Kathleen S Gorman

Biographic Data

ID135292
NAMEKathleen S Gorman
GIVEN NAMESKathleen S
FAMILY NAMEGorman
SIGNATUREGORMAN K S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Rhode Island
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS30
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX4

  • Self-reported and observed feeding practices of Rhode Island Head Start teachers

    Open AccessMegan Fallon, Katherine M Halloran et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 3References: 55

  • Associations between family food behaviors, maternal depression, and child weight among low-income children

    Open AccessKaren McCurdy, Kathleen S Gorman et al.ARTICLEAppetite2014Cited by: 4References: 60

  • Reaching the Hard to Reach

    Kathleen S Gorman, Allison Smith et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2013Cited by: 3References: 7

    Despite high levels of need, many federal assistance programs are underutilized, with differential participation rates among demographic subpopulations. Outreach efforts seek to address challenges facing potentially eligible program recipients. This article examines a statewide initiative to address barriers to participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), focusing on the elderly and people with disabilities, eligible imm…

  • Does Acculturation Matter

    Open AccessKathleen S Gorman, Karli Kondo Zearley et al.ARTICLEHispanic Journal of Behavioral…2011References: 14

    Recent literature has noted that in some cases, less acculturation may be protective against adverse outcomes. This study sought to clarify the relationships between acculturation, food insecurity, and child outcomes. A sample of 339 low-income participants, comprised of non-Hispanic Whites ( n = 171), English-speaking Hispanics ( n = 89), and Spanish-speaking Hispanics ( n = 79) were surveyed on food security and parental reports of child behavi…

  • A Longitudinal Study of WIC Participation on Household Food Insecurity

    Open AccessElizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras, Kathleen S Gorman et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2010

  • Measuring family food environments in diverse families with young children

    Open AccessKaren McCurdy, Kathleen S GormanARTICLEAppetite2010Cited by: 5References: 31

  • The Contribution of Schooling to Literacy in Guatemala

    Open AccessKathleen S Gorman, Ernesto PollittARTICLEInternational Review of Education1997Cited by: 7References: 17

  • School efficiency in rural Guatemala

    Open AccessKathleen S Gorman, Ernesto PollittARTICLEInternational Review of Education1992Cited by: 5References: 3

  • Pre‐school Quality in Mexico

    Kathleen S Gorman, Susan D Holloway et al.ARTICLEComparative Education1988Cited by: 1

    Government policy regarding early childhood education in Latin America reflects increasing concern with child survival in a broad sense, including cognitive development, nutrition, and physical health (Halpern, 1980; Myers, 1983; Smilansky, 1979). Like architects of antipoverty programmes in the United States in the 1960s, early childhood educators and Federal officials in Latin America are attempting to eliminate educational deficits stemming fr…

  • When Does Education Boost Economic Growth? School Expansion and School Quality in Mexico

    Bruce Fuller, John H Y Edwards et al.ARTICLESociology of Education1986Cited by: 2

    any economic output effects of school expansion should be studied at an aggregate level. First, economic effects may be more related to the changing social rules of trade and work within modernizing economies, which are increasingly oriented around markets and mass production, not village-based subsistence. Second, aggregate analysis avoids the ecological fallacy of estimating nation-level productivity growth from individual-level correlations be…