James N Laditka
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1734638 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | James N Laditka |
| NOMBRES | James N |
| APELLIDO | Laditka |
| FIRMA | LADITKA J N |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7864-8566 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 90 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Disability in Childhood, Special Education Histories, and Lifetime Health Outcomes in the United States
Objectives: We evaluated special education as an indicator of childhood disability and used that indicator to estimate lifetime dependency and life expectancy. Methods: Data: Panel Study of Income Dynamics and Health and Retirement Study ( n = 20,563). Dependency: Nursing home care or equivalent. Analysis: We first analyzed special education as an indicator of childhood disability; multinomial logistic Markov models and microsimulation then compa…
Is having any prenatal care associated with lower infant mortality in West Africa? Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys
Although developing countries may find it difficult to provide adequate prenatal care, it is likely that they can provide at least some. We examined associations of prenatal care with infant mortality in West Africa. We used data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (n = 57,322) and proportional hazards regression models to estimate the risk of infant mortality. Having any prenatal care was associated with lower infant mortality risk in all bu…
An Enduring Health Risk of Childhood Adversity
Childhood adversity may increase work disability throughout adult life
Lifetime Disadvantages after Childhood Adversity
We examine how childhood adversity relates to work disability and life expectancy, using 1999 to 2015 data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We estimate the probabilities of work disability and death, adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and education in a nationally representative sample of African American, Hispanic, and white women and men. We find that people in all these groups who experienced high-adversity childhoods (individuals…
Work disability in the United States, 1968–2015
The United States workforce is aging. At the same time more people have chronic conditions, for longer periods. Given these trends the importance of work disability, physical or nervous problems that limit a person's type or amount of work, is increasing. No research has examined transitions among multiple levels of work disability, recovery from work disability, or trends. Limited research has focused on work disability among African Americans a…
Adverse Childhood Circumstances and Functional Status Throughout Adult Life
Childhood adversity may substantially increase functional impairment throughout adult life
Associations of Household Wealth and Individual Literacy with Prenatal Care in Ten West African Countries
Associations of government health expenditures, the supply of health care professionals, and country literacy with prenatal care use in ten West African countries
Social and health care context may influence prenatal care use. We studied associations of government health expenditures, supply of health care professionals, and country literacy rates with prenatal care use in ten West African countries, controlling for individual factors. We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys (n = 58,512) and random effect logistic regression models to estimate the likelihood of having any prenatal care and adequat…
Evaluating Access to Primary Health Care Among Older Women and Men in Barbados Using Preventable Hospitalization
We evaluated access to primary health care for older women and men in Barbados, a developing country, using a widely accepted access indicator, hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Using 2003-2008 data, we calculated gender-specific total annual population-based rates of these hospitalizations per 1,000 older women and men and individual rates for the six most prevalent conditions. Across the 6 years, these hospitalizations i…
Associations of Educational Attainment With Disability and Life Expectancy by Race and Gender in the United States
Low education is associated with shorter lives with much more disability
How do older people describe others with cognitive impairment? A multiethnic study in the United States
We studied how older people describe others with cognitive impairment. Forty-two focus groups represented African Americans, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Latinos, Vietnamese Americans, and Whites other than Latinos (Whites) (N = 396, ages 50+), in nine locations in the United States of America. Axial coding connected categories and identified themes. The constant comparison method compared themes across ethnic groups. African Americans, A…
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine For Physical Performance, Energy, Immune Function, and General Health Among Older Women and Men in the United States
We examined use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for health and well-being by older women and men. Data were from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey, representing 89.5 million Americans ages 50+. Multivariate logistic regression accounted for the survey design. For general health, 52 million people used CAM. The numbers for immune function, physical performance, and energy were 21.6, 15.9, and 10.1 million respectively. In a…
Praying for Health by Older Adults in the United States
We studied praying for health using data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (n = 10,096), representing 89.6 million Americans ages 50+. Unadjusted analysis and multivariate logistic regression accounted for the survey design. Nearly 49.4 million older adults prayed for health. African Americans and Hispanics were more much likely to do so than whites, with adjusted odds ratios 2.79 and 1.86 (both p < .0001). Adjusted odds for women we…
Older adults' concerns about cognitive health
We studied concerns about cognitive health among ethnically diverse groups of older adults. The study was grounded in theories of health behaviour and the representation of health and illness. We conducted 42 focus groups (N=396, ages 50+) in four languages, with African Americans, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Latinos, Whites other than Latinos (hereafter, Whites) and Vietnamese Americans, in nine United States locations. Participants dis…
Primary care providers' sources and preferences for cognitive health information in the United States
In most countries, physicians and other health-care providers play key roles in promoting health. Accumulating scientific evidence suggests that providers may soon want to include cognitive health among the areas they promote. Cognitive health is the maintenance of cognitive abilities that enable social connectedness, foster a sense of purpose, promote independent living, allow recovery from illness or injury and promote effective coping with fun…
Health care access in rural areas
Providing Shelter to Nursing Home Evacuees in Disasters
Objectives. We examined nursing home preparedness needs by studying the experiences of nursing homes that sheltered evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Methods. Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina, and again 15 weeks later, we conducted interviews with administrators of 14 nursing homes that sheltered 458 evacuees in 4 states. Nine weeks after Katrina, we conducted site visits to 4 nursing homes and interviewed 4 administrators and 38 staff members. …
The Health Trade‐off of Rural Residence for Impaired Older Adults
Context: Years lived with and without physical impairment are central measures of public health. Purpose: We sought to determine whether these measures differed between rural and urban residents who were impaired at the time of a baseline measurement. We examined 16 subgroups defined by rural/urban residence, gender, race, and education. Methods: This is a 20‐year retrospective cohort study, following 2,939 Americans who were aged 65‐69 in 1982 a…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Potentially Avoidable Delivery Complications Among Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries in South Carolina
Race, Ethnicity and Hospitalization for Six Chronic Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in the USA
African Americans and Hispanics have high preventable hospitalization rates for major chronic conditions, even after disease prevalence and underlying hospital utilization patterns are considered. These rates are particularly high for asthma, diabetes and hypertension, which are amenable to prevention and management interventions. Our results suggest a need to improve access to quality primary health care for African Americans and Hispanics in th…
Delivery Complications Associated With Prenatal Care Access for Medicaid‐Insured Mothers in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Context: Pregnancy complications affect many women. It is likely that some complications can be avoided through routine primary and prenatal care of reasonable quality. Purpose: The authors examined access to health care during pregnancy for mothers insured by Medicaid. The access indicator is potentially avoidable maternity complications (PAMCs). Potentially avoidable maternity complications are often preventable through routine prenatal care, s…
Increased Hospitalization Risk for Recently Widowed Older Women and Protective Effects of Social Contacts
This study examines effects of recent widowhood on health for a nationally representative sample of older women in the United States. Mediating effects of social connectedness on the health of recently widowed women are also explored. Using data from the 1984-1990 Longitudinal Study of Aging and Medicare claims, discrete-time hazard models estimate the risk of hospitalization for any 30-day period for women who were married at the time of the bas…
Physician supply, physician diversity, and outcomes of primary health care for older persons in the United States
Hospital utilization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Recent Perspectives on Active Life Expectancy for Older Women
This article provides a critical review of recent active life expectancy literature, describing trends of special interest to women. We review findings from leading perspectives used to study life expectancy and active life expectancy, including gender, racial and socioeconomic differences, disease-specific effects, and biodemography. We examine three competing theories of population health that frame active life expectancy research-compression o…
Hospital utilization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Health care access in rural areas
Associations of Educational Attainment With Disability and Life Expectancy by Race and Gender in the United States
Low education is associated with shorter lives with much more disability
Race, Ethnicity and Hospitalization for Six Chronic Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in the USA
African Americans and Hispanics have high preventable hospitalization rates for major chronic conditions, even after disease prevalence and underlying hospital utilization patterns are considered. These rates are particularly high for asthma, diabetes and hypertension, which are amenable to prevention and management interventions. Our results suggest a need to improve access to quality primary health care for African Americans and Hispanics in th…
Physician supply, physician diversity, and outcomes of primary health care for older persons in the United States
An Enduring Health Risk of Childhood Adversity
Childhood adversity may increase work disability throughout adult life
Disability in Childhood, Special Education Histories, and Lifetime Health Outcomes in the United States
Objectives: We evaluated special education as an indicator of childhood disability and used that indicator to estimate lifetime dependency and life expectancy. Methods: Data: Panel Study of Income Dynamics and Health and Retirement Study ( n = 20,563). Dependency: Nursing home care or equivalent. Analysis: We first analyzed special education as an indicator of childhood disability; multinomial logistic Markov models and microsimulation then compa…
Adverse Childhood Circumstances and Functional Status Throughout Adult Life
Childhood adversity may substantially increase functional impairment throughout adult life
How do older people describe others with cognitive impairment? A multiethnic study in the United States
We studied how older people describe others with cognitive impairment. Forty-two focus groups represented African Americans, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Latinos, Vietnamese Americans, and Whites other than Latinos (Whites) (N = 396, ages 50+), in nine locations in the United States of America. Axial coding connected categories and identified themes. The constant comparison method compared themes across ethnic groups. African Americans, A…
Providing Shelter to Nursing Home Evacuees in Disasters
Objectives. We examined nursing home preparedness needs by studying the experiences of nursing homes that sheltered evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Methods. Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina, and again 15 weeks later, we conducted interviews with administrators of 14 nursing homes that sheltered 458 evacuees in 4 states. Nine weeks after Katrina, we conducted site visits to 4 nursing homes and interviewed 4 administrators and 38 staff members. …
Lifetime Disadvantages after Childhood Adversity
We examine how childhood adversity relates to work disability and life expectancy, using 1999 to 2015 data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We estimate the probabilities of work disability and death, adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and education in a nationally representative sample of African American, Hispanic, and white women and men. We find that people in all these groups who experienced high-adversity childhoods (individuals…
Older adults' concerns about cognitive health
We studied concerns about cognitive health among ethnically diverse groups of older adults. The study was grounded in theories of health behaviour and the representation of health and illness. We conducted 42 focus groups (N=396, ages 50+) in four languages, with African Americans, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Latinos, Whites other than Latinos (hereafter, Whites) and Vietnamese Americans, in nine United States locations. Participants dis…
Geographic Variation in Preventable Hospitalization of Older Women and Men
This study demonstrates how readily available data and small area analysis can be used to identify potential problems of access to primary care services for older women and men. Gender and socioeconomic differences in rates of preventable hospitalization are examined. Using hospital discharge data, five county and twenty-four intra-county areas in Upstate New York are studied. There is significant variation in preventable hospitalization within c…
The Morbidity Compression Debate
The morbidity compression theory proposes that we can compress the period of illness and disability in old age into an ever smaller period at the end of life. Although recent research offers fresh support for the theory, its validity remains uncertain. This paper demonstrates the importance of the theory and recent research in this area for women. It critiques the chief proponent and opposing views of the theory, and suggests a heightened emphasi…
Aging Children and Their Older Parents
This study uses a data set of older children and their older parents to examine caregiving relationships. Using the 1993 Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the 1993 Health Care Burden file, we examine help given by children to their parents. We distinguish between daughters who are household heads and daughters who are wives. We find parents receive substantially more care from daughters than from sons. The caregiving role of daughters who are ho…
Adult Children Helping Older Parents
Using the 1993 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the authors examine help given to older parents in typical American families. Daughters and sons not in couples were more likely to help than those in couples, and gave substantially more hours. In couples, daughters were less likely to help than sons, but they helped for considerably more hours. Black daughters helped at least as commonly as White daughters, and did so for substantially more hours t…
Recent Perspectives on Active Life Expectancy for Older Women
This article provides a critical review of recent active life expectancy literature, describing trends of special interest to women. We review findings from leading perspectives used to study life expectancy and active life expectancy, including gender, racial and socioeconomic differences, disease-specific effects, and biodemography. We examine three competing theories of population health that frame active life expectancy research-compression o…
Patterns of Active Life Among Older Women
This study examines the distribution of total, unimpaired, and impaired life for several groups of older women defined by race, education, and marital history. Using data from the 1984-1990 Longitudinal Study of Aging, we model transitions among functional statuses using discrete-time Markov chains, and use microsimulation to produce summary indices of active life. Remaining years of life and the proportion of remaining years with disability vary…
Increased Hospitalization Risk for Recently Widowed Older Women and Protective Effects of Social Contacts
This study examines effects of recent widowhood on health for a nationally representative sample of older women in the United States. Mediating effects of social connectedness on the health of recently widowed women are also explored. Using data from the 1984-1990 Longitudinal Study of Aging and Medicare claims, discrete-time hazard models estimate the risk of hospitalization for any 30-day period for women who were married at the time of the bas…
Physician supply, physician diversity, and outcomes of primary health care for older persons in the United States
Hospital utilization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Delivery Complications Associated With Prenatal Care Access for Medicaid‐Insured Mothers in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Context: Pregnancy complications affect many women. It is likely that some complications can be avoided through routine primary and prenatal care of reasonable quality. Purpose: The authors examined access to health care during pregnancy for mothers insured by Medicaid. The access indicator is potentially avoidable maternity complications (PAMCs). Potentially avoidable maternity complications are often preventable through routine prenatal care, s…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Potentially Avoidable Delivery Complications Among Pregnant Medicaid Beneficiaries in South Carolina
Race, Ethnicity and Hospitalization for Six Chronic Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in the USA
African Americans and Hispanics have high preventable hospitalization rates for major chronic conditions, even after disease prevalence and underlying hospital utilization patterns are considered. These rates are particularly high for asthma, diabetes and hypertension, which are amenable to prevention and management interventions. Our results suggest a need to improve access to quality primary health care for African Americans and Hispanics in th…
The Health Trade‐off of Rural Residence for Impaired Older Adults
Context: Years lived with and without physical impairment are central measures of public health. Purpose: We sought to determine whether these measures differed between rural and urban residents who were impaired at the time of a baseline measurement. We examined 16 subgroups defined by rural/urban residence, gender, race, and education. Methods: This is a 20‐year retrospective cohort study, following 2,939 Americans who were aged 65‐69 in 1982 a…
Providing Shelter to Nursing Home Evacuees in Disasters
Objectives. We examined nursing home preparedness needs by studying the experiences of nursing homes that sheltered evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Methods. Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina, and again 15 weeks later, we conducted interviews with administrators of 14 nursing homes that sheltered 458 evacuees in 4 states. Nine weeks after Katrina, we conducted site visits to 4 nursing homes and interviewed 4 administrators and 38 staff members. …
Health care access in rural areas
Primary care providers' sources and preferences for cognitive health information in the United States
In most countries, physicians and other health-care providers play key roles in promoting health. Accumulating scientific evidence suggests that providers may soon want to include cognitive health among the areas they promote. Cognitive health is the maintenance of cognitive abilities that enable social connectedness, foster a sense of purpose, promote independent living, allow recovery from illness or injury and promote effective coping with fun…
Praying for Health by Older Adults in the United States
We studied praying for health using data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (n = 10,096), representing 89.6 million Americans ages 50+. Unadjusted analysis and multivariate logistic regression accounted for the survey design. Nearly 49.4 million older adults prayed for health. African Americans and Hispanics were more much likely to do so than whites, with adjusted odds ratios 2.79 and 1.86 (both p < .0001). Adjusted odds for women we…
Older adults' concerns about cognitive health
We studied concerns about cognitive health among ethnically diverse groups of older adults. The study was grounded in theories of health behaviour and the representation of health and illness. We conducted 42 focus groups (N=396, ages 50+) in four languages, with African Americans, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Latinos, Whites other than Latinos (hereafter, Whites) and Vietnamese Americans, in nine United States locations. Participants dis…
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine For Physical Performance, Energy, Immune Function, and General Health Among Older Women and Men in the United States
We examined use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for health and well-being by older women and men. Data were from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey, representing 89.5 million Americans ages 50+. Multivariate logistic regression accounted for the survey design. For general health, 52 million people used CAM. The numbers for immune function, physical performance, and energy were 21.6, 15.9, and 10.1 million respectively. In a…
How do older people describe others with cognitive impairment? A multiethnic study in the United States
We studied how older people describe others with cognitive impairment. Forty-two focus groups represented African Americans, American Indians, Chinese Americans, Latinos, Vietnamese Americans, and Whites other than Latinos (Whites) (N = 396, ages 50+), in nine locations in the United States of America. Axial coding connected categories and identified themes. The constant comparison method compared themes across ethnic groups. African Americans, A…
Evaluating Access to Primary Health Care Among Older Women and Men in Barbados Using Preventable Hospitalization
We evaluated access to primary health care for older women and men in Barbados, a developing country, using a widely accepted access indicator, hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Using 2003-2008 data, we calculated gender-specific total annual population-based rates of these hospitalizations per 1,000 older women and men and individual rates for the six most prevalent conditions. Across the 6 years, these hospitalizations i…
Associations of Educational Attainment With Disability and Life Expectancy by Race and Gender in the United States
Low education is associated with shorter lives with much more disability
Associations of Household Wealth and Individual Literacy with Prenatal Care in Ten West African Countries
Associations of government health expenditures, the supply of health care professionals, and country literacy with prenatal care use in ten West African countries
Social and health care context may influence prenatal care use. We studied associations of government health expenditures, supply of health care professionals, and country literacy rates with prenatal care use in ten West African countries, controlling for individual factors. We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys (n = 58,512) and random effect logistic regression models to estimate the likelihood of having any prenatal care and adequat…
Work disability in the United States, 1968–2015
The United States workforce is aging. At the same time more people have chronic conditions, for longer periods. Given these trends the importance of work disability, physical or nervous problems that limit a person's type or amount of work, is increasing. No research has examined transitions among multiple levels of work disability, recovery from work disability, or trends. Limited research has focused on work disability among African Americans a…
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