Charles Abrams
Biographic Data
| ID | 224856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Abrams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrams |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3742-0629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1947 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Estimating the impacts of calorie labels in fast-food settings using a novel comparison: Comparing California drive-through and in-store purchases
Lessons Learned Across Three Evaluations Incorporating Participant-Generated Photo Elicitation Interviewing
Qualitative interviews and focus groups are commonly used methods to elicit participants’ voices in program evaluations. However, the use of these data-gathering methods can fall short of the goal; even with open-ended questions, the protocols guiding and shaping interviews and focus groups heavily reflect the evaluators’ understanding and experience of the program or intervention under consideration and its target population(s). In this paper, w…
Exploring Flexibility in Philanthropic Funding for Place-Based Efforts to Improve Community Health: Reflections on a New York State Multisite Initiative
Place-based efforts represent a key approach for philanthropies committed to addressing social determinants of health. This article shares insights and reflections from an experience funding and evaluating the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, a $22 million, six-year, place-based effort by two grantmaking foundations in nine geographically and demographically diverse communities across New York state. The initiative aimed to facilitate healthy li…
Assessment of a government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and children’s dietary intakes
Objective To assess the impact of a new government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and dietary habits in children. Design A difference-in-difference study design was utilized. Setting Two neighbourhoods in the Bronx, New York City. Outcomes were collected in Morrisania, the target community where the new supermarket was opened, and Highbridge, the comparison community. Subjects Parents/caregivers of a chi…
Social Relationships of Dually Diagnosed Homeless Adults Following Enrollment in Housing First or Traditional Treatment Services
These findings suggest that HF participants are not more socially isolated than those in traditional care. Implications for practice, policy and future research are discussed
A Water Availability Intervention in New York City Public Schools: Influence on Youths’ Water and Milk Behaviors
Objectives. We determined the influence of “water jets” on observed water and milk taking and self-reported fluid consumption in New York City public schools. Methods. From 2010 to 2011, before and 3 months after water jet installation in 9 schools, we observed water and milk taking in cafeterias (mean 1000 students per school) and surveyed students in grades 5, 8, and 11 (n = 2899) in the 9 schools that received water jets and 10 schools that di…
After the Fall: The Changing Experiential Conditions of Post-9/11 New York and Their Political Implications
In contrast to the audience in most of the world, New Yorkers experienced the events of 9/11 as more than symbolic images. Indeed, the experiential and practical foundations of New Yorkers' cultural existences were transformed in the wake of 9/11, at least temporarily. The weeks following the crisis were spent coming to terms with what happened; making meaning in practical, interpersonal, and historico-political terms; and interpreting and manipu…
Social relationships among persons who have experienced serious mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness: Implications for recovery
The new paradigm of recovery has highlighted the importance of positive social relationships, but little is known about their role in recovery among homeless individuals with serious mental illness and comorbid substance abuse. This study used within- and across-case analyses of longitudinal data from qualitative interviews with 41 dually diagnosed individuals entering residential programs to exit homelessness and receive needed services. Themati…
Disappearing acts: The social networks of formerly homeless individuals with co-occurring disorders
In their own words: Trauma and substance abuse in the lives of formerly homeless women with serious mental illness
In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 formerly homeless mentally ill women to capture their individual life trajectories of mental illness, substance abuse, and trauma in their own words. Cross-case analyses produced 5 themes: (a) betrayals of trust, (b) graphic or gratuitous nature of traumatic events, (c) anxiety about leaving their immediate surroundings (including attending group treatment programs), (d) desire for one's own space, and (…
Contesting the New York Community: From Liminality to the “New Normal” in the Wake of September 11
This article explores the processes involved in the construction and contestation of community in New York City following the disaster of September 11, 2001. By employing insights from the literatures on disaster and cultural meaning making, we examine how New Yorkers created and negotiated the meanings of the cultural, symbolic, and moral problems that followed the attacks. Though this postdisaster period has come to be heralded as one that witn…
The Language of Cities: A Glossary of Terms
The Metropolitan Scene: Some Recent Views
Man's Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World
Man's Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World
Man's Struggle For Shelter In An Urbanizing World
The Rising Challenge to Minority Advance
The Rise of Intolerance Over the World
A Threat to the Citizen Volunteer
Forbidden Neighbors: A Study of Prejudice in Housing
Housing Comes of Age
The Future of Housing
Disappearing acts: The social networks of formerly homeless individuals with co-occurring disorders
Forbidden Neighbors: A Study of Prejudice in Housing
Contesting the New York Community: From Liminality to the “New Normal” in the Wake of September 11
This article explores the processes involved in the construction and contestation of community in New York City following the disaster of September 11, 2001. By employing insights from the literatures on disaster and cultural meaning making, we examine how New Yorkers created and negotiated the meanings of the cultural, symbolic, and moral problems that followed the attacks. Though this postdisaster period has come to be heralded as one that witn…
Social Relationships of Dually Diagnosed Homeless Adults Following Enrollment in Housing First or Traditional Treatment Services
These findings suggest that HF participants are not more socially isolated than those in traditional care. Implications for practice, policy and future research are discussed
The Future of Housing
A Water Availability Intervention in New York City Public Schools: Influence on Youths’ Water and Milk Behaviors
Objectives. We determined the influence of “water jets” on observed water and milk taking and self-reported fluid consumption in New York City public schools. Methods. From 2010 to 2011, before and 3 months after water jet installation in 9 schools, we observed water and milk taking in cafeterias (mean 1000 students per school) and surveyed students in grades 5, 8, and 11 (n = 2899) in the 9 schools that received water jets and 10 schools that di…
Lessons Learned Across Three Evaluations Incorporating Participant-Generated Photo Elicitation Interviewing
Qualitative interviews and focus groups are commonly used methods to elicit participants’ voices in program evaluations. However, the use of these data-gathering methods can fall short of the goal; even with open-ended questions, the protocols guiding and shaping interviews and focus groups heavily reflect the evaluators’ understanding and experience of the program or intervention under consideration and its target population(s). In this paper, w…
Man's Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World
Housing Comes of Age
The Future of Housing
Forbidden Neighbors: A Study of Prejudice in Housing
The Rising Challenge to Minority Advance
The Rise of Intolerance Over the World
A Threat to the Citizen Volunteer
Man's Struggle For Shelter In An Urbanizing World
Man's Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World
Man's Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World
The Metropolitan Scene: Some Recent Views
The Language of Cities: A Glossary of Terms
Contesting the New York Community: From Liminality to the “New Normal” in the Wake of September 11
This article explores the processes involved in the construction and contestation of community in New York City following the disaster of September 11, 2001. By employing insights from the literatures on disaster and cultural meaning making, we examine how New Yorkers created and negotiated the meanings of the cultural, symbolic, and moral problems that followed the attacks. Though this postdisaster period has come to be heralded as one that witn…
In their own words: Trauma and substance abuse in the lives of formerly homeless women with serious mental illness
In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 formerly homeless mentally ill women to capture their individual life trajectories of mental illness, substance abuse, and trauma in their own words. Cross-case analyses produced 5 themes: (a) betrayals of trust, (b) graphic or gratuitous nature of traumatic events, (c) anxiety about leaving their immediate surroundings (including attending group treatment programs), (d) desire for one's own space, and (…
Disappearing acts: The social networks of formerly homeless individuals with co-occurring disorders
Social relationships among persons who have experienced serious mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness: Implications for recovery
The new paradigm of recovery has highlighted the importance of positive social relationships, but little is known about their role in recovery among homeless individuals with serious mental illness and comorbid substance abuse. This study used within- and across-case analyses of longitudinal data from qualitative interviews with 41 dually diagnosed individuals entering residential programs to exit homelessness and receive needed services. Themati…
After the Fall: The Changing Experiential Conditions of Post-9/11 New York and Their Political Implications
In contrast to the audience in most of the world, New Yorkers experienced the events of 9/11 as more than symbolic images. Indeed, the experiential and practical foundations of New Yorkers' cultural existences were transformed in the wake of 9/11, at least temporarily. The weeks following the crisis were spent coming to terms with what happened; making meaning in practical, interpersonal, and historico-political terms; and interpreting and manipu…
Assessment of a government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and children’s dietary intakes
Objective To assess the impact of a new government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and dietary habits in children. Design A difference-in-difference study design was utilized. Setting Two neighbourhoods in the Bronx, New York City. Outcomes were collected in Morrisania, the target community where the new supermarket was opened, and Highbridge, the comparison community. Subjects Parents/caregivers of a chi…
Social Relationships of Dually Diagnosed Homeless Adults Following Enrollment in Housing First or Traditional Treatment Services
These findings suggest that HF participants are not more socially isolated than those in traditional care. Implications for practice, policy and future research are discussed
A Water Availability Intervention in New York City Public Schools: Influence on Youths’ Water and Milk Behaviors
Objectives. We determined the influence of “water jets” on observed water and milk taking and self-reported fluid consumption in New York City public schools. Methods. From 2010 to 2011, before and 3 months after water jet installation in 9 schools, we observed water and milk taking in cafeterias (mean 1000 students per school) and surveyed students in grades 5, 8, and 11 (n = 2899) in the 9 schools that received water jets and 10 schools that di…
Exploring Flexibility in Philanthropic Funding for Place-Based Efforts to Improve Community Health: Reflections on a New York State Multisite Initiative
Place-based efforts represent a key approach for philanthropies committed to addressing social determinants of health. This article shares insights and reflections from an experience funding and evaluating the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative, a $22 million, six-year, place-based effort by two grantmaking foundations in nine geographically and demographically diverse communities across New York state. The initiative aimed to facilitate healthy li…
Estimating the impacts of calorie labels in fast-food settings using a novel comparison: Comparing California drive-through and in-store purchases
Lessons Learned Across Three Evaluations Incorporating Participant-Generated Photo Elicitation Interviewing
Qualitative interviews and focus groups are commonly used methods to elicit participants’ voices in program evaluations. However, the use of these data-gathering methods can fall short of the goal; even with open-ended questions, the protocols guiding and shaping interviews and focus groups heavily reflect the evaluators’ understanding and experience of the program or intervention under consideration and its target population(s). In this paper, w…
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)