Portland State School of Community Health

Faculty & Staff

Karen Seccombe, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-present, Professor, Department of Sociology, Portland State University

1992 - 1998, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Florida
Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Health Policy Research, University of Florida

1988 - 1992, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Florida
Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Health Policy Research, University of Florida

1986 - 1988, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage

Book:

Seccombe, K. "So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?" Welfare Recipients' Perspectives on the System and its Reform. Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

Seccombe, K. "Families in Poverty." Journal of Marriage and Family Decade Review (Invited). In Press.

Seccombe, K., K. Battle Walters, D. James. 1999. " 'Welfare Mothers' welcome reform, urge compassion." Family Relations 48: 197-206.

Seccombe, K., D. James, K. Battle Walters. 1998. " 'They think you ain't much of nothing': The social construction of the welfare mother." Journal of Marriage and the Family 60: 849-865.

Lee, G.R., M.C. Willetts-Bloom, K. Seccombe. 1997. "Widowhood and depression: Gender differences." Research on Aging.

Shehan, C.L. and K. Seccombe. 1996. "Introduction to Special Issue: The changing social circumstances of children's lives." Journal of Family Issues 17: 435-440.

Seccombe, K. 1996. "Health insurance coverage among the working poor: Changes from 1977 to 1987." Research in the Sociology of Health Care pp. 199-227, Vol. 13, JAI Press.

Seccombe, K. and C. Amey. 1995. "Playing by the rules and losing: Health insurance and the working poor." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36: 168-181.

_______Reprinted in Readings in Medical Sociology , edited by W.C. Cockerham, In Press.

Duncan, R.P., K. Seccombe and C. Amey. 1995. "Changes in health insurance coverage within rural-urban environments." Journal of Rural Health 11: 169-177.

Amey, C., K. Seccombe, and R.P. Duncan. 1995. "The health insurance coverage of Mexican-American families in the United States: The effect of employment context and family structure in rural and urban settings." Journal of Family Issues 16: 488-510.

Seccombe, K. 1995. "Health insurance coverage and use of services among low income elders: Does residence influence the relationship?" Journal of Rural Health 11: 86-97.

Seccombe, K., L.L. Clarke, and R.T. Coward. 1994. "Discrepancies in employer-sponsored medical insurance coverage among Hispanics, blacks, and whites: The effects of sociodemographic and employment factors." Inquiry 31: 221-229.

Seccombe, K. and M. Ishii-Kuntz. 1994. "Gender and social relationships among the never-married." Sex Roles 30: 585-603.

Coward, R.T., L.L. Clarke, and K. Seccombe. 1993. "Predicting the receipt of employer-sponsored health insurance: The role of residence and other personal and work-place characteristics." Journal of Rural Health 9: 281-292.

Seccombe, K. 1993. "Employer-sponsored medical benefits: The influence of occupational characteristics and gender." The Sociological Quarterly 34: 557-580.

Seccombe, K. and L. Beeghley. 1992. "Gender and medical insurance: A test of human capital theory." Gender and Society 6: 283-300.

Seccombe, K. 1992. "Alternative lifestyles." Book chapter for The Encyclopedia of Sociology, E.F. Borgatta and M. Borgatta (Eds.) New York NY: Macmillan.

Seccombe, K. 1992. "Employment, the family economy, and community care policies." Gender and Family Care of the Elderly, J.W. Dwyer and R.T. Coward (Eds.) Newbury Park CA: Sage.

Lee, G.R., K. Seccombe and C.L. Shehan. 1991. "Marital status and personal happiness: An analysis of trend data." Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 839-844.

Seccombe K. and M. Ishii-Kuntz. 1991. "Perceptions of problems associated with aging: Comparisons across four elder age cohorts." The Gerontologist 31: 527-533.

Dwyer, J.W. and K. Seccombe. 1991. "Elder care as family labor: The influence of gender and family position." Journal of Family Issues 12: 229-247.

Seccombe, K. 1991. "Assessing the costs and benefits of children: Gender differences among childfree husbands and wives." Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 191-202.

Seccombe, K. 1989. "Ethnicity or socioeconomic status? Health differences between elder Alaska Natives and whites." The Gerontologist 29: 551-556.

Ishii-Kuntz, M. and K. Seccombe. 1989. "The impact of children upon social networks throughout the life course." Journal of Marriage and the Family 51: 777-790.

Montgomery, R.J.V., E.F. Borgatta, Y. Kamo, and K. Seccombe. 1988. "A profile of Alaska's seniors: 3. Income, children, and health." Research on Aging 10: 534-549.

Kamo, Y., E.F. Borgatta, R.J.V. Montgomery, and K. Seccombe. 1988. "A profile of Alaska's seniors: 2. Housing and its correlates." Research on Aging 10: 517-533.

Ward, D.A., K. Seccombe, and R.B. Bendel. 1988. "Influenceability sex differences under conditions of risk-taking." Journal of General Psychology 115: 247-255.

Montgomery, R.J.V., K. Seccombe, Y. Kamo, and E.F. Borgatta. 1988. "A profile of Alaska's seniors." Research on Aging 10: 275-296.

Seccombe, K. 1988. "Financial assistance from elderly retirement age sons to their aging parents." Research on Aging 10: 102-108.

Seccombe, K. 1987. "Children: Their impact on the elderly in declining health." Research on Aging 9: 312-326.

Seccombe, K., R. Ryan and C.D. Austin. 1987. "Careplanning: Case managers' assessment of elders' welfare and caregivers' capacity." Family Relations 36: 171-175.

Seccombe, K. and G.R. Lee. 1986. "Female status, wives' autonomy and divorce: A cross cultural study." Family Perspectives 20: 241-249.

Seccombe, K. 1986. "The effects of occupational conditions upon the division of household labor: An application of Kohn's theory." Journal of Marriage and the Family 48: 839-848.

Seccombe, K. and G.R. Lee. 1986. "Gender differences in retirement satisfaction and its antecedents." Research on Aging 8: 426-440.

Ward, D.A., K. Seccombe, R.B. Bendel and L.F. Carter. 1985. "Cross-sex content as a factor in persuasibility sex differences." Social Psychology Quarterly 48: 269-276.

IN PROGRESS:

Seccombe, K., R. Lockwood, and D. Morgan. "Literacy: The Missing Connection Between Education Health."

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

Coward, R.T., G.R. Lee, J.W. Dwyer, and K. Seccombe. 1992. Old and Alone In Rural America. American Association of Retired Persons. Institute on Aging. 1987. Improving Access for Elders: The Role of Case Management Services.