Kenneth Wells
Biographic Data
| ID | 3824728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Wells |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Wells |
| SIGNATURE | WELLS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Patterns of Health Care Access and Use in an Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Population
Using Community-Partnered Participatory Research to Value the “Community Lens” and Promote Equity in Community–Academic Partnerships
Background: Community input is crucial for identifying characteristics necessary for equitable, sustainable community-academic partnerships (CAPs). A November 2021 conference, honoring the late Dr. Loretta Jones and the Community-Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) model, was held to gather input for designing a learning institute for community members as co-equal partners with academics in research, program, and policy initiatives. This crea…
An Integrative Review of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions Among Resettled Refugees from Muslim-Majority Countries
Resettled refugees from Muslim-majority countries are underrepresented in research and meeting their mental health needs remains a challenge for countries of resettlement. In this integrative review, we synthesize community-based mental health interventions using an ecological framework. Eleven relevant studies were identified using PubMed and PsychInfo database. Most interventions focus on micro-system level factors like promoting integration an…
Evaluating Community Partnerships Addressing Community Resilience in Los Angeles, California
Community resilience has grown in importance in national disaster response and recovery efforts. However, measurement of community resilience, particularly the content and quality of relationships aimed at improving resilience, is lacking. To address this gap, we used a social network survey to measure the number, type, and quality of relationships among organizations participating in 16 coalitions brought together to address community resilience…
Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge
Our partnered processes and lessons learned may be applicable to other communities that aim to promote resilience, as well as planning for and responding to post-disaster behavioral health needs
How Do Communities Use a Participatory Public Health Approach to Build Resilience? The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project
Community resilience is a key concept in the National Health Security Strategy that emphasizes development of multi-sector partnerships and equity through community engagement. Here, we describe the advancement of CR principles through community participatory methods in the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience (LACCDR) initiative. LACCDR, an initiative led by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with academic partners, r…
Community Engagement Compared With Technical Assistance to Disseminate Depression Care Among Low-Income, Minority Women
Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of a (CEP) versus a technical assistance approach (Resources for Services, or RS) to disseminate depression care for low-income ethnic minority women. Methods. We conducted secondary analyses of intervention effects for largely low-income, minority women subsample (n = 595; 45.1% Latino and 45.4% African American) in a matched, clustered, randomized control trial conducted in 2 low-resource communities in …
Disparity in Depression Treatment Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in the United States
Objective: Prior work on racial/ethnic disparities in depression treatment has been limited by the scarcity of national samples that include an array of diagnostic and quality indicators and substantial non-English speaking minorities.Using nationally representative data (n=8762), we evaluate differences in access to and quality of depression treatments between ethnic/racial minority patients and non-Latino whites.Method: Access to mental health …
Strategies for Academic and Clinician Engagement in Community-Participatory Partnered Research
THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT PRACTICE AND POLICY CONcerns over the “quality chasm,” or gap between the promise of evidence-based medicine and the realities of community practice with little variation by geographic and sociodemographic factors. Studies document disparities in access of care for particular conditions, and there is widespread concern about disparities in health status and health risk factors disadvantaging underserved ethnic minority and …
Ethnic Disparities in Unmet Need for Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Care
OBJECTIVE: Recent policy has focused on documenting and reducing ethnic disparities in availability and quality of health care. The authors examined differences by ethnic status in unmet need for alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health treatment. METHOD: Data were from a follow-up survey of adult respondents to a 1996-1997 national survey. Non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, and Hispanics were compared in access to alcoholism and drug abuse…
The Siam Society Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Publication
Community Engagement Compared With Technical Assistance to Disseminate Depression Care Among Low-Income, Minority Women
Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of a (CEP) versus a technical assistance approach (Resources for Services, or RS) to disseminate depression care for low-income ethnic minority women. Methods. We conducted secondary analyses of intervention effects for largely low-income, minority women subsample (n = 595; 45.1% Latino and 45.4% African American) in a matched, clustered, randomized control trial conducted in 2 low-resource communities in …
The Siam Society Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Publication
The Siam Society Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Publication
Ethnic Disparities in Unmet Need for Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Care
OBJECTIVE: Recent policy has focused on documenting and reducing ethnic disparities in availability and quality of health care. The authors examined differences by ethnic status in unmet need for alcoholism, drug abuse, and mental health treatment. METHOD: Data were from a follow-up survey of adult respondents to a 1996-1997 national survey. Non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, and Hispanics were compared in access to alcoholism and drug abuse…
Strategies for Academic and Clinician Engagement in Community-Participatory Partnered Research
THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT PRACTICE AND POLICY CONcerns over the “quality chasm,” or gap between the promise of evidence-based medicine and the realities of community practice with little variation by geographic and sociodemographic factors. Studies document disparities in access of care for particular conditions, and there is widespread concern about disparities in health status and health risk factors disadvantaging underserved ethnic minority and …
Disparity in Depression Treatment Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in the United States
Objective: Prior work on racial/ethnic disparities in depression treatment has been limited by the scarcity of national samples that include an array of diagnostic and quality indicators and substantial non-English speaking minorities.Using nationally representative data (n=8762), we evaluate differences in access to and quality of depression treatments between ethnic/racial minority patients and non-Latino whites.Method: Access to mental health …
Community Engagement Compared With Technical Assistance to Disseminate Depression Care Among Low-Income, Minority Women
Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of a (CEP) versus a technical assistance approach (Resources for Services, or RS) to disseminate depression care for low-income ethnic minority women. Methods. We conducted secondary analyses of intervention effects for largely low-income, minority women subsample (n = 595; 45.1% Latino and 45.4% African American) in a matched, clustered, randomized control trial conducted in 2 low-resource communities in …
How Do Communities Use a Participatory Public Health Approach to Build Resilience? The Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience Project
Community resilience is a key concept in the National Health Security Strategy that emphasizes development of multi-sector partnerships and equity through community engagement. Here, we describe the advancement of CR principles through community participatory methods in the Los Angeles County Community Disaster Resilience (LACCDR) initiative. LACCDR, an initiative led by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with academic partners, r…
Evaluating Community Partnerships Addressing Community Resilience in Los Angeles, California
Community resilience has grown in importance in national disaster response and recovery efforts. However, measurement of community resilience, particularly the content and quality of relationships aimed at improving resilience, is lacking. To address this gap, we used a social network survey to measure the number, type, and quality of relationships among organizations participating in 16 coalitions brought together to address community resilience…
Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge
Our partnered processes and lessons learned may be applicable to other communities that aim to promote resilience, as well as planning for and responding to post-disaster behavioral health needs
Using Community-Partnered Participatory Research to Value the “Community Lens” and Promote Equity in Community–Academic Partnerships
Background: Community input is crucial for identifying characteristics necessary for equitable, sustainable community-academic partnerships (CAPs). A November 2021 conference, honoring the late Dr. Loretta Jones and the Community-Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) model, was held to gather input for designing a learning institute for community members as co-equal partners with academics in research, program, and policy initiatives. This crea…
An Integrative Review of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions Among Resettled Refugees from Muslim-Majority Countries
Resettled refugees from Muslim-majority countries are underrepresented in research and meeting their mental health needs remains a challenge for countries of resettlement. In this integrative review, we synthesize community-based mental health interventions using an ecological framework. Eleven relevant studies were identified using PubMed and PsychInfo database. Most interventions focus on micro-system level factors like promoting integration an…
Patterns of Health Care Access and Use in an Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Population
Political science (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Citizen journalism (3 works) · Community engagement (3 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (3 works)