Kandi L Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 159729 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kandi L Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kandi L |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1719-588X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Internalizing symptoms associated with nicotine and THC vaping and poly-product use among youth and young adults
Perceived Benefits of Nature in Diverse Populations
The relationship between socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and health effects of green spaces has been studied, suggesting that certain groups may reap more health benefits from exposure to nature. However, the link between the perceived benefits of nature and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics remains a gap in the literature. We used a subsample ( n = 711, 2018-2019) from an environmental cardiovascular risk cohort to inve…
Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Expectancies among College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: E-cigarette outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs about the expected consequences of e-cigarette use) are a key factor in motivating use. Emotion regulation difficulties have demonstrated significant associations with outcome expectancies; however, there has yet to be an examination of associations between specific emotion regulation difficulties and specific e-cigarette outcome expectancies, which could serve as targets for interventio…
E-Cigarette Use Behavior and Expectancies Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: College students who identify as a sexual minority (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other sexual orientation) are at higher risk for e-cigarette use than their heterosexual or “straight” peers. However, little is known about factors, such as e-cigarette outcome expectancies, that might influence these differences in prevalence rates. Therefore, the current study examined differences between heterosexual and sexual minority college st…
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Diseases
Lifestyle Factors and Associations with Individual and Comorbid Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Disease Among U.S. Adults
Lifestyle factors were associated with increased odds of individual and comorbid CMD and PD among adults. CMD and PD prevention should involve promoting lifestyle modification and implementation of policies that eliminate structural barriers to healthy lifestyle adoption
The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Cohesion in the Association between Depressive Symptoms and Cigarette Smoking
Background Greater depression has been linked to increased smoking rates. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood. It is possible that high perceived neighborhood cohesion may serve as one such mechanism given its associations with decreased depression and smoking. Having increased levels of depression likely impacts one’s perceptions of neighborhood cohesion, which could lead to further increases in depressio…
Workplace Culture and Biomarkers of Health Risk
Workplace culture has been studied for impact on health risk; however, connections with robust biologic markers of health remain to be established. We examined associations between the work environment and urinary levels of catecholamines and their metabolites as biomarkers of sympathetic nervous system activity, indicative of stress. We recruited participants (n = 219; 2018-2019) from a cardiovascular risk cohort to investigate workplace culture…
The Relationship between Perceptions and Objective Measures of Greenness
Exposure to greenness has been studied through objective measures of remote visualization of greenspace; however, the link to how individuals interpret spaces as green is missing. We examined the associations between three objective greenspace measures with perceptions of greenness. We used a subsample (n = 175; 2018-2019) from an environmental cardiovascular risk cohort to investigate perceptions of residential greenness. Participants completed …
College Student E-Cigarette Users’ Knowledge about E-Cigarettes
Although college students represent a growing demographic of e-cigarette users, it is unclear how knowledgeable they are about the product they use. The lack of such knowledge could result in unsafe practices and greater health risks. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine college student e-cigarette users' knowledge about e-cigarette ingredients and health risks, how often they modify their devices, and whether they utilize r…
The Influence of Friends on Teen Vaping
Vaping is popular among adolescents. Previous research has explored sources of information and influence on youth vaping, including marketing, ads, family, peers, social media, and the internet. This research endeavors to expand understanding of peer influence. Our hypothesis is that friends' influence on teen vapers' first electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use varies by demographic variables and awareness of ENDS advertising. In August…
Tobacco Use Status and Temptation to Try E-Cigarettes among a Sample of Appalachian Youth
E-cigarettes are commonly used tobacco products among youth populations, including Appalachian youth. However, knowledge of the extent to which tobacco use status relates to temptation to try e-cigarettes is limited. Data from the Youth Appalachian Tobacco Study ( n = 1047) were used. Temptation to try e-cigarettes was derived from a 12-item situational inventory. Tobacco use status was defined as never, ever non-e-cigarette, and ever e-cigarette…
Generally Recognized as Safe
Despite scientific uncertainty regarding the relative safety of inhaling e-cigarette aerosol and flavorings, some consumers regard the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) designation as evidence of flavoring safety. In this study, we assessed how college students' perceptions of e-cigarette flavoring safety are related to understanding of the GRAS designation. During spring 2017, an online questionnaire was a…
Feminist pedagogy in the teaching of research methods
The essay explicates a pedagogical methodology for teaching empirical research methods, employing the principles of feminist pedagogy in the facilitation of research teams composed of a teacher and multiple graduate students. The described pedagogy is consistent with six principles of feminist pedagogy deduced from a meta‐analysis of the extant US literature on feminist pedagogy: reformation of the relationship between teacher and student, empowe…
An Exploration of Illness-Related Narratives in Marriage
This study describes illness-related talk in marriage. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were employed to identify and examine emergent themes of how couples talk about not feeling well. Fifty-three couples jointly participated in an open-ended interview and individually completed a series of questionnaires. Narrative analysis supports the notion that couples' illness-related narratives are indicative of the couples' relationship cu…
An Exploration of Illness-Related Narratives in Marriage
This study describes illness-related talk in marriage. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were employed to identify and examine emergent themes of how couples talk about not feeling well. Fifty-three couples jointly participated in an open-ended interview and individually completed a series of questionnaires. Narrative analysis supports the notion that couples' illness-related narratives are indicative of the couples' relationship cu…
Feminist pedagogy in the teaching of research methods
The essay explicates a pedagogical methodology for teaching empirical research methods, employing the principles of feminist pedagogy in the facilitation of research teams composed of a teacher and multiple graduate students. The described pedagogy is consistent with six principles of feminist pedagogy deduced from a meta‐analysis of the extant US literature on feminist pedagogy: reformation of the relationship between teacher and student, empowe…
Feminist pedagogy in the teaching of research methods
The essay explicates a pedagogical methodology for teaching empirical research methods, employing the principles of feminist pedagogy in the facilitation of research teams composed of a teacher and multiple graduate students. The described pedagogy is consistent with six principles of feminist pedagogy deduced from a meta‐analysis of the extant US literature on feminist pedagogy: reformation of the relationship between teacher and student, empowe…
An Exploration of Illness-Related Narratives in Marriage
This study describes illness-related talk in marriage. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were employed to identify and examine emergent themes of how couples talk about not feeling well. Fifty-three couples jointly participated in an open-ended interview and individually completed a series of questionnaires. Narrative analysis supports the notion that couples' illness-related narratives are indicative of the couples' relationship cu…
Generally Recognized as Safe
Despite scientific uncertainty regarding the relative safety of inhaling e-cigarette aerosol and flavorings, some consumers regard the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) designation as evidence of flavoring safety. In this study, we assessed how college students' perceptions of e-cigarette flavoring safety are related to understanding of the GRAS designation. During spring 2017, an online questionnaire was a…
The Influence of Friends on Teen Vaping
Vaping is popular among adolescents. Previous research has explored sources of information and influence on youth vaping, including marketing, ads, family, peers, social media, and the internet. This research endeavors to expand understanding of peer influence. Our hypothesis is that friends' influence on teen vapers' first electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use varies by demographic variables and awareness of ENDS advertising. In August…
Tobacco Use Status and Temptation to Try E-Cigarettes among a Sample of Appalachian Youth
E-cigarettes are commonly used tobacco products among youth populations, including Appalachian youth. However, knowledge of the extent to which tobacco use status relates to temptation to try e-cigarettes is limited. Data from the Youth Appalachian Tobacco Study ( n = 1047) were used. Temptation to try e-cigarettes was derived from a 12-item situational inventory. Tobacco use status was defined as never, ever non-e-cigarette, and ever e-cigarette…
Workplace Culture and Biomarkers of Health Risk
Workplace culture has been studied for impact on health risk; however, connections with robust biologic markers of health remain to be established. We examined associations between the work environment and urinary levels of catecholamines and their metabolites as biomarkers of sympathetic nervous system activity, indicative of stress. We recruited participants (n = 219; 2018-2019) from a cardiovascular risk cohort to investigate workplace culture…
The Relationship between Perceptions and Objective Measures of Greenness
Exposure to greenness has been studied through objective measures of remote visualization of greenspace; however, the link to how individuals interpret spaces as green is missing. We examined the associations between three objective greenspace measures with perceptions of greenness. We used a subsample (n = 175; 2018-2019) from an environmental cardiovascular risk cohort to investigate perceptions of residential greenness. Participants completed …
College Student E-Cigarette Users’ Knowledge about E-Cigarettes
Although college students represent a growing demographic of e-cigarette users, it is unclear how knowledgeable they are about the product they use. The lack of such knowledge could result in unsafe practices and greater health risks. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine college student e-cigarette users' knowledge about e-cigarette ingredients and health risks, how often they modify their devices, and whether they utilize r…
The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Cohesion in the Association between Depressive Symptoms and Cigarette Smoking
Background Greater depression has been linked to increased smoking rates. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood. It is possible that high perceived neighborhood cohesion may serve as one such mechanism given its associations with decreased depression and smoking. Having increased levels of depression likely impacts one’s perceptions of neighborhood cohesion, which could lead to further increases in depressio…
Emotion Dysregulation and E-Cigarette Expectancies among College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: E-cigarette outcome expectancies (i.e., beliefs about the expected consequences of e-cigarette use) are a key factor in motivating use. Emotion regulation difficulties have demonstrated significant associations with outcome expectancies; however, there has yet to be an examination of associations between specific emotion regulation difficulties and specific e-cigarette outcome expectancies, which could serve as targets for interventio…
E-Cigarette Use Behavior and Expectancies Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual College Student E-Cigarette Users
Background: College students who identify as a sexual minority (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other sexual orientation) are at higher risk for e-cigarette use than their heterosexual or “straight” peers. However, little is known about factors, such as e-cigarette outcome expectancies, that might influence these differences in prevalence rates. Therefore, the current study examined differences between heterosexual and sexual minority college st…
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Diseases
Lifestyle Factors and Associations with Individual and Comorbid Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Disease Among U.S. Adults
Lifestyle factors were associated with increased odds of individual and comorbid CMD and PD among adults. CMD and PD prevention should involve promoting lifestyle modification and implementation of policies that eliminate structural barriers to healthy lifestyle adoption
Perceived Benefits of Nature in Diverse Populations
The relationship between socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and health effects of green spaces has been studied, suggesting that certain groups may reap more health benefits from exposure to nature. However, the link between the perceived benefits of nature and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics remains a gap in the literature. We used a subsample ( n = 711, 2018-2019) from an environmental cardiovascular risk cohort to inve…
Internalizing symptoms associated with nicotine and THC vaping and poly-product use among youth and young adults
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (5 works) · Cigarette smoking (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works)