Alberto Ortega
Biographic Data
| ID | 5742365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alberto Ortega |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alberto |
| FAMILY NAME | Ortega |
| SIGNATURE | ORTEGA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5349-2254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders
Research summary To address firearm‐related harms in the context of domestic violence (DV), federal law prohibits firearm purchase or possession for respondents in qualifying civil domestic violence protection order (DVPO) cases. Washington state further authorizes courts to order a DVPO respondent (i.e., the person who perpetrated DV) to relinquish firearms in their possession while a DVPO is in effect. Despite statutory guidelines about when to…
Worker-Driven Social Responsibility and Infant Health
A growing body of research provides evidence of extensive economic and health disparities faced by migrant farmworkers and their families, underscoring the need for livable wages, health insurance, and better working conditions. Recently, programs have provided payment to workers from corporate-supported premiums, yet no studies have explored the impacts of such programs on the health of the communities they target. In this study, we investigate …
Life of the party: The polarizing effect of foreign direct investment
Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Essential Workers, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Evidence is emerging of the pandemic disproportionately impacting communities of color. This study investigates mental health distress among essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic across race and ethnicity. We evaluate individual responses to the patient health questionnaire and general anxiety disorder questionnaire using a unique, nationally representative data set. Our findings suggest that essential healthcare workers reported the …
Distance Learning and Parental Mental Health During Covid-19
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, there is a concern about the extent to which this pandemic will affect students. Since March 2020, schools transitioned to a distance-learning format, which unintentionally forced parents into new teaching roles as proxy educators. In this brief, we explore the association between distance learning and the mental health of proxy educators. We find that parents with children who struggled …
State partisanship and higher education
Business Cycles and HBCU Appropriations
Distance Learning and Parental Mental Health During Covid-19
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, there is a concern about the extent to which this pandemic will affect students. Since March 2020, schools transitioned to a distance-learning format, which unintentionally forced parents into new teaching roles as proxy educators. In this brief, we explore the association between distance learning and the mental health of proxy educators. We find that parents with children who struggled …
Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Essential Workers, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Evidence is emerging of the pandemic disproportionately impacting communities of color. This study investigates mental health distress among essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic across race and ethnicity. We evaluate individual responses to the patient health questionnaire and general anxiety disorder questionnaire using a unique, nationally representative data set. Our findings suggest that essential healthcare workers reported the …
Business Cycles and HBCU Appropriations
Business Cycles and HBCU Appropriations
State partisanship and higher education
Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Essential Workers, Mental Health, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Evidence is emerging of the pandemic disproportionately impacting communities of color. This study investigates mental health distress among essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic across race and ethnicity. We evaluate individual responses to the patient health questionnaire and general anxiety disorder questionnaire using a unique, nationally representative data set. Our findings suggest that essential healthcare workers reported the …
Distance Learning and Parental Mental Health During Covid-19
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the country, there is a concern about the extent to which this pandemic will affect students. Since March 2020, schools transitioned to a distance-learning format, which unintentionally forced parents into new teaching roles as proxy educators. In this brief, we explore the association between distance learning and the mental health of proxy educators. We find that parents with children who struggled …
Life of the party: The polarizing effect of foreign direct investment
Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders
Research summary To address firearm‐related harms in the context of domestic violence (DV), federal law prohibits firearm purchase or possession for respondents in qualifying civil domestic violence protection order (DVPO) cases. Washington state further authorizes courts to order a DVPO respondent (i.e., the person who perpetrated DV) to relinquish firearms in their possession while a DVPO is in effect. Despite statutory guidelines about when to…
Worker-Driven Social Responsibility and Infant Health
A growing body of research provides evidence of extensive economic and health disparities faced by migrant farmworkers and their families, underscoring the need for livable wages, health insurance, and better working conditions. Recently, programs have provided payment to workers from corporate-supported premiums, yet no studies have explored the impacts of such programs on the health of the communities they target. In this study, we investigate …
Political science (5 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)