Raynard Kington
Biographic Data
| ID | 4720216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raynard Kington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raynard |
| FAMILY NAME | Kington |
| SIGNATURE | KINGTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 164 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards
NIH research project grants from 2000 to 2006 show evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in the probability of receiving an award.
Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?
BACKGROUND: It is widely claimed that racial and ethnic minorities, especially in the US, are less willing than non-minority individuals to participate in health research. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical data to substantiate this claim. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed a comprehensive literature search to identify all published health research studies that report consent rates by race or ethnicity. We found 20 health research studies that …
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Seroprevalence of 6 Infectious Diseases in the United States: Data From NHANES III, 1988–1994
Objectives. We examined racial/ethnic differences in the seroprevalence of selected infectious agents in analyses stratified according to risk categories to identify patterns and to determine whether demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral characteristics explain these differences. Methods. We analyzed data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, comparing differences among groups in regard to the prevalence of infecti…
Function and Response of Nursing Facilities During Community Disaster
Objectives. We sought to describe the role and function of nursing facilities after disaster. Methods. We surveyed administrators at 144 widely dispersed nursing facilities after the Los Angeles Northridge earthquake. Results. Of the 113 (78%) nursing facilities that responded (11 365 beds), 23 sustained severe damage, 5 closed (625 beds), and 72 lost vital services. Of 87 nursing facilities implementing disaster plans, 56 cited problems that pla…
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Care Utilization Patterns of Immigrant Black Men
Objectives. This study sought to describe the health status, health insurance, and health care utilization patterns of the growing population of immigrant Black men. Methods. We used data from the 1997–2000 National Health Interview Survey to examine and then compare health variables of foreign-born Black men with those of US-born Black and White men. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine health outcomes. Results. Foreign-born Black m…
Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Hispanic Health Outcomes
Evidence suggests that social and economic factors are important determinants of health. Yet, despite higher poverty rates, less education, and worse access to health care, health outcomes of many Hispanics living in the United States today are equal to, or better than, those of non-Hispanic whites. This paradox is described in the literature as the epidemiological paradox or Hispanic health paradox. In this paper, the authors selectively review …
Use of relevancy ratings by target respondents to develop health-related quality of life measures: An example with African-American elderly
The Persistence of Race and Ethnicity in the use of Long-Term Care
We examine the use of nursing homes, formal personal care, informal Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assistance, and no care to identify racial differences in their use. Using the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey of both nursing homes and the community, multinominal logistic regressions controlled for predisposing, enabling, and need variables as well as other types of service use. Additional state-level variables make few changes in race…
Racial differences in functional status among elderly U.S. migrants from the south
The Impact of Family Function on Healt of African American Elderly
The family is the most important social context within which health is maintained, illness occurs, and decisions are made to maintain health and adapt to illness. The family is the principal source of support for African American elderly. Thus, the family has a fundamental role in the health of African American elderly. Unique features of African American families are relevant to understanding family function among African Americans in relationsh…
Change in Aids risk behaviors among impoverished minority women after a community-based cognitive-behavioral outreach program
We assess the impact after two years of two randomly assigned cognitive-behavioral community-based AIDS interventions for high-risk impoverished African American (N = 353) and Latina (N = 31) women residing in homeless shelters or drug treatment facilities. We also contrast the study participants with untreated, newly recruited controls. An in-depth Specialized program provided AIDS information, and psychosocial and behavioral skill enhancement; …
Change in Aids risk behaviors among impoverished minority women after a community‐based cognitive‐behavioral outreach program
Reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status of women aged 50 years or older
OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the relationship between self-reported general health status and several facets of reproductive history. METHODS: We analyzed survey data on a national probability sample of 1341 women aged 50 and older from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We used multivariate regression techniques to control for differences in health indices that assessed health status and functioning. RESULTS: Women with a history of six or …
Socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status associated with chronic diseases
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationships between wealth and income and selected racial and ethnic differences in health. METHODS: Cross-sectional data on a national sample of 9744 men and women aged 51 through 61 from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey were analyzed to examine the association between socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status among those with hypertension, diabetes, a heart condition, …
Demographic and economic correlates of health in old age
In this paper we examine disparities in the ability to function among older Americans. We place special emphasis on two goals: (I) understanding the quantitatively large socioeconomic status-health gradient, and (2) the persistence in health outcomes over long periods. We find that there exist strong contemporaneous and long-run feedbacks from health to economic status. In light of these feedbacks, it is important to distinguish among alternative…
Sociodemographic and health factors in driving patterns after 50 years of age
Data from the 1990 Panel Study of Income Dynamics were used to predict, by means of logistic regression, the likelihood that people who had previously driven would continue to drive and to drive after dark after 50 years of age. The results support the conclusion that driving patterns appear to be explained partly by a combination of sociodemographic factors and health status. Furthermore, it is shown that those reported to drive for nondrivers a…
Demographic and economic correlates of health in old age
In this paper we examine disparities in the ability to function among older Americans. We place special emphasis on two goals: (I) understanding the quantitatively large socioeconomic status-health gradient, and (2) the persistence in health outcomes over long periods. We find that there exist strong contemporaneous and long-run feedbacks from health to economic status. In light of these feedbacks, it is important to distinguish among alternative…
Socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status associated with chronic diseases
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationships between wealth and income and selected racial and ethnic differences in health. METHODS: Cross-sectional data on a national sample of 9744 men and women aged 51 through 61 from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey were analyzed to examine the association between socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status among those with hypertension, diabetes, a heart condition, …
The Persistence of Race and Ethnicity in the use of Long-Term Care
We examine the use of nursing homes, formal personal care, informal Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assistance, and no care to identify racial differences in their use. Using the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey of both nursing homes and the community, multinominal logistic regressions controlled for predisposing, enabling, and need variables as well as other types of service use. Additional state-level variables make few changes in race…
Reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status of women aged 50 years or older
OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the relationship between self-reported general health status and several facets of reproductive history. METHODS: We analyzed survey data on a national probability sample of 1341 women aged 50 and older from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We used multivariate regression techniques to control for differences in health indices that assessed health status and functioning. RESULTS: Women with a history of six or …
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Care Utilization Patterns of Immigrant Black Men
Objectives. This study sought to describe the health status, health insurance, and health care utilization patterns of the growing population of immigrant Black men. Methods. We used data from the 1997–2000 National Health Interview Survey to examine and then compare health variables of foreign-born Black men with those of US-born Black and White men. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine health outcomes. Results. Foreign-born Black m…
Racial differences in functional status among elderly U.S. migrants from the south
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Seroprevalence of 6 Infectious Diseases in the United States: Data From NHANES III, 1988–1994
Objectives. We examined racial/ethnic differences in the seroprevalence of selected infectious agents in analyses stratified according to risk categories to identify patterns and to determine whether demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral characteristics explain these differences. Methods. We analyzed data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, comparing differences among groups in regard to the prevalence of infecti…
Function and Response of Nursing Facilities During Community Disaster
Objectives. We sought to describe the role and function of nursing facilities after disaster. Methods. We surveyed administrators at 144 widely dispersed nursing facilities after the Los Angeles Northridge earthquake. Results. Of the 113 (78%) nursing facilities that responded (11 365 beds), 23 sustained severe damage, 5 closed (625 beds), and 72 lost vital services. Of 87 nursing facilities implementing disaster plans, 56 cited problems that pla…
The Impact of Family Function on Healt of African American Elderly
The family is the most important social context within which health is maintained, illness occurs, and decisions are made to maintain health and adapt to illness. The family is the principal source of support for African American elderly. Thus, the family has a fundamental role in the health of African American elderly. Unique features of African American families are relevant to understanding family function among African Americans in relationsh…
Sociodemographic and health factors in driving patterns after 50 years of age
Data from the 1990 Panel Study of Income Dynamics were used to predict, by means of logistic regression, the likelihood that people who had previously driven would continue to drive and to drive after dark after 50 years of age. The results support the conclusion that driving patterns appear to be explained partly by a combination of sociodemographic factors and health status. Furthermore, it is shown that those reported to drive for nondrivers a…
Sociodemographic and health factors in driving patterns after 50 years of age
Data from the 1990 Panel Study of Income Dynamics were used to predict, by means of logistic regression, the likelihood that people who had previously driven would continue to drive and to drive after dark after 50 years of age. The results support the conclusion that driving patterns appear to be explained partly by a combination of sociodemographic factors and health status. Furthermore, it is shown that those reported to drive for nondrivers a…
Change in Aids risk behaviors among impoverished minority women after a community-based cognitive-behavioral outreach program
We assess the impact after two years of two randomly assigned cognitive-behavioral community-based AIDS interventions for high-risk impoverished African American (N = 353) and Latina (N = 31) women residing in homeless shelters or drug treatment facilities. We also contrast the study participants with untreated, newly recruited controls. An in-depth Specialized program provided AIDS information, and psychosocial and behavioral skill enhancement; …
Change in Aids risk behaviors among impoverished minority women after a community‐based cognitive‐behavioral outreach program
Reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status of women aged 50 years or older
OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the relationship between self-reported general health status and several facets of reproductive history. METHODS: We analyzed survey data on a national probability sample of 1341 women aged 50 and older from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We used multivariate regression techniques to control for differences in health indices that assessed health status and functioning. RESULTS: Women with a history of six or …
Socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status associated with chronic diseases
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationships between wealth and income and selected racial and ethnic differences in health. METHODS: Cross-sectional data on a national sample of 9744 men and women aged 51 through 61 from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey were analyzed to examine the association between socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status among those with hypertension, diabetes, a heart condition, …
Demographic and economic correlates of health in old age
In this paper we examine disparities in the ability to function among older Americans. We place special emphasis on two goals: (I) understanding the quantitatively large socioeconomic status-health gradient, and (2) the persistence in health outcomes over long periods. We find that there exist strong contemporaneous and long-run feedbacks from health to economic status. In light of these feedbacks, it is important to distinguish among alternative…
The Persistence of Race and Ethnicity in the use of Long-Term Care
We examine the use of nursing homes, formal personal care, informal Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assistance, and no care to identify racial differences in their use. Using the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey of both nursing homes and the community, multinominal logistic regressions controlled for predisposing, enabling, and need variables as well as other types of service use. Additional state-level variables make few changes in race…
Racial differences in functional status among elderly U.S. migrants from the south
The Impact of Family Function on Healt of African American Elderly
The family is the most important social context within which health is maintained, illness occurs, and decisions are made to maintain health and adapt to illness. The family is the principal source of support for African American elderly. Thus, the family has a fundamental role in the health of African American elderly. Unique features of African American families are relevant to understanding family function among African Americans in relationsh…
Use of relevancy ratings by target respondents to develop health-related quality of life measures: An example with African-American elderly
Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Hispanic Health Outcomes
Evidence suggests that social and economic factors are important determinants of health. Yet, despite higher poverty rates, less education, and worse access to health care, health outcomes of many Hispanics living in the United States today are equal to, or better than, those of non-Hispanic whites. This paradox is described in the literature as the epidemiological paradox or Hispanic health paradox. In this paper, the authors selectively review …
Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Care Utilization Patterns of Immigrant Black Men
Objectives. This study sought to describe the health status, health insurance, and health care utilization patterns of the growing population of immigrant Black men. Methods. We used data from the 1997–2000 National Health Interview Survey to examine and then compare health variables of foreign-born Black men with those of US-born Black and White men. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine health outcomes. Results. Foreign-born Black m…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Seroprevalence of 6 Infectious Diseases in the United States: Data From NHANES III, 1988–1994
Objectives. We examined racial/ethnic differences in the seroprevalence of selected infectious agents in analyses stratified according to risk categories to identify patterns and to determine whether demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral characteristics explain these differences. Methods. We analyzed data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, comparing differences among groups in regard to the prevalence of infecti…
Function and Response of Nursing Facilities During Community Disaster
Objectives. We sought to describe the role and function of nursing facilities after disaster. Methods. We surveyed administrators at 144 widely dispersed nursing facilities after the Los Angeles Northridge earthquake. Results. Of the 113 (78%) nursing facilities that responded (11 365 beds), 23 sustained severe damage, 5 closed (625 beds), and 72 lost vital services. Of 87 nursing facilities implementing disaster plans, 56 cited problems that pla…
Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?
BACKGROUND: It is widely claimed that racial and ethnic minorities, especially in the US, are less willing than non-minority individuals to participate in health research. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical data to substantiate this claim. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed a comprehensive literature search to identify all published health research studies that report consent rates by race or ethnicity. We found 20 health research studies that …
Race, Ethnicity, and NIH Research Awards
NIH research project grants from 2000 to 2006 show evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in the probability of receiving an award.
Medicine (16 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Population (8 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Psychology (7 works)