A J Schulz

Summary

Affiliation: University of Michigan
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Associations between socioeconomic status and allostatic load: effects of neighborhood poverty and tests of mediating pathways
    Amy J Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:1706-14. 2012
  2. ncbi Relational pathways between socioeconomic position and cardiovascular risk in a multiethnic urban sample: complexities and their implications for improving health in economically disadvantaged populations
    A J Schulz
    Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:638-46. 2008
  3. ncbi Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social environment? Findings from a multilevel analysis in Detroit
    Amy J Schulz
    University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    J Urban Health 85:642-61. 2008
  4. ncbi Discrimination, symptoms of depression, and self-rated health among african american women in detroit: results from a longitudinal analysis
    Amy J Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Am J Public Health 96:1265-70. 2006
  5. ncbi Psychosocial stress and social support as mediators of relationships between income, length of residence and depressive symptoms among African American women on Detroit's eastside
    Amy J Schulz
    University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Ann Arbor, 48109 2029, USA
    Soc Sci Med 62:510-22. 2006
  6. ncbi Unfair treatment, neighborhood effects, and mental health in the Detroit metropolitan area
    A Schulz
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
    J Health Soc Behav 41:314-32. 2000
  7. ncbi Healthy eating and exercising to reduce diabetes: exploring the potential of social determinants of health frameworks within the context of community-based participatory diabetes prevention
    Amy J Schulz
    Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:645-51. 2005
  8. ncbi Social determinants of health: implications for environmental health promotion
    Amy Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 31:455-71. 2004
  9. ncbi "What are they going to do with the information?" Latino/Latina and African American perspectives on the Human Genome Project
    Amy Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 30:151-69. 2003
  10. ncbi Racial and spatial relations as fundamental determinants of health in Detroit
    Amy J Schulz
    School of Public Health, University of Michigan M5134 SPH II, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Milbank Q 80:677-707, iv. 2002

Research Grants

  1. Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown
    Amy Schulz; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
    Amy Schulz; Fiscal Year: 2004
  3. Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown
    Amy Schulz; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications23

  1. ncbi Associations between socioeconomic status and allostatic load: effects of neighborhood poverty and tests of mediating pathways
    Amy J Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:1706-14. 2012
    ..We also examined the hypotheses that this association was mediated by psychosocial stress and health-related behaviors...
  2. ncbi Relational pathways between socioeconomic position and cardiovascular risk in a multiethnic urban sample: complexities and their implications for improving health in economically disadvantaged populations
    A J Schulz
    Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 62:638-46. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social environment? Findings from a multilevel analysis in Detroit
    Amy J Schulz
    University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    J Urban Health 85:642-61. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Discrimination, symptoms of depression, and self-rated health among african american women in detroit: results from a longitudinal analysis
    Amy J Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Am J Public Health 96:1265-70. 2006
    ..We examined the longitudinal association of self-reported everyday discrimination with depressive symptoms and self-rated general health...
  5. ncbi Psychosocial stress and social support as mediators of relationships between income, length of residence and depressive symptoms among African American women on Detroit's eastside
    Amy J Schulz
    University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Ann Arbor, 48109 2029, USA
    Soc Sci Med 62:510-22. 2006
    ..However, increased household income does not protect African American women residing in a high poverty community from distress associated with neighborhood disorder or experiences of discrimination...
  6. ncbi Unfair treatment, neighborhood effects, and mental health in the Detroit metropolitan area
    A Schulz
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
    J Health Soc Behav 41:314-32. 2000
    ....
  7. ncbi Healthy eating and exercising to reduce diabetes: exploring the potential of social determinants of health frameworks within the context of community-based participatory diabetes prevention
    Amy J Schulz
    Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:645-51. 2005
    ..We examined a community-based participatory diabetes intervention to identify facilitators of and barriers to sustained community efforts to address social factors that contribute to health...
  8. ncbi Social determinants of health: implications for environmental health promotion
    Amy Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 31:455-71. 2004
    ..Finally, they recommend moving beyond environmental remediation strategies toward environmental health promotion efforts that are sustainable and explicitly designed to reduce social, environmental, and health inequalities...
  9. ncbi "What are they going to do with the information?" Latino/Latina and African American perspectives on the Human Genome Project
    Amy Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 30:151-69. 2003
    ..In addition, they present strategies for achieving a more equitable distribution of risks and benefits from genetic research and technology suggested by participants in these focus groups...
  10. ncbi Racial and spatial relations as fundamental determinants of health in Detroit
    Amy J Schulz
    School of Public Health, University of Michigan M5134 SPH II, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    Milbank Q 80:677-707, iv. 2002
    ....
  11. ncbi The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership: integrating research with action to reduce health disparities
    A J Schulz
    School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    Public Health Rep 116:548-57. 2001
    ..Data collected from 1996 to 2001 are used here to describe improvements in research methods, practice activities, and community relationships that emerged through this academic-practice-community linkage...
  12. ncbi Addressing social determinants of health: community-based participatory approaches to research and practice
    Amy J Schulz
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:287-95. 2002
  13. ncbi Addressing social determinants of health through community-based participatory research: the East Side Village Health Worker Partnership
    Amy J Schulz
    School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:326-41. 2002
    ..On the basis of these results, the authors discuss opportunities and challenges for partnership approaches to addressing social determinants of health in urban communities...
  14. ncbi Disentangling measures of individual perceptions of community social dynamics: results of a community survey
    E A Parker
    University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 28:462-86. 2001
    ..In a regression model with these three variables added to control variables, only sense of community was significantly, albeit modestly, associated with depressive symptoms and self-reported general health...
  15. ncbi Engaging urban residents in assessing neighborhood environments and their implications for health
    Barbara A Israel
    University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
    J Urban Health 83:523-39. 2006
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  16. ncbi Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan
    Shannon N Zenk
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research and Policy, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:275-80. 2006
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  17. ncbi Application of qualitative methods in program planning for health promotion interventions
    Stephanie Ann Farquhar
    School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
    Health Promot Pract 7:234-42. 2006
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  18. ncbi Social and physical environments and disparities in risk for cardiovascular disease: the healthy environments partnership conceptual model
    Amy J Schulz
    Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 113:1817-25. 2005
    ..Through these collaborative efforts, HEP seeks to contribute to an understanding of factors that contribute to racial and socioeconomic health inequities, and develop a foundation for efforts to eliminate these disparities in Detroit...
  19. ncbi The relationship between social support, stress, and health among women on Detroit's East Side
    Barbara A Israel
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:342-60. 2002
    ..These findings suggest the need for health education interventions and policy strategies that strengthen social support and aim at macro-level changes necessary to reduce chronic stressful conditions...
  20. ncbi Fruit and vegetable intake in African Americans income and store characteristics
    Shannon N Zenk
    Program in Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
    Am J Prev Med 29:1-9. 2005
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  21. ncbi Predictors of perceived control among African American women in Detroit: exploring empowerment as a multilevel construct
    Adam B Becker
    Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:699-715. 2002
    ..Implications for health education practice and research are discussed...
  22. ncbi Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan Detroit
    Shannon N Zenk
    Program in Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:660-7. 2005
    ..We evaluated the spatial accessibility of large "chain" supermarkets in relation to neighborhood racial composition and poverty...
  23. ncbi Inter-rater and test-retest reliability: methods and results for the neighborhood observational checklist
    Shannon N Zenk
    Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, 845 S Damen Ave, M C 802, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
    Health Place 13:452-65. 2007
    ..We then present the results and discuss implications for future research efforts using direct observation in four areas: methods to evaluate reliability, instrument content and design, observer training, and data collection...

Research Grants13

  1. Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown
    Amy Schulz; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  2. SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
    Amy Schulz; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ....
  3. Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown
    Amy Schulz; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....