Danielle Downs

Professor of Kinesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Danielle Downs

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Feasibility and acceptability of a mobile health guided imagery intervention to address multiple prenatal health behaviors.

P Giacobbi, Danielle Downs, T Haggerty, S Pidhorskyi, D Long, M Clemmer, M Olfert, S Steinman, K Kinnamon, N Rao, H Staggs, T Hulsey, D Adjeroh, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health on p. 664-670

Transportation, childcare, lodging, and meals: Key for participant engagement and inclusion of historically underrepresented populations in the healthy brain and child development birth cohort

Aleksandra E. Zgierska, Tatum Gramly, Nicholas Prestayko, Danielle Symons Downs, Traci M. Murray, Lea G. Yerby, Brittany Howell, Barbara Stahlman, Jennifer Cruz, Arjola Agolli, Holly Horan, Florence Hilliard, Julie M. Croff, 2024, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

My Baby, My Move+: feasibility of a community prenatal wellbeing intervention

Jenn A. Leiferman, Rachael Lacy, Jessica Walls, Charlotte V. Farewell, Mary K. Dinger, Danielle Symons Downs, Sarah S. Farrabi, Jennifer L. Huberty, James F. Paulson, 2023, Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Feasibility and user acceptability of Breezing™, a mobile indirect calorimetry device, in pregnant women with overweight or obesity

Krista Leonard, Abigail Pauley, Penghong Guo, Emily Hohman, Daniel Rivera, Jennifer Williams, Danielle Symons Downs, D Downs, 2023, Smart Health on p. 100372

Women's beliefs of pain after childbirth: Critical insight for promoting behavioral strategies to regulate pain and reduce risks for maternal mortality

Abigail Pauley, Krista Leonard, Nicole Cumbo, Isabella Teti, Jaimey M. Pauli, Mohamed Satti, Mark Stephens, Tammy Corr, Robert Roeser, Richard S. Legro, A. Mackeen, L Bailey-Davis, Danielle Symons Downs, 2023, Patient Education and Counseling

Promoting recruitment of vulnerable women and families with health disparities using geotargeting and mapping strategies.

A Pauley, J Sassaman, B Ostlund, L Bailey-Davis, R Eiden, J Neiderhiser, D Downs, 2023, Annals of Behavioral Medicine on p. S581

Nutritional Status Differs by Prescription Opioid Use among Women of Reproductive Age: NHANES 1999–2018

Emily Hohman, Tammy E. Corr, Sarah Kawasaki, Jennifer Savage Williams, Jennifer Savage, D Downs, Danielle Symons Downs, 2023, Nutrients on p. 1891

Sleep, stress, and childcare in new parents: Changes during the first 8-months

C Kracht, C Blanchard, D Downs, M Beauchamp, R Rhodes, 2023, Annals of Behavioral Medicine on p. S448

Affective Response to Exercise and Affective Judgments as Predictors of Physical Activity Intention and Behavior among New Mothers in their first 6-Months Postpartum

Ryan E. Rhodes, Chris M. Blanchard, Kimberly R. Hartson, Danielle Symons Downs, Darren E.R. Warburton, Mark R. Beauchamp, 2023, Annals of Behavioral Medicine on p. 344-353

Prenatal sleep quality moderates postpartum depressive symptoms among women with overweight/obesity.

A Pauley, D Downs, 2023, Annals of Behavioral Medicine on p. S85

Most-Cited Papers

Physical activity and sedentary behavior across 12 months in cohort samples of couples without children, expecting their first child, and expecting their second child

Ryan E. Rhodes, Chris M. Blanchard, Cecilia Benoit, Ryna Levy-Milne, Patti Jean Naylor, Danielle Symons Downs, Darren E.R. Warburton, 2014, Journal of Behavioral Medicine on p. 533-542

Associations between prenatal sleep and psychological health: A systematic review

Abigail Pauley, Ginger A. Moore, A. Pauli, Scherezade Mama, G Moore, S Mama, Peter Molenaar, Danielle Symons Downs, S. Symons Downs, 2020, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine on p. 619-630

Postpartum Perceived Stress Explains the Association between Perceived Social Support and Depressive Symptoms

Krista S. Leonard, M. Blair Evans, Kristen H. Kjerulff, Danielle Symons Downs, 2020, Women's Health Issues on p. 231-239

Comparison of the dietary intakes of new parents, second-time parents, and nonparents: A longitudinal cohort study

Gabriella Nasuti, Chris Blanchard, Patti Jean Naylor, Ryna Levy-Milne, Darren E.R. Warburton, Cecilia Benoit, Danielle Symons Downs, Ryan E. Rhodes, 2014, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on p. 450-456

Individually tailored, adaptive intervention to manage gestational weight gain: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial in women with overweight and obesity

Danielle Symons Downs, Jennifer S. Savage, Daniel E. Rivera, Joshua M. Smyth, Barbara J. Rolls, Emily E. Hohman, Katherine M. McNitt, Allen R. Kunselman, Christy Stetter, Abigail M. Pauley, Krista S. Leonard, Penghong Guo, 2018, JMIR Research Protocols

Breastfeeding initiation and duration and child health outcomes in the first baby study

Krista L. Pattison, Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, Erik Lehman, Jennifer S. Savage, Danielle Symons Downs, Krista S. Leonard, Elizabeth L. Adams, Ian M. Paul, Kristen H. Kjerulff, 2019, Preventive Medicine on p. 1-6

The Preconception Period analysis of Risks and Exposures Influencing health and Development (PrePARED) consortium

E Harville, G Mishra, E Yeung, S Mumford, E Schisterman, A Jukic, E Hatch, E Mikkelsen, H Jiang, Deborah Ehrenthal, C Porucznik, J Stanford, S Wen, A Harvey, Danielle Symons Downs, C Yajnik, D Santillan, M Santillan, T McElrath, J Woo, E Urbina, J Chavarro, D Sotres-Alvarez, L Bazzano, J Zhang, A Steiner, E Gunderson, L Wise, 2019, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology on p. 490-502

Randomized Face-to-face vs. Home exercise interventions in pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Danielle Symons Downs, Jennifer M. DiNallo, Leann L. Birch, Ian M. Paul, Jan S. Ulbrecht, 2017, Psychology of Sport and Exercise on p. 73-81

Belief-level markers of physical activity among young adult couples: comparisons across couples without children and new parents.

Ryan E. Rhodes, Chris M. Blanchard, Cecilia Benoit, Ryna Levy-Milne, Patti Jean Naylor, Danielle Symons Downs, Darren E.R. Warburton, 2014, Psychology and Health on p. 1320-1340

Control systems engineering for optimizing a prenatal weight gain intervention to regulate infant birth weight

Jennifer S. Savage, Danielle Symons Downs, Yuwen Dong, Daniel E. Rivera, 2014, American Journal of Public Health on p. 1247-1254