New & Notable Research Publications

2007

Abbott, Katherine Harris; Stoller, Eleanor Palo; Rose, Julia Hannum. (2007). The structure and function of frail male veterans' informal networks. Journal of Aging and Health 19(5): 757-77.

Andrews, G. J.; Cutchin, M.; McCracken, K.; Phillips D. R.; Wiles, J. (2007). Geographical gerontology: the constitution of a discipline. Social Science and Medicine 65(1): 151-168. 

Blazer, Dan G.; Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie; Hybels, Celia F. (2007). Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 62A(2): 191-195.

Brewster, Denise G.; Alpeter, Mary. (2007). Arthritis: the public health partnerships for improving health. North Carolina Medical Journal 68(6): 422-44.

Callahan, Leigh F.; Jordan, Joanne M. (2007). Issue brief: Arthritis and its impact: Challenges and opportunities for treatment, public health and public policy. North Carolina Medical Journal 68(6): 415-21.

Chen, Cory K.; Sabir, Myra; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Suitor, Jill; Pillemer, Karl. (2007). The importance of family relationships with nursing facility staff for family caregiver burden and depression. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 62B(5): P253-P260.

Christ, Sharon L.; Lee, David J.; Fleming, Lora E.; LeBlanc, William G.; Arheart, Kristopher L.; Chung-Bridges, Katherine; Caban, Alberto J.; McCollister, Kathryn E. (2007). Employment and occupation effects on depressive symptoms in older Americans: does working past age 65 protect against depression? Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 62B(6): S399-S403.

Cutchin, M. P. (2007). From society to self (and back) through place: Habit in transactional context. OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health 27(Supplement 1): 50S-59S. 
 
Cutchin, M. P. (2007). Therapeutic landscapes for older people: Care with commodification, liminality, and ambiguity. In A. Williams, (Ed.), Therapeutic landscapes: Advances and applications, pp. 181-198. Aldershot: Ashgate. 

DeVellis, Brenda M.; DeVellis, Robert F. (2007). Depression and arthritis. North Carolina Medical Journal 68(6): 434-55.

Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye; Boswell, Gracie; Cohen, Monique D. (2007). Spiritual and religious coping values and beliefs among African American caregivers: A qualitative study. Journal of Applied Gerontology 26(4): 355-69.

DuBeau, Catherine E.; Ouslander, Joseph G.; Palmer, Mary H. (2007). Knowledge and attitudes of nursing home staff and surveyors about the revised federal guidance for incontinence care. The Gerontologist 47(4): 468-79.

Dupre, Matthew E. (2007). Educational differences in age-related patterns of disease: reconsidering the cumulative disadvantage and age-as-leveler hypotheses. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48(1): 1-15.

Emery, James; Crump, Carolyn. (2007). Formative Evaluation of AARP's Active for Life® Campaign to Improve Walking and Bicycling Environments in Two Cities. Health Promotion Practice 8(4): 403-14.

Grzywacz, Joseph G.; Suerken, Cynthia K.; Neiberg, Rebecca H.; Wei, Lang; Bell, Ronny A.; Sara A. Quandt; Arcury, Thomas A. (2007). Age, ethnicity and use of complementary and alternative medicine in health self-management. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48(1): 84-98.

Hart, L. G.; Skillman, S. M.; Hagopian, A.; Fordyce, M.; Thompson, M.; Konrad, T. R. (2007). International Medical Graduate (IMG) physicians in the U.S.: Changes since 1981. Health Affairs 26(4): 1159-69.

Hartman, Edwin L.; Woodard, Janice; Patterson, Carol; Jordan, Joanne M. (2007). The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project: An illustration of a community-university partnership for population-based research. North Carolina Medical Journal 68(6): 459-62.

Horowitz, B.; Coppola, S. (2007). Building community partnerships to support aging societies. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin 55: 44-9.

Klemmack, David L.; Roff, Lucinda Lee; Parker, Michael W.; Koenig, Harold G.; Sawyer, Patricia; Allman, Richard M. (2007). A cluster analysis typology of religiousness/spirituality among older adults. Research on Aging 29(2): 163-183.

Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya; Pienta, Amy Mehraban; Brown, Tyson H. (2007). Women of the 1950s and the "normative" life course: the implications of childlessness, fertility timing, and marital status for psychological well-being in late mid-life. Journal of Aging and Human Development 64(4): 299-330.

Manton, Kenneth G.; Lamb, Vicki L.; Gu, XiLiang. (2007). Medicare cost effects of recent U.S. disability trends in the elderly. Journal of Aging and Health 19(3): 359-81.

Marshall, Victor W. (2007). Advancing the sociology of ageism. Social Forces 86(1): 257-264.

Marshall, Victor W. (2007). Spence, D.L. Biographical article in George Ritzer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Marshall, Victor W.; Clarke, Philippa J. (2007). Theories of aging: Social. Invited article in J. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2nd ed., pp. 621-630. London: Elsevier.

Marshall, Victor W.; Kelly, Christopher. (2007). Politics of aging. Invited article in J. Birren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2nd ed., pp. 370-379. London: Elsevier.

Markides, Kyriakos S., ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of health & aging. Los Angeles: Sage.
North Carolina contributors include: Dan G. Blazer, associate editor; Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, advisory board; John L. Beyer, Jonathan R.T. Davidson, P. Murali Doraiswamy, Deborah T. Gold, Harold W. Goforth, Judith C. Hays, Helen Hoenig, Celia F. Hybels, Andrew D. Krystal, William C. Logan, David J. Madden, George L. Maddox, Kenneth G. Manton, Erdman B. Palmore, Jana L. Purser, Brenda L. Plassman, Christine M. Ruley, Lorraine M. Stone, Philip D. Sloane, Ilene C. Siegler, Kenneth E. Schmader, Mughah Ekanath Thakur, Robin Trotman, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, contributors.

Martin, Kathryn Remmes; Schoster, Britta; Shreffler, Jack H.; Meier, Andrea; Callahan, Leigh F. (2007). Percieved barriers to physical activity among older North Carolinians with arthritis: Findings from a mixed-methodology approach. North Carolina Medical Journal 68(6): 404-12.

Messier, Stephen P. (2007). Physical activity and weight loss interventions in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. North Carolina Medical Journal 68(6): 436-8.

Morgan, Jennifer Craft; Haviland, Sara B.; Woodside, M. Allyson; Konrad, Thomas R. (2007). Fostering supportive learning environments in long-term care: the case of WIN A STEP UP. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 28(2): 55-75.

Morrow, Daniel G.; Weiner, Michael; Steinley, Douglas; Young, James; Murray, Michael D. (2007). Patients' health literacy and experience with instructions: Influence preferences for heart failure medication instructions. Journal of Aging and Health 19(4): 575-93.

Resnick, Barbara; Gruber-Baldini, Ann L.; Pretzer-Aboff, Ingrid; Galik, Elizabeth; Buie, Verita Custis; Russ, Karin; Zimmerman, Sheryl. (2007). Reliability and validity of the Evaluation To Sign Consent measure. The Gerontologist 47(1): 69-77.

Rikard, R. V.; Rosenberg, E. (2007). Aging inmates: A convergence of trends in the American criminal justice system. Journal of Correctional Health Care 13(3): 150-62.

Schneider, Ellen C.; Altpeter, Mary; Whitelaw, Nancy. (2007). An Innovative Approach for Building Health Promotion Program Capacity: A Generic Volunteer Training Curriculum. Gerontologist 47(3): 398-403.

Schoenberg, Nancy E.; Shenk, Dena; Cart, Cary S. (2007). Food for thought: nourishing the publication of qualitative research. Journal of Applied Gerontology 26(1): 4-16. 

Shenk, Dena; Groger, Lisa (eds.) Aging education in a global context. Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press, 2006.

Stearns, Sally; Park, Jeongyoung; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Gruber-Baldini, Ann L.; Konrad, Thomas R.; Sloane, Philip D. (2007). Determinants and effects of nurse staffing intensity and skill mix in residential care/assisted living settings. The Gerontologist 47(5): 662-71.

Sunil, T.S.; Rojas, Viviana; Bradley, Don E. (2007). United States' international retirement migration: the reasons for retiring to the environs of Lake Chapala, Mexico. Ageing & Society 27: 489-510.

Svihula, Judie; Estes, Carroll L. (2007). Social Security politics: ideology and reform. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 62B(2): S79-S89.

Whitson, Heather E.; Purser, Jama L.; Cohen, Harvey J. (2007). Frailty thy name is ... phrailty? Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences 62A(7): 728-30.

Yancik, Rosemary; Ershler, William; Satariano, William; Hazzard, William; Cohen, Harvey J.; Ferrucci, Luigi. (2007). Report of the National Institute on Aging Task Force on comorbidity. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 62A(3): 275-80.

Zimmerman, Sheryl; Sloane, Philip D. (2007). Definition and classification of assisted living. The Gerontologist 47(Special Issue III): 33-39.