Adam Richards

Biographic Data

ID	7845600
NAME	Adam Richards
GIVEN NAMES	Adam
FAMILY NAME	Richards
SIGNATURE	RICHARDS A
AFFILIATIONS	University of California, Los Angeles
ORCID	0000-0002-7098-0513
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	17
TOTAL CITATIONS	6
AUTHOR COUNT	17
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	1

A village health worker intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in remote areas of armed conflict in Myanmar–results from a feasibility study in three villages
Open AccessArcot Ramachandran, Anu Ramachandran et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2026
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT06819839, retrospectively registered 27 October 2024
Psychological reactance theory and politeness theory
Christopher J Carpenter, Adam S Richards et al.ARTICLECommunication Monographs2026References: 7
An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA
Open AccessJ P Crowley, A Denes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2025
Forgiveness is an important component of many of the world’s religions that also has benefits for individuals’ health and relationships. Research on the health benefits of forgiveness is couched predominately in the stress and coping framework, which views forgiveness as buffering the stress associated with unforgiving feelings. This exploratory study ( N = 47) elaborated on the stress and coping framework by investigating it in conversation with…
Beyond emergency relief
Open AccessTimothy H Holtz, Lisa Hilmi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
How political engineering can make health a bridge to peace
Open AccessAnne Décobert, Tom Traill et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022
This case study analyses a health project that focused on peacebuilding in addition to service provision, and the impacts of this dual focus in contested territories of Southeast Myanmar. The Swiss-funded Primary Health Care Project provided equal funds to both ‘sides’ in a decades-long conflict, and brought people together in ways designed to build trust. The case study demonstrates that health can play a valuable role in peace formation, if rel…
Trauma Exposures, Resilience Factors, and Mental Health Outcomes in Persons Granted Asylum in the U.S. for Claims Related to Domestic Violence and Persecution by Organized Gangs
Open AccessEleanor Emery, Mehar Maju et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2022
Survivors of domestic violence (DV) and of violence perpetrated by organized gangs (GV) face barriers to legal protection under U.S. asylum law. We abstracted data from 132 affidavits based on forensic medical evaluations of asylum seekers granted legal protection in the U.S. on the basis of DV and/or GV. We described claimants’ trauma exposures and resilience factors and used multiple logistic regression to quantify associations with Diagnostic …
Assessing community health worker service delivery in humanitarian settings
Open AccessNathan P Miller, Adam K Richards et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020
Challenges in Founding and Developing Medical School Student-Run Asylum Clinics
Open AccessFangning Gu, Emily Y Chu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2020
In response to the rapidly rising number of asylum applications, student-run asylum clinics (SRACs) designed to provide pro bono forensic medical evaluations have emerged at medical schools across the United States. Distinct from traditional student-run clinics in the services they provide and in their operational models, SRACs face a unique set of challenges. This study aims to identify the common challenges in building SRACs and to collect insi…
Migration patterns & their associations with health and human rights in eastern Myanmar after political transition
Open AccessParveen Parmar, Charlene C Barina et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2019
These analyses suggest that opportunities for employment and education are the primary drivers of migration out of the household, despite an overall improvement in stability and decrease in prevalence of human rights violations found by EBRMS 2013. Additionally, migration into and out of households in eastern Myanmar is associated with changes in health outcomes
Influence of Evidence Type and Narrative Type on HPV Risk Perception and Intention to Obtain the HPV Vaccine
Xiaoli Nan, Marie Dahlstrom et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2015
This research examines the influence of evidence type (statistical, narrative, or hybrid) and narrative type (first-person or third-person) on risk perception about human papillomavirus (HPV) and behavioral intention to get the HPV vaccine. In total, 174 college students who had not received the HPV vaccine participated in a controlled experiment. Results show that the hybrid message containing both statistical and narrative descriptions of HPV r…
Health and human rights in eastern Myanmar prior to political transition
Open AccessParveen Parmar, Parveen K Parmar et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2014
BACKGROUND: Myanmar/Burma has received increased development and humanitarian assistance since the election in November 2010. Monitoring the impact of foreign assistance and economic development on health and human rights requires knowledge of pre-election conditions. METHODS: From October 2008-January 2009, community-based organizations conducted household surveys using three-stage cluster sampling in Shan, Kayin, Bago, Kayah, Mon and Taninthary…
Global health experiences of U.S. Physicians
Open AccessS Ryan Greysen, Adam K Richards et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013
BACKGROUND: Interest and participation in global health activities among U.S. medical trainees has increased sharply in recent decades, yet the global health activities of physicians who have completed residency training remain understudied. Our objectives were to assess associations between individual characteristics and patterns of post-residency global health activities across the domains of health policy, education, and research. METHODS: Cro…
Internally displaced human resources for health
Open AccessC I Lee, Lloyd S Smith et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2009
Approaches to expand malaria control interventions in areas of active conflict are urgently needed. Despite international agreement regarding the imperative to control malaria in eastern Burma, there are currently no large-scale international malaria programmes operating in areas of active conflict. A local ethnic health department demonstrated that village health workers are capable of implementing malaria control interventions among internally …
Formative Research for a Healthy Diet Intervention Among Inner-City Adolescents
Jennifer L Dodson, Ya-Chun Hsiao et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2009
Suggested adolescent nutritional interventions include promotion of home-based eating, improving availability of healthy foods in school and neighborhood stores, and targeted educational materials
Multi-level partnerships to promote health services among internally displaced in eastern Burma
Open AccessMatthias Mahn, Cynthia Maung et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2008
Ethnic populations in eastern Burma are the target of military policies that result in forced labour, destruction of food supplies, and massive forced displacement. Despite international assistance to Burmese refugees along the Thai-Burma border, traditional humanitarian models have failed to reach these internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Burma. Nevertheless, through the cultivation of a model (cross border local-global partnerships) 300,…
Prevalence of plasmodium falciparum in active conflict areas of eastern Burma
Open AccessAdam Richards, Linda S Smith et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2007
Prevalence of plasmodium falciparum in conflict areas of eastern Burma is higher than rates reported among populations in neighboring Thailand, particularly among children. This population serves as a large reservoir of infection that contributes to a high disease burden within Burma and likely constitutes a source of infection for neighboring regions
Population-based survey methods to quantify associations between human rights violations and health outcomes among internally displaced persons in eastern Burma
Luke C Mullany, Adam K Richards et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2007Cited by: 6References: 28
BACKGROUND: Case reports of human rights violations have focused on individuals' experiences. Population-based quantification of associations between rights indicators and health outcomes is rare and has not been documented in eastern Burma. OBJECTIVE: We describe the association between mortality and morbidity and the household-level experience of human rights violations among internally displaced persons in eastern Burma. METHODS: Mobile health…

Prevalence of plasmodium falciparum in active conflict areas of eastern Burma
Open AccessAdam Richards, Linda S Smith et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2007
Prevalence of plasmodium falciparum in conflict areas of eastern Burma is higher than rates reported among populations in neighboring Thailand, particularly among children. This population serves as a large reservoir of infection that contributes to a high disease burden within Burma and likely constitutes a source of infection for neighboring regions
Population-based survey methods to quantify associations between human rights violations and health outcomes among internally displaced persons in eastern Burma
Luke C Mullany, Adam K Richards et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2007Cited by: 6References: 28
BACKGROUND: Case reports of human rights violations have focused on individuals' experiences. Population-based quantification of associations between rights indicators and health outcomes is rare and has not been documented in eastern Burma. OBJECTIVE: We describe the association between mortality and morbidity and the household-level experience of human rights violations among internally displaced persons in eastern Burma. METHODS: Mobile health…
Multi-level partnerships to promote health services among internally displaced in eastern Burma
Open AccessMatthias Mahn, Cynthia Maung et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2008
Ethnic populations in eastern Burma are the target of military policies that result in forced labour, destruction of food supplies, and massive forced displacement. Despite international assistance to Burmese refugees along the Thai-Burma border, traditional humanitarian models have failed to reach these internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Burma. Nevertheless, through the cultivation of a model (cross border local-global partnerships) 300,…
Internally displaced human resources for health
Open AccessC I Lee, Lloyd S Smith et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2009
Approaches to expand malaria control interventions in areas of active conflict are urgently needed. Despite international agreement regarding the imperative to control malaria in eastern Burma, there are currently no large-scale international malaria programmes operating in areas of active conflict. A local ethnic health department demonstrated that village health workers are capable of implementing malaria control interventions among internally …
Formative Research for a Healthy Diet Intervention Among Inner-City Adolescents
Jennifer L Dodson, Ya-Chun Hsiao et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2009
Suggested adolescent nutritional interventions include promotion of home-based eating, improving availability of healthy foods in school and neighborhood stores, and targeted educational materials
Global health experiences of U.S. Physicians
Open AccessS Ryan Greysen, Adam K Richards et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013
BACKGROUND: Interest and participation in global health activities among U.S. medical trainees has increased sharply in recent decades, yet the global health activities of physicians who have completed residency training remain understudied. Our objectives were to assess associations between individual characteristics and patterns of post-residency global health activities across the domains of health policy, education, and research. METHODS: Cro…
Health and human rights in eastern Myanmar prior to political transition
Open AccessParveen Parmar, Parveen K Parmar et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2014
BACKGROUND: Myanmar/Burma has received increased development and humanitarian assistance since the election in November 2010. Monitoring the impact of foreign assistance and economic development on health and human rights requires knowledge of pre-election conditions. METHODS: From October 2008-January 2009, community-based organizations conducted household surveys using three-stage cluster sampling in Shan, Kayin, Bago, Kayah, Mon and Taninthary…
Influence of Evidence Type and Narrative Type on HPV Risk Perception and Intention to Obtain the HPV Vaccine
Xiaoli Nan, Marie Dahlstrom et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2015
This research examines the influence of evidence type (statistical, narrative, or hybrid) and narrative type (first-person or third-person) on risk perception about human papillomavirus (HPV) and behavioral intention to get the HPV vaccine. In total, 174 college students who had not received the HPV vaccine participated in a controlled experiment. Results show that the hybrid message containing both statistical and narrative descriptions of HPV r…
Migration patterns & their associations with health and human rights in eastern Myanmar after political transition
Open AccessParveen Parmar, Charlene C Barina et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2019
These analyses suggest that opportunities for employment and education are the primary drivers of migration out of the household, despite an overall improvement in stability and decrease in prevalence of human rights violations found by EBRMS 2013. Additionally, migration into and out of households in eastern Myanmar is associated with changes in health outcomes
Assessing community health worker service delivery in humanitarian settings
Open AccessNathan P Miller, Adam K Richards et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020
Challenges in Founding and Developing Medical School Student-Run Asylum Clinics
Open AccessFangning Gu, Emily Y Chu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2020
In response to the rapidly rising number of asylum applications, student-run asylum clinics (SRACs) designed to provide pro bono forensic medical evaluations have emerged at medical schools across the United States. Distinct from traditional student-run clinics in the services they provide and in their operational models, SRACs face a unique set of challenges. This study aims to identify the common challenges in building SRACs and to collect insi…
How political engineering can make health a bridge to peace
Open AccessAnne Décobert, Tom Traill et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022
This case study analyses a health project that focused on peacebuilding in addition to service provision, and the impacts of this dual focus in contested territories of Southeast Myanmar. The Swiss-funded Primary Health Care Project provided equal funds to both ‘sides’ in a decades-long conflict, and brought people together in ways designed to build trust. The case study demonstrates that health can play a valuable role in peace formation, if rel…
Trauma Exposures, Resilience Factors, and Mental Health Outcomes in Persons Granted Asylum in the U.S. for Claims Related to Domestic Violence and Persecution by Organized Gangs
Open AccessEleanor Emery, Mehar Maju et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2022
Survivors of domestic violence (DV) and of violence perpetrated by organized gangs (GV) face barriers to legal protection under U.S. asylum law. We abstracted data from 132 affidavits based on forensic medical evaluations of asylum seekers granted legal protection in the U.S. on the basis of DV and/or GV. We described claimants’ trauma exposures and resilience factors and used multiple logistic regression to quantify associations with Diagnostic …
An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA
Open AccessJ P Crowley, A Denes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2025
Forgiveness is an important component of many of the world’s religions that also has benefits for individuals’ health and relationships. Research on the health benefits of forgiveness is couched predominately in the stress and coping framework, which views forgiveness as buffering the stress associated with unforgiving feelings. This exploratory study ( N = 47) elaborated on the stress and coping framework by investigating it in conversation with…
Beyond emergency relief
Open AccessTimothy H Holtz, Lisa Hilmi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
A village health worker intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in remote areas of armed conflict in Myanmar–results from a feasibility study in three villages
Open AccessArcot Ramachandran, Anu Ramachandran et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2026
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT06819839, retrospectively registered 27 October 2024
Psychological reactance theory and politeness theory
Christopher J Carpenter, Adam S Richards et al.ARTICLECommunication Monographs2026References: 7