P Johnelle Sparks
Biographic Data
| ID | 146287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Johnelle Sparks |
| GIVEN NAMES | P Johnelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Sparks |
| SIGNATURE | SPARKS P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0594-3799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Indicators of Community Connectedness
Research shows that sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals report disproportionate rates of hazardous drinking compared to heterosexual individuals. Studies have documented various reasons for these rates. These include minority stressors and one's connection to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. The present study uses longitudinal data collected by Generations: A Study of the Life and Health of LGB People in a Ch…
Double vulnerability? Examining the effect of living in nonmetropolitan areas within non-expansion Medicaid states on health status among working-age adults in the United States, 2022–2024
In this nationally representative and racially diverse sample, we found that individuals residing in nonmetropolitan areas in non-expansion Medicaid states were more likely to report poor/fair self-reported health status. This effect was present for the majority of the population subgroups. Our findings underscore the double vulnerability faced by populations living in these residence-policy overlaps and the need for targeted interventions
Longitudinal exposure to neighborhood poverty and obesity risk in emerging adulthood
Barriers to Health Care Among Adults With Minoritized Identities in the United States, 2013–2017
Objectives. To examine the relationship between minoritized identity and barriers to health care in the United States. Methods. Nationally representative data collected from the 2013 to 2017 waves of the National Health Interview Survey were used to conduct descriptive and logistic regression analyses. Men and women were placed in 1 of 4 categories: no minoritized identities, minoritized identities of race/ethnicity (MIoRE), minoritized identitie…
Who Gets Held Back? An Analysis of Grade Retention Using Stratified Frailty Models
Towards Conceptualizing and Empirically Examining Legacy of Place
Disparities in injury morbidity among young adults in the USA
BACKGROUND: Injuries have been recognised as important public health concerns, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Few studies have examined injuries using a multilevel perspective that addresses individual socioeconomic status (SES) and health behaviours and local socioeconomic conditions in early adolescence. We offer a conceptual framework incorporating these various components. METHODS: We test our conceptual framework using popu…
Does allostatic load calculation method matter? Evaluation of different methods and individual biomarkers functioning by race/ethnicity and educational level
OBJECTIVES: Using nationally representative data for adults of age 25 years and older from four waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), collected from 2003 through 2010, this study examines differences in individual health markers used to calculate allostatic load, with particular attention given to stratification by race/ethnicity and educational level. METHODS: Factor analysis with maximum likelihood estimation w…
The Effects of Allostatic Load on Racial/Ethnic Mortality Differences in the United States
The Role of Education in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Allostatic Load Differentials in the United States
This study expands on earlier findings of racial/ethnic and education-allostatic load associations by assessing whether racial/ethnic differences in allostatic load persist across all levels of educational attainment. This study used data from four recent waves of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES). Results from this study suggest that allostatic load differs significantly by race/ethnicity and educational attainment overall, but t…
An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of racial and poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the US
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Duration among WIC-Eligible Families
A Demographic Profile of Obesity in the Adult and Veteran US Populations in 2008
Latino Access to Community Colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This article examines the factors that affect Latinos’ enrollment in community colleges that are Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Compared with community colleges that are not HSIs, HSI community colleges are serving students at greater risk for not completing college. Latinos who are enrolled in community college HSIs, compared with their counterparts not in HSIs, are more likely to be first-generation college-going, male, and older. They a…
Differential Neonatal and Postneonatal Infant Mortality Rates Across US Counties
Purpose: To examine differences in correlates of neonatal and postneonatal infant mortality rates, across counties, by degree of rurality. Methods: Neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates were calculated from the 1998 to 2002 Compressed Mortality Files from the National Center for Health Statistics. Bivariate analyses assessed the relationship between neonatal and postneonatal mortality by Urban Influence (UI) codes. Multivariable, weighted lea…
One Size Does Not Fit All
An application of spatially autoregressive models to the study of US county mortality rates
County mortality rates in the US tend to be associated with social and economic resources of counties and the unequal distribution of these resources across space. The processes that generate these social and economic inequalities are often tied to geographical location. In this paper, we present an application of spatially autoregressive models of US county mortality rates that control for the social and economic conditions that often influence …
Do biological, sociodemographic, and behavioral characteristics explain racial/ethnic disparities in preterm births
Latino Access to Community Colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This article examines the factors that affect Latinos’ enrollment in community colleges that are Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Compared with community colleges that are not HSIs, HSI community colleges are serving students at greater risk for not completing college. Latinos who are enrolled in community college HSIs, compared with their counterparts not in HSIs, are more likely to be first-generation college-going, male, and older. They a…
Do biological, sociodemographic, and behavioral characteristics explain racial/ethnic disparities in preterm births
An application of spatially autoregressive models to the study of US county mortality rates
County mortality rates in the US tend to be associated with social and economic resources of counties and the unequal distribution of these resources across space. The processes that generate these social and economic inequalities are often tied to geographical location. In this paper, we present an application of spatially autoregressive models of US county mortality rates that control for the social and economic conditions that often influence …
Barriers to Health Care Among Adults With Minoritized Identities in the United States, 2013–2017
Objectives. To examine the relationship between minoritized identity and barriers to health care in the United States. Methods. Nationally representative data collected from the 2013 to 2017 waves of the National Health Interview Survey were used to conduct descriptive and logistic regression analyses. Men and women were placed in 1 of 4 categories: no minoritized identities, minoritized identities of race/ethnicity (MIoRE), minoritized identitie…
An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of racial and poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the US
The Role of Education in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Allostatic Load Differentials in the United States
This study expands on earlier findings of racial/ethnic and education-allostatic load associations by assessing whether racial/ethnic differences in allostatic load persist across all levels of educational attainment. This study used data from four recent waves of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES). Results from this study suggest that allostatic load differs significantly by race/ethnicity and educational attainment overall, but t…
The Effects of Allostatic Load on Racial/Ethnic Mortality Differences in the United States
Longitudinal exposure to neighborhood poverty and obesity risk in emerging adulthood
Who Gets Held Back? An Analysis of Grade Retention Using Stratified Frailty Models
Differential Neonatal and Postneonatal Infant Mortality Rates Across US Counties
Purpose: To examine differences in correlates of neonatal and postneonatal infant mortality rates, across counties, by degree of rurality. Methods: Neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates were calculated from the 1998 to 2002 Compressed Mortality Files from the National Center for Health Statistics. Bivariate analyses assessed the relationship between neonatal and postneonatal mortality by Urban Influence (UI) codes. Multivariable, weighted lea…
One Size Does Not Fit All
An application of spatially autoregressive models to the study of US county mortality rates
County mortality rates in the US tend to be associated with social and economic resources of counties and the unequal distribution of these resources across space. The processes that generate these social and economic inequalities are often tied to geographical location. In this paper, we present an application of spatially autoregressive models of US county mortality rates that control for the social and economic conditions that often influence …
Do biological, sociodemographic, and behavioral characteristics explain racial/ethnic disparities in preterm births
Latino Access to Community Colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This article examines the factors that affect Latinos’ enrollment in community colleges that are Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Compared with community colleges that are not HSIs, HSI community colleges are serving students at greater risk for not completing college. Latinos who are enrolled in community college HSIs, compared with their counterparts not in HSIs, are more likely to be first-generation college-going, male, and older. They a…
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Duration among WIC-Eligible Families
A Demographic Profile of Obesity in the Adult and Veteran US Populations in 2008
An application of Bayesian spatial statistical methods to the study of racial and poverty segregation and infant mortality rates in the US
The Role of Education in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Allostatic Load Differentials in the United States
This study expands on earlier findings of racial/ethnic and education-allostatic load associations by assessing whether racial/ethnic differences in allostatic load persist across all levels of educational attainment. This study used data from four recent waves of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES). Results from this study suggest that allostatic load differs significantly by race/ethnicity and educational attainment overall, but t…
Does allostatic load calculation method matter? Evaluation of different methods and individual biomarkers functioning by race/ethnicity and educational level
OBJECTIVES: Using nationally representative data for adults of age 25 years and older from four waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), collected from 2003 through 2010, this study examines differences in individual health markers used to calculate allostatic load, with particular attention given to stratification by race/ethnicity and educational level. METHODS: Factor analysis with maximum likelihood estimation w…
The Effects of Allostatic Load on Racial/Ethnic Mortality Differences in the United States
Towards Conceptualizing and Empirically Examining Legacy of Place
Disparities in injury morbidity among young adults in the USA
BACKGROUND: Injuries have been recognised as important public health concerns, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Few studies have examined injuries using a multilevel perspective that addresses individual socioeconomic status (SES) and health behaviours and local socioeconomic conditions in early adolescence. We offer a conceptual framework incorporating these various components. METHODS: We test our conceptual framework using popu…
Who Gets Held Back? An Analysis of Grade Retention Using Stratified Frailty Models
Barriers to Health Care Among Adults With Minoritized Identities in the United States, 2013–2017
Objectives. To examine the relationship between minoritized identity and barriers to health care in the United States. Methods. Nationally representative data collected from the 2013 to 2017 waves of the National Health Interview Survey were used to conduct descriptive and logistic regression analyses. Men and women were placed in 1 of 4 categories: no minoritized identities, minoritized identities of race/ethnicity (MIoRE), minoritized identitie…
Longitudinal exposure to neighborhood poverty and obesity risk in emerging adulthood
Double vulnerability? Examining the effect of living in nonmetropolitan areas within non-expansion Medicaid states on health status among working-age adults in the United States, 2022–2024
In this nationally representative and racially diverse sample, we found that individuals residing in nonmetropolitan areas in non-expansion Medicaid states were more likely to report poor/fair self-reported health status. This effect was present for the majority of the population subgroups. Our findings underscore the double vulnerability faced by populations living in these residence-policy overlaps and the need for targeted interventions
Indicators of Community Connectedness
Research shows that sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals report disproportionate rates of hazardous drinking compared to heterosexual individuals. Studies have documented various reasons for these rates. These include minority stressors and one's connection to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. The present study uses longitudinal data collected by Generations: A Study of the Life and Health of LGB People in a Ch…
Medicine (15 works) · Demography (14 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Population (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Ethnic group (9 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 works) · Psychology (7 works)