Maji Hailemariam
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maji Hailemariam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maji |
| FAMILY NAME | Hailemariam |
| SIGNATURE | HAILEMARIAM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3730-9637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Who, What, and How of Interagency Criminal Justice–Behavioral Health Teams
Interagency teams are considered an evidence-based change practice, but there is a paucity of research examining them in criminal justice (CJ) and behavioral health (BH) reform contexts. This study draws on qualitative interviews ( n = 52) and survey data ( n = 791) from BH and CJ leaders across the United States to examine who is on them, what they do, and effective strategies for building and sustaining them. Findings indicated that CJ–BH inter…
Strengthening community services to keep individuals with mental illness out of jail
Spirituality and Well-Being
BACKGROUND: Spirituality is important for the well-being of marginalized women, offering strength amid adversity. However, even when women from poverty-stricken communities draw resilience from spirituality, they often continue to exhibit poorer health outcomes compared to dominant groups. OBJECTIVES: The Flint Women's Study was conducted to understand the needs, strengths, hopes, and solutions of women in Flint. This sub-study aims to 1) explore…
Spirituality and Well-Being
Making the connection between health equity and sustainability
Sustainability and health inequities are key challenges in public health and healthcare. Research suggests that only about half of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are sustained over time, and settings and populations experiencing systemic and structural barriers to health (e.g., poverty, racism, stigma, and discrimination) experience even greater challenges to sustainability. In this article, we argue that an enhanced focus on sustainability …
Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
Advancing Equity Through Centering Societal Values to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Background: The past two decades have been marked by increased efforts to advance equity in various disciplines, including social sciences, public health, environmental health, and medicine. In 2020, a national movement of municipalities declared racism a public health crisis. These efforts have coincided and likely shaped a growing sphere of federal and philanthropic funding for health equity, which frequently calls for practical interventions t…
We bounce back from the worst of the worst
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and give back to their community in a minority-majority community experiencing social, economic and health challenges. We conducted qualitative interviews with 100 women and human service providers serving women in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Using methods aligned with commun…
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community
Few studies describe how community disadvantage impacts intergenerational relationships. Using interviews with women and service providers (n = 100), we explored benefits and challenges of intergenerational relationships in Flint, Michigan, an economically vulnerable community. Women valued relationships that increased social connections and generativity; however, few community resources promoted such relationships. Intergenerational relationship…
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Women served their community in many roles. However, despite some societal progress, women continue to be underpaid and their contributions undervalued. Rectifying these inequities might contribute to better addressing the needs of women
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self: Flint Women Giving Back to the Community Maji Hailemariam, PhD, Tatiana Elisa Bustos, PhD, Julia W. Felton, PhD, Kent Key, PhD, DeOnica Greer, Bernadel L. Jefferson, Raven Miller, Fallon Richie, Monicia Summers, DPM, Jonne McCoy White, DrPH, and Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD What Is the Purpose of This Study? • Having meaning in life promotes happiness and wellbeing across the lifespan. • A large (n = 100) com…
Covid-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries
The Flint women’s study
Teenage pregnancy can have adverse social and health outcomes, and rates are high in Flint, Michigan as compared to the rest of the state and the USA. It is important to understand contributing factors to adolescent pregnancy to be able to better address this issue. This study examined qualitative data from interviews with 100 community members who participated in the Flint Women's Study, a study designed to better understand the hopes, dreams an…
Intersectionality, special populations, needs and suggestions
Efforts directed towards improving women's health and wellbeing should include perspectives and suggestions of diverse groups of women from the community. Acting on suggestions that emanate from the community's lived experiences may reduce inequalities in health and wellbeing
Community-Based Participatory Qualitative Research for Women
Efforts to benefit women should ensure their representation in every step of the process
Evidence-based intervention sustainability strategies
Risk factors for self-stigma among incarcerated women with alcohol use disorder
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a highly stigmatized condition, often associated with negative stereotypes such as being morally weak, incompetent, unpredictable, and aggressive. People with AUD are at risk of experiencing self-stigma, a social-cognitive experience in which people think others hold negative stereotypes about them, expect to be treated unfairly, and/or believe that negative stereotypes are personally accurate. Women in the criminal …
Gender-specific experiences of serious mental illness in rural Ethiopia
Considerable variation in the gender-specific prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) has been reported in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In the rural setting of Butajira, Ethiopia, the male-to-female prevalence ratio of schizophrenia was reported to be 5:1. This qualitative study explores gender-specific experiences of SMI and the extent to which sociocultural factors may explain the observed difference in prevalence estimates. Usi…
Engaging and staying engaged
Economic interventions may be needed to support ongoing engagement in care for people with SMD. Systems of care for chronic illness need to be strengthened in combination with legal frameworks. Expanded options for affordable and effective medication and psychosocial interventions are required for person-centred care
Equitable access to integrated primary mental healthcare for people with severe mental disorders in Ethiopia
Establishing an affordable service within reach, raising awareness and financial support to families from low socioeconomic backgrounds were suggested to improve equitable access to mental healthcare by vulnerable groups including perinatal women and people with disabilities. Innovative approaches, such as telephone consultations with psychiatric nurses based in nearby towns and home outreach need to be developed and evaluated
Community-Based Participatory Qualitative Research for Women
Efforts to benefit women should ensure their representation in every step of the process
We bounce back from the worst of the worst
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and give back to their community in a minority-majority community experiencing social, economic and health challenges. We conducted qualitative interviews with 100 women and human service providers serving women in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Using methods aligned with commun…
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Women served their community in many roles. However, despite some societal progress, women continue to be underpaid and their contributions undervalued. Rectifying these inequities might contribute to better addressing the needs of women
Equitable access to integrated primary mental healthcare for people with severe mental disorders in Ethiopia
Establishing an affordable service within reach, raising awareness and financial support to families from low socioeconomic backgrounds were suggested to improve equitable access to mental healthcare by vulnerable groups including perinatal women and people with disabilities. Innovative approaches, such as telephone consultations with psychiatric nurses based in nearby towns and home outreach need to be developed and evaluated
Engaging and staying engaged
Economic interventions may be needed to support ongoing engagement in care for people with SMD. Systems of care for chronic illness need to be strengthened in combination with legal frameworks. Expanded options for affordable and effective medication and psychosocial interventions are required for person-centred care
Evidence-based intervention sustainability strategies
Risk factors for self-stigma among incarcerated women with alcohol use disorder
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a highly stigmatized condition, often associated with negative stereotypes such as being morally weak, incompetent, unpredictable, and aggressive. People with AUD are at risk of experiencing self-stigma, a social-cognitive experience in which people think others hold negative stereotypes about them, expect to be treated unfairly, and/or believe that negative stereotypes are personally accurate. Women in the criminal …
Gender-specific experiences of serious mental illness in rural Ethiopia
Considerable variation in the gender-specific prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) has been reported in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In the rural setting of Butajira, Ethiopia, the male-to-female prevalence ratio of schizophrenia was reported to be 5:1. This qualitative study explores gender-specific experiences of SMI and the extent to which sociocultural factors may explain the observed difference in prevalence estimates. Usi…
Intersectionality, special populations, needs and suggestions
Efforts directed towards improving women's health and wellbeing should include perspectives and suggestions of diverse groups of women from the community. Acting on suggestions that emanate from the community's lived experiences may reduce inequalities in health and wellbeing
Community-Based Participatory Qualitative Research for Women
Efforts to benefit women should ensure their representation in every step of the process
Covid-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries
The Flint women’s study
Teenage pregnancy can have adverse social and health outcomes, and rates are high in Flint, Michigan as compared to the rest of the state and the USA. It is important to understand contributing factors to adolescent pregnancy to be able to better address this issue. This study examined qualitative data from interviews with 100 community members who participated in the Flint Women's Study, a study designed to better understand the hopes, dreams an…
Developing and maintaining intergenerational relationships in an economically vulnerable community
Few studies describe how community disadvantage impacts intergenerational relationships. Using interviews with women and service providers (n = 100), we explored benefits and challenges of intergenerational relationships in Flint, Michigan, an economically vulnerable community. Women valued relationships that increased social connections and generativity; however, few community resources promoted such relationships. Intergenerational relationship…
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Women served their community in many roles. However, despite some societal progress, women continue to be underpaid and their contributions undervalued. Rectifying these inequities might contribute to better addressing the needs of women
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self
Belonging to Something Greater Than Self: Flint Women Giving Back to the Community Maji Hailemariam, PhD, Tatiana Elisa Bustos, PhD, Julia W. Felton, PhD, Kent Key, PhD, DeOnica Greer, Bernadel L. Jefferson, Raven Miller, Fallon Richie, Monicia Summers, DPM, Jonne McCoy White, DrPH, and Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD What Is the Purpose of This Study? • Having meaning in life promotes happiness and wellbeing across the lifespan. • A large (n = 100) com…
Making the connection between health equity and sustainability
Sustainability and health inequities are key challenges in public health and healthcare. Research suggests that only about half of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are sustained over time, and settings and populations experiencing systemic and structural barriers to health (e.g., poverty, racism, stigma, and discrimination) experience even greater challenges to sustainability. In this article, we argue that an enhanced focus on sustainability …
Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
Advancing Equity Through Centering Societal Values to Operationalize Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Background: The past two decades have been marked by increased efforts to advance equity in various disciplines, including social sciences, public health, environmental health, and medicine. In 2020, a national movement of municipalities declared racism a public health crisis. These efforts have coincided and likely shaped a growing sphere of federal and philanthropic funding for health equity, which frequently calls for practical interventions t…
We bounce back from the worst of the worst
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and give back to their community in a minority-majority community experiencing social, economic and health challenges. We conducted qualitative interviews with 100 women and human service providers serving women in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Using methods aligned with commun…
The Who, What, and How of Interagency Criminal Justice–Behavioral Health Teams
Interagency teams are considered an evidence-based change practice, but there is a paucity of research examining them in criminal justice (CJ) and behavioral health (BH) reform contexts. This study draws on qualitative interviews ( n = 52) and survey data ( n = 791) from BH and CJ leaders across the United States to examine who is on them, what they do, and effective strategies for building and sustaining them. Findings indicated that CJ–BH inter…
Strengthening community services to keep individuals with mental illness out of jail
Spirituality and Well-Being
BACKGROUND: Spirituality is important for the well-being of marginalized women, offering strength amid adversity. However, even when women from poverty-stricken communities draw resilience from spirituality, they often continue to exhibit poorer health outcomes compared to dominant groups. OBJECTIVES: The Flint Women's Study was conducted to understand the needs, strengths, hopes, and solutions of women in Flint. This sub-study aims to 1) explore…
Spirituality and Well-Being
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Participatory action research (6 works)