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Relying on panel data from the first-wave Disability Study, an adult community sample living in Miami-Dade County in 2004, this dissertation examines the influence of women's race, ethnicity, culture, and structure on their health care...
One of the key determinants of health and wellbeing for adolescents is the utilization of preventive health services. While adolescents are generally healthy, public health officials warn that access to health insurance, preventive care, ...
As Pearlin (1989) has argued, risk and protective factors for mental health problems arise out of the structural contexts of people's lives and are fundamental to the study of mental health. Despite wide acceptance of this proposition by...
A growing body of research suggests that religious involvement may be protective with respect to a wide variety of health outcomes. In this dissertation, I investigate the conditions under which this might apply to the likelihood of...
Unprecedented shifts in age structure has important implications for the number of people ages 65 and older living with disabilities and requiring long-term care. Further, health care trends, including the early discharge of hospital...
Although several studies have examined race and gender differences in gun-related attitudes, little is known about how racialized and gendered attitudes might contribute to the gun policy preferences and gun ownership rates of Americans....
The importance of older adults' health is increasing with extending lifespans. Despite a large amount of research conducted on older adults' health, little is known about sexual orientation differences. Although some studies have...
The link between socioeconomic status (SES) and health and mortality has been well-established, but evidence continues to suggest that this relationship begins in early life with parental SES. There is evidence that allostatic load (AL)...
The Black-White wealth gap has been a significant topic of research among social scientists studying inequality. Research on the racial wealth gap has emphasized two variables with which to measure wealth: home and business ownership....
Although stigma theories suggest that multiple processes underlie variation in perceived stigma among people with physical disabilities, these processes are not clearly delineated in prior research. It is also unclear whether perceived...
Spousal health concordance is observed within a community sample of 400 disabled and non-disabled adults and their spouses from Miami-Dade County to access the value of broadening the definition of spousal health concordance to include...
This dissertation is composed of three distinct studies. Study 1 asks what type of 'public opinion' is most likely to influence policy. Studies arguing for a strong link between public opinion and policy outcomes have focused on purely...
Past research demonstrates a robust relationship between marital status and health, with married adults experiencing less disability and disease than unmarried adults (Goodwin, Hunt, Key, & Samet, 1987; Gordon & Rosenthal, 1995; Johnson, ...
The existing literature acknowledges that financial strain is a crucial stress source that deteriorates a wide range of health-related outcomes. Researchers reveal that having economic problems is linked to triggering negative mental...
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