Miyong T Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 187332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miyong T Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miyong T |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4769-9387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Dementia Care Decisions, Caregiving Situations, and Formal Service Use in Korean Immigrant Families: A Qualitative Application of a Sociocultural Model
Given the significant role of culture and place in dementia caregiving, we conducted a qualitative study with Korean American family caregivers of persons with dementia. Guided by the sociocultural model of dementia caregivers’ service use, we explored the categories of care decisions, caregiving situations, and formal service use within the context of culture and place. Data from in-depth interviews with 16 Korean American dementia caregivers li…
Lessons Learned from Amen: African American Faith-Based Mental Health and Wellness Program
Nurturing collaborative partnerships between faith leaders, academics, and community organizations is vital for building capacity and ensuring the sustainability of mental health promotion and wellness initiatives within AA communities
The Role of Sensory Impairment in Cognitive Health Appraisal: A Study of Older Korean Americans Living in Subsidized Senior Housing
Objectives We examined how the association between cognitive performance and cognitive health appraisal would be moderated by vision and/or hearing impairment. Methods Data were collected from 315 older Korean–American residents in subsidized senior housing in Los Angeles ( M age = 79.4 years). Linear regression models examined the direct and interactive effects of cognitive performance, vision impairment, and hearing impairment on cognitive heal…
Mobile Health Applications Addressing Health Disparities for Women on Community Supervision: A Scoping Review
BACKGROUND: Mobile health applications have gained popularity in assisting high-risk, hard-to-reach groups in self-management of health conditions. One such population with high rates of health disparities comprises women under community supervision. In this review, we examine the literature on mHealth applications to address health disparities among women under community supervision. METHODS: We searched CINAHL, PubMed, and PsycInfo for peer-rev…
Factors Associated With Dietary Risks in Older Korean Americans
Given the importance of healthy eating in the later years of life, the present study examined factors associated with dietary risks in older Korean Americans. We hypothesized that dietary risks would be associated with sociodemographic disadvantages, adverse health conditions, and limited sociocultural resources. Dietary risks were assessed with a scale covering five behavioral and situational risk factors (eating alone, skipping meals, functiona…
Association of weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption with age at natural menopause
In South Korea, rapid economic growth and modernization have led to changes in lifestyle factors that may affect age at natural menopause. Data from 4,793 women aged ≥55 years, who had a natural menopause, were analyzed from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013–2017). Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the association between lifestyle factors and age at natural menopause after adjusting for birth coho…
Racial discrimination, coping, and suicidal ideation in Chinese immigrants
Greater attention should be paid to the detrimental effects of racial discrimination on suicidal ideation among Chinese immigrants. A focus on strengthening problem-focused coping and reducing emotion-focused and avoidant coping among Chinese immigrants should lead to effective suicide prevention strategies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Mental Health Among Chinese Immigrants in the United States During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Introduction: Chinese immigrants have faced tremendous health challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated factors among Chinese immigrants in the United States. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study conducted online. Sociodemographic, immigration-related, and pandemic-related factors, racism, social support, depression, and anxiety…
African American men who become mental health advocates
Using a narrative approach, this study explored how African American men became mental health advocates. This ancillary study is part of a formative within an ongoing community based intervention program that was designed to promote mental health of African Americans (AMEN) project within an ongoing community based intervention program that was designed to promote mental health of African Americans (AMEN) project. Narrative research techniques we…
Lessons Learned from Rapid Community Needs Assessment in the African American Community During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Community-based participatory research with lay health workers is an effective method to implement a community needs assessment, problem-solve with community members, and build community health infrastructure during a public health crisis
Linguistic Adaptation and Cognitive Function in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study
Findings show the importance of linguistic adaptation in older immigrants' cognitive health and suggest a need for targeted interventions for high-risk groups
Older Korean Americans’ Perceived Burdensomeness to Their Healthcare Partners: An Egocentric Network Assessment
Objectives: The objective is to examine how older Korean Americans' perceived burdensomeness to their healthcare partners is associated with the characteristics of older adult participants ( egos ) and their healthcare partners ( alters ). Methods: Surveys of 2150 participants in the Study of Older Korean Americans provided ego data. Participants were also asked to list up to three individuals whom they usually asked for help on health-related ma…
The Mental Health Benefit of Friend Networks in Older Korean Americans: The Conditioning Effect of Family Type
We not only confirmed the health-promoting role of friend networks and the value of a close-knit family but also found that the benefit of friend networks was pronounced when quality of the family relationship was impaired. Our findings called renewed attention to older immigrants' social convoys of family and friends, suggesting that the enhancement of friend networks could be particularly advantageous for older immigrants with dysfunctional fam…
Discordance Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Function in Older Korean Americans
Objectives: To examine predictors of membership in discordant groups identified by subjective and objective measures of cognitive function. Methods: Participants in the Study of Older Korean Americans ( N = 2046) were classified according to their subjective cognitive ratings ( excellent / very good / good vs. fair / poor ) and Mini-Mental State Examination scores (normal cognition vs. cognitive impairment), yielding two discordant groups: (1) po…
Perceived racial discrimination and mental distress in older Korean Americans: The moderating role of ethnic resources
Ethnic resources are a benefit in coping with experiences of discrimination. The moderating role of sense of community suggests the value of fostering social capital in ethnic communities to protect and promote older immigrants' mental health
When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults’ Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During Covid-19
Older adults are in triple jeopardy during COVID-19: compared with younger people, older adults are (1) more likely to develop serious conditions and experience higher mortality; (2) less likely to obtain high quality information or services online; and (3) more likely to experience social isolation and loneliness. Hybrid solutions, coupling online and offline strategies, are invaluable in ensuring the inclusion of vulnerable populations. Most of…
Self-rated Physical, Mental, Oral, and Cognitive Health in Older Korean Immigrants: The Role of Health Indicators and Sociocultural Factors
Food Sources of Sodium in Korean Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Implications for Cardiovascular Disease
Introduction: Excess sodium intake can increase the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, common comorbidities for those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of this study is to describe sodium intake and high sodium food sources among Korean Americans (KAs) with T2DM. Method: This study, a descriptive, secondary analysis of baseline data from a clinical trial for diabetes, recruited KAs with T2DM ( n = 232) from th…
The Differential Role of Vitamin D in Type 2 Diabetes Management and Control in Minority Populations
Limited English Proficiency and Health Service Use in Asian Americans
Willingness to Use a Nursing Home in Asian Americans
Preference for patient–provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans
Objectives: The present study examined factors associated with the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans. Design: With data drawn from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey ( N = 2535), a logistic regression model of the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance was tested with demographic (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, education), health and access (chronic medical conditions, self-rate…
Factors Predicting Sodium Intake of Korean Americans with Type 2 Diabetes
Community-based game intervention to improve South Asian Indian Americans’ engagement with advanced care planning
Objective: Advance care planning (ACP) allows individuals to express their preferences for medical treatment in the event that they become incapable of making their own decisions. This study assessed the efficacy of a conversation game intervention for increasing South Asian Indian Americans' (SAIAs') engagement in ACP behaviors as well as the game's acceptability and cultural appropriateness among SAIAs. Design: Eligible community-dwelling SAIAs…
The risk typology of healthcare access and its association with unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans
Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant-specific (nativity, length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency and acculturation) risk factors of healthcare access. Latent profile analysis identified a three-cluster model (low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk groups). Compared with the low-risk group…
A Vision for Progress in Community Health Partnerships
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an increasingly used approach for conducting research to improve community health. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory as a framework, it follows that future adoption of CBPR will occur if academic and community partners perceive CBPR to have greater relative advantage, compatibility, trialability, and observability, and less complexity than other research approaches. We propose that arti…
Correlates of Depression in the Korean American Elderly: Focusing on Personal Resources of Social Support
Latent profiles of acculturation and their implications for health: A study with Asian Americans in central Texas
The present study identified profiles of acculturation in Asian Americans and explored their implications for health. Pointing out the upward selection bias of Asian Americans in English-only surveys, the study calls attention to the importance of obtaining Asian American samples that reflect the group's cultural and linguistic diversities. Data were drawn from 2,602 participants (age range = 18-98) in the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life (AAQ…
Measuring Depression in Korean Americans: Development of the Kim Depression Scale for Korean Americans
This article discusses issues related to measuring depression in linguistic and cultural minority groups, using Korean Americans as an example. The article details the process of developing and evaluating a depression-screening tool for Korean Americans. A series of focus groups was conducted in the development stage of the study. In the evaluation phase, 154 first-generation Korean Americans participated in the assessment of the psychometric pro…
Preference for patient–provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans
Objectives: The present study examined factors associated with the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans. Design: With data drawn from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey ( N = 2535), a logistic regression model of the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance was tested with demographic (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, education), health and access (chronic medical conditions, self-rate…
Social Capital in Ethnic Communities and Mental Health: A Study of Older Korean Immigrants
Risk Factors for Social Isolation in Older Korean Americans
The common and specific risk factors should be incorporated in programs to reduce social isolation in older immigrant populations
The risk typology of healthcare access and its association with unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans
Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant-specific (nativity, length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency and acculturation) risk factors of healthcare access. Latent profile analysis identified a three-cluster model (low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk groups). Compared with the low-risk group…
Dental Care Utilization and Unmet Dental Needs in Older Korean Americans
Our findings underscore the vulnerability of individuals who are culturally and linguistically isolated and lack family resources, and they highlight the importance of incorporating social and cultural factors in intervention efforts
Maintaining an Outward Image: A Korean Immigrant’s Life With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) disproportionately affect minority populations in the United States, including Korean American immigrants (KAI). We conducted qualitative interviews with middle-aged KAI in Maryland living with DM and HTN to examine the illness experience to inform future intervention strategies. Study results show that participants utilized strategies to maintain respect and Korean identity, including an image…
Linguistic Adaptation and Cognitive Function in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study
Findings show the importance of linguistic adaptation in older immigrants' cognitive health and suggest a need for targeted interventions for high-risk groups
Perceived racial discrimination and mental distress in older Korean Americans: The moderating role of ethnic resources
Ethnic resources are a benefit in coping with experiences of discrimination. The moderating role of sense of community suggests the value of fostering social capital in ethnic communities to protect and promote older immigrants' mental health
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Literacy Among Korean American Women: A Community Health Worker–Led Intervention
Objectives. To test a community health worker (CHW)-led health literacy intervention on mammogram and Papanicolaou test screening among Korean American women. Methods. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial at 23 ethnic churches in the Baltimore, Maryland–Washington, DC, metropolitan area between 2010 and 2014. Trained CHWs enrolled 560 women. The intervention group received an individually tailored cancer-screening brochure followed by CHW-led …
Family factors related to obesity in Mexican-American and Anglo preschool children
The relationship between family factors and obesity in Mexican-American and Anglo preschool children was investigated. The sample consisted of 377 mothers and their children; 189 were Mexican Americans and 188 were Anglos. Results indicated that Mexican-American children were heavier and were more likely to live in single parent families than Anglo children. Mothers of Mexican-American children were more overweight, were less educated, and had lo…
Measuring Depression in Korean Americans: Development of the Kim Depression Scale for Korean Americans
This article discusses issues related to measuring depression in linguistic and cultural minority groups, using Korean Americans as an example. The article details the process of developing and evaluating a depression-screening tool for Korean Americans. A series of focus groups was conducted in the development stage of the study. In the evaluation phase, 154 first-generation Korean Americans participated in the assessment of the psychometric pro…
Barriers to and Strategies for Recruiting Korean Americans for Community-Partnered Health Promotion Research
A Vision for Progress in Community Health Partnerships
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an increasingly used approach for conducting research to improve community health. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory as a framework, it follows that future adoption of CBPR will occur if academic and community partners perceive CBPR to have greater relative advantage, compatibility, trialability, and observability, and less complexity than other research approaches. We propose that arti…
Correlates of Depression in the Korean American Elderly: Focusing on Personal Resources of Social Support
Does Access to Care Still Affect Health Care Utilization by Immigrants? Testing of an Empirical Explanatory Model of Health Care Utilization by Korean American Immigrants with High Blood Pressure
A corner store intervention in a low-income urban community is associated with increased availability and sales of some healthy foods
Objective While corner store-based nutrition interventions have emerged as a potential strategy to increase healthy food availability in low-income communities, few evaluation studies exist. We present the results of a trial in Baltimore City to increase the availability and sales of healthier food options in local stores. Design Quasi-experimental study. Setting Corner stores owned by Korean-Americans and supermarkets located in East and West Ba…
Measuring Health Literacy Among Immigrants with a Phonetic Primary Language: A Case of Korean American Women
Influence of Living Arrangements on the Management and Control of Hypertension: A Mixed-Methods Study of Korean American Elderly
Maintaining an Outward Image: A Korean Immigrant’s Life With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) disproportionately affect minority populations in the United States, including Korean American immigrants (KAI). We conducted qualitative interviews with middle-aged KAI in Maryland living with DM and HTN to examine the illness experience to inform future intervention strategies. Study results show that participants utilized strategies to maintain respect and Korean identity, including an image…
Creating a Transdisciplinary Research Center to Reduce Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland: Lessons Learned
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disparities continue to have a negative impact on African Americans in the United States, largely because of uncontrolled hypertension. Despite the availability of evidence-based interventions, their use has not been translated into clinical and public health practice. The Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities is a new transdisciplinary research program with a stated goal to lower the imp…
An Introduction to Item Response Theory for Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement
Dental Care Utilization and Unmet Dental Needs in Older Korean Americans
Our findings underscore the vulnerability of individuals who are culturally and linguistically isolated and lack family resources, and they highlight the importance of incorporating social and cultural factors in intervention efforts
Risk Factors for Social Isolation in Older Korean Americans
The common and specific risk factors should be incorporated in programs to reduce social isolation in older immigrant populations
Sources of Response Bias in Older Ethnic Minorities: A Case of Korean American Elderly
Social Capital in Ethnic Communities and Mental Health: A Study of Older Korean Immigrants
Community Health Workers Versus Nurses as Counselors or Case Managers in a Self-Help Diabetes Management Program
Objectives. To confirm the effectiveness of community health workers’ involvement as counselors or case managers in a self-help diabetes management program in 2009 to 2014. Methods. Our open-label, randomized controlled trial determined the effectiveness of a self-help intervention among Korean Americans aged 35 to 80 years in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes. We measured and analyzed physiological and …
Factors Predicting Sodium Intake of Korean Americans with Type 2 Diabetes
Community-based game intervention to improve South Asian Indian Americans’ engagement with advanced care planning
Objective: Advance care planning (ACP) allows individuals to express their preferences for medical treatment in the event that they become incapable of making their own decisions. This study assessed the efficacy of a conversation game intervention for increasing South Asian Indian Americans' (SAIAs') engagement in ACP behaviors as well as the game's acceptability and cultural appropriateness among SAIAs. Design: Eligible community-dwelling SAIAs…
The risk typology of healthcare access and its association with unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans
Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant-specific (nativity, length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency and acculturation) risk factors of healthcare access. Latent profile analysis identified a three-cluster model (low-risk, moderate-risk and high-risk groups). Compared with the low-risk group…
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Literacy Among Korean American Women: A Community Health Worker–Led Intervention
Objectives. To test a community health worker (CHW)-led health literacy intervention on mammogram and Papanicolaou test screening among Korean American women. Methods. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial at 23 ethnic churches in the Baltimore, Maryland–Washington, DC, metropolitan area between 2010 and 2014. Trained CHWs enrolled 560 women. The intervention group received an individually tailored cancer-screening brochure followed by CHW-led …
Latent profiles of acculturation and their implications for health: A study with Asian Americans in central Texas
The present study identified profiles of acculturation in Asian Americans and explored their implications for health. Pointing out the upward selection bias of Asian Americans in English-only surveys, the study calls attention to the importance of obtaining Asian American samples that reflect the group's cultural and linguistic diversities. Data were drawn from 2,602 participants (age range = 18-98) in the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life (AAQ…
Limited English Proficiency and Health Service Use in Asian Americans
Willingness to Use a Nursing Home in Asian Americans
Preference for patient–provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans
Objectives: The present study examined factors associated with the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans. Design: With data drawn from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey ( N = 2535), a logistic regression model of the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance was tested with demographic (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, education), health and access (chronic medical conditions, self-rate…
Medicine (39 works) · Gerontology (29 works) · Psychology (29 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Environmental health (15 works) · Ethnic group (15 works) · Nursing (15 works) · Public health (15 works) · Immigration (14 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (13 works)