Lene Levy-Storms

Dados Biográficos

ID243056
NOMELene Levy-Storms
PRENOMESLene
SOBRENOMELevy-Storms
ASSINATURALEVY-STORMS L
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES76
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1998
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ÍNDICE H3

  • Certified Nursing Aides' Training Hours and Covid Case and Mortality Rates Across States in the U.S

    Open AccessLene Levy-Storms, Lené Levy‐Storms et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Disproportionately high COVID case and mortality rates in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have heightened interest in the role of Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs) in the care of residents living in SNFs. This policy brief will make recommendations for CNA training based on an examination of two sources of secondary data using descriptive statistics. From the first source of secondary data, 34% of CNAs report feeling inadequately trained. The seco…

  • Communicating emotional support

    Lene Levy-Storms, Lené Levy‐Storms et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2020

    This study characterized emotional connections between largely female caregivers and female care recipients with dementia living in nursing homes with the research question: How does interpersonal communication between family caregivers and older adults with dementia convey enacted emotional support? Ten dyads (8 with at least one female) of regularly-involved family caregivers (7 female; 3 male) and their relatives with dementia (5 female; 5 mal…

  • The Revolving Door

    Open AccessMaria L Claver, Maria Claver et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2010Referências: 26

    Why do some older veterans visit the emergency room (ER) frequently? This study expands an existing decision-making model that describes how ER users recognize symptoms of a health problem, decide to seek medical care for the health problem, and decide to visit the ER specifically for the medical care. The focus of this inquiry is the role of older veterans' social support networks in decisions to visit the ER. Data were collected through in-dept…

  • Network Composition and Health Behaviors Among Older Samoan Women

    Open AccessLene Levy-Storms, Lené Levy‐Storms et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2006Citada por: 4Referências: 10

    Kin networks positively affect mostly chronic disease-related health behaviors, whereas nonkin networks positively affect mostly lifestyle-related health behaviors

  • A Refined Protocol for Coding Nursing Home Residents' Comments During Satisfaction Interviews

    Lene Levy-Storms, Lené Levy‐Storms et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2005

    The refined method offers a systematic way to code residents' comments about their care into unmet needs related to the manner and frequency of care delivery. The findings have direct implications for the identification of care areas in need of improvement from the resident's perspective and the evaluation of improvement efforts

  • Use of mammography screening among older Samoan women in Los Angeles county

    Open AccessLene Levy-Storms, Lené Levy‐storm et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2003Citada por: 17Referências: 31

  • Social Relationships, Gender, and Allostatic Load Across Two Age Cohorts

    Teresa Seeman, Teresa E Seeman et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    OBJECTIVE: This article addresses the question of biological pathways through which social integration and support may affect morbidity and mortality risks. A new concept of cumulative biological risk, allostatic load, is used to test the hypothesis that social experiences affect a range of biological systems. Data from two community-based cohorts are examined to evaluate the consistency of findings across two different age groups. METHODS: One c…

  • Neighborhood and Family Contexts of Adolescent Sexual Activity

    Dawn M Upchurch, Carol S Aneshensel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1999Citada por: 55

    Although numerous studies have examined the sociodemographic and psychosocial factors associated with first sex there is little research on the contribution of social context. The impact of neighborhood and family structure on adolescents risk of first sex was investigated in a community-based sample of 879 ethnically diverse youth 12-17 years of age (mean age 14.5 years) from Los Angeles California. 48.7% of respondents were Hispanic; 57.9% live…

  • Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Timing of First Sexual Intercourse

    Dawn M Upchurch, Lene Levy-Storms et al.ARTICLEFamily Planning Perspectives1998

    CONTEXT: Whether the effect of gender on the risk of first intercourse in influenced by adolescents ethnicity has received limited attention in research on age at first sex. Such information could provide a more complete understanding of adolescent sexual behavior. METHODS: Life-table analysis using data from a population-based, ethnically diverse sample of 87/Los Angeles County youths was employed to estimate the median age at first sex for each…