Janet King

Biographic Data

ID3622719
NAMEJanet King
GIVEN NAMESJanet
FAMILY NAMEKing
SIGNATUREKING J
AFFILIATIONSChildren's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Oakland California USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX3

  • The Culture is Prevention Project

    Open AccessPaul Masotti, John Dennem et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Native American/Indigenous culture is a predictor of improved outcomes for mental health/well-being and physical healthy days. Native culture is an important social determinant of health. We add to the evidence that Native/Indigenous culture (i.e., cultural connectedness) be considered an important intervention objective and health-related outcome measure

  • The Culture is Prevention Project

    Open AccessPaul Masotti, John Dennem et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2020Cited by: 3

    This paper reports Phase 4 of the Culture is Prevention Project where we validated the Cultural Connectedness Scale - California (CCS-CA) with a sample of 344 Indigenous adults in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. In Phase 3 of this project, the CCS-CA was modified from the original Canadian Cultural Connectedness Scale (CCS) developed by Dr. Angela Snowshoe and colleagues to be a better fit for the more multi-tribal communities in urban Ca…

  • The Culture is Prevention Project

    Open AccessJanet King, Janet C King et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2019Cited by: 3

    The Culture is Prevention Project is a multi-phased communitybased participatory research project that was initiated by six urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health organizations in northern California. Issues driving the project were: i) concerns about the lack of culturally informed or Indigenous methods of evaluating the positive health outcomes of culture-based programs to improve mental health and well-being; and ii) providing …

  • Effects of early vitamin D deficiency rickets on bone and dental health, growth and immunity

    Open AccessMelissa Zerofsky, Mark I Ryder et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2015

    Vitamin D deficiency is associated with adverse health outcomes, including impaired bone growth, gingival inflammation and increased risk for autoimmune disease, but the relationship between vitamin D deficiency rickets in childhood and long-term health has not been studied. In this study, we assessed the effect of early vitamin D deficiency on growth, bone density, dental health and immune function in later childhood to determine if children pre…

  • Reclaiming our Roots

    Janet King, Janet C KingARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2011

    Best practices for Native Americans are rooted in culture. However, reclaiming best practices is a challenge given the genocidal policies that outlawed Native culture. Despite this challenge Native people have proven resilient in restoring culture. The Native American Health Center in Oakland, California, has made cultural interventions an option for an urban, intertribal and sometimes multiracial Native American population to create and maintain…

  • Nutrition as a preventive strategy against adverse maternal pregnancy outcomes – a Usaid/Wellcome Trust Workshop at Merton College, Oxford, UK, 18–19 July 2002

    Open AccessAndrew Tomkins, Catherine Davies et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2003

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  • A Holistic System of Care for Native Americans in an Urban Environment

    Ethan Nebelkopf, Janet King et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2003

    The Native American Health Center has implemented a holistic system of care in the San Francisco Bay Area as a result of a multiyear strategic planning process that included a needs assessment based on the community-readiness model. The strategic plan links substance abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, and social services in a holistic approach congruent with Native American values and traditions. The plan also links prevention with treatment in a co…

  • Date Rape

    Open AccessLinda A Foley, Christine Evancic et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology1995Cited by: 8References: 18

    Perceptions of and reactions to date rape affect whether women will report their victimizations and whether authorities will prosecute the accused. The current research examines the effects of race of assailant (Black or White) and victim (Black or White) and gender (male orfemale) of subjects on perceptions of a date rape. The 75 subjects read a scenario describing a date that ended with forced sexual intercourse. The subjects responded to a ser…