Faculty

Meredith Minkler, Dr.P.H. Meredith Minkler, Dr.P.H.
Professor of Health and Social Behavior
Director, Health and Social Behavior Program
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

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. (Ed.) (2004) Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. 2nd ed. Vew Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

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.

Minkler, M and Wallerstein, N. editors (2003) Community Based Participatory Research For Health. San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass.

Holstein, M and Minkler, M (2003) Self, society and the "new gerontology" The Gerontologist.

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