Sirry Alang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3839490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sirry Alang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sirry |
| FAMILY NAME | Alang |
| SIGNATURE | ALANG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sirry Alang is with the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society and the Department of Sociology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Donna McAlpine and Rachel Hardeman are with the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Ellen McCreedy is with the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A logic model for alternative response programs to guide public health research and practice
The Place Where Danger Waits”
Building Trust
Saying more than her name
Black women and girls (BWGs) face an elevated risk of being killed by police, yet few studies have focused on the proximal factors increasing their exposure to these deadly encounters. This paper elucidates the determinants and features of fatal police encounters with BWGs over a 20-year period. We examined (1) the initial cause of police contact, (2) how the encounter unfolded and escalated to a fatality, and (3) trends in factors salient to how…
Cumulative Police Exposures, Police Violence Stress, and Depressive Symptoms
We (still) charge genocide”
Mechanisms Connecting Police Brutality, Intersectionality, and Women’s Health Over the Life Course
Police brutality harms women. Structural racism and structural sexism expose women of color to police brutality through 4 interrelated mechanisms: (1) desecration of Black womanhood, (2) criminalization of communities of color, (3) hypersexualization of Black and Brown women, and (4) vicarious marginalization. We analyze intersectionality as a framework for understanding racial and gender determinants of police brutality, arguing that public heal…
Health Justice
Health crises have a disproportionate impact on communities that are marginalized by systems of oppression such as racism and capitalism. Benefits of advances such as in the prevention and treatment of HIV disease are unequally distributed. Intersecting factors including poverty, homophobia, homelessness, racism, and mass incarceration expose marginalized populations to greater risks while limiting access to resources that buffer these risks. Sim…
Anticipation of racially motivated police brutality and youth mental health
Ghanaian views of short-term medical missions
BACKGROUND: Various governments in Ghana have tried to improve healthcare in the country. Despite these efforts, meeting health care needs is a growing concern to government and their citizens. Short term medical missions from other countries are one of the responses to meet the challenges of healthcare delivery in Ghana. This research aimed to understand Ghanaian perceptions of short-term missions from the narratives of host country staff involv…
White Supremacy and the Core Functions of Public Health
AffiliationsSirry Alang is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Rachel Hardeman, J’Mag Karbeah, Odichinma Akosionu, Cydney McGuire, Hamdi Abdi, and Donna McAlpine are with the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Minneapolis
Police Brutality and the Institutional Patterning of Stressors
Police Brutality and the Institutional Patterning of Stressors Sirry Alang PhD Affiliation Sirry Alang is with the Department of Sociology and the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Sirry Alang, Associate Professor of Sociology and Health Medicine and Society, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Dr, #280, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be o…
The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
"The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same: Race, Ethnicity, and Police Brutality." , 108(9), pp. 1127–1128
The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem
Self-rated health is a valid measure of health that predicts quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Its predictive value reflects a conceptualization of health that goes beyond a traditional medical model. However, less is known about self-rated mental health (SRMH). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( N = 2,547), we examine how rating your mental health as good-despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem-predicts …
Police Brutality and Black Health
We investigated links between police brutality and poor health outcomes among Blacks and identified five intersecting pathways: (1) fatal injuries that increase population-specific mortality rates; (2) adverse physiological responses that increase morbidity; (3) racist public reactions that cause stress; (4) arrests, incarcerations, and legal, medical, and funeral bills that cause financial strain; and (5) integrated oppressive structures that ca…
Alang et al. Respond
AffiliationsSirry Alang is with the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society and the Department of Sociology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Donna McAlpine and Rachel Hardeman are with the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Ellen McCreedy is with the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
Police Brutality and Black Health
We investigated links between police brutality and poor health outcomes among Blacks and identified five intersecting pathways: (1) fatal injuries that increase population-specific mortality rates; (2) adverse physiological responses that increase morbidity; (3) racist public reactions that cause stress; (4) arrests, incarcerations, and legal, medical, and funeral bills that cause financial strain; and (5) integrated oppressive structures that ca…
White Supremacy and the Core Functions of Public Health
AffiliationsSirry Alang is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Rachel Hardeman, J’Mag Karbeah, Odichinma Akosionu, Cydney McGuire, Hamdi Abdi, and Donna McAlpine are with the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Minneapolis
Anticipation of racially motivated police brutality and youth mental health
Mechanisms Connecting Police Brutality, Intersectionality, and Women’s Health Over the Life Course
Police brutality harms women. Structural racism and structural sexism expose women of color to police brutality through 4 interrelated mechanisms: (1) desecration of Black womanhood, (2) criminalization of communities of color, (3) hypersexualization of Black and Brown women, and (4) vicarious marginalization. We analyze intersectionality as a framework for understanding racial and gender determinants of police brutality, arguing that public heal…
The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
"The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same: Race, Ethnicity, and Police Brutality." , 108(9), pp. 1127–1128
Cumulative Police Exposures, Police Violence Stress, and Depressive Symptoms
Police Brutality and the Institutional Patterning of Stressors
Police Brutality and the Institutional Patterning of Stressors Sirry Alang PhD Affiliation Sirry Alang is with the Department of Sociology and the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Sirry Alang, Associate Professor of Sociology and Health Medicine and Society, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Dr, #280, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be o…
The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem
Self-rated health is a valid measure of health that predicts quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Its predictive value reflects a conceptualization of health that goes beyond a traditional medical model. However, less is known about self-rated mental health (SRMH). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( N = 2,547), we examine how rating your mental health as good-despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem-predicts …
Police Brutality and Black Health
We investigated links between police brutality and poor health outcomes among Blacks and identified five intersecting pathways: (1) fatal injuries that increase population-specific mortality rates; (2) adverse physiological responses that increase morbidity; (3) racist public reactions that cause stress; (4) arrests, incarcerations, and legal, medical, and funeral bills that cause financial strain; and (5) integrated oppressive structures that ca…
Alang et al. Respond
AffiliationsSirry Alang is with the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society and the Department of Sociology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Donna McAlpine and Rachel Hardeman are with the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Ellen McCreedy is with the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
"The More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same: Race, Ethnicity, and Police Brutality." , 108(9), pp. 1127–1128
The Meaning and Predictive Value of Self-rated Mental Health among Persons with a Mental Health Problem
Self-rated health is a valid measure of health that predicts quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Its predictive value reflects a conceptualization of health that goes beyond a traditional medical model. However, less is known about self-rated mental health (SRMH). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( N = 2,547), we examine how rating your mental health as good-despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem-predicts …
Police Brutality and the Institutional Patterning of Stressors
Police Brutality and the Institutional Patterning of Stressors Sirry Alang PhD Affiliation Sirry Alang is with the Department of Sociology and the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Sirry Alang, Associate Professor of Sociology and Health Medicine and Society, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Dr, #280, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be o…
Ghanaian views of short-term medical missions
BACKGROUND: Various governments in Ghana have tried to improve healthcare in the country. Despite these efforts, meeting health care needs is a growing concern to government and their citizens. Short term medical missions from other countries are one of the responses to meet the challenges of healthcare delivery in Ghana. This research aimed to understand Ghanaian perceptions of short-term missions from the narratives of host country staff involv…
White Supremacy and the Core Functions of Public Health
AffiliationsSirry Alang is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Program in Health, Medicine, and Society, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Rachel Hardeman, J’Mag Karbeah, Odichinma Akosionu, Cydney McGuire, Hamdi Abdi, and Donna McAlpine are with the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health Minneapolis
Anticipation of racially motivated police brutality and youth mental health
We (still) charge genocide”
Mechanisms Connecting Police Brutality, Intersectionality, and Women’s Health Over the Life Course
Police brutality harms women. Structural racism and structural sexism expose women of color to police brutality through 4 interrelated mechanisms: (1) desecration of Black womanhood, (2) criminalization of communities of color, (3) hypersexualization of Black and Brown women, and (4) vicarious marginalization. We analyze intersectionality as a framework for understanding racial and gender determinants of police brutality, arguing that public heal…
Health Justice
Health crises have a disproportionate impact on communities that are marginalized by systems of oppression such as racism and capitalism. Benefits of advances such as in the prevention and treatment of HIV disease are unequally distributed. Intersecting factors including poverty, homophobia, homelessness, racism, and mass incarceration expose marginalized populations to greater risks while limiting access to resources that buffer these risks. Sim…
Saying more than her name
Black women and girls (BWGs) face an elevated risk of being killed by police, yet few studies have focused on the proximal factors increasing their exposure to these deadly encounters. This paper elucidates the determinants and features of fatal police encounters with BWGs over a 20-year period. We examined (1) the initial cause of police contact, (2) how the encounter unfolded and escalated to a fatality, and (3) trends in factors salient to how…
Cumulative Police Exposures, Police Violence Stress, and Depressive Symptoms
The Place Where Danger Waits”
Building Trust
A logic model for alternative response programs to guide public health research and practice
Criminology (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Police brutality (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works)