Vickie M Mays
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 637356 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Vickie M Mays |
| PRENOMES | Vickie M |
| SOBRENOME | Mays |
| ASSINATURA | MAYS V M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3395-7939 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 86 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1305 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 86 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1985 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 14 |
Social emotional learning and autonomic regulation enhance social connectedness in female adolescents with extensive exposure to adverse childhood experiences
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with social isolation, a known contributor to diminishing mental health with consequences for adolescent development. We evaluated effects of the SKY Schools program, which combines social emotional learning (SEL) with training in autonomic regulation (breathwork), on social connectedness (SC) in female Latinx adolescents with high ACEs, a group particularly vulnerable to ACEs effects. In this l…
Falling Further Over the US Safety Net Benefits Cliff After Covid-19
Societal Mental Health Challenges
Society’s Role in Addressing Mental Health, Grief Crisis
Gendered Patterns in Manifest and Latent Mental Health Indicators Among Suicide Decedents
Objectives. To investigate differences in the documentation of mental health symptomology between male and female suicide decedents in the 2003–2020 US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Methods. Using information on 271 998 suicides in the 2003–2020 NVDRS, we evaluated precoded mental health–related variables and topic model–derived latent mental health themes in the law enforcement and coroner or medical examiner death narratives …
County-level barriers in the Covid-19 vaccine coverage index and their associations with willingness to receive the Covid-19 vaccine across racial/ethnic groups in the U.S
Background: County-level vaccination barriers (sociodemographic barriers, limited healthcare system resources, healthcare accessibility barriers, irregular healthcare seeking behaviors, history of low vaccination) may partially explain COVID-19 vaccination intentions among U.S. adults. This study examined whether county-level vaccination barriers varied across racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. and were associated with willingness to receive the CO…
Persistence, Impairment, Disability and Unmet Treatment of Lifetime and 12-Month Anxiety Disorders in Black Men and Women, 50 Years of Age and Older
Objectives: To examine anxiety disorders in aging Black adults. Methods: Using nationally representative data from the National Survey of American Life, we estimated lifetime/12-month prevalence of anxiety disorders in Black men and women, age 50+ ( N = 1561). Disorder-specific persistence and severity, functional impairment, and mental health service utilization were investigated using multivariate regressions. Results: Black men and women who m…
Prevalence, Severity and Burden of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Black Men and Women Across the Adult Life span
Objectives: To examine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Black adults in younger, middle, and older ages. Methods: Using nationally representative data from the National Survey of American Life, we estimated lifetime and 12-month prevalence of PTSD in Black men and women ages 18-34, 35-49, and 50+. We determined PTSD persistence and severity by age group, then associations of PTSD with socio-economic status, chronic stress, and racial d…
Data Equity in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations
Data Equity in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations: Respecting Sovereign Nations’ Right to Meaningful and Usable COVID-19 Data, an article from American Journal of Public Health, Vol 112 Issue 10
The Accumulation of Disadvantage
Covid-19 Medical Vulnerability Indicators
This article reports the outcome of a project to develop and assess a predictive model of vulnerability indicators for COVID-19 infection in Los Angeles County. Multiple data sources were used to construct four indicators for zip code tabulation areas: (1) pre-existing health condition, (2) barriers to accessing health care, (3) built environment risk, and (4) the CDC's social vulnerability. The assessment of the indicators finds that the most vu…
Aggression, Escalation, and Other Latent Themes in Legal Intervention Deaths of Non-Hispanic Black and White Men
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic differences in legal intervention‒related deaths using state-of-the-art topic modeling of law enforcement and coroner text summaries drawn from the 2003–2017 US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Methods. Employing advanced topic modeling, we identified 8 topics consistent with dangerousness in death incidents in the NVDRS death narratives written by public health workers (PHWs). Using logist…
To Save Lives, We Need to Improve the Measurement of Death
A Look at When Dying Really Counts
Social Justice Is Not the Covid-19 Vaccine Alone
Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination
To compare African American (AA) and non-Hispanic White men living in same residential areas for the associations between educational attainment and household income with perceived discrimination (PD). The National Survey of American Life (NSAL), a nationally representative study, included 1643 men who were either African American ( n = 1271) or non-Hispanic White ( n = 372). We compared the associations between the two race groups using linear r…
Challenges and Opportunities for Modernizing the National Violent Death Reporting System
Challenges and Opportunities for Modernizing the National Violent Death Reporting System Vickie M. Mays PhD, MSPH, and Susan D. Cochran PhD, MS Affiliation Vickie M. Mays is with the Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, and the Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Susan D. Cochran is with the Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health …
Perceived Need for Mental Health Care
Racial/ethnic minority populations underutilize mental health services, even relative to psychiatric disorder, and differences in perceived need may contribute to these disparities. Using the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys, we assessed how the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status affect perceived need. We analyzed a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults (18years or older; N= 14,906), includin…
Chronic Physiologic Effects of Stress Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults
OBJECTIVE: Social disadvantage is associated with markers of physiological dysregulation, which is linked to disease trajectories. Chronic experiences with discrimination are thought to result in the accumulation of physiological "wear and tear" known as allostatic load (AL) among socially marginalized populations such as sexual minorities. Using a nationally representative US sample, we examined whether (1) people who self-identified as homosexu…
Integrated mental health services in China
Eager to build an integrated community-based mental health system, in 2004 China started the '686 Programme', whose purpose was to integrate hospital and community services for patients with serious mental illness. In 2015, the National Mental Health Working Plan (2015-2020) proposed an ambitious strategy for implementing this project. The goal of this review is to assess potential opportunities for and barriers to successful implementation of a …
Perceived Discrimination in Health Care and Mental Health/Substance Abuse Treatment Among Blacks, Latinos, and Whites
BACKGROUND: Experiences of discrimination in health care settings may contribute to disparities in mental health outcomes for blacks and Latinos. We investigate whether perceived discrimination in mental health/substance abuse visits contributes to participants' ratings of treatment helpfulness and stopped treatment. RESEARCH METHODS: We used data from 3 waves of the California Quality of Life Survey, a statewide population-based telephone survey…
Advancing the LGBT Health Research Agenda
An introduction is presented in which the authors discuss an article in the issue which deals with cardiovascular disease and health research involving lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in America, and it mentions a California Health Interview Survey and sexual orientation differences.
A Strategic Approach to Eliminating Sexual Orientation–Related Health Disparities
Letters to the editor are presented in response to the article Sexual Identity Disparities in Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure in California by Wendy B. Max, Brad Stark, Hai-Yen Sung, and Naphtali Offen which appears in a 2016 issue of the journal and addresses health disparities prevention
Sexual Orientation and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years, 2001–2011
To determine whether sexual minorities have an earlier mortality than do heterosexuals, we investigated associations between sexual orientation assessed in the 2001 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and mortality in the 2011 NHANES-linked mortality file. Mortality follow-up time averaged 69.6 months after NHANES. By 2011, 338 individuals had died. Sexual minorities evidenced greater all-cause mortality than did he…
Suicidality and sexual orientation
This investigation explored suicide-related characteristics and help-seeking behavior by sexual orientation. Population-based data are from the California Quality of Life Surveys, which included 1,478 sexual minority (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and homosexually experienced individuals) and 3,465 heterosexual individuals. Bisexual women had a nearly six-fold increased risk of lifetime suicide attempts than heterosexual women (RR = 5.88, 95%CI: 3.89-8…
Race, Race-Based Discrimination, and Health Outcomes Among African Americans
Persistent and vexing health disadvantages accrue to African Americans despite decades of work to erase the effects of race discrimination in this country. Participating in these efforts, psychologists and other social scientists have hypothesized that African Americans' continuing experiences with racism and discrimination may lie at the root of the many well-documented race-based physical health disparities that affect this population. With new…
Intersectionality
Very few theories have generated the kind of interdisciplinary and global engagement that marks the intellectual history of intersectionality. Yet, there has been very little effort to reflect upon precisely how intersectionality has moved across time, disciplines, issues, and geographic and national boundaries. Our failure to attend to intersectionality's movement has limited our ability to see the theory in places in which it is already doing w…
Mental Health Correlates of Perceived Discrimination Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in the United States
Objectives. Recent studies suggest that lesbians and gay men are at higher risk for stress-sensitive psychiatric disorders than are heterosexual persons. We examined the possible role of perceived discrimination in generating that risk. Methods. The National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, a nationally representative sample of adults aged 25 to 74 years, surveyed individuals self-identifying as homosexual or bisexual (n = 73) …
HIV Prevention Research
Two decades of HIV prevention efforts with men who have sex with men (MSM) have not eliminated the risk of new HIV infections in this vulnerable population. Indeed, current incidence rates in African American MSM are similar to those usually only seen in developing countries. A review of the existing literature suggests that the prevention research agenda for Black MSM could benefit from reframing conceptualization of risk as a function of indivi…
Measuring Everyday Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Health Surveys
While it is clear that self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination is related to illness, there are challenges in measuring self-reported discrimination or unfair treatment. In the present study, we evaluate the psychometric properties of a self-reported instrument across racial/ethnic groups in a population-based sample, and we test and interpret findings from applying two different widely-used approaches to asking about discrimination and unfair…
Physical Health Complaints Among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexual and Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual Individuals
Objectives. We examined evidence that minority sexual orientation is associated with more-frequent reports of physical health complaints. We also investigated the possible role of HIV infection among gay men and higher rates of psychological distress among lesbians, gay men, and bisexually and homosexually experienced heterosexual individuals in generating these health disparities. Methods. We used data from the California Quality of Life Survey …
Living Apart Together' relationships in the United States
We use two surveys to describe the demographic and attitudinal correlates of being in "Living Apart Together" (LAT), cohabiting, and marital relationships for heterosexuals, lesbians, and gay men. About one third of U.S. adults not married or cohabiting are in LAT relationships - these individuals would be classified as "single" in conventional studies that focus on co-residential unions. Gay men are somewhat more likely than heterosexual men to …
Retrospective recall of sexual orientation identity development among gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults
Although recent attention has focused on the likelihood that contemporary sexual minority youth (i.e., gay, lesbian, bisexual [GLB]) are "coming out" at younger ages, few studies have examined whether early sexual orientation identity development is also present in older GLB cohorts. We analyzed retrospective data on the timing of sexual orientation milestones in a sample of sexual minorities drawn from the California Quality of Life Surveys. Lat…
The Impact of Perceived Discriminitation on the Intimate Relationships of Black Lesbians
This paper explores the effects of perceived racial/ethnic and sexual orientation discrimination on African-American lesbians' relationships with friends, lovers, family, and community support systems. Data for this exploratory study were gathered from a series of semi-structured ethnographic interviews with self-identified Black lesbians. Results suggested that those who had been in relationships with White lesbians reported more frequent experi…
Applying Social Psychological Models to Predicting HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behaviors among African Americans
Existing models of attitude-behavior relationships, including the Health Belief Model4 the Theory of ReasonedAction, and the Se4f-Efficacy Theory, are increasingly being used by psychologists to predict human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related riskbehaviors. The authorsbrieflyhighlightsome of the dfficulties that might anse in applying these models to predicting the risk behaviors of African Americans. These social psychological models tend to …
Heterogeneity of Health Disparities Among African American, Hispanic, and Asian American Women
Objectives. This study compared health indicators among self-identified lesbians/bisexual women and heterosexual women residing in Los Angeles County. Methods. Respondents were English-speaking Hispanic, African American, and Asian American women. Health status, behavioral risks, access barriers, and indicators of health care were assessed. Results. Prevalence rates of chronic health conditions were similar among women in the 3 racial/ethnic grou…
Sexual Orientation and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years, 2001–2011
To determine whether sexual minorities have an earlier mortality than do heterosexuals, we investigated associations between sexual orientation assessed in the 2001 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) and mortality in the 2011 NHANES-linked mortality file. Mortality follow-up time averaged 69.6 months after NHANES. By 2011, 338 individuals had died. Sexual minorities evidenced greater all-cause mortality than did he…
Aids survey methodology with black Americans
The language of black gay men's sexual behavior‐implications for Aids risk reduction
The development of appropriate AIDS risk reduction interventions targeted at African-American gay men could be aided by an awareness of their terminology for specific sexual behaviors and types of sexual encounters. This paper explores similarities and differences between the HIV-related sexual language of Black and White gay men. While much of the vernacular is shared, differences in some terms and greater or lesser emphasis on others are appare…
Sexual practices of heterosexual Asian-American young adults
Epidemiologic patterns of reported AIDS cases suggest that at present Asian Americans in the United States are an ethnic minority group at lower risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection than blacks, Hispanics, or whites. Yet little is known empirically about the sexual behaviors of Asian Americans. The present study explores rates of sexual activity and patterns of sexual behavior in a sample of young, unmarried, heterosexual Asian A…
Does Neighborhood Social Capital Buffer the Effects of Maternal Depression on Adolescent Behavior Problems
Neighborhood characteristics have been shown to impact child well‐being. However, it remains unclear how these factors combine with family characteristics to influence child development. The current study helps develop that understanding by investigating how neighborhoods directly impact child and adolescent behavior problems as well as moderate the influence of family characteristics on behavior. Using multilevel linear models, we examined the r…
Sexual Orientation–Related Differences in Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among US Adults Aged 20 to 59 Years
Objectives. We investigated sexual orientation–related differences in tobacco use and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in a nationally representative sample of US adults. Methods. The 2003–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys assessed 11 744 individuals aged 20 to 59 years for sexual orientation, tobacco use, and SHS exposure (cotinine levels ≥ 0.05 ng/mL in a nonsmoker). We used multivariate methods to compare tobacco use preval…
African American Families in Diversity
Although recent research on African American families has focused on the roles of extended family members and fictive kin (i.e., non-biological members), the participation of openly gay-identified men and women within African American family systems has received little attention. The study examines gay men's and lesbians' disclosure of sexual orientation to immediate and distant kin. Questionnaires assessing disclosure and demographic backgrounds…
Using the Science of Psychology to Target Perpetrators of Racism and Race-Based Discrimination for Intervention Efforts
Psychological science offers a variety of methods to both understand and intervene when acts of potential racial or ethnic racism, bias or prejudice occur. The Trayvon Martin killing is a reminder of how vulnerable African American men and boys, especially young African American men, are to becoming victims of social inequities in our society. We examine several historical events of racial bias (the Los Angeles civil disturbance after the Rodney …
Black Women and Stress
This study investigated the success of a Focused Support Group (FSG) model in maintaining black women in self-help groups and reducing stress over a six-month period. Respondents participated in a five week Focused Support Group led by professional staff. Six months later they were administered a questionnaire to determine the usefulness of that model in alleviating work related stresses and maintaining the participants in self-help groups. Quest…
Ethnic and Gender Differences in Beliefs about Sex Partner Questioning to Reduce HIV Risk
With the increasing risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HPV) transmission among sexually active adolescents and young adults, individuals are sometimes advised to select sexual partners from lower H!V-risk populations. One method for doing so is directly asking questions about sexual risk histories. The current study examines, in a sample of 394 sexually active, heterosexual, unmarried youngAsian-A merican, African-American, Hispanic, and White…
Integrated mental health services in China
Eager to build an integrated community-based mental health system, in 2004 China started the '686 Programme', whose purpose was to integrate hospital and community services for patients with serious mental illness. In 2015, the National Mental Health Working Plan (2015-2020) proposed an ambitious strategy for implementing this project. The goal of this review is to assess potential opportunities for and barriers to successful implementation of a …
Sexual Orientation and Mortality Among US Men Aged 17 to 59 Years
Objectives. We investigated associations between minority sexual orientation and mortality among US men. Methods. We used data from a retrospective cohort of 5574 men aged 17 to 59 years, first interviewed in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III; 1988–1994) and then followed for mortality status up to 18 years later. We classified men into 3 groups: those reporting (1) any same-sex sexual partners (men who have sex…
Mortality Risks Among Persons Reporting Same-Sex Sexual Partners
Objectives. We investigated the possibility that men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (WSW) may be at higher risk for early mortality associated with suicide and other sexual orientation–associated health risks. Methods. We used data from the 1988–2002 General Social Surveys, with respondents followed up for mortality status as of December 31, 2008. The surveys included 17 886 persons aged 18 years or older, who repor…
Age of minority sexual orientation development and risk of childhood maltreatment and suicide attempts in women
Women with minority sexual orientations (e.g., lesbian, bisexual) are more likely than heterosexual women to report histories of childhood maltreatment and attempted suicide; however, the importance of the timing of minority sexual orientation development in contributing to this increased risk is uncertain. This study investigated relationships between self-reported ages of achieving minority sexual orientation development milestones (first aware…
Black women working together
Black Women and Stress
This study investigated the success of a Focused Support Group (FSG) model in maintaining black women in self-help groups and reducing stress over a six-month period. Respondents participated in a five week Focused Support Group led by professional staff. Six months later they were administered a questionnaire to determine the usefulness of that model in alleviating work related stresses and maintaining the participants in self-help groups. Quest…
Issues in the perception of Aids risk and risk reduction activities by Black and Hispanic/Latina women
Although to date most cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have occurred among men, AIDS poses a serious threat for Black and Latina women, particularly for those who are poor and live in geographic areas of higher AIDS incidence. Yet many may not perceive themselves to be at risk from what has generally been portrayed as a "White gay disease.??? This article examines patterns of AIDS infection in women and factors associated with r…
Introduction to the special issue
Education and prevention--Special issues
Women and Aids-related concerns
Women and Aids-related concerns
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has important implications for the practice of psychology. As the epidemic continues, the role of behavior change and psychosocial factors in the spread and transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections assumes increasing significance. Psychologists, as behavior change experts, have a special and challenging role to play in educating the public, particularly women, about AIDS. This article…
Psychosocial HIV Interventions in the Second Decade
Sexual practices of heterosexual Asian-American young adults
Epidemiologic patterns of reported AIDS cases suggest that at present Asian Americans in the United States are an ethnic minority group at lower risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection than blacks, Hispanics, or whites. Yet little is known empirically about the sexual behaviors of Asian Americans. The present study explores rates of sexual activity and patterns of sexual behavior in a sample of young, unmarried, heterosexual Asian A…
Aids survey methodology with black Americans
Magic Johnson's credibility among African-American men
Magic Johnson's credibility among African-American men. V M Mays, J A Flora, C Schooler, and S D CochranCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.12.1692-a Published Online: November 15, 2011
The language of black gay men's sexual behavior‐implications for Aids risk reduction
The development of appropriate AIDS risk reduction interventions targeted at African-American gay men could be aided by an awareness of their terminology for specific sexual behaviors and types of sexual encounters. This paper explores similarities and differences between the HIV-related sexual language of Black and White gay men. While much of the vernacular is shared, differences in some terms and greater or lesser emphasis on others are appare…
Ethnic and Gender Differences in Beliefs about Sex Partner Questioning to Reduce HIV Risk
With the increasing risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HPV) transmission among sexually active adolescents and young adults, individuals are sometimes advised to select sexual partners from lower H!V-risk populations. One method for doing so is directly asking questions about sexual risk histories. The current study examines, in a sample of 394 sexually active, heterosexual, unmarried youngAsian-A merican, African-American, Hispanic, and White…
Black gay men's language revisited
Black gay men's language revisited: Keeping the ethnicity in ethnic research." , 30(1), pp. 97–98
The Impact of Perceived Discriminitation on the Intimate Relationships of Black Lesbians
This paper explores the effects of perceived racial/ethnic and sexual orientation discrimination on African-American lesbians' relationships with friends, lovers, family, and community support systems. Data for this exploratory study were gathered from a series of semi-structured ethnographic interviews with self-identified Black lesbians. Results suggested that those who had been in relationships with White lesbians reported more frequent experi…
Applying Social Psychological Models to Predicting HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behaviors among African Americans
Existing models of attitude-behavior relationships, including the Health Belief Model4 the Theory of ReasonedAction, and the Se4f-Efficacy Theory, are increasingly being used by psychologists to predict human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related riskbehaviors. The authorsbrieflyhighlightsome of the dfficulties that might anse in applying these models to predicting the risk behaviors of African Americans. These social psychological models tend to …
Black Women, Work, Stress, and Perceived Discrimination
This exploratory study examined the use of two components (small and large groups) of a community-based intervention, the Focused Support Group (FSG) model, to alleviate employment-related stressors in Black women. Participants were assigned to small groups based on occupational status. Groups met for five weekly 3-hr sessions in didactic or small- and large-group formats. Two evaluations following the didactic session and the small and large gro…
Moving toward a global psychology
Moving toward a global psychology
Exploring a Model of Symbolic Social Communication
We propose a model of symbolic social communication to explain the process whereby sociocultural identity mediates relationships among receivers, sources and messages to shape message effects. This exploratory study examines how two at-risk groups of African American men responded to various HIV prevention messages delivered by celebrity and professional sources. We interviewed 47 men from a homeless shelter and 50 male college students. Members …
Kinsey and Male Homosexuality in the African-American Population
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic conflict
African American Families in Diversity
Although recent research on African American families has focused on the roles of extended family members and fictive kin (i.e., non-biological members), the participation of openly gay-identified men and women within African American family systems has received little attention. The study examines gay men's and lesbians' disclosure of sexual orientation to immediate and distant kin. Questionnaires assessing disclosure and demographic backgrounds…
Estimates of alcohol use and clinical treatment needs among homosexually active men and women in the U.S. population.
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