Gabriella Y Meltzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6285020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriella Y Meltzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriella Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Meltzer |
| SIGNATURE | MELTZER G Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6885-9730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Extreme heat and physical and mental health
Heat waves in the US are becoming more frequent, longer, and more intense due to climate change. South Texas is especially vulnerable because it is experiencing the highest increases in heat "danger days" nationally and has a high number of residents living in unincorporated neighborhoods known as colonias, which often lack basic infrastructure. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how extreme heat affects the physical and mental h…
Neighborhood Built Environments and Health in Later Life
Objectives: This literature review aims to assess the current state of the field linking neighborhood environments to later-life health and wellbeing. Methods: We used electronic databases (e.g., PubMed, Google Scholar, and ProQuest) to search for studies published between 2010 and 2022 examining associations between neighborhood built environmental variables and later-life physical, cognitive, mental, and social health outcomes. Results: Among 1…
StreetTalk
This study introduces StreetTalk, an original qualitative research methodology inspired by social media influencers, to investigate perceptions and experiences of energy insecurity among New York City (NYC) residents. Briefly, energy insecurity is defined as difficulty meeting household energy needs due to affordability, housing quality, outages and coping strategies. This present study employs dynamic short-form interviews with 34 participants f…
“I just can't go back”
During the pandemic, many older adults felt ‘out of place’ in their home, work, and community spaces with potentially long-term consequences for health and wellbeing. Using national data from the COVID-19 Coping Study, thematic analysis of online long-answer responses (n = 1171; mean age 68 years; 71% female; 93% non-Hispanic White; 86% with at least a 4-year college degree; data collected April–June 2022) identified four themes regarding why par…
Altered place engagement since Covid-19
Little is known about longer-term changes to community participation since the COVID-19 pandemic onset and potential implications for health and wellbeing in later life. This multi-method investigation analyzes national data from the COVID-19 Coping Study. Statistical analyses of survey data ( n = 1,630; mean age 67.9 years; data collected April/May 2022) identified that adults residing in the US still tended to stay inside their homes more often…
Digital and analogue spaces of care
COVID-19 changed the way we care. Scholars have long argued that care often requires proximity, especially when it comes to care for, with, and by older adults. With lockdowns and the imposition of widespread public health guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, such as physically distancing and sheltering-in-place, in-person care practices became increasingly difficult. Yet, unlike disasters catalyzed by hurricanes or other natural h…
Overcoming Isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic was characterized by loneliness, especially among teenagers. This study explored the coping mechanisms, activities, challenges, places visited, and sources of support that predicted teenagers feeling connected to others during COVID-19. Data come from surveys administered in the United States and Canada in summer 2022. Multivariate logistic regression showed that producing personal protective equipment, supporting siblings, …
Associations Between Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Socio-Spatial Factors in NYC Transit Workers 50 Years and Older
This analysis investigates how age, race/ethnicity, and geographic location contributed to vaccine hesitancy in a sample of 645 New York City (NYC) Transport Workers Union (TWU), Local 100 members surveyed in August 2020. Union members ages 50+ were 46% less likely to be vaccine hesitant than their younger counterparts (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.42, 0.97). Non-Whites (OR 3.95; 95% 2.44, 6.39) and those who did not report their race (OR 3.10; 95% CI 1.87,…
Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health
Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Support in Puerto Rico
Our findings suggest that parents' receipt of support from children is conditioned upon their living arrangement and gender, even when their functional health is jeopardized. We discuss these results in relation to the heterogeneous influence of living arrangements for older adults' support needs and provide suggestions for policy and directions for future research in rapidly aging Puerto Rico
Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with Covid-19 stigmatizing attitudes in the U.S
Behavioral Correlates of Covid-19 Worry
Non-adherence to COVID-19 guidelines may be attributable to low levels of worry. This study assessed whether endorsing COVID-19-stigmatizing restrictions, COVID-19 knowledge, and preferred news source were associated with being 'very worried' versus 'not at all' or 'somewhat' worried about contracting COVID-19. Survey data were collected in July-August 2020 from N = 547 New York State (NYS) and N = 504 national Amazon MTurk workers. Respondents w…
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe resists Juul’s targeted exploitation
A Systematic Review of Environmental Health Outcomes in Selected American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Adverse Physical and Mental Health Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Among Gulf Coast Children
Background: This study applies an environmental justice lens to examine whether racial/ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status affected children's physical and mental health after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It expands this lens to explore whether these risk factors affected children's health due to greater direct physical exposure to crude oil or dispersant and/or household economic exposure as a result of income or job loss. Methods: …
Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Support in Puerto Rico
Our findings suggest that parents' receipt of support from children is conditioned upon their living arrangement and gender, even when their functional health is jeopardized. We discuss these results in relation to the heterogeneous influence of living arrangements for older adults' support needs and provide suggestions for policy and directions for future research in rapidly aging Puerto Rico
Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health
A Systematic Review of Environmental Health Outcomes in Selected American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Adverse Physical and Mental Health Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Among Gulf Coast Children
Background: This study applies an environmental justice lens to examine whether racial/ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status affected children's physical and mental health after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It expands this lens to explore whether these risk factors affected children's health due to greater direct physical exposure to crude oil or dispersant and/or household economic exposure as a result of income or job loss. Methods: …
Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with Covid-19 stigmatizing attitudes in the U.S
Behavioral Correlates of Covid-19 Worry
Non-adherence to COVID-19 guidelines may be attributable to low levels of worry. This study assessed whether endorsing COVID-19-stigmatizing restrictions, COVID-19 knowledge, and preferred news source were associated with being 'very worried' versus 'not at all' or 'somewhat' worried about contracting COVID-19. Survey data were collected in July-August 2020 from N = 547 New York State (NYS) and N = 504 national Amazon MTurk workers. Respondents w…
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe resists Juul’s targeted exploitation
Living Arrangements and Intergenerational Support in Puerto Rico
Our findings suggest that parents' receipt of support from children is conditioned upon their living arrangement and gender, even when their functional health is jeopardized. We discuss these results in relation to the heterogeneous influence of living arrangements for older adults' support needs and provide suggestions for policy and directions for future research in rapidly aging Puerto Rico
Overcoming Isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic was characterized by loneliness, especially among teenagers. This study explored the coping mechanisms, activities, challenges, places visited, and sources of support that predicted teenagers feeling connected to others during COVID-19. Data come from surveys administered in the United States and Canada in summer 2022. Multivariate logistic regression showed that producing personal protective equipment, supporting siblings, …
Associations Between Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Socio-Spatial Factors in NYC Transit Workers 50 Years and Older
This analysis investigates how age, race/ethnicity, and geographic location contributed to vaccine hesitancy in a sample of 645 New York City (NYC) Transport Workers Union (TWU), Local 100 members surveyed in August 2020. Union members ages 50+ were 46% less likely to be vaccine hesitant than their younger counterparts (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.42, 0.97). Non-Whites (OR 3.95; 95% 2.44, 6.39) and those who did not report their race (OR 3.10; 95% CI 1.87,…
Examining the effects of cumulative environmental stressors on Gulf Coast child and adolescent health
StreetTalk
This study introduces StreetTalk, an original qualitative research methodology inspired by social media influencers, to investigate perceptions and experiences of energy insecurity among New York City (NYC) residents. Briefly, energy insecurity is defined as difficulty meeting household energy needs due to affordability, housing quality, outages and coping strategies. This present study employs dynamic short-form interviews with 34 participants f…
“I just can't go back”
During the pandemic, many older adults felt ‘out of place’ in their home, work, and community spaces with potentially long-term consequences for health and wellbeing. Using national data from the COVID-19 Coping Study, thematic analysis of online long-answer responses (n = 1171; mean age 68 years; 71% female; 93% non-Hispanic White; 86% with at least a 4-year college degree; data collected April–June 2022) identified four themes regarding why par…
Altered place engagement since Covid-19
Little is known about longer-term changes to community participation since the COVID-19 pandemic onset and potential implications for health and wellbeing in later life. This multi-method investigation analyzes national data from the COVID-19 Coping Study. Statistical analyses of survey data ( n = 1,630; mean age 67.9 years; data collected April/May 2022) identified that adults residing in the US still tended to stay inside their homes more often…
Digital and analogue spaces of care
COVID-19 changed the way we care. Scholars have long argued that care often requires proximity, especially when it comes to care for, with, and by older adults. With lockdowns and the imposition of widespread public health guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, such as physically distancing and sheltering-in-place, in-person care practices became increasingly difficult. Yet, unlike disasters catalyzed by hurricanes or other natural h…
Neighborhood Built Environments and Health in Later Life
Objectives: This literature review aims to assess the current state of the field linking neighborhood environments to later-life health and wellbeing. Methods: We used electronic databases (e.g., PubMed, Google Scholar, and ProQuest) to search for studies published between 2010 and 2022 examining associations between neighborhood built environmental variables and later-life physical, cognitive, mental, and social health outcomes. Results: Among 1…
Extreme heat and physical and mental health
Heat waves in the US are becoming more frequent, longer, and more intense due to climate change. South Texas is especially vulnerable because it is experiencing the highest increases in heat "danger days" nationally and has a high number of residents living in unincorporated neighborhoods known as colonias, which often lack basic infrastructure. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how extreme heat affects the physical and mental h…
Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (4 works)