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104
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43594
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Rema Lapouse Award, American Public Health Association
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Overview

James S. Jackson was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work primarily focused on the field of Psychology, with specific attention to subfields including General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Finance, Clinical Psychology, and Health. The research spanned multiple interconnected topics such as Health Policy Implementation Science, Migration, Health and Trauma, Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Migration and Labor Dynamics, and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

Throughout their career, James S. Jackson published in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues included:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • Ethnicity & Disease
  • Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Their recent papers covered a range of topics and years of publication were between 2020 and 2023. Notable papers include:

  • Barriers to Mental Health Service Use and Predictors of Treatment Drop Out: Racial/Ethnic Variation in a Population-Based Study (2020), published in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • Building and Sustaining a Community Advisory Board of African American Older Adults as the Foundation for Volunteer Research Recruitment and Retention in Health Sciences (2020), published in Ethnicity & Disease
  • Social and economic influences on disparities in the health of racial and ethnic group Canadian immigrants (2021), published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • 'Facilitating the transition to net zero' and institutional change in the Bank of England: Perceptions of the environmental mandate and its policy implications within the British state (2023), published in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
  • Geographic Variation in Reproductive Health Among the Black Population in the US: An Analysis of Nativity, Region of Origin, and Division of Residence (2021), published in Population Research and Policy Review

James S. Jackson often collaborated with other researchers. Frequent co-authors included:

  • Jane Rafferty (5 publications)
  • Briana Mezuk (3 publications)
  • Jamie M. Abelson (3 publications)
  • Joan Ilardo (2 publications)
  • Peter A. Lichtenberg (2 publications)

Several recognitions were awarded to James S. Jackson, including:

  • Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association in 2018
  • Fellowship of the American Academy of Political and Social Science awarded in 2012

Best Publications

  • Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health

    David R. Williams;Yan Yu;James S. Jackson;Norman B. Anderson

  • Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: findings from community studies.

    David R. Williams;Harold W. Neighbors;James S. Jackson

  • Prevalence and distribution of major depressive disorder in African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites: results from the National Survey of American Life.

    David R. Williams;Hector M. González;Harold Neighbors;Randolph Nesse

  • Disparity in depression treatment among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.

    Margarita Alegría;Pinka Chatterji;M.P.H. Kenneth Wells;Zhun Cao

  • The National Survey of American Life: A study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health

    James S. Jackson;Myriam Torres;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Harold W. Neighbors

  • Differences in life expectancy due to race and educational differences are widening, and many may not catch up.

    S. Jay Olshansky;Toni C. Antonucci;Lisa F. Berkman;Robert H. Binstock

  • Race and Unhealthy Behaviors: Chronic Stress, the HPA Axis, and Physical and Mental Health Disparities Over the Life Course

    James S. Jackson;Katherine M. Knight;Jane A. Rafferty

  • Neighborhood disadvantage, stress, and drug use among adults.

    Jason D. Boardman;Brian Karl Finch;Brian Karl Finch;Christopher G. Ellison;David R. Williams

  • Religious Involvement, Stress, and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study

    Christopher G. Ellison;Jason D. Boardman;David R. Williams;James S. Jackson

  • Racism and the physical and mental health status of African Americans: a thirteen year national panel study.

    James S. Jackson;Tony N. Brown;David R. Williams;Myriam Torres

  • Being Black and Feeling Blue: The Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination

    Tony N Brown;David R Williams;James S Jackson;Harold W Neighbors

  • The prevalence of perceived discrimination among African American and Caribbean Black youth.

    Eleanor K. Seaton;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Robert M. Sellers;James S. Jackson

  • The role of reciprocity in social support.

    Toni C. Antonucci;James S. Jackson

  • Hope and Independence: Blacks' Response to Electoral and Party Politics

    Patricia Gurin;Shirley Hatchett;James S. Jackson

  • Age Differences in Productive Activities

    A. R. Herzog;R. L. Kahn;J. N. Morgan;J. S. Jackson

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

    Amy Schulz;David Williams;Barbara Israel;Adam Becker

  • Race, ethnicity, and the use of services for mental disorders: results from the National Survey of American Life.

    Harold W. Neighbors;Cleopatra Caldwell;David R. Williams;Randolph Nesse

  • The Mental Health of Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results from the National Survey of American Life

    David R. Williams;Rahwa Haile;Hector M. González;Harold W. Neighbors

  • Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: findings from community studies.

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  • Social support, interpersonal efficacy, and health: A life course perspective.

    Toni C. Antonucci;James S. Jackson

  • Stress, coping, and Black mental health: preliminary findings from a national study.

    Harold W. Neighbors;James S. Jackson;Phillip J. Bowman;Gerald Gurin

  • RaceandUnhealthyBehaviors:ChronicStress,theHPAAxis, andPhysicalandMentalHealthDisparitiesOvertheLifeCourse

    James S. Jackson;Katherine M. Knight;Jane A. Rafferty

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Joseph Taylor
Robert Joseph Taylor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Toni C. Antonucci
Toni C. Antonucci University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Linda M. Chatters
Linda M. Chatters University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cleopatra H. Caldwell
Cleopatra H. Caldwell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Randolph M. Nesse
Randolph M. Nesse Arizona State University
Robert M. Sellers
Robert M. Sellers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph A. Himle
Joseph A. Himle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter A. Lichtenberg
Peter A. Lichtenberg Wayne State University
Jennifer Greif Green
Jennifer Greif Green Boston University
Katie A. McLaughlin
Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon

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