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| Dara SorkinSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Dietary behaviors of a racially and ethnically diverse sample of overweight and obese CaliforniansDara H Sorkin
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Health Educ Behav 39:737-44. 2012..To examine racial/ethnic differences in the dietary behaviors of overweight or obese adults using the 2007 California Health Interview Survey...
Racial/ethnic disparities in exercise and dietary behaviors of middle-aged and older adultsKristin J August
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine, 100 Theory, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92617, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:245-50. 2011..Studies to date have not compared whether there are health behavior differences in exercise and dietary behaviors among middle-age and older adults in the four largest racial/ethnic categories...- Assessing the mental health needs and barriers to care among a diverse sample of Asian American older adultsDara H Sorkin
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:595-602. 2011..Yet, little is known about the mental health needs of older adults from various Asian subgroups compared to non-Hispanic whites... - Underdiagnosed and undertreated depression among racially/ethnically diverse patients with type 2 diabetesDara H Sorkin
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Diabetes Care 34:598-600. 2011..To examine racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms and in provider recognition of depression among Latino, Asian, and non-Hispanic white patients with type 2 diabetes... - Racial/ethnic discrimination in health care: impact on perceived quality of careDara H Sorkin
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and the Health Policy Research Institute, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 100 Theory, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92697 5800, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:390-6. 2010..Racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to report receipt of lower quality of health care; however, the mediators of such patient reports are not known... 
Predicting changes in older adults' interpersonal control strivingsDara H Sorkin
Health Policy Research Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 5800, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 69:159-80. 2009..Features of the social environment, therefore, may interact with personal resources to influence interpersonal control strivings in later life...- Racial and ethnic differences in the mental health needs and access to care of older adults in californiaDara H Sorkin
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Universityof California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:2311-7. 2009..Innovative clinical and systemic strategies are needed to better identify individuals at risk and to provide needed services... - Loneliness, lack of emotional support, lack of companionship, and the likelihood of having a heart condition in an elderly sampleDara Sorkin
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697 7085, USA
Ann Behav Med 24:290-8. 2002..These results underscore the value of examining the specific social deficits that underlie loneliness in investigations of the relation between loneliness and cardiovascular health in later life... - Dealing with negative social exchanges in later life: coping responses, goals, and effectivenessDara H Sorkin
Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 8500, USA
Psychol Aging 21:715-25. 2006..The results underscore the importance of considering older adults' coping responses and goals when evaluating factors that affect the impact of negative social exchanges on well-being in later life... - Interpersonal control strivings and vulnerability to negative social exchanges in later lifeDara H Sorkin
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 7085, USA
Psychol Aging 19:555-64. 2004..Thus, complementary control processes play an important role in older adults' vulnerability to negative social exchanges... - Self-reported health status of vietnamese and non-Hispanic white older adults in californiaDara Sorkin
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Center for Health Policy Research, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1543-8. 2008..Further research is needed to better understand why older Vietnamese Americans are at higher risk for worse self-reported health than older white adults... - Fostering social ties through a volunteer role: implications for older-adults' psychological healthKaren S Rook
Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697 7085, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 57:313-37. 2003..Explanations for the limited findings and implications for future research are discussed... - Surveying minorities with limited-English proficiency: does data collection method affect data quality among Asian Americans?Quyen Ngo-Metzger
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, University of California Irvine College of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA
Med Care 42:893-900. 2004..Asian Americans are a rapidly growing minority group with large numbers of LEP immigrants... - Who can respond to treatment? Identifying patient characteristics related to heterogeneity of treatment effectsSherrie H Kaplan
Health Policy Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Med Care 48:S9-16. 2010..Interest in comparative effectiveness research and the rising number of negative or "small effect" trials have stimulated research into differential response to treatment among subgroups of patients... - Evaluating the SF-36 Health Survey (Version 2) in Older Vietnamese AmericansQuyen Ngo-Metzger
Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, 111 Academy, Suite 220, Irvine, CA, USA
J Aging Health 20:420-36. 2008..The SF-36((R)) Health Survey (Version 2; SF-36) was evaluated among older Vietnamese Americans to determine whether underlying dimensions of physical and mental health were similar to those of other groups in the United States... 
Providing high-quality care for limited English proficient patients: the importance of language concordance and interpreter useQuyen Ngo-Metzger
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and the Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Research, 111 Academy, Suite 220, Irvine, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:324-30. 2007..Provider-patient language discordance is related to worse quality care for limited English proficient (LEP) patients who speak Spanish. However, little is known about language barriers among LEP Asian-American patients...- Marital status and gender differences in managing a chronic illness: the function of health-related social controlKristin J August
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Soc Sci Med 71:1831-8. 2010..Findings from this study highlight the importance of marital status and gender differences in social network members' involvement in the management of a chronic illness... - Racial and ethnic disparities in indicators of physical health status: do they still exist throughout late life?Kristin J August
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:2009-15. 2010.... - Understanding the relative importance of positive and negative social exchanges: examining specific domains and appraisalsJason T Newsom
Institute on Aging, P O Box 751, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207 0751, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:P304-P312. 2005..This social appraisal process helps explain the disproportionate impact of negative exchanges on psychological health... - Pain, positive and negative social exchanges, and depressive symptomatology in later lifeShahrzad Mavandadi
University of Pennsylvania, Section of Geriatric Psychiatry, 3535 Market St, 3005, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Aging Health 19:813-30. 2007....