Jamie Mitchell

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Jamie Mitchell is an assistant professor of social work and co-director of the Gender and Health Research Lab at the University of Michigan. Her interdisciplinary research examines the mechanisms that patient-centered communication between older African American men and their physicians during the course of cancer and chronic disease care. She tests ways of intervening to increase family and health provider social support while examining how African American men navigate and express their psychosocial needs during medical visits. Currently, Mitchell is funded by the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, to investigate how African American men and their physicians accommodate each other’s communications styles during medical encounters, in addition to evaluating how active patient participation and family involvement influence the health communication dynamic.

Research Interests/Focus

African American men's health; cancer health disparities, patient-provider communication; psychosocial well-being and family support; social determinants of health

Contact Information

Phone	Fax	Email	Room	Address
(734) 763-4955	(734) 763-3372	mitchj@umich.edu	3847 SSWB	University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

Year	Degree		School
2010	PhD	Social Work	Ohio State University, Columbus
2007	MSW	Social Work	University of Tennessee, Memphis
2005	BA	Psychology	Ohio State University, Columbus

Mitchell, J., Johnson-Lawrence, V., Williams, E., & Thorpe, R. (in press). Characterizing mobility limitations among older African American men. Journal of the National Medical Association.

Mitchell, J., Cadet, T., Burke, S., Williams, E. & Alvarez, D. (in press). The paradoxical impact of companionship on the mental health of older African American men. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.

Hawkins, J., Mitchell, J., Piatt, G., & Ellis, D. (in press). Older African American men’s perspectives on factors that influence Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) self-management and peer-led interventions. Geriatrics: Special Issue on Chronic Illness Self-Management.

Hawkins, J. & Mitchell, J. (2018). The doctor never listens: Older African American men's perceptions of patient-provider communication. Social Work Research, 42(1), 57-63.

Wharton, T., Watkins, D. C., Mitchell, J. A., & Kales, H. C. (2017). Older, church-going African-Americans’ attitudes and expectations about formal depression care. Research on Aging.

Hawkins, J. & Mitchell, J. (2017). Can social integration and social support help to explain racial disparities in health care utilization among men with diabetes? International Journal of Men’s Health, 16(1), 66-83.

Hawkins, J., & Mitchell, J. (2017). Social support and integration as mechanisms for better understanding the relationship between race and health care utilization among men. International Journal of Men's Health, 16(1), 66-83.

Jefferson, O., Watkins, D., & Mitchell, J. (2016). The retrospective roles of black women in the coddling of black boys. Journal of Cultural and Ethnic Diversity in Social Work, 25(3), 173-192.

Mitchell, J., Watkins, D. C., J. & Shires, D., Chapman, R., & Burnett, J. (2015). Clues to the blues: predictors of self-reported mental and emotional health among older African American men. American Journal of Men's Health.

Watkins, D. C., Wharton, T., Mitchell, J. A., Matusko, N., & Kales, H. (2015). Perceptions and receptivity of non-spousal family support: A mixed methods study of psychological distress among older, church-going African American men. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.

Rodgers, C., Mitchell, J., Franta, G., Shires, D. & Foster, M. (2015). Masculinity, racism, social support, and colorectal cancer screening uptake among African American men: A systematic review. American Journal of Men's Health, 11(5), 1486-1500.

Thompson, T., Mitchell, J., Johnson-Lawrence, V., Watkins, D. & Modlin, C. (2015). Self-rated health and health care access associated with African American men's health self-efficacy. American Journal of Men's Health.

Tucker-Seeley, R., Mitchell, J., Shires, D., & Modlin, C. (2015). Financial hardship, unmet medical need, and health self-efficacy among African American men. Health Education and Behavior, 42(3), 285-292.

Mitchell, J., Manning, M., Shires, D., Chapman, R. & Burnett, J. (2015). Fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention among older African American men. Research on Aging, 37(6), 606-622.

Watkins, D. C., Hawkins, J., & Mitchell, J. A. (2015). The discipline's escalating whisper: Social work and black men's mental health. Research on Social Work Practice, 25(2), 240-250.