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| Giyeon Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor |
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| Developmental Science | Clinical Geropsychology | ||||
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215 Osband Hall 246A Gordon Palmer |
PY 365 Psychology of Aging PY 491 Seminar in Health Disparities PY 688 Seminar in Clinical Geropsychology PY 693 Health Disparities |
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| Phone: | (205)-348-7517 | ||||
| FAX: | (205) 348-8648 | ||||
| E-Mail: | giyeon.kim@ua.edu | ||||
| Website: | coming soon | ||||
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| Research Interests: |
Dr. Kim’s research interests are in aging and health disparities. Dr. Kim conducts research on racial/ethnic disparities in mental health and mental health service utilization among older adults. Dr. Kim has special interest in cultural influences on depressive symptoms and measurement equivalence of mental health screening tools across diverse racial/ethnic groups. |
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| Research Affiliations: | Center for Mental Health and Aging (link: http://cmha.ua.edu/ | ||||
| The Kim Aging and Health Disparities (KAHD) Lab | |||||
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(Selected from over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles) † denotes a graduate student author
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Kim, G., DeCoster, J., Huang, C.-H†, & Parmelee, P. (in press). Health disparities grants funded by National Institute on Aging (NIA): Trends between 2000 and 2010. The Gerontologist. Kim, G., Bryant, A.N.†, & Parmelee, P. (in press). Racial/ethnic differences in serious psychological distress among older adults in California. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi:10.1002/gps.2825 Kim, G., Aguado Loi, C.X., Chiriboga, D.A., Jang, Y., Parmelee, P., & Allen, R.S. (2011). Limited English proficiency as a barrier to mental health service use: A study of Latino and Asian immigrants with psychiatric disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45, 104-110. |
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Kim, G., DeCoster, J., Chiriboga, D.A., Jang, Y., Allen, R.S., & Parmelee, P. (2011). Associations between self-rated mental health and psychiatric disorders among older adults: Do racial/ethnic disparities exist? American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19, 416-422. Kim, G., DeCoster, J., Huang, C.-H.†, & Chiriboga, D.A. (2011). Race/ethnicity and the factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: A meta-analysis. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 381-396. doi:10.1037/a0025434 Kim, G., Worley, C.B.†, Allen, R.S., Vinson, L.†, Crowther, M., Parmelee, P., & Chiriboga, D.A. (2011). Vulnerability of older Latino and Asian immigrants with limited English proficiency. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59, 1246-1252. |
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Kim, G., Chiriboga, D.A., Jang, Y., Lee, S., Huang, C.-H†, & Parmelee, P. (2010). Health status of older Asian Americans in California. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58, 2003-2008. *Kim, G., Chiriboga, D.A., & Jang, Y. (2009). Cultural equivalence in depressive symptoms in older White, Black, and Mexican American adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57, 790-796. (*Note: Award winning paper for the 2008 Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Sciences Outstanding Dissertation Award) |
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