Melody S Goodman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 120460 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Melody S Goodman |
| NOMBRES | Melody S |
| APELLIDO | Goodman |
| FIRMA | GOODMAN M S |
| AFILIACIONES | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8932-624X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 149 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Household Conflict in the Time of Covid-19
A community case study of pedestrian environment features of neighborhood walkability and built environment-related 311 service requests surrounding public housing developments serving low-income Bost…
Physical activity is a modifiable health behavior influenced by neighborhood walkability. In-person field audits of pedestrian environment features of neighborhood walkability were conducted at the start of an ongoing multilevel, multicomponent physical activity promotion intervention called Community Walks, taking place in 12 low-income public housing developments (PHDs) in Boston, MA, USA. Following these audits, we then explored alternative, r…
Covid-19 Prevention Behaviors and Mistrust Among Black and Latino Public Housing Residents in NYC
Preventive measures against COVID-19 played a crucial role in mitigating transmission. Social and structural factors influence individuals’ trust in health care and engagement in health-promoting behaviors. This study investigates racial-ethnic differences in COVID-19 prevention behaviors and beliefs among public housing residents in the South Bronx, NYC. Data come from the Nurse-Community-Family Partnership study, a randomized controlled trial c…
Factors Associated with Deferred Enrollment in Master of Public Health Programs
Ghost gun recovery and firearm deaths in California, 2014–2023
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether ghost gun recovery rates are significantly associated with firearm mortality rates in the following year across California's 58 counties from 2014 to 2023. METHODS: We obtained yearly county-level data on ghost guns recovered in California from The Trace's Gun Violence Data Hub. County-level firearm death counts (total, suicide and homicide) were pulled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Rest…
Racial Discrimination and Substance Use
Background Racial/ethnic disparities in substance use outcomes continue to widen in the US. Despite increasing evidence of the myriad ways that racism impacts health, this has not been extensively studied with respect to substance use outcomes. The current study explores the association between self-reported exposure to racial discrimination across the life course and substance use disorders among US adults.Methods We analyzed data from a web-bas…
Love after lockup
Racial and Ethnic Composition of Departments of Health Policy & Management and Health Education & Behavioral Sciences
The diversity of racial/ethnic representation in the health services and policy research (HSPR) workforce plays a crucial role in addressing the health needs of underserved populations. We assessed changes (between 2012 and 2022) in the racial/ethnic composition of students and faculty from departments of Health Policy & Management (HPM) and Health Education & Behavioral Sciences (HEBS) among the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Heal…
Unpacking Public Health Implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions
Promoting Authentic Academic—Community Engagement to Advance Health Equity
Meaningful community engagement is critical to achieving the lofty goal of health equity. Nonetheless, implementing the principles of community engagement is not easy. Attempting to implement best practices for collaborating on transdisciplinary teams and working with community partners can be challenging, particularly in locales that have a long history of strained university-community relationships. The purpose of this paper is to provide addit…
Community Walks
Clinical Trails.gov PRS Protocol Registration and Results System, NCT05147298 . Registered 28 November 2021
Presence of Content Appealing to Youth on Cannabis-Infused Edibles Packaging
Background There is a lack of consistent regulation of cannabis edibles packaging to restrict youth-appealing content in the United States.Objective To describe content appealing to youth on U.S. cannabis-infused edibles packaging.Methods We analyzed 256 photos of cannabis-infused edibles packaging collected from U.S. adults from 25 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico between May 2020 to August 2021. We coded the presence of product kno…
Rapid Community Engagement in Response to Sars-CoV-2 Funding Opportunities
In response to fast-turnaround funding opportunities, collaborations have been forming across the country to address severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disparities. Here we describe the process, notes from the field, and evaluation results from a new collaboration involving multiple partners, formed in October 2020 in New York City as part of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative. We used the validated Researc…
Racial Disparities in Breast Reconstruction at a Comprehensive Cancer Center
Development and Validation of a Brief Version of the Research Engagement Survey Tool
The Research Engagement Survey Tool (REST) examines the level of partner engagement in research studies. This study used mixed methods, including web-based surveys (N = 336), a modified Delphi process (N = 18), and cognitive response interviews (N = 16), with convenience sampling to develop and validate a short version of the REST. We conducted factor analysis and calculated internal consistency for the condensed REST. We validated the condensed …
Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms Among Dominicans in New York City
Understanding the Use of Optimal Formatting and Plain Language When Presenting Key Information in Clinical Trials
Recent revisions to the Common Rule require that consent documents begin with a focused presentation of the study's key information that is organized to facilitate understanding. We surveyed 1,284 researchers working with older adults or individuals with Alzheimer's disease, supplemented with 60 qualitative interviews, to understand current use and barriers to using evidence-based formatting and plain language in key information. Researchers repo…
Psychometric Validation of a Scale to Assess Culturally-Salient Aspects of HIV Stigma Among Women Living with HIV in Botswana
Reaching Consensus on Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in Research
EP titles and definitions were modified over five Delphi rounds. The panel reached consensus on eight EPs (dropping four, modifying four, and adding one) and corresponding definitions. The Delphi process allowed for a stakeholder-engaged approach to methodological research. Stakeholder engagement in research is time consuming and requires greater effort but may yield a better, more relevant outcome than more traditional scientist-only processes. …
Racial Discrimination, Sexual Partner Race/Ethnicity, and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Sexual Minority Men
Content validation of a quantitative stakeholder engagement measure
AIM: Using a stakeholder-engaged approach, this study conducted content validation and item reduction of a quantitative measure of research engagement. METHODS: A five-round modified Delphi process was used to reach consensus on items. Rounds 1-3 and 5 were conducted using web-based surveys. Round 4 consisted of a 2-day, in-person meeting. Delphi panelists received individualized reports outlining individual and aggregate group responses after ro…
How neighborhoods matter in fatal interactions between police and men of color
Training Community Members in Public Health Research
Purpose: Community-based training in public health research can build capacity for community-based participatory research (CBPR) and foster health partnerships between academics and stakeholders. We describe a community-academic partnership developed from a 15-week program, the Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT), designed to increase research literacy and facilitate equitable relationships in community/researcher collaborations and partne…
Adaptation, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Public Health Research Methods Training for Youth
Purpose: To adapt, implement, and evaluate a public health research methods training program for youth. The Community Research Fellows Training Program is an evidence-based public health research methods training program for adults (18 years and older). The Youth Research Fellows Training (YRFT) is an adaptation of this program for youth. Methods: University faculty facilitate didactic training sessions and experiential small group activities in …
For the Sake of All
Civic education translates research evidence about topics of social importance for broad public audiences, with increased understanding and meaningful action of the desired outcomes. For the Sake of All is an example of civic education on the social determinants of health and health disparities situated in the local context of St. Louis, Missouri. This article describes the research translation, community engagement, strategic communication, and …
How neighborhoods matter in fatal interactions between police and men of color
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Effects of Racism on Mental Health Among Residents of Black Neighborhoods in New York City
These results support theories of racism as a health-defeating stressor and are among the few that show temporal associations with health
An empirical analysis of White privilege, social position and health
Increasing Research Literacy in Minority Communities
The community alliance for Research Empowering Social Change (CARES) is an academic-community research partnership designed to: (1) train community members about evidence based public health, (2) increase community members' scientific literacy, and (3) develop the infrastructure for community-based participatory research so that local stakeholders can examine and address racial/ethnic health disparities in their communities. Nineteen community me…
Race, law, and health
Evaluating Community Engagement in Research
Although the importance of community engagement in research has been previously established, there are few evidence‐based approaches for measuring the level of community engagement in research projects. A quantitative community engagement measure was developed, aligned with 11 engagement principles (EPs) previously established in the literature. The measure has 96 Likert response items; 3–5 quality items and 3–5 quantity items measure each EP. Cr…
Multivariate or Multivariable Regression
The terms multivariate and multivariable are often used interchangeably in the public health literature. However, these terms actually represent 2 very distinct types of analyses. We define the 2 types of analysis and assess the prevalence of use of the statistical term multivariate in a 1-year span of articles published in the American Journal of Public Health. Our goal is to make a clear distinction and to identify the nuances that make these t…
Racial Discrimination, Sexual Partner Race/Ethnicity, and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Sexual Minority Men
Does learning about race prevent substance abuse? Racial discrimination, racial socialization and substance use among African Americans
Increasing Research Literacy
The Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT) Program promotes the role of underserved populations in research by enhancing the capacity for community-based participatory research (CBPR). CRFT consists of 12 didactic training sessions and 3 experiential workshops intended to train community members in research methods and evidence-based public health. The training (a) promotes partnerships between community members and academic researchers, (b) …
Reaching Consensus on Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in Research
EP titles and definitions were modified over five Delphi rounds. The panel reached consensus on eight EPs (dropping four, modifying four, and adding one) and corresponding definitions. The Delphi process allowed for a stakeholder-engaged approach to methodological research. Stakeholder engagement in research is time consuming and requires greater effort but may yield a better, more relevant outcome than more traditional scientist-only processes. …
Content validation of a quantitative stakeholder engagement measure
AIM: Using a stakeholder-engaged approach, this study conducted content validation and item reduction of a quantitative measure of research engagement. METHODS: A five-round modified Delphi process was used to reach consensus on items. Rounds 1-3 and 5 were conducted using web-based surveys. Round 4 consisted of a 2-day, in-person meeting. Delphi panelists received individualized reports outlining individual and aggregate group responses after ro…
For the Sake of All
Civic education translates research evidence about topics of social importance for broad public audiences, with increased understanding and meaningful action of the desired outcomes. For the Sake of All is an example of civic education on the social determinants of health and health disparities situated in the local context of St. Louis, Missouri. This article describes the research translation, community engagement, strategic communication, and …
Still Separate, Still Unequal
A Tale of Two Community Networks Program Centers
There are distinct differences in operational definitions of CBPR/CE principles at the program and project levels of evaluation. However, commonalities support further research to develop standards for CBPR evaluation across partnerships and at the program and project levels
Self-reported segregation experience throughout the life course and its association with adequate health literacy
Spatial and Racial Patterning of Real Estate Broker Listings in New York City
It has been well documented that Black homeseekers face discrimination in the housing market in the form of racial steering and other institutional policies and practices that are critical in limiting housing access. Less is known about the mechanisms that operate on the other side of real estate transactions to perpetuate racially segregated neighborhoods. We investigated whether White and Black brokers face segregation in the housing market. Th…
Increasing Community Research Capacity to Address Health Disparities
The Community Research Fellows Training program is designed to enhance capacity for community-based participatory research; program participants completed a 15-week, Master of Public Health curriculum. We conducted qualitative, semistructured interviews with 81 participants from two cohorts to evaluate the learning environment and how the program improved participants' knowledge of public health research. Key areas that provided a conducive learn…
Breast Cancer Treatment among African American Women in North St. Louis, Missouri
Quantitative Assessment of Participant Knowledge and Evaluation of Participant Satisfaction in the Cares Training Program
The CARES fellows training program was successful in participant satisfaction and increasing community knowledge of public health, CBPR, and research methodology. Engaging and training community members in evidence-based public health research can develop an infrastructure for community-academic research partnerships
Increasing Research Literacy in Minority Communities
The community alliance for Research Empowering Social Change (CARES) is an academic-community research partnership designed to: (1) train community members about evidence based public health, (2) increase community members' scientific literacy, and (3) develop the infrastructure for community-based participatory research so that local stakeholders can examine and address racial/ethnic health disparities in their communities. Nineteen community me…
Perceived familiarity with and importance of family health history among a medically underserved population
Quantitative Assessment of Participant Knowledge and Evaluation of Participant Satisfaction in the Cares Training Program
The CARES fellows training program was successful in participant satisfaction and increasing community knowledge of public health, CBPR, and research methodology. Engaging and training community members in evidence-based public health research can develop an infrastructure for community-academic research partnerships
Self-reported segregation experience throughout the life course and its association with adequate health literacy
Spatial and Racial Patterning of Real Estate Broker Listings in New York City
It has been well documented that Black homeseekers face discrimination in the housing market in the form of racial steering and other institutional policies and practices that are critical in limiting housing access. Less is known about the mechanisms that operate on the other side of real estate transactions to perpetuate racially segregated neighborhoods. We investigated whether White and Black brokers face segregation in the housing market. Th…
Using Small-Area Analysis to Estimate County-Level Racial Disparities in Obesity Demonstrating the Necessity of Targeted Interventions
Data on the national and state levels is often used to inform policy decisions and strategies designed to reduce racial disparities in obesity. Obesity-related health outcomes are realized on the individual level, and policies based on state and national-level data may be inappropriate due to the variations in health outcomes within and between states. To examine county-level variation of obesity within states, we use a small-area analysis techni…
Hidalgo and Goodman Respond
AffiliationsBertha Hidalgo is with the Department of Biostatistics, Section on Statistical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Melody Goodman is with the Department of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Multivariate or Multivariable Regression
The terms multivariate and multivariable are often used interchangeably in the public health literature. However, these terms actually represent 2 very distinct types of analyses. We define the 2 types of analysis and assess the prevalence of use of the statistical term multivariate in a 1-year span of articles published in the American Journal of Public Health. Our goal is to make a clear distinction and to identify the nuances that make these t…
Brentwood Community Health Care Assessment
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Increasing Research Literacy
The Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT) Program promotes the role of underserved populations in research by enhancing the capacity for community-based participatory research (CBPR). CRFT consists of 12 didactic training sessions and 3 experiential workshops intended to train community members in research methods and evidence-based public health. The training (a) promotes partnerships between community members and academic researchers, (b) …
Breast Cancer Treatment among African American Women in North St. Louis, Missouri
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Effects of Racism on Mental Health Among Residents of Black Neighborhoods in New York City
These results support theories of racism as a health-defeating stressor and are among the few that show temporal associations with health
An empirical analysis of White privilege, social position and health
Racism at the intersections
Several studies investigating the health effects of racism have reported gender and socioeconomic differences in exposures to racism, with women typically reporting lower frequencies, and individuals with greater resources reporting higher frequencies. This study used diverse measures of socioeconomic position and multiple measures and methods to assess experienced racism. Socioeconomic position included education and financial and employment sta…
Differences in preferences for models of consent for biobanks between Black and White women
Racial Composition Over the Lifecourse
We found associations between mostly Black residential and workplace settings and hypertension diagnoses among African American men. Findings suggest exposure to segregated environments during childhood and later adulthood may impact hypertension risk among African American men over the life course
A Tale of Two Community Networks Program Centers
There are distinct differences in operational definitions of CBPR/CE principles at the program and project levels of evaluation. However, commonalities support further research to develop standards for CBPR evaluation across partnerships and at the program and project levels
Race, law, and health
Still Separate, Still Unequal
Does learning about race prevent substance abuse? Racial discrimination, racial socialization and substance use among African Americans
The science of stakeholder engagement in research
In this commentary, we discuss the science of stakeholder engagement in research. We propose a classification system with definitions to determine where projects lie on the stakeholder engagement continuum. We discuss the key elements of implementation and evaluation of stakeholder engagement in research posing key questions to consider when doing this work. We commend and critique the work of Hamilton et al. in their multilevel stakeholder engag…
Increasing Community Research Capacity to Address Health Disparities
The Community Research Fellows Training program is designed to enhance capacity for community-based participatory research; program participants completed a 15-week, Master of Public Health curriculum. We conducted qualitative, semistructured interviews with 81 participants from two cohorts to evaluate the learning environment and how the program improved participants' knowledge of public health research. Key areas that provided a conducive learn…
Evaluating Community Engagement in Research
Although the importance of community engagement in research has been previously established, there are few evidence‐based approaches for measuring the level of community engagement in research projects. A quantitative community engagement measure was developed, aligned with 11 engagement principles (EPs) previously established in the literature. The measure has 96 Likert response items; 3–5 quality items and 3–5 quantity items measure each EP. Cr…
Descriptive Analysis of the 2014 Race-Based Healthcare Disparities Measurement Literature
Training Community Members in Public Health Research
Purpose: Community-based training in public health research can build capacity for community-based participatory research (CBPR) and foster health partnerships between academics and stakeholders. We describe a community-academic partnership developed from a 15-week program, the Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT), designed to increase research literacy and facilitate equitable relationships in community/researcher collaborations and partne…
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