College of Liberal Arts

Haslyn Hunte

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointments:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2008-present)

Research Interests:

Dr. Hunte’s main area of research is population health, focusing on racial/ethnic disparities in health.  Using a multidisciplinary system approach, Dr. Hunte seeks to bridge the gap between the social and biological sciences by understanding health as a result of complex and dynamic interactions between physiological, behavioral, psychological, and sociodemographic factors.  Dr. Hunte's current research activities include (a) studying the impact of perceived discrimination as a psychosocial stressor on health outcomes and on maladaptive coping health behaviors, such as smoking, drinking and substance use/abuse and (b) the impact that Black Caribbeans in the U.S. may have on the observed Black-White disparities in various health outcomes. 

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

• American Public Health Association 
• Caribbean Studies Association 
• Population Association of America
• Society for Epidemiology Research

Recent Publications:

• Hunte, HER, Williams D.R.  Forthcoming.   The Association between Perceived Discrimination and Obesity in a Population Based Multiracial/ethnic Adult Sample.  American Journal of Public Health
• Morenoff JD, House JS, Hansen BB, Williams DR, Kaplan GA, Hunte HE. Understanding social disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control: The role of neighborhood context. Social Science & Medicine.  2007;65:1853–1866.
• Hunte H, Turner TM, Pollack HA, and Lewis YE.  A Birth Records Analysis of the Maternal Infant Health Advocate Service Program:  A Paraprofessional Intervention Aimed at Addressing Infant Mortality in African Americans.  Ethnicity and Disease. 2004:14(3) Supplement 1: S1102-106.

Recent Refereed Presentations:

• The association between perceived discrimination and DSM-IV alcohol and illicit drug use disorders.  Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting Society for Epidemiologic Research Chicago, Illinois, June 24-27, 2008. [abstract published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.  2007;167(Supplement 11): S134.
• 'wat a gwan':  Goal Setting, Discrimination and Success of Black Caribbean within the U.S.”  presented at the Annual Caribbean Studies meeting in San Andres Colombia, May 26-30 2008.
• Disparities in Hypertension: A Comparative Analysis of African Americans, Black Caribbeans and White in the United States.  Presented at the 30th Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference, Dominican Republic.  June, 2005.
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse as Coping Mechanisms for Experiences of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination.  Presented at the 31st Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, May, 2006.
• Hunte H, Turner TM, and Lewis YE.  A Birth Records Analysis of the Maternal Infant Health Advocate Service Program:  A Paraprofessional Intervention Aimed at Addressing Infant Mortality in African Americans.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 2004.
• Hunte, H.An Exploratory Analysis of Very Low and Low Birth Weight Among Black Women:Is the Race of the Father a Proxy for Racial/Ethnic Discrimination?  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 2004.

Awards:

• Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community, Yoshiyama Foundation (1993) 
• New Jerseyan of the Week, Oct. 24-31, 1993.  New Jersey Star Ledger

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