Lonnie Snowden, Ph.D.
Professor
PHONE: (510) 642-1252
FAX: (510) 643-6981
LOCATION: 235 University Hall
E-MAIL: snowden@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Organization and financing of health/mental health service systems
- Access and effectiveness of care to minority and underserved populations
- Minority access to mental health treatment and culturally-focused outreach
- Treatment effectiveness and quality of care to minorities
- Emergency care and minority adults and children
Selected Publications
Snowden, LR, Masland, M, Fawley, K., Wallace, N, Cuellar, A (2008). Increasing California children's medicaid-financed mental health treatmentby vigorously implementing Medicaid's Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosisand Treatment (EPSDT) Program. Medical Care, 46, 558-565.2.
Snowden, LR, Masland, M, Fawley, K., Libby, A., Wallace, N. (2008). Ethnic minority children's use of psychiatric emergency care inCalifornia's public mental health system. American Journal of PublicHealth, 98, 118-125.3.
Snowden, LR, Wallace, N, Kang, SH, Cheng, JS, Bloom, JR. (2007). Capitation and racial and ethnic differences in use and cost of publicmental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34, 456-464.4.
Sentell, T, Shumway, M, Snowden, LR. (2007). Access to mental healthtreatment by English language proficiency and race/ethnicity. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22, 289-293.
Snowden, L.R. & Thomas, K (2000). "Medicaid and African American outpatient mental health treatment." Mental Health Services Research, 2, 115-120.
Snowden, L.R. (2000). "Social embeddedness and psychological well-being among African Americans and whites." American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 519-537.
Snowden, L.R., Libby, A. & Thomas, K. (1998). "Health Care Related Attitudes and Utilization Among African American Women." Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy, 2.
Profile updated: September 11, 2008