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Overview

Catherine Zimmer is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their body of research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with 37 publications contributing to this broad area. Within Medicine, Zimmer's work focuses on subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, Infectious Diseases, and Health.

Zimmer's research addresses topics related to HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sex Work and Related Issues, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments, and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

The following recent papers exemplify their research contributions:

  • Disparities in potential years of life lost due to intimate partner violence: Data from 16 states for 2006-2015, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Adolescent Experiences of Violence Victimizations Among Minors Who Exchange Sex/Experience Minor Sex Trafficking, 2021, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Socioeconomic Predictors of Transactional Sex in a Cohort of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi: A Longitudinal Analysis, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • Association between food addiction and body dissatisfaction among college students: The mediating role of eating expectancies, 2020, Eating Behaviors

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zimmer include:

  • Kathryn Whetten
  • Sandra L. Martin
  • Heidi W. Reynolds
  • J Morrissey
  • Suzanne Maman

Zimmer's work has been published multiple times in venues such as UNC Libraries, AIDS and Behavior, Black Camera, PLoS ONE, and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. They have 22 publications associated with UNC Libraries, indicating a strong institutional or archival connection.

Best Publications

  • Entrepreneurship Through Social Networks

    C. Zimmer;Howard Aldrich

  • Entrepreneurship Through Social Networks

    Howard E. Aldrich;Catherine Zimmer

  • Clinical Trials and Medical Care: Defining the Therapeutic Misconception

    Gail E Henderson;Larry R Churchill;Arlene M Davis;Michele M Easter

  • Documenting Desegregation: Segregation in American Workplaces by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex, 1966–2003

    Donald Tomaskovic-Devey;Catherine Zimmer;Kevin Stainback;Corre Robinson

  • Resource Mobilization Through Ethnic Networks: Kinship and Friendship Ties of Shopkeepers in England

    Catherine Zimmer;Howard Aldrich

  • Violence and severe mental disorder in clinical and community populations: the effects of psychotic symptoms, comorbidity, and lack of treatment

    Jeffrey Swanson;Sue Estroff;Marvin Swartz;Randy Borum;Randy Borum

  • The Influence of Social Networks and Social Support on Violence by Persons With Serious Mental Illness

    Sue E. Estroff;Catherine Zimmer;William S. Lachicotte;Julia Benoit

  • Development and validation of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire.

    Amanda L. Thompson;Michelle A. Mendez;Judith B. Borja;Linda S. Adair

  • Career commitment in collectivist and individualist cultures: a comparative study

    Fauziah Noordin;Trevor Williams;Catherine Zimmer

  • Characterizing biobank organizations in the U.S.: results from a national survey

    Gail E Henderson;R Jean Cadigan;Teresa P Edwards;Ian Conlon

  • Occupational Stress, Social Support, and the Buffer Hypothesis.

    Valerie A. Haines;Jeanne S. Hurlbert;Catherine Zimmer

  • Social networks, social support, and violence among persons with severe, persistent mental illness.

    Sue E. Estroff;Catherine Zimmer

  • The Medicalization of Sleeplessness: A Public Health Concern

    Mairead Eastin Moloney;Thomas R. Konrad;Catherine R. Zimmer

  • Considering Culturally Relevant Parenting Practices in Intervention Development and Adaptation A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies (BPSS) Program

    Stephanie I. Coard;Shani Foy-Watson;Catherine Zimmer;Amy Wallace

  • Therapeutic misconception in early phase gene transfer trials.

    Gail E. Henderson;Michele M. Easter;Catherine Zimmer;Nancy M.P. King

  • Psychosocial intervention for war-affected children in Sierra Leone

    Leila Gupta;Catherine Zimmer

  • Discrimination, Distrust, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among a National Sample of HIV-Infected Patients

    Angela D. Thrasher;Jo Anne L. Earp;Carol E. Golin;Catherine R. Zimmer

  • Continuities in the Study of Ecological Succession: Asian Businesses in Three English Cities

    Howard E Aldrich;Catherine Zimmer;David McEvoy

  • The categorical generation of organizational inequality: A comparative test of Tilly's durable inequality

    Donald Tomaskovic-Devey;Dustin Avent-Holt;Catherine Zimmer;Sandra Harding

  • Studying Race or Ethnic and Sex Segregation at the Establishment Level: Methodological Issues and Substantive Opportunities Using EEO-1 Reports

    Corre L. Robinson;Tiffany Taylor;Donald Tomaskovic-Devey;Catherine Zimmer

  • TheMedicalization of Sleeplessness: APublic HealthConcern

    Mairead Eastin Moloney;Catherine R. Zimmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kathryn Whetten
Kathryn Whetten Duke University
Benjamin S. Wilfond
Benjamin S. Wilfond University of Washington
Suzanne Maman
Suzanne Maman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph P. Morrissey
Joseph P. Morrissey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carol E. Golin
Carol E. Golin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jane D. Brown
Jane D. Brown University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Wändi Bruine de Bruin University of Southern California
Marci Lobel
Marci Lobel Stony Brook University
Linda S. Adair
Linda S. Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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