Meredith Minkler, Dr.P.H.
Professor and Head of Health and Social Behavior
PHONE: (510) 642-4397
FAX: (510) 643-8236
LOCATION: 207-D University Hall
E-MAIL: mink@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Community based participatory research and its impacts on health policy
- National studies of health disparities in disability in older Americans
- The health of grandparents raising grandchildren
Publications
Books
Minkler , M. (Ed.) (2004) Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. 2nd ed. Vew Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
Minkler, M and Wallerstein, N. editors (2003) Community Based Participatory Research For Health. San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass.
Articles
Minkler, M, Breckwich Vásquez, V, Tajik, M, Petersen, D (in press) Promoting Environmental Justice through Community Based Participatory Research: Results of a Cross Site Case Study Analysis Health Education and Behavior
Minkler, M, Fuller-Thompson, E and Guralnik, J (2006) Gradient of Disability across the Socioeconomic Spectrum in the US . New England Journal of Medicine 355 (7): 43-51.
Minkler, M, Vásquez Brechwich, V, Warner, J, Stuessey, H and Facente, S (2006) Sowing the seeds of sustainable change: A community-university research and action partnership in Indiana and its aftermath. Health Promotion International 21(4): 293-300.
Wilson, N, Minkler et al. (2006) Training students as facilitators in the Youth Empowerment Strategies Project. Journal of Community Practice 14(1/2): 201-217.
Fuller-Thomson, E and Minkler, M (in press) Mexican American grandparents raising grandchildren: Findings from the Census 2000 American Community Survey. Families in Society.
Martinson, M and Minkler, M (2006) Civic engagement and older adults: A critical Perspective. The Gerontologist 46(3): 318-324.
Petersen, D, Minkler, M, Vasquez Breckwich, V, Baden, A (2006) Community-Based Participatory Research as a Tool for Policy Change: A Case Study of the Southern California Environmental Justice Collaborative. Review of Policy Research. 23(2): 339
Brechwich Vásquez V, Minkler, M and Shepard, P (2006) Promoting environmental health policy through community based participatory research: a case study from Harlem New York. Journal of Urban Health.
Minkler, M. (2005) Community based research partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of Urban Health 82(2S): 3-12.
Minkler, M and Fuller-Thomson, E (2005) African American grandparents raising grandchildren: A national study using the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey. Journals of Gerontology.60B (2): S82-S92
Minkler, M. (2004). Ethical challenges for the "outside" researcher in community based participatory research. Health Education and Behavior. 31(6): 684-697.
Leung, M, Yen, I and Minkler, M. (2004). Community based participatory research a promising approach for increasing epidemiologyâs relevance in the 21st Century. International Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 33.
Fadem, P, Minkler, M et al. (2003) Attitudes of people with disabilities toward death with dignity legislation Health Politics, Policy and Law 28(6): 977-1001.
Thompson, M, Minkler, M et al. (2003) Factors facilitating well functioning consortia: Lessons from the federal Healthy Start experience. Health and Social Work 28 (3): 185-195.
Profile updated: December 14, 2007