College for Health, Community and Policy Faculty Research
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Geranylgeraniol and Green Tea Polyphenols Mitigate Negative Effects of a High-Fat Diet on Skeletal Muscle and the Gut Microbiome in Male C57BL/6J Mice
(2022-09-27)Natural bioactive compounds are proposed as alternatives in mitigating obesity-associated skeletal muscle dysfunction. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the combination of geranylgeraniol (GGOH) ... -
Moving beyond living arrangements: the role of family and friendship ties in promoting mental health for urban and rural older adults in China
(Aging and Mental Health;Iss. 9, 2019-04-12)Objective: This study examines the interplay among living arrangements, social networks, and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults. Methods: Data are derived from the 2014 baseline survey of the China Longitudinal ... -
Time-use Profiles, Chronic Role Overload, and Women’s Body Weight Trajectories from Middle to Later Life in the Philippines
(Journal of Health and Social Behavior;Vol. 60, Iss. 1, 2019-02-06)Although chronic life strain is often found to be associated with adverse health outcomes, empirical research is lacking on the health implications of persistent role overload that many women around the world are subject ... -
A National Study of Racial–Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Concerns Among Older Americans: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
(The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences;Vol. 77, No. 7, 2021-09-21)Objectives: Concerns about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are an important emotional reaction to the pandemic and represent a key pandemic-related mental health outcome. We provide the first population-based evidence ... -
What Could Interfere with a Good Night’s Sleep? The Risks of Social Isolation, Poor Physical and Psychological Health among Older Adults in China
(Research on Aging;Vol. 44, Iss. 7-8, 2022-01-07)This study provides one of the first population-based investigations of the longitudinal association between social isolation and sleep difficulty among older adults in China. We analyzed three waves of longitudinal data ... -
Double Burden for Women in Mid and Later Life: Evidence from Time Use Profiles in Cebu, the Philippines
(Ageing and Society;Vol. 38, Iss. 11, 2017-07-10)Using data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2012), we utilise latent class analysis to develop time-use class membership to characterise the degree to which women in ... -
Separated kin: location of multiple children and mental health trajectories of older parents in rural China
(Aging & Mental Health;, 2021-12-24)Objective: This study examines the longitudinal association between the location of multiple children and depressive symptoms of older parents in rural China, where massive rural-to-urban migration has profoundly altered ... -
Intergenerational Exchange of Resources and Elderly Support in Rural China
(The International Journal of Aging and Human Development;Vol. 83, Iss. 2, 2016-05-09)This study examines how parental investments on children affect elderly support, and how this effect is contingent on emotional closeness or parental authority. Data collected from 770 elderly parents residing in rural ... -
The Emergence of Educational Hypogamy in India
(Demography;57, 2020-06-10)With rising education among women across the world, educational hypergamy (women marrying men with higher education) has decreased over the last few decades in both developed and developing countries. Although a decrease ... -
Comparing same- and different-sex relationship dynamics: Experiences of young adults in Taiwan
(Demographic Research;Vol. 40, 2019-03-05)Background: Few studies of same-sex relationships are able to capture the dynamics of these relationships from formation to dissolution, and even fewer provide evidence on these dynamics in a non-Western context. Objective: ... -
Evolving parent–adult child relations: location of multiple children and psychological well-being of older adults in China
(Public Health;Volume 158, 2018-05)Objective: This study examines the interplay among intergenerational emotional closeness, location of multiple children, and parental depressive symptoms in the context of massive migration in rural China. Study design: ... -
Motivators and Barriers to HPV Vaccination: A Qualitative Study of Underserved Women Attending Planned Parenthood
(2022-07-15)Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Disease-associated strains of HPV can cause genital warts and six cancer types. HPV-associated cervical cancer disproportionately ... -
Switching to a Standard Chow Diet at Weaning Improves the Effects of Maternal and Postnatal High-Fat and High-Sucrose Diet on Cardiometabolic Health in Adult Male Mouse Offspring
(2022-06-18)Cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to obesity-associated heart disease. Maternal and postnatal diet plays an important role in cardiac function, yet the impacts of a mismatch between prenatal and postweaning ... -
Predictors of Variations in Residential Water Consumption in Central Texas
(2022-06-03)Background: The 100th Meridian in Texas aligns with a corridor of large and rapidly growing urban areas with a growing water demand and limited supply. Understanding the variations in residential water consumption may ... -
Minding Mental Health: Clinicians' Engagement with Youth Suicide Prevention
(2022-05-11)Suicidal ideation and deaths among children and adolescents have seen an unprecedented rise over the last ten years, recently further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research explores mental health professionals' ... -
Religion and Help-Seeking: Theological Conservatism and Preferences for Mental Health Assistance
(2022-05-05)Religious affiliation and attendance have been shown to affect various facets of mental health, including the willingness to seek mental health assistance; however, little is known about how theological beliefs influence ... -
Machine learning algorithms for predicting undernutrition among under-five children in Ethiopia
(Public Health Nutrition;Volume 25, Issue 2, 2021-10-08)Objective: Child undernutrition is a global public health problem with serious implications. In this study, we estimate predictive algorithms for the determinants of childhood stunting by using various machine learning ... -
Changes in the Retail Food Environment in Mexican Cities and Their Association with Blood Pressure Outcomes
(2022-01-26)Shifting food environments in Latin America have potentially contributed to an increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages, along with decreases in healthy foods, such as fruits and ... -
What is co-authorship?
(Scientometrics;109(3), 2016-12-01)Science and technology policy academics and evaluators use co-authorship as a proxy for research collaboration despite knowing better. Anecdotally we understand that an individual might be listed as an author on a particular ... -
Walking Engagement in Mexican Americans Who Participated in a Community-Wide Step Challenge in El Paso, TX
(2021-12-02)In the United States, the Latinx population has the highest prevalence of physical inactivity compared with other ethnicities. Research shows that work-based physical activity interventions have been widely implemented in ...
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