Nancy P Gordon
Biographic Data
| ID | 123352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy P Gordon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy P |
| FAMILY NAME | Gordon |
| SIGNATURE | GORDON N P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kaiser Permanente |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3692-112X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Differences in Health Characteristics of Geographic Subgroups of Arab Americans in a Northern California Health Plan
Prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes vary by ethnicity among U.S. Asian adults at healthy weight, overweight, and obesity ranges
Chinese, Filipino, and South Asian adults have higher prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes than White adults in all weight categories, despite using lower BMI thresholds for weight classification in Asian groups. Within Asian ethnic groups, Filipino and South Asian adults had considerably higher diabetes prevalence than Chinese adults. Our data emphasize the disproportionate metabolic risk among middle-aged Asian adults and underscore the need …
Prevalence of sleep-related problems and risks in a community-dwelling older adult population
Large percentages of older adults experience sleep problems or get less sleep than recommended for optimal sleep health. Older patients should routinely be assessed on multiple components of sleep health (sleep hygiene, quantity, quality, problems, and sleep aid use) and educated about sleep hygiene and the importance of getting adequate restorative sleep for their overall health and wellbeing
Racial/ethnic, gender, and age group differences in cardiometabolic risks among adults in a Northern California health plan
Black, Latinx, and Filipino adults were more likely than White and Chinese adults to report dietary and sleep behaviors associated with development and worsening of cardiometabolic conditions, with men exhibiting poorer dietary behaviors than women
Understanding differences within ethnic group designation
This work supports the need to collect granular data on race and ethnicity within the MENA ethnic group to improve identification in clinical care settings and population health reporting to better address the physical and mental health needs of different MENA subgroups
Health Risks and Chronic Health Conditions among Arab American and White Adults in Northern California
Hospital and health systems should intentionally collect data on Middle Eastern and North African ethnicity in electronic health records to identify and reduce the disparities this minority group faces
Aggregation of Asian-American subgroups masks meaningful differences in health and health risks among Asian ethnicities
In a population of middle-aged and older adult Northern California health plan members, we found substantive differences in prevalence of chronic cardiovascular conditions, obesity, and smoking across Asian-American ethnic groups and between Asian-American ethnic groups and an aggregated All Asian racial group. Our study confirms that reporting statistics for an aggregated Asian-American racial group masks meaningful differences in Asian-American…
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Physical Activity
BACKGROUND: The majority of adults in the United States fail to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) physical activity (PA) guideline recommendations for health promotion. Despite evidence of disparities by sexual orientation in adverse health outcomes related to PA, little is known about whether PA patterns and the likelihood of meeting these guidelines differ between heterosexual and sexual minority (SM) men and women. METH…
Sensing the sacred
“Sensing the Sacred,” a worship program designed for small groups of persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, is beneficial for long term care residences and for congregations in ministry to their congregants and neighbors. It was developed from the work of Sonja Stewart, co-developer of the “Young Children and Worship” program, which uses wooden figures to tell Biblical stories and builds on the techniques of Maria Montessori. The pa…
The Digital Divide and Patient Portals
BACKGROUND: Online access to health records and the ability to exchange secure messages with physicians can improve patient engagement and outcomes; however, the digital divide could limit access to web-based portals among disadvantaged groups. OBJECTIVES: To understand whether sociodemographic differences in patient portal use for secure messaging can be explained by differences in internet access and care preferences. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sec…
Factors associated with use and non-use of the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Response to a 2012 outreach screening program
Nonusers and irregular users of the FIT are less intrinsically motivated to get CRC screening than long-term users and more averse to preparing their stool sample. Changes to the FIT kit to address discomfort and difficulty factors might improve uptake and continued use
Race/ethnicity and validity of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination
The results of this study suggest that differential self-report error, i.e., summative effect of over-reporting and under-reporting within a race-ethnic group, may contribute to the size and direction of race-ethnic disparities in pneumococcal vaccination observed in surveys
Health-related characteristics and preferred methods of receiving health education according to dominant language among Latinos Aged 25 to 64 in a large Northern California health plan
There are important differences among Latinos of different English language proficiency with regard to education, income, health status, health behaviors, IT access, and health education modality preferences that ought to be considered when planning and implementing health programs for this growing segment of the U.S. population
Alcohol Consumption, Medical Conditions, and Health Behavior in Older Adults
Objectives-To examine associations between drinking patterns, medical conditions, and behavioral health risks among older adults.Methods-Analyses compared survey participants (health plan members ages 65 to 90, N = 6662) who drank moderately to those who drank over recommended limits or did not drink.Results-Overlimit drinking was associated with smoking; not trying to eat low-fat foods (in men), and lower BMI (in women).Predictors of not drinkin…
Gay/Lesbian sexual orientation increases risk for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking among members of a large Northern California health plan
Tobacco and alcohol use and related morbidity and mortality are critical public health problems. Results of several, but not all, studies suggest that lesbians and gay men are at elevated risk for smoking tobacco and alcohol misuse. Data from random sample general health surveys of adult members of a large Northern California Health Plan conducted in 1999 and 2002 were analyzed using gender-based multivariate logistic regression models to assess …
Predictors of Children’s Healthcare Use
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between healthcare use and children's healthcare needs as assessed from the perspectives of children themselves, parents, and healthcare practitioners. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a prospective cohort study in which service use was monitored for the 12 months before and after administration of a health survey. SUBJECTS: We studied 384 parents and children aged 6 to 11 years …
Type of Health Care Coverage and the Likelihood of Being Screened for Cancer
OBJECTIVES: This study explored whether type of outpatient health coverage affected the likelihood of men and women aged 20 to 64 years receiving recommended cancer screening procedures. METHODS: Data from the 1989 and 1990 California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys were used to compare Pap smear, mammogram, fecal occult blood test, and proctoscopic examination rates for adults with three different types of private health care coverag…
Canada and the Reshaping of the United Nations
Problems associated with collecting drinking water quality data for community studies
This paper discusses methodology in developing exposure data for the water supply contaminant dibromochloropropane (DBCP) in Fresno County, California. There are 532 drinking water systems (49 large and 483 small) within Fresno County plus 14,000 private wells. We determined the number of wells per system, the output per well, and the population served by each system. The task of deriving water quality estimates for each census tract was complica…
An epidemiologic investigation of the relationship between DBCP contamination in drinking water and birth rates in Fresno County, California
This report describes an epidemiologic investigation of the relationship between DBCP (dibromochloropropane) contamination in drinking water and birth rates between 1978 and 1982 in Fresno County, California. Census tracts in the county were categorized according to DBCP level in their drinking water. Standardized birth ratios and relative birth ratios (adjusted for age, race, per cent Hispanic, and parity) were calculated for these census tracts…
The prevalence and health impact of shiftwork
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences were analyzed to determine the impact of variable shift schedules on health-related behaviors of persons in the United States labor force. Twenty-six per cent of men and 18 per cent of women in the US labor force reported working a variable shift in Spring 1980. As compared to men working non-variable work schedules, those working var…
The prevalence and health impact of shiftwork
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences were analyzed to determine the impact of variable shift schedules on health-related behaviors of persons in the United States labor force. Twenty-six per cent of men and 18 per cent of women in the US labor force reported working a variable shift in Spring 1980. As compared to men working non-variable work schedules, those working var…
Canada and the Reshaping of the United Nations
The prevalence and health impact of shiftwork
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics National Survey of Personal Health Practices and Consequences were analyzed to determine the impact of variable shift schedules on health-related behaviors of persons in the United States labor force. Twenty-six per cent of men and 18 per cent of women in the US labor force reported working a variable shift in Spring 1980. As compared to men working non-variable work schedules, those working var…
Problems associated with collecting drinking water quality data for community studies
This paper discusses methodology in developing exposure data for the water supply contaminant dibromochloropropane (DBCP) in Fresno County, California. There are 532 drinking water systems (49 large and 483 small) within Fresno County plus 14,000 private wells. We determined the number of wells per system, the output per well, and the population served by each system. The task of deriving water quality estimates for each census tract was complica…
An epidemiologic investigation of the relationship between DBCP contamination in drinking water and birth rates in Fresno County, California
This report describes an epidemiologic investigation of the relationship between DBCP (dibromochloropropane) contamination in drinking water and birth rates between 1978 and 1982 in Fresno County, California. Census tracts in the county were categorized according to DBCP level in their drinking water. Standardized birth ratios and relative birth ratios (adjusted for age, race, per cent Hispanic, and parity) were calculated for these census tracts…
Canada and the Reshaping of the United Nations
Type of Health Care Coverage and the Likelihood of Being Screened for Cancer
OBJECTIVES: This study explored whether type of outpatient health coverage affected the likelihood of men and women aged 20 to 64 years receiving recommended cancer screening procedures. METHODS: Data from the 1989 and 1990 California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys were used to compare Pap smear, mammogram, fecal occult blood test, and proctoscopic examination rates for adults with three different types of private health care coverag…
Predictors of Children’s Healthcare Use
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between healthcare use and children's healthcare needs as assessed from the perspectives of children themselves, parents, and healthcare practitioners. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a prospective cohort study in which service use was monitored for the 12 months before and after administration of a health survey. SUBJECTS: We studied 384 parents and children aged 6 to 11 years …
Gay/Lesbian sexual orientation increases risk for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking among members of a large Northern California health plan
Tobacco and alcohol use and related morbidity and mortality are critical public health problems. Results of several, but not all, studies suggest that lesbians and gay men are at elevated risk for smoking tobacco and alcohol misuse. Data from random sample general health surveys of adult members of a large Northern California Health Plan conducted in 1999 and 2002 were analyzed using gender-based multivariate logistic regression models to assess …
Alcohol Consumption, Medical Conditions, and Health Behavior in Older Adults
Objectives-To examine associations between drinking patterns, medical conditions, and behavioral health risks among older adults.Methods-Analyses compared survey participants (health plan members ages 65 to 90, N = 6662) who drank moderately to those who drank over recommended limits or did not drink.Results-Overlimit drinking was associated with smoking; not trying to eat low-fat foods (in men), and lower BMI (in women).Predictors of not drinkin…
Race/ethnicity and validity of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination
The results of this study suggest that differential self-report error, i.e., summative effect of over-reporting and under-reporting within a race-ethnic group, may contribute to the size and direction of race-ethnic disparities in pneumococcal vaccination observed in surveys
Health-related characteristics and preferred methods of receiving health education according to dominant language among Latinos Aged 25 to 64 in a large Northern California health plan
There are important differences among Latinos of different English language proficiency with regard to education, income, health status, health behaviors, IT access, and health education modality preferences that ought to be considered when planning and implementing health programs for this growing segment of the U.S. population
Factors associated with use and non-use of the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kit for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Response to a 2012 outreach screening program
Nonusers and irregular users of the FIT are less intrinsically motivated to get CRC screening than long-term users and more averse to preparing their stool sample. Changes to the FIT kit to address discomfort and difficulty factors might improve uptake and continued use
The Digital Divide and Patient Portals
BACKGROUND: Online access to health records and the ability to exchange secure messages with physicians can improve patient engagement and outcomes; however, the digital divide could limit access to web-based portals among disadvantaged groups. OBJECTIVES: To understand whether sociodemographic differences in patient portal use for secure messaging can be explained by differences in internet access and care preferences. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sec…
Sensing the sacred
“Sensing the Sacred,” a worship program designed for small groups of persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, is beneficial for long term care residences and for congregations in ministry to their congregants and neighbors. It was developed from the work of Sonja Stewart, co-developer of the “Young Children and Worship” program, which uses wooden figures to tell Biblical stories and builds on the techniques of Maria Montessori. The pa…
Aggregation of Asian-American subgroups masks meaningful differences in health and health risks among Asian ethnicities
In a population of middle-aged and older adult Northern California health plan members, we found substantive differences in prevalence of chronic cardiovascular conditions, obesity, and smoking across Asian-American ethnic groups and between Asian-American ethnic groups and an aggregated All Asian racial group. Our study confirms that reporting statistics for an aggregated Asian-American racial group masks meaningful differences in Asian-American…
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Physical Activity
BACKGROUND: The majority of adults in the United States fail to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) physical activity (PA) guideline recommendations for health promotion. Despite evidence of disparities by sexual orientation in adverse health outcomes related to PA, little is known about whether PA patterns and the likelihood of meeting these guidelines differ between heterosexual and sexual minority (SM) men and women. METH…
Racial/ethnic, gender, and age group differences in cardiometabolic risks among adults in a Northern California health plan
Black, Latinx, and Filipino adults were more likely than White and Chinese adults to report dietary and sleep behaviors associated with development and worsening of cardiometabolic conditions, with men exhibiting poorer dietary behaviors than women
Understanding differences within ethnic group designation
This work supports the need to collect granular data on race and ethnicity within the MENA ethnic group to improve identification in clinical care settings and population health reporting to better address the physical and mental health needs of different MENA subgroups
Health Risks and Chronic Health Conditions among Arab American and White Adults in Northern California
Hospital and health systems should intentionally collect data on Middle Eastern and North African ethnicity in electronic health records to identify and reduce the disparities this minority group faces
Differences in Health Characteristics of Geographic Subgroups of Arab Americans in a Northern California Health Plan
Prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes vary by ethnicity among U.S. Asian adults at healthy weight, overweight, and obesity ranges
Chinese, Filipino, and South Asian adults have higher prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes than White adults in all weight categories, despite using lower BMI thresholds for weight classification in Asian groups. Within Asian ethnic groups, Filipino and South Asian adults had considerably higher diabetes prevalence than Chinese adults. Our data emphasize the disproportionate metabolic risk among middle-aged Asian adults and underscore the need …
Prevalence of sleep-related problems and risks in a community-dwelling older adult population
Large percentages of older adults experience sleep problems or get less sleep than recommended for optimal sleep health. Older patients should routinely be assessed on multiple components of sleep health (sleep hygiene, quantity, quality, problems, and sleep aid use) and educated about sleep hygiene and the importance of getting adequate restorative sleep for their overall health and wellbeing
Medicine (20 works) · Gerontology (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Public health (9 works) · Epidemiology (8 works) · Ethnic group (8 works) · Biostatistics (7 works) · Demography (6 works)