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  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Lonnie R. Snowden is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within health and social sciences, focusing particularly on health disparities and public health policy.

Snowden has contributed to a range of recent publications, including:

  • COVID-19, Social Determinants Past, Present, and Future, and African Americans' Health, 2020, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Coronavirus Trauma and African Americans' Mental Health: Seizing Opportunities for Transformational Change, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Did Medicaid expansion close African American-white health care disparities nationwide? A scoping review, 2022, BMC Public Health

Some frequent coauthors in Snowden's work include:

  • Genevieve Graaf
  • Erin C. Accurso
  • Amanda E. Downey
  • Yunyu Xiao
  • J. John Mann

Their research is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Disability Policy Studies
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Snowden's work covers several core fields of study, including:

  • Health Professions
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Further specialization is evident within subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Health
  • Sociology and Political Science

Main topics addressed throughout Snowden's career include:

  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Among Snowden's scholarly contributions is a book titled The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Recognition for Snowden's professional work includes election as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Use of inpatient mental health services by members of ethnic minority groups.

    Lonnie R. Snowden;Freda K. Cheung

  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Mental Health Services in Poverty Areas

    I Julian Chun-Chung Chow;Kim Jaffee;Lonnie Snowden

  • Barriers to effective mental health services for African Americans.

    Lonnie R. Snowden

  • Community mental health and ethnic minority populations.

    Freda K. Cheung;Lonnie R. Snowden;Lonnie R. Snowden

  • Bias in Mental Health Assessment and Intervention: Theory and Evidence

    Lonnie R. Snowden

  • Access to Mental Health Treatment by English Language Proficiency and Race/Ethnicity

    Tetine Sentell;Martha Shumway;Lonnie Snowden

  • Differences between Asian and White Americans' help seeking and utilization patterns in the Los Angeles area

    Amy Y. Zhang;Lonnie R. Snowden;Stanley Sue

  • Cultural Differences in Access to Care

    Lonnie R. Snowden;Ann-Marie Yamada

  • Ethnic populations in public mental health: services choice and level of use.

    Teh-wei Hu;Lonnie R. Snowden;Jeanette M. Jerrell;Tuan D. Nguyen

  • The experience of stigma among Black mental health consumers.

    Jennifer Alvidrez;Lonnie R Snowden;Dawn M Kaiser

  • African American service use for mental health problems

    Lonnie R. Snowden

  • Ethnic characteristics of mental disorders in five U.S. communities.

    Amy Y. Zhang;Lonnie R. Snowden

  • Symptoms of depression among blacks and whites.

    Rhonda J. Jones-Webb;Lonnie R. Snowden

  • A Scale To Assess African American Acculturation.

    Lonnie R. Snowden;Alice M. Hines

  • Frequency and scope of mental health service delivery to African Americans in primary care.

    Lonnie R. Snowden;David Pingitore

  • Referral patterns in ethnic-specific and mainstream programs for ethnic minorities and Whites.

    Phillip D. Akutsu;Lonnie R. Snowden;Kurt C. Organista

  • Racial differences in informal help seeking for mental health problems

    Lonnie R. Snowden

  • Toward Assessment of Personal Competence and Incompetence in Life Situations

    N D Sundberg;L R Snowden;W M Reynolds

  • Alcohol-related problems among black, Hispanic and white men: the contribution of neighborhood poverty.

    Rhonda J Jones-Webb;Lonnie Snowden;Denise Herd;Denise Herd;Brian Short

  • Health and mental health policies' role in better understanding and closing African American–White American disparities in treatment access and quality of care.

    Lonnie R. Snowden

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence A. Palinkas
Lawrence A. Palinkas University of California, San Diego
Dawn I. Velligan
Dawn I. Velligan The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Keith H. Nuechterlein
Keith H. Nuechterlein University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel M. Blonigen
Daniel M. Blonigen VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Thomas J. Dishion
Thomas J. Dishion Arizona State University
Ricardo F. Muñoz
Ricardo F. Muñoz Palo Alto University
Patricia Chamberlain
Patricia Chamberlain University of Oregon
Morton A. Lieberman
Morton A. Lieberman University of California, San Francisco
Philip D. Harvey
Philip D. Harvey University of Miami
Diana O. Perkins
Diana O. Perkins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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