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Overview

Barbara A. Israel is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields with a primary focus on health professions and social sciences. Within these broad areas, their publications address subfields including general health professions, sociology and political science, health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and clinical psychology.

The main themes in Israel's research cover several topics, highlighting their involvement in public health and community-based work. These topics include health policy implementation science, mental health and patient involvement, community health and development, food security and health in diverse populations, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, public health policies and education, and health disparities and outcomes.

Israel's recent scholarly articles reflect a focus on community-based participatory research (CBPR), health equity, and structural determinants of health. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Antiracism and Community-Based Participatory Research: Synergies, Challenges, and Opportunities," 2022, published in American Journal of Public Health
  • "Moving Health Education and Behavior Upstream: Lessons From COVID-19 for Addressing Structural Drivers of Health Inequities," 2020, published in Health Education & Behavior
  • "Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success: Theory and Methods for Measuring Success in Long-Standing Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships," 2020, published in Progress in Community Health Partnerships
  • "A Participatory, Mixed Methods Approach to Define and Measure Partnership Synergy in Long-standing Equity-focused CBPR Partnerships," 2020, published in American Journal of Community Psychology
  • "Independent and Joint Contributions of Economic, Social and Physical Environmental Characteristics to Mortality in the Detroit Metropolitan Area: A Study of Cumulative Effects and Pathways," 2020, published in Health & Place

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of Israel's research with frequent coauthors including Chris M. Coombe, Ángela Reyes, Barbara L. Brush, Zachary Rowe, and Amy J. Schulz.

Israel's work has been published across several journals known for community health, clinical science, and health education, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • Health Education & Behavior
  • Progress in Community Health Partnerships
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

In addition to journal articles, Israel has contributed to academic books. Notably, they authored a book published by Rutgers University Press titled Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Review of community-based research: assessing partnership approaches to improve public health.

    Barbara A. Israel;Amy J. Schulz;Edith A. Parker;Adam B. Becker

  • Social networks and social support.

    Catherine A. Heaney;Barbara A. Israel

  • Health Education and Community Empowerment: Conceptualizing and Measuring Perceptions of Individual, Organizational, and Community Control

    Barbara A. Israel;Barry Checkoway;Amy J. Schulz;Marc A. Zimmerman

  • Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Process evaluation for public health interventions and research

    Allan B. Steckler;Laura Linnan;Barbara A. Israel

  • Community-based participatory research: policy recommendations for promoting a partnership approach in health research.

    Barbara A. Israel;Amy J. Schulz;Edith A. Parker;Adam B. Becker

  • Community-based participatory research: a capacity-building approach for policy advocacy aimed at eliminating health disparities.

    Barbara A. Israel;Chris M. Coombe;Rebecca R. Cheezum;Amy J. Schulz

  • Further explorations in empowerment theory: An empirical analysis of psychological empowerment

    Marc A. Zimmerman;Barbara A. Israel;Amy J. Schulz;Barry Checkoway

  • Critical issues in developing and following community based participatory research principles

    BA Israel;AJ Schulz;EA Parker;AB Becker

  • Chronic job insecurity among automobile workers: Effects on job satisfaction and health

    Catherine A. Heaney;Barbara A. Israel;James S. House

  • Community-based participatory research: lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research.

    Barbara A. Israel;Edith A. Parker;Zachary Rowe;Alicia Salvatore

  • Discrimination, Symptoms of Depression, and Self-Rated Health Among African American Women in Detroit: Results From a Longitudinal Analysis

    Amy J. Schulz;Clarence C. Gravlee;David R. Williams;Barbara A. Israel

  • Veridicality of social support: A comparison of principal and network members' responses.

    Toni C. Antonucci;Barbara A. Israel

  • Racial and spatial relations as fundamental determinants of health in Detroit.

    Amy J. Schulz;David R. Williams;Barbara A. Israel;Lora Bex Lempert

  • Challenges and facilitating factors in sustaining community-based participatory research partnerships: lessons learned from the Detroit, New York City and Seattle Urban Research Centers.

    Barbara A. Israel;James Krieger;David Vlahov;Sandra Ciske

  • Unfair treatment, neighborhood effects, and mental health in the Detroit metropolitan area.

    Amy Schulz;David Williams;Barbara Israel;Adam Becker

  • The Power and the Promise: Working With Communities to Analyze Data, Interpret Findings, and Get to Outcomes

    Suzanne B. Cashman;Sarah Adeky;Alex J. Allen;Jason Corburn

  • Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Social Networks and Social Support: Implications for Natural Helper and Community Level Interventions

    Barbara A. Israel

  • Social inequalities, stressors and self reported health status among African American and white women in the Detroit metropolitan area.

    A Schulz;B Israel;D Williams;E Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Amy J. Schulz
Amy J. Schulz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edith A. Parker
Edith A. Parker University of Iowa
Shannon N. Zenk
Shannon N. Zenk University of Illinois at Chicago
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marc A. Zimmerman
Marc A. Zimmerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gerald J. Keeler
Gerald J. Keeler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sherman A. James
Sherman A. James Duke University
J. Timothy Dvonch
J. Timothy Dvonch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Xihong Lin
Xihong Lin Harvard University
Nina Wallerstein
Nina Wallerstein University of New Mexico

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