Contemporary Research on Older Black Americans, a Special Issue of Journal of Aging and Health in Honor of the Life and Legacy of James S. Jackson. (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taylor, Robert Joseph
• Other Names: Taylor Robert Joseph guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of aging and health. Volume 34:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 301
• Page End: 306
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: African Americans -- lifecourse -- mental health -- social factors -- well-being; Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; 618.97
• DOI: 10.1177/08982643221086334
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0898-2643

Abstract

This special issue of the Journal of Aging and Health honors the memory of James Jackson by elevating his many research contributions to the physical and mental health of older Black Americans. The articles focus on the central problems and questions that James Jackson addressed throughout his illustrious career. All articles in the special issue focus on older Black Americans and include at least one of the following elements: (1) articles based on the National Survey of American Life, the data set for which James Jackson was the Principal Investigator; (2) articles that utilize the Environmental Affordances Model which was developed by James Jackson; (3) articles that include the Everyday Discrimination scale which was originally published by David Williams, James Jackson, and colleagues; (4) and articles based on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the data set for which James Jackson served as Editor for a special issue of The Gerontologist .