Alicia R Riley
Biographic Data
| ID | 227267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alicia R Riley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alicia R |
| FAMILY NAME | Riley |
| SIGNATURE | RILEY A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3341-6892 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
More schooling is associated with lower hemoglobin A1c at the high-risk tail of the distribution
Educational attainment is inversely associated with HbA1c among those with 12 or more years of schooling, with larger point estimates for those in the high-risk tail of the HbA1c distribution
Differential associations between education and blood pressure by gender and race
Previous research suggests education is inversely associated with blood pressure, but little work has examined whether this relationship differs by race and gender jointly. Identifying the most vulnerable groups may inform hypertension prevention strategies. In this population-based study, we investigate the association between education and blood pressure overall and across race-by-gender subgroups. Our analytic sample included participants aged…
Inequities in Excess Pandemic Mortality Among Documented and Undocumented Immigrants in California, 2020–2023
Objectives. To examine how excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic differed by legal status and its intersections with sociodemographic factors, overall and among working-age Latinos. Methods. Using death records from Californian adults (aged ≥ 25 years) with a natural cause of death, we estimated excess mortality between March 2020 and May 2023, using ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) models fit to prepandemic data spanning …
Linking the 1940 U.S. Census to the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Objectives The 1940 Census is a valuable resource for understanding various aspects of historical populations in the United States. Recently, the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project integrated 1940 Census data into its extensive data set, providing researchers with an opportunity to explore new avenues of life course investigation. We leverage the newly introduced measures of childhood residential environment and evaluate their potenti…
Race/Ethnicity and the Measurement of Cognition in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Objectives In this study, we examine the measurement of cognition in different racial/ethnic groups to move toward a less biased and more inclusive set of measures for capturing cognitive change and decline in older adulthood. Methods We use data from Round 2 (N = 3,377) and Round 3 (N = 4,777) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) and examine the study’s Survey Adjusted version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-…
State cigarette taxes, smoking cessation, and implications for the educational gradient in mortality
While Some Things Change, Do Others Stay the Same? The Heterogeneity of Neighborhood Health Returns to Gentrification
Gentrification is associated with decreases in neighborhood poverty and crime, increases in amenities and services, among other benefits-all identified as structural determinants of health. However, gentrification is also associated with population-level replacement of the existing community, or threats thereof. Combining census data from the ten largest MSAs in the U.S. with tract-level estimates from the CDC-PLACES Project from 2013-14 to 2017-…
Redefining the Quest for Health Equity in the Era of Climate Crisis
Contesting Narratives of Inevitability
Contesting Narratives of Inevitability: Heterogeneity in Latino–White Inequities in COVID-19 Alicia R. RileyPhD, MPH Affiliation Alicia R. Riley is an assistant professor of sociology and core faculty in global and community health, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz. CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Alicia R. Riley, PhD, MPH, Rachel Carson College Faculty Services, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (e-mail: alic…
Do social determinants of health explain racial/ethnic disparities in Covid-19 infection
A descriptive analysis of 2020 California Occupational Safety and Health Administration covid-19-related complaints
COVID-19 mortality has disproportionately affected specific occupations and industries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protects the health and safety of workers by setting and enforcing standards for working conditions. Workers may file OSHA complaints about unsafe conditions. Complaints may indicate poor workplace safety during the pandemic. We evaluated COVID-19-related complaints filed with California (Cal)/OSHA betwe…
Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the Covid-19 pandemic
Latino people in the US are experiencing higher excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic than any other racial/ethnic group, but it is unclear which sociodemographic subgroups within this diverse population are most affected. Such information is necessary to target policies that prevent further excess mortality and reduce inequities. Using death certificate data for January 1, 2016 through February 29, 2020 and time-series models, we estimated …
Novel Insights From Interviewer Assessments of Personal Attributes, Home Environment, and Residential Context in NSHAP
Interviewer assessments collected in NSHAP are useful as proxy measures and can be used in combination with respondent's reports and ecological measures to generate insights into healthy aging
Association of US state policy orientation with adverse birth outcomes
BACKGROUND: The current US context is marked by extreme right-left partisanship, which means that state policies tend to bundle together and are not experienced in isolation. While prior work has leveraged abrupt shifts in single policies to examine the effects of state policy on birth outcomes, we examined a holistic measure that captures political polarisation. METHODS: Data were drawn from national birth certificates for 2003-2017 (N=56 770 47…
Projected All-Cause Deaths Attributable to Covid-19–Related Unemployment in the United States
Objectives. To project the range of excess deaths potentially associated with COVID-19–related unemployment in the United States and quantify inequities in these estimates by age, race/ethnicity, gender, and education. Methods. We used previously published meta-analyzed hazard ratios (HRs) for the unemployment–mortality association, unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and mortality data from the National Center for Health Stati…
Advancing the study of health inequality
We tend to study health inequalities as differentials in disease and death that exist within a population. But the most important cause of health inequality is social stratification, and social stratification only varies between populations. Here, I highlight a way forward in the study of health inequality that resolves this mismatch of analytical levels: we must study the fundamental causes as systems of exposure . Through this critical review o…
Cross-national Differences in the Association Between Retirement and Memory Decline
Memory decline postretirement was faster in Mediterranean and eastern European countries, which are characterized by less generous welfare systems with comparatively low pension benefits. Evaluation of resources that could protect retirees from memory decline would be valuable
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Residential Segregation, and Beyond-Lessons for Studying Structural Racism and Health
Racial Differences in the Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Residential Mobility in Later Life
Neighborhood disadvantage may promote local mobility by undermining person-environment fit. Racial differences in access to better neighborhoods persist in later life. Future research should explore how older adults optimize person-environment fit in the face of neighborhood disadvantage when the possibility of relocation to a better neighborhood may be restricted
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Residential Segregation, and Beyond-Lessons for Studying Structural Racism and Health
Do social determinants of health explain racial/ethnic disparities in Covid-19 infection
Projected All-Cause Deaths Attributable to Covid-19–Related Unemployment in the United States
Objectives. To project the range of excess deaths potentially associated with COVID-19–related unemployment in the United States and quantify inequities in these estimates by age, race/ethnicity, gender, and education. Methods. We used previously published meta-analyzed hazard ratios (HRs) for the unemployment–mortality association, unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and mortality data from the National Center for Health Stati…
Association of US state policy orientation with adverse birth outcomes
BACKGROUND: The current US context is marked by extreme right-left partisanship, which means that state policies tend to bundle together and are not experienced in isolation. While prior work has leveraged abrupt shifts in single policies to examine the effects of state policy on birth outcomes, we examined a holistic measure that captures political polarisation. METHODS: Data were drawn from national birth certificates for 2003-2017 (N=56 770 47…
Racial Differences in the Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Residential Mobility in Later Life
Neighborhood disadvantage may promote local mobility by undermining person-environment fit. Racial differences in access to better neighborhoods persist in later life. Future research should explore how older adults optimize person-environment fit in the face of neighborhood disadvantage when the possibility of relocation to a better neighborhood may be restricted
Novel Insights From Interviewer Assessments of Personal Attributes, Home Environment, and Residential Context in NSHAP
Interviewer assessments collected in NSHAP are useful as proxy measures and can be used in combination with respondent's reports and ecological measures to generate insights into healthy aging
Linking the 1940 U.S. Census to the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Objectives The 1940 Census is a valuable resource for understanding various aspects of historical populations in the United States. Recently, the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project integrated 1940 Census data into its extensive data set, providing researchers with an opportunity to explore new avenues of life course investigation. We leverage the newly introduced measures of childhood residential environment and evaluate their potenti…
Race/Ethnicity and the Measurement of Cognition in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Objectives In this study, we examine the measurement of cognition in different racial/ethnic groups to move toward a less biased and more inclusive set of measures for capturing cognitive change and decline in older adulthood. Methods We use data from Round 2 (N = 3,377) and Round 3 (N = 4,777) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) and examine the study’s Survey Adjusted version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-…
Contesting Narratives of Inevitability
Contesting Narratives of Inevitability: Heterogeneity in Latino–White Inequities in COVID-19 Alicia R. RileyPhD, MPH Affiliation Alicia R. Riley is an assistant professor of sociology and core faculty in global and community health, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz. CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Alicia R. Riley, PhD, MPH, Rachel Carson College Faculty Services, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (e-mail: alic…
Cross-national Differences in the Association Between Retirement and Memory Decline
Memory decline postretirement was faster in Mediterranean and eastern European countries, which are characterized by less generous welfare systems with comparatively low pension benefits. Evaluation of resources that could protect retirees from memory decline would be valuable
Racial Differences in the Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Residential Mobility in Later Life
Neighborhood disadvantage may promote local mobility by undermining person-environment fit. Racial differences in access to better neighborhoods persist in later life. Future research should explore how older adults optimize person-environment fit in the face of neighborhood disadvantage when the possibility of relocation to a better neighborhood may be restricted
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Residential Segregation, and Beyond-Lessons for Studying Structural Racism and Health
Advancing the study of health inequality
We tend to study health inequalities as differentials in disease and death that exist within a population. But the most important cause of health inequality is social stratification, and social stratification only varies between populations. Here, I highlight a way forward in the study of health inequality that resolves this mismatch of analytical levels: we must study the fundamental causes as systems of exposure . Through this critical review o…
Cross-national Differences in the Association Between Retirement and Memory Decline
Memory decline postretirement was faster in Mediterranean and eastern European countries, which are characterized by less generous welfare systems with comparatively low pension benefits. Evaluation of resources that could protect retirees from memory decline would be valuable
A descriptive analysis of 2020 California Occupational Safety and Health Administration covid-19-related complaints
COVID-19 mortality has disproportionately affected specific occupations and industries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protects the health and safety of workers by setting and enforcing standards for working conditions. Workers may file OSHA complaints about unsafe conditions. Complaints may indicate poor workplace safety during the pandemic. We evaluated COVID-19-related complaints filed with California (Cal)/OSHA betwe…
Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the Covid-19 pandemic
Latino people in the US are experiencing higher excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic than any other racial/ethnic group, but it is unclear which sociodemographic subgroups within this diverse population are most affected. Such information is necessary to target policies that prevent further excess mortality and reduce inequities. Using death certificate data for January 1, 2016 through February 29, 2020 and time-series models, we estimated …
Novel Insights From Interviewer Assessments of Personal Attributes, Home Environment, and Residential Context in NSHAP
Interviewer assessments collected in NSHAP are useful as proxy measures and can be used in combination with respondent's reports and ecological measures to generate insights into healthy aging
Association of US state policy orientation with adverse birth outcomes
BACKGROUND: The current US context is marked by extreme right-left partisanship, which means that state policies tend to bundle together and are not experienced in isolation. While prior work has leveraged abrupt shifts in single policies to examine the effects of state policy on birth outcomes, we examined a holistic measure that captures political polarisation. METHODS: Data were drawn from national birth certificates for 2003-2017 (N=56 770 47…
Projected All-Cause Deaths Attributable to Covid-19–Related Unemployment in the United States
Objectives. To project the range of excess deaths potentially associated with COVID-19–related unemployment in the United States and quantify inequities in these estimates by age, race/ethnicity, gender, and education. Methods. We used previously published meta-analyzed hazard ratios (HRs) for the unemployment–mortality association, unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and mortality data from the National Center for Health Stati…
Contesting Narratives of Inevitability
Contesting Narratives of Inevitability: Heterogeneity in Latino–White Inequities in COVID-19 Alicia R. RileyPhD, MPH Affiliation Alicia R. Riley is an assistant professor of sociology and core faculty in global and community health, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz. CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Alicia R. Riley, PhD, MPH, Rachel Carson College Faculty Services, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (e-mail: alic…
Do social determinants of health explain racial/ethnic disparities in Covid-19 infection
While Some Things Change, Do Others Stay the Same? The Heterogeneity of Neighborhood Health Returns to Gentrification
Gentrification is associated with decreases in neighborhood poverty and crime, increases in amenities and services, among other benefits-all identified as structural determinants of health. However, gentrification is also associated with population-level replacement of the existing community, or threats thereof. Combining census data from the ten largest MSAs in the U.S. with tract-level estimates from the CDC-PLACES Project from 2013-14 to 2017-…
Redefining the Quest for Health Equity in the Era of Climate Crisis
Linking the 1940 U.S. Census to the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Objectives The 1940 Census is a valuable resource for understanding various aspects of historical populations in the United States. Recently, the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project integrated 1940 Census data into its extensive data set, providing researchers with an opportunity to explore new avenues of life course investigation. We leverage the newly introduced measures of childhood residential environment and evaluate their potenti…
Race/Ethnicity and the Measurement of Cognition in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Objectives In this study, we examine the measurement of cognition in different racial/ethnic groups to move toward a less biased and more inclusive set of measures for capturing cognitive change and decline in older adulthood. Methods We use data from Round 2 (N = 3,377) and Round 3 (N = 4,777) of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) and examine the study’s Survey Adjusted version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-…
State cigarette taxes, smoking cessation, and implications for the educational gradient in mortality
More schooling is associated with lower hemoglobin A1c at the high-risk tail of the distribution
Educational attainment is inversely associated with HbA1c among those with 12 or more years of schooling, with larger point estimates for those in the high-risk tail of the HbA1c distribution
Differential associations between education and blood pressure by gender and race
Previous research suggests education is inversely associated with blood pressure, but little work has examined whether this relationship differs by race and gender jointly. Identifying the most vulnerable groups may inform hypertension prevention strategies. In this population-based study, we investigate the association between education and blood pressure overall and across race-by-gender subgroups. Our analytic sample included participants aged…
Inequities in Excess Pandemic Mortality Among Documented and Undocumented Immigrants in California, 2020–2023
Objectives. To examine how excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic differed by legal status and its intersections with sociodemographic factors, overall and among working-age Latinos. Methods. Using death records from Californian adults (aged ≥ 25 years) with a natural cause of death, we estimated excess mortality between March 2020 and May 2023, using ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) models fit to prepandemic data spanning …
Medicine (15 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (13 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works)