Marianne M. Hillemeier
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography
Contact Information
504S Ford Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-0873
Research Interests
Disparities in child and adolescent health; effects of context on health and health-related behavior; disparities in children's health care access and utilization; provider-family interaction in health care encounters; chronic conditions among children and adolescents including asthma and obesity
Teaching Interests
Child and adolescent health disparities; child and family health policy; public health
Current Publications
Wells R, Hillemeier MM, Bai Y, Belue R. ( in press). Health service access across racial/ethnic groups of children in the child welfare system. Child Abuse & Neglect.
Chuang CH, Weisman CS, Dyer A-M, Camacho F, Hillemeier MM. (in press). Predicting Pregnancy from Pregnancy Intentions: Prospective Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). Women 's Health Issues.
Bai Y, Wells R, Hillemeier MM. (in press). Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health providers, children's service use, and outcomes. Child Abuse & Neglect.
Parrott R, Volkman JE, Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. (in press). Pregnancy intentions as a framework to identify folic acid supplement use audience segments: findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study. Journal of Health Communication.
Hillemeier MM, Farkas G, Morgan PL, Martin MA, Maczuga SA. 2009. Disparities in the prevalence of cognitive delay: How early do they appear? Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology epub ahead of print, doi 10.1111/j. 1365-3016.2008.01006.x.
Chuang CH, Hillemeier MM, Camacho F, Dyer A-M, Schwartz EB, Weisman CS. (in press). Pregnancy intention and health behaviors: Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS) cohort. Maternal and Child Health Journal epub ahead of print, doi 10.1007/s 10995-009 0453-6.
Morgan PL, Farkas G, Hillemeier MM, Maczuga SA. 2008. Risk factors for learning-related behavior problems at 24 months of age: population-based estimates. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, epub ahead of print, doi 10.1007/s10802-008-9279-8.
Hillemeier MM, Downs DS, Feinberg MF, Weisman CS, Chuang CH, Parrott RL, Velott D, Francis LA, Baker SA, Dyer AM, Chinchilli V. 2008. Improving women's preconceptional health: findings from a randomized trial of the Strong Healthy Women intervention in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study. Women's Health Issues 18S: S87-S96.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. 2008. Mental health status among rural women of reproductive age: findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). American Journal of Public Health 98(7):1271-1279. (PMCID: PMC2424076)
Volkman JE, Hillemeier MM. 2008. School nurse communication effectiveness with physicians and satisfaction with school health services. Journal of School Nursing 24(5):310-318.
Downs DS, Feinberg M, Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Chuang CH, Parrott R, Francis LA. 2009. Design of the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS) Strong Healthy Women intervention: improving preconceptional health. Maternal and Child Health Journal 13(1):18-28.
Velott DL, Baker SA, Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS. 2008. Participant recruitment to a randomized trial of a community-based behavioral intervention for pre- and interconceptional women:findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). Women's Health Issues I 8(3):217-224.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. Shaffer ML. 2008. Women's preconceptional health and use of health services: implications for preconception care. Health Services Research 43 (1 pt 1): 54-75. (PMCID:PMC2323151)
Paul I, Lehmann EB, Suliman AK, Hillemeier MM. 2008. Perinatal disparities for black mothers and their newborns in Pennsylvania. Maternal and Child Health Journal 12:452-460.
Weisman CS, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, Misra DP, Chuang CH, Parrott R, Dyer A-M. 2008. Women's perceived control of their birth outcomes in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS): implications for the use of preconception care. Women's Health Issues 18(1 ):17-25.
Hillemeier MM, Foster EM, Heinrichs B, Heier BJ, Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group 2007. Racial differences in parental reports of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 28(5):353-361.
Weisman CS, Grimley DM, Annang L, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, Dyer AM. 2007. Vaginal douching and intimate partner violence: is there an association? Women's Health Issues 17:310-315.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Chase GA, Dyer AM. 2007. Individual and community predictors of preterm birth and low birthweight along the rural-urban continuum in Central Pennsylvania. Journal of Rural Health 23(1):42-48.
Miller K, Yost B, Flaherty S, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA, Weisman CS, Dyer AM. 2007. Health status, health conditions, and health behaviors among Amish women: results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). Women 's Health Issues 17(3):162-171.
Bai Y, Hillemeier MM, Lengerich EJ. 2007. Racial/ethnic disparities in symptom severity among children hospitalized with asthma. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18:54-61.
Hillemeier MM, Gusic ME, Bai Y. 2006. Rural and urban children with asthma: are school health services meeting their needs? Pediatrics 118(3):1097-1103.
Weisman CS, Hillemeier MM, Chase GA et al. 2006. Preconceptional health: risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes by reproductive life stage in the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS). Women 's Health Issues 16:216-224.
Hillemeier MM, Gusic ME, Bai Y. 2006. Communication and education about asthma in rural and urban schools. Ambulatory Pediatrics 6(4):198-203.
Hillemeier MM, Weisman CS, Baker K, Primavera KS. 2005. Mental health services provided through the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health: do they reach rural women? Women's Health Issues 15(5):224-229.
Lynch JW, Harper 5, Davey Smith G, Hillemeier MM, Ross N, Kaplan GA, Wolfson M. 2004. Is income inequality a determinant of population health? part 1. a systematic review. Milbank Quarterly 82(1):5-99.
Lynch JW, Harper, S, Davey Smith G, Hillemeier MM. 2004. Is income inequality a determinant of population health? part 2. longterm trends in the US. Milbank Quarterly 82(2):355-400.
Hillemeier MM, Lynch J, Harper S, Casper M. 2003. Measuring contextual characteristics for community health. Health Services Research 38(6p2):I645-1717. (PMCID:PMC1360969)
Hillemeier MM, Lynch J, Harper S, Raghunathan T, Kaplan GA. 2003. Relative or absolute standards for child poverty: A state-level analysis of infant and child mortality. American Journal of Public Health 93(4):652-657. (PMCID:PMC 1447806)
Harper S, Lynch J, Hsu W-L, Everson SA, Hillemeier MM, Raghunathan TE, Salonen JT. Kaplan GA. 2002. Life course socioeconomic conditions and adult psychosocial functioning. International Journal of Epidemiology 31(2):395-403.
Muntaner C, Lynch JW, Hillemeier M, Lee JH, David R, Benach J, Borrell C. 2002. Economic inequality, working-class power, social capital, and cause-specific mortality in wealthy countries. International Journal of Health Services 32(4):629-656.
Hillemeier MM, Geronimus AT, Bound J. 2001. Widening black/white mortality differentials among US children during the 1980s. Ethnicity and Disease 11:469-483.
Lynch J, Davey-Smith G, Hillemeier MM, Shaw M, Raghunathan T, Kaplan G. 2001. Income inequality, the psychosocial environment, and health: comparisons of wealthy nations. Lancet 358:194200.
Geronimus AT, Bound J, Waidmann TA, Hillemeier MM, Burns PB. 1996. Excess mortality among blacks and whites in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine 335(21):1552-1558.
Geronimus AT, Korenman S, Hillemeier MM. 1994. Does young maternal age affect child development? Evidence from cousin comparisons in the United States. Population and Development Review 20(3):585-609.
Geronimus AT, Hillemeier MM. 1992. Patterns of blood lead levels in US black and white women of childbearing age. Ethnicity and Disease 2(3):222-231.
DeGraw C, Edell D, Ellers B, Hillemeier MM et al. 1988. PL99-457: New opportunities to serve young children with special needs. Journal of Pediatrics 113(6):971-974.
Rudolf M, Genel M, Ahern J, Bates S, Hillemeier MM et al. 1983. The psychosocial benefits of participation in an intensive adolescent diabetes program. Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology 11:117-121.
Rodgers B, Hillemeier MM, O'Neill E, Slonim M. 1981. Depression in the chronically ill or handicapped school-aged child. MCN American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing 6(4):266-73.
Education
PhD 1998 Sociology/Population Studies, University of Michigan
MPH 1988 Maternal and Child Health, Harvard University
MSN 1982 Pediatric Nursing, Yale University
BS 1975 Nursing, University of Iowa