Edith C. Kieffer

Associate Professor of Social Work

Edith C. Kieffer

Degrees

BS, Social Sciences with Certificate in Ethnic Studies, 1973, University of Oregon;
MPH, Maternal & Child Health & Health Svcs Admin & Planning, 1978, University of Hawaii;
PhD, Medical Geography, 1991, University of Hawaii

BioSketch

Edith (Edie) Kieffer, MPH, PhD, is Associate Professor in the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Her career has focused on understanding and addressing ethnic and geographic disparities in health. She has conducted extensive quantitative and qualitative research on the prevalence and correlates of maternal and child health, obesity, and diabetes. Using community-based participatory research approaches, she and her community partners have identified weight, diabetes, eating, and exercise-related beliefs and practices of Latino and African American Detroit community residents of all ages, with a particular focus on pregnant and postpartum women. This research led to several multi-level interventions in southwest and eastside Detroit. Within these projects, Detroit community members and organizations and their academic partners are developing, implementing, and evaluating practical family, social support, organization, and community intervention strategies to reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes.

Dr. Kieffer is a team leader of the ongoing Reach Detroit Partnership, and is a Co-Investigator of the affiliated project: Community Health Worker Diabetes RCT for Latinos, led by SSW Associate Professor, Michael Spencer. Dr. Kieffer is analyzing data from several completed studies: Healthy Mothers on the Move (NIH/NIDDK); Mothers Moving to a Healthy Future (HRSA/MCHB), Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes among Hispanics (HRSA/MCHB), Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Among Women (CDC), and Promoting Healthy Eating in Detroit (CDC).

Dr. Kieffer teaches courses in health care services and policies, health ethics, and community-based participatory research. She is a co-advisor in the dual Master's degree programs in Social Work and Public Health.

Edith C. Kieffer, Associate Professor of Social Work

Email

ekieffer@umich.edu

Web Sites

http://www.reachdetroit.org

Location

Room:	3770 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 647-2739
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Wooley, A., Valerio M., Kieffer, E., Spencer M., Sinco, B., Rosland, A., Hawkins, J., Espitia, N., Palmisano, G. (in press). Everyday racial/ethnic discrimination, depression, and diabetes-related distress among African Americans and Latinos with diabetes. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Heatlh.

Hawkins, J., Kieffer, E., Sinco, B., Spencer, M., Anderson, M., Rosland, A. (in press). Does gender influence participation? Predictors of participation in a community health worker diabetes management interventionwith African-American and Latino adults. Diabetes Educator.

Spencer, M., Hawkins, J., Espitia, N., Sinco, B., Jennings, T., Lewis, C., Palmisano, G., & Kieffer, E. (in press). Influence of a diabetes lifestyle intervention on mental health outcomes among low-income Latino and African American adults with type 2 diabetes. Race and Social Problems.

Kieffer, E., Salabarria-Pena, Y., Odoms-Young, A., Willis, S., Palmisano, G., & Guzman, R. (2013). The application of focus group methodologies to community-based participatory research. In B. Israel, E. Eng, A. J. Schultz, & E. A. Parker (Eds.), Methods for community-based participatory research for health (2nd ed.), (249-276. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kieffer, E., Welmerink, D., Welch, K., Sinco, B., Schumann, C., & Uhley, V. (2013). Periconception dietary intake does not vary by duration of United States residence for Mexican immigrant women. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(5), 652-658.

Kieffer, E., Welmerink, D., Welch, K., Sinco, B., Reed Clayton, E., Schumann, C., & Uhley, V. (2013). Dietary outcomes of Healthy MOMs/Madres: a randomized controlled diabetes prevention intervention trial with pregnant Latinas. American Journal of Public Health. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.301122.

Kieffer, E., Caldwell, C., Welmerink, D., Welch, K., Sinco, B., & Guzman, J. R. (2013). Effect of the Healthy MOMs lifestyle intervention on reducing depressive symptoms among pregnant Latinas, American Journal of Community Psychology 51(1-2), 76-89.

De Camp, L. R., Kieffer, E., Zickafoose, S., Valbuena, F., Davis, M., & Heisler, M. (2012). The voices of limited English proficiency Latina mothers on pediatric primary care: Lessons for the medical home. Maternal and Child Health Journal.

Spencer, M., Rosland, A., Kieffer, E., Sinco, B., et al. (2011). Effectiveness of a community health worker intervention among African American and Latino adults with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial American Journal of Public Health,

Heisler, M., Spencer, M., Palmisano, G., Forman, J., Graddy-Dansby, G., & Kieffer, E. A. (2009). Participants' assessments of the effects of a community health worker intervention affected their diabetes self-management and interactions with health care providers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37(6S1), S270-S279.

Rosland, A., Kieffer, E., Israel, B., Cofield, M., Palmisano, G., Sinco, B., Spencer, M. S., & Heisler, M. (2008). When is social support important? The association of family support and professional support with specific diabetes self-management behaviors. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23(12), 1992-1999.

Kim C., Kieffer, E., & Sinco B. (2007). Racial and ethnic variation in access to healthcare, provision of health services, and ratings of health among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care, 30(6), 1459-1465.

Two Feathers, J., Kieffer, E., Spencer, M., Janz, N., Palmisano, G., Anderson, M. A., et al. (2007). Development, implementation and process evaluation of the REACH Detroit Partnership's Diabetes Lifestyle Intervention. Diabetes Educator, 33(3), 509-520.

Black, J., Kieffer, E. C., Villarruel, T. M., & Sinco, B. R. (2007). Predicting the exercise intention of pregnant Latina women. Hispanic Health Care International, 5(1), 5-12.