Staci A. Young, PhD

Professor and Director, Center for Healthy Communities and Research; Co-Director, Qualitative Consultation Service Team

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syoung@mcw.edu

Biography

Dr. Young is a medical sociologist with expertise in qualitative methods and community-based health care delivery. Her skill set is in developing and conducting in-depth interviews, focus groups, narrative inquiry, and ethnographic fieldwork. She has background in mixed methods study design, data analysis, and dissemination of results to various audiences. Her research examines the structural causes of health disparities and the effects on traditionally vulnerable populations. Her current work focuses on health care delivery among free and charitable clinics, the effects of racism and residential segregation on cancer survivorship, and exposure to violence and housing access for women in street-based sex work.

Disparities in chiropractic utilization by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status: A scoping review of the literature.

(Gliedt JA, Spector AL, Schneider MJ, Williams J, Young S.) J Integr Med. 2023 Mar;21(2):159-167 PMID: 36841750 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149953274 02/26/2023
The Stacked Community Engagement model: A practical model for developing community-engaged academic medical faculty

(Johnston B, Ruffalo L, Nelson D, O'Connor S, Petterson E, Young S.) Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 11 January 2023;7(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146306955 01/11/2023
CHECK UP: A student-designed model for creating innovative patient education materials that your patients will actually use

(Cory MM, Cory KS, Osmani WA, Young S, Lundh R.) International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. September 2021;56(5):374-384 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111485782 09/01/2021
Geographic variation and risk factors for teenage pregnancy in Uganda

(Byonanebye J, Brazauskas R, Tumwesigye N, Young S, May T, Cassidy L.) African Health Sciences. 2020;20(4):1898-1907 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098090885 01/01/2020
Cultural and Social Challenges of Diabetes Self-Management Education Through Physicians' Voices.

(Azam L, Meurer J, Nelson D, Asan O, Flynn K, Knudson P, Young S.) WMJ. 2018 Dec;117(5):219-223 PMID: 30674100 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060377665 01/24/2019
More than gangsters and girl scouts: Environmental health perspectives of urban youth.

(Bogar S, Young S, Woodruff S, Beyer K, Mitchell R, Johnson S.) Health Place. 2018 Nov;54:50-61 PMID: 30240935 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85053406560 09/22/2018
Around the Corner to Better Health: A Milwaukee Corner Store Initiative.

(Young S, DeNomie M, Sabir J, Gass E, Tobin J.) Am J Health Promot. 2018 Jul;32(6):1353-1356 PMID: 29092631 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85041564925 11/03/2017
The Influence of Pastors' Ideologies of Homosexuality on HIV Prevention in the Black Church.

(Quinn K, Dickson-Gomez J, Young S.) J Relig Health. 2016 Oct;55(5):1700-16 PMID: 27099095 PMCID: PMC4958513 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964389417 04/22/2016
Students' Critical Incidents Point the Way to Safer Patient Care Transitions.

(Morzinski JA, Toth H, Simpson D, Young S, Marcdante K.) WMJ. 2016 Apr;115(2):81-5 PMID: 27197341 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84962724282 05/21/2016
The Influence of Patient and Provider Communication on Diabetes Care Delivery.

(Young SA, Azam LS, Meurer JR, Hill RS, Cui C.) J Ambul Care Manage. 2016;39(3):272-8 PMID: 27232688 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84973497265 05/28/2016
Empowerment, Leadership, and Sustainability in a Faith-Based Partnership to Improve Health.

(Young S, Patterson L, Wolff M, Greer Y, Wynne N.) J Relig Health. 2015 Dec;54(6):2086-98 PMID: 26668847 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84942500571 12/17/2015
The Role of Supportive Housing for HIV-Positive Mothers and Their Children

(Quinn K, Young S, Thomas D, Baldwin B, Paul M.) Journal of Social Service Research. 20 October 2015;41(5):642-658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84947021879 10/20/2015

Staci A. Young, PhD

Professor and Director, Center for Healthy Communities and Research; Co-Director, Qualitative Consultation Service Team

Contact Information

Biography

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