H S Versey
Biographic Data
| ID | 50501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H S Versey |
| GIVEN NAMES | H S |
| FAMILY NAME | Versey |
| SIGNATURE | VERSEY H S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9817-4724 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
“Shelter in place”
How do local media report on housing and health during major crises? The current study examines how housing and policy issues were discussed in the local television (TV) media during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, when policy measures were first introduced and communicated to the public. Drawing from a sample of housing-related news stories between March 2020 and June 2020 (N = 87), we explore how local TV news covered housing policy …
Housing instability, health, and substance use among adults over age 50 living in New York City
Introduction: As cities become increasingly expensive, it is unclear how rising housing costs impact older adults' health and the ability to age-in-place. Methods: We examined key indicators of housing instability - concerns about paying rent/mortgage on time and number of moves in the past 5 years - in relation to health and substance use among a sample of adults over age 50 with a history of cannabis use living in naturally occurring retirement…
Lifetime Cannabis Use and Consequences in a Community-Based Sample of Older Adults
BACKGROUND: Amidst increasing cannabis legalization in the U.S., greater numbers of older adults are using cannabis; however, few studies have examined how older adults who use cannabis vary with respect to how they use it, where they purchase it, and the consequences they experience. METHODS: In July-November 2022, we administered a web-based survey to a diverse sample of community-dwelling older adults in New York City who had used cannabis at …
Intersecting Narratives in the Lives of Black Women Aging with Dementia
Despite elevated risk profiles for dementia, Black women are often absent in cultural narratives about dementia. This paper explores how considering multiple and intersectional cultural narratives might advance dementia research and benefit overlooked groups and communities. Using person‐centered research approaches to understand the experiences of older Black women at risk for dementia may highlight conditions contributing to elevated risk, incl…
Weathering the STORM and Forecasting Equity for Older Black Women
A strong body of evidence indicates that social determinants impact health. While this research has identified a range of risk factors for health, health equity goals require recalibration further "upstream" towards structural drivers of health and aging inequities. Recognizing how systems of power and chronic exposures are embodied and facilitate differential risks and opportunities is important for expanding research at the gender-race-age nexu…
Exploring the Feasibility of Incorporating Smartphone‐Based Mental Health Support Into Youth Mentoring Programs
To explore the advantages and barriers to integrating digital mental health interventions into youth mentoring programs, thematic analysis was applied to interviews with mentors, mentees, and program managers within two large mentoring programs that had recently begun using a smartphone app that allows mentors to assess and address mentees' mental health needs. Three themes (i.e., connectivity/targeted support, ease of communication, and relation…
Whiteness hurts society
Confronting whiteness could complement and amplify the study of Critical Race Theory and enhance psychologists’ capacity to effectively study and address health and social issues. Whiteness is a racialized social system and a set of beliefs that uphold White American social supremacy and the oppression of populations of color. We discuss how prior scholarship has addressed whiteness and we illustrate how whiteness can harm health and well‐being a…
Gentrification, Health, and Intermediate Pathways
Gentrification yields a variety of effects, yet the mechanisms linking gentrification to health are unclear. Although quantitative research has helped to identify some patterns, the processes whereby neighborhood dynamics impact health are layered and span multiple levels of health—individual, family, and community.According to research describing large-scale drivers of health, inequality (e.g., income and social) is a significant risk factor for…
A Bridging-Community (ABC) Project
Given the complexities of displacement and resettlement in the United States (US), few resources have been invested in facilitating social relationships, social integration, and social support for recently resettled refugees. Studies indicate low levels of socialization and thus extreme isolation among refugees, suggesting the need to create additional safety nets that encourage social connectivity (Strang & Quinn, 2019). In partnership with a re…
Housing, Environmental Justice, and the Case of the Stop Cop City Movement
The impact of Covid‐19 and housing insecurity on lower‐income Black women
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, multiple groups faced increased risks for negative health and mortality. Using an intersectional framework, the current study explores how the global pandemic impacted lower‐income women living in the United States through access to housing. Findings indicate several challenges remaining stably housed during the pandemic. Major themes included: (1) High‐Risk Survival Economies, (2) Landlord Stress, Deception, and Exc…
Can mobile methods bridge psychology and place-based research
“They’re always gonna notice my natural hair”
Urban Agriculture as a Means to Food Sovereignty? A Case Study of Baltimore City Residents
A large body of research suggests that neighborhood disparities in food access persist. Emerging evidence suggests that the global COVID-19 pandemic likely exacerbated disparities in food access. Given the potential role that alternative food networks (AFNs) and local food sources may play during times of extreme scarcity, this study examines urban agriculture (e.g., community farms and gardens) as a sustainable strategy to address food insecurit…
Managing Intersectional Invisibility and Hypervisibility During the Transition to College Among First-Generation Women of Color
In the current study, we examined the transition to college for first-generation women of color. Previous studies of first-year college experiences among groups with minoritized statuses have primarily focused on first-generation students or students of color separately, with little consideration of women within these groups generally, and first-generation women of color specifically. Drawing from work in Black feminist scholarship, we explored t…
Missing Pieces in the Discussion on Climate Change and Risk
Assessing the impact of climate change requires analyzing humans generally, as well as identifying unique and elevated risks among subgroups. Incorporating intersectional approaches (e.g., those focused on issues of poverty, place, and race) into public policy may highlight how communities and individuals with fewer resources experience compounded vulnerability to climate-related risks. An intersectional framework yields implications for research…
Perceptions of community among suburban and urban-dwelling adults aging in place
Barriers to leisure-time social participation and community integration among Syrian and Iraqi refugees
One important, yet understudied aspect of refugees’ resettlement experience is social participation. How are new social relationships created and maintained during the transition to the United States? This exploratory study examines social participation among a sample of recently resettled refugees. Twenty face-to-face interviews were conducted with Iraqi and Syrian refugees in a Connecticut resettlement community. Primary social activities inclu…
The Impending Eviction Cliff
Correlates of affective empathy, perspective taking, and generativity among a sample of adults
Previous research suggests that empathy can be cultivated by social ideals and relationships with people. The current study examines family importance and religious importance as correlates of affective empathy, perspective taking, and generativity among a sample of adults aged 18 to 35 ( N = 722). Given the ethnic and racial diversity represented by Millennials and Generation Z, the moderating role of racial group membership is explored as well.…
Work-family spillover and metabolic syndrome indicators
This study examines the link between negative work-family spillover and metabolic risk factors over a 9-year period. Data from two waves of the Midlife in the United States Survey were used to explore relationships between negative work-family spillover and four indicators of metabolic syndrome-blood pressure, triglycerides, body mass index, and glucose levels. In a sample of full-time working men and women ( N = 630), increased negative spillove…
Beyond Housing
Neighborhoods within age-friendly cities and communities are an important factor in shaping the everyday lives of older adults. Yet, less is known about how neighborhoods experiencing change influence the ability to age in place. One type of rapid neighborhood change occurring across major cities nationally and globally is gentrification, a process whereby the culture of an existing neighborhood changes through the influx of more affluent residen…
Appropriated racial oppression
A tale of two Harlems
Caregiving and Women's Health
A tale of two Harlems
Appropriated racial oppression
The differential impact of discrimination on health among Black and White women
Centering Perspectives on Black Women, Hair Politics, and Physical Activity
As researchers categorize issues facing Black women’s health, obesity and physical exercise continue to be significant topics of debate. General interventions targeted toward Black women to address obesity and increase physical exercise have been largely ineffective. In this article, I situate the current public health discourse on obesity and related interventions within a sociocultural context of body appearance, with a specific focus on hair. …
Barriers to leisure-time social participation and community integration among Syrian and Iraqi refugees
One important, yet understudied aspect of refugees’ resettlement experience is social participation. How are new social relationships created and maintained during the transition to the United States? This exploratory study examines social participation among a sample of recently resettled refugees. Twenty face-to-face interviews were conducted with Iraqi and Syrian refugees in a Connecticut resettlement community. Primary social activities inclu…
Whiteness hurts society
Confronting whiteness could complement and amplify the study of Critical Race Theory and enhance psychologists’ capacity to effectively study and address health and social issues. Whiteness is a racialized social system and a set of beliefs that uphold White American social supremacy and the oppression of populations of color. We discuss how prior scholarship has addressed whiteness and we illustrate how whiteness can harm health and well‐being a…
The impact of Covid‐19 and housing insecurity on lower‐income Black women
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, multiple groups faced increased risks for negative health and mortality. Using an intersectional framework, the current study explores how the global pandemic impacted lower‐income women living in the United States through access to housing. Findings indicate several challenges remaining stably housed during the pandemic. Major themes included: (1) High‐Risk Survival Economies, (2) Landlord Stress, Deception, and Exc…
Managing Intersectional Invisibility and Hypervisibility During the Transition to College Among First-Generation Women of Color
In the current study, we examined the transition to college for first-generation women of color. Previous studies of first-year college experiences among groups with minoritized statuses have primarily focused on first-generation students or students of color separately, with little consideration of women within these groups generally, and first-generation women of color specifically. Drawing from work in Black feminist scholarship, we explored t…
Managing work and family
How can we effectively manage competing obligations from work and family without becoming overwhelmed? This question inspires the current study by examining control strategies that may facilitate better work-life balance, with a specific focus on the role of lowered aspirations and positive reappraisals, attitudes that underlie adaptive coping behaviors. Data from the Midlife in the United States Survey (MIDUS II) were used to explore the relatio…
The Impending Eviction Cliff
Work-family spillover and metabolic syndrome indicators
This study examines the link between negative work-family spillover and metabolic risk factors over a 9-year period. Data from two waves of the Midlife in the United States Survey were used to explore relationships between negative work-family spillover and four indicators of metabolic syndrome-blood pressure, triglycerides, body mass index, and glucose levels. In a sample of full-time working men and women ( N = 630), increased negative spillove…
Perceptions of community among suburban and urban-dwelling adults aging in place
Centering Perspectives on Black Women, Hair Politics, and Physical Activity
As researchers categorize issues facing Black women’s health, obesity and physical exercise continue to be significant topics of debate. General interventions targeted toward Black women to address obesity and increase physical exercise have been largely ineffective. In this article, I situate the current public health discourse on obesity and related interventions within a sociocultural context of body appearance, with a specific focus on hair. …
Managing work and family
How can we effectively manage competing obligations from work and family without becoming overwhelmed? This question inspires the current study by examining control strategies that may facilitate better work-life balance, with a specific focus on the role of lowered aspirations and positive reappraisals, attitudes that underlie adaptive coping behaviors. Data from the Midlife in the United States Survey (MIDUS II) were used to explore the relatio…
Functional limitations, body perceptions, and health outcomes among older African American women
These findings provide evidence that there is significant variation among African American women and risk for negative health outcomes, particularly for women with varying perceptions of body functionality and body satisfaction. (PsycINFO Database Record
The differential impact of discrimination on health among Black and White women
Caregiving and Women's Health
A tale of two Harlems
Beyond Housing
Neighborhoods within age-friendly cities and communities are an important factor in shaping the everyday lives of older adults. Yet, less is known about how neighborhoods experiencing change influence the ability to age in place. One type of rapid neighborhood change occurring across major cities nationally and globally is gentrification, a process whereby the culture of an existing neighborhood changes through the influx of more affluent residen…
Appropriated racial oppression
Correlates of affective empathy, perspective taking, and generativity among a sample of adults
Previous research suggests that empathy can be cultivated by social ideals and relationships with people. The current study examines family importance and religious importance as correlates of affective empathy, perspective taking, and generativity among a sample of adults aged 18 to 35 ( N = 722). Given the ethnic and racial diversity represented by Millennials and Generation Z, the moderating role of racial group membership is explored as well.…
Work-family spillover and metabolic syndrome indicators
This study examines the link between negative work-family spillover and metabolic risk factors over a 9-year period. Data from two waves of the Midlife in the United States Survey were used to explore relationships between negative work-family spillover and four indicators of metabolic syndrome-blood pressure, triglycerides, body mass index, and glucose levels. In a sample of full-time working men and women ( N = 630), increased negative spillove…
Missing Pieces in the Discussion on Climate Change and Risk
Assessing the impact of climate change requires analyzing humans generally, as well as identifying unique and elevated risks among subgroups. Incorporating intersectional approaches (e.g., those focused on issues of poverty, place, and race) into public policy may highlight how communities and individuals with fewer resources experience compounded vulnerability to climate-related risks. An intersectional framework yields implications for research…
Perceptions of community among suburban and urban-dwelling adults aging in place
Barriers to leisure-time social participation and community integration among Syrian and Iraqi refugees
One important, yet understudied aspect of refugees’ resettlement experience is social participation. How are new social relationships created and maintained during the transition to the United States? This exploratory study examines social participation among a sample of recently resettled refugees. Twenty face-to-face interviews were conducted with Iraqi and Syrian refugees in a Connecticut resettlement community. Primary social activities inclu…
The Impending Eviction Cliff
Can mobile methods bridge psychology and place-based research
“They’re always gonna notice my natural hair”
Urban Agriculture as a Means to Food Sovereignty? A Case Study of Baltimore City Residents
A large body of research suggests that neighborhood disparities in food access persist. Emerging evidence suggests that the global COVID-19 pandemic likely exacerbated disparities in food access. Given the potential role that alternative food networks (AFNs) and local food sources may play during times of extreme scarcity, this study examines urban agriculture (e.g., community farms and gardens) as a sustainable strategy to address food insecurit…
Managing Intersectional Invisibility and Hypervisibility During the Transition to College Among First-Generation Women of Color
In the current study, we examined the transition to college for first-generation women of color. Previous studies of first-year college experiences among groups with minoritized statuses have primarily focused on first-generation students or students of color separately, with little consideration of women within these groups generally, and first-generation women of color specifically. Drawing from work in Black feminist scholarship, we explored t…
Gentrification, Health, and Intermediate Pathways
Gentrification yields a variety of effects, yet the mechanisms linking gentrification to health are unclear. Although quantitative research has helped to identify some patterns, the processes whereby neighborhood dynamics impact health are layered and span multiple levels of health—individual, family, and community.According to research describing large-scale drivers of health, inequality (e.g., income and social) is a significant risk factor for…
A Bridging-Community (ABC) Project
Given the complexities of displacement and resettlement in the United States (US), few resources have been invested in facilitating social relationships, social integration, and social support for recently resettled refugees. Studies indicate low levels of socialization and thus extreme isolation among refugees, suggesting the need to create additional safety nets that encourage social connectivity (Strang & Quinn, 2019). In partnership with a re…
Housing, Environmental Justice, and the Case of the Stop Cop City Movement
The impact of Covid‐19 and housing insecurity on lower‐income Black women
During the COVID‐19 pandemic, multiple groups faced increased risks for negative health and mortality. Using an intersectional framework, the current study explores how the global pandemic impacted lower‐income women living in the United States through access to housing. Findings indicate several challenges remaining stably housed during the pandemic. Major themes included: (1) High‐Risk Survival Economies, (2) Landlord Stress, Deception, and Exc…
Whiteness hurts society
Confronting whiteness could complement and amplify the study of Critical Race Theory and enhance psychologists’ capacity to effectively study and address health and social issues. Whiteness is a racialized social system and a set of beliefs that uphold White American social supremacy and the oppression of populations of color. We discuss how prior scholarship has addressed whiteness and we illustrate how whiteness can harm health and well‐being a…
Intersecting Narratives in the Lives of Black Women Aging with Dementia
Despite elevated risk profiles for dementia, Black women are often absent in cultural narratives about dementia. This paper explores how considering multiple and intersectional cultural narratives might advance dementia research and benefit overlooked groups and communities. Using person‐centered research approaches to understand the experiences of older Black women at risk for dementia may highlight conditions contributing to elevated risk, incl…
Weathering the STORM and Forecasting Equity for Older Black Women
A strong body of evidence indicates that social determinants impact health. While this research has identified a range of risk factors for health, health equity goals require recalibration further "upstream" towards structural drivers of health and aging inequities. Recognizing how systems of power and chronic exposures are embodied and facilitate differential risks and opportunities is important for expanding research at the gender-race-age nexu…
Psychology (19 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (7 works)