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Examining the relationship between education and personal control over health: a mediation analysis
(2021-05-14)
The authoritative and dominant structural systems within the United States have made health equality challenging to achieve. The Health Belief Model suggests that health outcomes are related to individuals' beliefs regarding ...
RACE, GENDER AND HEALTH LITERACY IN THE MEDICAL ENCOUNTER: A TEST OF CULTURAL HEALTH CAPITAL AND STATUS CHARACTERISTICS THEORY
(2016-05-13)
The doctor-patient relationship is a form of social support that influences patients’ health. Doctor-patient communication impacts doctor-patient relationships and ultimately patients’ health outcomes. Physicians’ communication ...
Functional Impairment, Marital Quality, and Their Effects on Marital Dissolution
(2016-05-13)
Numerous studies show evidence that personal health affects marital relationships, and therefore, marital dissolution. However, little work examines the effects of functional impairment on marital dissolution. Moreover, ...
The Price Is Not Right: Grocery Taxation, Race, and Food Security During COVID-19
(2023-05-12)
Using recent data from a national sample of 2.8 million households surveyed by the Household Pulse Survey (HPS) (U.S. Census Bureau 2022), this research examines the relationships across food insecurity, grocery taxes, and ...
Intergenerational Socialization of Gender from Grandparents to Grandchildren: Examining Mechanisms of Exposure
(2016-05-13)
Though grandparents are known to be influential in the lives of their grandchildren, little quantitative research exists to assess the intergenerational socialization of gender ideology within the grandparent-grandchild ...
FUTURE OF FAILURE? STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF A SHORTENED SCHEDULE ON THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF STUDENTS
(2018-05-12)
This study examines the effects of changing from a five-day to a four-day school week on academic achievement for public schools in Oklahoma, a state which ranks high on poverty and near the bottom on educational quality ...
Cultural Health Capital and the Doctor-Patient Encounter: An Exploratory Analysis
(2021-08-05)
Doctor-patient interactions look different than they did 30 years ago. Who has the power and influence in doctor-patient relationships? The doctor, the patient, or a shared power? In recent decades, doctor-patient interactions ...
What is guiding the health information-seeking behaviors of right-leaning Christians regarding the COVID-19 vaccines?
(2023-08-04)
Research has shown that politics influence Americans’ religious identities (Christian, atheist, etc.) and behaviors (church attendance). However, the research on how right-leaning Christians view the Covid-19 vaccines (and ...
Patient Expectations Predicting Medical Requests Based on Status Characteristics
(2021-05-14)
This research I conduct uses the Patient’s Likely Expectations and Satisfaction in care Survey (PLEASS 2007) to analyze how patients who have expectations about medical experiences request these based on status characteristic ...
I (Don't) Feel Pretty: Weight Perception, Self-Esteem, and Gender in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
(2019-05)
Life course scholars have established that early life experiences are crucial factors in shaping developmental trajectories. Early adolescent health has been one of the most widely studied of these factors, with increased ...