B Woo
Biographic Data
| ID | 20195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Woo |
| GIVEN NAMES | B |
| FAMILY NAME | Woo |
| SIGNATURE | WOO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2528-8966 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Breaking Barriers: Exploring Black Mothers’ Resilience and Coping Strategies in Navigating Maternal Health Care Services in South Carolina
Black mothers in South Carolina face significant challenges navigating maternal health care systems shaped by structural racism, gendered power, and historical inequities. Despite these conditions, they demonstrate resilience through advocacy, relational care, and culturally grounded coping strategies. Guided by critical race theory, Black feminist thought, resilience theory, and feminist ethics of care, this qualitative study explored the resili…
Unpacking the Effects of Media Racism Exposure on Multidimensional Activism Among Asian Americans
Anti-Asian racism has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic and recent political events, fueling media hate and adversely affecting Asian communities. We investigate how anti-Asian racism exposure via media influences Asian activism across five dimensions—collective, financial, dialogic, online, and symbolic. Analysis of survey responses from nearly 800 Asians across the United States indicates that media racism exposure was positively associa…
Judge Me Not: Exploring Black Mothers’ Perceptions of Maternal Health Care Services and Structural Racism in South Carolina
Black women in the United States face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality, driven by structural racism, patient-provider mistreatment, and gendered and racial discrimination. However, little research has explored Black mothers’ perceptions of maternal health care services and structural racism in the Southeastern U.S. This study aims to address this gap by examining Black mothers’ maternal health care experiences in South Carolina…
Understanding the structural, social, and interpersonal mechanisms of racism in maternal health care experiences in Southeastern United States: A conceptual framework
Black women in the United States experience disproportionately poor maternal health outcomes, particularly in the Southeastern U.S. where structural racism is deeply rooted. Despite increasing research on interpersonal factors contributing to these disparities, limited attention has been paid to the structural mechanisms driving inequities. This conceptual paper addresses that gap by presenting a framework that examines the structural, social, an…
Racial discrimination and anti‐racist action: The mediating effects of fair‐society belief among Filipino American and Korean American young adults
Racial discrimination is an important developmental context for racially minoritized young adults, contributing to the formation of societal beliefs and civic commitments. While discrimination is understood to motivate anti-racist action in young adults, the contributions of young adults' belief in a fair society toward this relationship remain unclear. This study examined fair-society belief as a mediating mechanism through which Asian American …
Step by step: Anti‐Asian discrimination and bystander intervention
Combating the recent surge of anti‐Asian racism requires a collective effort that includes the willingness of nontarget bystanders to intervene, but little is known about the circumstances under which they are willing to do so. The present qualitative study explores why non‐Asian bystanders decide to intervene when they witness anti‐Asian racism, and why, under other circumstances, they choose not to. Twenty semi‐structured interviews were conduc…
Covid-19, Racial Discrimination and Civic Engagement Among Filipino American and Korean American Young Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic provoked a spike in racial discrimination and hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. Although research substantiates the harmful impact of discrimination on health and mental health, limited research has examined how it influences civic engagement among Asian American young adults. Using cross-sectional data from the Midwestern U.S., this study investigated how the experience of anti-Asian racism was associated with civic en…
Scale validation of Filipino cultural values and its associations with depressive symptoms and substance use in Filipino Americans
Cultural values influence health beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Given the history of pre-colonial Philippines and under Spanish, American, and Japanese colonization, Filipinos have unique cultural values that are understudied in relation to health outcomes. The objectives of this study are to (1) create and validate measurement scales of surface level Filipino cultural values and (2) examine its associations with depressive symptoms and subst…
An Assessment of MSW Social Work Curricula: Semester-Long Courses Specifically Related to Immigrants and Immigration
Social workers are well positioned to meet the needs of the immigrant population in the United States (U.S.) and social workers across all fields and specializations should both feel competent and have the appropriate skills to work with immigrant clients. In this paper, we provide context around the immigrant population in the U.S. and discuss social work’s role in helping immigrants, and the role of the MSW degree in helping to prepare social w…
Racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among Asian Americans: Moderating Effects of Colorblind Racial Attitude and Nativity
Instead of claiming that race no longer matters, more racially conscious socialization and education that promote the awareness of race and racism are warranted to promote mental health of Asian Americans
Research Note—Equity and Justice in the Social Work Explicit Curriculum
In the context of the current sociopolitical climate, schools of social work’s expressed commitment to equity and justice is of paramount relevance. Utilizing course descriptions and syllabi posted online, we used content analysis to identify equity and justice-related content within the explicit curricula of 19 master of social work programs in the United States. We searched for content related to differences, diversity, disparities, and inclusi…
Which Clinic? Pre-Covid or Post-Covid?”: Immigration Policy Uncertainty, Immigrant Serving Organization, and the Response to Covid-19
Model Minority Mutiny: Addressing anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic in social work
The rise of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic signaled a lasting and ongoing history of racism in the United States. These events were a reminder to reexamine the condition of Asians and Asian Americans in the field of social work in the U.S. The purpose of this article is to support inter-solidarity movements in social work to uplift the lived experiences of Asian Americans with four recommendations: conceptualizing and positioning …
Brokering Resources during a Pandemic: Exploring How Organizations and Clinics Responded to the Needs of Immigrant Communities during Covid-19
Though COVID-19 has had sweeping implications, many immigrant groups in the United States have been disproportionately affected. The purpose of the present study is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on immigrant communities and how local immigrant-serving organizations (ISOs) have responded during the pandemic. The authors conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with executive directors and program coordinators of 31 ISOs and health clinics in …
The Association between Racial Discrimination, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Cardiovascular-Related Conditions Among Non-Hispanic Blacks: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol…
Asian Americans’ Communicative Responses to Covid-19 Discrimination in Application of Co-Cultural Theory
Early news coverage of COVID-19 influenced public suspicions of Asians as being the origin and carriers of the disease, and stigmatizing and racist terms (e.g., "Kung flu", "Chinese virus", "Wuhan virus") have been improperly used to refer to the virus. The racist rhetoric, accompanied by increasing verbal and physical attacks, has impacted the lives of Asian Americans during the pandemic. The present study investigates targeted Asian Americans' …
Covid-19 Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms among Asians Americans: Does Communication about the Incident Matter
Ecological determinants of volunteerism among Asian and Latinx immigrants in California, US
Volunteerism offers various health benefits and increases the level of cohesion among communities. Connectedness to communities may be particularly important for immigrants to promote their integration into the host society. However, research that systematically examines factors that contribute to volunteerism, particularly among immigrants, remains scarce. The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations between the ecological determ…
Racial discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, and cultural identities among Asian American youths
The present study highlights how exposure to racial discrimination may have a lasting influence in cultural identity development among Asian Americans and possibly through ethnic-racial socialization in the family, which might have been shaped by such experiences. Our results also underscore the importance of considering the experiences of both children and parents in studies of discrimination and ethnic-racial socialization. (PsycInfo Database R…
The Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: What is the Role of Residential Segregation
Racial discrimination is known to harm health, but to what extent the health burden of racial discrimination is contingent on residential contexts is understudied. This study examines the moderating role of racial residential segregation in the relationship between racial discrimination and psychological distress. Nationally representative data from the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study were merged with metropolitan‐level data fr…
Race and Ethnicity in the Social Work Grand Challenges
Race, ethnicity, and racism (RER) are interconnected with the critical problems tackled in the Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW). Yet, the extent to which the GCSW discuss the central role of RER is less clear. This article investigates how the GCSW integrate RER in their discourse. Using content analysis, authors examined all 21 concept papers that comprise the 12 initial GCSW to determine their attention to RER. Authors assessed whether e…
Unfair treatment, coping strategies, and depression among Puerto Ricans in Boston
Our findings offer guidance on developing a culturally sensitive therapy for Puerto Ricans that promotes specific types of coping strategies to reduce the mental burden of unfair treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Residential Segregation and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ambient Air Pollution
Early-Life Air Pollution Exposure, Neighborhood Poverty, and Childhood Asthma in the United States, 1990–2014
Ambient air pollution is a well-known risk factor of various asthma-related outcomes, however, past research has often focused on acute exacerbations rather than asthma development. This study draws on a population-based, multigenerational panel dataset from the United States to assess the association of childhood asthma risk with census block-level, annual-average air pollution exposure measured during the prenatal and early postnatal periods, a…
Where Is Race and Ethnicity in Social Work? A Content Analysis
Covid-19 Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms among Asians Americans: Does Communication about the Incident Matter
Racial discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, and cultural identities among Asian American youths
The present study highlights how exposure to racial discrimination may have a lasting influence in cultural identity development among Asian Americans and possibly through ethnic-racial socialization in the family, which might have been shaped by such experiences. Our results also underscore the importance of considering the experiences of both children and parents in studies of discrimination and ethnic-racial socialization. (PsycInfo Database R…
Racial Discrimination and Mental Health in the USA: Testing the Reverse Racism Hypothesis
Residential Segregation and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ambient Air Pollution
Asian Americans’ Communicative Responses to Covid-19 Discrimination in Application of Co-Cultural Theory
Early news coverage of COVID-19 influenced public suspicions of Asians as being the origin and carriers of the disease, and stigmatizing and racist terms (e.g., "Kung flu", "Chinese virus", "Wuhan virus") have been improperly used to refer to the virus. The racist rhetoric, accompanied by increasing verbal and physical attacks, has impacted the lives of Asian Americans during the pandemic. The present study investigates targeted Asian Americans' …
Race and Ethnicity in the Social Work Grand Challenges
Race, ethnicity, and racism (RER) are interconnected with the critical problems tackled in the Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW). Yet, the extent to which the GCSW discuss the central role of RER is less clear. This article investigates how the GCSW integrate RER in their discourse. Using content analysis, authors examined all 21 concept papers that comprise the 12 initial GCSW to determine their attention to RER. Authors assessed whether e…
The Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: What is the Role of Residential Segregation
Racial discrimination is known to harm health, but to what extent the health burden of racial discrimination is contingent on residential contexts is understudied. This study examines the moderating role of racial residential segregation in the relationship between racial discrimination and psychological distress. Nationally representative data from the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study were merged with metropolitan‐level data fr…
Unfair treatment, coping strategies, and depression among Puerto Ricans in Boston
Our findings offer guidance on developing a culturally sensitive therapy for Puerto Ricans that promotes specific types of coping strategies to reduce the mental burden of unfair treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Where Is Race and Ethnicity in Social Work? A Content Analysis
Model Minority Mutiny: Addressing anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic in social work
The rise of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic signaled a lasting and ongoing history of racism in the United States. These events were a reminder to reexamine the condition of Asians and Asian Americans in the field of social work in the U.S. The purpose of this article is to support inter-solidarity movements in social work to uplift the lived experiences of Asian Americans with four recommendations: conceptualizing and positioning …
Preparing to work with Latinos: Latino-focused content in social work master’s degree programs
To successfully integrate Latino immigrant populations in the United States, the Social Work Grand Challenges call for increased culturally responsive training in social work education. Nevertheless, professional programs of social work education have been slow to incorporate courses that prepare students to work with Latino communities. This study deploys content analysis to examine to what extent courses, concentrations, certificate programs, a…
Perceived Social Position of Asian Americans: Neighborhood Context and Social Comparison
Brokering Resources during a Pandemic: Exploring How Organizations and Clinics Responded to the Needs of Immigrant Communities during Covid-19
Though COVID-19 has had sweeping implications, many immigrant groups in the United States have been disproportionately affected. The purpose of the present study is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on immigrant communities and how local immigrant-serving organizations (ISOs) have responded during the pandemic. The authors conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with executive directors and program coordinators of 31 ISOs and health clinics in …
Ecological determinants of volunteerism among Asian and Latinx immigrants in California, US
Volunteerism offers various health benefits and increases the level of cohesion among communities. Connectedness to communities may be particularly important for immigrants to promote their integration into the host society. However, research that systematically examines factors that contribute to volunteerism, particularly among immigrants, remains scarce. The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations between the ecological determ…
Early-Life Air Pollution Exposure, Neighborhood Poverty, and Childhood Asthma in the United States, 1990–2014
Ambient air pollution is a well-known risk factor of various asthma-related outcomes, however, past research has often focused on acute exacerbations rather than asthma development. This study draws on a population-based, multigenerational panel dataset from the United States to assess the association of childhood asthma risk with census block-level, annual-average air pollution exposure measured during the prenatal and early postnatal periods, a…
Where Is Race and Ethnicity in Social Work? A Content Analysis
Preparing to work with Latinos: Latino-focused content in social work master’s degree programs
To successfully integrate Latino immigrant populations in the United States, the Social Work Grand Challenges call for increased culturally responsive training in social work education. Nevertheless, professional programs of social work education have been slow to incorporate courses that prepare students to work with Latino communities. This study deploys content analysis to examine to what extent courses, concentrations, certificate programs, a…
Racial Discrimination and Mental Health in the USA: Testing the Reverse Racism Hypothesis
Perceived Social Position of Asian Americans: Neighborhood Context and Social Comparison
Unfair treatment, coping strategies, and depression among Puerto Ricans in Boston
Our findings offer guidance on developing a culturally sensitive therapy for Puerto Ricans that promotes specific types of coping strategies to reduce the mental burden of unfair treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Residential Segregation and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ambient Air Pollution
Ecological determinants of volunteerism among Asian and Latinx immigrants in California, US
Volunteerism offers various health benefits and increases the level of cohesion among communities. Connectedness to communities may be particularly important for immigrants to promote their integration into the host society. However, research that systematically examines factors that contribute to volunteerism, particularly among immigrants, remains scarce. The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations between the ecological determ…
Racial discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, and cultural identities among Asian American youths
The present study highlights how exposure to racial discrimination may have a lasting influence in cultural identity development among Asian Americans and possibly through ethnic-racial socialization in the family, which might have been shaped by such experiences. Our results also underscore the importance of considering the experiences of both children and parents in studies of discrimination and ethnic-racial socialization. (PsycInfo Database R…
The Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: What is the Role of Residential Segregation
Racial discrimination is known to harm health, but to what extent the health burden of racial discrimination is contingent on residential contexts is understudied. This study examines the moderating role of racial residential segregation in the relationship between racial discrimination and psychological distress. Nationally representative data from the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study were merged with metropolitan‐level data fr…
Race and Ethnicity in the Social Work Grand Challenges
Race, ethnicity, and racism (RER) are interconnected with the critical problems tackled in the Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW). Yet, the extent to which the GCSW discuss the central role of RER is less clear. This article investigates how the GCSW integrate RER in their discourse. Using content analysis, authors examined all 21 concept papers that comprise the 12 initial GCSW to determine their attention to RER. Authors assessed whether e…
The Association between Racial Discrimination, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Cardiovascular-Related Conditions Among Non-Hispanic Blacks: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol…
Asian Americans’ Communicative Responses to Covid-19 Discrimination in Application of Co-Cultural Theory
Early news coverage of COVID-19 influenced public suspicions of Asians as being the origin and carriers of the disease, and stigmatizing and racist terms (e.g., "Kung flu", "Chinese virus", "Wuhan virus") have been improperly used to refer to the virus. The racist rhetoric, accompanied by increasing verbal and physical attacks, has impacted the lives of Asian Americans during the pandemic. The present study investigates targeted Asian Americans' …
Covid-19 Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms among Asians Americans: Does Communication about the Incident Matter
Research Note—Equity and Justice in the Social Work Explicit Curriculum
In the context of the current sociopolitical climate, schools of social work’s expressed commitment to equity and justice is of paramount relevance. Utilizing course descriptions and syllabi posted online, we used content analysis to identify equity and justice-related content within the explicit curricula of 19 master of social work programs in the United States. We searched for content related to differences, diversity, disparities, and inclusi…
Which Clinic? Pre-Covid or Post-Covid?”: Immigration Policy Uncertainty, Immigrant Serving Organization, and the Response to Covid-19
Model Minority Mutiny: Addressing anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic in social work
The rise of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic signaled a lasting and ongoing history of racism in the United States. These events were a reminder to reexamine the condition of Asians and Asian Americans in the field of social work in the U.S. The purpose of this article is to support inter-solidarity movements in social work to uplift the lived experiences of Asian Americans with four recommendations: conceptualizing and positioning …
Brokering Resources during a Pandemic: Exploring How Organizations and Clinics Responded to the Needs of Immigrant Communities during Covid-19
Though COVID-19 has had sweeping implications, many immigrant groups in the United States have been disproportionately affected. The purpose of the present study is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on immigrant communities and how local immigrant-serving organizations (ISOs) have responded during the pandemic. The authors conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with executive directors and program coordinators of 31 ISOs and health clinics in …
Covid-19, Racial Discrimination and Civic Engagement Among Filipino American and Korean American Young Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic provoked a spike in racial discrimination and hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. Although research substantiates the harmful impact of discrimination on health and mental health, limited research has examined how it influences civic engagement among Asian American young adults. Using cross-sectional data from the Midwestern U.S., this study investigated how the experience of anti-Asian racism was associated with civic en…
Scale validation of Filipino cultural values and its associations with depressive symptoms and substance use in Filipino Americans
Cultural values influence health beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Given the history of pre-colonial Philippines and under Spanish, American, and Japanese colonization, Filipinos have unique cultural values that are understudied in relation to health outcomes. The objectives of this study are to (1) create and validate measurement scales of surface level Filipino cultural values and (2) examine its associations with depressive symptoms and subst…
An Assessment of MSW Social Work Curricula: Semester-Long Courses Specifically Related to Immigrants and Immigration
Social workers are well positioned to meet the needs of the immigrant population in the United States (U.S.) and social workers across all fields and specializations should both feel competent and have the appropriate skills to work with immigrant clients. In this paper, we provide context around the immigrant population in the U.S. and discuss social work’s role in helping immigrants, and the role of the MSW degree in helping to prepare social w…
Racial discrimination and depressive symptoms among Asian Americans: Moderating Effects of Colorblind Racial Attitude and Nativity
Instead of claiming that race no longer matters, more racially conscious socialization and education that promote the awareness of race and racism are warranted to promote mental health of Asian Americans
Racial discrimination and anti‐racist action: The mediating effects of fair‐society belief among Filipino American and Korean American young adults
Racial discrimination is an important developmental context for racially minoritized young adults, contributing to the formation of societal beliefs and civic commitments. While discrimination is understood to motivate anti-racist action in young adults, the contributions of young adults' belief in a fair society toward this relationship remain unclear. This study examined fair-society belief as a mediating mechanism through which Asian American …
Step by step: Anti‐Asian discrimination and bystander intervention
Combating the recent surge of anti‐Asian racism requires a collective effort that includes the willingness of nontarget bystanders to intervene, but little is known about the circumstances under which they are willing to do so. The present qualitative study explores why non‐Asian bystanders decide to intervene when they witness anti‐Asian racism, and why, under other circumstances, they choose not to. Twenty semi‐structured interviews were conduc…
Breaking Barriers: Exploring Black Mothers’ Resilience and Coping Strategies in Navigating Maternal Health Care Services in South Carolina
Black mothers in South Carolina face significant challenges navigating maternal health care systems shaped by structural racism, gendered power, and historical inequities. Despite these conditions, they demonstrate resilience through advocacy, relational care, and culturally grounded coping strategies. Guided by critical race theory, Black feminist thought, resilience theory, and feminist ethics of care, this qualitative study explored the resili…
Medicine (18 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (13 works) · Racism (13 works) · Ethnic group (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Public health (10 works)