Alisa K Lincoln
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 130493 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alisa K Lincoln |
| PRENOMES | Alisa K |
| SOBRENOME | Lincoln |
| ASSINATURA | LINCOLN A K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Northeastern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0305-1180 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 181 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Responsible AI in mental healthcare
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into mental healthcare, it presents both opportunities to expand access and challenges related to ethics, safety, and regulation. This white paper examines the current U.S. regulatory landscape and presents findings from a scenario-based survey conducted during the 2025 Responsible AI for Mental Health workshop in Charlotte, North Carolina in April 2025. While state efforts are drivi…
Championing racial equity within mental health systems
The COVID-19 pandemic and police brutality, especially the murder of George Floyd, have intensified the focus on racial equity within a diverse array of organizations. While a variety of strategies are employed in the pursuit of racial equity in mental health care, there is a notable gap in recognizing the crucial role of individual staff driving change within organizations. Few studies have examined these individuals and the ways they think abou…
Impact of treatment attendance on mental health outcomes within task-shared psychological treatments
Task-shared psychological treatments play a critical role in addressing the global mental health treatment gap, yet their integration into routine care requires further study. This study evaluated the causal association between an implementation factor of a task-shared psychological treatment and participant outcomes to strengthen the implementation-to-outcome link within global mental health. This secondary analysis utilized cohort data from the…
Social support and user engagement with task-shared psychological treatments in the real world
Task sharing in psychological treatments has been recognized as an effective strategy for bridging the global mental health treatment gap. However, more research is needed to better support its implementation in routine care. Mental health services users' engagement with treatment is a crucial implementation factor, yet empirical evidence on its determinants remains sparse. The current study aims to investigate social support as a predictor of us…
Spatializing stigma-power
In disadvantaged neighborhoods such as informal settlements (or “slums” in the Indian context), infrastructural deficits and social conditions have been associated with residents’ poor mental health. Within social determinants of health framework, spatial stigma, or negative portrayal and stereotyping of particular neighborhoods, has been identified as a contributor to health deficits, but remains under-examined in public health research and may …
Messaging inclusion with consequence
In the United States (U.S.), sanctuary cities have increasingly garnered public attention as places dedicated to increasing immigrant safety, inclusion, and health. These cities primarily rely on limiting local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement to deter immigrant detention and deportation. However, sanctuary policies' inability to extend immigrants' legal rights and their reliance on police as ushers of sanctuary may complic…
Let Others Love You Back to Health’
Social Support and Associated Factors Among Men and Women in Pre-Covid Substance Use Treatment
Recovery capital and collaborative theatre making
Improbable Players (IP) has been creating applied theatre for substance use disorder prevention since 1984, training more than 200 sober actor/teaching artists to perform plays and facilitate workshops addressing addiction, alcoholism, and the opioid crisis. The company operates, for its actors, as a long-term arts- integrated peer recovery support service and mutual support group for recovery from substance addiction, increasing their recovery c…
Challenging federal exclusion
Exclusionary School Discipline Policies and Mental Health in a National Sample of Adolescents without Histories of Suspension or Expulsion
We apply the theory of collateral consequences and a social stress process framework to school discipline to examine whether exclusionary school discipline policies are associated with the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents who have never been suspended or expelled and whether this association varies across race/ethnicity. Data are from 8,878 adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Hierarchical linear…
You Have to Pay to Live
There is increasing documentation that refugees face experiences of interpersonal or structural discrimination in health care and employment. This study examines how Somali refugees understand various forms of discrimination in employment and health care related to their health, utilization of, and engagement with the health care system in the United States. We draw on semistructured qualitative interviews ( N = 35) with Somali young adults in th…
Civic development and antisocial attitudes/behaviors among Somali immigrants
Objectives: Understanding how immigrant young adults engage with civic society over time is critical to understanding and fostering healthy development and healthy democracies. The present study examines how civic engagement and antisocial attitudes/behavior of Somali young adult immigrants (ages 18-30, N = 498) in four North American regions co-occur, and change over time. Method: Using latent transition analyses, we examine latent classes of yo…
Discrimination, marginalization, belonging, and mental health among Somali immigrants in North America
In this study, we examined the relationships among discrimination and mental health for Somali young adults, a group at risk for an unfavorable context of reception, and the way in which individual- and community-level factors explain these associations. The present study drew upon data collected during the first wave of the Somali Youth Longitudinal Study, a community-based participatory research project focused on understanding and supporting t…
Prevalence and Predictors of Limited Literacy in Public Mental Health Care
Perceived stigma, discrimination and mental health among women in publicly funded substance abuse treatment
We All Have Stories
Understanding the relationships between immigrants and refugees and the police is a critical research task with implications for both community-police partnerships and the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts. This study contributes to such an understanding by examining perceptions of police and police interactions among Somali immigrants and refugees (both first and second generation) in three communities in the United States and Canada. Thi…
Meaning and Management of Multiple Medications Among Public Mental Health Service Users
An Exploration of the Help-Seeking Behaviors of Arab-Muslims in the US
While evidence has shown that professional mental health services are highly effective with treatment and symptom management, not all who need those services utilize them. Furthermore, there is evidence that certain racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious groups are less likely to seek or access mental health care. The Arab Muslim minority living in the US have low rates of seeking mental health services compared to other populations. An explorat…
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Intervention among Urban Middle-School Youth Using Youth Participatory Action Research
The Double Stigma of Limited Literacy and Mental Illness
The disadvantaged social position of public mental health service users reflects synergistic relationships among tangible disadvantage and stigma and its consequences. Limited literacy, an important factor in social disadvantage and an additional source of stigma, is virtually absent from the discussion. Employing a mixed-methods, service user–informed design, we explore the meaning and impact of limited literacy in the lives of public mental hea…
Relation of psychosocial factors to diverse behaviors and attitudes among Somali refugees
Refugee studies have examined both resilience and adverse outcomes, but no research has examined how different outcomes co-occur or are distinct, and the social-contextual factors that give rise to these diverse outcomes. The current study begins to address this gap by using latent profile analysis to examine the ways in which delinquency, gang involvement, civic engagement, political engagement, and openness to violent extremism cluster among So…
Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding of the Repeat Use of Psychiatric Emergency Services
The Impact of Acculturation Style and Acculturative Hassles on the Mental Health of Somali Adolescent Refugees
A Preliminary Examination of the Meaning and Effect of Limited Literacy in the Lives of People With Serious Mental Illness
The relationship between literacy and health has been well documented: research shows that people with limited literacy skills have worse health outcomes for numerous chronic conditions. However, little is known about how literacy relates to mental health, including access to treatment and recovery. A pilot study was conducted with mental health services users with varying literacy skills at two urban, public mental health clinics to more fully u…
Perceived discrimination, psychological distress and health
Racism and discrimination can have significant implications for health, through complex biopsychosocial interactions. Latino groups, and particularly Puerto Ricans, are an understudied population in the United States in terms of the prevalence of discrimination and its relevance to health. Participants in our study were 45- to 75-year-old (N = 1122) Puerto Ricans. The measures were perceived discrimination, depressive symptomatology (CES-D), perc…
Ethical Research in Refugee Communities and the Use of Community Participatory Methods
This article describes the distinct challenges associated with conducting ethical research with refugees. A case example of an ongoing study of stigma and access to mental health treatment among Somali refugee adolescents resettled in the USA is presented. In developing the study, standard research paradigms were critically examined in order to take account of the unique aspects of Somali culture and experience. Community participatory methods we…
Women's status and child well-being
Mental Health Service Utilization of Somali Adolescents
This mixed-method study examines the utility of the Gateway Provider Model (GPM) in understanding service utilization and pathways to help for Somali refugee adolescents. Somali adolescents living in the Northeastern United States, and their caregivers, were interviewed. Results revealed low rates of use of mental health services. However other sources of help, such as religious and school personnel, were accessed more frequently. The GPM provide…
We All Have Stories
Understanding the relationships between immigrants and refugees and the police is a critical research task with implications for both community-police partnerships and the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts. This study contributes to such an understanding by examining perceptions of police and police interactions among Somali immigrants and refugees (both first and second generation) in three communities in the United States and Canada. Thi…
Determinants of self-rated health and the role of acculturation
The strongest predictors of poor SRH were the number of existing medical conditions, functional problems, allostatic load and depressive symptoms. Poor SRH was also associated with being female, fewer years of education, heavy alcohol use, smoking, poverty, and low emotional support. More acculturated Puerto Rican adults rated their health more positively, which corresponded to better indicators of physical and psychological health. Additionally,…
DES Daughters
Exclusionary School Discipline Policies and Mental Health in a National Sample of Adolescents without Histories of Suspension or Expulsion
We apply the theory of collateral consequences and a social stress process framework to school discipline to examine whether exclusionary school discipline policies are associated with the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents who have never been suspended or expelled and whether this association varies across race/ethnicity. Data are from 8,878 adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Hierarchical linear…
Psychiatric emergency room decision-making, social control and the 'undeserving sick
The influence of social factors on involuntary hospitalisation has been an important and controversial area of sociological focus for many years. Traditionally, social control theory has been used to understand disproportionate rates of involuntary hospitalisation among marginalised and powerless groups. However, dramatic changes in the social context of mental healthcare have necessitated a re-examination of the role of social factors in involun…
Hunger
Refugees and asylum seekers face challenges after arriving in a host country. They carry the trauma that they may have experienced in their countries of origin, during fight, and in countries of asylum. Other stressors impact on their adjustment after arriving in the United States including basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. This is a retrospective review of data collected as part of a needs assessment by a program, which serves sur…
Examining mediators of housing mobility on adolescent asthma
Challenging federal exclusion
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Intervention among Urban Middle-School Youth Using Youth Participatory Action Research
Sexual Victimization and Completed Suicide Among Danish Female Adults
Although sexual victimization has been associated with suicidal behaviors, its association with completed suicide has not been examined. We investigated this association among Danish women using longitudinal data and a conservative definition of victimization. This population-based case-control study included 476 suicide cases and 12,010 matched controls. Seven cases (1.5%) and 5 controls (0.04%) experienced sexual victimization that was reported…
Observing the work of an urban safety-net psychiatric emergency room
Staff in the psychiatric emergency room (PER) have demanding jobs requiring a complex balance between the needs and safety of the individual and the community, systemic resources, and job responsibilities while providing timely, effective care. Little research exists concerning day-to-day work activities of PER staff, their interaction, and their perceptions of their work. This study explored the work of PER staff and the organisational context o…
Let Others Love You Back to Health’
Civic development and antisocial attitudes/behaviors among Somali immigrants
Objectives: Understanding how immigrant young adults engage with civic society over time is critical to understanding and fostering healthy development and healthy democracies. The present study examines how civic engagement and antisocial attitudes/behavior of Somali young adult immigrants (ages 18-30, N = 498) in four North American regions co-occur, and change over time. Method: Using latent transition analyses, we examine latent classes of yo…
A Preliminary Examination of the Meaning and Effect of Limited Literacy in the Lives of People With Serious Mental Illness
The relationship between literacy and health has been well documented: research shows that people with limited literacy skills have worse health outcomes for numerous chronic conditions. However, little is known about how literacy relates to mental health, including access to treatment and recovery. A pilot study was conducted with mental health services users with varying literacy skills at two urban, public mental health clinics to more fully u…
Integrating Social Epidemiology Into Public Health Research and Practice for Maternal Depression
The impact of maternal depression on women and their families has been well documented. Given the prevalence and impact of this problem, one important strategy is to strengthen and expand our public health approaches. Although principles of social epidemiology are increasingly used in the field of maternal and child health, few public health efforts to address maternal mental health have incorporated ecosocial frameworks such as community connect…
Women's status and child well-being
Psychiatric emergency room decision-making, social control and the 'undeserving sick
The influence of social factors on involuntary hospitalisation has been an important and controversial area of sociological focus for many years. Traditionally, social control theory has been used to understand disproportionate rates of involuntary hospitalisation among marginalised and powerless groups. However, dramatic changes in the social context of mental healthcare have necessitated a re-examination of the role of social factors in involun…
Ethical Research in Refugee Communities and the Use of Community Participatory Methods
This article describes the distinct challenges associated with conducting ethical research with refugees. A case example of an ongoing study of stigma and access to mental health treatment among Somali refugee adolescents resettled in the USA is presented. In developing the study, standard research paradigms were critically examined in order to take account of the unique aspects of Somali culture and experience. Community participatory methods we…
Mental health of Somali adolescent refugees
The primary purpose of this study was to examine relations between trauma exposure, post-resettlement stressors, perceived discrimination, and mental health symptoms in Somali adolescent refugees resettled in the U.S. Participants were English-speaking Somali adolescent refugees between the ages of 11 and 20 (N = 135) who had resettled in the U.S. Participants were administered an interview battery comprising self-report instruments that included…
Hunger
Refugees and asylum seekers face challenges after arriving in a host country. They carry the trauma that they may have experienced in their countries of origin, during fight, and in countries of asylum. Other stressors impact on their adjustment after arriving in the United States including basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. This is a retrospective review of data collected as part of a needs assessment by a program, which serves sur…
Coming in
Despite national efforts, the number of people who are chronically homeless in our cities remains high. People with serious mental illness and substance abuse problems continue to represent the majority of those experiencing long-term homelessness. Traditional shelters have difficulty engaging and addressing the needs of this group; however, there are an increasing number of alternative models, including the Safe Haven shelter program, developed …
Discrimination and mental health among Somali refugee adolescents
This study examines the role of social identity (acculturation and gender) in moderating the association between discrimination and Somali adolescent refugees' mental health. Participants were English-speaking Somali adolescent refugees between the ages of 11 and 20 (N = 135). Perceived discrimination, trauma history, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive symptoms, and behavioral acculturation were assessed in structured interviews. Fo…
DES Daughters
Mental Health Service Utilization of Somali Adolescents
This mixed-method study examines the utility of the Gateway Provider Model (GPM) in understanding service utilization and pathways to help for Somali refugee adolescents. Somali adolescents living in the Northeastern United States, and their caregivers, were interviewed. Results revealed low rates of use of mental health services. However other sources of help, such as religious and school personnel, were accessed more frequently. The GPM provide…
Perceived discrimination, psychological distress and health
Racism and discrimination can have significant implications for health, through complex biopsychosocial interactions. Latino groups, and particularly Puerto Ricans, are an understudied population in the United States in terms of the prevalence of discrimination and its relevance to health. Participants in our study were 45- to 75-year-old (N = 1122) Puerto Ricans. The measures were perceived discrimination, depressive symptomatology (CES-D), perc…
Observing the work of an urban safety-net psychiatric emergency room
Staff in the psychiatric emergency room (PER) have demanding jobs requiring a complex balance between the needs and safety of the individual and the community, systemic resources, and job responsibilities while providing timely, effective care. Little research exists concerning day-to-day work activities of PER staff, their interaction, and their perceptions of their work. This study explored the work of PER staff and the organisational context o…
The Impact of Resistance Exercise Training on the Mental Health of Older Puerto Rican Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
The incorporation of exercise into treatment planning for older adults may have important benefits on their mental health status. More work is needed to understand the mechanisms by which this occurred as well as the applicability of these findings to sustainable community programs
Integrating Social Epidemiology Into Public Health Research and Practice for Maternal Depression
The impact of maternal depression on women and their families has been well documented. Given the prevalence and impact of this problem, one important strategy is to strengthen and expand our public health approaches. Although principles of social epidemiology are increasingly used in the field of maternal and child health, few public health efforts to address maternal mental health have incorporated ecosocial frameworks such as community connect…
Sexual Victimization and Completed Suicide Among Danish Female Adults
Although sexual victimization has been associated with suicidal behaviors, its association with completed suicide has not been examined. We investigated this association among Danish women using longitudinal data and a conservative definition of victimization. This population-based case-control study included 476 suicide cases and 12,010 matched controls. Seven cases (1.5%) and 5 controls (0.04%) experienced sexual victimization that was reported…
Determinants of self-rated health and the role of acculturation
The strongest predictors of poor SRH were the number of existing medical conditions, functional problems, allostatic load and depressive symptoms. Poor SRH was also associated with being female, fewer years of education, heavy alcohol use, smoking, poverty, and low emotional support. More acculturated Puerto Rican adults rated their health more positively, which corresponded to better indicators of physical and psychological health. Additionally,…
Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Model to Engage Transition Age Youth Using Mental Health Service in Research
We present a model for the development and conduct of a community-based participatory research project with transition age youth (TAY) mental health service users. Community-based participatory research frameworks can facilitate equitable partnerships and meaningful inclusion but have not been fully drawn upon in mental health research. The model included TAY as trained research associates involved in every aspect of the research process. We desc…
Examining mediators of housing mobility on adolescent asthma
The Impact of Acculturation Style and Acculturative Hassles on the Mental Health of Somali Adolescent Refugees
A Preliminary Examination of the Meaning and Effect of Limited Literacy in the Lives of People With Serious Mental Illness
The relationship between literacy and health has been well documented: research shows that people with limited literacy skills have worse health outcomes for numerous chronic conditions. However, little is known about how literacy relates to mental health, including access to treatment and recovery. A pilot study was conducted with mental health services users with varying literacy skills at two urban, public mental health clinics to more fully u…
Emergency medical services and “psych calls”
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics form the backbone of the United States' Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system. Despite the frequent involvement of EMS with people with mental health and substance abuse problems, the nature and content of this work, as well as how EMS providers think about this work, have not been fully explored. Using data obtained through observations and interviews with providers at an urban American EMS agency, t…
Relation of psychosocial factors to diverse behaviors and attitudes among Somali refugees
Refugee studies have examined both resilience and adverse outcomes, but no research has examined how different outcomes co-occur or are distinct, and the social-contextual factors that give rise to these diverse outcomes. The current study begins to address this gap by using latent profile analysis to examine the ways in which delinquency, gang involvement, civic engagement, political engagement, and openness to violent extremism cluster among So…
Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding of the Repeat Use of Psychiatric Emergency Services
The Double Stigma of Limited Literacy and Mental Illness
The disadvantaged social position of public mental health service users reflects synergistic relationships among tangible disadvantage and stigma and its consequences. Limited literacy, an important factor in social disadvantage and an additional source of stigma, is virtually absent from the discussion. Employing a mixed-methods, service user–informed design, we explore the meaning and impact of limited literacy in the lives of public mental hea…
An Exploration of the Help-Seeking Behaviors of Arab-Muslims in the US
While evidence has shown that professional mental health services are highly effective with treatment and symptom management, not all who need those services utilize them. Furthermore, there is evidence that certain racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious groups are less likely to seek or access mental health care. The Arab Muslim minority living in the US have low rates of seeking mental health services compared to other populations. An explorat…
Evaluation of a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Intervention among Urban Middle-School Youth Using Youth Participatory Action Research
Psychology (38 obras) · Medicine (31 obras) · Psychiatry (29 obras) · Mental health (26 obras) · Political science (25 obras) · Sociology (21 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (15 obras) · Clinical Psychology (13 obras) · Social Psychology (13 obras) · Nursing (11 obras)