Dr. Naa Oyo Kwate’s research investigates determinants of African American health risk, with particular attention to individual level experiences of identity and inequality (e.g., racial identity, perceived racism), and the intersection of these variables with more distal structural factors (e.g., residential segregation, food environments). Trained as a clinical psychologist, she has published papers on the cultural context of mental health practice, African American identity, the role of perceived racism in negative health outcomes and African American neighborhood features. Dr. Kwate is the PI of studies funded by the Department of Defense, the RWJF and the NIH. She has been a member of several Health & Society working groups.
Education & Training
St. John's University, PhD, 2002
Carleton College , BA, 1994
Affiliations
Contact Information
722 W 168th St.
9th Floor New York, NY 10032
USA
Phone
work: 212-305-5736
fax: 212-305-0315
Email : nak2106@columbia.edu
Kwate NOA "The heresy of African-centered psychology" Journal of Medical Humanities 26(4) 215-235
Utsey SO, Walker RL, Kwate NOA "Conducting quantitative research in a multi-cultural context: Practical applications for research with ethnic minority populations " Strategies for Building Multicultural Competence in Mental Health and Educational Setting
Bediako SM, Kwate NOA, Rucker R "Dietary behavior among African Americans: Assessing cultural identity and health consciousness" Ethnicity & Disease 14 527-532 2004
Thompson HS, Wahl E, Fatone A, Brown K, Kwate NOA, Valdimarsdottir H "Evaluation-guided efforts to increase the readability of materials describing genetic risk for breast cancer" Cancer Control 11 245-253 2004
Kwate NOA "Cross-validation of the Africentrism Scale" Journal of Black Psychology 29 308-324 2003
Kwate NOA, Valdimarsdottir HB, Guevarra JS, Bovbjerg DH "Experiences of racist events have negative health consequences for African American women" Journal of the National Medical Association 95 450-460 2003
