Julie Ober Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 222156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Ober Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie Ober |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN J O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3969-8130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Psychometric Properties of the Everyday Ageism Scale: Results from the Experiences of Aging in Society Project
Objective: To comprehensively evaluate the psychometric properties of the relatively new Everyday Ageism Scale. Methods: Data were from the 2021-2023 Experiences of Aging in Society project ( N = 237, ages 50+, multiracial/multiethnic, 72.6% female). We assessed the multidimensional structure, reliability, and validity of the Everyday Ageism Scale. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis generally substantiated the three-factor structure of the Eve…
Black-White Differences Related to Ageism and Health: Evidence from the Experiences of Aging in Society Project
Contraceptive Use and Its Associations With Social Determinants of Health Among Young Adults
Interventions that address social determinants of health can potentially promote contraceptive use
Multiple forms of discrimination and inflammation in Black Americans: Are there differences by sex
Mechanisms of Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes and Disparities: What Characteristics of Chronic Stressors are Linked to HPA-Axis Dysregulation
Objectives: Chronic stressors are associated with cardiometabolic health conditions and disparities. Mechanisms linking stressors and health remain poorly understood. Methods: Two cohort studies (Cardiac Rehabilitation And The Experience [CREATE] and Tracking Risk Identification for Adult Diabetes [TRIAD]) with harmonized variables were used to examine relationships between six types of chronic stressors in adulthood and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ad…
The Everyday Ageism Scale: Development and Evaluation
Everyday ageism is a multidimensional construct. Preliminary evaluation of the Everyday Ageism Scale suggests its utility in future studies examining the prevalence of everyday ageism and its relationships with health
An Online Behavioral Health Intervention Promoting Mental Health, Manhood, and Social Support for Young Black Men: The YBMen Project
Conventional definitions of mental health, manhood, and social support create barriers to accessing behavioral health care for Black men ages 18 to 30. Targeted behavioral health interventions sensitive to culture, social norms, and gender that circumvent these barriers are desperately needed to improve access and integrated care for this group. This article reports mixed methods findings from the 2017 iteration of the Young Black Men, Masculinit…
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Relationships between Coping and Psychological and Physiological Stress Responses
Findings revealed complex relationships between coping and psychological and physiological stress responses and suggest the importance of differing approaches to reducing associated racial health disparities among men
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence on Coping and Cortisol from Midus II
An exploratory study of stress and coping among Black college men
Research on coping mechanisms among Black Americans is robust, yet there is a dearth of studies that use qualitative approaches to examine coping specifically among young Black men. The current and historical landscape of race relations in the United States calls for additional concern and exploration of this topic. To fill gaps in this area, this study uncovered the ways Black college men cope with various stressors that impact their mental heal…
Strengths and weaknesses of the Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Facebook project
The Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) project is a Facebook-based intervention that provides mental health education and social support to young Black men. The YBMen project was created to better understand and address the pressures and needs of young Black men, particularly with regard to issues related to their conceptualization of masculinity and mental health. Black men from a 2-year liberal arts college in the Midwest…
If you do nothing about stress, the next thing you know, you're shattered: Perspectives on African American men's stress, coping and health from African American men and key women in their lives
Involving Faith-Based Organizations in Adolescent HIV Prevention
Study findings demonstrate that faith leaders who participate in specific and ongoing HIV prevention education training can be useful sexual health resources for youth in faith-based settings. Implications for research and practice highlight the advantages of continued partnerships between FBOs and public health professionals in future HIV prevention efforts for adolescents
Community-Based Organizational Capacity Building as a Strategy to Reduce Racial Health Disparities
Social and Cultural Factors Influence African American Men’s Medical Help Seeking
Objective: To examine the factors that influenced African American men’s medical help seeking. Method: Thematic analysis of 14 focus groups with 105 older, urban African American men. Results: African American men described normative expectations that they did not go to the doctor and that they were afraid to go, with little explanation. When they did go, men reported that they were particularly uncomfortable with the tone physicians used when ta…
Community gardening, neighborhood meetings, and social capital
This study examined associations between participation in community gardening/beautification projects and neighborhood meetings with perceptions of social capital at both the individual and neighborhood levels. Data were analyzed from a cross‐sectional stratified random telephone survey conducted in Flint, Michigan ( N =1916). Hierarchical linear and logistic regression analyses were used to study associations, controlling for individual and Cens…
Working with Care: A Guide to Protecting the Vulnerable from Abuse
Community gardening, neighborhood meetings, and social capital
This study examined associations between participation in community gardening/beautification projects and neighborhood meetings with perceptions of social capital at both the individual and neighborhood levels. Data were analyzed from a cross‐sectional stratified random telephone survey conducted in Flint, Michigan ( N =1916). Hierarchical linear and logistic regression analyses were used to study associations, controlling for individual and Cens…
If you do nothing about stress, the next thing you know, you're shattered: Perspectives on African American men's stress, coping and health from African American men and key women in their lives
Social and Cultural Factors Influence African American Men’s Medical Help Seeking
Objective: To examine the factors that influenced African American men’s medical help seeking. Method: Thematic analysis of 14 focus groups with 105 older, urban African American men. Results: African American men described normative expectations that they did not go to the doctor and that they were afraid to go, with little explanation. When they did go, men reported that they were particularly uncomfortable with the tone physicians used when ta…
The Everyday Ageism Scale: Development and Evaluation
Everyday ageism is a multidimensional construct. Preliminary evaluation of the Everyday Ageism Scale suggests its utility in future studies examining the prevalence of everyday ageism and its relationships with health
Mechanisms of Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes and Disparities: What Characteristics of Chronic Stressors are Linked to HPA-Axis Dysregulation
Objectives: Chronic stressors are associated with cardiometabolic health conditions and disparities. Mechanisms linking stressors and health remain poorly understood. Methods: Two cohort studies (Cardiac Rehabilitation And The Experience [CREATE] and Tracking Risk Identification for Adult Diabetes [TRIAD]) with harmonized variables were used to examine relationships between six types of chronic stressors in adulthood and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ad…
Multiple forms of discrimination and inflammation in Black Americans: Are there differences by sex
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence on Coping and Cortisol from Midus II
Involving Faith-Based Organizations in Adolescent HIV Prevention
Study findings demonstrate that faith leaders who participate in specific and ongoing HIV prevention education training can be useful sexual health resources for youth in faith-based settings. Implications for research and practice highlight the advantages of continued partnerships between FBOs and public health professionals in future HIV prevention efforts for adolescents
Working with Care: A Guide to Protecting the Vulnerable from Abuse
Community-Based Organizational Capacity Building as a Strategy to Reduce Racial Health Disparities
Social and Cultural Factors Influence African American Men’s Medical Help Seeking
Objective: To examine the factors that influenced African American men’s medical help seeking. Method: Thematic analysis of 14 focus groups with 105 older, urban African American men. Results: African American men described normative expectations that they did not go to the doctor and that they were afraid to go, with little explanation. When they did go, men reported that they were particularly uncomfortable with the tone physicians used when ta…
Community gardening, neighborhood meetings, and social capital
This study examined associations between participation in community gardening/beautification projects and neighborhood meetings with perceptions of social capital at both the individual and neighborhood levels. Data were analyzed from a cross‐sectional stratified random telephone survey conducted in Flint, Michigan ( N =1916). Hierarchical linear and logistic regression analyses were used to study associations, controlling for individual and Cens…
Involving Faith-Based Organizations in Adolescent HIV Prevention
Study findings demonstrate that faith leaders who participate in specific and ongoing HIV prevention education training can be useful sexual health resources for youth in faith-based settings. Implications for research and practice highlight the advantages of continued partnerships between FBOs and public health professionals in future HIV prevention efforts for adolescents
If you do nothing about stress, the next thing you know, you're shattered: Perspectives on African American men's stress, coping and health from African American men and key women in their lives
Strengths and weaknesses of the Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Facebook project
The Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) project is a Facebook-based intervention that provides mental health education and social support to young Black men. The YBMen project was created to better understand and address the pressures and needs of young Black men, particularly with regard to issues related to their conceptualization of masculinity and mental health. Black men from a 2-year liberal arts college in the Midwest…
An exploratory study of stress and coping among Black college men
Research on coping mechanisms among Black Americans is robust, yet there is a dearth of studies that use qualitative approaches to examine coping specifically among young Black men. The current and historical landscape of race relations in the United States calls for additional concern and exploration of this topic. To fill gaps in this area, this study uncovered the ways Black college men cope with various stressors that impact their mental heal…
An Online Behavioral Health Intervention Promoting Mental Health, Manhood, and Social Support for Young Black Men: The YBMen Project
Conventional definitions of mental health, manhood, and social support create barriers to accessing behavioral health care for Black men ages 18 to 30. Targeted behavioral health interventions sensitive to culture, social norms, and gender that circumvent these barriers are desperately needed to improve access and integrated care for this group. This article reports mixed methods findings from the 2017 iteration of the Young Black Men, Masculinit…
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Relationships between Coping and Psychological and Physiological Stress Responses
Findings revealed complex relationships between coping and psychological and physiological stress responses and suggest the importance of differing approaches to reducing associated racial health disparities among men
Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence on Coping and Cortisol from Midus II
The Everyday Ageism Scale: Development and Evaluation
Everyday ageism is a multidimensional construct. Preliminary evaluation of the Everyday Ageism Scale suggests its utility in future studies examining the prevalence of everyday ageism and its relationships with health
Mechanisms of Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes and Disparities: What Characteristics of Chronic Stressors are Linked to HPA-Axis Dysregulation
Objectives: Chronic stressors are associated with cardiometabolic health conditions and disparities. Mechanisms linking stressors and health remain poorly understood. Methods: Two cohort studies (Cardiac Rehabilitation And The Experience [CREATE] and Tracking Risk Identification for Adult Diabetes [TRIAD]) with harmonized variables were used to examine relationships between six types of chronic stressors in adulthood and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ad…
Multiple forms of discrimination and inflammation in Black Americans: Are there differences by sex
Contraceptive Use and Its Associations With Social Determinants of Health Among Young Adults
Interventions that address social determinants of health can potentially promote contraceptive use
Psychometric Properties of the Everyday Ageism Scale: Results from the Experiences of Aging in Society Project
Objective: To comprehensively evaluate the psychometric properties of the relatively new Everyday Ageism Scale. Methods: Data were from the 2021-2023 Experiences of Aging in Society project ( N = 237, ages 50+, multiracial/multiethnic, 72.6% female). We assessed the multidimensional structure, reliability, and validity of the Everyday Ageism Scale. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis generally substantiated the three-factor structure of the Eve…
Black-White Differences Related to Ageism and Health: Evidence from the Experiences of Aging in Society Project
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)