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Click the article links to read abstracts of select health disparities related articles by UC Merced faculty.

Publications

Understanding US Immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and Addressing Social-Structural Determinants of Health
Altaf Saadi, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, Caitlin Patler, Jeremias Leonel Estrada, and Homer Venters
The Dynamics of Social Indicator Research for California’s Central Valley in Transition
Robin M. DeLugan, Marcia D. Hernandez, Dari E. Sylvester & Simón E. Weffer
Linking Academic and Community Guidelines for Community-Engaged Scholarship
Robin Maria DeLugan Stergios Roussos Geneva Skram
Associations of Parent–Adolescent Relationship Quality With Type 1 Diabetes Management and Depressive Symptoms in Latino and Caucasian Youth
Alexandra Main, PhD, Deborah J. Wiebe, PhD, MPH, Andrea R. Croom, PhD, Katie Sardone, PhD, Elida Godbey, MRC, Christy Tucker, PhD, Perrin C. White, MD
Prosocial Tendencies among Chinese American Children in Immigrant Families: Links to Cultural and Socio‐demographic Factors and Psychological Adjustment
Alexandra Main, Qing Zhou, Jeffrey Liew, Charlene Lee
Asian American Health Disparities
Anne Saw and Anna Song
Building trust and diversity in patient-centered oncology clinical trials: An integrated model
Thelma C Hurd, Charles D Kaplan, Elise D Cook, Janice A Chilton, Jay S Lytton, Ernest T Hawk, Lovell A Jones
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28166647
Opinion: COVID-19 reveals gaps in the Valley’s public health system, but improvement is possible
Nancy Burke, Irene Yen and Thelma Hurd, MD
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/opinion/article241906106.html
Integration of social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions to improve health equity
Nina B. Wallerstein DrPH, Irene H. Yen PhD, MPH, and S. Leonard Syme PhD
Neighborhood Social Environment and Risk of Death: Multilevel Evidence from the Alameda County Study
Irene H. Yen, George A. Kaplan
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009733
Developmental Trajectories of Metabolic Control among White, Black, and Hispanic Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
Jenny T. Wang, PhD, Deborah J. Wiebe, PhD, MPH, Perrin C. White, MD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21592513
Adolescent Information Management and Parental Knowledge in Non-Latino White and Latino Youth Managing Type 1 Diabetes
Christy Tucker, PhD, Deborah J Wiebe, PhD, MPH, Alexandra Main, PhD, Alyssa G Lee, MRC, Perrin C White, MD
Public Awareness of Air Pollution and Health Threats: Challenges and Opportunities for Communication Strategies To Improve Environmental Health Literacy
A Susana Ramirez, Steven Ramondt, Karina Van Bogart and Raquel Perez-Zuniga
Breastfeeding gaps between white, black, Hispanic mothers in the US
Chelsea McKinney, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, P Lindsay Chase, et al
Assessing the impact of the public nutrition information environment
Steven Ramondt, A Susana Ramirez