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| Kathleen A CagneySummaryAffiliation: University of Chicago Country: USA Publications
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Neighborhood age structure and its implications for healthKathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Urban Health 83:827-34. 2006..Considering age structure implies incorporating not only meaningful cut points for important age groups (e.g., proportion 65 years and over) but attention to the shape of the distribution as well...- The Latino paradox in neighborhood context: the case of asthma and other respiratory conditionsKathleen A Cagney
Departments of Health Studies and Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill 60637, USA
Am J Public Health 97:919-25. 2007..We then explored the role of neighborhood social context in understanding any observed advantage. We invoked theories of social organization, collective efficacy, and the urban ethnic enclave... - Exploring neighborhood-level variation in asthma and other respiratory diseases: the contribution of neighborhood social contextKathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:229-36. 2004.... - Neighborhood-level cohesion and disorder: measurement and validation in two older adult urban populationsKathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:415-24. 2009..Drawing from collective efficacy and social disorganization theories, we developed and validated measures of neighborhood-level social processes... - Predictors of patient selection in bariatric surgeryHeena P Santry
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Ann Surg 245:59-67. 2007..To identify sociodemographic and clinical predictors of patient selection in bariatric surgery... - Neighborhood social cohesion and disorder in relation to walking in community-dwelling older adults: a multilevel analysisCarlos F Mendes de Leon
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Aging Health 21:155-71. 2009..Promotion of walking behavior in older adults may require improvement of the safety and upkeep of the neighborhood environment... 
Racial disparities in self-rated health at older ages: what difference does the neighborhood make?Kathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:S181-90. 2005..We ask whether neighborhood social and economic resources help to explain the self-reported health differential between African Americans and Whites...- Education, wealth, and cognitive function in later lifeKathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:P163-72. 2002..Results suggest that although the education--cognition relationship may in part reflect an SES gradient, the association is more likely due to the process and consequences of education itself... - Racial differences in formal long-term care: does the timing of parenthood play a role?Kathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:S137-45. 2005..In particular, it explores whether the lower rate of formal LTC use among African Americans is due in some part to the earlier inception of parenthood... 
The relationship of pain and cognitive impairment with social vulnerability--an analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and AgingJoseph W Shega
Sections of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Hematology Oncology Department of Health Studies and Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Pain Med 13:190-7. 2012..The objective of this study was to delineate the relationship between noncancer pain and cognitive impairment with social vulnerability...- Is collective efficacy age graded? The development and evaluation of a new measure of collective efficacy for older adultsAdena M Galinsky
Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging, NORC and the University of Chicago, 1155 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Aging Res 2012:360254. 2012..Discussion. The older adult CE scale has reliability and validity equivalent to that of the existing measure but benefits from a more developed theoretical grounding and reduced likelihood of age-related differential nonresponse... - Cultural leverage: interventions using culture to narrow racial disparities in health careThomas L Fisher
The University of Chicago, Section of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Med Care Res Rev 64:243S-82S. 2007..Interventions using cultural leverage show tremendous promise in reducing health disparities, but more research is needed to understand their health effects in combination with other interventions... - The use of multidisciplinary teams to evaluate bariatric surgery patients: results from a national survey in the U.S.AHeena P Santry
Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Obes Surg 16:59-66. 2006..The degree to which U.S. bariatric surgeons use multidisciplinary methods to evaluate patients is unknown... - Explaining variation in health status across space and time: implications for racial and ethnic disparities in self-rated healthChristopher R Browning
Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 300 Bricker Hall, 190 N Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:1221-35. 2003.... - Poverty, affluence, and income inequality: neighborhood economic structure and its implications for healthMing Wen
Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 3805 1530E RM30, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:843-60. 2003.... - Neighborhood structural disadvantage, collective efficacy, and self-rated physical health in an urban settingChristopher R Browning
Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, 300 Bricker Hall, 190 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
J Health Soc Behav 43:383-99. 2002..Finally, socioeconomic disadvantage and collective efficacy condition the positive effects of individual level education on physical health... - Effect of specific aspects of community social environment on the mortality of individuals diagnosed with serious illnessMing Wen
Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 380 S 1530 E RM 301, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 0250, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:1119-34. 2005.... - Moving beyond poverty: neighborhood structure, social processes, and healthChristopher R Browning
Ohio State University, USA
J Health Soc Behav 44:552-71. 2003..Neighborhood affluence also accounts for a substantial proportion of the racial gap in health status. Finally, collective efficacy is a significant positive predictor of health but does not mediate the effects of structural factors...