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.

TitleContemporary 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.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsTaylor, RJoseph
JournalJournal of Aging and Health
Volume34
Issue3
Pagination301-306
ISSN Number1552-6887
KeywordsAfrican Americans, lifecourse, Mental Health, Social Factors, Well-being
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 .

DOI10.1177/08982643221086334
Citation Key12376
PubMed ID35417277
PubMed Central IDPMC9134215