Hwajung Choi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3581592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hwajung Choi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hwajung |
| FAMILY NAME | Choi |
| SIGNATURE | CHOI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6497-7679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Gender Differences in Episodic Memory Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Four Middle-Income Countries
Episodic memory is an important indicator of cognitive function. Women generally report better episodic memory than men later in life, with education having a notable role in this relationship. However, this phenomenon has seen limited cross-national exploration across age groups in middle-income countries (MICs) that have with varied forms of gender inequality and education access. We used cross-sectional, nationally representative data (2015–20…
Who’s On Your Team? Classifying Dementia Caregiving Networks and Associations With the Well-being of Caregivers and Care Recipients With Dementia
Objectives While caregivers are typically enmeshed in broad networks of family and friends assisting with care, this network has been neglected in favor of examining a “primary” caregiver. This study examines types of family and unpaid friend networks for individuals with dementia and how one’s network type relates to the well-being of care recipients with dementia and their caregivers. Methods Data are drawn from the nationally representative 20…
Relationship quality moderates the association between neighborhood disadvantage and cognition among Mexican American older adults
These findings suggest that interventions to improve cognition among Mexican American older adults in disadvantaged neighborhoods should consider relationship quality and gender in health promotion efforts
Changes in marital and health status as risk factors for a subsequent negative wealth shock: A population-based longitudinal study in the United States, 1995-2020
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2022
Employment Dynamics Among Adult Children at the Onset of Parental Dementia: Variation by Sociodemographic Characteristics
The potential impact of parental ADRD on adult child employment is complex and should be considered in the context of sociodemographic factors
Measuring spatial availability of children for older adults with disability
Differential Trends in Disability Among Rich and Poor Adults in the United States and England From 2002 to 2016
Improvements in disability were more widespread in England than in the United States between 2002 and 2016. In both countries, the disparity in disability between low- and high-income adults widened for middle-aged adults. Policies targeted at preventing disability among low-income adults should be a priority in both countries
The Social Cost of Providing Care to Older Adults With and Without Dementia
More time spent among caregivers of persons with versus without dementia may be an important factor undermining social participation, but hours only partially explain the gap. Future interventions should consider how to facilitate social participation among caregivers
The Changing Tides of Caregiving During the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Decreasing and Increasing Care Provision Relates to Caregiver Well-Being
Those who changed their care provision during the pandemic predominantly did so to protect their care recipient from COVID-19 exposure. Increasing one's care provision was strongly associated with worse mental health and well-being. Supports for caregivers who take on additional care tasks during the pandemic could have great public health benefit
Close enough? Adult child-to-parent caregiving and residential proximity
Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child-parent proximity is sparse
Race/Ethnic Differences in Spatial Distance Between Adult Children and Their Mothers
ObjectiveThis brief study examines race/ethnic differences in geographic distance to mothers among adults in the United States.BackgroundRace/ethnic differences in rates of adult children living with their mothers in the United States are well documented, but spatial distances beyond shared housing are not.MethodSpatial distances between residential locations of adults aged 25 years and older and their biological mothers are estimated using the 2…
Spatial Distance Between Parents and Adult Children in the United States
ObjectiveThis brief report presents contemporary national estimates of the spatial distance between residences of parents and adult children in the United States, including distance to one's nearest parent or adult child and whether one lives near all of their parents and adult children.BackgroundThe most recent national estimates of parent-child spatial proximity come from data for the early 1990s. Moreover, research has rarely assessed the spat…
Effective Contraception Use by Usual Source of Care: An Opportunity for Prevention
Trends in the Prevalence and Disparity in Cognitive Limitations of Americans 55–69 Years Old
Among people 55-69, rates of CL are many times higher for groups with lower SES than those with higher SES, and recent trends show little indication that the gaps are narrowing
The Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, and Health Care Utilization of Previously Incarcerated Young Men: 2008–2015
Objectives. To estimate health insurance and health care utilization patterns among previously incarcerated men following implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion and Marketplace plans in 2014. Methods. We performed serial cross-sectional analyses using data from the National Survey of Family Growth between 2008 and 2015. Our sample included men aged 18 to 44 years with (n = 3476) and without (n = 8702) a history of …
A Community-Powered, Asset-Based Approach to Intersectoral Urban Health System Planning in Chicago
Objectives. To describe, and provide a nomenclature and taxonomy for classifying, the economic sectors and functional assets that could be mobilized as partners in an intersectoral health system. Methods. MAPSCorps (Meaningful, Active, Productive Science in Service to Community) employed local youths to conduct a census of all operating assets (businesses and organizations) on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in 2012. We classified assets by …
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes in a South Asian Population
Are older adults living in more equal counties healthier than older adults living in more unequal counties? A propensity score matching approach
Immigrant Latino Neighborhoods and Mortality Among Infants Born to Mexican-Origin Latina Women
Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity
Understanding SES variations in the informal care resources, and potential role of child geographic availability, may inform the development of cost-effective community-based care programs and policies
Older Adults’ Residential Proximity to Their Children: Changes After Cardiovascular Events
To assess changes in family residential proximity after a first cardiovascular (CV) event among older adults and to identify families most likely to experience such moves. Using a nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults in the United States, we identified respondents with no prior diagnosis of CV disease (CVD). We examined subsequent development of stroke, heart attack, and/or heart failure among these older adults and examin…
Social Relationships and Depression: Ten-Year Follow-Up from a Nationally Representative Study
BACKGROUND: Social network characteristics have long been associated with mental health, but their longitudinal impact on depression is less known. We determined whether quality of social relationships and social isolation predicts the development of depression. METHODS: The sample consisted of a cohort of 4,642 American adults age 25-75 who completed surveys at baseline in 1995-1996 and at ten-year follow-up. Quality of relationships was assesse…
Family and Friend Participation in Primary Care Visits of Patients With Diabetes or Heart Failure: Patient and Physician Determinants and Experiences
BACKGROUND: Professional and patient groups have called for increased participation of patients' informal support networks in chronic disease care, as a means to improve clinical care and self-management. Little is known about the current level of participation of family and friends in the physician visits of adults with chronic illnesses or how that participation affects the experience of patients and physicians. METHODS: Written survey of 439 f…
Spatial Distance Between Parents and Adult Children in the United States
ObjectiveThis brief report presents contemporary national estimates of the spatial distance between residences of parents and adult children in the United States, including distance to one's nearest parent or adult child and whether one lives near all of their parents and adult children.BackgroundThe most recent national estimates of parent-child spatial proximity come from data for the early 1990s. Moreover, research has rarely assessed the spat…
Older Adults’ Residential Proximity to Their Children: Changes After Cardiovascular Events
To assess changes in family residential proximity after a first cardiovascular (CV) event among older adults and to identify families most likely to experience such moves. Using a nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults in the United States, we identified respondents with no prior diagnosis of CV disease (CVD). We examined subsequent development of stroke, heart attack, and/or heart failure among these older adults and examin…
Race/Ethnic Differences in Spatial Distance Between Adult Children and Their Mothers
ObjectiveThis brief study examines race/ethnic differences in geographic distance to mothers among adults in the United States.BackgroundRace/ethnic differences in rates of adult children living with their mothers in the United States are well documented, but spatial distances beyond shared housing are not.MethodSpatial distances between residential locations of adults aged 25 years and older and their biological mothers are estimated using the 2…
Close enough? Adult child-to-parent caregiving and residential proximity
Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child-parent proximity is sparse
Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity
Understanding SES variations in the informal care resources, and potential role of child geographic availability, may inform the development of cost-effective community-based care programs and policies
The Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, and Health Care Utilization of Previously Incarcerated Young Men: 2008–2015
Objectives. To estimate health insurance and health care utilization patterns among previously incarcerated men following implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion and Marketplace plans in 2014. Methods. We performed serial cross-sectional analyses using data from the National Survey of Family Growth between 2008 and 2015. Our sample included men aged 18 to 44 years with (n = 3476) and without (n = 8702) a history of …
Trends in the Prevalence and Disparity in Cognitive Limitations of Americans 55–69 Years Old
Among people 55-69, rates of CL are many times higher for groups with lower SES than those with higher SES, and recent trends show little indication that the gaps are narrowing
A Community-Powered, Asset-Based Approach to Intersectoral Urban Health System Planning in Chicago
Objectives. To describe, and provide a nomenclature and taxonomy for classifying, the economic sectors and functional assets that could be mobilized as partners in an intersectoral health system. Methods. MAPSCorps (Meaningful, Active, Productive Science in Service to Community) employed local youths to conduct a census of all operating assets (businesses and organizations) on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in 2012. We classified assets by …
The Social Cost of Providing Care to Older Adults With and Without Dementia
More time spent among caregivers of persons with versus without dementia may be an important factor undermining social participation, but hours only partially explain the gap. Future interventions should consider how to facilitate social participation among caregivers
Are older adults living in more equal counties healthier than older adults living in more unequal counties? A propensity score matching approach
The Changing Tides of Caregiving During the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Decreasing and Increasing Care Provision Relates to Caregiver Well-Being
Those who changed their care provision during the pandemic predominantly did so to protect their care recipient from COVID-19 exposure. Increasing one's care provision was strongly associated with worse mental health and well-being. Supports for caregivers who take on additional care tasks during the pandemic could have great public health benefit
Measuring spatial availability of children for older adults with disability
Differential Trends in Disability Among Rich and Poor Adults in the United States and England From 2002 to 2016
Improvements in disability were more widespread in England than in the United States between 2002 and 2016. In both countries, the disparity in disability between low- and high-income adults widened for middle-aged adults. Policies targeted at preventing disability among low-income adults should be a priority in both countries
Are Remittances Insurance?
A basic theoretical result is that if there is a Pareto-efficient allocation of risk across individual entities (in this case, individual household members) in a risk-sharing arrangement, individual consumption should not be affected by idiosyncratic income shocks. Data and Sample Construction The empirical analysis uses data from linked household surveys conducted by the Philippine National Statistics Office covering a nationally representative …
Are Remittances Insurance? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in the Philippines
Do remittances sent by overseas migrants serve as insurance for recipient households? In a study of how remittances from overseas respond to income shocks experienced by Philippine households, changes in income are found to lead to changes in remittances in the opposite direction, consistent with an insurance motivation. Roughly 60 percent of declines in household income are replaced by remittance inflows from overseas. Because household income a…
Hospitalizations and Deaths Among Adults With Cardiovascular Disease Who Underuse Medications Because of Cost: A Longitudinal Analysis
CONTEXT: It is well-documented that the financial burden of out-of-pocket expenditures for prescription drugs often leads people with medication-sensitive chronic illnesses to restrict their use of these medications. Less is known about the extent to which such cost-related medication underuse is associated with increases in subsequent hospitalizations and deaths. OBJECTIVE: We compared the risk of hospitalizations among 5401 and of death among 6…
Family and Friend Participation in Primary Care Visits of Patients With Diabetes or Heart Failure: Patient and Physician Determinants and Experiences
BACKGROUND: Professional and patient groups have called for increased participation of patients' informal support networks in chronic disease care, as a means to improve clinical care and self-management. Little is known about the current level of participation of family and friends in the physician visits of adults with chronic illnesses or how that participation affects the experience of patients and physicians. METHODS: Written survey of 439 f…
Social Relationships and Depression: Ten-Year Follow-Up from a Nationally Representative Study
BACKGROUND: Social network characteristics have long been associated with mental health, but their longitudinal impact on depression is less known. We determined whether quality of social relationships and social isolation predicts the development of depression. METHODS: The sample consisted of a cohort of 4,642 American adults age 25-75 who completed surveys at baseline in 1995-1996 and at ten-year follow-up. Quality of relationships was assesse…
Immigrant Latino Neighborhoods and Mortality Among Infants Born to Mexican-Origin Latina Women
Spouse and Child Availability for Newly Disabled Older Adults: Socioeconomic Differences and Potential Role of Residential Proximity
Understanding SES variations in the informal care resources, and potential role of child geographic availability, may inform the development of cost-effective community-based care programs and policies
Older Adults’ Residential Proximity to Their Children: Changes After Cardiovascular Events
To assess changes in family residential proximity after a first cardiovascular (CV) event among older adults and to identify families most likely to experience such moves. Using a nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults in the United States, we identified respondents with no prior diagnosis of CV disease (CVD). We examined subsequent development of stroke, heart attack, and/or heart failure among these older adults and examin…
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes in a South Asian Population
Are older adults living in more equal counties healthier than older adults living in more unequal counties? A propensity score matching approach
A Community-Powered, Asset-Based Approach to Intersectoral Urban Health System Planning in Chicago
Objectives. To describe, and provide a nomenclature and taxonomy for classifying, the economic sectors and functional assets that could be mobilized as partners in an intersectoral health system. Methods. MAPSCorps (Meaningful, Active, Productive Science in Service to Community) employed local youths to conduct a census of all operating assets (businesses and organizations) on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in 2012. We classified assets by …
Trends in the Prevalence and Disparity in Cognitive Limitations of Americans 55–69 Years Old
Among people 55-69, rates of CL are many times higher for groups with lower SES than those with higher SES, and recent trends show little indication that the gaps are narrowing
The Affordable Care Act, Insurance Coverage, and Health Care Utilization of Previously Incarcerated Young Men: 2008–2015
Objectives. To estimate health insurance and health care utilization patterns among previously incarcerated men following implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) Medicaid expansion and Marketplace plans in 2014. Methods. We performed serial cross-sectional analyses using data from the National Survey of Family Growth between 2008 and 2015. Our sample included men aged 18 to 44 years with (n = 3476) and without (n = 8702) a history of …
Effective Contraception Use by Usual Source of Care: An Opportunity for Prevention
Race/Ethnic Differences in Spatial Distance Between Adult Children and Their Mothers
ObjectiveThis brief study examines race/ethnic differences in geographic distance to mothers among adults in the United States.BackgroundRace/ethnic differences in rates of adult children living with their mothers in the United States are well documented, but spatial distances beyond shared housing are not.MethodSpatial distances between residential locations of adults aged 25 years and older and their biological mothers are estimated using the 2…
Spatial Distance Between Parents and Adult Children in the United States
ObjectiveThis brief report presents contemporary national estimates of the spatial distance between residences of parents and adult children in the United States, including distance to one's nearest parent or adult child and whether one lives near all of their parents and adult children.BackgroundThe most recent national estimates of parent-child spatial proximity come from data for the early 1990s. Moreover, research has rarely assessed the spat…
Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child-parent proximity is sparse
Differential Trends in Disability Among Rich and Poor Adults in the United States and England From 2002 to 2016
Improvements in disability were more widespread in England than in the United States between 2002 and 2016. In both countries, the disparity in disability between low- and high-income adults widened for middle-aged adults. Policies targeted at preventing disability among low-income adults should be a priority in both countries
The Social Cost of Providing Care to Older Adults With and Without Dementia
More time spent among caregivers of persons with versus without dementia may be an important factor undermining social participation, but hours only partially explain the gap. Future interventions should consider how to facilitate social participation among caregivers
The Changing Tides of Caregiving During the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Decreasing and Increasing Care Provision Relates to Caregiver Well-Being
Those who changed their care provision during the pandemic predominantly did so to protect their care recipient from COVID-19 exposure. Increasing one's care provision was strongly associated with worse mental health and well-being. Supports for caregivers who take on additional care tasks during the pandemic could have great public health benefit
Close enough? Adult child-to-parent caregiving and residential proximity
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2022
Employment Dynamics Among Adult Children at the Onset of Parental Dementia: Variation by Sociodemographic Characteristics
The potential impact of parental ADRD on adult child employment is complex and should be considered in the context of sociodemographic factors
Measuring spatial availability of children for older adults with disability
Who’s On Your Team? Classifying Dementia Caregiving Networks and Associations With the Well-being of Caregivers and Care Recipients With Dementia
Objectives While caregivers are typically enmeshed in broad networks of family and friends assisting with care, this network has been neglected in favor of examining a “primary” caregiver. This study examines types of family and unpaid friend networks for individuals with dementia and how one’s network type relates to the well-being of care recipients with dementia and their caregivers. Methods Data are drawn from the nationally representative 20…
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