Amy Carroll-Scott
Biographic Data
| ID | 145753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Carroll-Scott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Carroll-Scott |
| SIGNATURE | CARROLL-SCOTT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drexel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2421-5351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 140 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
"They Really Save Us From Ourselves": Autism Researchers’ Insights on Community Engagement and Ethics
Autism research depends on the participation of autistic children and adults as well as their families, but researchers have not routinely involved autistic people in the planning or execution of research. Community-engaged research practices, standard in other fields such as areas of public health, are gaining acceptance in autism research, although some researchers and other stakeholders remain concerned about their appropriateness, feasibility…
Inequities in Community-Engaged Autism Research: Community Member Perspectives
Background: A history of exclusion and barriers to research participation exists for autistic individuals. Barriers to full community engagement have left under-engaged members of the autism community feeling isolated, frustrated, distrustful, and less informed about opportunities for research participation. Objectives: This study aimed to identify gaps in community-engaged research (CEnR) approaches in autism research by examining autism stakeho…
Inequities in Community-Engaged Autism Research: Community Member Perspectives
Interior immigration enforcement experiences, perceived discrimination, and mental health of U.S.-citizen adolescents with Mexican immigrant parents
About 5.2 million children and adolescents (4.4 million of whom are citizens) live with at least one undocumented immigrant parent in the US. Increased immigration enforcement under former President Trump put thousands of mixed-status families with children at risk for family separation via deportation. Additionally, enforcement activities bolstered an anti-immigrant/anti-Latinx climate that encouraged discriminatory or racist rhetoric and encoun…
Development and validation of statewide survey-based measures of livability in Connecticut
Research and Evaluation in a Child-Focused Place-Based Initiative: West Philly Promise Neighborhood
Place-based initiatives attempt to reduce persistent health inequities through multisectoral, cross-system collaborations incorporating multiple interventions targeted at varying levels from individuals to systems. Evaluations of these initiatives may be thought of as part of the community change process itself with a focus on real-time learning and accountability. We described the design, implementation, challenges, and initial results of an eva…
It felt like hitting rock bottom”: A qualitative exploration of the mental health impacts of immigration enforcement and discrimination on US-citizen, Mexican children
Exploring the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins music therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Introduction Research in music therapy and autistic people to date has predominantly focused on communication and social interaction outcomes. The purpose of this exploration was to explore the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. To our knowledge, the body of research that seeks to understand participants’ perspectives regarding their experiences of music therapy and the goals they want to pursue is limite…
Improving Sampling Probability Definitions with Predictive Algorithms
Place-based initiatives often use resident surveys to inform and evaluate interventions. Sampling based on well-defined sampling frames is important but challenging for initiatives that target subpopulations. Databases that enumerate total population counts can produce overinclusive sampling frames, resulting in costly outreach to ineligible participants. Quantifying eligibility before sampling using machine learning algorithms can improve effici…
Provider perceptions of availability, accessibility, and adequacy of health and behavioral services for Latino immigrants in Philadelphia: A qualitative study
The results call for changes in the structure of funding streams and communitywide strategies to foster collaboration across SAVAME providers working with Latino immigrant clients
Analysis of Network Characteristics to Assess Community Capacity of Latino-Serving Organizations in Philadelphia
Barriers and facilitators to mammography among women with intellectual disabilities: A qualitative approach
Although women with intellectual disabilities have the same breast cancer incidence rate as women without intellectual disabilities, they have fewer mammograms and higher mortality rates. Qualitative inquiry was employed to explore barriers and facilitators to mammography among this population. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 women with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers in Philadelphia during 2015-2016. Themati…
The Share Project: Building Capacity of Justice-Involved Individuals, Policymakers, and Researchers to Collectively Transform Health Care Delivery
The Share Project (TSP), a US health justice initiative, convened key stakeholders to advance the use of inclusive research methods and data sharing to engage groups that are typically marginalized from research. TSP trained justice-involved patients, community health workers, policymakers, and researchers in participatory research and the use of a data-sharing platform developed with justice-involved patients. The platform allowed users to analy…
US Mayors’ and Health Commissioners’ Opinions About Health Disparities in Their Cities
Objectives. To characterize US mayors’ and health commissioners’ opinions about health disparities in their cities and identify factors associated with these opinions. Methods. We conducted a multimodal survey of mayors and health commissioners in fall–winter 2016 (n = 535; response rate = 45.2%). We conducted bivariate analyses and multivariable logistic regression. Results. Forty-two percent of mayors and 61.1% of health commissioners strongly …
Understanding Policymakers’ Opinions Can Help Foster Policy Change
AffiliationsJonathan Purtle, Rosie Mae Henson, and Jennifer Kolker are with the Department of Health Management & Policy, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA. Amy Carroll-Scott is with the Department of Community Health & Prevention, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. Rennie Joshi and Ana V. Diez Roux are with the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Pub…
Intersectional experiences of discrimination in a low‐resource urban community: An exploratory latent class analysis
There have been increasing calls for the application of an intersectionality framework to understand and address discrimination and health inequities among diverse communities. Yet there have been theoretical debates regarding to whom intersectionality applies and how intersectional experiences of discrimination are associated with health outcomes. The current study aimed to contribute to these theoretical debates and inform practical application…
Vaccine Hesitancy in Pediatric Primary Care Practices
Understanding how pediatric practices handle parental vaccine hesitancy is important as it impacts the efficiency and effectiveness of pediatric practices. In total, 21 semi-structured interviews with pediatric practice staff within a primary care network were conducted between May 2012 and March 2013. Thematic analysis focused on the barriers and challenges of vaccine hesitancy and strategies to reduce the burden at the practice level. Barriers …
Bridging the Response to Mass Shootings and Urban Violence: Exposure to Violence in New Haven, Connecticut
We have described self-reported exposure to gun violence in an urban community of color to inform the movement toward a public health approach to gun violence prevention. The Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale School of Public Health conducted community health needs assessments to document chronic disease prevalence and risk, including exposure to gun violence. We conducted surveys with residents in six low-income neighborhood…
Applying Community Organizing Principles to Assess Health Needs in New Haven, Connecticut
The Affordable Care Act added requirements for nonprofit hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments. Guidelines are minimal; however, they require input and representation from the broader community. This call echoes 2 decades of literature on the importance of including community members in all aspects of research design, a tenet of community organizing. We describe a community-engaged research approach to a community health needs a…
Everyday discrimination and physical health: Exploring mental health processes
Goals of this study were to examine the mental health processes whereby everyday discrimination is associated with physical health outcomes. Data are drawn from a community health survey conducted with 1299 US adults in a low-resource urban area. Frequency of everyday discrimination was associated with overall self-rated health, use of the emergency department, and one or more chronic diseases via stress and depressive symptoms operating in seria…
Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors in individuals recently released from prison: Results of a pilot study
Associations of Neighborhood and School Socioeconomic and Social Contexts With Body Mass Index Among Urban Preadolescent Students
Objectives. We examined independent and synergistic effects of school and neighborhood environments on preadolescent body mass index (BMI) to determine why obesity rates nearly double during preadolescence. Methods. Physical measures and health surveys from fifth and sixth graders in 12 randomly selected schools in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2009 were matched to student sociodemographics and school- and residential census tract–level data, for a …
Weight- and race-based bullying: Health associations among urban adolescents
Stigma-based bullying is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. In a longitudinal study, surveys and physical assessments were conducted with mostly Black and Latino, socioeconomically disadvantaged, urban students. As hypothesized, greater weight- and race-based bullying each was significantly indirectly associated with increased blood pressure and body mass index, as well as decreased overall self-rated health across 2 ye…
Teacher involvement as a protective factor from the association between race-based bullying and smoking initiation
Assessing Research Activity and Capacity of Community-Based Organizations: Development and Pilot Testing of an Instrument
The work reported herein advances the field of CBO research capacity by developing a systematic framework for assessing research activity and capacity relevant to the work of CBOs, and by developing and piloting an instrument to assess activity in these domains
Disentangling neighborhood contextual associations with child body mass index, diet, and physical activity: The role of built, socioeconomic, and social environments
Everyday discrimination and physical health: Exploring mental health processes
Goals of this study were to examine the mental health processes whereby everyday discrimination is associated with physical health outcomes. Data are drawn from a community health survey conducted with 1299 US adults in a low-resource urban area. Frequency of everyday discrimination was associated with overall self-rated health, use of the emergency department, and one or more chronic diseases via stress and depressive symptoms operating in seria…
Weight- and race-based bullying: Health associations among urban adolescents
Stigma-based bullying is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. In a longitudinal study, surveys and physical assessments were conducted with mostly Black and Latino, socioeconomically disadvantaged, urban students. As hypothesized, greater weight- and race-based bullying each was significantly indirectly associated with increased blood pressure and body mass index, as well as decreased overall self-rated health across 2 ye…
Intersectional experiences of discrimination in a low‐resource urban community: An exploratory latent class analysis
There have been increasing calls for the application of an intersectionality framework to understand and address discrimination and health inequities among diverse communities. Yet there have been theoretical debates regarding to whom intersectionality applies and how intersectional experiences of discrimination are associated with health outcomes. The current study aimed to contribute to these theoretical debates and inform practical application…
The importance of full-time work for urban adults' mental and physical health
US Mayors’ and Health Commissioners’ Opinions About Health Disparities in Their Cities
Objectives. To characterize US mayors’ and health commissioners’ opinions about health disparities in their cities and identify factors associated with these opinions. Methods. We conducted a multimodal survey of mayors and health commissioners in fall–winter 2016 (n = 535; response rate = 45.2%). We conducted bivariate analyses and multivariable logistic regression. Results. Forty-two percent of mayors and 61.1% of health commissioners strongly …
Urban Youths Go 3000 Miles: Engaging and Supporting Young Residents to Conduct Neighborhood Asset Mapping
In 2009, CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale University) launched a multisectoral chronic disease prevention initiative that conducts baseline data collection, interventions, and follow-up data collection to measure change. Data collection includes asset mapping to assess environmental determinants of chronic disease risk factors in neighborhoods and around schools. CARE hired 7 local high school students to conduct asset…
Bridging the Response to Mass Shootings and Urban Violence: Exposure to Violence in New Haven, Connecticut
We have described self-reported exposure to gun violence in an urban community of color to inform the movement toward a public health approach to gun violence prevention. The Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale School of Public Health conducted community health needs assessments to document chronic disease prevalence and risk, including exposure to gun violence. We conducted surveys with residents in six low-income neighborhood…
Exploring the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins music therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Introduction Research in music therapy and autistic people to date has predominantly focused on communication and social interaction outcomes. The purpose of this exploration was to explore the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy. To our knowledge, the body of research that seeks to understand participants’ perspectives regarding their experiences of music therapy and the goals they want to pursue is limite…
Applying Community Organizing Principles to Assess Health Needs in New Haven, Connecticut
The Affordable Care Act added requirements for nonprofit hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments. Guidelines are minimal; however, they require input and representation from the broader community. This call echoes 2 decades of literature on the importance of including community members in all aspects of research design, a tenet of community organizing. We describe a community-engaged research approach to a community health needs a…
Teacher involvement as a protective factor from the association between race-based bullying and smoking initiation
Results From the Data & Democracy Initiative to Enhance Community-Based Organization Data and Research Capacity
Objectives. In an era of community-based participatory research and increased expectations for evidence-based practice, we evaluated an initiative designed to increase community-based organizations’ data and research capacity through a 3-day train-the-trainer course on community health assessments. Methods. We employed a mixed method pre–post course evaluation design. Various data sources collected from 171 participants captured individual and or…
It felt like hitting rock bottom”: A qualitative exploration of the mental health impacts of immigration enforcement and discrimination on US-citizen, Mexican children
Vaccine Hesitancy in Pediatric Primary Care Practices
Understanding how pediatric practices handle parental vaccine hesitancy is important as it impacts the efficiency and effectiveness of pediatric practices. In total, 21 semi-structured interviews with pediatric practice staff within a primary care network were conducted between May 2012 and March 2013. Thematic analysis focused on the barriers and challenges of vaccine hesitancy and strategies to reduce the burden at the practice level. Barriers …
Assessing Research Activity and Capacity of Community-Based Organizations: Development and Pilot Testing of an Instrument
The work reported herein advances the field of CBO research capacity by developing a systematic framework for assessing research activity and capacity relevant to the work of CBOs, and by developing and piloting an instrument to assess activity in these domains
Associations of Neighborhood and School Socioeconomic and Social Contexts With Body Mass Index Among Urban Preadolescent Students
Objectives. We examined independent and synergistic effects of school and neighborhood environments on preadolescent body mass index (BMI) to determine why obesity rates nearly double during preadolescence. Methods. Physical measures and health surveys from fifth and sixth graders in 12 randomly selected schools in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2009 were matched to student sociodemographics and school- and residential census tract–level data, for a …
Supporting Latino Communities’ Natural Helpers: A Case Study of Promotoras in a Research Capacity Building Course
Urban Youths Go 3000 Miles: Engaging and Supporting Young Residents to Conduct Neighborhood Asset Mapping
In 2009, CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale University) launched a multisectoral chronic disease prevention initiative that conducts baseline data collection, interventions, and follow-up data collection to measure change. Data collection includes asset mapping to assess environmental determinants of chronic disease risk factors in neighborhoods and around schools. CARE hired 7 local high school students to conduct asset…
Results From the Data & Democracy Initiative to Enhance Community-Based Organization Data and Research Capacity
Objectives. In an era of community-based participatory research and increased expectations for evidence-based practice, we evaluated an initiative designed to increase community-based organizations’ data and research capacity through a 3-day train-the-trainer course on community health assessments. Methods. We employed a mixed method pre–post course evaluation design. Various data sources collected from 171 participants captured individual and or…
Santilli et al. Respond
The MAPSCorps project sounds like an excellent community initiative with similar yet distinct features from the CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement) initiative. The goal of CARE’s asset mapping and Community Interventions for Health is to focus on assets associated with obesogenic environments.1,2 Therefore, we directed our resources toward features of the built environment that could directly impact diet and physical activity: s…
The importance of full-time work for urban adults' mental and physical health
Disentangling neighborhood contextual associations with child body mass index, diet, and physical activity: The role of built, socioeconomic, and social environments
Teacher involvement as a protective factor from the association between race-based bullying and smoking initiation
Assessing Research Activity and Capacity of Community-Based Organizations: Development and Pilot Testing of an Instrument
The work reported herein advances the field of CBO research capacity by developing a systematic framework for assessing research activity and capacity relevant to the work of CBOs, and by developing and piloting an instrument to assess activity in these domains
Assessing Research Activity and Capacity of Community-Based Organizations: Development and Pilot Testing of an Instrument
Assessing Research Activity and Capacity of Community-Based Organizations:Development and Pilot Testing of an Instrument Debbie L. Humphries, PhD, MPH, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Leif Mitchell, BA, Terry Tian, MPH, Shonali Choudhury, PhD, MMH, and David A. Fiellin, MD What Is the Purpose of This Study? • To develop a framework of research activity and capacity within community-based organization (CBOs) and to develop and pilot an instrument (th…
Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors in individuals recently released from prison: Results of a pilot study
Associations of Neighborhood and School Socioeconomic and Social Contexts With Body Mass Index Among Urban Preadolescent Students
Objectives. We examined independent and synergistic effects of school and neighborhood environments on preadolescent body mass index (BMI) to determine why obesity rates nearly double during preadolescence. Methods. Physical measures and health surveys from fifth and sixth graders in 12 randomly selected schools in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2009 were matched to student sociodemographics and school- and residential census tract–level data, for a …
Weight- and race-based bullying: Health associations among urban adolescents
Stigma-based bullying is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. In a longitudinal study, surveys and physical assessments were conducted with mostly Black and Latino, socioeconomically disadvantaged, urban students. As hypothesized, greater weight- and race-based bullying each was significantly indirectly associated with increased blood pressure and body mass index, as well as decreased overall self-rated health across 2 ye…
Applying Community Organizing Principles to Assess Health Needs in New Haven, Connecticut
The Affordable Care Act added requirements for nonprofit hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments. Guidelines are minimal; however, they require input and representation from the broader community. This call echoes 2 decades of literature on the importance of including community members in all aspects of research design, a tenet of community organizing. We describe a community-engaged research approach to a community health needs a…
Everyday discrimination and physical health: Exploring mental health processes
Goals of this study were to examine the mental health processes whereby everyday discrimination is associated with physical health outcomes. Data are drawn from a community health survey conducted with 1299 US adults in a low-resource urban area. Frequency of everyday discrimination was associated with overall self-rated health, use of the emergency department, and one or more chronic diseases via stress and depressive symptoms operating in seria…
Bridging the Response to Mass Shootings and Urban Violence: Exposure to Violence in New Haven, Connecticut
We have described self-reported exposure to gun violence in an urban community of color to inform the movement toward a public health approach to gun violence prevention. The Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale School of Public Health conducted community health needs assessments to document chronic disease prevalence and risk, including exposure to gun violence. We conducted surveys with residents in six low-income neighborhood…
US Mayors’ and Health Commissioners’ Opinions About Health Disparities in Their Cities
Objectives. To characterize US mayors’ and health commissioners’ opinions about health disparities in their cities and identify factors associated with these opinions. Methods. We conducted a multimodal survey of mayors and health commissioners in fall–winter 2016 (n = 535; response rate = 45.2%). We conducted bivariate analyses and multivariable logistic regression. Results. Forty-two percent of mayors and 61.1% of health commissioners strongly …
Understanding Policymakers’ Opinions Can Help Foster Policy Change
AffiliationsJonathan Purtle, Rosie Mae Henson, and Jennifer Kolker are with the Department of Health Management & Policy, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA. Amy Carroll-Scott is with the Department of Community Health & Prevention, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. Rennie Joshi and Ana V. Diez Roux are with the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Pub…
Intersectional experiences of discrimination in a low‐resource urban community: An exploratory latent class analysis
There have been increasing calls for the application of an intersectionality framework to understand and address discrimination and health inequities among diverse communities. Yet there have been theoretical debates regarding to whom intersectionality applies and how intersectional experiences of discrimination are associated with health outcomes. The current study aimed to contribute to these theoretical debates and inform practical application…
Vaccine Hesitancy in Pediatric Primary Care Practices
Understanding how pediatric practices handle parental vaccine hesitancy is important as it impacts the efficiency and effectiveness of pediatric practices. In total, 21 semi-structured interviews with pediatric practice staff within a primary care network were conducted between May 2012 and March 2013. Thematic analysis focused on the barriers and challenges of vaccine hesitancy and strategies to reduce the burden at the practice level. Barriers …
Barriers and facilitators to mammography among women with intellectual disabilities: A qualitative approach
Although women with intellectual disabilities have the same breast cancer incidence rate as women without intellectual disabilities, they have fewer mammograms and higher mortality rates. Qualitative inquiry was employed to explore barriers and facilitators to mammography among this population. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 women with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers in Philadelphia during 2015-2016. Themati…
The Share Project: Building Capacity of Justice-Involved Individuals, Policymakers, and Researchers to Collectively Transform Health Care Delivery
The Share Project (TSP), a US health justice initiative, convened key stakeholders to advance the use of inclusive research methods and data sharing to engage groups that are typically marginalized from research. TSP trained justice-involved patients, community health workers, policymakers, and researchers in participatory research and the use of a data-sharing platform developed with justice-involved patients. The platform allowed users to analy…
Analysis of Network Characteristics to Assess Community Capacity of Latino-Serving Organizations in Philadelphia
Provider perceptions of availability, accessibility, and adequacy of health and behavioral services for Latino immigrants in Philadelphia: A qualitative study
The results call for changes in the structure of funding streams and communitywide strategies to foster collaboration across SAVAME providers working with Latino immigrant clients
Research and Evaluation in a Child-Focused Place-Based Initiative: West Philly Promise Neighborhood
Place-based initiatives attempt to reduce persistent health inequities through multisectoral, cross-system collaborations incorporating multiple interventions targeted at varying levels from individuals to systems. Evaluations of these initiatives may be thought of as part of the community change process itself with a focus on real-time learning and accountability. We described the design, implementation, challenges, and initial results of an eva…
It felt like hitting rock bottom”: A qualitative exploration of the mental health impacts of immigration enforcement and discrimination on US-citizen, Mexican children
Medicine (24 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Nursing (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works)