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Jason T. Newsom is affiliated with Portland State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Epidemiology, Health, Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Global Health Care Issues

Jason T. Newsom has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Multimorbidity Changes Over Time," 2021, Medical Care
  • "Trajectories of cognitive functioning in later life: Disparities by race/ethnicity, educational attainment, sex, and multimorbidity combinations," 2022, SSM - Population Health
  • "Multidimensional trajectories of multimorbidity, functional status, cognitive performance, and depressive symptoms among diverse groups of older adults," 2022, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
  • "Depressive Multimorbidity and Trajectories of Functional Status among Older Americans: Differences by Racial/Ethnic Group," 2022, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • "Performance of Latent Growth Curve Models with Binary Variables," 2020, Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ana Quiñones
  • Heather Allore
  • Corey Nagel
  • Anda Botoseneanu
  • David A. Dorr

Newsom's research has been published consistently in venues such as Innovation in Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, SSM - Population Health, BMC Geriatrics, and Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal.

This body of work reflects a multidisciplinary approach, integrating epidemiological and economic perspectives to explore health disparities, chronic disease management, and aging-related outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Inventory of Complicated Grief: A scale to measure maladaptive symptoms of loss

    Holly G. Prigerson;Paul K. Maciejewski;Charles F. Reynolds;Andrew J. Bierhals

  • Personal Need for Structure: Individual Differences in the Desire for Simple Structure

    Steven L. Neuberg;Jason T. Newsom

  • Preference for Consistency: The Development of a Valid Measure and the Discovery of Surprising Behavioral Implications

    Robert B. Cialdini;Melanie R. Trost;Jason T. Newsom

  • Traumatic grief as a risk factor for mental and physical morbidity.

    Holly G. Prigerson;Andrew J. Bierhals;Stanislav V. Kasl;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Social support as a mediator in the relation between functional status and quality of life in older adults.

    Jason T. Newsom;Richard Schulz

  • Health effects of caregiving: The caregiver health effects study: An ancillary study of the cardiovascular health study

    Richard Schulz;Jason Newsom;Maurice Mittelmark;Lynda Burton

  • The association between length of residence and obesity among Hispanic immigrants

    Mark S. Kaplan;Nathalie Huguet;Jason T. Newsom;Bentson H. McFarland

  • A longitudinal study of the effects of dual-earner couples' utilization of family-friendly workplace supports on work and family outcomes

    Leslie B. Hammer;Margaret B. Neal;Jason T. Newsom;Krista J. Brockwood

  • Complicated grief as a disorder distinct from bereavement-related depression and anxiety: a replication study.

    H G Prigerson;A J Bierhals;S V Kasl;C F Reynolds rd

  • Suicide among male veterans: a prospective population‐based study

    Mark S Kaplan;Nathalie Huguet;Bentson H McFarland;Jason T Newsom

  • Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling: A Comprehensive Introduction

    Jason T. Newsom

  • Understanding the Relative Importance of Positive and Negative Social Exchanges: Examining Specific Domains and Appraisals

    Jason T. Newsom;Karen S. Rook;Masami Nishishiba;Dara H. Sorkin

  • Preventive health behaviors among spousal caregivers.

    Lynda C. Burton;Jason T. Newsom;Richard Schulz;Calvin H. Hirsch

  • Demographic and psychosocial correlates of physical activity in late life

    Mark S Kaplan;Jason T Newsom;Bentson H McFarland;Leining Lu

  • State and trait negative affect as predictors of objective and subjective symptoms of respiratory viral infections.

    Sheldon Cohen;William J. Doyle;David P. Skoner;Philip Fireman

  • The Relative Importance of Three Domains of Positive and Negative Social Exchanges: A Longitudinal Model With Comparable Measures

    Jason T. Newsom;Masami Nishishiba;David L. Morgan;Karen S. Rook

  • The health consciousness myth: implications of the near independence of major health behaviors in the North American population.

    Jason T. Newsom;Bentson H. McFarland;Mark S. Kaplan;Nathalie Huguet

  • Racial/ethnic differences in multimorbidity development and chronic disease accumulation for middle-aged adults.

    Ana R. Quiñones;Anda Botoseneanu;Sheila Markwardt;Corey L. Nagel

  • Caregiving from the recipient's perspective: Negative reactions to being helped.

    Jason T. Newsom;Richard Schulz

  • Health behavior change following chronic illness in middle and later life

    Jason T. Newsom;Nathalie Huguet;Michael J. McCarthy;Pamela Ramage-Morin

  • Stable negative social exchanges and health.

    Jason T. Newsom;Tyrae L. Mahan;Karen S. Rook;Neal Krause

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen S. Rook
Karen S. Rook University of California, Irvine
Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh
Holly G. Prigerson
Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University
Neal Krause
Neal Krause University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
M. Katherine Shear
M. Katherine Shear Columbia University
Lynn M. Martire
Lynn M. Martire Pennsylvania State University
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
John W. Reich
John W. Reich Arizona State University
Mark W. Miller
Mark W. Miller Boston University
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria

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