K White

Biographic Data

ID1258
NAMEK White
GIVEN NAMESK
FAMILY NAMEWhite
SIGNATUREWHITE K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Carolina
ORCID0000-0002-0939-8073
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS43
TOTAL CITATIONS90
AUTHOR COUNT43
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1934
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • Implementing Racial and Social Justice Policies

    Open AccessK White, Makeda Walelo et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2026

    Objective: Processes for implementing racial equity and social justice (RESJ) policies are not well understood, despite their growing adoption across local governments. To address this gap, this qualitative study examines how practitioners navigate the day-to-day work of translating RESJ policy mandates into practice and the institutional, political, and organizational conditions shaping implementation across three jurisdictions in a large U.S. m…

  • Poor Neighborhoods, Bad Schools? A High-Dimensional Model of Place-Based Disparities in Academic Achievement

    Open AccessGeoffrey T Wodtke, Geoffrey Wodtke et al.ARTICLESociological Science2026

    Persistent disparities in academic achievement between students from high- and low- poverty neighborhoods are widely attributed to differences in school quality. Using nationally representative data from more than 18,000 students and nearly 1,000 elementary schools, we examine how the schools serving students from different neighborhoods vary across more than 160 characteristics, including detailed measures of their composition, resources, instru…

  • Longitudinal Trajectories of Multimorbidity and Psychosocial Resilience Resources in Midlife and Older Adults

    Open AccessK White, Kaitlynn Robinson-Ector et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2025References: 5

    IntroductionThis study identified 10-year multimorbidity trajectories among midlife and older adults and examined whether psychosocial resilience resources are associated with trajectory group membership.MethodsUsing Health and Retirement Study data (2010-2020; n = 10,325), repeated measures latent profile analysis characterized trajectories based on the multimorbidity-weighted index (MWI). Resilience resources included psychological resilience, …

  • Correlates of longitudinal patterns of racial discrimination in midlife and older Black adults

    Open AccessK White, Su-Jen Huang et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 58

  • Integrating Racism as a Sentinel Indicator in Public Health Surveillance and Monitoring Systems

    K White, Danielle L Beatty Moody et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2023Cited by: 3References: 10

    Objectives. To evaluate public health surveillance and monitoring systems’ (PHSMS) efforts to collect, monitor, track, and analyze racism. Methods. We employed an environmental scan approach. We defined key questions and data to be collected, conducted a literature review, and synthesized the results by using a qualitative description approach. Results. We identified 125 PHSMS; only 3—the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Pregnancy Risk…

  • Prediction of Future Health Care Utilization Through Note-extracted Psychosocial Factors

    David A Dorr, Ana R Quiñones et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2022References: 43

    BACKGROUND: Persons with multimorbidity (≥2 chronic conditions) face an increased risk of poor health outcomes, especially as they age. Psychosocial factors such as social isolation, chronic stress, housing insecurity, and financial insecurity have been shown to exacerbate these outcomes, but are not routinely assessed during the clinical encounter. Our objective was to extract these concepts from chart notes using natural language processing and…

  • Associations between multiple indicators of discrimination and allostatic load among middle-aged adults

    Open AccessJourdyn A Lawrence, Ichiro Kawachi et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Cited by: 8References: 63

    The objective of this paper is to examine associations between multiple measures of discrimination (i.e., everyday, lifetime, and appraised burden) and components of allostatic load (AL). We drew on pooled cross-sectional data from the Biomarker Project of the Midlife in the United States study (n = 2118). Ages ranged from 25 to 84 years and included mostly Black (n = 389) and white (n = 1598) adults. Quasi-Poisson models were fit to estimate pre…

  • Whose Lives Matter? Race, Space, and the Devaluation of Homicide Victims in Minority Communities

    Open AccessK White, Forrest Stuart et al.ARTICLESociology of Race and Ethnicity2021

    The recurring, horrific deaths of minority residents at the hands of police officers and vigilantes have led social movements and international protests to amplify the charge that whereas the loss of White lives is seen as tragic, the loss of Black and Hispanic lives is treated as normal, acceptable, and even inevitable. Building on and advancing theories of “color-blind racism,” the authors examine the process by which the news media uphold and …

  • Comprehension of skin cancer genetic risk feedback in primary care patients

    Open AccessErva Khan, Kimberly A Kaphingst et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2021

  • The Lived Experiences of Older Low-Income African Americans Living Alone

    Otis L Owens, Jenay M Beer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Environment2020Cited by: 3References: 6

    The numbers of older low-income African Americans (AAs) is increasing. However, there is a lack of research on the challenges to aging-in place faced by this population. The goal of this research was to document the lived experiences among older low-income AAs who live alone. Twelve participants were provided with surveys, engaged in video diary recording, and participated in in-depth follow-up interviews. Failing health was the most limiting fac…

  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Access Are Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences

    Open AccessAditi Srivastav, Chelsea L Richard et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2020References: 56

  • The Last Link

    Open AccessPhilip J Cook, Harold Pollack et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2019Cited by: 3References: 4

  • Emotional and physical reactions to perceived discrimination, language preference, and health-related quality of life among Latinos and Whites

    Open AccessK White, Jourdyn A Lawrence et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2019Cited by: 9References: 27

  • Socially Assigned Race and Diabetes

    Open AccessJourdyn A Lawrence, K White et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2019Cited by: 2References: 40

  • Network-based and cohesion-based social capital and variations in depressive symptoms among Taiwanese adults

    Open AccessYun-Hsuan Wu, K White et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2018

    BACKGROUND: Network- and cohesion-based social capital may play an important role in improving mental health. However, there is limited understanding about these relationships among adults in Taiwan. AIM: The aim of this study was to examine the association between individual-level network and cohesion-based social capital and depressive symptoms among a population-based sample of Taiwanese adults. METHODS: = 2,598). The 20-item Center for Epidem…

  • Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 44 No. 4

    Husain Lateef, Mary Caplan et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Sociology & Social…2017

    “Children Can’t Learn on an Empty Stomach”: The Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program - Husain Lateef and David Androff Do We Know What We Think We Know About Payday Loan Borrowers? Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances - Mary Caplan, Peter A. Kindle, and Robert B. Nielsen “I Play Golf With My Kids, Not My Colleagues:” Politicians, Parenting, and Unpaid Work as a Choice? - Cheryl Najarian Souza The Influence of Socio-cultural Facto…

  • Small-area Variation in Hypertension Prevalence among Black and White Medicaid Enrollees

    K White, John E Stewart et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2016

    The significant geographic overlap of hypertension prevalence hotspots for Black and White Medicaid enrollees provides an opportunity for targeted health intervention. Provider adequacy findings suggest the value of ACA network adequacy standards for Medicaid managed care plans in ensuring health care accessibility for persons with hypertension and related chronic conditions

  • Extended Abstract

    Open AccessAntonia Brunet, Sebastian Scherr et al.ARTICLEStudies in Communication and Media2016References: 3

    Over the last decades, mental disorders continued to substantially contribute to the global burden of disease The point prevalence of depressive disorders in the German population aged 18 to 65 is estimated to be around 3 million people. Moreover, almost 80 percent of the German general population aged over 14 years regularly access the internet and 46 percent of them have an account on at least one Social Networking Site (SNS) These people regul…

  • The South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Act Needs to Be Amended

    Olubunmi Orekoya, K White et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016References: 7

    AffiliationsOlubunmi Orekoya, Kellee White, and Marsha Samson are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Alyssa G. Robillard is with the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health

  • Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with HIV Among Black and Latino Adults Who Use Drugs and Unaware of Their HIV-Positive Status, New York City, 2000-2004

    Open AccessCrystal Fuller Lewis, Alexis V Rivera et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2016Cited by: 2References: 43

  • Gender, Illness-Related Diabetes Social Support, and Glycemic Control Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults

    Favel L Mondesir, K White et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2015Cited by: 1References: 10

    Determining the gender-specific impact derived from IRDSS is a worthwhile approach to highlighting factors that differentially predict optimal glycemic control among middle-aged and older adults

  • Longitudinal Association Between BMI at Diagnosis and HIV Disease Progression

    Open AccessKelly Johnson, Kelly D Johnson et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2014

  • The Association of Individual and Neighborhood Social Cohesion, Stressors, and Crime on Smoking Status Among African-American Women in Southeastern US Subsidized Housing Neighborhoods

    Open AccessJeannette O Andrews, Martina Mueller et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2014Cited by: 4References: 6

    The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between individual and neighborhood social contextual factors and smoking prevalence among African-American women in subsidized neighborhoods. We randomly sampled 663 adult women in 17 subsidized neighborhoods in two Southeastern US states. The smoking prevalence among participants was 37.6%, with an estimated neighborhood household prevalence ranging from 30 to 68%. Smokers were more like…

  • Social and individual risk determinants of HIV testing practices among noninjection drug users at high risk for HIV/Aids

    K White, Abby E Rudolph et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    HIV testing services and research among drug users has largely focused on injection drug users (IDUs); yet noninjection drug users (NIDUs) are also at increased risk for HIV due to high-risk sexual behaviors and overlapping networks with IDUs. This study examined drug use, sexual risk, and social network characteristics associated with recent HIV testing (testing within past year) among NIDUs. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were conducte…

  • Elucidating the Role of Place in Health Care Disparities

    Open AccessK White, Jennifer S Haas et al.ARTICLEHealth Services Research2012

    OBJECTIVE: To develop a conceptual framework for investigating the role of racial/ethnic residential segregation on health care disparities. DATA SOURCES AND SETTINGS: Review of the MEDLINE and the Web of Science databases for articles published from 1998 to 2011. STUDY DESIGN: The extant research was evaluated to describe mechanisms that shape health care access, utilization, and quality of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and end-of-life se…