Professor Lauren Clark completed a post-doctoral certificate in Medical Anthropology from the University of Arizona and a fellowship in cultural anthropology methods sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Her research focus on health disparities among diverse and marginalized populations has directed her exploration into child feeding and parenting among Mexican immigrant and Mexican American families, as well as participatory research among disability communities in the areas of nutrition and physical activity. As a qualitative researcher she elicits and analyzes how people come to understand their health and illness situations and act on that understanding.
Research Statement
My research career has explored culture and health disparities. My dissertation study of low-income Mexican American and Anglo mothers was published in Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and later publications have appeared in Social Science and Medicine, Western Journal of Nursing Research, and Journal of Transcultural Nursing. For two decades, I conducted research on Latino health, included federally-funded research on Latino childhood obesity and culturally-competent health systems. Health disparities experienced by diverse populations have led me to my current research interest--community-based populations at-risk for overweight/obesity, particularly people with intellectual disabilities. I'm currently exploring healthy lifestyles and disability using community-based participatory research methods with an interdisciplinary research team using community-based participatory research methods. My research team has worked to address health related quality of life and coducted formative research to launch a new measure of this variable for and with people with intellectual disability.
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Litchman ML (01/29/2019). What women with disabilities write in personal blogs about pregnancy and early motherhood: A qualitative analysis of blogs. JMIR Pediatr Parent.
- Bekelman TA (11/22/2018). An ecocultural perspective on eating-related routines among low-income families with preschool-aged children. Qual Health Res.
- Nkoy F (11/18/2018). Information Needs for Designing a Home Monitoring System for Children with Medical Complexity. Int J Med Inform, 122, 1-12.
- McCloskey M (10/10/2018). Mobile device use among rural, low-income families and the feasibility of an app to encourage preschooler’s physical activity: A qualitative study. . JMIR Pediatr Parent, 1, e10858.
- Currie D (10/01/2018). Factors Associated With Older Adults’ Enrollment in Balance Classes to Prevent Falls: Case-Control Study. . J Appl Gerontol.
- Bellows LL (06/01/2018). HEROs: Design of a mixed-methods formative research phase for an ecocultural intervention to promote healthy eating and activity behaviors in rural families with preschoolers. . J Nutr Educ Behav, 50, 736-745.
- McLoskey ML (01/01/2018). Parent perceptions of mobile device use among preschool-aged children in rural Head Start centers. J Nutr Educ Behav, 50, 83-89.
- Olausson J (12/01/2017). Psychosocial response to new-onset diabetes as a long-term effect of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Qual Health Res, 12, 1816-1827.
- Clark L (12/01/2017). A transcription and translation protocol for sensitive cross-cultural team research. . Qual Health Res, 12, 1751-1764.
- Nygaard IE Clark E Clark L Egger MJ Hitchcock R Hsu Y Norton P Sanchez-Birkhead A Shaw J Sheng X Varner M (01/01/2017). Physical and cultural determinants of postpartum pelvic floor support and symptoms following vaginal delivery: a protocol for a mixed-methods prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 7(1), e014252. (Read full article)
- Nygaard IE (01/01/2017). Physical and cultural determinants of postpartum pelvic floor support and symptoms following vaginal delivery: protocol for a mixed-methods prospective cohort study. . BMJ Open, e014252.
- Matney Susan A (03/01/2016).
- Cardell B (06/2015).
- Duncan K L (01/2015).
- Morse JM (01/2015).
- Messias DK (01/2015).
- Lassetter J H (12/01/2014).
- Clark L (04/2014).
- Painter P (03/01/2014).
- DiGuiseppi C (01/2014).
- Dunn G (09/2013).
- Pett M (06/2013).
- Rothwell E (03/2013).
- Clark L (02/2013).
- Cardell B (01/20/2013).
- Osuchowski-Sanchez (09/01/2012).
- Duncan KL (07/16/2012).
- Staggers N (09/2011).
- Long B (07/2011).
- Clark L (06/2011).
- Staggers N (05/2011).
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- Johnson SL (06/2008).
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Review
- Clark L (04/2011). [Review].
Book
- Clark L (10/2014).
- PANO Statewide Advisory Committee (08/30/2010).
Book Chapter
- Morse JM (01/01/2018). The nuances of theoretical sampling. In the Sage Handbook of Grounded Theory. the Sage Handbook of Grounded Theory.
- Morse JM (01/01/2018). Data-related issues in qualitatively-driven mixed-method designs: Sampling, pacing, and reflexivity. In The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection.
- Clark L (01/2015).
- Clark L (06/2013).
Conference Proceedings
- Pett M (09/01/2012).
Other
- Fukushima A (09/01/2018). Addressing the Needs for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Salt Lake City: A White Paper. . Report resulting from the contract with the University of Utah College of Social Work and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, Salt Lake City Council, and the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office. Report resulting from the contract with the University of Utah College of Social Work and the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, Salt Lake City Council, and the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office..
- Lauren Clark (01/01/2016). Qualitative methods in community-based participatory research: Coming of age. . Qual Health Res (1, pp. 3-4). Qualitative Health Research.
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