Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba
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Stephanie A Ettinger De Cuba

Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3024
sedc@bu.edu
Talbot (T Bldg)
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Biography

Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, PhD, MPH, is an applied health services researcher with methodological expertise in qualitative, survey, and mixed methods. Her research focuses on children and families, health, the intersections of race/ethnicity and nativity, and the structural and policy factors underpinning these relationships. In particular, her expertise is in health inequities experienced by families with very young children and immigrant families and their children. While her core expertise is in access to basic needs (like food, housing, or energy security) health inequities and social policy, she also has interest in the ways environment (neighborhood characteristics, climate/exposures, built environment) are influenced by policy and how in turn all these influence child and family health, health care utilization, and economic well-being. Dr. Ettinger de Cuba holds co-appointments in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health and in the Department of Pediatrics at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. In addition, she proudly serves as Executive Director of Children’s HealthWatch, headquartered at Boston Medical Center (www.childrenshealthwatch.org). She is part of the Inaugural cohort of faculty affiliates of the Center for Antiracist Research.

Dr. Ettinger de Cuba served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia focused on small-scale agriculture and nutrition and hygiene education, especially for mothers and children. She has worked for many years in a variety of program delivery, policy, and advocacy roles. Dr. Ettinger de Cuba received her BA from the University of Michigan in German Language and Literature and her MPH in International Health and PhD in Health Services Research from Boston University School of Public Health.

Other Positions

  • Research Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health
  • Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Field of Study: Health Services Research
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: International Health
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BA Field of Study: German Language & Literature

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHPH718

Publications

  • Published on 12/16/2024

    Parker SE, Ettinger de Cuba S. It Does Take a Village! How the Presence of Grandparents Promotes Child Development. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39679799.

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  • Published on 12/3/2024

    Ettinger de Cuba S, Ruemmele C, Poblacion A. Crawford FA, Coleman FT, and Wiehe E (Ed.), Contemporary Issues in Equity, Democracy, and Public Education: Perspectives from Education, Social Sciences and Health. “Food as a Basic Right.”. Routledge. 2024; (33).

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  • Published on 11/12/2024

    Ettinger de Cuba S, Ruemmele C, Poblacion A. Pediatrics leading the way: co-enrollment as the next step in health-related social needs screening and referral. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Feb 01; 37(1):19-26. PMID: 39699097.

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  • Published on 8/11/2024

    Aziz-Bose R, Cernik C, Umaretiya PJ, Ilcisin L, Kelly CA, Valenzuela A, Bruce C, Ettinger de Cuba S, Cole PD, Gennarini LM, Kahn JM, Kelly KM, Michon B, Tran T-H, Welch JJG, Silverman LB, Bona K. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation gaps within a pediatric leukemia clinical trial cohort. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2024.

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  • Published on 7/1/2024

    Lebrun-Harris LA, Sandel M, Sheward R, Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S. Prevalence and Correlates of Unstable Housing Among US Children. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 178(7):707-717. PMID: 38767882.

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  • Published on 4/1/2024

    Lê-Scherban F, Wang A, Courts KA, Ettinger de Cuba S, Wade R, Chilton M. A Short Adverse Experiences Measure Among Mothers of Young Children. Pediatrics. 2024 Apr 01; 153(4). PMID: 38449423.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Ettinger de Cuba S, Coleman SM. Involving Families in Public Policy Innovation to Reduce Cost-Driven Moves and Related Disruption. Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 01; 153(3). PMID: 38317617.

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  • Published on 1/31/2024

    McCann NC, Dean LT, Bovell-Ammon A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Green T, Shafer PR, Raifman J. Association between Child Tax Credit advance payments and food insufficiency in households experiencing economic shocks. Health Aff Sch. 2024 Feb; 2(2):qxae011. PMID: 38756550.

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  • Published on 1/1/2024

    Kaur A, Gottlieb LM, Ettinger de Cuba S, Byhoff E, Fleegler EW, Cohen AJ, Glasser NJ, Ommerborn MJ, Clark CR, De Marchis EH. Associations Between Patient/Caregiver Trust in Clinicians and Experiences of Healthcare-Based Discrimination. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024; 37(4):607-636. PMID: 39455263.

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  • Published on 10/1/2023

    Poblacion A, Ettinger de Cuba S, Frank DA, Esteves G, Rateau LJ, Heeren TC, Coleman S, Black MM, Cutts DB, Lê-Scherban F, Ochoa ER, Sandel M, Sheward R, Cook J. Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023 Oct; 123(10S):S89-S102.e4. PMID: 37730309.

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