Keith Elder
Biographic Data
| ID | 198341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith Elder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith |
| FAMILY NAME | Elder |
| SIGNATURE | ELDER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4932-0852 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Factors associated with food insecurity among the chronically ill population during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
Introduction: Little is known about food insecurity among Americans with chronic diseases, one of the vulnerable groups in health care. Factors influencing food insecurity among this population group are especially poorly understood. Methods: Using data from the COVID Impact Survey, this cross-sectional study sought to examine food insecurity among adults with chronic diseases in the United States and to identify factors associated with their ris…
Confidence in Understanding Health Insurance and Challenges Paying Medical Bills Among Men in the United States
Although the number of men with health insurance has increased, men are less likely to utilize health services than females, and experience difficulty in paying medical bills. Understanding the details of health insurance can be challenging and the lack of understanding can have financial consequences. This study, guided by Andersen’s model of health-care utilization, assessed the relationship between confidence level in understanding health insu…
Hormonal Therapies
For the Sake of All
Civic education translates research evidence about topics of social importance for broad public audiences, with increased understanding and meaningful action of the desired outcomes. For the Sake of All is an example of civic education on the social determinants of health and health disparities situated in the local context of St. Louis, Missouri. This article describes the research translation, community engagement, strategic communication, and …
Changes in Body Mass Index and the Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms Among Rural Men and Women
PURPOSE: This study examined the association between body mass index (BMI) changes over time and the risk of elevated depressive symptoms in a cohort of Midwestern rural adults. METHODS: The longitudinal study used data from a telephone survey in 2005 including 1,475 men and women enrolled in the Walk the Ozarks to Wellness Project from 12 rural communities in Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Multilevel random intercept mixed models were used t…
Visible and Invisible Trends in Black Men's Health
Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in improving black men's health and the health disparities affecting them. Yet, the health of black men consistently ranks lowest across nearly all groups in the United States. Evidence on the health and social causes of morbidity and mortality among black men has been narrowly concentrated on public health problems (e.g., violence, prostate cancer, and HIV/AIDS) and determinants of healt…
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Correlates of Mental Health Services Use among Pregnant Women with Depressive Symptoms
Medical Debt and Related Financial Consequences Among Older African American and White Adults
Objectives. To evaluate African American–White differences in medical debt among older adults and the extent to which economic and health factors explained these. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2007 and 2010 US Health Tracking Household Survey (n = 5838) and computed population-based estimates of medical debt attributable to economic and health factors with adjustment for age, gender, marital status, and education. Resul…
Men’s Health
AffiliationsCollege for Public Health and Social Justice Saint Louis UniversityCenter for Research on Men’s Health Vanderbilt University
Differences in Problems Paying Medical Bills between African Americans and Whites from 2007 and 2009
Racial Composition Over the Lifecourse
We found associations between mostly Black residential and workplace settings and hypertension diagnoses among African American men. Findings suggest exposure to segregated environments during childhood and later adulthood may impact hypertension risk among African American men over the life course
Trust, Medication Adherence, and Hypertension Control in Southern African American Men
We examined the relationship between trust in the medical system, medication adherence, and hypertension control in Southern African American men. The sample included 235 African American men aged 18 years and older with hypertension. African American men with higher general trust in the medical system were more likely to report better medication adherence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.06), and those with higher self-efficacy were more likely to report be…
Health information seeking and use outside of the medical encounter
Treatment for Older Prostate Cancer Patients
BACKGROUND: Black prostate cancer patients are less likely to receive aggressive therapy (AT) than Whites: reported rates for patients ≥ 65 years old are about 55% versus 65%. Little is known about treatment rates in socioeconomically deprived states with large Black populations like Alabama. STUDY DESIGN: Medicare claims and Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry records were linked for Alabamian men in Medicare fee-for-service diagnosed with loco-re…
Enhancing the Care Continuum in Rural Areas
Context: Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play a significant role in providing health services for rural residents across the United States. Purpose: The overall goal of this study was to identify the CAHs that have collaborations with CHCs, as well as to recognize the content of the collaborations and the barriers and facilitators to collaborations. Methods: The target population was CAHs within 60 miles of CH…
The Health Trade‐off of Rural Residence for Impaired Older Adults
Context: Years lived with and without physical impairment are central measures of public health. Purpose: We sought to determine whether these measures differed between rural and urban residents who were impaired at the time of a baseline measurement. We examined 16 subgroups defined by rural/urban residence, gender, race, and education. Methods: This is a 20‐year retrospective cohort study, following 2,939 Americans who were aged 65‐69 in 1982 a…
African Americans’ Decisions Not to Evacuate New Orleans Before Hurricane Katrina
Objectives. We examined the psychosocial and personal factors that influenced African Americans’ decision not to evacuate New Orleans, La, before Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. Methods. We conducted 6 focus groups with 53 African Americans from New Orleans who were evacuated to Columbia, SC, within 2 months of Hurricane Katrina. Results. The major themes identified related to participants’ decision to not evacuate were as follows: (1) perceived su…
African Americans’ Decisions Not to Evacuate New Orleans Before Hurricane Katrina
Objectives. We examined the psychosocial and personal factors that influenced African Americans’ decision not to evacuate New Orleans, La, before Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. Methods. We conducted 6 focus groups with 53 African Americans from New Orleans who were evacuated to Columbia, SC, within 2 months of Hurricane Katrina. Results. The major themes identified related to participants’ decision to not evacuate were as follows: (1) perceived su…
Health information seeking and use outside of the medical encounter
For the Sake of All
Civic education translates research evidence about topics of social importance for broad public audiences, with increased understanding and meaningful action of the desired outcomes. For the Sake of All is an example of civic education on the social determinants of health and health disparities situated in the local context of St. Louis, Missouri. This article describes the research translation, community engagement, strategic communication, and …
Trust, Medication Adherence, and Hypertension Control in Southern African American Men
We examined the relationship between trust in the medical system, medication adherence, and hypertension control in Southern African American men. The sample included 235 African American men aged 18 years and older with hypertension. African American men with higher general trust in the medical system were more likely to report better medication adherence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.06), and those with higher self-efficacy were more likely to report be…
Medical Debt and Related Financial Consequences Among Older African American and White Adults
Objectives. To evaluate African American–White differences in medical debt among older adults and the extent to which economic and health factors explained these. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2007 and 2010 US Health Tracking Household Survey (n = 5838) and computed population-based estimates of medical debt attributable to economic and health factors with adjustment for age, gender, marital status, and education. Resul…
Men’s Health
AffiliationsCollege for Public Health and Social Justice Saint Louis UniversityCenter for Research on Men’s Health Vanderbilt University
The Health Trade‐off of Rural Residence for Impaired Older Adults
Context: Years lived with and without physical impairment are central measures of public health. Purpose: We sought to determine whether these measures differed between rural and urban residents who were impaired at the time of a baseline measurement. We examined 16 subgroups defined by rural/urban residence, gender, race, and education. Methods: This is a 20‐year retrospective cohort study, following 2,939 Americans who were aged 65‐69 in 1982 a…
African Americans’ Decisions Not to Evacuate New Orleans Before Hurricane Katrina
Objectives. We examined the psychosocial and personal factors that influenced African Americans’ decision not to evacuate New Orleans, La, before Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. Methods. We conducted 6 focus groups with 53 African Americans from New Orleans who were evacuated to Columbia, SC, within 2 months of Hurricane Katrina. Results. The major themes identified related to participants’ decision to not evacuate were as follows: (1) perceived su…
Enhancing the Care Continuum in Rural Areas
Context: Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play a significant role in providing health services for rural residents across the United States. Purpose: The overall goal of this study was to identify the CAHs that have collaborations with CHCs, as well as to recognize the content of the collaborations and the barriers and facilitators to collaborations. Methods: The target population was CAHs within 60 miles of CH…
Treatment for Older Prostate Cancer Patients
BACKGROUND: Black prostate cancer patients are less likely to receive aggressive therapy (AT) than Whites: reported rates for patients ≥ 65 years old are about 55% versus 65%. Little is known about treatment rates in socioeconomically deprived states with large Black populations like Alabama. STUDY DESIGN: Medicare claims and Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry records were linked for Alabamian men in Medicare fee-for-service diagnosed with loco-re…
Trust, Medication Adherence, and Hypertension Control in Southern African American Men
We examined the relationship between trust in the medical system, medication adherence, and hypertension control in Southern African American men. The sample included 235 African American men aged 18 years and older with hypertension. African American men with higher general trust in the medical system were more likely to report better medication adherence (odds ratio [OR] = 1.06), and those with higher self-efficacy were more likely to report be…
Health information seeking and use outside of the medical encounter
Racial Composition Over the Lifecourse
We found associations between mostly Black residential and workplace settings and hypertension diagnoses among African American men. Findings suggest exposure to segregated environments during childhood and later adulthood may impact hypertension risk among African American men over the life course
Visible and Invisible Trends in Black Men's Health
Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in improving black men's health and the health disparities affecting them. Yet, the health of black men consistently ranks lowest across nearly all groups in the United States. Evidence on the health and social causes of morbidity and mortality among black men has been narrowly concentrated on public health problems (e.g., violence, prostate cancer, and HIV/AIDS) and determinants of healt…
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Correlates of Mental Health Services Use among Pregnant Women with Depressive Symptoms
Medical Debt and Related Financial Consequences Among Older African American and White Adults
Objectives. To evaluate African American–White differences in medical debt among older adults and the extent to which economic and health factors explained these. Methods. We used nationally representative data from the 2007 and 2010 US Health Tracking Household Survey (n = 5838) and computed population-based estimates of medical debt attributable to economic and health factors with adjustment for age, gender, marital status, and education. Resul…
Men’s Health
AffiliationsCollege for Public Health and Social Justice Saint Louis UniversityCenter for Research on Men’s Health Vanderbilt University
Differences in Problems Paying Medical Bills between African Americans and Whites from 2007 and 2009
Changes in Body Mass Index and the Trajectory of Depressive Symptoms Among Rural Men and Women
PURPOSE: This study examined the association between body mass index (BMI) changes over time and the risk of elevated depressive symptoms in a cohort of Midwestern rural adults. METHODS: The longitudinal study used data from a telephone survey in 2005 including 1,475 men and women enrolled in the Walk the Ozarks to Wellness Project from 12 rural communities in Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Multilevel random intercept mixed models were used t…
For the Sake of All
Civic education translates research evidence about topics of social importance for broad public audiences, with increased understanding and meaningful action of the desired outcomes. For the Sake of All is an example of civic education on the social determinants of health and health disparities situated in the local context of St. Louis, Missouri. This article describes the research translation, community engagement, strategic communication, and …
Hormonal Therapies
Confidence in Understanding Health Insurance and Challenges Paying Medical Bills Among Men in the United States
Although the number of men with health insurance has increased, men are less likely to utilize health services than females, and experience difficulty in paying medical bills. Understanding the details of health insurance can be challenging and the lack of understanding can have financial consequences. This study, guided by Andersen’s model of health-care utilization, assessed the relationship between confidence level in understanding health insu…
Factors associated with food insecurity among the chronically ill population during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
Introduction: Little is known about food insecurity among Americans with chronic diseases, one of the vulnerable groups in health care. Factors influencing food insecurity among this population group are especially poorly understood. Methods: Using data from the COVID Impact Survey, this cross-sectional study sought to examine food insecurity among adults with chronic diseases in the United States and to identify factors associated with their ris…
Medicine (17 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Public health (10 works) · Logistic regression (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works)