Research Projects

Dentistry, School of
Education, School of
Faculty, Individual Research (Partial List)
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
Law School
Literature, Science, & Arts, College of (LSA)
Natural Resources and the Environment, School of (SNRE)
Nursing, School of (SoN)
Public Health, School of (SPH)
Social Work, School of (SSW)
Women’s Health Research, University of Michigan Health System

Note: To suggest additional U-M research listings, contact: DiversityMatters@umich.edu.

School of Dentistry

Professor Marita Inglehart, et al, Children’s Oral Health (.pdf*), as reported in Dentalum, Spring-Summer 2006

School of Education (SoE)

Diversity Resources at the School of Education

Individual Research Faculty (Partial List)

William (Buzz) Alexander, English; Latin American cinema, prison creative arts, minority literature, empowering pedagogy.
James S. Jackson, Psychology; Director, Institute for Social Research (ISR), Research Center for Group Dynamics. National and international surveys of black populations focusing on racial and ethnic influences on life course development, attitude change, reciprocity, social support, physical and mental health and coping. Jackson is currently principal investigator of one of the most extensive social, political, economic, and mental and physical health studies of the African American and Caribbean populations ever conducted, “The National Survey of American Life" and the "The Family Survey across Generations and Nations," and the "National Study of Ethnic Pluralism and Politics.” Teaching centers on social factors in health, race and racism, and social exchange and social influences.
Laura Kohn-Wood, Psychology; Psychopathology, in particular African American populations, gender and ethnic differences in etiology and expression of symptoms, and contextual/family risk factors.
Scott Kurashige, American Culture and History; Asian/Pacific American History, US Urban History, comparative race and ethnicity, African American history, social movements.
Gregory B. Markus, Political Science and Institute for Social Research (ISR); Community Action, including Focus:HOPE, MOSES (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength, and the Detroit Project
Scott E. Page, Complex Systems, Political Science, Economics; Acting Director, Center for the Study of Complex Systems; Center for Policy Studies Institute for Social Research; Director NSF IGERT IDEAS Program; External Faculty Member Santa Fe Institute. Role of diversity in groups and systems, the sciences of complexity from the perspective of a social scientist, models of culture that build from standard game theoretic models of institutions.
David Schoem, Sociology; Intergroup relations, social stratification and K-16 schooling, community and social justice, the American Jewish Community.
Andrew Shryock, Anthropology and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS), Cultural anthropology; ethnographic fieldwork in Yemen, Jordan, and among Arab immigrant and ethnic communities in Detroit; in the Arab world centers, historicity, nationalism, oral tradition, tribe-state relations, and modernity (both its cultural politics and its alternative forms); in North America, ethnicity, mass mediated culture, transnational communities, diasporic consciousness, and identity politics; Building Islam in Detroit Interdisciplinary Program.

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Institute for Social Research (ISR)

ISR Center for Policy Studies (CPS)
- Computational Models for Belief Revision, Group Decisions, and Cultural Shifts; Scott E. Page; Jennifer Bednar; CPS.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- Assimilation Trajectories for Mexican American Families; Brian Gratton, Myron Gutmann; ICPSR.
- Minority Data Resource Center; Felicia LeClere; Myron Gutmann; ICPSR.
ISR Population Studies Center (PSC)
- African American Mental Health Research Program; James S. Jackson; Trivellore Raghunathan, James M. Lepkowski, David R. Williams; PSC.
- Alcohol use among African-American college students; Clifford L. Broman; PSC.
- Assimilation Trajectories; Myron Gutmann; PSC.
- Breast Cancer Treatment Decisions and Outcomes in Latinas; Paula M. Lantz; PSC.
- Building A Research Community On Genomics And Racial Ethnic Identity; Jacquelynne S. Eccles; PSC.
- Cape Area Panel Study; David Lam, Leticia Marteleto; PSC.
- Center for African American Urban Health; Amy M. Pienta, PSC.
- Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life (CEEL); Tom E. Fricke, Conrad Kottak, Frank P. Stafford, Arland Thornton; PSC.
- Center for Russian and East European Studies; Barbara Anderson, PSC.
- Changing Cultures of Family and Work: The Ethnography of Daily Life; Fricke, Tom E. Fricke; PSC.
- Collaborative Research on Race and Rust Belt Revitalizing: What Determines Who Lives Where?; Reynolds Farley, Mick P. Couper; PSC.
- Collaborative Social Science Research and Training in South Africa; David Lam; PSC.
- Comparative Examination of Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa; James A. Levinsohn; PSC.
- Complex Interactions Among Policies, People, and Panda Habitat in the Wolong Nature Reserve Landscape; Jianguo Liu; PSC.
- Comprehensive National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships for Middle East and North Africa; Marcia Inhorn; PSC.
- Comprehensive National Resource Centers and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Programs; James Z. Lee; PSC.
- Estimating Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Youth; Jeffrey A. Smith; PSC.
- Estrogen Metabolism, Menopause, and Health Outcomes; Trivellore Raghunathan; PSC.
- Examination of the Social and Cultural Influences on Adolescent Literacy Motivation and Development; Jacquelynne S. Eccles; PSC.
- Examining gendered bullying, its psychological and academic outcomes and anti-harassment policies among rural high school students.; Clifford L. Broman; PSC.
- Families, Communities and Youth Outcomes in South Africa; David Lam; PSC.
- Family Support and Rapid Social Change in South Africa; David Lam; James A. Levinsohn; PSC.
- Food insecurity in recently resettled African refugee communities; George A. Kaplan; PSC.
- From Exclusion to Destitution: Residential Segregation, Affordable housing, and the Racial Composition of the Homeless Population; Jeffrey Morenoff; PSC.
- Gender and Aging: Asian Evidence; John E. Knodel, Mary Beth Ofstedal; PSC.
- Hypertension in Black Americans: A Life Course Approach; Sherman James, Trivellore Raghunathan, David R. Williams; PSC.
- In Search of a Sociopolitical Community: The Cases of Egypt, Iran, and Jordan; Mansoor Moaddel; PSC.
- In-depth Analysis of the Worldviews of Egyptians; Mansoor Moaddel; PSC.
- Kellogg Minority Health Disparities Scholars Program; David R. Williams; PSC.
- Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities; David R. Williams; PSC.
- Mexico: Maquila, Environmental Vulnerability, and Health; Sioban D. Harlow; PSC.
- Middle Eastern Masculinities in the Age of New Reproductive Technologies; Marcia Inhorn; PSC.
- Minority Suburban Migration; William H. Frey; PSC.
- Program on Social Development in China; Jersey Liang; PSC.
- Race, family factors and adolescent drug use; Clifford L. Broman; PSC.
- Racial Residential Segregation: Measurement and Trends; Reynolds Farley; PSC.
- Social Consequences of Racial Residential Integration; Jeffrey Morenoff; PSC.
- Understanding Social Disparities in Health and Aging; Paula M. Lantz, George A. Kaplan, James S. House, James M. Lepkowski, Jeffrey Morenoff, David R. Williams; PSC.
- US Minority Migration and Metropolitan Change; William H. Frey; PSC.
- Widowhood, Divorce and Loss of Health Insurance Among Near Elderly Women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (Coverage Research Initiative); David Weir, Robert Willis; PSC.
- Women, Minorities and Technology; Jacquelynne S. Eccles; PSC.
- Women's Employment Study: Work and Well-Being Five Years after Welfare Reform; Sheldon H. Danziger; PSC.
- Women's Place, Islamic Education, and Aspirations for Daughters in a Northern Nigerian Town; Elisha Renne; PSC.
- Yoruba Sacred Textiles in 20th Century Nigeria; Elisha Renne; PSC.
- Youth and Family in the Middle East; Arland Thornton; PSC.
ISR Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)
- Gender and Achievement Research Program; Jacquelynne Eccles; RCGD.
- Program for Research on Black Americans; Harold Neighbors; RCGD.
ISR Survey Research Center (SRC)
- Center for Ethnography of Everyday Life (CEEL); Thomas Fricke; SRC.

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College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)

Assessing the climate for doctoral students at the University of Michigan (.pdf*); Executive Summary, March, 2006. Prepared by the UM ADVANCE Project.
The Geography of Race in the U.S.; Elizabeth Anderson and Jeffrey Jones.
Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action Resource Page for Teaching; Elizabeth S. Anderson.
The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies; Scott E. Page.
Invidious Comparisons: Imagining a Psychology of Race and Gender Beyond Differences (.pdf*); Elizabeth R. Cole and Abigail J. Stewart.
Challenges in Creating Organizational Change Toward Diversity and Multiculturalism (.pdf*); Mark A. Chesler.
Perceptions of Faculty Behavior by Students of Color (.pdf*); Mark A. Chesler.
The Benefits of Diversity in Education for Democratic Citizenship; Patricia Y. Gurin.
The Compelling Need for Diversity in Education; Patricia Y. Gurin.
Implicit Stereotypes and Women’s Math Performance: How Implicit Gender-Math Stereotypes Influence Women’s Susceptibility to Stereotype Threat (.pdf*); Amy K. Kiefer, Denise Sekaquaptewa.
The Many Faces of Brown: Integration in a Multiracial Society; Scott Kurashige.
Civic Participation in American Cities (.pdf*); Gregory B. Markus
Organizational Rhetoric or Reality: The Disparities Between Avowed Commitment to Diversity and Formal Programs and Initiatives in Higher Education Institutions (.pdf*); Larry L. Rowley, Sylvia Hurtado, and Luis Ponjuan.
Gender, Race and Generation: Life Scripts from the Midwest U.S. in the 1950s (.pdf*); Abigail J. Stewart and David G. Winter, University of Michigan; Donna Henderson-King and Eaaron Henderson-King, Grand Valley State University.
Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing Academic Women; Abigail J. Stewart, Janet E. Malley, and Danielle LaVaque-Manty, Editors.
Education, Race, and the American Dream: The Life and Death of Midwest High School (.pdf*); David G. Winter.

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School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE)

Paul Mohai, et al; Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty 1987-2007 (.pdf*). Note: Mohai also recently testified at the U.S. Senate Superfund and Environmental Health Subcommittee hearings on environmental justice.
Bunyan Bryant; Detroit Mothers Reveal Environmental Abuses through Photography.

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School of Nursing (SoN)

OiSaeng Hong, PhD, MSN; PI; "Web-based Survey on Hearing Protection Behaviors among Workers in 6 Power Plants in Korea"; Pusan National University
OiSaeng Hong, PhD, MSN; PI; "Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Older Mexican Americans (MAs)"; SoN MESA
Kristy Martyn, PhD, RN; Co-Investigator (PI, T. Johnson, Med); "Health Disparities: Leaders, Providers and Patients"; NIH (P20)
Kristy Martyn, PhD, RN; PI; "Evaluation of Adolescent Sexual Risk History Calendar"; SoN MICHIN
Sharon Mills-Wisneski, PhD; PI; "Quality of Life and Related Service Needs of Extended Phase African American Breast Cancer Survivors"; SoN MESA Pilot
Jennifer Robinson, Research Fellow; PI (Co-PI, Nancy Ambrose Gallagher, RN); "Subjective and Objective Measures of Neighborhood Environmental Determinants for Walking in Older Urban African American Adults"; SoN MESA
Sampson, PhD, APRN; PI; "Nurse Practitioner Practice Legislation and Access to Care for Minority Populations: A Proposal for Archival Survey of Texas and Michigan Historical Sources"; SoN MESA
Karen Stein PhD, RN, FAAN; PI; "Identity Impairment: The Cognitive Foundation of Risk Behaviors in Hispanic Women"; National Institute of Nursing Research
Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN; PI; "Cuidate! Translating a Proven Intervention for Latino Youth"; CDC
Kelly Brittain; "The Influences of Familial Factors on Informed Decision-making for Colorectal Cancer Screening among African Americans"; Sponsors: Carol Loveland Cherry and Terrence Albrecht (Wayne State University)
Annie Kao; "Maternal Influences & Adolescent Sexual Behaviors: AAPI & Caucasian" Sponsors: Carol Loveland-Cherry, Laurel Northouse and Barbara Guthrie (Yale University)
Rachel Prosser; "Cognitive Representations of HIV/AIDS in African American Women"; Sponsor: Toni Villarruel
Kim Gretebeck; "Enhancement of Physical Activity Adherence and Maintance RCT for Older African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes" OVPR
Gina Yi; "Prenatal Care for African American Women: Effect of Provider Interaction"; Sponsors: Antonia Villarruel and co-sponsor Kristy Martyn

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School of Social Work (SSW)

Faculty

Paula Allen-Meares, Larry Gant, Leslie Hollingworth, Trina Shanks; Skillman Foundation Good Neighborhoods Initiative (GNI) aimed at enabling “all of the children and youth in those neighborhoods to grow up safe, healthy, educated and prepared.”
Barry Checkoway; Increasing involvement of diverse groups in commmunity organization, social planning, and neighborhood development; Youth and Community: Lifting New Voices Project.
Briggett Ford; Culture, race, and ethnicity as they affect gender differences, symptoms, diagnosis, and acceptance of depression.
Larry Gant; Deploying and evaluating public use of wireless Internet in two Detroit neighborhoods.
Lorraine Gutiérrez; Detroit Initiative in Psychology, through which students have received meaningful opportunities for learning and professional development; MexUSCan.
Leslie Hollingsworth; Examining the prevalence of depression in individuals receiving primary medical care at participating Detroit clinics.
Sean Joe; Interventions for African American males in a common consequence of depression—self-destructive behaviors, including suicidal behavior.
Edith (Edie) Lewis; Methods used by women of color to offset personal, familial, community, and professional role strain.
Robert M. Ortega; Relationship development, group work practice, treatment interventions, and service utilization in mental health and child welfare; MexUSCan, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), and other undergraduate research programs.
Michael Spencer; Intergroup dialogues with high school students on social justice: power, privilege, and oppression.

Articles

Abe-Kim, J., Takeuchi, D. T., Hong, S., Zane, N., Sue, S., Spencer, M. S., Appel, H., Nicdao, E. G., & Alegria, M. (2007). Twelve-month use of services among Asian Americans: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). American Journal of Public Health, 97, 91-98. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Carrasquillo, O., & Chadiha, L. A. (Eds.). (2007). Community-based participatory research to reduce health disparities among minority elders: The resource centers for minority aging research [Special issue]. Ethnicity and Disease, 17(Suppl. 1).
Carrasquillo, O., & Chadiha, L. A. (Eds.). (2007). Development of community-based partnerships in minority aging research (.pdf*). Ethnicity and Disease, 17(Suppl. 1), 3-5. (abstract only, requires subscription)
Delva, J., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Steinhoff, E., Shin, D.-E., & Siefert, K. (2007). Using tobit regression analysis to further understand the association of youth alcohol problems with depression and parental factors among Korean adolescent females (.pdf*). Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 40(2), 145-149.
Joe, S., Marcus, S. C., & Kaplan, M. S. (2007). Racial differences in the characteristics of firearm suicide decedents in the United States. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(1), 124-130. (abstract) (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Mattis, J. S., Mitchell, N., Zapata, A., Grayman, N. A., Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Neighbors, H. W. (2007). Uses of ministerial support by African Americans: A focus group study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(2), 249-258. (abstract) (only accessible from a U-M computer)
McPherson, M. D., Delva, J., & Cranford, J. A. (2007). A longitudinal investigation of intimate partner violence among mothers with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 58, 675-680. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Neighbors, H. W., Caldwell, C., Williams, D. R., Nesse, R., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., Torres, M., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Race, ethnicity, and the use of services for mental disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 485-494.
Oyserman, D., Uskul, A., Yoder, N., Nesse, R., & Williams, D. (2007). Unfair treatment and self-regulatory focus. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 505-512. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Chávez, V., Minkler, M., Wallerstein, N, & Spencer, M. S. (2007). Community organizing for health and social justice. In L. Cohen, V. Chávez, & Chehimi, S. (Eds.), Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being (pp. 95-120). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. (amazon.com site for the book, Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being)
Gee, G. C., Delva, J., & Takeuchi, D. T. (2007). Relationships between self-reported unfair treatment and prescription medication use, illicit drug use, and alcohol dependence among Filipino Americans. American Journal of Public Health, 97, 933-940. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Heflin, C., Corcoran, M., & Siefert, K. (2007). Work trajectories, income changes and food insufficiency in a Michigan welfare population (.pdf*). Social Service Review, 83(1), 3-25.
Li, L. W., & Liang, J. (2007). Social exchanges and subjective well-being among older Chinese: Does age make a difference? Psychology and Aging, 22(2), 386-391. (abstract) (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Reisch, M. (2007). Social justice and multiculturalism: Persistent tensions in the history of U.S. social welfare and social work. Studies in Social Justice, 1(1), 67-92.
Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Religious and spiritual involvement among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 62, S238-S250. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Religious participation among older Black Caribbeans in the United States. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 62, S251-S256. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Franco, M., Ordunez, P., Caballero, B., Tapia Granados, J. A., Lazo, M., Bernal, J. L., Guallar, E., & Cooper, R. S. (2007). Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005. American Journal of Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm226. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Gee, G. C., Spencer, M. S., Chen, J., & Takeuchi, D. (2007). A nationwide study of discrimination and chronic health conditions among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. American Journal of Public Health, 97(7), 1275-1282. (abstract only, requires subscription)
Lee, S.J., & Oyserman, D. (2007). Reaching for the future: The education-focused possible selves of low-income mothers. In M. Rossiter (Ed.), Possible Selves and Adult Education. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no.114. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. N., Taylor, R. J., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Profiles of depressive symptoms among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Social Science & Medicine, 65, 200-213. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Oyserman, D., Brickman, D., & Rhodes, M. (2007). Racial-ethnic identity in adolescence: Content and consequences for African American and Latino and Latina youth. In A. Fuligni (Ed.), Contesting stereotypes and creating identities: Social categories, identities and educational participation (pp. 91-114). New York: Russell-Sage. (site for book)
Raver, C. C., Gershoff, E. T., & Aber, J. L. (2007). Testing equivalence of mediating models of income, parenting, and school readiness for White, Black, and Hispanic children in a national sample. Child Development, 78(1), 96-115. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Siefert, K., Finlayson, T. L., Williams, D. R., Delva, J., & Ismail, A. I. (2007). Modifiable risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in low-income African American mothers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(1), 113-123. (abstract) (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Kieffer, E. C., Tabaei, B. P., Carman, W. J., Nolan, G. H., Guzman, J. R., & Herman, W. H. (2006). The influence of maternal weight and glucose tolerance on birth weight in Latino mother-infant pairs. American Journal of Public Health, 96, 2201-2208. (abstract only, requires subscription)
Nam, Y., Meezan, W., & Danziger, S. K. (2006). Welfare recipients’ involvement with child protective services after welfare reform. Child Abuse & Neglect, 30, 1181-1199. (.pdf*)
Owens M., Kieffer E., & Chowdhury, F. (2006). Preconception care and women with or at risk for diabetes: Implications for community intervention. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10(7), 137-141. (.pdf*)
Rosen, D., Warner, L. A., & Tolman, R. M. (2006). Comparing psychiatric service use among low-income women and women in a general household population. Social Work Research, 30(4), 223-232. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Jeon, H.-S., Dunkle, R., & Roberts, B. L. (2006). Worries of the oldest-old. Health and Social Work, 32(4), 256- 265. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Kieffer, E. C., Sinco, B. R., & Kim C. (2006). Health behaviors among women of reproductive age with and without a history of gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care, 29(8), 1788-1793.
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/29/8/1788 (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Kieffer E. C., Sinco B. R., Rafferty A., Spencer M. S., Palmisano G., Watt E. E., & Heisler M. (2006). Chronic disease-related behaviors and health among African Americans and Hispanics in the REACH Detroit 2010 community, Michigan and the United States. Health Promotion Practice, 7(3) supplement: 256s-264s. (.pdf*)
Ortega, R. M., Gutiérrez, L. M., & Yeakley, A. (2006). Latinos and social work education: A bibliography with annotations. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education.
Thornton, P, Kieffer, E. C., Salabarría-Peña, Y., Odoms-Young, A. M., Willis, S. K., Kim, H. K., & Salinas, M. A. (2006). Weight, diet and physical activity-related beliefs and practices among pregnant and postpartum Latino women: The role of social support. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 10(1), 95-104. (.pdf*)
Altschul, I., Oyserman, D., & Bybee, D. (2006). Racial-ethnic identity in mid-adolescence: Content and change as predictors of academic achievement. Child Development, 77, 1155-1169. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Joe, S. (2006). Explaining changes in the patterns of Black suicide in the United States from 1981 to 2002: An age, cohort, and period analysis. Journal of Black Psychology, 32, 262-284. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Joe, S. (2006). Prevalence of and risk factors for lifetime suicide attempts among blacks in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association, 296(17), 2112-2123.
Levin, J., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2006). Religious factors in health and medical care among older adults. Southern Medical Journal, 99(10), 1168-1169. (.pdf*)
Gee, G. C., Chen, J., Spencer, M. S., See, S., Kuester, O. A., Tran, D., & Takeuchi, D. (2006). Social support as a buffer for perceived unfair treatment among Filipino Americans: Differences between San Francisco and Honolulu. American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 677-684. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Spencer, M. S., Kieffer, E. C., Sinco, B. R., Palmisano, G., Guzman, J. R., James, S. A., Graddy-Dansby, G., Two Feathers, J., & Heisler, M. (2006). Diabetes-specific emotional distress among African Americans and Hispanics with Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 17, 88-105. (.pdf*)
Chadiha, L. A., Brown, E., & Aranda, M. P. (2006). Older African Americans and other black populations. In B. Berkman (Ed.), Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (pp. 247-256). New York: Oxford University Press. (includes the first two pages of the chapter)
Chadiha, L. A. (2006). Overview: Cultural diversity and social work with older adults. In B. Berkman (Ed.), L. A. Chadiha (Section Ed.), Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (pp. 245-246). New York: Oxford University Press.
Dunkle, R. E., & Jeon, H.-S. (2006). The oldest old. In B. Berkman (Ed.), Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (pp. 191-204). New York: Oxford University Press.
Hollingsworth, L. D. (2006). Transracial adoptees in the media: 1986-1996. In L. B. Alexander & P. Solomon, The Research Process in the Human Services: Behind the Scenes (pp. 443-458). Toronto: Thomson Nelson. (abstract) (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Li, L., & Rafferty, J. A. (2006). Policies affecting families of older adults with care needs. In B. Berkman (Ed.), Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (pp. 915-922). New York: Oxford University Press.
Li, L. W. (2005). From caregivers to bereavement: Trajectories of depressive symptoms among wife and daughter caregivers. The Journals of Gerontology, 60b(4), P190-P198. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Li, L. (2005). Predictors of ADL disability trajectories among low-income frail elders in the community. Research on Aging, 27(6), 615-642. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Chadiha, L. (2005). Association between unmet needs for community services and caregiving strain. Families in Society, 86(1), 55-62. (access to abstract only w/o having a user account)
Li, L. W., Liang, J., Toler, A., & Gu, S. (2005). Widowhood and depressive symptoms among older Chinese: Do gender and sources of support make a difference? Social Science and Medicine, 60(3), 637-647. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Two Feathers, J., Kieffer, E. C., Palmisano, G., Anderson, M., Sinco, B., Janz, N., Heisler, M., Spencer, M., Guzman, R., Thompson, J., Wisdom, K., & James, S. A. (2005). Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Detroit Partnership: Improving diabetes-related outcomes among African American and Latino adults. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 1552-1560.
Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2005). Social support, traumatic events, and depressive symptoms among African Americans. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 754-766. (.pdf*)
Hollingsworth, L. D. (2005). Birth mothers whose parental rights are terminated: Implications for services. In G. P. Mallon & P. McCartt Hess, (Eds.), Child welfare for the 21st century: A handbook of practices, policies, and programs (pp. 469-481). New York: Columbia University Press. (amazon.com site for the book Child welfare for the 21st century: A handbook of practices, policies, and programs)
Oyserman, D., Bybee, D., Mowbray, C., & Hart-Johnson, T. (2005). When mothers have serious mental health problems: Parenting as a proximal mediator. Journal of Adolescence, 28, 443-463. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Spencer, M. S., Fitch, D., Grogan-Kaylor, A., & McBeath, B. (2005). The equivalence of the behavior problem index across U.S. ethnic groups. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 573-589. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Alexander, L. B., Hollingsworth, L. D., Dore, M. M., & Hoopes, J. W. (2004). A family of trust: African American parents’ stories of adoption disclosure. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 74, 448-455. (abstract) (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Chadiha, L., Adams, P., Biegel, D. E., Auslander, W., & Gutierrez, L. (2004). Empowering African American women informal caregivers: A literature synthesis and practice strategies. Social Work, 49, 97-108. (only accessible from a U-M computer)
Li, L. W., & Seltzer, M. M. (2003). Parent care, intergenerational relationship quality, and mental health of adult daughters. Research on Aging, 25, 484-504. (only accessible from a U-M computer)

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University of Michigan Health System Women’s Health Research

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