E Walton
Biographic Data
| ID | 51276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Walton |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Walton |
| SIGNATURE | WALTON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6872-9330 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethnic Enclaves and Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Immigrants in Philadelphia
Ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods with high ethnic concentrations, may have a protective effect on their residents' health outcomes, but studies on their associations with cardiometabolic risk in Asian communities are inconsistent. We examined whether ethnic enclave residence was associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a longitudinal sample of 516 Chinese immigrant adults in Philadelphia. Participants were recruited from three types of neighbor…
Pandemic effects on social capital in residents and non-residents of Chinese immigrant enclaves in Philadelphia
The COVID-19 pandemic's effect on established Chinese ethnic enclaves, which faced socio-economic disruptions as well as anti-Asian sentiment, is unknown. We compared the pandemic's effect on social capital among residents and non-residents of Chinese ethnic enclaves in Philadelphia. Despite declines in group participation and citizenship activity (joining with others or speaking with local officials to address a neighborhood problem), the pandem…
Out of Place
Ethnic density, social support, and loneliness among Chinese immigrants in Philadelphia
Living in more 'ethnically dense' areas is thought to promote health, possibly by facilitating social support and a sense of belonging. Because of kin networks and cultural obligations, family relationships may be particularly important for Asian immigrants. Chinese-origin individuals are the largest group of Asian Americans and among the most highly segregated, but the psychosocial benefits of living in Chinese neighborhoods are not established.…
A culture of whiteness
As America's neighborhoods have become more racially diverse in the last half century, are these shared spaces fulfilling the “promise of integration”? In this study, I review the literature on desegregation as it occurs in urban, suburban, and rural places, illuminating how a culture of whiteness works in each of these types of places to reproduce racial domination. The literature on multiethnic urban areas demonstrates how a culture of whitenes…
It's Not Just a Bunch of Buildings”
This analysis of social life in a poor, multiethnic public housing neighborhood presents an opportunity for refinement of social disorganization theory. Drawing on data from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations among residents, I find that this neighborhood exhibits substantial collective efficacy, despite social disorganization theory's predictions that the structural conditions of high poverty and racial and ethnic diversity r…
Self-Rated Health among Foreign- and U.S.-Born Asian Americans
OBJECTIVES: We investigated differences between foreign- and U.S.-born Asian Americans in self-rating their physical and mental health. In particular, we tested whether the foreign-born respondents underreport the extreme categories of the scale as compared with U.S.-born respondents. METHODS: We analyzed data from the National Latino and Asian American Study to examine whether immigrants are less likely to use the extreme ends of the 5-category …
In-home family-focused reunification
The services provided to 120 children (62 experimental and 58 control) by state welfare agencies were followed for six years. When identified initially, all of the children were in out-of-home placements. After a 12-month follow-up of an experimental 90-day intensive in-home, family-based intervention, 75 percent of the children in the experimental group were reunified with their families, compared with 49 percent of the children in the control g…
It's Not Just a Bunch of Buildings”
This analysis of social life in a poor, multiethnic public housing neighborhood presents an opportunity for refinement of social disorganization theory. Drawing on data from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations among residents, I find that this neighborhood exhibits substantial collective efficacy, despite social disorganization theory's predictions that the structural conditions of high poverty and racial and ethnic diversity r…
In-home family-focused reunification
The services provided to 120 children (62 experimental and 58 control) by state welfare agencies were followed for six years. When identified initially, all of the children were in out-of-home placements. After a 12-month follow-up of an experimental 90-day intensive in-home, family-based intervention, 75 percent of the children in the experimental group were reunified with their families, compared with 49 percent of the children in the control g…
A culture of whiteness
As America's neighborhoods have become more racially diverse in the last half century, are these shared spaces fulfilling the “promise of integration”? In this study, I review the literature on desegregation as it occurs in urban, suburban, and rural places, illuminating how a culture of whiteness works in each of these types of places to reproduce racial domination. The literature on multiethnic urban areas demonstrates how a culture of whitenes…
In-home family-focused reunification
The services provided to 120 children (62 experimental and 58 control) by state welfare agencies were followed for six years. When identified initially, all of the children were in out-of-home placements. After a 12-month follow-up of an experimental 90-day intensive in-home, family-based intervention, 75 percent of the children in the experimental group were reunified with their families, compared with 49 percent of the children in the control g…
Self-Rated Health among Foreign- and U.S.-Born Asian Americans
OBJECTIVES: We investigated differences between foreign- and U.S.-born Asian Americans in self-rating their physical and mental health. In particular, we tested whether the foreign-born respondents underreport the extreme categories of the scale as compared with U.S.-born respondents. METHODS: We analyzed data from the National Latino and Asian American Study to examine whether immigrants are less likely to use the extreme ends of the 5-category …
It's Not Just a Bunch of Buildings”
This analysis of social life in a poor, multiethnic public housing neighborhood presents an opportunity for refinement of social disorganization theory. Drawing on data from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations among residents, I find that this neighborhood exhibits substantial collective efficacy, despite social disorganization theory's predictions that the structural conditions of high poverty and racial and ethnic diversity r…
Ethnic density, social support, and loneliness among Chinese immigrants in Philadelphia
Living in more 'ethnically dense' areas is thought to promote health, possibly by facilitating social support and a sense of belonging. Because of kin networks and cultural obligations, family relationships may be particularly important for Asian immigrants. Chinese-origin individuals are the largest group of Asian Americans and among the most highly segregated, but the psychosocial benefits of living in Chinese neighborhoods are not established.…
A culture of whiteness
As America's neighborhoods have become more racially diverse in the last half century, are these shared spaces fulfilling the “promise of integration”? In this study, I review the literature on desegregation as it occurs in urban, suburban, and rural places, illuminating how a culture of whiteness works in each of these types of places to reproduce racial domination. The literature on multiethnic urban areas demonstrates how a culture of whitenes…
Pandemic effects on social capital in residents and non-residents of Chinese immigrant enclaves in Philadelphia
The COVID-19 pandemic's effect on established Chinese ethnic enclaves, which faced socio-economic disruptions as well as anti-Asian sentiment, is unknown. We compared the pandemic's effect on social capital among residents and non-residents of Chinese ethnic enclaves in Philadelphia. Despite declines in group participation and citizenship activity (joining with others or speaking with local officials to address a neighborhood problem), the pandem…
Out of Place
Ethnic Enclaves and Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Immigrants in Philadelphia
Ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods with high ethnic concentrations, may have a protective effect on their residents' health outcomes, but studies on their associations with cardiometabolic risk in Asian communities are inconsistent. We examined whether ethnic enclave residence was associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a longitudinal sample of 516 Chinese immigrant adults in Philadelphia. Participants were recruited from three types of neighbor…
Psychology (6 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works)