MEREDITH A MINKLER

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Personal responsibility for health? A review of the arguments and the evidence at century's end
    M Minkler
    Community Health Education, School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Health Educ Behav 26:121-40. 1999
  2. ncbi The health of grandparents raising grandchildren: results of a national study
    M Minkler
    Department of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Am J Public Health 89:1384-9. 1999
  3. ncbi Using Participatory Action Research to build Healthy Communities
    M Minkler
    Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Public Health Rep 115:191-7. 2000
  4. ncbi Contributions of community involvement to organizational-level empowerment: the federal Healthy Start experience
    M Minkler
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Health Educ Behav 28:783-807. 2001
  5. ncbi Ethical dilemmas in participatory action research: a case study from the disability community
    Meredith Minkler
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:14-29. 2002
  6. ncbi Physical and mental health status of American grandparents providing extensive child care to their grandchildren
    M Minkler
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, USA
    J Am Med Womens Assoc 56:199-205. 2001

Research Grants

  1. Worker Health and Safety in Chinatown Restaurants: A CBPR Study
    Meredith Minkler; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Personal responsibility for health? A review of the arguments and the evidence at century's end
    M Minkler
    Community Health Education, School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Health Educ Behav 26:121-40. 1999
    ..The article concludes by briefly summarizing the Canadian approach to health promotion as a useful example of what such a balanced, ecological approach might look like...
  2. ncbi The health of grandparents raising grandchildren: results of a national study
    M Minkler
    Department of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Am J Public Health 89:1384-9. 1999
    ..This study sought to compare the functional and self-rated health of grandparents raising grandchildren with that of noncaregiving grandparents...
  3. ncbi Using Participatory Action Research to build Healthy Communities
    M Minkler
    Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Public Health Rep 115:191-7. 2000
    ..After highlighting the challenges of expanding the Healthy Communities accent on participation to include PAR, the article describes the experiences of two Healthy Communities projects in the US that have successfully used PAR...
  4. ncbi Contributions of community involvement to organizational-level empowerment: the federal Healthy Start experience
    M Minkler
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Health Educ Behav 28:783-807. 2001
    ..The article concludes with implications of the study findings for practice both within Healthy Start and in the context of other community-based health initiatives...
  5. ncbi Ethical dilemmas in participatory action research: a case study from the disability community
    Meredith Minkler
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:14-29. 2002
    ..The implications of these issues for health educators and others engaged in community-based PAR efforts are presented...
  6. ncbi Physical and mental health status of American grandparents providing extensive child care to their grandchildren
    M Minkler
    School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, USA
    J Am Med Womens Assoc 56:199-205. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Providing extensive care for a grandchild was associated with elevated levels of depression. Physicians should be alert to family role changes and symptoms of depression in their older patients...

Research Grants2

  1. Worker Health and Safety in Chinatown Restaurants: A CBPR Study
    Meredith Minkler; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Findings of this study will help lay the groundwork for a larger study testing the efficacy of restaurant- and policy-level interventions to improve restaurant worker health and safety. ..