Rupal M. Parekh
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Scholarly Contributions

36 Scholarly Contributions

22
Journal Articles
12
Poster/Presentations
1
Other Scholarly Work
1
Book Chapter
The social construction of “emerging elders”: Implications for age-friendly community assessments
2018
Rupal Parekh, Karen Magruder, Brandi Felderhoff, Noelle Fields, Gail Adorno, Kellie Rogers, Vivian Miller
Research Type: Journal Article

Pathways to age-friendly communities in diverse urban neighborhoods: Do social capital and social cohesion matter?
2018
Arati Maleku, Donna Schuman, Noelle Fields, Gail Adorno, Rupal M Parekh, Brandi Felderhoff
Research Type: Journal Article

The Senior Companion Program Plus: A Peer-led Model for Culturally-Informed Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Family Caregiver Interventions
2018
Ling Xu, Rupal Parekh, Noelle Fields
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Sahanshakti Project: Examining “Sahanshakti & Mental Well-Being in the Lives of Older Asian Indian Immigrant Women in the United States
2018
Rupal Parekh
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Elder Orphans and the Unbefriended: Risk Factors & Strengths of Aging Alone
2018
Rupal Parekh
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Veteran and Nonveterans’ Risk and Protective Factors for Being Elder Orphans: An Exploratory Study
2018
Donna Schuman, Rupal Parekh
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Utilizing the senior companion program as a platform for a culturally-informed caregiver intervention: Results from a mixed methods pilot study.
2019
Ling Xu, Melanie Colhoun, Virginia E Richardson, Dorothea Ivey, Rupal M Parekh, Noelle L Fields
Research Type: Journal Article

Culturally Adapted Research Methods for South Asian Participants
2019
Erum Agha, Abha Rai, Rupal Parekh, Swathi Reddy
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Social Determinants of Late-Life Migration in the U.S.: Findings From the New Americans Project
2019
Shannon Jarrott, Njeri Kagotho, Rupal M Parekh, Sharvari Karandikar, Megan Espana, Arati Maleku
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Resettlement and Integration of Older CongoleseRefugees in the U.S.: A Comparison of the Convoy and Social Ecological Models
2020
Donna Schuman, Theresia Pachner, Rupal Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Healing through Ancestral Knowledge and Letters to Our Children: Mothering Infants during a Global Pandemic
2020
Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Exploring the Predictors of Well-Being and Advance Directives Among Elder Orphans: A Mixed Methods Study
2020
Rupal M Parekh, Marcus Crawford, Donna Schuman, Madri Haul-Faul
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Do Older Adult Foster Parents Reduce Length of Stay for White Children and Children of Color with Substance Removals?: A National Longitudinal Study
2020
Rupal M Parekh, Caitlin M Elsaesser, Margaret H Lloyd
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

We are aging too! The social impact of late-life migration on health and well-being of older immigrants. Journal of Immigrants and Refugees Studies
2021
Rupal M Parekh, Njeri Kagotho, Megan Espana, Arati Maleku, Sharvari Karandikar, Shannon Jarrott
Research Type: Journal Article

Improving Outcomes for At-Risk MSW Students: APilot e-Mentorship Program Using a Near-Peer Model
2021
Rupal M Parekh, Debra Woody, Donna Schuman, Vivian Miller, Noelle L Fields
Research Type: Journal Article

Mainstreaming Gender: An Analysis of Transportation Among Older Adults
2022
Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Book Chapter

The Risk for Loneliness and Major Depression among Solo Agers.
2022
Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Reflections From Academic Mothers of Young Children on Social Work Research and Education.
2022
Rupal M Parekh, Cristina Wilson, Negi Nalini
Research Type: Journal Article

Recruitment and data collection challenges research focused on older adults and family caregivers from Asian American communities: A case study series.
2022
David Steffens, Kathryn M Betta Adams, Richard Fortinsky, Rebecca Mauldin, Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Engaging EJ Communities in the Environmental Cleanup Interactive Activity
2022
Nefeli Maria Bompoti, Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Poster/Presentation