Elizabeth H Baker

Biographic Data

ID243840
NAMEElizabeth H Baker
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth H
FAMILY NAMEBaker
SIGNATUREBAKER E H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS35
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Sensory Difficulty and Assistive Device Use Among Older U.S. Immigrants

    Open AccessShane D Burns, Elizabeth Baker et al.ARTICLEResearch on Aging2026

    U.S. immigrants are aging faster than their U.S.-born counterparts, though little is known about their sensory difficulty and assistive device use patterns, particularly by region of origin which reflects pre- and post-migration exposures. We compiled 2012-2018 National Health Interview Survey data on foreign-born respondents ages 65+ (n = 6,278) to independently predict odds of hearing and visual difficulty, as well as use of hearing aids and gl…

  • Disability Among Middle Aged and Older Immigrants

    Open AccessShane D Burns, Elizabeth Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2025References: 19

    ObjectivesUnited States (U.S.) immigrants are rapidly aging, although little is known on how acculturation influences their disability risk.MethodsWe pooled 2000-2018 data ( n = 50,075) from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to examine odds of activities of daily living (ADL) disability among middle aged (40-64) and older (65+) immigrants based on three acculturation indicators while accounting for various measures.ResultsAmong middle a…

  • Disability Among Older Immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessShane D Burns, Elizabeth Baker et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2024

    Rapid aging in American society will be disproportionately concentrated among the foreign-born. Immigrants in the United States (U.S.) are a heterogeneous population, yet little is known regarding their differences in disability later in life by region of origin. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey on respondents ages 60+ ( n = 313,072) and employ gender-specific logistic models to predict reports of any activity of daily living…

  • Varieties of Financial Stressors and Midlife Health Problems, 1996–2016

    Open AccessJ D Wolfe, Elizabeth Baker et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2021Cited by: 7References: 6

    Given the recent volatility in the U.S. economy, our results highlight the potential loss of health that may occur if nothing is done to prevent economically vulnerable populations from sliding into financial crisis. Our results also emphasize the need for additional research to develop individual-level interventions to improve health among those already experiencing financial difficulties

  • Caste Differences in Hypertension Among Women in India

    Open AccessJalal Uddin, Sanjeev Acharya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2020References: 51

  • Stigma as a Barrier to Substance Abuse Treatment Among Those With Unmet Need

    Open AccessKristi L Stringer, Elizabeth Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2018Cited by: 4References: 64

    Substance use (SU) stigma is one factor contributing to unmet need for SU treatment. Additionally, theory suggests that women and single parents who use substances experience enhanced stigma because they do not adhere to normative social expectations. This study examines differences in perceived stigma by gender and parenthood among those with unmet need for SU treatment using the 2003-2010 National Survey of Drug Use and Health ( N = 1,474). Res…

  • Diet (Obesity)

    Open AccessElizabeth Baker, Elizabeth H Baker et al.CHAPTERWiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2017

    As obesity continues to cause concern as a national epidemic affecting one third of Americans, diet is one of the major considerations in explaining the rapid increase in obesity. Diet is a fundamental necessity to human life and development and is influenced by many factors such as physical environment, sociodemographic factors, and culture. Dietary behaviors from an early age are considered to have impacts on health in later age, causing diet a…

  • Epidemiological Paradox or Immigrant Vulnerability? Obesity Among Young Children of Immigrants

    Open AccessElizabeth Baker, Elizabeth H Baker et al.ARTICLEDemography2015Cited by: 7References: 70

    According to the “immigrant epidemiological paradox,” immigrants and their children enjoy health advantages over their U.S.-born peers—advantages that diminish with greater acculturation. We investigated child obesity as a potentially significant deviation from this paradox for second-generation immigrant children. We evaluated two alternate measures of mother’s acculturation: age at arrival in the United States and English language proficiency. …

  • Multiple Imputation for Combined-survey Estimation With Incomplete Regressors in One but Not Both Surveys

    Open AccessM S Rendall, 洋之 板部 et al.ARTICLESociological Methods & Research2013Cited by: 11References: 51

    Within-survey multiple imputation (MI) methods are adapted to pooled-survey regression estimation where one survey has more regressors, but typically fewer observations, than the other. This adaptation is achieved through (1) larger numbers of imputations to compensate for the higher fraction of missing values, (2) model-fit statistics to check the assumption that the two surveys sample from a common universe, and (3) specifying the analysis mode…

  • Covenant Marriage and the Sanctification of Gendered Marital Roles

    Open AccessElizabeth Baker, Elizabeth H Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2009Cited by: 6References: 35

    This study contributes to research on the deinstitutionalization of marriage and changing gender ideologies by focusing on a unique group of marriage innovators. With quantitative and qualitative data from the Marriage Matters project (1997-2004), this study used a symbolic interactionist perspective to compare covenant- and standard-married couples. Findings reveal that covenants are more traditional than standards across religious, marital, and…