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Overview

Irene H. Yen is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their work focuses extensively on social sciences and health professions, with notable contributions to the study of health disparities, food security, homelessness, and community health development.

The main fields of study for this scholar include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions

Their research spans several subfields, highlighting an interdisciplinary approach:

  • General Health Professions
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Health
  • Education
  • Social Psychology

The main topics addressed in their publications cover issues related to social and health inequalities, including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Community Health and Development

Frequent collaborators in their work are:

  • Janet K. Shim
  • Robert K. Ream
  • Nancy J. Burke
  • Alison K. Cohen
  • Anusha M. Vable

Their research has been published multiple times in several venues, indicating consistent engagement with key academic outlets:

  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Progress in community health partnerships
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Preventing Chronic Disease

Selected recent papers include:

  • Association of Adult Depression With Educational Attainment, Aspirations, and Expectations, 2020, Preventing Chronic Disease
  • 'You run out of hope': an exploration of low-income parents' experiences with food insecurity using Photovoice, 2021, Public Health Nutrition
  • Health care utilization among women of reproductive age living in public housing: Associations across six public housing sites in San Francisco, 2022, Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Does the Type and Timing of Educational Attainment Influence Physical Health? A Novel Application of Sequence Analysis, 2020, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Housing Stability and Hepatitis C Infection for Young Adults Who Inject Drugs: Examining the Relationship of Consistent and Intermittent Housing Status on HCV Infection Risk, 2020, Journal of Urban Health

Best Publications

  • Neighborhood Environment in Studies of Health of Older Adults: A Systematic Review

    Irene H. Yen;Yvonne L. Michael;Leslie Perdue

  • The social environment and health: a discussion of the epidemiologic literature.

    I H Yen;S L Syme

  • Income inequality and mortality in metropolitan areas of the United States.

    J. W. Lynch;G. A. Kaplan;E. R. Pamuk;Richard. D. Cohen

  • Community based participatory research: a promising approach for increasing epidemiology's relevance in the 21st century.

    Margaret W Leung;Irene H Yen;Meredith Minkler

  • Neighborhood Social Environment and Risk of Death: Multilevel Evidence from the Alameda County Study

    Irene H. Yen;George A. Kaplan

  • Poverty Area Residence and Changes in Physical Activity Level: Evidence From the Alameda County Study

    I H Yen;G A Kaplan

  • A Comprehensive Study of the Direct and Indirect Costs of Adult Asthma

    Miriam G. Cisternas;Paul D. Blanc;Irene H. Yen;Patricia P. Katz

  • The impact of neighborhood social and built environment factors across the cancer continuum: Current research, methodological considerations, and future directions.

    Scarlett Lin Gomez;Scarlett Lin Gomez;Salma Shariff‐Marco;Salma Shariff‐Marco;Mindy DeRouen;Theresa H. M. Keegan;Theresa H. M. Keegan

  • Medical Mistrust, Racism, and Delays in Preventive Health Screening Among African-American Men

    Wizdom Powell;Jennifer Richmond;Dinushika Mohottige;Irene Yen

  • Poverty area residence and changes in depression and perceived health status: evidence from the Alameda County Study.

    Irene H Yen;George A Kaplan

  • Childhood obesity and the built environment

    Maida P Galvez;Meghan Pearl;Irene H Yen

  • The association between subjective social status and mental health among Asian immigrants: Investigating the influence of age at immigration☆

    Janxin Leu;Irene H. Yen;Stuart A. Gansky;Emily Walton

  • Integration of Social Epidemiology and Community-Engaged Interventions to Improve Health Equity

    Nina B. Wallerstein;Irene H. Yen;S. Leonard Syme

  • The changing epidemiology of neural tube defects. United States, 1968-1989.

    I H Yen;M J Khoury;J D Erickson;L M James

  • Perceived neighborhood problems and quality of life, physical functioning, and depressive symptoms among adults with asthma.

    Irene H. Yen;Edward H. Yelin;Patricia Katz;Mark D. Eisner

  • The influence of neighborhood food stores on change in young girls' body mass index.

    Cindy W. Leung;Barbara A. Laraia;Maggi Kelly;Dana Nickleach

  • The association of socioeconomic status and psychosocial and physical workplace factors with musculoskeletal injury in hospital workers.

    Marion Gillen;Irene H. Yen;Laura Trupin;Louise Swig

  • How design of places promotes or inhibits mobility of older adults: realist synthesis of 20 years of research.

    Irene H. Yen;Johnna Fandel Flood;Hannah Thompson;Lynda A. Anderson

  • Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation: Results From the Midwest Evaluation of Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

    Margot B. Kushel;Irene H. Yen;Lauren Gee;Mark E. Courtney

  • Racial discrimination and alcohol-related behavior in urban transit operators: findings from the San Francisco Muni Health and Safety Study.

    Irene H. Yen;David R. Ragland;B. A. Greiner;J. M. Fisher

  • IntegrationofSocialEpidemiologyandCommunity-Engaged InterventionstoImproveHealthEquity

    Nina B. Wallerstein;Irene H. Yen;S. Leonard Syme

Frequent Co-Authors

John Frank
John Frank University of Edinburgh
Lynda A. Anderson
Lynda A. Anderson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nancy E. Adler
Nancy E. Adler University of California, San Francisco
Mahasin S. Mujahid
Mahasin S. Mujahid University of California, Berkeley
Reiner Rugulies
Reiner Rugulies University of Copenhagen
Esther M. John
Esther M. John Stanford University
Nina Wallerstein
Nina Wallerstein University of New Mexico
M. Maria Glymour
M. Maria Glymour Boston University
Chau Trinh-Shevrin
Chau Trinh-Shevrin New York University
Ninez A. Ponce
Ninez A. Ponce University of California, Los Angeles

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