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
Life-space Mobility, Transportation, and the Companionship Network of Senior Center Members
2024
Rupal M Parekh, Rebecca L Mauldin
Research Type: Journal Article

Association between permanency and length of stay in foster care for children with older adult foster parents: the role of race and substance use
2023
Caitlin M Elsaesser, Margaret H Lloyd, L Champagne, Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Applying Critical Educational Gerontology ato Mental Health Interventions at Senior Centers Serving Latinx Older Adults
2023
Rupal M Parekh, Lisa Werkmeister Rozas
Research Type: Journal Article

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

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

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

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

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

Advance Directives: Solo Agers Risk of Becoming "Unbefriended"
Rupal M Parekh, Donna Schuman, Kathryn Adams
Research Type: Journal Article

Addressing social isolation and loneliness among older adults with a social work field placement during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Breana Bietsch, Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Reengaging African American and Black Older Adults During the COVID-19 eta: A Focus Group Study
Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Exploring the Spatial Patterns of Transportation Disadvantage for People with Disabilities and the Aging Population in Connecticut
Ashley Benitez Ou, Eric D Jackson, Jared Kuklas, Rupal M Parekh, Davis Chacon-Hurtado
Research Type: Journal Article

A Qualitative Interpretative Meta- Synthesis (QIMS) of older immigrant’s environmental barriers in accessing social activities
Grace Felton, Kathryn Adams, Rebecca Mauldin, Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article

Community Engagement Through Brownfields Technical Advisory Boards: A Social Work Perspective
Rupal M Parekh, Jamie Smith
Research Type: Journal Article

Gender transportation-related differences among older Vietnamese immigrants
Rebecca Mauldin, Jill Messing, Priyanjali Chakraborty, Rupal M Parekh
Research Type: Journal Article