Tasfia Jahangir is a PhD student and Woodruff Fellow in Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences (BSHES). Her research focuses on structural interventions to eliminate material deprivation and its public health consequences. Most of her research to date has involved mental health, substance use, and violence exposure as health outcomes of interest. In current work, she examines how these outcomes are governed by social policies (e.g., welfare reform) and economic conditions (e.g., COVID-era changes in the street drug market). Where possible, she is interested in pairing natural or quasi-experiments with community-engaged, qualitative approaches to explain social processes.
Jahangir works under the advisement of Dr. Doug Livingston, and splits her time across four projects: (1) Kentucky Communities and Researchers Engaging to Halt the Opioid Epidemic (CARE2HOPE), (2) Overdoses Among Black Pregnant/Postpartum People and Laws Governing Drug Use in Pregnancy (OVAL), (3) Evaluating Economic Security Policies to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries among Black Youth, and (4) Prevention Trial in the Cherokee Nation.
Areas of Interest
- Injury & Violence Prevention
- Mental Health
- Public Health Policy
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Epidemiology
- Substance Use/Harm Reduction
Education
- Bachelor of Arts 2020, University of Southern California
- Master of Public Health 2023, Emory University
Affiliations & Activities
- Fulbright Scholar, 2022-2023
- Woodruff Fellow, 2023-2028
- Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Public Health (PUBH 500), 2022
- Teaching Assistant, Program Planning (BSHES 526), 2024
- Instructor, Social Behavior in Public Health (BSHES 504D), 2024
Publications
- Jahangir T, Dahn C, Devakottai R, Livingston MD, Woods-Jaeger B, 2024, “There’s room to do more”: a mixed-methods study of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) diversion program and intimate partner violence in Georgia, Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1-15
- Zielinski M, Jahangir T, Praseuth A, Wilson S, McLaughlan CL, 2024, Mental Health, Drug Use, and Programming: Applying a Needs Assessment Framework in Arkansas’ Largest Jail, Journal of Correctional Health Care, 30, 206-215
- Jahangir T, Fuller GK, Livingston MD, Freeman E, Fanucchi LC, Fallin-Bennett A, Cooper HLF, Young AM, 2024, Syringe reuse among people who inject drugs in rural Appalachian Kentucky , International Journal of Drug Policy, 128, 1-4
- Woods-Jaeger B, Jahangir, T, Ash M, Komro KA, Belton IJ, Livingston, M, 2024, The Potential of Minimum Wage Increases to Reduce Youth Homicide Disparities: Diminishing Returns for Black Youth, Prevention Science, 25, 891-897
- Cooper HLF, Livingston MD, Crawford ND, Feinberg J, Ford CL, Go V, Ibragimov U, Jahangir T, Mullany A, Miller WC, Peddireddy S, Salas-Hernandez L, Smith G, Young AM, Zule W, Sewell A, 2024, The War on Drugs, Racialized Capitalism, and Health Care Utilization Among White People Who Use Drugs in 22 Rural Appalachian Counties, American Journal of Public Health, 114, 1086-1096
- Afzal HB, Jahangir T, Mei Y, Madden A, Sarker A, Kim S, 2024, Can adverse childhood experiences predict chronic health conditions? Development of trauma-informed, explainable machine learning models, Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1-16
- Young AM, Havens JR, Cooper HLF, Fallin-Bennett A, Fanucchi L, Freeman PR, Knudsen H, Livingston MD, McCollister KE, Stone J, Vickerman P, Freeman E, Jahangir T, Larimore E, White CE, Cheatom C, KyOSK Community Staff, KyOSK Design Team, 2024, Kentucky Outreach Service Kiosk (KyOSK) Study protocol: a community-level, controlled quasi-experimental, type 1 hybrid effectiveness study to assess implementation, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community-tailored harm reduction kiosk on HIV, HCV and overdose risk in rural Appalachia , BMJ Open, 14, e083983
- Kim S, Warren E, Jahangir T, Al-Garadi M, Guo Y, Yang Y, Lakamana S, Sarker A, 2023, Characteristics of Intimate Partner Violence and Survivor's Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From Subreddits Related to Intimate Partner Violence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38, 9693-9716
- Woods-Jaeger B, Gaylord-Harden N, Dinizulu SM, Elder A, Jahangir T, Smith RN, 2023, Developing practices for hospital-based violence intervention programs to address anti-Black racism and historical trauma, American Psychologist, 78, 199-210
- Jahangir T, Lucas D, Lemon E, Ogbeide I, Latimer S, Bates A, Adams A, Renfro TL, Woods-Jaeger B, 2022, Implementing Photovoice Online to Promote Critical Consciousness, Agency, and Action Among Black Youth During a Pandemic, Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 3,
- Woods-Jaeger B, Jahangir T, Lucas D, Freeman M, Renfro TL, Knutzen KE, Cave N, Jackson M, Chandler C, Riggins C, Lightfoot AF, 2022, Youth Empowered Advocating for Health (YEAH): Facilitating Partnerships Between Prevention Scientists and Black Youth to Promote Health Equity, Prevention Science, 25, 20-30
- Lodha P, Jahangir T, Karia S, DeSousa A, Appasani R, Withers M, 2021, Perceptions of perinatal depression among low-income mothers and families in Mumbai, India, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 71, 103048
- Withers M, Jahangir T, Kubasova K, Ran MS, 2021, Reducing stigma associated with mental health problems among university students in the Asia-Pacific: A video content analysis of student-driven proposals, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 68, 827-835
- Withers M, Wipfli H, Schenker M, Jahangir T, Herbosa T, Tigno J, 2020, The Manila Declaration on Migration and Health: commentary of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program, Globalization and Health, 16, 12