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Overview

Karina L. Walters is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, with significant contributions in General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Emergency Medical Services, and Plant Science.

The core topics covered in their work include:

  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Community Health and Development
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Critical Race Theory in Education

Walters has published extensively on health equity and wellness among Indigenous peoples in the United States, addressing multiple dimensions such as mental, physical, and social health. Their recent papers include:

  • "Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land-Based Healing," 2020, Genealogy
  • "Applying culturalist methodologies to discern COVID-19's impact on communities of color," 2022, Journal of Community Psychology
  • "Awakening," 2022, Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
  • "Being on the walk put it somewhere in my body": The meaning of place in health for Indigenous women," 2020, Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work
  • "Mental, physical and social dimensions of health equity and wellness among U.S. Indigenous peoples: What is known and next steps," 2020, Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Their research has been published in various scholarly venues, including but not limited to:

  • Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work
  • Genealogy
  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
  • American Journal of Public Health

Frequent collaborators in their research network include Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Michael S. Spencer, Joseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, Sandra Stroud, and Catherine E. McKinley.

Best Publications

  • Measuring multiple minority stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.

    Kimberly F. Balsam;Yamile Molina;Blair Beadnell;Jane Simoni

  • Reconceptualizing Native Women's Health: An "Indigenist" Stress-Coping Model

    Karina L. Walters;Jane M. Simoni

  • The health equity promotion model: Reconceptualization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health disparities.

    Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen;Jane M. Simoni;Hyun-Jun Kim;Keren Lehavot

  • BODIES DON'T JUST TELL STORIES, THEY TELL HISTORIES: Embodiment of Historical Trauma among American Indians and Alaska Natives.

    Karina L. Walters;Selina A. Mohammed;Teresa Evans-Campbell;Ramona E. Beltrán

  • Substance use among American Indians and Alaska natives: incorporating culture in an "indigenist" stress-coping paradigm.

    Karina L Walters;Jane M Simoni;Teresa Evans-Campbell

  • Interpersonal Violence in the Lives of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Implications for Health, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking

    Teresa Evans-Campbell;Taryn Lindhorst;Boyen Huang;Karina L. Walters

  • Culture, trauma, and wellness: a comparison of heterosexual and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and two-spirit native americans.

    Kimberly F. Balsam;Bu Huang;Karen C. Fieland;Jane M. Simoni

  • Growing from Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities.

    Karina L. Walters;Michelle Johnson-Jennings;Sandra Stroud;Stacy Rasmus

  • Abuse, mastery, and health among lesbian, bisexual, and two-spirit American Indian and Alaska Native women

    Keren Lehavot;Karina L. Walters;Jane M. Simoni

  • Indian Boarding School Experience, Substance Use, and Mental Health among Urban Two-Spirit American Indian/Alaska Natives

    Teresa Evans-Campbell;Karina L. Walters;Cynthia R. Pearson;Christopher D. Campbell

  • Lesbian and Gay Male Group Identity Attitudes and Self-Esteem: Implications for Counseling.

    Karina L. Walters;Jane M. Simoni

  • Heterosexual identity and heterosexism: recognizing privilege to reduce prejudice.

    Jane M. Simoni;Karina L. Walters

  • "My spirit in my heart": identity experiences and challenges among American Indian two-spirit women.

    Karina L. Walters;Teresa Evans-Campbell;Jane M. Simoni;Theresa Ronquillo

  • Racial discrimination and racial identity attitudes in relation to self-rated health and physical pain and impairment among two-spirit American Indians/Alaska Natives.

    David H. Chae;Karina L. Walters

  • Triangle of risk: urban American Indian women's sexual trauma, injection drug use, and HIV sexual risk behaviors.

    Jane M. Simoni;Shalini Sehgal;Karina L. Walters

  • Dis-placement and Dis-ease: Land, Place, and Health Among American Indians and Alaska Natives

    Karina L. Walters;Ramona Beltran;David Huh;Teresa Evans-Campbell

  • Grand Challenges for Social Work

    Edwina Uehara;Marilyn Flynn;Rowena Fong;John Brekke

  • HIV/AIDS Prevention in “Indian Country”: Current Practice, Indigenist Etiology Models, and Postcolonial Approaches to Change

    Bonnie Duran;Karina L. Walters

  • Urban American Indian Identity Attitudes and Acculturation Styles

    Karina L. Walters

  • Decolonizing strategies for mentoring American Indians and Alaska Natives in HIV and mental health research.

    Karina L. Walters;Jane M. Simoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane M. Simoni
Jane M. Simoni University of Washington
Keren Lehavot
Keren Lehavot University of Washington
Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen
Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen University of Washington
David H. Chae
David H. Chae Tulane University
Kimberly F. Balsam
Kimberly F. Balsam Palo Alto University
Mauricio Lima Barreto
Mauricio Lima Barreto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Sherman A. James
Sherman A. James Duke University
Nancy Krieger
Nancy Krieger Harvard University
Lisa F. Berkman
Lisa F. Berkman Harvard University
Maria Inês Schmidt
Maria Inês Schmidt Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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