Publications
Samuel, L.J., Crews, D.C., Swenor, B.K., Zhu, J., Stuart, E.A., Szanton, S.L., Kim, B., Dwivedi, P., Li, Q., Reed, N.S., Thorpe, R.J., (2023). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Access and Racial Disparities in Food Insecurity. JAMA Network Open, 6(6):e2320196. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20196
Samuel, L.J., Wright, R., Taylor, J., Roberts Lavigne, L.C., Szanton, S.L. (2023). Social Norms about Handling Financial Challenges in relation to Health-Protective Capacity among Low-Income Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 63(4), 783-794. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac061
Samuel, L.J., Hladek, M., Tian, J., Roberts, L.C., LaFave, S.E., Szanton, S.L., (2022). Propensity score weighted associations between financial strain and subsequent inflammatory biomarkers of aging among a representative sample of U.S. older adults. BMC Geriatrics 22:467. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03112-5
Samuel, L.J., Dwivedi, P., Hladek, M., Cudjoe, T.K.M., Drazich, B.F., Li, Q., Szanton, S.L. (2022). The effect of COVID-19 pandemic-related financial challenges on mental health and well-being among U.S. older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70:1629–1641. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17808.
Samuel, L.J., Szanton, S.L., Wolff, J.L., Gaskin, D.J., (2021). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 2009 expansion and cardiometabolic markers among low-income adults. Preventive Medicine, 150, 106678. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106678.
Samuel, L.J., Szanton, S.L., Fedarko, N.S., Simonsick, E.M., (2020). Leveraging naturally occurring variation in financial stress to examine associations with inflammatory burden among older adults. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 74:892-897. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-213807.
Samuel, L.J., Szanton, S.L., Cahill, R., Wolff, J.L., Ong, P., Zielinskie, G., Betley, C., (2018). Does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program affect hospital utilization among older adults? The case of Maryland. Population Health Management, 21(2), 88-95. doi: 10.1089/pop.2017.0055.
Szanton, S.L., Samuel, L.J., Cahill, R., Zielinski, G., Wolff, J.L., Thorpe, R.J., Betley, C., (2017). Food assistance is associated with decreased nursing home admissions for Maryland’s dually eligible older adults. BMC Geriatrics, 17, article number 162. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0553-x.