Katherine Ann Morris
Harvard University
9 Papers
8 Citations
Katherine Ann Morris is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social support & Social network. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications. Previous affiliations of Katherine Ann Morris include Government Accountability Office.
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Papers
The emotional cost of distance: Geographic social network dispersion and post-traumatic stress among survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
TL;DR: Results indicate the importance of physical proximity to emotionally-intimate network ties for long-term psychological recovery, and identify two social-psychological mechanisms present in qualitative data.
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Age and Gender Differences in Social Network Composition and Social Support Among Older Rural South Africans: Findings From the HAALSI Study.
Guy Harling,Guy Harling,Katherine Ann Morris,Lenore Manderson,Lenore Manderson,Jessica M. Perkins,Jessica M. Perkins,Lisa F. Berkman,Lisa F. Berkman,Lisa F. Berkman +9 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that many older women in rural Africa, a growing population, may have an unmet need for social support, and marriage-related structural constraints impacted on older women’s social networks in rural South Africa.
How social policy contributes to the distribution of population health: the case of gender health equity.
TL;DR: Analysis of three sets of social-investment policies implemented in Europe and previously hypothesized to reduce gender inequity in labor market outcomes shows that these polices have ambiguous effects on gender health equity and even differential improvements among men for some outcomes.
Measurement equivalence: a glossary for comparative population health research
TL;DR: This glossary is intended to provide scholars and policymakers across multiple areas of inquiry with tools to evaluate comparative research and thus contribute to urgent debates on how to ameliorate growing health disparities within and between countries.
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More Than a Helping Hand: Personal Network Structure and Functional, Cognitive, and Emotional Health
Katherine Ann Morris
- 17 May 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use data from two unique, multidisciplinary surveys of core discussion networks, which are derived from a classic measure of networks defined as the people (alters) with whom an individual (ego) discusses "important matters".
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