Esme Fuller-Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 632333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esme Fuller-Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esme |
| FAMILY NAME | Fuller-Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | FULLER-THOMSON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Bridges to Wellness: Protective Adults During Childhood Mitigate the Toll of Childhood Abuse Among Indigenous Adults
Childhood physical and sexual abuse are associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood. There may also exist protective factors which attenuate the relationship between childhood abuse and poor health outcomes. Focusing specifically on American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) adults, a diverse population which has been marginalized and understudied, this study aims to investigate whether the presence of a protective a…
Does a healthy immigrant effect exist for internal migrants? Findings from a representative sample of 5.4 million older Americans
Creating a "sense of belonging" for Indigenous students: Identifying Supports to Improve Access and Success in Post-Secondary Education
Indigenous post-secondary students face cumbersome barriers to educational attainment. This article explores those barriers and presents findings from a survey of Indigenous students conducted at Algoma University in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada. For First Nations' students surveyed in 2016 ( n = 36), funding was identified as a major barrier and, considering that nearly half of students had dependents, finding affordable housing and childcar…
A Trio of Risk Factors for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Investigating Exposure to Parental Domestic Violence, Parental Addiction, and Parental Mental Illness as Correlates of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Targeted screening for sexual abuse is needed for social workers to accurately identify those at risk. Drawing on a cumulative disadvantage framework, this study investigates how parental addictions, parental mental illness, and exposure to domestic violence, both individually and cumulatively, are associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Two waves of regionally representative data were analyzed. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses we…
Aboriginal peoples in complete mental health: A nationally-representative Canadian portrait of resilience and flourishing
This study aimed to document the prevalence and factors associated with complete mental health (CMH) among Aboriginal peoples living in Canada. CMH is comprised of three parts: 1) the absence of major depressive episode, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, serious suicidal thoughts, and substance dependence in the past year as measured by the World Health Organization (WHO) versions of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO-CIDI),…
Adolescents' closeness to paternal grandmothers in the face of parents' divorce
Diabetes among non-obese Filipino Americans: Findings from a large population-based study
Incarceration of a family member during childhood is associated with later heart attack: Findings from two large, population-based studies
An investigation of the healthy migrant hypothesis: Pre-emigration characteristics of those in the British 1946 birth cohort study
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Comparison of Disability Rates Among Older Adults in Aggregated and Separate Asian American/Pacific Islander Subpopulations
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and adjusted odds of 4 types of disability among 7 groups of older Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) subpopulations, both separately and aggregated, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. Data were from the nationally representative 2006 American Community Survey, which included institutionalized and community-dwelling Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 524), Vietnamese (n = 2357), Korean (n = 2082), J…
Health Decline Among Recent Immigrants to Canada: Findings From a Nationally-representative Longitudinal Survey
Sexuality and Health Among Chinese Seniors in Canada
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work: The Job Search Strategies of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
Black—White Disparities in Disability Among Older Americans: Further Untangling the Role of Race and Socioeconomic Status
The greatly elevated risk of disability among Blacks aged 55 to 74 is largely explained by differences in socioeconomic status. Reductions in Black-White health disparities require a better understanding of the mechanisms whereby lower income and education are associated with functional outcomes in older persons
Food Stamp Program Participation Among Impoverished African Americans
Examining the Lag Time Between State-Level Income Inequality and Individual Disabilities: A Multilevel Analysis
State-level income inequality has been found to have an effect on individual health outcomes, even when controlled for important individual-level variables such as income, education, age, and gender. The effect of income inequality on health may not be immediate and may, in fact, have a substantial lag time between exposure to inequality and eventual health outcome. We used the 2006 American Community Survey to examine the association of state-le…
Central American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This study documents the prevalence and profile of Central American grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States of America. Using nationally representative data from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, Central American grandparent caregivers are compared with their noncare-giving peers. Results indicate that nationally an estimated 28,000 Central Americans were raising their grandchildren, representing approximately 1 in 20 Central …
Gradient of Disability across the Socioeconomic Spectrum in the United States
BACKGROUND: Although the relationship between extreme poverty and poor health among older adults has long been recognized, less attention has been devoted to investigating whether a gradient in disability exists in the United States among persons with middle-class and upper-class incomes. We attempted to determine whether a gradient in functional limitation exists across the full spectrum of income among persons 55 years of age or older. METHODS:…
Functional Limitations Among Older American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey
The objectives of this study were to determine the national prevalence and profile of American Indian and Alaska Natives with functional limitations. Data were obtained from 4763 American Indian and Alaska Native respondents aged 45 years or older in the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. Functional limitations were reported by 28% of American Indian and Alaska Natives aged 45 years or older. These individuals were poorer, older, less educated, an…
Making health data maps: A Case Study of a Community/University Research Collaboration
American Grandparents Providing Extensive Child Care to Their Grandchildren
PURPOSE: This study sought to determine the prevalence and profile of grandparents providing extensive care for a grandchild (grandparents who provide 30+ hours per week or 90+ nights per year of child care, yet are not the primary caregiver of the grandchild). DESIGN AND METHODS: Secondary analysis of the 3,260 grandparent respondents in the 1992-94 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). Extensively caregiving grandparents were compa…
Health Decline Among Recent Immigrants to Canada: Findings From a Nationally-representative Longitudinal Survey
Comparison of Disability Rates Among Older Adults in Aggregated and Separate Asian American/Pacific Islander Subpopulations
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and adjusted odds of 4 types of disability among 7 groups of older Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) subpopulations, both separately and aggregated, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. Data were from the nationally representative 2006 American Community Survey, which included institutionalized and community-dwelling Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 524), Vietnamese (n = 2357), Korean (n = 2082), J…
Black—White Disparities in Disability Among Older Americans: Further Untangling the Role of Race and Socioeconomic Status
The greatly elevated risk of disability among Blacks aged 55 to 74 is largely explained by differences in socioeconomic status. Reductions in Black-White health disparities require a better understanding of the mechanisms whereby lower income and education are associated with functional outcomes in older persons
Central American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This study documents the prevalence and profile of Central American grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States of America. Using nationally representative data from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, Central American grandparent caregivers are compared with their noncare-giving peers. Results indicate that nationally an estimated 28,000 Central Americans were raising their grandchildren, representing approximately 1 in 20 Central …
Adolescents' closeness to paternal grandmothers in the face of parents' divorce
An investigation of the healthy migrant hypothesis: Pre-emigration characteristics of those in the British 1946 birth cohort study
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Making health data maps: A Case Study of a Community/University Research Collaboration
Aboriginal peoples in complete mental health: A nationally-representative Canadian portrait of resilience and flourishing
This study aimed to document the prevalence and factors associated with complete mental health (CMH) among Aboriginal peoples living in Canada. CMH is comprised of three parts: 1) the absence of major depressive episode, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, serious suicidal thoughts, and substance dependence in the past year as measured by the World Health Organization (WHO) versions of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO-CIDI),…
Examining the Lag Time Between State-Level Income Inequality and Individual Disabilities: A Multilevel Analysis
State-level income inequality has been found to have an effect on individual health outcomes, even when controlled for important individual-level variables such as income, education, age, and gender. The effect of income inequality on health may not be immediate and may, in fact, have a substantial lag time between exposure to inequality and eventual health outcome. We used the 2006 American Community Survey to examine the association of state-le…
A Trio of Risk Factors for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Investigating Exposure to Parental Domestic Violence, Parental Addiction, and Parental Mental Illness as Correlates of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Targeted screening for sexual abuse is needed for social workers to accurately identify those at risk. Drawing on a cumulative disadvantage framework, this study investigates how parental addictions, parental mental illness, and exposure to domestic violence, both individually and cumulatively, are associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Two waves of regionally representative data were analyzed. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses we…
Incarceration of a family member during childhood is associated with later heart attack: Findings from two large, population-based studies
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work: The Job Search Strategies of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
Functional Limitations Among Older American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey
The objectives of this study were to determine the national prevalence and profile of American Indian and Alaska Natives with functional limitations. Data were obtained from 4763 American Indian and Alaska Native respondents aged 45 years or older in the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. Functional limitations were reported by 28% of American Indian and Alaska Natives aged 45 years or older. These individuals were poorer, older, less educated, an…
American Grandparents Providing Extensive Child Care to Their Grandchildren
PURPOSE: This study sought to determine the prevalence and profile of grandparents providing extensive care for a grandchild (grandparents who provide 30+ hours per week or 90+ nights per year of child care, yet are not the primary caregiver of the grandchild). DESIGN AND METHODS: Secondary analysis of the 3,260 grandparent respondents in the 1992-94 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). Extensively caregiving grandparents were compa…
Making health data maps: A Case Study of a Community/University Research Collaboration
Functional Limitations Among Older American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey
The objectives of this study were to determine the national prevalence and profile of American Indian and Alaska Natives with functional limitations. Data were obtained from 4763 American Indian and Alaska Native respondents aged 45 years or older in the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. Functional limitations were reported by 28% of American Indian and Alaska Natives aged 45 years or older. These individuals were poorer, older, less educated, an…
Gradient of Disability across the Socioeconomic Spectrum in the United States
BACKGROUND: Although the relationship between extreme poverty and poor health among older adults has long been recognized, less attention has been devoted to investigating whether a gradient in disability exists in the United States among persons with middle-class and upper-class incomes. We attempted to determine whether a gradient in functional limitation exists across the full spectrum of income among persons 55 years of age or older. METHODS:…
Central American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This study documents the prevalence and profile of Central American grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States of America. Using nationally representative data from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, Central American grandparent caregivers are compared with their noncare-giving peers. Results indicate that nationally an estimated 28,000 Central Americans were raising their grandchildren, representing approximately 1 in 20 Central …
Examining the Lag Time Between State-Level Income Inequality and Individual Disabilities: A Multilevel Analysis
State-level income inequality has been found to have an effect on individual health outcomes, even when controlled for important individual-level variables such as income, education, age, and gender. The effect of income inequality on health may not be immediate and may, in fact, have a substantial lag time between exposure to inequality and eventual health outcome. We used the 2006 American Community Survey to examine the association of state-le…
Black—White Disparities in Disability Among Older Americans: Further Untangling the Role of Race and Socioeconomic Status
The greatly elevated risk of disability among Blacks aged 55 to 74 is largely explained by differences in socioeconomic status. Reductions in Black-White health disparities require a better understanding of the mechanisms whereby lower income and education are associated with functional outcomes in older persons
Food Stamp Program Participation Among Impoverished African Americans
Comparison of Disability Rates Among Older Adults in Aggregated and Separate Asian American/Pacific Islander Subpopulations
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and adjusted odds of 4 types of disability among 7 groups of older Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) subpopulations, both separately and aggregated, compared with non-Hispanic Whites. Methods. Data were from the nationally representative 2006 American Community Survey, which included institutionalized and community-dwelling Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (n = 524), Vietnamese (n = 2357), Korean (n = 2082), J…
Health Decline Among Recent Immigrants to Canada: Findings From a Nationally-representative Longitudinal Survey
Sexuality and Health Among Chinese Seniors in Canada
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work: The Job Search Strategies of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
An investigation of the healthy migrant hypothesis: Pre-emigration characteristics of those in the British 1946 birth cohort study
Incarceration of a family member during childhood is associated with later heart attack: Findings from two large, population-based studies
Adolescents' closeness to paternal grandmothers in the face of parents' divorce
Diabetes among non-obese Filipino Americans: Findings from a large population-based study
A Trio of Risk Factors for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Investigating Exposure to Parental Domestic Violence, Parental Addiction, and Parental Mental Illness as Correlates of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Targeted screening for sexual abuse is needed for social workers to accurately identify those at risk. Drawing on a cumulative disadvantage framework, this study investigates how parental addictions, parental mental illness, and exposure to domestic violence, both individually and cumulatively, are associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Two waves of regionally representative data were analyzed. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses we…
Aboriginal peoples in complete mental health: A nationally-representative Canadian portrait of resilience and flourishing
This study aimed to document the prevalence and factors associated with complete mental health (CMH) among Aboriginal peoples living in Canada. CMH is comprised of three parts: 1) the absence of major depressive episode, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, serious suicidal thoughts, and substance dependence in the past year as measured by the World Health Organization (WHO) versions of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO-CIDI),…
Creating a "sense of belonging" for Indigenous students: Identifying Supports to Improve Access and Success in Post-Secondary Education
Indigenous post-secondary students face cumbersome barriers to educational attainment. This article explores those barriers and presents findings from a survey of Indigenous students conducted at Algoma University in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada. For First Nations' students surveyed in 2016 ( n = 36), funding was identified as a major barrier and, considering that nearly half of students had dependents, finding affordable housing and childcar…
Does a healthy immigrant effect exist for internal migrants? Findings from a representative sample of 5.4 million older Americans
Bridges to Wellness: Protective Adults During Childhood Mitigate the Toll of Childhood Abuse Among Indigenous Adults
Childhood physical and sexual abuse are associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood. There may also exist protective factors which attenuate the relationship between childhood abuse and poor health outcomes. Focusing specifically on American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) adults, a diverse population which has been marginalized and understudied, this study aims to investigate whether the presence of a protective a…
Medicine (16 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Demography (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Population (10 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Demography (6 works) · Geography (6 works)