Helena E Dagadu
Biographic Data
| ID | 118663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena E Dagadu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena E |
| FAMILY NAME | Dagadu |
| SIGNATURE | DAGADU H E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Socioeconomic and Gender Health Disparities in Diabetes
While literature theorizing the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), gender, and health outcomes is robust in high-income countries, there is less scholarship examining how SES affects men and women in lower middle income countries (LMICs). Focusing on the LMIC case of Ghana, I use Wave 1 of the World Health Organization Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) to examine the relationship between SES and diabetes among Ghanaian w…
Fractures in the Color Line
Studies of social stratification and factors that contribute to inequalities by indices such as race, ethnicity, and gender are core contributions sociologists make to the discipline and to general discourse. The measurement and construction of such indices play a crucial role in the understanding or misunderstanding of inequalities in society. Focusing on within-group heterogeneity of persons of Hispanic origin, the authors examined the percenta…
The Use of Psychiatric Medication, Human Capital, and the Amplification of Mistrust
This research investigates the relationships among willingness to utilize psychiatric medication, education, and three forms of mistrust-generalized mistrust, mistrust in physicians, and mistrust in psychiatric medication. Utilizing human capital theory and two waves of the U.S. General Social Survey (N = 2,671), our findings show a curvilinear relationship between willingness to use psychiatric drugs and education, such that individuals with les…
Heart Trouble and Racial Group Identity
Heart Trouble and Racial Group Identity
Fractures in the Color Line
Studies of social stratification and factors that contribute to inequalities by indices such as race, ethnicity, and gender are core contributions sociologists make to the discipline and to general discourse. The measurement and construction of such indices play a crucial role in the understanding or misunderstanding of inequalities in society. Focusing on within-group heterogeneity of persons of Hispanic origin, the authors examined the percenta…
Socioeconomic and Gender Health Disparities in Diabetes
While literature theorizing the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), gender, and health outcomes is robust in high-income countries, there is less scholarship examining how SES affects men and women in lower middle income countries (LMICs). Focusing on the LMIC case of Ghana, I use Wave 1 of the World Health Organization Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) to examine the relationship between SES and diabetes among Ghanaian w…
The Use of Psychiatric Medication, Human Capital, and the Amplification of Mistrust
This research investigates the relationships among willingness to utilize psychiatric medication, education, and three forms of mistrust-generalized mistrust, mistrust in physicians, and mistrust in psychiatric medication. Utilizing human capital theory and two waves of the U.S. General Social Survey (N = 2,671), our findings show a curvilinear relationship between willingness to use psychiatric drugs and education, such that individuals with les…
Heart Trouble and Racial Group Identity
Fractures in the Color Line
Studies of social stratification and factors that contribute to inequalities by indices such as race, ethnicity, and gender are core contributions sociologists make to the discipline and to general discourse. The measurement and construction of such indices play a crucial role in the understanding or misunderstanding of inequalities in society. Focusing on within-group heterogeneity of persons of Hispanic origin, the authors examined the percenta…
Socioeconomic and Gender Health Disparities in Diabetes
While literature theorizing the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), gender, and health outcomes is robust in high-income countries, there is less scholarship examining how SES affects men and women in lower middle income countries (LMICs). Focusing on the LMIC case of Ghana, I use Wave 1 of the World Health Organization Study on Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) to examine the relationship between SES and diabetes among Ghanaian w…
Demography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works)