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A prospective cohort study of health behavior profiles after age 50 and mortality riskBenjamin A Shaw
School of Public Health, University at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
BMC Public Health 12:803. 2012....- Are changes in financial strain associated with changes in alcohol use and smoking among older adults?Benjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, New York 12144 3456, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 72:917-25. 2011..This study aimed to assess whether changes in levels of financial strain are associated with changes in alcohol use and smoking among older adults... - Age differences and social stratification in the long-term trajectories of leisure-time physical activityBenjamin A Shaw
School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, One University Place, Rensselaer, Albany, NY 12144 3456, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:756-66. 2010..This study assessed how and why the social stratification of leisure-time physical activity changes as adults at different points in the life course, and from different birth cohorts, grow older... - Age and race differences in the trajectories of self-esteemBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3445, USA
Psychol Aging 25:84-94. 2010..These findings suggest the presence of age- and race-based stratification with respect to self-esteem. Future work in this area should examine the health and well-being effects of declining self-esteem during old age... - Examining the association between education level and physical activity changes during early old ageBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
J Aging Health 20:767-87. 2008..This study examined the relationship between aging and regular physical activity. The moderating effects of education and the extent to which employment and health status influence physical activity were also examined... 
Age versus time since baseline as the time scale in the analysis of changeBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S203-4. 2007- Tracking changes in social relations throughout late lifeBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany School of Public Health, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S90-9. 2007..This research aimed to chart age-related changes in 11 dimensions of social relations during later life. We also examined interpersonal differences in intra-individual changes... - Assessing sources of support for diabetes self-care in urban and rural underserved communitiesBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
J Community Health 31:393-412. 2006..These results have implications for the design of interventions aimed at bolstering support for diabetes self-care, and point to the need for an enhanced focus on strengthening the social environmental resources of adults with diabetes... - Lack of emotional support from parents early in life and alcohol abuse later in lifeBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 63:49-72. 2006.... - The impact of salient role stress on trajectories of health in late life among survivors of a seven-year panel study: analyses of individual growth curvesBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Rensselaer 12144, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 55:97-116. 2002..This finding has important implications for targeting interventions and should stimulate further study regarding how and why responses to stress change progressively with age... - Associations between anticipated support, physical functioning, and education level among a nationally representative sample of older adultsBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
J Aging Health 16:539-61. 2004..In addition, level of education is tested as a modifier of this relationship... - Emotional support from parents early in life, aging, and healthBenjamin A Shaw
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University of New York, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Psychol Aging 19:4-12. 2004..These findings underscore the importance of adopting a life course perspective in studying the social determinants of health among adults... - Exposure to physical violence during childhood, aging, and healthBenjamin A Shaw
University at Albany, State University of New York, Rennselaer, NY, USA
J Aging Health 14:467-94. 2002..The purpose of this study is to estimate the relationship between exposure to physical violence administered by one's parents and adult health. In the process, the authors also examine factors that mediate and moderate this association... - Intertwining courses of functional status and subjective health among older JapaneseJersey Liang
School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S340-8. 2007..We sought to depict how trajectories of functional status are related to the average changes in self-rated health and its underlying trajectories... - Social structural influences on emotional support from parents early in life and adult health statusBenjamin A Shaw
School of Public Health, University of Albany, USA
Behav Med 29:68-79. 2003..These findings emphasize the pervasive influence of gender in American society and add focus to researchers' understanding of the long-term health effects of early parental support... 
Comparison study: the impact of on-site comprehensive service access on self-reported health and functional status of older adultsYuchi Young
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, State University of New York at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 10:167-73. 2009..To evaluate the impact of on-site comprehensive service access by comparing functional outcomes and self-rated health between 2 older adult samples...- Changes in functional status among older adults in Japan: successful and usual agingJersey Liang
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, 420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Psychol Aging 18:684-95. 2003..and (c) late onset of functional impairment. These findings may serve as useful benchmarks for observations derived from other developed nations... - Age differences in long-term patterns of change in alcohol consumption among aging adultsBenjamin A Shaw
State University of New York at Albany
J Aging Health 23:207-27. 2011..To estimate patterns of long-term, within-person, changes in alcohol consumption among adults of different ages and assess key predictors of alcohol-use patterns over time... - Welfare participation and social support in late lifeNeal Krause
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
Psychol Aging 17:260-70. 2002..The results suggest that those who administer welfare programs, as well as public policymakers, should consider developing interventions that address the wider psychosocial problems associated with receiving public assistance... - How does self-assessed health change with age? A study of older adults in JapanJersey Liang
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:S224-32. 2005..This research examines how the trajectories of self-rated health evolve among elderly Japanese individuals and how socioeconomic status (SES), social relations, and baseline health differentiate these trajectories... - Gender differences in functional status in middle and older age: are there any age variations?Jersey Liang
Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:S282-92. 2008..The present study examines gender differences in changes in functional status after age 50 and how such differences vary across different age groups... - A descriptive epidemiology of lifetime trauma and the physical health status of older adultsNeal Krause
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health and Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Psychol Aging 19:637-48. 2004..Moreover, the young-old appear to be at greatest risk. Finally, data suggest that trauma arising between the ages of 18 and 30 years, as well as ages 31 to 64 years, has the strongest relationship with current health... - Religion, death of a loved one, and hypertension among older adults in JapanNeal Krause
School of Public Health and Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2029, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S96-S107. 2002..To see whether three dimensions of religion (private religious practices, religious coping, and belief in the afterlife) buffer the effect of the death of a significant other on change in self-reported hypertension over time...
Research Grants
- Health Behaviors and Lifestyles in Old Age in the United States and JapanBENJAMIN SHAW; Fiscal Year: 2009..Finally, additional insights into the health behaviors and lifestyles of US elderly can be gained through comparisons with elderly from other highly developed, yet culturally distinct, countries such as Japan. ..
- Health Behaviors and Lifestyles in Old Age in the United States and JapanBenjamin A Shaw; Fiscal Year: 2010..Finally, additional insights into the health behaviors and lifestyles of US elderly can be gained through comparisons with elderly from other highly developed, yet culturally distinct, countries such as Japan. ..