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| Research Interests for Sherman A James
Research Interests: US Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status and Health Care; Poverty and Health
Research: Social determinants of U.S. racial and ethnic health disparities; community-based and public policy interventions to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities - Keywords:
- Race/Ethnicity, Health, Poverty, Socioeconomic Inequality
- Current projects:
- Life course Socioeconomic Position and the Health of African Americans: The Pitt County Study (PI)
- Reducing diabetes-related health disparities in African Americans (PI)
- The Southern Center on Environmentally-Driven Disparities in Birth Outcomes (Co-Director)
- The Health Legacy of Desegregation on Black/White Health Disparities in the South (PI)
- Areas of Interest:
- Social Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
Childhood Poverty and Health in Adulthood
Academic-Community partnerships to reduce racial/ethnic health disparities
- Representative Publications
- James SA, Epidemiologic Research on Health Disparities: Some Thoughts on History and Current Developments,
Epidemiologic Reviews, vol. 31
(Winter, 2009),
pp. 1-6
- James SA, VanHoewyk J., Belli RF, Strogatz DS, Williams DR, Life-course Socioeconomic Position and Risk for Hypertension in African American Men: The Pitt County Study,
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 no. 5
(May, 2006),
pp. 812-817
- Bennett GG, Wolin KY, James SA, Lifecourse socioeconomic position and weight change among Blacks: The Pitt County Study,
Obesity, vol. 15 no. 1
(January, 2007),
pp. 172-181
- Fowler-Brown A, Bennett G, Goodman M, Wee C, Corbie-Smith G, James SA., Psychosocial Stress and 13 year Changes in Body Mass Index in Blacks: The Pitt County Study,
Obesity
(Summer, 2009),
pp. 1-4
- Haratatos J, Mahalingam R, James SA, John Henryism, Self-Reported Physical Health Indicators, and the Mediating Role of Perceived Stress among High Socioeconomic Status Asian Immigrants,
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 64
(February, 2007),
pp. 1192-1203
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