Kristie Carter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3929373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristie Carter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristie |
| FAMILY NAME | Carter |
| SIGNATURE | CARTER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Measuring living standards of older people using Sen's Capability Approach: Development and validation of the LSCAPE-24 (Living Standards Capabilities for Elders) and LSCAPE-6
The impact of disparities in socio-economic status on the health of older people is an important issue for policy makers in the context of population ageing. As older people live in different types of economic circumstances and because, as people age, their desires and needs are different to those of younger generations, measures of living standards need to be appropriate for older people. This paper reports on the validation of a measure of livi…
Examining the role of tenure, household crowding and housing affordability on psychological distress, using longitudinal data
BACKGROUND: The association between good mental health and housing circumstances is well established. Tenure, household crowding and housing affordability have all been linked to mental health and psychological distress. These cross-sectional relationships are collinear and confounded, and so provide little information on the possible effects of changing housing circumstance on mental health or psychological distress. To do this longitudinal data…
Fixed effects analysis of repeated measures data
The analysis of repeated measures or panel data allows control of some of the biases which plague other observational studies, particularly unmeasured confounding. When this bias is suspected, and the research question is: 'Does a change in an exposure cause a change in the outcome?', a fixed effects approach can reduce the impact of confounding by time-invariant factors, such as the unmeasured characteristics of individuals. Epidemiologists fami…
Do changes in socioeconomic factors lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study
BACKGROUND: There has been little investigation of changes in socioeconomic measures and mental health (MH)/illness over time within individuals using methods that control for time-invariant unobserved confounders. We investigate whether changes in multiple socioeconomic measures are associated with self-reported MH using fixed effects methods to control for unobserved time-invariant confounding. METHODS: Data from three waves of a panel study wi…
The impact of an unconditional tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: Further evidence from the cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders
What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence by 2025? Modelling in a country with a smokefree goal
The smokefree goal of <5% prevalence is only feasible with large increases in cessation rates
Do changes in income, deprivation, labour force status and family status influence smoking behaviour over the short run? Panel study of 15 000 adults
Worsening social circumstances over the short run are generally associated with higher smoking risk. However, there were counter examples: for instance, decreasing personal income among young people was associated with decreased odds of smoking, a finding consistent with income elasticity of demand (the less one's income, the less one can consume). This paper suggests that improving social circumstances is not always pro-health over the short run…
The impact of in-work tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: A cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders
BACKGROUND: In-work tax credit (IWTC) for families, a welfare-to-work policy intervention, may impact health status by improving income and employment. Most studies estimate that IWTCs in the USA and the UK have no effect on self-rated health (SRH) and several other health outcomes, but these estimates may be biased by confounding. The current study estimates the impact of one such IWTC intervention (called In-Work Tax Credit) on SRH in adults in…
Does transition into parenthood lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study
BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies specifically looking at the transition into parenthood and changes in mental health in the general population are scarce. This study aimed to investigate the impact of transition into parenthood on mental health and psychological distress using longitudinal survey data. METHODS: The analysis used three waves from the longitudinal Survey of Family, Income and Employment. Parenthood was classified as first time pare…
Misclassification of the mediator matters when estimating indirect effects
BACKGROUND: Confounding of mediator-outcome associations resulting in collider biases causes systematic error when estimating direct and indirect effects. However, until recently little attention has been given to the impact of misclassification bias. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the impact of non-differential and independent misclassification of a dichotomous exposure and a dichotomous mediator on three target parameters: the total effect of exposure …
Development and Validation of a Measure of Living Standards for Older People
The explanation of a paradox? A commentary on Mackenbach with perspectives from research on financial credits and risk factor trends
Comparing self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in a longitudinal survey: Which is more valid
Change in income and change in self-rated health: Systematic review of studies using repeated measures to control for confounding bias
Reflections from the antipodes on the English strategy to reduce health inequalities and Mackenbach's analysis
Mackenbach has thoughtfully and objectively critiqued the effect of the English 1997–2000 strategy to reduce health inequalities.1 His analysis (consistent with others) is sobering; held up against endpoint targets of reducing inequalities in life expectancy and infant mortality, the strategy has not succeeded, despite a large government investment and effort that surpasses any other (European) country. However, it might be that inequalities woul…
Comparing self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in a longitudinal survey: Which is more valid
Examining the role of tenure, household crowding and housing affordability on psychological distress, using longitudinal data
BACKGROUND: The association between good mental health and housing circumstances is well established. Tenure, household crowding and housing affordability have all been linked to mental health and psychological distress. These cross-sectional relationships are collinear and confounded, and so provide little information on the possible effects of changing housing circumstance on mental health or psychological distress. To do this longitudinal data…
Measuring living standards of older people using Sen's Capability Approach: Development and validation of the LSCAPE-24 (Living Standards Capabilities for Elders) and LSCAPE-6
The impact of disparities in socio-economic status on the health of older people is an important issue for policy makers in the context of population ageing. As older people live in different types of economic circumstances and because, as people age, their desires and needs are different to those of younger generations, measures of living standards need to be appropriate for older people. This paper reports on the validation of a measure of livi…
Do changes in socioeconomic factors lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study
BACKGROUND: There has been little investigation of changes in socioeconomic measures and mental health (MH)/illness over time within individuals using methods that control for time-invariant unobserved confounders. We investigate whether changes in multiple socioeconomic measures are associated with self-reported MH using fixed effects methods to control for unobserved time-invariant confounding. METHODS: Data from three waves of a panel study wi…
Misclassification of the mediator matters when estimating indirect effects
BACKGROUND: Confounding of mediator-outcome associations resulting in collider biases causes systematic error when estimating direct and indirect effects. However, until recently little attention has been given to the impact of misclassification bias. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the impact of non-differential and independent misclassification of a dichotomous exposure and a dichotomous mediator on three target parameters: the total effect of exposure …
Development and Validation of a Measure of Living Standards for Older People
The impact of an unconditional tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: Further evidence from the cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders
The impact of in-work tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: A cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders
BACKGROUND: In-work tax credit (IWTC) for families, a welfare-to-work policy intervention, may impact health status by improving income and employment. Most studies estimate that IWTCs in the USA and the UK have no effect on self-rated health (SRH) and several other health outcomes, but these estimates may be biased by confounding. The current study estimates the impact of one such IWTC intervention (called In-Work Tax Credit) on SRH in adults in…
Does transition into parenthood lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study
BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies specifically looking at the transition into parenthood and changes in mental health in the general population are scarce. This study aimed to investigate the impact of transition into parenthood on mental health and psychological distress using longitudinal survey data. METHODS: The analysis used three waves from the longitudinal Survey of Family, Income and Employment. Parenthood was classified as first time pare…
Reflections from the antipodes on the English strategy to reduce health inequalities and Mackenbach's analysis
Mackenbach has thoughtfully and objectively critiqued the effect of the English 1997–2000 strategy to reduce health inequalities.1 His analysis (consistent with others) is sobering; held up against endpoint targets of reducing inequalities in life expectancy and infant mortality, the strategy has not succeeded, despite a large government investment and effort that surpasses any other (European) country. However, it might be that inequalities woul…
Change in income and change in self-rated health: Systematic review of studies using repeated measures to control for confounding bias
Reflections from the antipodes on the English strategy to reduce health inequalities and Mackenbach's analysis
Mackenbach has thoughtfully and objectively critiqued the effect of the English 1997–2000 strategy to reduce health inequalities.1 His analysis (consistent with others) is sobering; held up against endpoint targets of reducing inequalities in life expectancy and infant mortality, the strategy has not succeeded, despite a large government investment and effort that surpasses any other (European) country. However, it might be that inequalities woul…
The explanation of a paradox? A commentary on Mackenbach with perspectives from research on financial credits and risk factor trends
Comparing self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in a longitudinal survey: Which is more valid
What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence by 2025? Modelling in a country with a smokefree goal
The smokefree goal of <5% prevalence is only feasible with large increases in cessation rates
Do changes in income, deprivation, labour force status and family status influence smoking behaviour over the short run? Panel study of 15 000 adults
Worsening social circumstances over the short run are generally associated with higher smoking risk. However, there were counter examples: for instance, decreasing personal income among young people was associated with decreased odds of smoking, a finding consistent with income elasticity of demand (the less one's income, the less one can consume). This paper suggests that improving social circumstances is not always pro-health over the short run…
The impact of in-work tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: A cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders
BACKGROUND: In-work tax credit (IWTC) for families, a welfare-to-work policy intervention, may impact health status by improving income and employment. Most studies estimate that IWTCs in the USA and the UK have no effect on self-rated health (SRH) and several other health outcomes, but these estimates may be biased by confounding. The current study estimates the impact of one such IWTC intervention (called In-Work Tax Credit) on SRH in adults in…
Does transition into parenthood lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study
BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies specifically looking at the transition into parenthood and changes in mental health in the general population are scarce. This study aimed to investigate the impact of transition into parenthood on mental health and psychological distress using longitudinal survey data. METHODS: The analysis used three waves from the longitudinal Survey of Family, Income and Employment. Parenthood was classified as first time pare…
Misclassification of the mediator matters when estimating indirect effects
BACKGROUND: Confounding of mediator-outcome associations resulting in collider biases causes systematic error when estimating direct and indirect effects. However, until recently little attention has been given to the impact of misclassification bias. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the impact of non-differential and independent misclassification of a dichotomous exposure and a dichotomous mediator on three target parameters: the total effect of exposure …
Development and Validation of a Measure of Living Standards for Older People
Fixed effects analysis of repeated measures data
The analysis of repeated measures or panel data allows control of some of the biases which plague other observational studies, particularly unmeasured confounding. When this bias is suspected, and the research question is: 'Does a change in an exposure cause a change in the outcome?', a fixed effects approach can reduce the impact of confounding by time-invariant factors, such as the unmeasured characteristics of individuals. Epidemiologists fami…
Do changes in socioeconomic factors lead to changes in mental health? Findings from three waves of a population based panel study
BACKGROUND: There has been little investigation of changes in socioeconomic measures and mental health (MH)/illness over time within individuals using methods that control for time-invariant unobserved confounders. We investigate whether changes in multiple socioeconomic measures are associated with self-reported MH using fixed effects methods to control for unobserved time-invariant confounding. METHODS: Data from three waves of a panel study wi…
The impact of an unconditional tax credit for families on self-rated health in adults: Further evidence from the cohort study of 6900 New Zealanders
Measuring living standards of older people using Sen's Capability Approach: Development and validation of the LSCAPE-24 (Living Standards Capabilities for Elders) and LSCAPE-6
The impact of disparities in socio-economic status on the health of older people is an important issue for policy makers in the context of population ageing. As older people live in different types of economic circumstances and because, as people age, their desires and needs are different to those of younger generations, measures of living standards need to be appropriate for older people. This paper reports on the validation of a measure of livi…
Examining the role of tenure, household crowding and housing affordability on psychological distress, using longitudinal data
BACKGROUND: The association between good mental health and housing circumstances is well established. Tenure, household crowding and housing affordability have all been linked to mental health and psychological distress. These cross-sectional relationships are collinear and confounded, and so provide little information on the possible effects of changing housing circumstance on mental health or psychological distress. To do this longitudinal data…
Medicine (13 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works)