Rahul C Oka
Biographic Data
| ID | 85127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rahul C Oka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rahul C |
| FAMILY NAME | Oka |
| SIGNATURE | OKA R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mental Health and Physiological Biomarkers Under Legal Uncertainty
OBJECTIVES: Asylum, grounded in international law, provides protection to individuals fleeing persecution, war, or violence by ensuring legal residency, fundamental rights, and pathways to integration, while reflecting the global commitment to human dignity, justice, and solidarity. Using data from asylum seekers and non-asylum seekers within a shared context of displacement in three asylum centers in Serbia, we examined the associations between …
Transient refugees' social support, mental health, and physiological markers
OBJECTIVES: Refugees seeking safety across international borders are often exposed to a wide breadth of psychosocially stressful experiences that may fracture existing sources of social support and impair the generation of new social relationships, with implications for their long-term health and resilience. Using data from recently settled refugees in two asylum centers in Serbia, we examined the associations between social support, mental healt…
Forced migration experiences, mental well-being, and nail cortisol among recently settled refugees in Serbia
Testosterone moderates the effects of social support on cardiovascular disease risk factors among older US men
OBJECTIVES: Social support positively affects health through pathways such as shaping intrapersonal emotional and psychological well-being. Lower testosterone often interrelates with psychological and behavioral orientations that are beneficial to participation in emotionally supportive relationships. Yet, little research has considered the ways in which testosterone may contribute to health outcomes related to emotional support. METHODS: We draw…
Dreaming Beyond Gini
Deep Inequality
Positive effects of refugee presence on host community nutritional status in Turkana County, Kenya
OBJECTIVES: Refugee camps are often assumed to negatively impact local host communities through resource competition and conflict. We ask instead whether economic resources and trade networks associated with refugees have benefits for host community health and nutrition. To address this question we assess the impacts of Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya, comparing anthropometric indicators of nutritional status between Turkana communities in…
Are testosterone levels and depression risk linked based on partnering and parenting? Evidence from a large population-representative study of U.S. men and women
Are testosterone levels and depression risk linked based on partnering and parenting? Evidence from a large population-representative study of U.S. men and women
Dreaming Beyond Gini
Deep Inequality
Positive effects of refugee presence on host community nutritional status in Turkana County, Kenya
OBJECTIVES: Refugee camps are often assumed to negatively impact local host communities through resource competition and conflict. We ask instead whether economic resources and trade networks associated with refugees have benefits for host community health and nutrition. To address this question we assess the impacts of Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya, comparing anthropometric indicators of nutritional status between Turkana communities in…
Testosterone moderates the effects of social support on cardiovascular disease risk factors among older US men
OBJECTIVES: Social support positively affects health through pathways such as shaping intrapersonal emotional and psychological well-being. Lower testosterone often interrelates with psychological and behavioral orientations that are beneficial to participation in emotionally supportive relationships. Yet, little research has considered the ways in which testosterone may contribute to health outcomes related to emotional support. METHODS: We draw…
Forced migration experiences, mental well-being, and nail cortisol among recently settled refugees in Serbia
Transient refugees' social support, mental health, and physiological markers
OBJECTIVES: Refugees seeking safety across international borders are often exposed to a wide breadth of psychosocially stressful experiences that may fracture existing sources of social support and impair the generation of new social relationships, with implications for their long-term health and resilience. Using data from recently settled refugees in two asylum centers in Serbia, we examined the associations between social support, mental healt…
Mental Health and Physiological Biomarkers Under Legal Uncertainty
OBJECTIVES: Asylum, grounded in international law, provides protection to individuals fleeing persecution, war, or violence by ensuring legal residency, fundamental rights, and pathways to integration, while reflecting the global commitment to human dignity, justice, and solidarity. Using data from asylum seekers and non-asylum seekers within a shared context of displacement in three asylum centers in Serbia, we examined the associations between …
Medicine (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Blood pressure (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)