Thomas A Glass
Biographic Data
| ID | 5508550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A Glass |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Glass |
| SIGNATURE | GLASS T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 415 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Neighborhood social and economic change and diabetes incidence
Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Diurnal Cortisol Trajectories in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
African American race/ethnicity, but not lower SES, was associated with lower waking cortisol and slower afternoon decline in middle-aged and older adults. This pattern is likely a marker of earlier biological aging in vulnerable groups. Race/ethnicity may compete with SES as a measure of cumulative vulnerability
Are neighborhoods causal? Complications arising from the 'stickiness' of ZNA
Exploring the forest instead of the trees
Household and neighborhood conditions partially account for associations between education and physical capacity in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
Modeling US Adult Obesity Trends
Objectives. We present a system dynamics model that quantifies the energy imbalance gap responsible for the US adult obesity epidemic among gender and racial subpopulations. Methods. We divided the adult population into gender–race/ethnicity subpopulations and body mass index (BMI) classes. We defined transition rates between classes as a function of metabolic dynamics of individuals within each class. We estimated energy intake in each BMI class…
The contextual influence of coal abandoned mine lands in communities and type 2 diabetes in Pennsylvania
The association between cortisol and neighborhood disadvantage in a U.S. population-based sample of adolescents
Neighborhood Psychosocial Hazards and Binge Drinking among Late Middle-Aged Adults
Differential Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollution in the United States
Population exposure to multiple chemicals in air presents significant challenges for environmental public health. Air quality regulations distinguish criteria air pollutants (CAPs) (e.g., ozone, PM2.5) from hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)-187 chemicals which include carcinogens and others that are associated with respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological and numerous other non-cancer health effects. Evidence of the public's cumulative exposure an…
The built environment and obesity
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment and Sexual Network Position
Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore
Neighborhood Psychosocial Hazards and Cardiovascular Disease
Objectives. We examined associations between cardiovascular disease and neighborhood psychosocial hazards, such as violent crime, abandoned buildings, and signs of incivility, to evaluate whether features of place are associated with older adult health. Methods. We analyzed first-visit data from the Baltimore Memory Study of randomly selected residents aged 50 to 70 years (n=1140) of 65 contiguous neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. We looked f…
Gender and Race/Ethnicity Differences in Lead Dose Biomarkers
Objectives. We sought to identify predictors of lead concentrations in the blood, tibias, and patellae of older adults and to describe differences by gender, race/ethnicity, and other factors that can influence lead toxicokinetics and, thus modify health effects. Methods. Participants aged 50 to 70 years (N=1140) were randomly identified from selected neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. We measured lead concentrations by anodic stripping voltam…
Social Engagement and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life
Social engagement is independently associated with depressive symptoms cross-sectionally. A longitudinal association is seen only among those not depressed at baseline
Engaging Older Adults in High Impact Volunteering that Enhances Health
Behavioral science at the crossroads in public health
The Families In Recovery From Stroke Trial (FIRST)
Objective: Social support and family ties are strong predictors of functional recovery after stroke; however, development of successful psychosocial intervention programs has been difficult. This study examined whether a family-systems intervention designed to influence social support and self-efficacy affects functional outcome in older stroke patients. Methods: Two hundred ninety-one community-residing survivors of ischemic stroke or nontraumat…
Disability as a Function of Social Networks and Support in Elderly African Americans and Whites
The findings provide further evidence for the role of social relationships in the disablement process, although not all types of social relationships may be equally beneficial. Furthermore, these associations may be more complex than simple causal effects. There were few racial differences in the association of social relationships with disability, with the possible exception of instrumental support, which may allude to possible sociocultural dif…
Psychosocial intervention in stroke
A family-focused psychosocial intervention for stroke survivors is described and illustrated with case studies. It is designed to improve functional recovery through four specific pathways: increased knowledge, efficacy, and control through stroke education; optimized social support; increased network cohesion; and improved problem-solving abilities. Rationales for these pathways are presented and methods of implementing them discussed
Social Disengagement and Incident Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons
BACKGROUND: Social engagement, which is defined as the maintenance of many social connections and a high level of participation in social activities, has been thought to prevent cognitive decline in elderly persons. However, few longitudinal studies of this relation have been done. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relation between social disengagement and incident cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly persons. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: …
Is Educational Attainment Associated With Shared Determinants of Health in the Elderly? Findings From the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of educational attainment with an array of risk factors for poor health among high-functioning older men and women. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses of psychosocial, behavioral, and biological factors and educational attainment were conducted using data from a population-based cohort study of older men and women. Participants consisted of 70- to 79-year-old residents of communities of East Boston, MA; Ne…
Driving Cessation and Increased Depressive Symptoms
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between driving cessation and depressive symptoms among older drivers. Previous efforts in this area have focused on the factors associated with cessation, not the consequences of having stopped. DESIGN: Cohort study SETTING: Urban community PARTICIPANTS: A driving survey was administered in 1989 to surviving noninstitutionalized members of the New Haven Established Population…
Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms among the Elderly
We examined the effect of a series of common stressful life events on change in depressive symptoms among the elderly. The subjects were 1,962 noninstitutionalized people 65 years of age or older from the New Haven EPESE project. Multivariate regression models revealed that 8 of 11 stressful life events examined predicted change in depressive symptoms at follow-up (1985) after controlling for baseline depressive symptoms age, socioeconomic factor…
Behavioral science at the crossroads in public health
Social Engagement and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life
Social engagement is independently associated with depressive symptoms cross-sectionally. A longitudinal association is seen only among those not depressed at baseline
Disability as a Function of Social Networks and Support in Elderly African Americans and Whites
The findings provide further evidence for the role of social relationships in the disablement process, although not all types of social relationships may be equally beneficial. Furthermore, these associations may be more complex than simple causal effects. There were few racial differences in the association of social relationships with disability, with the possible exception of instrumental support, which may allude to possible sociocultural dif…
Does Religious Commitment Contribute to Individual Life Satisfaction
Beyond single indicators of social networks
The quality and quantity of social support
The impact of various types and amounts of social support is examined in the context of recovery from first stroke. We conceptualize the rehabilitation process as a psychosocial transition. In a longitudinal design, 44 patients were followed for 6 months following first stroke. Growth-curve analysis (repeated measures MANOVA) was utilized to examine the impact of three types of social support on changes in functional status during recovery. While…
Are neighborhoods causal? Complications arising from the 'stickiness' of ZNA
Neighborhood Psychosocial Hazards and Cardiovascular Disease
Objectives. We examined associations between cardiovascular disease and neighborhood psychosocial hazards, such as violent crime, abandoned buildings, and signs of incivility, to evaluate whether features of place are associated with older adult health. Methods. We analyzed first-visit data from the Baltimore Memory Study of randomly selected residents aged 50 to 70 years (n=1140) of 65 contiguous neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. We looked f…
Engaging Older Adults in High Impact Volunteering that Enhances Health
Household and neighborhood conditions partially account for associations between education and physical capacity in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment and Sexual Network Position
Neighborhood social and economic change and diabetes incidence
The association between cortisol and neighborhood disadvantage in a U.S. population-based sample of adolescents
Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms among the Elderly
We examined the effect of a series of common stressful life events on change in depressive symptoms among the elderly. The subjects were 1,962 noninstitutionalized people 65 years of age or older from the New Haven EPESE project. Multivariate regression models revealed that 8 of 11 stressful life events examined predicted change in depressive symptoms at follow-up (1985) after controlling for baseline depressive symptoms age, socioeconomic factor…
Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Diurnal Cortisol Trajectories in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
African American race/ethnicity, but not lower SES, was associated with lower waking cortisol and slower afternoon decline in middle-aged and older adults. This pattern is likely a marker of earlier biological aging in vulnerable groups. Race/ethnicity may compete with SES as a measure of cumulative vulnerability
Modeling US Adult Obesity Trends
Objectives. We present a system dynamics model that quantifies the energy imbalance gap responsible for the US adult obesity epidemic among gender and racial subpopulations. Methods. We divided the adult population into gender–race/ethnicity subpopulations and body mass index (BMI) classes. We defined transition rates between classes as a function of metabolic dynamics of individuals within each class. We estimated energy intake in each BMI class…
The contextual influence of coal abandoned mine lands in communities and type 2 diabetes in Pennsylvania
Bereavement and Health
Does the popular notion of a 'broken heart' have some grounding in reality? How can grief affect the body in ways that necessitate medical care and may even be life-threatening? Bereavement and Health constitutes a comprehensive review of what is known about the impact of bereavement on surviving partners. Drawing on the work of psychologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists, Wolfgang and Margaret Stroebe offer a theoretically co…
Does Religious Commitment Contribute to Individual Life Satisfaction
Open and closed education and work systems in Great Britain
This paper investigates linkages between education and work domains for a birth cohort of British men and women. In particular, the analyses examine Sørensen's conceptualization of open and closed position systems. We investigate one application of these concepts by examining whether open versus closed education systems (i.e., ability group and school type) generate jobs with first employer of differing duration and jobs in open versus closed wor…
A Healthy state of tension
The quality and quantity of social support
The impact of various types and amounts of social support is examined in the context of recovery from first stroke. We conceptualize the rehabilitation process as a psychosocial transition. In a longitudinal design, 44 patients were followed for 6 months following first stroke. Growth-curve analysis (repeated measures MANOVA) was utilized to examine the impact of three types of social support on changes in functional status during recovery. While…
Driving Cessation and Increased Depressive Symptoms
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between driving cessation and depressive symptoms among older drivers. Previous efforts in this area have focused on the factors associated with cessation, not the consequences of having stopped. DESIGN: Cohort study SETTING: Urban community PARTICIPANTS: A driving survey was administered in 1989 to surviving noninstitutionalized members of the New Haven Established Population…
Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms among the Elderly
We examined the effect of a series of common stressful life events on change in depressive symptoms among the elderly. The subjects were 1,962 noninstitutionalized people 65 years of age or older from the New Haven EPESE project. Multivariate regression models revealed that 8 of 11 stressful life events examined predicted change in depressive symptoms at follow-up (1985) after controlling for baseline depressive symptoms age, socioeconomic factor…
Quantitative Methods in Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
OBJECTIVES: This article summarizes the deliberations of the Quantitative Methods Working Group convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine. METHODS: The working group was charged with identifying methods of study design and data analysis that can be applied to empirical research on complementary and alternative medicine. This charge was broad and inclusive and addressed the evaluation …
Beyond single indicators of social networks
Is Educational Attainment Associated With Shared Determinants of Health in the Elderly? Findings From the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of educational attainment with an array of risk factors for poor health among high-functioning older men and women. METHODS: Cross-sectional analyses of psychosocial, behavioral, and biological factors and educational attainment were conducted using data from a population-based cohort study of older men and women. Participants consisted of 70- to 79-year-old residents of communities of East Boston, MA; Ne…
Social Disengagement and Incident Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons
BACKGROUND: Social engagement, which is defined as the maintenance of many social connections and a high level of participation in social activities, has been thought to prevent cognitive decline in elderly persons. However, few longitudinal studies of this relation have been done. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relation between social disengagement and incident cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly persons. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: …
Psychosocial intervention in stroke
A family-focused psychosocial intervention for stroke survivors is described and illustrated with case studies. It is designed to improve functional recovery through four specific pathways: increased knowledge, efficacy, and control through stroke education; optimized social support; increased network cohesion; and improved problem-solving abilities. Rationales for these pathways are presented and methods of implementing them discussed
Disability as a Function of Social Networks and Support in Elderly African Americans and Whites
The findings provide further evidence for the role of social relationships in the disablement process, although not all types of social relationships may be equally beneficial. Furthermore, these associations may be more complex than simple causal effects. There were few racial differences in the association of social relationships with disability, with the possible exception of instrumental support, which may allude to possible sociocultural dif…
The Families In Recovery From Stroke Trial (FIRST)
Objective: Social support and family ties are strong predictors of functional recovery after stroke; however, development of successful psychosocial intervention programs has been difficult. This study examined whether a family-systems intervention designed to influence social support and self-efficacy affects functional outcome in older stroke patients. Methods: Two hundred ninety-one community-residing survivors of ischemic stroke or nontraumat…
Social Engagement and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life
Social engagement is independently associated with depressive symptoms cross-sectionally. A longitudinal association is seen only among those not depressed at baseline
Engaging Older Adults in High Impact Volunteering that Enhances Health
Behavioral science at the crossroads in public health
Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore
Neighborhood Psychosocial Hazards and Cardiovascular Disease
Objectives. We examined associations between cardiovascular disease and neighborhood psychosocial hazards, such as violent crime, abandoned buildings, and signs of incivility, to evaluate whether features of place are associated with older adult health. Methods. We analyzed first-visit data from the Baltimore Memory Study of randomly selected residents aged 50 to 70 years (n=1140) of 65 contiguous neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. We looked f…
Gender and Race/Ethnicity Differences in Lead Dose Biomarkers
Objectives. We sought to identify predictors of lead concentrations in the blood, tibias, and patellae of older adults and to describe differences by gender, race/ethnicity, and other factors that can influence lead toxicokinetics and, thus modify health effects. Methods. Participants aged 50 to 70 years (N=1140) were randomly identified from selected neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. We measured lead concentrations by anodic stripping voltam…
The built environment and obesity
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment and Sexual Network Position
Differential Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollution in the United States
Population exposure to multiple chemicals in air presents significant challenges for environmental public health. Air quality regulations distinguish criteria air pollutants (CAPs) (e.g., ozone, PM2.5) from hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)-187 chemicals which include carcinogens and others that are associated with respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological and numerous other non-cancer health effects. Evidence of the public's cumulative exposure an…
The contextual influence of coal abandoned mine lands in communities and type 2 diabetes in Pennsylvania
The association between cortisol and neighborhood disadvantage in a U.S. population-based sample of adolescents
Medicine (26 works) · Psychology (21 works) · Demography (16 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (15 works) · Gerontology (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Demography (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Population (10 works)