Gunnar Almgren


Faculty Affiliate Gunnar Almgren, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, is a social demographer with particular interests in health care policy and the social determinants of health. His research interests include the study of the effects of racial segregation and economic disadvantage on urban mortality trends, health care policy effects on the health care safety net, and the study of the influences of race, social class, nativity, and gender on the educational and employment trajectories of adolescents and young adults.

 

Major Research Projects:

  • Beyond High School:  The Effects of Scholarships and School Reform on the Transition from High School to College in Washington State (Beyond High School Project)

Sample Publications:

  • Ellis, JM and G Almgren. 2009. "Local Contexts and the Second Generation: Perspectives from the U.S. Experience." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 35(7): 1059-76.
  • Almgren, Gunnar, Maya Magarati, and Liz Mogford. 2009. "Examining the Influences of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Social Capital on the Subjective Health and Well-being of Adolescents." Journal of Adolesence 32(1): 109-33.
  • Almgren, G. 2007. Health care politics, policy, and services: a social justice analysis. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Bell, J. F.; F.J. Zimmerman, J.D. Mayer, G.R. Almgren, C.E. Huebner. 2007. "Associations between residential segregation and smoking during pregnancy among urban African-American women." Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 84(3): 372.
  • Bell, J., F. Zimmerman, and G. Almgren. 2006. "Birth Outcomes among Urban African-American Women: A Multilevel Analysis of the Role of Racial Residential Segregation." Social Science & Medicine 63(12), 3030.
  • Almgren, G. 2005. "The Ecological Context of Interpersonal Violence: From Culture to Collective Efficacy." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 20(2): 218-224.

Contact Information:

Gunnar Almgren
Email: mukboy@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/faculty/facpage.php?id=19
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