Donna D Mcalpine
Biographic Data
| ID | 126910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna D Mcalpine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna D |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcalpine |
| SIGNATURE | MCALPINE D D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 137 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Police Brutality and Mistrust in Medical Institutions
Pathways to Mental Health Services and Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Treatment
The gap between need and effective treatment for mental health problems continues to be a challenge for researchers and policymakers. Much of the attention has been on differences in treatment rates, with insufficient attention to variation in pathways that people take into treatment. Individuals may choose to seek help but may also be substantially influenced by others or coerced into care. The chances of each type of pathway are influenced by s…
Managed Care
Managed care refers to a variety of strategies and organizational arrangements used to reduce unnecessary use of health services, contain costs, and improve healthcare quality. Managed care is a countervailing power in competition with other institutions over the organization and financing of medicine. Sociologists have debated whether managed care contributed to the deprofessionalization, proletarianization, or corporatization of physicians. Pub…
The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem
Self-rated health is a valid measure of health that predicts quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Its predictive value reflects a conceptualization of health that goes beyond a traditional medical model. However, less is known about self-rated mental health (SRMH). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( N = 2,547), we examine how rating your mental health as good-despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem-predicts …
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured
BACKGROUND: Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of selected barriers to health care access and the magnitude of those barriers on health care utilization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data come from a 20…
Race, Ethnicity, and Self-Rated Health Among Immigrants in the United States
Disability, Health Insurance, and Psychological Distress among US Adults
Structural resources, including access to health insurance, are understudied in relation to the stress process. Disability increases the likelihood of mental health problems, but health insurance may moderate this relationship. We explore health insurance coverage as a moderator of the relationship between disability and psychological distress. A pooled sample from 2008 to 2010 (N = 57,958) was obtained from the Integrated Health Interview Series…
Health and Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Women
We used 2001–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to examine insurance status, source of routine care, cigarette and alcohol use, and self-rated health among lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women who have sex with women, compared with heterosexual women who do not have sex with women. We found higher risks of being uninsured among lesbian and bisexual women, worse self-rated health among bisexual women, higher alcohol us…
Barriers to Care in an Ethnically Diverse Publicly Insured Population
BACKGROUND: The Affordable Care Act provides for the expansion of Medicaid, which may result in as many as 16 million people gaining health insurance coverage. Yet it is unclear to what extent this coverage expansion will meaningfully increase access to health care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to identify barriers that may persist even after individuals are moved to insurance and to explore racial/ethnic variation in problems access…
Barriers to Physical and Mental Condition Integrated Service Delivery
OBJECTIVE: To assess pragmatic challenges faced when implementing, delivering, and sustaining models of integrated mental health intervention in primary care settings. Thirty percent of primary care patients with chronic medical conditions and up to 80% of those with health complexity have mental health comorbidity, yet primary care clinics rarely include onsite mental health professionals and only one in eight patients receive evidence-based men…
Sociology of Health Care Reform
Health reform efforts in the United States have focused on resolving some of the fundamental irrationalities of the system whereby costs and services utilization are often not linked to improved patient outcomes. Sociologists have contributed to these efforts by documenting the extent of problems and by confronting central questions around issues of accountability, reimbursement, and rationing that must be addressed in order to achieve meaningful…
Trends in Obesity-Related Counseling in Primary Care
OBJECTIVE: We sought to ascertain whether the percentage of visits in which physicians provided obesity-related counseling services increased between 1995 and 2004. METHOD: Data came from the 1995 to 2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual national survey of visits to office-based physicians. Analyses are restricted to visits by adults to a primary care physician (PCP; general/family or internal medicine). The main outcome measure…
Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between American Indians (AIs) and non-Hispanic Whites (Whites). METHODS: A statewide stratified random sample of Minnesota health care program enrollees was surveyed. Responses from AI and White adult enrollees (n=1281) and parents of child enrollees (n=572) were analyzed using logistic regression models that account for the complex sample design…
Increasing Response Rates in a Survey of Medicaid Enrollees
OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the effect of pairing a mixed-mode mail and telephone methodology with a prepaid US 2.00 dollars cash incentive on response rates in a survey of Medicaid enrollees stratified by race and ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN: Sampling was conducted in 2 stages. The first stage consisted of a simple random sample (SRS) of Medicaid enrollees. In the second stage, American Indian, African American, Latino, Hmong, and Somali en…
Gender Stratification and Mental Health
Sarah Rosenfield, Jean Vertefuille, Donna D. Mcalpine, Gender Stratification and Mental Health: An Exploration of Dimensions of the Self, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Sep., 2000), pp. 208-223
The Significance of Family, Work, and Power Relations for Mothers' Mental Health
The connections among employment and family conditions, gender, and psychological distress are examined using a power relations framework with a sample of mothers. We consider how broader societal conditions impact on mother's lives to differentially shape their opportunities and rewards, and therefore their distress. Employment, as well as income and control, benefit mother's mental health. Single parenthood per se is not a risk factor for distr…
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Gender Differences in Symptoms of Depression Among Adolescents
In this paper, we examine sources of gender differences in depressive symptoms among adolescents. Using data collected from a self-administered survey of 306 high school students, we examine differences in the impact of life events, psychosocial resources, and parent-child relationships on levels of psychological distress. Our results confirm a substantial gender difference in level of psychological distress. Moreover, analyses indicate that this…
Gender Differences in Symptoms of Depression Among Adolescents
In this paper, we examine sources of gender differences in depressive symptoms among adolescents. Using data collected from a self-administered survey of 306 high school students, we examine differences in the impact of life events, psychosocial resources, and parent-child relationships on levels of psychological distress. Our results confirm a substantial gender difference in level of psychological distress. Moreover, analyses indicate that this…
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Police Brutality and Mistrust in Medical Institutions
Gender Stratification and Mental Health
Sarah Rosenfield, Jean Vertefuille, Donna D. Mcalpine, Gender Stratification and Mental Health: An Exploration of Dimensions of the Self, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Sep., 2000), pp. 208-223
Sociology of Health Care Reform
Health reform efforts in the United States have focused on resolving some of the fundamental irrationalities of the system whereby costs and services utilization are often not linked to improved patient outcomes. Sociologists have contributed to these efforts by documenting the extent of problems and by confronting central questions around issues of accountability, reimbursement, and rationing that must be addressed in order to achieve meaningful…
Health and Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Women
We used 2001–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to examine insurance status, source of routine care, cigarette and alcohol use, and self-rated health among lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women who have sex with women, compared with heterosexual women who do not have sex with women. We found higher risks of being uninsured among lesbian and bisexual women, worse self-rated health among bisexual women, higher alcohol us…
The Significance of Family, Work, and Power Relations for Mothers' Mental Health
The connections among employment and family conditions, gender, and psychological distress are examined using a power relations framework with a sample of mothers. We consider how broader societal conditions impact on mother's lives to differentially shape their opportunities and rewards, and therefore their distress. Employment, as well as income and control, benefit mother's mental health. Single parenthood per se is not a risk factor for distr…
Race, Ethnicity, and Self-Rated Health Among Immigrants in the United States
The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem
Self-rated health is a valid measure of health that predicts quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Its predictive value reflects a conceptualization of health that goes beyond a traditional medical model. However, less is known about self-rated mental health (SRMH). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( N = 2,547), we examine how rating your mental health as good-despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem-predicts …
Gender Differences in Symptoms of Depression Among Adolescents
In this paper, we examine sources of gender differences in depressive symptoms among adolescents. Using data collected from a self-administered survey of 306 high school students, we examine differences in the impact of life events, psychosocial resources, and parent-child relationships on levels of psychological distress. Our results confirm a substantial gender difference in level of psychological distress. Moreover, analyses indicate that this…
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
The Significance of Family, Work, and Power Relations for Mothers' Mental Health
The connections among employment and family conditions, gender, and psychological distress are examined using a power relations framework with a sample of mothers. We consider how broader societal conditions impact on mother's lives to differentially shape their opportunities and rewards, and therefore their distress. Employment, as well as income and control, benefit mother's mental health. Single parenthood per se is not a risk factor for distr…
Gender Stratification and Mental Health
Sarah Rosenfield, Jean Vertefuille, Donna D. Mcalpine, Gender Stratification and Mental Health: An Exploration of Dimensions of the Self, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Sep., 2000), pp. 208-223
Increasing Response Rates in a Survey of Medicaid Enrollees
OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the effect of pairing a mixed-mode mail and telephone methodology with a prepaid US 2.00 dollars cash incentive on response rates in a survey of Medicaid enrollees stratified by race and ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN: Sampling was conducted in 2 stages. The first stage consisted of a simple random sample (SRS) of Medicaid enrollees. In the second stage, American Indian, African American, Latino, Hmong, and Somali en…
Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between American Indians (AIs) and non-Hispanic Whites (Whites). METHODS: A statewide stratified random sample of Minnesota health care program enrollees was surveyed. Responses from AI and White adult enrollees (n=1281) and parents of child enrollees (n=572) were analyzed using logistic regression models that account for the complex sample design…
Trends in Obesity-Related Counseling in Primary Care
OBJECTIVE: We sought to ascertain whether the percentage of visits in which physicians provided obesity-related counseling services increased between 1995 and 2004. METHOD: Data came from the 1995 to 2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual national survey of visits to office-based physicians. Analyses are restricted to visits by adults to a primary care physician (PCP; general/family or internal medicine). The main outcome measure…
Barriers to Physical and Mental Condition Integrated Service Delivery
OBJECTIVE: To assess pragmatic challenges faced when implementing, delivering, and sustaining models of integrated mental health intervention in primary care settings. Thirty percent of primary care patients with chronic medical conditions and up to 80% of those with health complexity have mental health comorbidity, yet primary care clinics rarely include onsite mental health professionals and only one in eight patients receive evidence-based men…
Sociology of Health Care Reform
Health reform efforts in the United States have focused on resolving some of the fundamental irrationalities of the system whereby costs and services utilization are often not linked to improved patient outcomes. Sociologists have contributed to these efforts by documenting the extent of problems and by confronting central questions around issues of accountability, reimbursement, and rationing that must be addressed in order to achieve meaningful…
Disability, Health Insurance, and Psychological Distress among US Adults
Structural resources, including access to health insurance, are understudied in relation to the stress process. Disability increases the likelihood of mental health problems, but health insurance may moderate this relationship. We explore health insurance coverage as a moderator of the relationship between disability and psychological distress. A pooled sample from 2008 to 2010 (N = 57,958) was obtained from the Integrated Health Interview Series…
Health and Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Women
We used 2001–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to examine insurance status, source of routine care, cigarette and alcohol use, and self-rated health among lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women who have sex with women, compared with heterosexual women who do not have sex with women. We found higher risks of being uninsured among lesbian and bisexual women, worse self-rated health among bisexual women, higher alcohol us…
Barriers to Care in an Ethnically Diverse Publicly Insured Population
BACKGROUND: The Affordable Care Act provides for the expansion of Medicaid, which may result in as many as 16 million people gaining health insurance coverage. Yet it is unclear to what extent this coverage expansion will meaningfully increase access to health care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to identify barriers that may persist even after individuals are moved to insurance and to explore racial/ethnic variation in problems access…
Race, Ethnicity, and Self-Rated Health Among Immigrants in the United States
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured
BACKGROUND: Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of selected barriers to health care access and the magnitude of those barriers on health care utilization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data come from a 20…
The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem
Self-rated health is a valid measure of health that predicts quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Its predictive value reflects a conceptualization of health that goes beyond a traditional medical model. However, less is known about self-rated mental health (SRMH). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( N = 2,547), we examine how rating your mental health as good-despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem-predicts …
Pathways to Mental Health Services and Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Treatment
The gap between need and effective treatment for mental health problems continues to be a challenge for researchers and policymakers. Much of the attention has been on differences in treatment rates, with insufficient attention to variation in pathways that people take into treatment. Individuals may choose to seek help but may also be substantially influenced by others or coerced into care. The chances of each type of pathway are influenced by s…
Managed Care
Managed care refers to a variety of strategies and organizational arrangements used to reduce unnecessary use of health services, contain costs, and improve healthcare quality. Managed care is a countervailing power in competition with other institutions over the organization and financing of medicine. Sociologists have debated whether managed care contributed to the deprofessionalization, proletarianization, or corporatization of physicians. Pub…
Police Brutality and Mistrust in Medical Institutions
Medicine (13 works) · Health care (10 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (6 works) · Public health (6 works)