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View article: Does Self-Rated Health Predict Both Avoidable and Unavoidable Causes of Mortality?
Does Self-Rated Health Predict Both Avoidable and Unavoidable Causes of Mortality? Open
Self-rated health (SRH) has been known as a predictor of all-cause mortality for decades. The mechanism by which poor SRH is so consistently associated with higher risks of mortality, however, is still unclear. One approach taken to better…
View article: The Long Arc of Self-Rated Health Research
The Long Arc of Self-Rated Health Research Open
Research with older populations that asks respondents to assess their health with a single question began with the Duke Longitudinal Studies of Normal Aging in the 1950s. Early patterns that emerged were that physicians tended to rate over…
View article: EXPLORING EARLY BARRIERS TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANT: THE MORAL ECONOMIES OF DIALYSIS CLINICS
EXPLORING EARLY BARRIERS TO KIDNEY TRANSPLANT: THE MORAL ECONOMIES OF DIALYSIS CLINICS Open
Kidney transplant conveys steep survival and quality of life benefits, yet only one-third of patients with kidney failure are referred for transplant evaluation. We explore the dialysis clinic as a site of inequities in transplant, wherein…
View article: Spirituality As A Determinant Of Health: Emerging Policies, Practices, And Systems
Spirituality As A Determinant Of Health: Emerging Policies, Practices, And Systems Open
Reimagining public health's future should include explicitly considering spirituality as a social determinant of health that is linked to human goods and is deeply valued by people and their communities. Spirituality includes a sense of ul…
View article: SELF-RATINGS OF HEALTH BY AGE AND BIRTH COHORT: FOR WHOM DO THEY PREDICT MORTALITY?
SELF-RATINGS OF HEALTH BY AGE AND BIRTH COHORT: FOR WHOM DO THEY PREDICT MORTALITY? Open
Global self-rated health as a predictor of mortality has become one of the most reliable outcomes in population-based follow-up studies. However, few studies focus on age or birth cohort differences in the mortality predictiveness of self-…
View article: Narratives and counter-narratives in religious responses to COVID-19: A computational text analysis
Narratives and counter-narratives in religious responses to COVID-19: A computational text analysis Open
Religious responses to COVID-19 as portrayed in a major news source raise the issue of conflict or cooperation between religious bodies and public health authorities. We compared articles in the New York Times relating to religion and COVI…
View article: The prevalence, grouping, and distribution of stressors and their association with anxiety among hospitalized patients
The prevalence, grouping, and distribution of stressors and their association with anxiety among hospitalized patients Open
Anxiety is prevalent among hospital inpatients and it has harmful effects on patient well-being and clinical outcomes. We aimed to characterize the sources of hospital distress and their relationship to anxiety. We conducted a cross-sectio…
View article: Is Secularization an Age-Related Process?
Is Secularization an Age-Related Process? Open
Secularization has been studied for decades by sociologists of religion. Long-running surveys in the United States and Europe show steady generational decline in religious affiliation and participation, and yet this trend has largely been …
View article: The prevalence, grouping, and distribution of stressors and their association with anxiety among hospitalized patients
The prevalence, grouping, and distribution of stressors and their association with anxiety among hospitalized patients Open
This dataset stores data collected for a study examining stressors endorsed by inpatients in two acute-care hospitals: Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital-Midtown and anxiety as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Index…
View article: Religion and Aging in a Context of Secularization
Religion and Aging in a Context of Secularization Open
Religion and aging has been a persistent topic of interest to gerontologists, notably Vern Bengtson over his long career. It is increasingly obvious that this research has taken place against a decades-long backdrop of declining religious …
View article: A City Too Busy to Remember? Aging, Structural Violence, and the Politics of Forgetting in Atlanta’s Gentrification
A City Too Busy to Remember? Aging, Structural Violence, and the Politics of Forgetting in Atlanta’s Gentrification Open
Can forgotten stories from the past inform a city’s future? As older adults continue to live longer and comprise more of the population than ever before, the suitability of gentrifying spaces for older adults aging in place is increasingly…
View article: Equal Protection? Differential Effects of Religious Attendance on Black-White Older Adult Mortality
Equal Protection? Differential Effects of Religious Attendance on Black-White Older Adult Mortality Open
Social determinants of later life population health are “the circumstances in which we are born, grow up, live, work, and age” usually identified as power and status determinants: income, wealth, and education. Although rarely considered a…
View article: Autobiographical Memory and End-of-Life Treatment Preferences in China
Autobiographical Memory and End-of-Life Treatment Preferences in China Open
In this mixed-methods study of religious/cultural beliefs and end-of-life treatment preferences in China, we surveyed 1,085 mainland Chinese people aged 18 or above online. We assessed the effects of past experience with dying people they …
View article: Promoting advance care planning in African American faith communities: literature review and assessment of church-based programs
Promoting advance care planning in African American faith communities: literature review and assessment of church-based programs Open
Advance care planning is under-used among Black Americans, often because of experiences of racism in the health care system, resulting in a lower quality of care at the end of life. African American faith communities are trusted institutio…
View article: SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOURTH AGE
SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOURTH AGE Open
How can we differentiate distinct phases of aging in later life? Theorizations of the third and fourth age posit that later life often involves a time of continued growth and increased opportunity (the “third age”) as well as a time marked…
View article: RELIGION AND MORTALITY IN A CONTEXT OF SECULARIZATION
RELIGION AND MORTALITY IN A CONTEXT OF SECULARIZATION Open
Religious attendance is a protective factor against all-cause mortality in numerous studies of middle-aged and older populations. Multilevel studies have shown that the protectiveness of religious participation is greater in more religious…
View article: Islamophobia and the Public Health Implications of Religious Hatred
Islamophobia and the Public Health Implications of Religious Hatred Open
AffiliationsJeff Levin is with the Institute for Studies of Religion and the Program on Medical Humanities, Baylor University, Waco, TX. Ellen L. Idler is with the Department of Sociology and the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory Univ…
View article: Religion, a social determinant of mortality? A 10-year follow-up of the Health and Retirement Study
Religion, a social determinant of mortality? A 10-year follow-up of the Health and Retirement Study Open
The social determinants of health framework has brought a recognition of the primary importance of social forces in determining population health. Research using this framework to understand the health and mortality impact of social, econo…
View article: Courses in Religion and Public Health
Courses in Religion and Public Health Open
Courses in Religion and Public Health Affiliation Ellen Idler PhD, Doug Oman PhD, Mimi Kiser DMin, MPH, RN, and Carol Hogue PhD, MPHEllen Idler and Carol Hogue are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory…