Amanda Toler Woodward
Biographic Data
| ID | 77606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Toler Woodward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda Toler |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodward |
| SIGNATURE | WOODWARD A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2779-1418 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 143 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Disentangling Objective and Subjective Reasons for Foregoing Help for a Mental Health Issue
Despite advances in public understanding of mental health and the importance of mental health treatment there is still a significant proportion of individuals who need help but do not seek out treatment. Existing research identifies a range of reasons including both subjective reasons (e.g., believing treatment will not work) to objective reasons (e.g., cost). However, there is limited understanding of how the variety of reasons people give for f…
Engaging Stakeholders in Co-Developing the Michigan Stroke Transitions Trial (MISTT) Website Intervention
Community-engaged UCD is critical to creating patient-centered technology-based post-stroke TC interventions
African Americans’ and Black Caribbeans’ Religious Coping for Psychiatric Disorders
This study investigates the use of religious coping among African Americans and Black Caribbeans with 12-month DSM-IV psychiatric disorders. Data from the National Survey of American Life is used to examine three indicators of religious coping: 1) using prayer and other spiritual practices for mental health problems, 2) the importance of prayer in stressful situations, and 3) looking to God for strength. Three out of four respondents who had a me…
The relationship between well-being and meaning-making in kinship caregivers
Human Rights Attitude and Civic Engagement Behavior Among University Students
Parenting stress, well-being, and social support among kinship caregivers
Foster Care Alumni Achievement in Higher Education: The Role of Trauma
Differences Between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites Utilization of Clergy for Counseling with Serious Personal Problems
Church-Based Exchanges of Informal Social Support Among African Americans
Everyday Racial Discrimination, Everyday Non-Racial Discrimination, and Physical Health Among African-Americans
Past research has identified a link between discrimination and health outcomes among people of color. Perceptions of the cause of discrimination (racial vs. other) seem to be important for mental health; however, this relationship has not been fully examined for physical health. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, we find that, among African Americans, racial discrimination and overall discrimination regardless of attribution ar…
Social Support from Church and Family Members and Depressive Symptoms Among Older African Americans
Professional Service Use for a Serious Personal Problem: Comparing Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites Using the National Survey of American Life
Most respondents were in the limited provider use class suggesting that for many problems, minimal professional help is utilized. Physicians and clergy were important across all three classes
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Extended Family, Friendship, Fictive Kin, and Congregational Informal Support Networks
This study examined differences in kin and nonkin networks among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks (Black Caribbeans), and non‐Hispanic Whites. Data are taken from the National Survey of American Life, a nationally representative study of African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and non‐Hispanic Whites. Selected measures of informal support from family, friendship, fictive kin, and congregation/church networks were utilized. African Americans were …
Outcomes from a peer tutor model for teaching technology to older adults
A key component of social work ethics is social justice and equitable access to resources. Increasingly, this includes access to technology. This study addresses issues related to the ‘digital divide’ by testing a peer tutor model (Technology and Aging Project, TAP2) to teach adults aged 60 and older how to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as email, the internet, online chat rooms and discussion groups, internet-based su…
Use of ministers for a serious personal problem among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life
This study examined use of ministers for assistance with a serious personal problem within a nationally representative sample of African Americans (National Survey of American Life-2001-2003). Different perspectives on the use of ministers-social stratification, religious socialization, and problem-oriented approach-were proposed and tested using logistic regression analyses with demographic, religious involvement, and problem type factors as pre…
Seeking Help from Clergy Among Black Caribbeans in the United States
Discrimination and Help-Seeking: Use of Professional Services and Informal Support Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites with a Mental Disorder
Differences in Professional and Informal Help Seeking Among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites
This study uses a national probability sample of older adults to examine racial and ethnic differences in the use of professional services and informal support for a stressful personal problem. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, this study focuses on African Americans, Black Caribbean immigrants, and Whites aged 55 years and older who experienced a personal problem that caused them significant distress (n=862). Multinomial logi…
Use of Professional and Informal Support by Black Men With Mental Disorders
This study utilized data from the National Survey of American Life to investigate the use of professional services and informal support among African American and Caribbean black men with a lifetime mood, anxiety, or substance use disorder. Thirty-three percent used both professional services and informal support, 14% relied on professional services only, 24% used informal support only, and 29% did not seek help. African American men were more li…
Racial Differences in Perceptions of Social Support in Consumer-Centered Services
The purpose of this study was to explore potential racial differences in the experience of support offered by consumer-centered services for adults with serious mental illness. The study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the level of support consumers report receiving from programs and the extent to which program-level characteristics reflecting racial diversity differentially influence white and African American consumers. The study u…
Social relations, language and cognition in the ‘oldest old’
This paper reports a study of the associations between social relations, language and cognition among people aged 85 or more years (hereafter the ‘oldest old’). Although the links between cognition and both social relations and language ability are well-established, less is known about the relationship between social relations and language skills, especially among the oldest old. With a sample of 20 adults aged 85–93 years living independently in…
Widowhood and depressive symptoms among older Chinese: Do gender and source of support make a difference
Widowhood and depressive symptoms among older Chinese: Do gender and source of support make a difference
Church-Based Exchanges of Informal Social Support Among African Americans
Everyday Racial Discrimination, Everyday Non-Racial Discrimination, and Physical Health Among African-Americans
Past research has identified a link between discrimination and health outcomes among people of color. Perceptions of the cause of discrimination (racial vs. other) seem to be important for mental health; however, this relationship has not been fully examined for physical health. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, we find that, among African Americans, racial discrimination and overall discrimination regardless of attribution ar…
Differences in Professional and Informal Help Seeking Among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites
This study uses a national probability sample of older adults to examine racial and ethnic differences in the use of professional services and informal support for a stressful personal problem. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, this study focuses on African Americans, Black Caribbean immigrants, and Whites aged 55 years and older who experienced a personal problem that caused them significant distress (n=862). Multinomial logi…
Use of Professional and Informal Support by Black Men With Mental Disorders
This study utilized data from the National Survey of American Life to investigate the use of professional services and informal support among African American and Caribbean black men with a lifetime mood, anxiety, or substance use disorder. Thirty-three percent used both professional services and informal support, 14% relied on professional services only, 24% used informal support only, and 29% did not seek help. African American men were more li…
Differences Between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites Utilization of Clergy for Counseling with Serious Personal Problems
Discrimination and Help-Seeking: Use of Professional Services and Informal Support Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites with a Mental Disorder
Seeking Help from Clergy Among Black Caribbeans in the United States
Parenting stress, well-being, and social support among kinship caregivers
Outcomes from a peer tutor model for teaching technology to older adults
A key component of social work ethics is social justice and equitable access to resources. Increasingly, this includes access to technology. This study addresses issues related to the ‘digital divide’ by testing a peer tutor model (Technology and Aging Project, TAP2) to teach adults aged 60 and older how to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as email, the internet, online chat rooms and discussion groups, internet-based su…
Human Rights Attitude and Civic Engagement Behavior Among University Students
Professional Service Use for a Serious Personal Problem: Comparing Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites Using the National Survey of American Life
Most respondents were in the limited provider use class suggesting that for many problems, minimal professional help is utilized. Physicians and clergy were important across all three classes
The relationship between well-being and meaning-making in kinship caregivers
Racial Differences in Perceptions of Social Support in Consumer-Centered Services
The purpose of this study was to explore potential racial differences in the experience of support offered by consumer-centered services for adults with serious mental illness. The study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the level of support consumers report receiving from programs and the extent to which program-level characteristics reflecting racial diversity differentially influence white and African American consumers. The study u…
Social relations, language and cognition in the ‘oldest old’
This paper reports a study of the associations between social relations, language and cognition among people aged 85 or more years (hereafter the ‘oldest old’). Although the links between cognition and both social relations and language ability are well-established, less is known about the relationship between social relations and language skills, especially among the oldest old. With a sample of 20 adults aged 85–93 years living independently in…
Widowhood and depressive symptoms among older Chinese: Do gender and source of support make a difference
Social relations, language and cognition in the ‘oldest old’
This paper reports a study of the associations between social relations, language and cognition among people aged 85 or more years (hereafter the ‘oldest old’). Although the links between cognition and both social relations and language ability are well-established, less is known about the relationship between social relations and language skills, especially among the oldest old. With a sample of 20 adults aged 85–93 years living independently in…
Racial Differences in Perceptions of Social Support in Consumer-Centered Services
The purpose of this study was to explore potential racial differences in the experience of support offered by consumer-centered services for adults with serious mental illness. The study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the level of support consumers report receiving from programs and the extent to which program-level characteristics reflecting racial diversity differentially influence white and African American consumers. The study u…
Differences in Professional and Informal Help Seeking Among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites
This study uses a national probability sample of older adults to examine racial and ethnic differences in the use of professional services and informal support for a stressful personal problem. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, this study focuses on African Americans, Black Caribbean immigrants, and Whites aged 55 years and older who experienced a personal problem that caused them significant distress (n=862). Multinomial logi…
Use of Professional and Informal Support by Black Men With Mental Disorders
This study utilized data from the National Survey of American Life to investigate the use of professional services and informal support among African American and Caribbean black men with a lifetime mood, anxiety, or substance use disorder. Thirty-three percent used both professional services and informal support, 14% relied on professional services only, 24% used informal support only, and 29% did not seek help. African American men were more li…
Use of ministers for a serious personal problem among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life
This study examined use of ministers for assistance with a serious personal problem within a nationally representative sample of African Americans (National Survey of American Life-2001-2003). Different perspectives on the use of ministers-social stratification, religious socialization, and problem-oriented approach-were proposed and tested using logistic regression analyses with demographic, religious involvement, and problem type factors as pre…
Seeking Help from Clergy Among Black Caribbeans in the United States
Discrimination and Help-Seeking: Use of Professional Services and Informal Support Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites with a Mental Disorder
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Extended Family, Friendship, Fictive Kin, and Congregational Informal Support Networks
This study examined differences in kin and nonkin networks among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks (Black Caribbeans), and non‐Hispanic Whites. Data are taken from the National Survey of American Life, a nationally representative study of African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and non‐Hispanic Whites. Selected measures of informal support from family, friendship, fictive kin, and congregation/church networks were utilized. African Americans were …
Outcomes from a peer tutor model for teaching technology to older adults
A key component of social work ethics is social justice and equitable access to resources. Increasingly, this includes access to technology. This study addresses issues related to the ‘digital divide’ by testing a peer tutor model (Technology and Aging Project, TAP2) to teach adults aged 60 and older how to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as email, the internet, online chat rooms and discussion groups, internet-based su…
Professional Service Use for a Serious Personal Problem: Comparing Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites Using the National Survey of American Life
Most respondents were in the limited provider use class suggesting that for many problems, minimal professional help is utilized. Physicians and clergy were important across all three classes
Social Support from Church and Family Members and Depressive Symptoms Among Older African Americans
Everyday Racial Discrimination, Everyday Non-Racial Discrimination, and Physical Health Among African-Americans
Past research has identified a link between discrimination and health outcomes among people of color. Perceptions of the cause of discrimination (racial vs. other) seem to be important for mental health; however, this relationship has not been fully examined for physical health. Using data from the National Survey of American Life, we find that, among African Americans, racial discrimination and overall discrimination regardless of attribution ar…
Differences Between African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites Utilization of Clergy for Counseling with Serious Personal Problems
Church-Based Exchanges of Informal Social Support Among African Americans
Foster Care Alumni Achievement in Higher Education: The Role of Trauma
Parenting stress, well-being, and social support among kinship caregivers
The relationship between well-being and meaning-making in kinship caregivers
Human Rights Attitude and Civic Engagement Behavior Among University Students
African Americans’ and Black Caribbeans’ Religious Coping for Psychiatric Disorders
This study investigates the use of religious coping among African Americans and Black Caribbeans with 12-month DSM-IV psychiatric disorders. Data from the National Survey of American Life is used to examine three indicators of religious coping: 1) using prayer and other spiritual practices for mental health problems, 2) the importance of prayer in stressful situations, and 3) looking to God for strength. Three out of four respondents who had a me…
Engaging Stakeholders in Co-Developing the Michigan Stroke Transitions Trial (MISTT) Website Intervention
Community-engaged UCD is critical to creating patient-centered technology-based post-stroke TC interventions
Disentangling Objective and Subjective Reasons for Foregoing Help for a Mental Health Issue
Despite advances in public understanding of mental health and the importance of mental health treatment there is still a significant proportion of individuals who need help but do not seek out treatment. Existing research identifies a range of reasons including both subjective reasons (e.g., believing treatment will not work) to objective reasons (e.g., cost). However, there is limited understanding of how the variety of reasons people give for f…
Psychology (20 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 works)