Lori Brand Bateman
Biographic Data
| ID | 280620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lori Brand Bateman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lori Brand |
| FAMILY NAME | Bateman |
| SIGNATURE | BATEMAN L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4705-165X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Factors Associated with Trust and Likelihood of Participation in Pandemic-Related Clinical Trials Among Blacks in the U.S. Deep South
Recruitment for clinical trials among Black populations in the U.S. Deep South is challenging due to general distrust of medical research. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this phenomenon at a time when distrust of the medical community was high. This study evaluated the likelihood of participation in a COVID-19 clinical trial among Black residents in urban and rural counties in the State of Alabama. From 3 counties, 296 participants were querie…
Development and Implementation of Informational Toolkits to Address Inequities in Covid-19 Testing
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected African American communities. Informational toolkits have emerged as a strategy to address such inequities. Community-driven approaches to toolkit design may enhance their relevance and impact in underserved communities. Methods: Using a human-centered design approach, we developed COVID-19 testing toolkits tailored to health care, faith-based, and public housing settings in rural and …
Overcoming Research Mistrust in African American Communities by Engaging Community Members as Research Team Members: Challenges and Opportunities
Objectives: We aimed to understand factors surrounding COVID-19 testing in vulnerable urban and rural African American communities in Alabama, which are characterized by mistrust in medical research. Methods: To address widespread mistrust, we trained lay community members as research coordinators (Community Engagement Coordinators-CECs) and employed them for study recruitment and data collection. We then explored their experiences through group …
Adaption and validation of scales to measure Covid-19 stigma attitudes and perceptions
Stark racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 case rates manifested across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and were also observed in rates of COVID-19 testing. Targeted testing of populations at greatest risk for COVID-19, while effective in containing the spread of COVID-19, could propagate stigma and discrimination, especially when directed toward already marginalized communities. As is known from other health areas, stigmatizati…
Partnering With Churches to Address Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Trustworthy Contexts
The Black church has long been seen as a crucial partner in addressing public health issues. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-engaged church intervention addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in underserved Black communities in Jefferson County, Alabama. We partnered with churches to implement and evaluate the intervention between March and June of 2022 and found that our church partners were cap…
A New Model for Engagement and Action Mitigating Covid-19 Harm in Vulnerable Communities: The Work of Collaborative Community Engagement Alliance (Ceal) Initiatives in Three Southern States
Confronting Covid-19 in under-resourced, African American neighborhoods: A qualitative study examining community member and stakeholders’ perceptions
Gaining community members' perspectives can identify barriers and facilitators to prevention, coping, and testing and potentially improve outcomes. While addressing the social determinants of health (e.g. income, education, medical trust) would be an effective path by which to diminish health disparities related to COVID-19, there is an urgent need to mitigate the spread and severity of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations. Interventions should foc…
Using photovoice to explore social determinants of obesity in two underserved communities in the southeast
Over the past 25 years, the adult obesity rate in the U.S. has increased 70%, with obesity placing a disproportionate chronic disease burden on African Americans. Using Photovoice methodology, this study aimed to: (1) explore the social determinants contributing to obesity from the perspectives of residents of two low-income municipalities in Birmingham, Alabama with varying levels of segregation, (2) better understand residents' perceptions of c…
Determinants of Obesity in Two Urban Communities: Perceptions and Community-Driven Solutions
Interventions addressing the immediate food and physical activity environment - restaurants, grocery stores, and resources for physical activity - may have high likelihood of success as they align with community needs and understanding of priorities. Health education and promotion programs that increase food-related knowledge and skills are also needed and likely to receive strong community support
An Exploration of Multilevel Physical Activity Correlates Among Low-Income African Americans in Alabama and Mississippi
Understanding obesity-related health disparities among low-income African Americans in the south requires further research investigating the range of factors influencing health behaviors. This study sought to examine the relationship between meeting the minimum recommendation for moderate physical activity and multilevel, including policy, systems, and environmental, strategies thought to influence health behaviors. We utilize preintervention com…
Health and Religion
Concepts of health and illness in human society originated from traditional religious views about life and death. Even in the twenty‐first century, where the influence of religion has diminished, it remains a key social structure in western society. Religion not only shapes the interpretation of health events, but also individual health behaviors and the social support available to individuals during negative life events. Contemporary studies sho…
Empowering One Community at a Time for Policy, System and Environmental Changes to Impact Obesity
ArCOP successfully engaged mayors, elected officials, and stakeholders who can influence policy across Arkansas as well as in an additional five states in the Mid-South TCC region to implement obesity PSE prevention strategies
Policy, System and Environmental Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Low-Income African American Population in the Southeast
These findings suggest that policy-based interventions have the potential to improve health outcomes among priority populations, such as low-income African Americans, who are at high risk of developing chronic diseases
Examining Neighborhood Social Cohesion in the Context of Community-based Participatory Research: Descriptive Findings from an Academic-Community Partnership
The Mid-South TCC Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Core successfully partnered with community members and stakeholders to establish a coalition whose concerns and vision for the community matched the concerns of residents of the community. Collecting data from different groups strengthened the interpretation of the findings and allowed for a rich understanding of neighborhood concerns
Exploring Habermas’ theory of communicative ethics as an approach to physician communication training: The case of pediatric end-of-life care
Does one size fit all? The role of body mass index and waist circumference in systemic inflammation in midlife by race and gender
WC shows more consistent associations with inflammation markers than BMI, although the relationships vary by inflammation marker and population group. Our findings suggest that WC is a risk factor for systemic inflammation among White and Black men and women, and BMI is an additional risk factor for Black men
Health and Religion
Concepts of health and illness in human society originated from traditional religious views about life and death. One of the first sociologists to study religion was Émile Durkheim, who found that distinctions between ideas about the sacred and profane were connected to notions of health and illness. Religious views of the sacred body, for example, were equated with health. When someone became ill, it was not because of hygiene, but because of a …
Confronting Covid-19 in under-resourced, African American neighborhoods: A qualitative study examining community member and stakeholders’ perceptions
Gaining community members' perspectives can identify barriers and facilitators to prevention, coping, and testing and potentially improve outcomes. While addressing the social determinants of health (e.g. income, education, medical trust) would be an effective path by which to diminish health disparities related to COVID-19, there is an urgent need to mitigate the spread and severity of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations. Interventions should foc…
Using photovoice to explore social determinants of obesity in two underserved communities in the southeast
Over the past 25 years, the adult obesity rate in the U.S. has increased 70%, with obesity placing a disproportionate chronic disease burden on African Americans. Using Photovoice methodology, this study aimed to: (1) explore the social determinants contributing to obesity from the perspectives of residents of two low-income municipalities in Birmingham, Alabama with varying levels of segregation, (2) better understand residents' perceptions of c…
Health and Religion
Concepts of health and illness in human society originated from traditional religious views about life and death. One of the first sociologists to study religion was Émile Durkheim, who found that distinctions between ideas about the sacred and profane were connected to notions of health and illness. Religious views of the sacred body, for example, were equated with health. When someone became ill, it was not because of hygiene, but because of a …
Does one size fit all? The role of body mass index and waist circumference in systemic inflammation in midlife by race and gender
WC shows more consistent associations with inflammation markers than BMI, although the relationships vary by inflammation marker and population group. Our findings suggest that WC is a risk factor for systemic inflammation among White and Black men and women, and BMI is an additional risk factor for Black men
Health and Religion
Concepts of health and illness in human society originated from traditional religious views about life and death. Even in the twenty‐first century, where the influence of religion has diminished, it remains a key social structure in western society. Religion not only shapes the interpretation of health events, but also individual health behaviors and the social support available to individuals during negative life events. Contemporary studies sho…
Empowering One Community at a Time for Policy, System and Environmental Changes to Impact Obesity
ArCOP successfully engaged mayors, elected officials, and stakeholders who can influence policy across Arkansas as well as in an additional five states in the Mid-South TCC region to implement obesity PSE prevention strategies
Policy, System and Environmental Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Low-Income African American Population in the Southeast
These findings suggest that policy-based interventions have the potential to improve health outcomes among priority populations, such as low-income African Americans, who are at high risk of developing chronic diseases
Examining Neighborhood Social Cohesion in the Context of Community-based Participatory Research: Descriptive Findings from an Academic-Community Partnership
The Mid-South TCC Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Core successfully partnered with community members and stakeholders to establish a coalition whose concerns and vision for the community matched the concerns of residents of the community. Collecting data from different groups strengthened the interpretation of the findings and allowed for a rich understanding of neighborhood concerns
Exploring Habermas’ theory of communicative ethics as an approach to physician communication training: The case of pediatric end-of-life care
Determinants of Obesity in Two Urban Communities: Perceptions and Community-Driven Solutions
Interventions addressing the immediate food and physical activity environment - restaurants, grocery stores, and resources for physical activity - may have high likelihood of success as they align with community needs and understanding of priorities. Health education and promotion programs that increase food-related knowledge and skills are also needed and likely to receive strong community support
An Exploration of Multilevel Physical Activity Correlates Among Low-Income African Americans in Alabama and Mississippi
Understanding obesity-related health disparities among low-income African Americans in the south requires further research investigating the range of factors influencing health behaviors. This study sought to examine the relationship between meeting the minimum recommendation for moderate physical activity and multilevel, including policy, systems, and environmental, strategies thought to influence health behaviors. We utilize preintervention com…
Using photovoice to explore social determinants of obesity in two underserved communities in the southeast
Over the past 25 years, the adult obesity rate in the U.S. has increased 70%, with obesity placing a disproportionate chronic disease burden on African Americans. Using Photovoice methodology, this study aimed to: (1) explore the social determinants contributing to obesity from the perspectives of residents of two low-income municipalities in Birmingham, Alabama with varying levels of segregation, (2) better understand residents' perceptions of c…
Confronting Covid-19 in under-resourced, African American neighborhoods: A qualitative study examining community member and stakeholders’ perceptions
Gaining community members' perspectives can identify barriers and facilitators to prevention, coping, and testing and potentially improve outcomes. While addressing the social determinants of health (e.g. income, education, medical trust) would be an effective path by which to diminish health disparities related to COVID-19, there is an urgent need to mitigate the spread and severity of COVID-19 in vulnerable populations. Interventions should foc…
Overcoming Research Mistrust in African American Communities by Engaging Community Members as Research Team Members: Challenges and Opportunities
Objectives: We aimed to understand factors surrounding COVID-19 testing in vulnerable urban and rural African American communities in Alabama, which are characterized by mistrust in medical research. Methods: To address widespread mistrust, we trained lay community members as research coordinators (Community Engagement Coordinators-CECs) and employed them for study recruitment and data collection. We then explored their experiences through group …
Adaption and validation of scales to measure Covid-19 stigma attitudes and perceptions
Stark racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 case rates manifested across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and were also observed in rates of COVID-19 testing. Targeted testing of populations at greatest risk for COVID-19, while effective in containing the spread of COVID-19, could propagate stigma and discrimination, especially when directed toward already marginalized communities. As is known from other health areas, stigmatizati…
Partnering With Churches to Address Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Trustworthy Contexts
The Black church has long been seen as a crucial partner in addressing public health issues. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-engaged church intervention addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in underserved Black communities in Jefferson County, Alabama. We partnered with churches to implement and evaluate the intervention between March and June of 2022 and found that our church partners were cap…
A New Model for Engagement and Action Mitigating Covid-19 Harm in Vulnerable Communities: The Work of Collaborative Community Engagement Alliance (Ceal) Initiatives in Three Southern States
Development and Implementation of Informational Toolkits to Address Inequities in Covid-19 Testing
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected African American communities. Informational toolkits have emerged as a strategy to address such inequities. Community-driven approaches to toolkit design may enhance their relevance and impact in underserved communities. Methods: Using a human-centered design approach, we developed COVID-19 testing toolkits tailored to health care, faith-based, and public housing settings in rural and …
Factors Associated with Trust and Likelihood of Participation in Pandemic-Related Clinical Trials Among Blacks in the U.S. Deep South
Recruitment for clinical trials among Black populations in the U.S. Deep South is challenging due to general distrust of medical research. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this phenomenon at a time when distrust of the medical community was high. This study evaluated the likelihood of participation in a COVID-19 clinical trial among Black residents in urban and rural counties in the State of Alabama. From 3 counties, 296 participants were querie…
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Community Health and Development (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works)