Ronica N Rooks

Biographic Data

ID	162313
NAME	Ronica N Rooks
GIVEN NAMES	Ronica N
FAMILY NAME	Rooks
SIGNATURE	ROOKS R N
AFFILIATIONS	University of Colorado Denver
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	11
TOTAL CITATIONS	28
AUTHOR COUNT	11
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2024
H-INDEX	2

US Hospital Service Availability and New 340B Program Participation
Open AccessKelsey M Owsley, Romana Hasnain-Wynia et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024
The finding of the cohort study indicate that participation in the 340B program was associated with an increase in unprofitable services among newly participating public hospitals. Nonprofit hospitals were largely unaffected. These findings suggest that public hospitals responded to 340B savings by improving patient access, whereas nonprofits did not. This heterogeneous response should be considered when evaluating the eligibility criteria for th…
Cognition and Wealth Changes in Mid-to-later Life
Open AccessAshly C Westrick, Darlingtina Esiaka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2024References: 5
ObjectivesTo assess how cognitive trajectories from mid-to-later life relate to wealth change, overall and by mid-life income. Methods: Data were from participants (51-64 years) in the 2000-2018 U.S. Health and Retirement Study who were cognitively healthy at baseline (year 2000; unweighted n = 3821). Longitudinal latent class analyses generated cognitive and wealth trajectories, independently, and multinomial logistic regressions estimated the a…
The intersectional importance of race/ethnicity, disability, and age in flu vaccine uptake for U.S. adults
Open AccessRebecca D Breaux, Ronica N Rooks et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2022
Improving vaccination rates among marginalized populations is an important priority among public policy makers and healthcare providers in the United States of America (U.S.). Racial/ethnic minorities have a long history of reduced vaccination rates relative to white Americans (Khan, Hall, Tanner, & Marlow, 2018), while people with disabilities (PWD) have varied rates of vaccine use (Diab & Johnston, 2004; O'Neill, Newall, Antolovich, Lima, & Dan…
Chronic Conditions May Be More Important Than Race or Ethnicity in Relation to Health Information Seeking and Use
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2017References: 5
Middle-aged and older adults with chronic conditions are prominent HI seekers and users. Proficient HI seeking and use may have the potential to enhance control over one's own health, maintain independence in the community, and reduce the impact of negative health consequences on the health care system
Accelerated Health Declines among African Americans in the USA
Open AccessRoland J Thorpe, Ruth G Fesahazion et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2016Cited by: 13References: 14
Examining Neighborhood Environment and Central Obesity in the YES Health Study
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Issues2014Cited by: 2References: 34
We examined the relationship between neighborhood environment (e.g., objective neighborhood socioeconomic status [SES] and subjective neighborhood perceptions) and waist‐hip ratio (WHR) or central obesity using logistic regression and content analysis of respondents’ narratives on housing unfair treatment in the YES Health pilot study. Multivariate results showed significant relationships between low SES White, low SES Black, and middle SES Black…
Health information seeking and use outside of the medical encounter
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 11References: 33
Discrimination and Mental Health among Black and White Adults in the YES Health study
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Yanmei Xu et al.ARTICLERace and Social Problems2011References: 36
Racial Disparities in Health Care Access and Cardiovascular Disease Indicators in Black and White Older Adults in the Health ABC Study
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2008Cited by: 2References: 6
Research on health care quality may contribute to our understanding of these disparities
Limited Literacy in Older People and Disparities in Health and Healthcare Access
Open AccessRebecca L Sudore, Kala M Mehta et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American…2006
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between health literacy, demographics, and access to health care. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study, Health, Aging and Body Composition data (1999/2000). SETTING: Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand five hundred twelve black and white community‐dwelling older people who were well functioning at baseline (without functional difficulties or dementia). MEASUREMENTS: Parti…
Closing the Gap in Breast Cancer Screening among Older African-American and Caucasian Women
Ronica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEPhylon (19602002

Closing the Gap in Breast Cancer Screening among Older African-American and Caucasian Women
Ronica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEPhylon (19602002
Limited Literacy in Older People and Disparities in Health and Healthcare Access
Open AccessRebecca L Sudore, Kala M Mehta et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American…2006
OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between health literacy, demographics, and access to health care. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study, Health, Aging and Body Composition data (1999/2000). SETTING: Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand five hundred twelve black and white community‐dwelling older people who were well functioning at baseline (without functional difficulties or dementia). MEASUREMENTS: Parti…
Racial Disparities in Health Care Access and Cardiovascular Disease Indicators in Black and White Older Adults in the Health ABC Study
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2008Cited by: 2References: 6
Research on health care quality may contribute to our understanding of these disparities
Discrimination and Mental Health among Black and White Adults in the YES Health study
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Yanmei Xu et al.ARTICLERace and Social Problems2011References: 36
Health information seeking and use outside of the medical encounter
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 11References: 33
Examining Neighborhood Environment and Central Obesity in the YES Health Study
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Issues2014Cited by: 2References: 34
We examined the relationship between neighborhood environment (e.g., objective neighborhood socioeconomic status [SES] and subjective neighborhood perceptions) and waist‐hip ratio (WHR) or central obesity using logistic regression and content analysis of respondents’ narratives on housing unfair treatment in the YES Health pilot study. Multivariate results showed significant relationships between low SES White, low SES Black, and middle SES Black…
Accelerated Health Declines among African Americans in the USA
Open AccessRoland J Thorpe, Ruth G Fesahazion et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2016Cited by: 13References: 14
Chronic Conditions May Be More Important Than Race or Ethnicity in Relation to Health Information Seeking and Use
Open AccessRonica N Rooks, Ronica Rooks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2017References: 5
Middle-aged and older adults with chronic conditions are prominent HI seekers and users. Proficient HI seeking and use may have the potential to enhance control over one's own health, maintain independence in the community, and reduce the impact of negative health consequences on the health care system
The intersectional importance of race/ethnicity, disability, and age in flu vaccine uptake for U.S. adults
Open AccessRebecca D Breaux, Ronica N Rooks et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2022
Improving vaccination rates among marginalized populations is an important priority among public policy makers and healthcare providers in the United States of America (U.S.). Racial/ethnic minorities have a long history of reduced vaccination rates relative to white Americans (Khan, Hall, Tanner, & Marlow, 2018), while people with disabilities (PWD) have varied rates of vaccine use (Diab & Johnston, 2004; O'Neill, Newall, Antolovich, Lima, & Dan…
US Hospital Service Availability and New 340B Program Participation
Open AccessKelsey M Owsley, Romana Hasnain-Wynia et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024
The finding of the cohort study indicate that participation in the 340B program was associated with an increase in unprofitable services among newly participating public hospitals. Nonprofit hospitals were largely unaffected. These findings suggest that public hospitals responded to 340B savings by improving patient access, whereas nonprofits did not. This heterogeneous response should be considered when evaluating the eligibility criteria for th…
Cognition and Wealth Changes in Mid-to-later Life
Open AccessAshly C Westrick, Darlingtina Esiaka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2024References: 5
ObjectivesTo assess how cognitive trajectories from mid-to-later life relate to wealth change, overall and by mid-life income. Methods: Data were from participants (51-64 years) in the 2000-2018 U.S. Health and Retirement Study who were cognitively healthy at baseline (year 2000; unweighted n = 3821). Longitudinal latent class analyses generated cognitive and wealth trajectories, independently, and multinomial logistic regressions estimated the a…