2022
Schools’ Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ’s Elementary, Middle and High Schools
Opara I, Thorpe D, Lardier D, Parisi D. Schools’ Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ’s Elementary, Middle and High Schools. The Urban Review 2022, 55: 393-414. PMID: 38463537, PMCID: PMC10923576, DOI: 10.1007/s11256-022-00652-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcademic outcomesEducational outcomesSchool characteristicsScience academic performanceLower mathAcademic achievementAcademic yearHigh schoolAcademic performanceEducational disparitiesSchoolsElementaryLess fundingResource deprivationMathYouthMulti-faceted approachNeighborhood resourcesPoor infrastructureSocioeconomic statusAchievementEconomic supportEnglishImplicationsSuch disparities
2020
Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians
Opara I, Assan M, Pierre K, Gunn J, Metzger I, Hamilton J, Arugu E. Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians. Journal Of Black Studies 2020, 51: 611-631. PMID: 34305168, PMCID: PMC8301214, DOI: 10.1177/0021934720935641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal-psychological theoryBlack childrenSuicide researchIntersectionality theoryGender minority statusUnderstudied factorMental healthWhite youthRacial discriminationMinority statusSuicide riskChildrenRisk of suicideConceptual paperIntegrated modelWhite childrenSuicideSocioeconomic statusResearchCritical gapRates of suicideTheoryYouthResearchersDiscriminationNativity and Cardiovascular Dysregulation: Evidence from the 2001–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Doamekpor L, Gleason J, Opara I, Amutah-Onukagha N. Nativity and Cardiovascular Dysregulation: Evidence from the 2001–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2020, 8: 136-146. PMID: 32410072, PMCID: PMC8324316, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-020-00765-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNutrition Examination SurveyCardiovascular biomarkersCardiovascular dysregulationBlood pressureExamination SurveyNational HealthHigher mean diastolic blood pressureHigher mean systolic blood pressureMean diastolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureMultivariable-adjusted logistic regressionHealth advantagesDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBiomarker risk scoreHealthy immigrant effectNativity-based differencesForeign-born blacksRisk scoreHealth behaviorsBlack adultsLogistic regressionSocioeconomic statusBiomarkersImmigrant effect