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Esme Fuller-Thomson

Esme Fuller-Thomson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
17800
World Ranking
3266
National Ranking
189

Overview

Esme Fuller-Thomson is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Within these broad fields, their work is concentrated in clinical psychology, health, general health professions, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including health disparities and outcomes, migration, health and trauma, child abuse and trauma, COVID-19 and mental health, aging and gerontology research, employment and welfare studies, and the intersection of health, psychology, and well-being.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Andie MacNeil
  • Karen Davison
  • Shen Lin
  • Karen Kobayashi
  • Margaret de Groh

Esme Fuller-Thomson has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Innovation in Aging
  • The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
  • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus

Selected recent publications by Esme Fuller-Thomson include:

  • The Association Between Hearing Impairment, Vision Impairment, Dual Sensory Impairment, and Serious Cognitive Impairment: Findings from a Population-Based Study of 5.4 million Older Adults, 2022, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports
  • The Dark Side of ADHD: Factors Associated With Suicide Attempts Among Those With ADHD in a National Representative Canadian Sample, 2020, Archives of Suicide Research
  • Close Relations Matter: The Association Between Depression and Refugee Status in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), 2020, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • Psychological distress in older adults linked to immigrant status, dietary intake, and physical health conditions in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mid-age and older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), 2021, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Carrying the Pain of Abuse: Gender-Specific Findings on the Relationship between Childhood Physical Abuse and Obesity in Adulthood

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Deborah A. Sinclair;Sarah Brennenstuhl

  • A Profile Of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren In The United States

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Meredith Minkler;Diane Driver

  • The health of grandparents raising grandchildren: results of a national study.

    M Minkler;E Fuller-Thomson

  • American Grandparents Providing Extensive Child Care to Their Grandchildren Prevalence and Profile

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Meredith Minkler

  • Depression in Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Results of a National Longitudinal Study

    Meredith Minkler;Esme Fuller-Thomson;Doriane Miller;Diane Driver

  • Gradient of Disability across the Socioeconomic Spectrum in the United States

    Meredith Minkler;Esme Fuller-Thomson;Jack M Guralnik

  • Depression and inflammatory bowel disease: Findings from two nationally representative Canadian surveys

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Joanne Sulman;Joanne Sulman

  • African American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A National Study Using the Census 2000 American Community Survey

    Meredith Minkler;Esme Fuller-Thomson

  • African American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A National Profile of Demographic and Health Characteristics

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Meredith Minkler

  • The association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and suicide attempts in a population-based study

    E. Fuller-Thomson;S. L. Baird;R. Dhrodia;S. Brennenstuhl

  • Basic ADL Disability and Functional Limitation Rates Among Older Americans From 2000–2005: The End of the Decline?

    E. Fuller-Thomson;B. Yu;A. Nuru-Jeter;J. M. Guralnik

  • The housing/health relationship: what do we know?

    Fuller-Thomson E;Hulchanski Jd;Hwang S

  • Health decline among recent immigrants to Canada: findings from a nationally-representative longitudinal survey.

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Andrea M. Noack;Usha George

  • Making a link between childhood physical abuse and cancer: results from a regional representative survey.

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Sarah Brennenstuhl

  • Black-White disparities in disability among older Americans: further untangling the role of race and socioeconomic status.

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;A. Nuru-Jeter;Meredith Minkler;Jack M. Guralnik

  • The association between childhood physical abuse and heart disease in adulthood: Findings from a representative community sample

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Sarah Brennenstuhl;James Frank

  • Does having regular care by a family physician improve preventive care

    W J McIsaac;E Fuller-Thomson;Y Talbot

  • The association between depression and epilepsy in a nationally representative sample

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Sarah Brennenstuhl

  • American Indian/Alaskan Native Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Findings from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey

    Esme Fuller-Thomson;Meredith Minkler

  • Grandparent caregiving and depression.

    Meredith Minkler;Esme Fuller-Thomson;Doriane Miller;Diane Driver

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder casts a long shadow: findings from a population-based study of adult women with self-reported ADHD

    E. Fuller-Thomson;D. A. Lewis;S. K. Agbeyaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Meredith Minkler
Meredith Minkler University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Fallon
Barbara Fallon University of Toronto
Nico Trocmé
Nico Trocmé McGill University
Diana Kuh
Diana Kuh University College London
Gustavo Saposnik
Gustavo Saposnik University of Toronto
Corey L. M. Keyes
Corey L. M. Keyes Emory University
Roland J. Thorpe
Roland J. Thorpe Johns Hopkins University
Bert Hayslip
Bert Hayslip University of North Texas
Stephen R. Hooper
Stephen R. Hooper University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard H. Glazier
Richard H. Glazier University of Toronto

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