David J Roelfs

Biographic Data

ID181255
NAMEDavid J Roelfs
GIVEN NAMESDavid J
FAMILY NAMERoelfs
SIGNATUREROELFS D J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Louisville
ORCID0000-0002-4825-4398
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS160
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX7

  • Racial and gender disparities in faculty perceptions of discrimination, exclusion, and inequities across department and university levels

    Open AccessM J Gast, Yara Mekawi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Diversity in Higher…2025Cited by: 1

  • The problematic nature of existing explanations for differential immigrant mortality

    Open AccessDavid J Roelfs, Eran ShorARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024

  • The Influence of Public Health Faculty on College and University Plans During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessDavid Johnson, Meredith Cahill et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    The purpose of this study was to explore whether the institutional presence of public health expertise within colleges and universities was associated with operational plans for the fall semester of 2020. Using cross-sectional data collected by the College Crisis Initiative of Davidson College, six levels of instructional modalities (ranked from least to most restrictive) were compared between Council on Education of Public Health (CEPH)-accredit…

  • A Global Meta-analysis of the Immigrant Mortality Advantage

    Open AccessE Shor, David J RoelfsARTICLEInternational Migration Review2021Cited by: 5References: 142

    A large body of research on the “Healthy Immigrant Effect” (or “Paradox”) has reported an immigrant mortality advantage. However, other studies do not find such significant effects, and some even present contradictory evidence. This article is the first systematic meta-analysis that investigates the immigration-mortality relationship from a global perspective, examining 1,933 all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk estimates from 103 publicat…

  • How Hybrid Institutional Logics Matter

    Open AccessHannah Bohn, H Joseph Bohn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2020

    This study applied an institutional logics framework to examine issues that challenged revitalization efforts in three distressed neighborhoods in an urban Midwest U.S. city. Specifically, it examined whether emergent hybrid (organizational) logics influenced multiple disconnected partnerships and collaborations. Thematic analyses were conducted on data from 39 semi-structured interviews conducted in two phases ( n = 11 and n = 28, respectively).…

  • Climate shock

    Open AccessEran Shor, David J Roelfs et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2019Cited by: 3References: 108

  • J-Curve? A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Parity and Parental Mortality

    Open AccessRobin S Högnäs, David J Roelfs et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2017Cited by: 13References: 87

  • The "Hispanic mortality paradox" revisited

    Open AccessEran Shor, David J Roelfs et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2017Cited by: 14References: 82

  • Meta-Analysis, History of

    Open AccessDavid J RoelfsCHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • Social contact frequency and all-cause mortality

    Open AccessEran Shor, David J RoelfsARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2015Cited by: 25References: 141

  • The strength of family ties

    Eran Shor, David J Roelfs et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2013

  • Meta-analysis for Sociology – A Measure-driven Approach

    Open AccessDavid J Roelfs, Eran Shor et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2013Cited by: 7References: 9

    Meta-analytic methods are becoming increasingly important in sociological research. In this article we present an approach for meta-analysis which is especially helpful for sociologists. Conventional approaches to meta-analysis often prioritize "concept-driven" literature searches. However, in disciplines with high theoretical diversity, such as sociology, this search approach might constrain the researcher's ability to fully exploit the entire b…

  • The Longevity Effects of Religious and Nonreligious Participation

    Open AccessEran Shor, David J RoelfsARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…2013Cited by: 17References: 142

    Scholars have long argued that the reduced mortality risk associated with frequent participation in religious services derives from two sources: social participation and religious belief efficacy. In contrast, the reduced mortality risk associated with participation in nonreligious groups is thought to derive solely from the social participation component. This study tests the religious efficacy hypothesis by comparing the effects of religious pa…

  • Widowhood and Mortality

    Open AccessEran Shor, David J Roelfs et al.ARTICLEDemography2012Cited by: 35References: 130

    The study of spousal bereavement and mortality has long been a major topic of interest for social scientists, but much remains unknown with respect to important moderating factors, such as age, follow-up duration, and geographic region. The present study examines these factors using meta-analysis. Keyword searches were conducted in multiple electronic databases, supplemented by extensive iterative hand searches. We extracted 1,377 mortality risk …

  • Meta-analysis of marital dissolution and mortality

    Open AccessEran Shor, David J Roelfs et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 40References: 152

  • Losing life and livelihood

    Open AccessDavid J Roelfs, Eran Shor et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2011

  • Essay 1

    Open AccessDavid J Roelfs, Zheng ZhaoARTICLESociological Forum2007References: 6