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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sherman A. James is an American epidemiologist. He is currently the Susan B. King Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, and previously taught at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from 1973 to 1989 and at the University of Michigan as the John P. Kirscht Collegiate Professor of Public Health from 1989 to 2003. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000.
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- Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan Detroit. (2005) (1001)
- The epidemiologic evidence for a relationship between social support and health. (1983) (946)
- John Henryism and the health of African-Americans (1994) (503)
- Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and spontaneous preterm births among African-American women in Baltimore, Maryland. (2002) (453)
- John Henryism and blood pressure differences among black men (1983) (326)
- Unfair treatment, neighborhood effects, and mental health in the Detroit metropolitan area. (2000) (298)
- Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan. (2006) (286)
- Socioeconomic status, John Henryism, and hypertension in blacks and whites. (1987) (274)
- Social inequalities, stressors and self reported health status among African American and white women in the Detroit metropolitan area. (2000) (246)
- Social and Physical Environments and Disparities in Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: The Healthy Environments Partnership Conceptual Model (2005) (238)
- The medical interview satisfaction scale: Development of a scale to measure patient perceptions of physician behavior (1978) (237)
- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Detroit partnership: improving diabetes-related outcomes among African American and Latino adults. (2005) (233)
- Interaction Exchange Structure and Patient Satisfaction with Medical Interviews (1979) (231)
- The Duke-UNC Health Profile: An Adult Health Status Instrument for Primary Care (1981) (208)
- Risk factors for lower urinary tract symptoms in a population-based sample of African-American men. (2003) (199)
- Racial and ethnic differences in infant mortality and low birth weight. A psychosocial critique. (1993) (195)
- Socioeconomic status, John Henryism, and blood pressure in black adults. The Pitt County Study. (1992) (183)
- Perceived discrimination and hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. (2012) (173)
- Endometrial cancer: socioeconomic status and racial/ethnic differences in stage at diagnosis, treatment, and survival. (2004) (169)
- Social inequality and depressive disorders in Bahia, Brazil: interactions of gender, ethnicity, and social class. (2004) (168)
- Maternal upward socioeconomic mobility and black-white disparities in infant birthweight. (2006) (167)
- Maternal Prenatal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety and Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Baltimore, Maryland (2007) (163)
- Determinants of hypertension in West Africa: contribution of anthropometric and dietary factors to urban-rural and socioeconomic gradients. (1996) (145)
- Psychosocial stressors and low birthweight in an urban population. (1996) (141)
- Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil. (2004) (136)
- John Henryism and blood pressure differences among black men. II. The role of occupational stressors (1984) (132)
- Effects of race and marginally elevated blood pressure on responses to stress. (1987) (131)
- Unintended pregnancy and preterm birth. (2000) (129)
- Depressive symptoms and indicators of maternal health status during pregnancy. (2007) (125)
- The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey. (1989) (118)
- Cardiovascular responses to stress: I. Measures of myocardial response and relationship to high resting systolic pressure and parental hypertension. (1987) (112)
- Disentangling Measures of Individual Perceptions of Community Social Dynamics: Results of a Community Survey (2001) (103)
- Life-course socioeconomic position and obesity in African American Women: the Pitt County Study. (2006) (102)
- Socioecologic stress and hypertension related mortality rates in North Carolina. (1976) (100)
- Social support and hypertension among blacks and whites in a rural, southern community. (1986) (99)
- Cross-sectional association between perceived discrimination and hypertension in African-American men and women: the Pitt County Study. (2007) (97)
- The Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of the REACH Detroit Partnership's Diabetes Lifestyle Intervention (2007) (92)
- Life-course socioeconomic position and hypertension in African American men: the Pitt County Study. (2006) (91)
- Patient Exposition and Physician Explanation in Initial Medical Interviews and Outcomes of Clinic Visits (1985) (89)
- Depression in black and white women. The role of marriage and socioeconomic status. (1995) (89)
- Discrimination and psychological distress: does Whiteness matter for Arab Americans? (2012) (88)
- Social Support, Stress, and Blood Pressure in Black Adults (1997) (87)
- Maternal age, birth order, and race: differential effects on birthweight (2010) (84)
- Racial disparities in elevated prenatal depressive symptoms among black and white women in eastern north Carolina. (2006) (81)
- Psychosocial Stress and 13‐year BMI Change Among Blacks: The Pitt County Study (2009) (79)
- Socioeconomic and behavioral correlates of body mass index in black adults: the Pitt County Study. (1992) (78)
- Psychosocial stressors and low birth weight: development of a questionnaire. (1992) (74)
- Physical activity and hypertension in black adults: the Pitt County Study. (1991) (73)
- Maternal depression in an urban pediatric practice: implications for health care delivery. (1984) (71)
- Awareness of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the US presidential apology and their influence on minority participation in biomedical research. (2008) (70)
- Life-course socioeconomic position and incidence of diabetes mellitus among blacks and whites: the Alameda County Study, 1965-1999. (2010) (70)
- Psychosocial precursors of hypertension: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. (1987) (67)
- Physical Activity and NIDDM in African-Americans: The Pitt County Study (1998) (66)
- Dimensions of patient and physician roles in medical screening interviews. (1979) (63)
- Socioeconomic status, John Henryism and blood pressure among African-Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. (2013) (63)
- Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop (2010) (62)
- John Henryism, self-reported physical health indicators, and the mediating role of perceived stress among high socio-economic status Asian immigrants. (2007) (62)
- Diabetes-Specific Emotional Distress among African Americans and Hispanics with Type 2 Diabetes (2006) (61)
- Association between adult and childhood socioeconomic status and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in African Americans: the Pitt County Study. (2007) (61)
- The relationship between social support, stress, and health among women on Detroit's East Side. (2002) (61)
- The Relationship between Social Support, Stress, and Health among Women on Detroit’s East Side (2002) (61)
- Cardiovascular responses to stress: II. Relationships to aerobic exercise patterns. (1987) (58)
- Influence of life-course socioeconomic position on incident heart failure in blacks and whites: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. (2010) (57)
- Depression as a Potential Explanation for Gender Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life among Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis (2010) (57)
- “John Henryism” and blood pressure in a Dutch population. (1988) (56)
- Association between maternal education and infant diarrhea in different household and community environments of Cebu, Philippines. (1994) (56)
- Disparities in Maternal Hypertension and Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina, 1994–2003 (2010) (55)
- ISRO: A scale to measure sex-role orientation (1981) (54)
- Jedi public health: Co-creating an identity-safe culture to promote health equity (2016) (53)
- Unintended pregnancy and prenatal behaviors among urban, black women in Baltimore, Maryland: the Baltimore preterm birth study. (2008) (53)
- Distribution and correlates of waist-to-hip ratio in black adults: the Pitt County Study. (1992) (52)
- An increasing socioeconomic gap in childhood overweight and obesity in China. (2014) (52)
- A spatial measure of neighborhood level racial isolation applied to low birthweight, preterm birth, and birthweight in North Carolina. (2011) (51)
- Socioeconomic status and electrolyte intake in black adults: the Pitt County Study. (1991) (47)
- The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program: I. Correlates of uncontrolled hypertension at baseline. (1984) (47)
- The joint effects of race and age on the risk of end-stage renal disease attributed to hypertension. (1994) (47)
- Frequency of church attendance and blood pressure elevation (1978) (46)
- Safety and Efficacy of Succimer in Toddlers with Blood Lead Levels of 20–44 μg/dL (2000) (46)
- Verbal response mode profiles of patients and physicians in medical screening interviews. (1979) (46)
- Confronting the moral economy of US racial/ethnic health disparities. (2003) (46)
- The legacy of slavery and contemporary declines in heart disease mortality in the U.S. South (2017) (44)
- At the intersection of place, race, and health in Brazil: Residential segregation and cardio-metabolic risk factors in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). (2017) (44)
- Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention. (1989) (43)
- The excess risk of treated end-stage renal disease in blacks in the United States. (1993) (40)
- Epidemiologic research on health disparities: some thoughts on history and current developments. (2009) (40)
- The Edgecombe County (NC) High Blood Pressure Control Program: II. Barriers to the use of medical care among hypertensives. (1984) (40)
- Lifecourse Socioeconomic Position and Weight Change among Blacks: The Pitt County Study (2007) (39)
- Anticipated Negative Police-Youth Encounters and Depressive Symptoms among Pregnant African American Women: A Brief Report (2017) (38)
- Acculturation and Blood Pressure in a Community-Based Sample of Chaldean-American Women (2000) (38)
- Social inequality and alcohol consumption-abuse in Bahia, Brazil (2005) (38)
- The Impact of Lifecourse Socioeconomic Position on Cardiovascular Disease Events in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study (2015) (38)
- Exploring the "legacy" of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: a follow-up study from the Tuskegee Legacy Project. (2009) (38)
- Job strain and blood pressure in African Americans: the Pitt County Study. (1997) (35)
- Alcohol consumption and changes in blood pressure among African Americans. The Pitt County Study. (1997) (35)
- Diabetes-Specific Emotional Distress among African Americans and Hispanics with Type 2 Diabetes (2006) (34)
- The independent effects of obesity and body fat distribution on blood pressure in black adults: the Pitt County study. (1993) (34)
- Primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease among African-Americans: a social epidemiological perspective. (1999) (34)
- Adverse events associated with hepatitis B vaccine in U.S. children less than six years of age, 1993 and 1994. (2001) (31)
- Alcohol consumption and blood pressure in black adults: the Pitt County Study. (1991) (31)
- The strangest of all encounters: racial and ethnic discrimination in US health care. (2017) (31)
- Urban-Rural Differences in Excess Mortality among High-Poverty Populations: Evidence from the Harlem Household Survey and the Pitt County, North Carolina Study of African American Health (2006) (29)
- Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women. (2001) (27)
- The contribution of baseline weight and weight gain to blood pressure change in African Americans: the Pitt County Study. (1998) (27)
- Exercise participation before and during pregnancy among low-income, urban, Black women: the Baltimore Preterm Birth Study. (2006) (26)
- The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program: III. Social support, social stressors, and treatment dropout. (1985) (26)
- The Tuskegee Legacy Project: history, preliminary scientific findings, and unanticipated societal benefits. (2003) (25)
- Hypertension in Brazil: a review of the epidemiological evidence. (1991) (22)
- Meeting the Challenge to Improve the Treatment of Hypertension in Blacks (2003) (21)
- A Social Environment Inventory for the Pediatric Office (1989) (20)
- Socioeconomic Status Moderates the Association Between John Henryism and NEO PI-R Personality Domains (2010) (19)
- Does access to health care impact survival time after diagnosis of AIDS? (2002) (18)
- Teaching the medical interview (2007) (18)
- Statement of principles. Epidemiology and minority populations. (1995) (17)
- Maternal health prior to pregnancy and preterm birth among urban, low income black women in Baltimore: the Baltimore Preterm Birth Study. (2012) (17)
- Socioeconomic position, John Henryism, and incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Finnish men. (2017) (16)
- Differences in Use of Health Services by Children According to Race: Relative Importance of Cultural and System-related Factors (1984) (15)
- Psychosocial factors in hypertension. (1987) (15)
- Socioeconomic Correlates of Obesity in African-American and Caribbean-Black Men and Women (2020) (15)
- Hypertension control in a rural southern community: medical care process and dropping out. (1988) (14)
- Perspectives 1 JOHN HENRYISM AND BLOOD PRESSURE IN BLACK POPULATIONS : A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE (2001) (13)
- Provider-oriented interventions and management of hypertension. (1987) (13)
- Summary of workshop III: Working Group on Socieconomic and Sociocultural Influences (1984) (13)
- Coping with Fluid Restriction and the Quality of Life in Hemodialysis Patients with Very Low or no Daily Urine Output (2014) (12)
- Education, perceived discrimination and risk for depression in a southern black cohort (2019) (11)
- John Henryism, Gender and Self-reported Health Among Roma/Gypsies in Serbia (2018) (11)
- Retaining Students of Color in Higher Education: Expanding Our Focus to Psychosocial Adjustment and Mental Health (2016) (11)
- Social inequalities in BMI trajectories: 8-year follow-up of the Pró-Saúde study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2015) (9)
- Race and glomerulonephritis in patients with and without hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis mansoni. (2002) (9)
- Environmental risk factors in coronary artery disease. (1987) (9)
- John Henryism Active Coping, Acculturation, and Psychological Health in Korean Immigrants (2017) (9)
- The Legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Its Impact on Willingness to Participate in Biomedical Studies (2007) (9)
- The Narrative of John Henry Martin (2012) (7)
- Faulty interpretation of observed racial disparity in recurrent preterm birth. (2007) (7)
- CAM Providers' Messages to Conventional Medicine: A Qualitative Study (2002) (7)
- Life satisfaction and preterm birth among urban black women: findings from the Baltimore preterm birth study. (2012) (7)
- Community coverage in a rural, church-based, hypertension screening program in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. (1985) (6)
- The Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure Control Program: the process of medical care and blood pressure control. (1986) (6)
- O encontro mais estranho de todos: discriminação étnica e racial no sistema de saúde dos Estados Unidos (2017) (6)
- Mortalidade infantil e sobrevida de crianças na Bahia, Brasil: Uma revisão de literatura sócio-epidemiológica. (1994) (6)
- Race, clinical factors and pre-term birth in a low-income urban setting. (2000) (5)
- Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women (2006) (4)
- Medical Interview Satisfaction Scale (2016) (4)
- Racial Discrimination and Health Status in African Americans (2006) (3)
- Task Force 1 : Psychosocial factors in hypertension (2005) (3)
- Undergraduate community psychology work-study programs: Effects on self-actualization and vocational plans (1973) (3)
- The role of socioeconomic status in a community-based study of diabetes secondary prevention among African Americans (2020) (3)
- The Implementation of a Computerized Event History Calendar Questionnaire for Research in Life Course Epidemiology (2009) (3)
- Racial Differences in Preterm Delivery (1993) (3)
- 8. John Henryism, Structural Racism, and Cardiovascular Health Risks in Black Americans (2019) (3)
- Five year hypertension incidence in African Americans: the contribution of socioeconomic status, perceived stress, and John Henryism. (1996) (3)
- The psychologist in a public health setting: Implications for training (1978) (2)
- Confronting the moral economy of US racial/ ethnic health disparities. (2008) (2)
- Receipt of public assistance during childhood and hypertension risk in adulthood. (2017) (2)
- Erratum to: Anticipated Negative Police-Youth Encounters and Depressive Symptoms among Pregnant African American Women: A Brief Report (2017) (2)
- John Henryism and Perceived Health among Hemodialysis Patients in a Multiracial Brazilian Population: the PROHEMO. (2018) (1)
- Socioeconomic Status, Health Behaviors, and Health Status Among Blacks (1992) (1)
- John Henryism Scale for Active Coping (JHAC12) 1981 (1996) (1)
- Invited Commentary: Cassel's "The Contribution of the Social Environment to Host Resistance"-A Modern Classic. (2017) (1)
- Psychosocial factors in hypertension.: Psychosocial factors in hypertension (1987) (1)
- Acculturation, and Psychological Health in Korean Immigrants (2015) (0)
- Increasing Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Overweight / Obesity in China (2012) (0)
- Task Force 1 : Environmental risk factors in coronary artery disease (2005) (0)
- Life-CourseSocioeconomicPositionandIncidence ofDiabetesMellitusAmongBlacksandWhites: TheAlamedaCountyStudy,1965-1999 (2010) (0)
- Affordability Matters: Increasing Income Disparity and Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Overweight/Obesity in China (2012) (0)
- Abstract P330: Childhood Material Deprivation and Self-reported, Physician-diagnosed Myocardial Infarction in a Southern Cohort of Middle-aged African American Men and Women (2017) (0)
- Receipt of Public Assistance During Childhood and Later Life Hypertension in African Americans: The Pitt County Study (2015) (0)
- Late Breaking Poster Session (2013) (0)
- Melding Multiple Sources of Knowledge: Using Theory and Experiential Knowledge to Design a Community Health Intervention Study (2021) (0)
- SOCIOECOLOGIC STRESS AND HYPERTENSION research questions posed in the current study and those of the study (2006) (0)
- PerceivedDiscrimination andHypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study (2012) (0)
- Race and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients in Brazil (2022) (0)
- The John Henryism Active Coping Scale (2014) (0)
- Abstract P195: Reproductive History and Subsequent Stroke in Middle-aged African American Women: The Pitt County Study (2016) (0)
- EXERCISE PARTICIPATION PRIOR TO AND DURING PREGNANCY AMONG LOW INCOME, URBAN BLACK WOMEN (2001) (0)
- Abstract MP40: John Henryism Moderates the Association Between Income and Heart Failure Among African American Adults From the Jackson Heart Study (2023) (0)
- Gender disempowerment, condom use, and HIV transmission among female sex workers in Salvador, Brazil (2015) (0)
- John Henryism, Gender and Self-reported Health Among Roma/Gypsies in Serbia (2017) (0)
- Why do racial differences in many indicators of mental and emotional well (2016) (0)
- Duke-UNC Health Profile 1981 (1992) (0)
- Notables Hansmans receive ' What ' s Right With The Region ! ' award from FOCUS (2014) (0)
- Soul city: Attitudes toward a developing new town† (1978) (0)
- Educational attainment and self-rated health among African-Americans in Pitt County, NC (2016) (0)
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