Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2006
Recent Publications:
Balistreri, K. S. (2024). Structural Sexism and Breastfeeding in the United States, 2016–2021. Maternal & Child Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03895-y
Balistreri, K., & Loo, J. (Forthcoming). Mental health and family status. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society.
Balistreri, K. S. (2022). Older adults and the food security infrastructure. Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy, 44(2), 653-670. doi: 10.1002/aepp.13238
Balistreri, K. S. (2019). Food insufficiency and children with special health care needs. Public Health, 167, 55-61.
Kao, G., Balistreri, K. S., & Joyner, K. (2019). Asian American men in romantic dating markets. Contexts, 70(4), 48-53. doi: 10.1177/1536504218812869
Hill, T., Jorgenson, A., Ore, P., Balistreri, K. A., & Clark, B. (2019). Air quality and life expectancy in the United States: An analysis of the moderating effect of income inequality. Social Science & Medicine - Population Health. 7, Article 100346. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.100346
Balistreri, K. S. (2018). Family structure and child food insecurity: Evidence from the Current Population Survey. Social Indicators Research, 138(3): 1171-1185. doi: 10.1007/s11205-017-1700-7
Balistreri, K. S., Joyner, K., & Kao, G. (2017). Trading youth for citizenship? The spousal age gap among cross-border marriages.” Population and Development Review. doi: 10.1111/padr.12072
Balistreri, K. S. (2016). A decade of change: Measuring the extent, depth and severity of food insecurity. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 37(3), 373-382. doi: 10.1007/s10834-016-9500-9
Balistreri, K. S., & Alvira-Hammond, M. (2016). Adverse childhood experiences, family functioning and adolescent health and emotional well-being. Public Health, 132, 72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.10.034
Balistreri, K. S. (2015). Adverse childhood experiences, the medical home, and child well-being. Maternal and Child Health, 19(11), 2492-2500. doi: 10.1007/s10995-015-1770-6. PMCID: PMC4596759
Balistreri, K., Joyner, K. & Kao, G. (2015). Relationship involvement among young adults: Are Asian American men an exceptional case? Population Research and Policy Review. doi: 10.1007/s11113-015-9361-1. NIHMSID: 730179
