Paris B Adkins-Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 933848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paris B Adkins-Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paris B |
| FAMILY NAME | Adkins-Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | ADKINS-JACKSON P B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3618-449X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Is doing better science enough?: An autoethnographic study of a multidisciplinary collaboration to measure structural racism
OBJECTIVES: Addressing structural racism remains a critical challenge in population health and social sciences, as traditional quantitative approaches often fail to disrupt long-standing racialized health hierarchies. This study critically interrogates the process of a multidisciplinary scientific collaboration attempting to operationalize and measure life course structural racism while enacting an anti-racist praxis. DESIGN: Utilizing a collabor…
Anticipating Racism is Associated with Poorer Sleep Among Adults Racialized as Black
Disinfection Byproducts and Inorganic Contaminants in the U.S. Correctional Facility Public Water Systems
Background: Few studies have evaluated drinking water contaminants for people incarcerated in the United States. We predicted that community water systems (CWSs) that exclusively serve correctional facilities would report elevated contaminant concentrations compared to all other CWSs. Methods: Concentrations of inorganic contaminants (arsenic, chromium, fluoride, nitrate, uranium) and disinfection byproducts (total trihalomethanes and haloacetic …
Integrating qualitative insights with large secondary data: A protocol for a community-engaged mixed-methods study on adolescent substance use
Understanding the factors of risk and resilience for youth substance use requires interdisciplinary and multi-level methodological approaches that integrate the community of study into the research process. This protocol describes a novel, community-engaged, modified convergent mixed-methods design to investigate factors of neighborhood social risk and resilience (NSRR) in relation to substance use and neurocognition among Hispanic adolescents li…
The Place Where Danger Waits”: Ten Years of Incarceration After the 1994 Crime Bill and Cognitive Function among Older Adults
Rest of the folks are tired and weary: The impact of historical lynchings on biological and cognitive health for older adults racialized as Black
“Hang Ups, Let Downs, Bad Breaks, Setbacks”: Impact of Structural Socioeconomic Racism and Resilience on Cognitive Change Over Time for Persons Racialized as Black
Introduction: Older adults racialized as Black experience higher rates of dementia than those racialized as White. Structural racism produces socioeconomic challenges, described by artist Marvin Gaye as “hang ups, let downs, bad breaks, setbacks” that likely contribute to dementia disparities. Robust dementia literature suggests socioeconomic factors may also be key resiliencies. Methods: We linked state-level data reflecting the racialized lands…
Parkinson’s Disease Inequities in Daily Cognitive Activities: An Intersectional Approach
These findings revealed that within-group differences exist and may be missed in research in which social factors are adjusted for instead of included in the model
Interactions among neighborhood conditions, sleep quality, and episodic memory across the adult lifespan
Poorer neighborhood experiences may contribute to poorer sleep quality across groups. In Black and Hispanic women, the association between sleep quality and episodic memory performance was dependent upon neighborhood conditions. These findings may inform tailored, structural level sleep interventions, aimed to improve neighborhood experiences and thereby sleep quality and episodic memory
Measuring the effect of historical structural racism on community firearm violence in US cities
Black Measurement: The Contributions of People Racialized as Black to the Field of Psychometrics
Psychometrics is a branch of psychology concerned with the measurement of mental attributes, behavior, and performance, in addition to the design and analysis of tests and other instruments. The origins of this field are rooted in the explorations of 18th century scientists concerned with capturing phenomena in empirical ways. Less discussed is the use of tests and assessments to validate racialization, which thrusts persons racialized as Black i…
The Worst of Times: Depressive Symptoms Among Racialized Groups Living With Dementia and Cognitive Impairment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objective: To explore differences in depressive symptoms for older adults (Black, Latinx, and White) by cognitive status during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data from the Health and Retirement Study identified older adults as cognitively normal, cognitively impaired without dementia (CIND), and persons living with dementia (PLWD). Multiple linear regression analyses examined associations between cognitive status and depressive symptoms am…
The only way out: How self-care is conceptualized by Black women
Ultimately, self-care may help to combat the impact of structural influences on the health of Black women. Using self-care as a healthier approach to coping with stress can aid in the reduction of health disparities
How to Measure Racism in Academic Health Centers
Institutional racism is a set of practices and policies that disadvantage individuals not part of societies' dominant groups. In academic health centers (AHCs), institutional racism mediates structural racism; it is embedded in institutional policies, clinical practice, health professional training, and biomedical research. Measuring institutional racism in AHCs at the individual, intra-organizational, and extra-organizational levels renders visi…
Measuring Black Behavior: Examining the Validity of Scales of Mindfulness, Stress, and Resilience with Black/African American Women
Historically, instruments normed on White people have been used with other populations implying the concepts measured are acultural. Similarly, instruments developed using both women and men have assumed there aren't differences between the groups that may be salient. However, nuances exist and pervade each assessment. This article examines the construct validity of three commonly used health behavior assessments: Five‐Facet Mindfulness Questionn…
The Path to Better Health for Black Women: Predicting Self-Care and Exploring Its Mediating Effects on Stress and Health
Stress leads to poor self-rated health for many black women because of racial and economic discrimination which results in psychological distress and restricted access to resources. Resilience factors such as self-care may be able to buffer the impact of stress; however, the role of self-care in reducing the effect of stress on self-rated health has not been explored. Self-care involves the utilization of self-awareness and agency to seek remedy …
How to Measure Racism in Academic Health Centers
Institutional racism is a set of practices and policies that disadvantage individuals not part of societies' dominant groups. In academic health centers (AHCs), institutional racism mediates structural racism; it is embedded in institutional policies, clinical practice, health professional training, and biomedical research. Measuring institutional racism in AHCs at the individual, intra-organizational, and extra-organizational levels renders visi…
The only way out: How self-care is conceptualized by Black women
Ultimately, self-care may help to combat the impact of structural influences on the health of Black women. Using self-care as a healthier approach to coping with stress can aid in the reduction of health disparities
Measuring the effect of historical structural racism on community firearm violence in US cities
The Path to Better Health for Black Women: Predicting Self-Care and Exploring Its Mediating Effects on Stress and Health
Stress leads to poor self-rated health for many black women because of racial and economic discrimination which results in psychological distress and restricted access to resources. Resilience factors such as self-care may be able to buffer the impact of stress; however, the role of self-care in reducing the effect of stress on self-rated health has not been explored. Self-care involves the utilization of self-awareness and agency to seek remedy …
Measuring Black Behavior: Examining the Validity of Scales of Mindfulness, Stress, and Resilience with Black/African American Women
Historically, instruments normed on White people have been used with other populations implying the concepts measured are acultural. Similarly, instruments developed using both women and men have assumed there aren't differences between the groups that may be salient. However, nuances exist and pervade each assessment. This article examines the construct validity of three commonly used health behavior assessments: Five‐Facet Mindfulness Questionn…
How to Measure Racism in Academic Health Centers
Institutional racism is a set of practices and policies that disadvantage individuals not part of societies' dominant groups. In academic health centers (AHCs), institutional racism mediates structural racism; it is embedded in institutional policies, clinical practice, health professional training, and biomedical research. Measuring institutional racism in AHCs at the individual, intra-organizational, and extra-organizational levels renders visi…
The only way out: How self-care is conceptualized by Black women
Ultimately, self-care may help to combat the impact of structural influences on the health of Black women. Using self-care as a healthier approach to coping with stress can aid in the reduction of health disparities
The Worst of Times: Depressive Symptoms Among Racialized Groups Living With Dementia and Cognitive Impairment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objective: To explore differences in depressive symptoms for older adults (Black, Latinx, and White) by cognitive status during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data from the Health and Retirement Study identified older adults as cognitively normal, cognitively impaired without dementia (CIND), and persons living with dementia (PLWD). Multiple linear regression analyses examined associations between cognitive status and depressive symptoms am…
“Hang Ups, Let Downs, Bad Breaks, Setbacks”: Impact of Structural Socioeconomic Racism and Resilience on Cognitive Change Over Time for Persons Racialized as Black
Introduction: Older adults racialized as Black experience higher rates of dementia than those racialized as White. Structural racism produces socioeconomic challenges, described by artist Marvin Gaye as “hang ups, let downs, bad breaks, setbacks” that likely contribute to dementia disparities. Robust dementia literature suggests socioeconomic factors may also be key resiliencies. Methods: We linked state-level data reflecting the racialized lands…
Parkinson’s Disease Inequities in Daily Cognitive Activities: An Intersectional Approach
These findings revealed that within-group differences exist and may be missed in research in which social factors are adjusted for instead of included in the model
Interactions among neighborhood conditions, sleep quality, and episodic memory across the adult lifespan
Poorer neighborhood experiences may contribute to poorer sleep quality across groups. In Black and Hispanic women, the association between sleep quality and episodic memory performance was dependent upon neighborhood conditions. These findings may inform tailored, structural level sleep interventions, aimed to improve neighborhood experiences and thereby sleep quality and episodic memory
Measuring the effect of historical structural racism on community firearm violence in US cities
Black Measurement: The Contributions of People Racialized as Black to the Field of Psychometrics
Psychometrics is a branch of psychology concerned with the measurement of mental attributes, behavior, and performance, in addition to the design and analysis of tests and other instruments. The origins of this field are rooted in the explorations of 18th century scientists concerned with capturing phenomena in empirical ways. Less discussed is the use of tests and assessments to validate racialization, which thrusts persons racialized as Black i…
Integrating qualitative insights with large secondary data: A protocol for a community-engaged mixed-methods study on adolescent substance use
Understanding the factors of risk and resilience for youth substance use requires interdisciplinary and multi-level methodological approaches that integrate the community of study into the research process. This protocol describes a novel, community-engaged, modified convergent mixed-methods design to investigate factors of neighborhood social risk and resilience (NSRR) in relation to substance use and neurocognition among Hispanic adolescents li…
The Place Where Danger Waits”: Ten Years of Incarceration After the 1994 Crime Bill and Cognitive Function among Older Adults
Rest of the folks are tired and weary: The impact of historical lynchings on biological and cognitive health for older adults racialized as Black
Is doing better science enough?: An autoethnographic study of a multidisciplinary collaboration to measure structural racism
OBJECTIVES: Addressing structural racism remains a critical challenge in population health and social sciences, as traditional quantitative approaches often fail to disrupt long-standing racialized health hierarchies. This study critically interrogates the process of a multidisciplinary scientific collaboration attempting to operationalize and measure life course structural racism while enacting an anti-racist praxis. DESIGN: Utilizing a collabor…
Anticipating Racism is Associated with Poorer Sleep Among Adults Racialized as Black
Disinfection Byproducts and Inorganic Contaminants in the U.S. Correctional Facility Public Water Systems
Background: Few studies have evaluated drinking water contaminants for people incarcerated in the United States. We predicted that community water systems (CWSs) that exclusively serve correctional facilities would report elevated contaminant concentrations compared to all other CWSs. Methods: Concentrations of inorganic contaminants (arsenic, chromium, fluoride, nitrate, uranium) and disinfection byproducts (total trihalomethanes and haloacetic …
Psychology (11 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Racism (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)