Staff Bios
Brian Karl Finch 
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Sociologist Santa Monica Office |
EducationPh.D. in sociology, University of Texas; M.A. in sociology, San Diego State University; B.A. in peace and conflict studies/ethnic studies, University of California at Berkeley |
ExpertiseSocial demography; medical sociology/social epidemiology: social determinants of health; Latina(o) health: immigrant health behaviors & outcomes; social stratification & inequality: race/ethnicity, immigration, and poverty; quantitative methods/social statistics |
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Selected Publications
Finch, Brian Karl, Reanne Frank, and William A. Vega. 2004. "The Effects of Acculturation and Acculturation Stress on Migrant Farm-Workers' Health." International Migration Review: 38(2).
Frank, Reanne and Brian Karl Finch. 2004. "Los Años de la Crisis: An Examination of Change in Differential Infant Mortality Risk Within Mexico." Social science & medicine, v. 59, no. 4, Aug. 2004, p. 825-835.
Finch, Brian Karl. 2003. "Early Origins of the Gradient: The Relationship between Socio-Economic Status and Infant Mortality in the United States." Demography 40(4): 675-699.
Finch, Brian Karl, Ralph C. Catalano, Raymond W. Novaco, and William A. Vega. 2003. "Employment Frustration and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence among Mexican Labor Migrants." Journal of Immigrant Health 5(4): 181-186.
Finch, Brian Karl. 2003. "Socio-Economic Gradients & Low Birth-Weight: Empirical and Policy Considerations." Health Services Research 38(6), Part II (Special Supplement on the Social Determinants of Health): 1819-1842.
Finch, Brian Karl and William A. Vega. 2003. "Acculturation Stress, Social Support, and Self-Rated Health among Latinos in California." Journal of Immigrant Health 5(3): 109-117.
Finch, Brian Karl, Robert A. Hummer, Maureen Reindl, and William A. Vega. 2002. "The Validity of Self-Rated Health among Latino(a)s." American Journal of Epidemiology 155(8): 755-759.
Finch, Brian Karl, Jason D. Boardman, and Robert A. Hummer (authors appear alphabetically). 2001. "Race, Birth-weight, and Maternal Reports of Childhood Respiratory Disease in the United States." Population Research and Policy Review 20: 187-206.
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