuals' psychology, such as loneliness, mental health, and subjective well-being (e.g., Bai et al., 2022;Kimura et al., 2022;Sancho et al., 2021). Because children have weaker capabilities to cope with huge environmental changes and challenges, they are more likely to experience decreased well-being during emergencies (Bai et al., 2022;Steinmayr et al., 2022;University of Calgary, 2021;Verlenden et al., 2022). For example, it was found that children had greater anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms during public health emergencies (Meade, 2021;Yeasmin et al., 2020); emergencies increased the possibility of child abuse by undermining families' financial and social support (Cho et al., 2021). ...

... In a nationally representative survey of public and private high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, over half of adolescents (55%) reported experiencing emotional abuse by a parent or other adult in the home, 11% reported physical abuse, and 29% reported a parent or other adult at home lost a job [5]. The prevalence of poor current mental health and suicide attempts in 2021 were 4 and 25 times as high, respectively, for those adolescents with 4 or more ACEs occurring during the pandemic compared to those without [9]. In contrast, research has identified "school connectedness"-the sense of being cared for, supported, and belonging at school-as playing a key protective role in students' wellbeing during the pandemic. ...

... In addition, while participants did experience withdrawal during their stay at the treatment center, no participant was removed from PIE sessions due to health-related concerns, including COVID-19. This is important to note, as a direct relationship between poor mental health and the severity of COVID-19 has been documented [44,45], and, thus, a therapeutic treatment option that demonstrates improvement in emotional safety within a shortened timeframe holds promise. This participation level through withdrawal is further promising, as compliance is low with traditional therapeutic interventions during this early stage of the treatment process [9], and yet compliance and treatment success are critical, as the population with SUD is more susceptible to health-related issues, including COVID-19 and the associated adverse outcomes [16,44]. ...

... Evaluation research shows whether prevention strategies implemented across the SEM are effective at preventing ACEs among diverse groups and populations (Guinn et al. in this issue discusses more on program evaluation). 12 Evaluation research uses rigorous experimental or quasi-experimental designs so that changes in exposure to ACEs can be attributed to the prevention strategy (i.e., produce causal inference). It is also important to examine whether prevention strategies produce intended effects and not unintended ones. ...

... 7 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)-Kaiser ACE Study 8 and national surveillance surveys ask adults to retrospectively report on experiences with ACEs before age 19 9 or ask parents to report on their child's experience with ACEs. 10 However, recently, there have been efforts to assess current ACEs by directly surveying adolescents. [11][12][13] Despite concerns about the impact of the pandemic on ACEs, there has been limited investigation of the occurrence of and changes in ACEs among adolescents during this period. ...

... Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder research on psychiatric treatment and support during the COVID19 pandemic has largely neglected adults, older adults and females as well as minority groups (12). On the contrary, especially among young adults and racially and ethnically minoritized subpopulations increases in mental-health related emergency department visits were seen during the COVID-19 pandemic (45). Of note, only recently specific needs as well as differences in psychopathology, social functioning, and developmental trajectories of girls and women with ADHD have been recognized more broadly (46). ...

... The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the Word Health Organization on March 11th, 2020, and associated public health strategies of mitigation, such as lockdown orders and school closures, have been proposed as negative environmental factors on the mental health of children and youth (1)(2)(3), with long-term consequences still surfacing. Cumulating studies indicate a corresponding increase in depressive and anxious symptoms (4,5), a rise in emergency consultations due to mental health problems (6), and a reduction in perceived quality of life (7,8) in children and youth. Next to the impacts on physical health and changes in work and family life, proposed mediators especially affecting children and youth include the disruption of daily routines, loneliness due to social distancing orders, increased use of virtual communication and social media, as well as reduced availability of extracurricular activities (8,9). ...

... Across disciplines, limited coverage of ED education during training can have downstream effects on provider comfort and self-confidence to assess and appropriately refer patients with EDs, attitudes towards patients, and patient safety [18][19][20][21]. Moreover, as rates of patients seeking services for EDs increased globally during the COVID-19 pandemic [22][23][24][25][26], the need to fill this education gap is critical. Making ED training accessible to those who will be on the proverbial 'frontlines' of detection may improve identification of cases, diagnosis, monitoring, and referrals. ...

... [5][6][7] Emerging evidence suggests that children with ZBD can exhibit neurodevelopmental delays not detected until after their rst year of life. 8,9 However, among children without ZBD, information about the longer-term neurodevelopmental effects of CZVE is limited. 1,10 A study in Colombia examined 77 infants with laboratory evidence of maternal ZIKV during pregnancy but no clinical signs of congenital Zika syndrome and normal prenatal neuroimaging. ...