Julia Hastings
Assistant Professor
Social Welfare
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Julia F. Hastings is an assistant professor in the Schools of Public Health and Social Welfare at UAlbany. Herr esearch interests cover health and mental health disparities among ethnic minority populations, African American mental health, welfare participation dynamics, and ethnic minority women’s health issues. Hastings' research projects focus on the relationships between race, mental health outcomes, health conditions, risk and protective factors, and poverty. She has published on culturally competent research methods within African American communities, welfare participation, depression, and body weight. Her research grant portfolio includes funding from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIMH, the Ford Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Research Interest
Poverty issues among ethnic minority populations; mental health and welfare participation dynamics; African American health and mental health disparities
Publications
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Snowden, Lonnie R., Julia F. Hastings, and Jennifer Alvidrez. "Overrepresentation of Black Americans in psychiatric inpatient care." Psychiatric Services 60.6 (2009): 779-785.
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Hammond, Wizdom Powell, et al. "Determinants of usual source of care disparities among African American and Caribbean Black men: findings from the National Survey of American Life." Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 22.1 (2011): 157.
