Patricia K Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3624156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia K Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia K |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH P K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan–Dearborn |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Changes in Gatekeeper Beliefs Following Asist and Relation to Subsequent Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Behaviors
Predictors of Parent Behavioral Engagement in Youth Suicide Discharge Recommendations
Who drinks soda pop? Economic status and adult consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
Do I look fat?” Self-perceived body weight and labor market outcomes
The association between socioeconomic status and adult fast-food consumption in the U.S
Does Asthma Impair Wealth Accumulation or Does Wealth Protect Against Asthma
Objective We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model). Methods We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ( n = 7,644) and linear and logistic regressions to estimate the association between wealth and asthma. Changes in relative wealth following an asthma diagnosis and asthma sta…
The Freshman 15
Objectives We test whether the phrase “ F reshman 15” accurately describes weight change among first‐year college students. We also analyze freshmen's weight change during and after college. Methods This is the first investigation of the “ F reshman 15” to use a nationally representative random sample, the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh ( NLSY 97). The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, simulations, an…
Does the U.S. Food Stamp Program contribute to adult weight gain
Are time preference and body mass index associated
The Economics of Anti-Begging Regulations
The Supreme Court has ruled that asking for money is a form of protected speech. However, it has also ruled that restrictions on the time, place, and manner of begging are constitutional. This paper examines 71 U.S. cities to determine what factors influence a city's propensity to enact anti-begging regulations. The logistic regression results indicate that cities with higher welfare benefits are less likely to regulate begging. Cities with highe…
Obesity and the Rate of Time Preference
It is hypothesized that recent trends in US and worldwide obesity are, in part, related to an increase in the marginal rate of time preference, where time preference refers to the rate at which people are willing to trade current benefit for future benefit. The higher the rate of time preference, the larger is the factor by which individuals discount the future health risks associated with current consumption. Data from the United States, as well…
An Empowerment Evaluation Model for Sexual Assault Programs
Using an empowerment evaluation approach, the Sexual Assault and Rape Prevention (SARP) Evaluation Project brought together university researchers, public health evaluators, state funders, and program staff to provide evaluation training and consultation to all state‐funded rape prevention and victim services programs in Michigan. In this paper, the specific activities of the SARP project are described, and process and outcome data are presented …
Economic and anthropological assessments of the health of children in Maya immigrant families in the US
Does Immigration Help or Harm Children’s Health? The Mayan Case
Objective . We explore how the health, as measured by physical growth, of children in Guatemalan Maya families is impacted by immigration to the United States. Methods . We analyze anthropometric data on Maya children in Guatemala and in the United States. In addition, we use survey data from the Maya–American children and their parents about lifestyle and SES to examine the factors associated with overweight and obesity. Results . The Maya–Ameri…
Childhood Welfare Receipt and the Implications of Welfare Reform
The 1996 welfare legislation has generated significant debate about the likely consequences of welfare reform for children in disadvantaged families. We document patterns of childhood welfare receipt for children born between 1967 and 1975 and predict the level and composition of children likely to be affected by the new welfare law. We find that 40 percent of children who received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) did so for more th…
Do welfare benefits cause the welfare caseload
Downward Mobility
Absolute and relative downward income mobility during two periods of economic growth, 1976-1978 and 1984-1986, are examined using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Relative downward mobility occurred less frequently during the 1984-1986 period, but absolute downward mobility occulted more frequently during this same period. The characteristics of the downwardly mobile do not dramatically differ between the two periods. The majority li…
Recent patterns in downward income mobility
Welfare as a cause of poverty
The Economics of Anti-Begging Regulations
The Supreme Court has ruled that asking for money is a form of protected speech. However, it has also ruled that restrictions on the time, place, and manner of begging are constitutional. This paper examines 71 U.S. cities to determine what factors influence a city's propensity to enact anti-begging regulations. The logistic regression results indicate that cities with higher welfare benefits are less likely to regulate begging. Cities with highe…
Does Immigration Help or Harm Children’s Health? The Mayan Case
Objective . We explore how the health, as measured by physical growth, of children in Guatemalan Maya families is impacted by immigration to the United States. Methods . We analyze anthropometric data on Maya children in Guatemala and in the United States. In addition, we use survey data from the Maya–American children and their parents about lifestyle and SES to examine the factors associated with overweight and obesity. Results . The Maya–Ameri…
Downward Mobility
Absolute and relative downward income mobility during two periods of economic growth, 1976-1978 and 1984-1986, are examined using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Relative downward mobility occurred less frequently during the 1984-1986 period, but absolute downward mobility occulted more frequently during this same period. The characteristics of the downwardly mobile do not dramatically differ between the two periods. The majority li…
The Freshman 15
Objectives We test whether the phrase “ F reshman 15” accurately describes weight change among first‐year college students. We also analyze freshmen's weight change during and after college. Methods This is the first investigation of the “ F reshman 15” to use a nationally representative random sample, the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh ( NLSY 97). The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, simulations, an…
Childhood Welfare Receipt and the Implications of Welfare Reform
The 1996 welfare legislation has generated significant debate about the likely consequences of welfare reform for children in disadvantaged families. We document patterns of childhood welfare receipt for children born between 1967 and 1975 and predict the level and composition of children likely to be affected by the new welfare law. We find that 40 percent of children who received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) did so for more th…
An Empowerment Evaluation Model for Sexual Assault Programs
Using an empowerment evaluation approach, the Sexual Assault and Rape Prevention (SARP) Evaluation Project brought together university researchers, public health evaluators, state funders, and program staff to provide evaluation training and consultation to all state‐funded rape prevention and victim services programs in Michigan. In this paper, the specific activities of the SARP project are described, and process and outcome data are presented …
Recent patterns in downward income mobility
Does Asthma Impair Wealth Accumulation or Does Wealth Protect Against Asthma
Objective We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model). Methods We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ( n = 7,644) and linear and logistic regressions to estimate the association between wealth and asthma. Changes in relative wealth following an asthma diagnosis and asthma sta…
Welfare as a cause of poverty
Welfare as a cause of poverty
Downward Mobility
Absolute and relative downward income mobility during two periods of economic growth, 1976-1978 and 1984-1986, are examined using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Relative downward mobility occurred less frequently during the 1984-1986 period, but absolute downward mobility occulted more frequently during this same period. The characteristics of the downwardly mobile do not dramatically differ between the two periods. The majority li…
Recent patterns in downward income mobility
Do welfare benefits cause the welfare caseload
Childhood Welfare Receipt and the Implications of Welfare Reform
The 1996 welfare legislation has generated significant debate about the likely consequences of welfare reform for children in disadvantaged families. We document patterns of childhood welfare receipt for children born between 1967 and 1975 and predict the level and composition of children likely to be affected by the new welfare law. We find that 40 percent of children who received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) did so for more th…
Does Immigration Help or Harm Children’s Health? The Mayan Case
Objective . We explore how the health, as measured by physical growth, of children in Guatemalan Maya families is impacted by immigration to the United States. Methods . We analyze anthropometric data on Maya children in Guatemala and in the United States. In addition, we use survey data from the Maya–American children and their parents about lifestyle and SES to examine the factors associated with overweight and obesity. Results . The Maya–Ameri…
Economic and anthropological assessments of the health of children in Maya immigrant families in the US
Obesity and the Rate of Time Preference
It is hypothesized that recent trends in US and worldwide obesity are, in part, related to an increase in the marginal rate of time preference, where time preference refers to the rate at which people are willing to trade current benefit for future benefit. The higher the rate of time preference, the larger is the factor by which individuals discount the future health risks associated with current consumption. Data from the United States, as well…
An Empowerment Evaluation Model for Sexual Assault Programs
Using an empowerment evaluation approach, the Sexual Assault and Rape Prevention (SARP) Evaluation Project brought together university researchers, public health evaluators, state funders, and program staff to provide evaluation training and consultation to all state‐funded rape prevention and victim services programs in Michigan. In this paper, the specific activities of the SARP project are described, and process and outcome data are presented …
Are time preference and body mass index associated
The Economics of Anti-Begging Regulations
The Supreme Court has ruled that asking for money is a form of protected speech. However, it has also ruled that restrictions on the time, place, and manner of begging are constitutional. This paper examines 71 U.S. cities to determine what factors influence a city's propensity to enact anti-begging regulations. The logistic regression results indicate that cities with higher welfare benefits are less likely to regulate begging. Cities with highe…
Does the U.S. Food Stamp Program contribute to adult weight gain
The Freshman 15
Objectives We test whether the phrase “ F reshman 15” accurately describes weight change among first‐year college students. We also analyze freshmen's weight change during and after college. Methods This is the first investigation of the “ F reshman 15” to use a nationally representative random sample, the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh ( NLSY 97). The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, simulations, an…
Does Asthma Impair Wealth Accumulation or Does Wealth Protect Against Asthma
Objective We investigate the association between adult asthma and wealth, testing whether the disease impairs wealth accumulation (social selection model) or if wealth protects against asthma (social causation model). Methods We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ( n = 7,644) and linear and logistic regressions to estimate the association between wealth and asthma. Changes in relative wealth following an asthma diagnosis and asthma sta…
The association between socioeconomic status and adult fast-food consumption in the U.S
Do I look fat?” Self-perceived body weight and labor market outcomes
Who drinks soda pop? Economic status and adult consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
Predictors of Parent Behavioral Engagement in Youth Suicide Discharge Recommendations
Changes in Gatekeeper Beliefs Following Asist and Relation to Subsequent Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Behaviors
Medicine (13 works) · Economics (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Demography (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Obesity (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 works)