Stella S Yi
Biographic Data
| ID | 83160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stella S Yi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stella S |
| FAMILY NAME | Yi |
| SIGNATURE | YI S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9943-2609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A community-informed approach to develop a gardening model for the Bangladeshi community in Brooklyn, NY
Nationally, there is increased investment in interventions that address diet-related chronic diseases however few studies and interventions are developed to reflect the values and lifestyles of many communities, presenting a barrier to participation. This study aims to better understand the motivators and barriers for the Bangladeshi American community in Brooklyn, New York to participate in diet-related interventions. Formative qualitative inter…
Covid-19, Anti-Asian Discrimination and Stress
Lessons learned to improve engagement, recruitment and retention of multilingual communities
Many communities are oftentimes labeled as “hard to reach communities” by health researchers. Instead, what may be a more appropriate framing is that conventional research approaches are a mismatch for recruiting and retaining these understudied communities. This paper describes an inclusive research process with particular attention to engaging multilingual communities in the U.S. that we have developed while implementing a community-level nutri…
Mentoring and Partnerships for Health Equity Research
Acculturation and Health in Asian American Communities
To date, public health literature has treated acculturation as a static determinant of health in Asian American communities without offering actionable recommendations. Four limitations exist in current research: use of proxies for acculturation, focusing on cultural practices (not values and identity), not considering the context of reception for Asian American individuals in the receiving country, and ignoring time and digitalization. We recomm…
Making Oneself “Fit”
Associations Between Ultra-processed Food Consumption and Cardiometabolic Health Among Older US Adults
Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001–2018; N = 19,602), this study examined whether ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption is associated with cardiometabolic health (obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes), among White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans (AA) US adults 50 or older. Diet was assessed using 24 hour dietary recall. NOVA dietary classification system was used to calculate the per…
Psychological distress in Asian American informal caregivers
Disaggregating data reveals significant mental health disparities among ethnic subgroups of Asian American caregivers. Tailored resources should address the distinct needs of ethnic subgroups of Asian American caregivers, considering language barriers, acculturation, and cultural norms that may exacerbate psychological distress
Profiles of a Covid-19 Syndemic
Transportation and language access as crucial pillars for an immigrant-inclusive 21st-century food security program
Though food insecurity has long been recognised to impact health, population-specific determinants of food insecurity have recently been studied systematically as an important public health concern. Indeed, while immigrant populations face particular challenges to equitable access to the food system, many of these concerns have not been systematically described. To this end, we critically review recent work that demonstrates the importance of tra…
Social Media Use and Misinformation Among Asian Americans During Covid-19
Social media has been crucial for seeking and communicating COVID-19 information. However, social media has also promulgated misinformation, which is particularly concerning among Asian Americans who may rely on in-language information and utilize social media platforms to connect to Asia-based networks. There is limited literature examining social media use for COVID-19 information and the subsequent impact of misinformation on health behaviors …
Covid-19 and Asian Americans
Introduction: Community-based organizations (CBOs) have provided critical resources during the pandemic, particularly for marginalized communities, and are trusted liaisons who connect socially and linguistically isolated community members, such as the highly diverse Asian American population, to care during public health emergencies. Stereotypes such as the model minority myth have permeated public perception of Asian Americans' health status an…
Evaluation of a Diabetes Prevention Intervention for Korean American immigrants at Risk for Diabetes
Purpose: Despite the small but growing number of studies documenting the increasing prevalence of diabetes among Korean Americans, no culturally adapted interventions have been developed for Korean Americans at risk for diabetes. We evaluate the efficacy of a culturally tailored lifestyle intervention among Korean American immigrants at risk for diabetes in New York City (NYC). Methods: Korean Americans at risk for diabetes were recruited into a …
Online Grocery Shopping Behaviors and Attitudes Among Asian Americans
Assessing changes in the food retail environment during the Covid-19 pandemic
Our multi-step data collection approach maximized safety and efficiency while minimizing cost and resources. Challenges in remote data collection varied by neighborhood and may reflect the different resources or social capital of the communities; understanding neighborhood-specific constraints prior to data collection may streamline the process
The Health and Economic Impact of Using a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax to Fund Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies in New York City
Disentangling the roles of generational status and acculturation on dietary behaviors in disaggregated Asian American subgroups
The Mutually Reinforcing Cycle Of Poor Data Quality And Racialized Stereotypes That Shapes Asian American Health
The Asian American health narrative reflects a long history of structural racism in the US and the complex interplay of racialized history, immigrant patterns, and policies regarding Asians in the US. Yet owing to systematic issues in data collection including missing or misclassified data for Asian Americans and practices that lead to indiscriminate grouping of unlike individuals (for example, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Bangladeshi) together in da…
The Impact of Structural Inequities on Older Asian Americans During Covid-19
Structural racism manifests as an historical and continued invisibility of Asian Americans, whose experiences of disparities and diverse needs are omitted in research, data, and policy. During the pandemic, this invisibility intersects with rising anti-Asian violence and other persistent structural inequities that contribute to higher COVID-19 mortality in older Asian Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites. This perspective describes how struc…
Structural Racism and Immigrant Health in the United States
Immigration has been historically and contemporarily racialized in the United States. Although each immigrant group has unique histories, current patterns, and specific experiences, racialized immigrant groups such as Latino, Asian, and Arab immigrants all experience health inequities that are not solely due to nativity or years of residence but also influenced by conditional citizenship and subjective sense of belonging or othering. Critical rac…
Dietary Policies and Programs
Purpose: Dietary behaviors are key modifiable risk factors in averting cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in the United States. Before investing in adoption and implementation, community-based organizations, public health practitioners, and policymakers—often working with limited resources—need to compare the population health impacts of different food policies and programs to determine priorit…
Covid-19 Leads to Dramatic Changes in the Food Retail Environment in New York City
Material Hardship and Stress from Covid-19 in Immigrant Chinese American Families with Infants
Are recommended dietary patterns equitable
Objective: Dietary recommendations (DR) in the USA may be inadequate at improving diets in racial/ethnic minority communities and may require redesign of the systems driving their development over the long term. Meanwhile, cultural adaptation of evidence-based DR may be an important strategy for mitigating nutrition disparities, but less is known about the adaptability of these recommendations to meet the needs of diverse groups. We examined the …
Characterising urban immigrants’ interactions with the food retail environment
Objective: The food retail environment is an important determinant of food access and the ability to achieve a healthy diet. However, immigrant communities may procure their food in different ways than the mainstream population owing to preferences for specific cultural products or limited English language proficiency. The objective of this analysis was to describe the grocery shopping patterns and behaviours of one of the largest immigrant group…
Commentary
Fifty years ago, the term model minority was coined to describe the extraordinary ability of Asian Americans to overcome hardship to succeed in American society. Less well-known is how the model minority stereotype was cultivated within the context of Black-White race relations during the second half of the 20th century, and how this stereotype, in turn, has contributed to the understanding and prioritization of health disparities experienced by …
The Mutually Reinforcing Cycle Of Poor Data Quality And Racialized Stereotypes That Shapes Asian American Health
The Asian American health narrative reflects a long history of structural racism in the US and the complex interplay of racialized history, immigrant patterns, and policies regarding Asians in the US. Yet owing to systematic issues in data collection including missing or misclassified data for Asian Americans and practices that lead to indiscriminate grouping of unlike individuals (for example, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Bangladeshi) together in da…
Determinants of Depression Risk among Three Asian American Subgroups in New York City
Depression risk and determinants differed by Asian American ethnic subgroup. Identifying factors associated with depression risk among these groups is key to targeting limited public health resources for these underserved communities
Immigrant Communities and Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the many broken fragments of US health care and social service systems, reinforcing extant health and socioeconomic inequities faced by structurally marginalized immigrant communities. Throughout the pandemic, even during the most critical period of rising cases in different epicenters, immigrants continued to work in high-risk-exposure environments while simultaneously having less access to health care and econo…
Profiles of a Covid-19 Syndemic
Racial/ethnic residential segregation, neighborhood poverty and urinary biomarkers of diet in New York City adults
Oral Health Care Receipt and Self-Rated Oral Health for Diverse Asian American Subgroups in New York City
Objectives. To identify determinants of receipt of annual oral health examinations and self-rated oral health among diverse Asian American subgroups. Methods. We used data from the Community Health Resources and Needs Assessment, a community-based survey of Asian American immigrant adults conducted in the New York City metropolitan region from 2013 to 2016 (n = 1288). We used multivariable logistic regression models to assess determinants of oral…
Taking Action to Improve Asian American Health
Sodium Intake in a Cross-Sectional, Representative Sample of New York City Adults
Objectives. We estimated sodium intake, which is associated with elevated blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and assessed its association with related variables among New York City adults. Methods. In 2010 we conducted a cross-sectional, population-based survey of 1656 adults, the Heart Follow-Up Study, that collected self-reported health information, measured blood pressure, and obtained sodium, potassium, and creati…
Disentangling the roles of generational status and acculturation on dietary behaviors in disaggregated Asian American subgroups
Neighborhood-level Asian American Populations, Social Determinants of Health, and Health Outcomes in 500 US Cities
When comparing places with significant AA vs NHW populations, city-level data obscured substantial variation in neighborhood-level SDH and health outcome measures. Our findings emphasize the dual importance of granular spatial and AA subgroup data in assessing the influence of SDH in AA populations
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage for Asian Americans
"The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage for Asian Americans." , 107(1), pp. e12–e13
Increasing Access to Fruits and Vegetables
Broad recognition now exists that price, availability, and other structural factors are meaningful barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption, particularly among low-income adults. Beginning in 2005, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene used the social–ecological model to develop a multifaceted effort to increase fruit and vegetable access citywide, with emphasis in low-income neighborhoods. Overall, the percentage of New Yo…
Psychological distress in Asian American informal caregivers
Disaggregating data reveals significant mental health disparities among ethnic subgroups of Asian American caregivers. Tailored resources should address the distinct needs of ethnic subgroups of Asian American caregivers, considering language barriers, acculturation, and cultural norms that may exacerbate psychological distress
Caregiving Across Cultures
Caregiving Across Cultures: Priority Areas for Research, Policy, and Practice to Support Family Caregivers of Older Asian Immigrants Minakshi Raj PhD, MPH, Sasha Zhou PhD, Stella S. Yi PhD, and Simona Kwon DrPH Affiliation Minakshi Raj is with the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign. Sasha Zhou is with the Department of Public Health, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Stella S. …
Characterizing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption for US Children and Adolescents by Race/Ethnicity
Highlighting the ratio of sodium to potassium in population-level dietary assessments
Objective To contrast mean values of Na:K with Na and K mean intakes by demographic factors, and to calculate the prevalence of New York City (NYC) adults meeting the WHO guideline for optimal Na:K ( Design Data were from the 2010 Community Health Survey Heart Follow-Up Study, a population-based, representative study including data from 24 h urine collections. Setting Participants were interviewed using a dual-frame sample design consisting of ra…
Sodium Intake in a Cross-Sectional, Representative Sample of New York City Adults
Objectives. We estimated sodium intake, which is associated with elevated blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and assessed its association with related variables among New York City adults. Methods. In 2010 we conducted a cross-sectional, population-based survey of 1656 adults, the Heart Follow-Up Study, that collected self-reported health information, measured blood pressure, and obtained sodium, potassium, and creati…
Racial/ethnic residential segregation, neighborhood poverty and urinary biomarkers of diet in New York City adults
Defining Ethnic Enclave and Its Associations with Self-Reported Health Outcomes Among Asian American Adults in New York City
Use of Regional Data to Validate and Recalibrate Self-reported Hypertension
Increasing Access to Fruits and Vegetables
Broad recognition now exists that price, availability, and other structural factors are meaningful barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption, particularly among low-income adults. Beginning in 2005, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene used the social–ecological model to develop a multifaceted effort to increase fruit and vegetable access citywide, with emphasis in low-income neighborhoods. Overall, the percentage of New Yo…
Commentary
Fifty years ago, the term model minority was coined to describe the extraordinary ability of Asian Americans to overcome hardship to succeed in American society. Less well-known is how the model minority stereotype was cultivated within the context of Black-White race relations during the second half of the 20th century, and how this stereotype, in turn, has contributed to the understanding and prioritization of health disparities experienced by …
Asian American Dietary Sources of Sodium and Salt Behaviors Compared with Other Racial/Ethnic Groups, NHANES, 2011-2012
Mean sodium consumption and sources vary across racial/ethnic groups with highest consumption in Asian Americans. Given the smaller number of food categories contributing to sodium intake in Asian Americans, results imply that targeted activities on a few food items would have a large impact on reducing sodium intake in this group
Oral Health Care Receipt and Self-Rated Oral Health for Diverse Asian American Subgroups in New York City
Objectives. To identify determinants of receipt of annual oral health examinations and self-rated oral health among diverse Asian American subgroups. Methods. We used data from the Community Health Resources and Needs Assessment, a community-based survey of Asian American immigrant adults conducted in the New York City metropolitan region from 2013 to 2016 (n = 1288). We used multivariable logistic regression models to assess determinants of oral…
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage for Asian Americans
"The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage for Asian Americans." , 107(1), pp. e12–e13
Dietary Patterns in Chinese Americans are Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, the Chinese American Cardiovascular Health Assessment (CHA CHA)
Using Geospatial Analysis and Emergency Claims Data to Improve Minority Health Surveillance
Racial and Ethnic Difference in Falls Among Older Adults
Opportunities and Challenges in Precision Medicine
Supporting Equitable Food Access During National Emergencies—The Promise of Online Grocery Shopping and Food Delivery Services
As New Yorkers and public health practitioners, we've observed many health-and non-health-related emergencies that have affected our city during the past 2 decades, including 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID-19. These experiences have prepared us to share innovative strategies to address challenges related to food access during an emergency. In this article, we propose expanding the reach and strengthening the infrastructure of online grocery sho…
Associations of Neighborhood Factors and Activity Behaviors
Enriching Nutrition Programs to Better Serve the Needs of a Diversifying Aging Population
Racial minorities experience a high burden of food insecurity relative to non-Hispanic whites. Government-subsidized nutrition programs can positively impact food insecurity and nutritional risk among older adults. Yet, in New York City, where nearly 60% of people over 65 years are non-white, older minorities participate in government nutrition programs at very low rates. In this commentary, we focus on 2 programs: the Child and Adult Care Food P…
Taking Action to Improve Asian American Health
Determinants of Depression Risk among Three Asian American Subgroups in New York City
Depression risk and determinants differed by Asian American ethnic subgroup. Identifying factors associated with depression risk among these groups is key to targeting limited public health resources for these underserved communities
Characterizing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption for US Children and Adolescents by Race/Ethnicity
The Impact of Structural Inequities on Older Asian Americans During Covid-19
Structural racism manifests as an historical and continued invisibility of Asian Americans, whose experiences of disparities and diverse needs are omitted in research, data, and policy. During the pandemic, this invisibility intersects with rising anti-Asian violence and other persistent structural inequities that contribute to higher COVID-19 mortality in older Asian Americans compared to non-Hispanic whites. This perspective describes how struc…
Structural Racism and Immigrant Health in the United States
Immigration has been historically and contemporarily racialized in the United States. Although each immigrant group has unique histories, current patterns, and specific experiences, racialized immigrant groups such as Latino, Asian, and Arab immigrants all experience health inequities that are not solely due to nativity or years of residence but also influenced by conditional citizenship and subjective sense of belonging or othering. Critical rac…
Dietary Policies and Programs
Purpose: Dietary behaviors are key modifiable risk factors in averting cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in the United States. Before investing in adoption and implementation, community-based organizations, public health practitioners, and policymakers—often working with limited resources—need to compare the population health impacts of different food policies and programs to determine priorit…
Covid-19 Leads to Dramatic Changes in the Food Retail Environment in New York City
Material Hardship and Stress from Covid-19 in Immigrant Chinese American Families with Infants
Medicine (42 works) · Environmental health (30 works) · Gerontology (26 works) · Public health (24 works) · Political science (23 works) · Ethnic group (22 works) · Population (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Geography (15 works) · Demography (14 works)