Sue E Levkoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 184142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue E Levkoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue E |
| FAMILY NAME | Levkoff |
| SIGNATURE | LEVKOFF S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2905-3491 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
“Courtesy, respect, and follow through”
Introduction Guided by a communications-focused framework developed by an interdisciplinary team of authors, this paper presents data from a survey of health science faculty members to better understand how research collaborations are established and maintained. Methods An electronic survey was distributed to faculty in six colleges at a Research 1 institution. Quantitative data were downloaded into Excel and then RStudio for descriptive analysis…
Exploring research and scholarship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Introduction Historically Black Colleges and Universities have played a key role in advancing educational equity and remain essential in shaping a more inclusive and diverse research landscape. However, persistent structural barriers limit their full participation in national research priorities. There remains limited comprehensive awareness of the unique barriers and opportunities encountered by investigators within HBCUs. This study explores th…
Perceived Stress and Early Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in Women with Recent GDM
Lessons Learned in Implementing an Aging Research Training Program for Underrepresented Minority Students
This brief report provides an overview of lessons learned through evaluation of the first five years of the NIA-funded South Carolina-Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (SC-ADAR) undergraduate program, whose goal is to increase the number of qualified underrepresented minority (URM) students who pursue scientific graduate studies in programs focusing on medicine, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and aging. Partnering with five…
Custodial Grandchildren’s School Attendance and Academic Performance during Covid-19
Due to COVID-19, many schools switched to remote instruction, creating an urgency to address the technology needs of many families, including grandparent-headed families. Many grandparent-headed families (i.e., custodial grandparents) have limited access to digital devices and stable internet. Moreover, many of these grandparents lack the skills and confidence to use technology, which may affect both their grandchildren’s ability to attend school…
Threats to Online Surveys
While securing data integrity has been a growing issue with online surveys for over a decade, recent cyber threats to online research, particularly survey bots, have escalated dramatically (Griffin et al., 2022; Pozzar et al., 2020; Storozuk et al., 2020). Survey bots, also known as automated form fillers, are computer programs that fill out web-based surveys with random responses (Howell, n.d.). While the exact programs and processes that bot pr…
Material hardship among custodial grandparents in Covid-19 and its associations with Grandchildren’s physical and mental health
Examining Rural and Racial Disparities in the Relationship Between Loneliness and Social Technology Use Among Older Adults
Loneliness, the subjective negative experience derived from a lack of meaningful companionship, is associated with heightened vulnerability to adverse health outcomes among older adults. Social technology affords an opportunity to cultivate social connectedness and mitigate loneliness. However, research examining potential inequalities in loneliness is limited. This study investigates racial and rural-urban differences in the relationship between…
Writing Skills Development for Graduate Studies and Career Readiness in Science and Aging Fields
Increasing the number of racially and ethnically underrepresented students who pursue scientific graduate studies in programs focusing on science and aging offers an opportunity to increase the number of aging specialists while simultaneously promoting diversity in the research labor market and supporting new ideas. This case study aims to better understand how students participating in an academic preparatory program experience a writing class c…
Social Technology
Population aging is a defining demographic reality of our era. It is associated with an increase in the societal burden of delivering care to older adults with chronic conditions or frailty. How to integrate global population aging and technology development to help address the growing demands for care facing many aging societies is both a challenge and an opportunity for innovation. We propose a social technology approach that promotes use of te…
Responding to the Call
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are at the forefront of the United States (US) public health agenda due to their tremendous human and financial burden. Further, disproportionately high ADRD rates among racial/ethnic minorities require incorporating the unique perspectives of racially and ethnically diverse scientists, which will necessitate diversifying the scientific workforce that investigates disparities in aging. The purpose …
Risk and protective factors associated with grandparent kinship caregivers' psychological distress in Covid‐19
COVID-19 and its related policy measures have increased the psychological distress of individuals, including grandparent kinship caregivers. Guided by the Resilience Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation, this study examines relationships between material hardship, parenting stress, social support, resilience and psychological distress of grandparent kinship caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the moderating role of k…
He is just getting old, you know’
The results highlight the importance of culture and health beliefs in shaping caregivers' help-seeking process, and advocate the needs of service development targeting not only Vietnamese family caregivers for PWD, but also caregivers sharing similar collectivist culture in different areas. Interventions and services that are consistent with their values of self-sacrifice, devotion to family, autonomy, and self-reliance are much needed
Developing and Testing the Feasibility of a Culturally Based Tele-Palliative Care Consult Based on the Cultural Values and Preferences of Southern, Rural African American and White Community Members
The first culturally based PC consult program in the United States was developed in partnership with AA and W Southern rural community members. This program was feasible to implement in a small rural hospital but low referral by hospitalists was the major obstacle. Program effectiveness is currently being tested in a randomized clinical trial in three southern, rural states in partnership with hospitalists. This method can serve as a model that c…
Understanding the Relationships between Parenting Stress and Mental Health with Grandparent Kinship Caregivers’ Risky Parenting Behaviors in the Time of Covid-19
What Will Come Will Come
In this article, we explore the psychological process through which Vietnamese family caregivers adjust to their role as primary caregivers for their relatives with dementia. The study adopted a constructivist grounded theory approach to collect data with 30 face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 20 self-identified primary caregivers of older adults with dementia in Vietnam. The EAEA process highlights the importance of self-perception, se…
Employing a Multi-level Approach to Recruit a Representative Sample of Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus into a Randomized Lifestyle Intervention Trial
Views on Lifestyle Change From Caregivers of People With Cognitive Impairment in China
Lifestyle changes such as in physical exercise, social activity, and diet can mitigate cognitive decline and improve quality of life in caregivers and care recipients with cognitive impairment. However, caregiver perspectives on lifestyle change remain largely unexamined. This study compares perspectives among caregivers for those with dementia and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Interviews were conducted with caregivers in two sites …
Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms in the Early Postpartum Period Among Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Design and Sample Characteristics of the PRISM-E Multisite Randomized Trial to Improve Behavioral Health Care for the Elderly
These findings indicate the need for screening in primary care and for engaging older adults in treatment
Everyday Conflict and Stress Among Older African American Women
Older African American women are at high risk for morbidity due to anger suppression and stress. Yet sources of everyday stress and conflict in the lives of older African American women have not been documented. Such information is essential for developing health promotion programs. A focus group study was conducted with older African American women on everyday stress and conflict. Everyday stress stemmed from worries about functional disability …
Culture and dementia
Working with culture
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Health Research with Minority Elders
The merits of combining qualitative and quantitative methods are well known. While used often in evaluation research, a combined methods approach is rarely used in health studies with minority elders. This approach can be particularly useful for overcoming theoretical and recruitment problems specific to health research with minority elders. A cross-cultural study of family caregiving for demented-affected elders is presented to show how issues o…
Constructing Alzheimer's
Working with culture
Culture and dementia
The role of religion and ethnicity in the help seeking of family caregivers of elders with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
Elderly mental health in the developing world
Understanding the Relationships between Parenting Stress and Mental Health with Grandparent Kinship Caregivers’ Risky Parenting Behaviors in the Time of Covid-19
Threats to Online Surveys
While securing data integrity has been a growing issue with online surveys for over a decade, recent cyber threats to online research, particularly survey bots, have escalated dramatically (Griffin et al., 2022; Pozzar et al., 2020; Storozuk et al., 2020). Survey bots, also known as automated form fillers, are computer programs that fill out web-based surveys with random responses (Howell, n.d.). While the exact programs and processes that bot pr…
Risk and protective factors associated with grandparent kinship caregivers' psychological distress in Covid‐19
COVID-19 and its related policy measures have increased the psychological distress of individuals, including grandparent kinship caregivers. Guided by the Resilience Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation, this study examines relationships between material hardship, parenting stress, social support, resilience and psychological distress of grandparent kinship caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the moderating role of k…
What Will Come Will Come
In this article, we explore the psychological process through which Vietnamese family caregivers adjust to their role as primary caregivers for their relatives with dementia. The study adopted a constructivist grounded theory approach to collect data with 30 face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 20 self-identified primary caregivers of older adults with dementia in Vietnam. The EAEA process highlights the importance of self-perception, se…
He is just getting old, you know’
The results highlight the importance of culture and health beliefs in shaping caregivers' help-seeking process, and advocate the needs of service development targeting not only Vietnamese family caregivers for PWD, but also caregivers sharing similar collectivist culture in different areas. Interventions and services that are consistent with their values of self-sacrifice, devotion to family, autonomy, and self-reliance are much needed
Design and Sample Characteristics of the PRISM-E Multisite Randomized Trial to Improve Behavioral Health Care for the Elderly
These findings indicate the need for screening in primary care and for engaging older adults in treatment
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Health Research with Minority Elders
The merits of combining qualitative and quantitative methods are well known. While used often in evaluation research, a combined methods approach is rarely used in health studies with minority elders. This approach can be particularly useful for overcoming theoretical and recruitment problems specific to health research with minority elders. A cross-cultural study of family caregiving for demented-affected elders is presented to show how issues o…
Custodial Grandchildren’s School Attendance and Academic Performance during Covid-19
Due to COVID-19, many schools switched to remote instruction, creating an urgency to address the technology needs of many families, including grandparent-headed families. Many grandparent-headed families (i.e., custodial grandparents) have limited access to digital devices and stable internet. Moreover, many of these grandparents lack the skills and confidence to use technology, which may affect both their grandchildren’s ability to attend school…
Everyday Conflict and Stress Among Older African American Women
Older African American women are at high risk for morbidity due to anger suppression and stress. Yet sources of everyday stress and conflict in the lives of older African American women have not been documented. Such information is essential for developing health promotion programs. A focus group study was conducted with older African American women on everyday stress and conflict. Everyday stress stemmed from worries about functional disability …
Clinical Decision Making in the Care of the Aged
This study examines the decision-making process of health care providers working with older patients. Data were obtained through telephone interviews from a random sample of 251 health care providers at three Veterans Administration medical centers. Responding to a hypothetical clinical vignette, the majority of providers chose to give the one remaining bed in an ICU to a younger versus an older patient. Individuals relied on the patient's expect…
Contextual Knowledge
As our general view of global history and societal development has shifted towards a more integrated approach, we face the challenge of finding the best ways to achieve integration across geographical and cultural distances. In dealing with the rising challenges associated with the global trend of demographic aging, it is argued that obtaining and accumulating contextual knowledge of local practice can be critical and productive especially in the…
Contextual Knowledge
As our general view of global history and societal development has shifted towards a more integrated approach, we face the challenge of finding the best ways to achieve integration across geographical and cultural distances. In dealing with the rising challenges associated with the global trend of demographic aging, it is argued that obtaining and accumulating contextual knowledge of local practice can be critical and productive especially in the…
Geriatric Medicine in the United States and Great Britain
Differences in Determinants of Physician Use Between Aged and Middle-Aged Persons
The authors examined whether there are differences in the determinants of physician use between aged and middle-aged individuals. Data were obtained through interviews and medical records from a probability sample of 460 individuals aged 45-89 years old. Physical health measures were important predictors for both age groups, but there were differences in the relative importance of specific variables. The number of diagnoses was more important in …
Clinical Decision Making in the Care of the Aged
This study examines the decision-making process of health care providers working with older patients. Data were obtained through telephone interviews from a random sample of 251 health care providers at three Veterans Administration medical centers. Responding to a hypothetical clinical vignette, the majority of providers chose to give the one remaining bed in an ICU to a younger versus an older patient. Individuals relied on the patient's expect…
Elderly mental health in the developing world
Constructing Alzheimer's
Introduction
Take up the Caregiver's Burden
The role of religion and ethnicity in the help seeking of family caregivers of elders with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
Working with culture
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Health Research with Minority Elders
The merits of combining qualitative and quantitative methods are well known. While used often in evaluation research, a combined methods approach is rarely used in health studies with minority elders. This approach can be particularly useful for overcoming theoretical and recruitment problems specific to health research with minority elders. A cross-cultural study of family caregiving for demented-affected elders is presented to show how issues o…
Everyday Conflict and Stress Among Older African American Women
Older African American women are at high risk for morbidity due to anger suppression and stress. Yet sources of everyday stress and conflict in the lives of older African American women have not been documented. Such information is essential for developing health promotion programs. A focus group study was conducted with older African American women on everyday stress and conflict. Everyday stress stemmed from worries about functional disability …
Culture and dementia
Design and Sample Characteristics of the PRISM-E Multisite Randomized Trial to Improve Behavioral Health Care for the Elderly
These findings indicate the need for screening in primary care and for engaging older adults in treatment
Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms in the Early Postpartum Period Among Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Views on Lifestyle Change From Caregivers of People With Cognitive Impairment in China
Lifestyle changes such as in physical exercise, social activity, and diet can mitigate cognitive decline and improve quality of life in caregivers and care recipients with cognitive impairment. However, caregiver perspectives on lifestyle change remain largely unexamined. This study compares perspectives among caregivers for those with dementia and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Interviews were conducted with caregivers in two sites …
Employing a Multi-level Approach to Recruit a Representative Sample of Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus into a Randomized Lifestyle Intervention Trial
Developing and Testing the Feasibility of a Culturally Based Tele-Palliative Care Consult Based on the Cultural Values and Preferences of Southern, Rural African American and White Community Members
The first culturally based PC consult program in the United States was developed in partnership with AA and W Southern rural community members. This program was feasible to implement in a small rural hospital but low referral by hospitalists was the major obstacle. Program effectiveness is currently being tested in a randomized clinical trial in three southern, rural states in partnership with hospitalists. This method can serve as a model that c…
Understanding the Relationships between Parenting Stress and Mental Health with Grandparent Kinship Caregivers’ Risky Parenting Behaviors in the Time of Covid-19
What Will Come Will Come
In this article, we explore the psychological process through which Vietnamese family caregivers adjust to their role as primary caregivers for their relatives with dementia. The study adopted a constructivist grounded theory approach to collect data with 30 face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 20 self-identified primary caregivers of older adults with dementia in Vietnam. The EAEA process highlights the importance of self-perception, se…
Examining Rural and Racial Disparities in the Relationship Between Loneliness and Social Technology Use Among Older Adults
Loneliness, the subjective negative experience derived from a lack of meaningful companionship, is associated with heightened vulnerability to adverse health outcomes among older adults. Social technology affords an opportunity to cultivate social connectedness and mitigate loneliness. However, research examining potential inequalities in loneliness is limited. This study investigates racial and rural-urban differences in the relationship between…
Writing Skills Development for Graduate Studies and Career Readiness in Science and Aging Fields
Increasing the number of racially and ethnically underrepresented students who pursue scientific graduate studies in programs focusing on science and aging offers an opportunity to increase the number of aging specialists while simultaneously promoting diversity in the research labor market and supporting new ideas. This case study aims to better understand how students participating in an academic preparatory program experience a writing class c…
Social Technology
Population aging is a defining demographic reality of our era. It is associated with an increase in the societal burden of delivering care to older adults with chronic conditions or frailty. How to integrate global population aging and technology development to help address the growing demands for care facing many aging societies is both a challenge and an opportunity for innovation. We propose a social technology approach that promotes use of te…
Responding to the Call
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are at the forefront of the United States (US) public health agenda due to their tremendous human and financial burden. Further, disproportionately high ADRD rates among racial/ethnic minorities require incorporating the unique perspectives of racially and ethnically diverse scientists, which will necessitate diversifying the scientific workforce that investigates disparities in aging. The purpose …
Risk and protective factors associated with grandparent kinship caregivers' psychological distress in Covid‐19
COVID-19 and its related policy measures have increased the psychological distress of individuals, including grandparent kinship caregivers. Guided by the Resilience Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation, this study examines relationships between material hardship, parenting stress, social support, resilience and psychological distress of grandparent kinship caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the moderating role of k…
Medicine (29 works) · Psychology (25 works) · Gerontology (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (12 works) · Disease (10 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (9 works) · Dementia (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Qualitative research (9 works)