Education:

Postdoctoral Training in Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco (1994-1996)

Ph.D., Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1993)

M.P.H., Columbia University School of Public Health (1986)

B.A., American University (1967)

Research Interests:

Maternal and child health; Social-structural influences on family health and well-being including culture, race, ethnicity, social networks, and social support

Contact Information:

Karen.Goldsteen@stonybrook.edu

Selected Publications:

Ross, Catherine E., Mirowsky, John, and Goldsteen, Karen.  The Impact of the Family on Health:  The Decade in Review.  Journal of Marriage and the Family 52, November 1990, 1059-1078.

Goldsteen, Karen, and Ross, Catherine E.  The Perceived Burden of Children.  Journal of Family Issues 10(4), 1989, 504-526.

Jonas, S., Goldsteen, R.L. and Goldsteen, K. An Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System, 6th Edition. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2007.

Davern, Michael and James Lepkowski, Kathleen Thiede Call, Noreen Arnold, Tracy L. Johnson, Karen Goldsteen, April Todd Malmov and Lynn A. Blewett.  "Telephone Service Interruption Weighting for State Health Insurance Surveys."  Inquiry 41(3), 2004, 280-290.

Goldsteen, Raymond L., Goldsteen, Karen, Swan, James A. and Clemenã, Wendy.  "Harry & Louise & Health Care Reform: Romancing Public Opinion." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 26(6), 2001, 1325-1352.

Goldsteen, Raymond L., Goldsteen, Karen, Kronenfeld, Jennie, and Hann, Neil. "Anti-Government Sentiment and Support for Universal Access to Care: Are They Incompatible?" American Journal of Public Health 87(1), 1997, 25-28.         

Goldsteen, Raymond L., Counte, Michael A., and Goldsteen, Karen. "Health Status, the Health Events of Significant Others, and Health Locus of Control."  Journal of Aging Studies 9(1), 1995, 83-99.

Goldsteen, Raymond L., Counte, Michael A., and Goldsteen, Karen. "Examining the Relationship Between Health Locus of Control and Medical Care Utilization."  Journal of Aging and Health 6(3), 1994, 314-335.

Goldsteen, Raymond L., Falcone, David, Broyles, Robert W., and Goldsteen, Karen.  "Factors Affecting the Tendency to Bypass Local Hospitals for Inpatient Mental Health Care:  An Exploratory Analysis."  Journal of Rural Health 10(2), 1994, 89-97.

Goldsteen, Raymond L., Goldsteen, Karen, and Schorr, John K.  "Trust and Its Relationship to Distress:  The Case of Three Mile Island."  Political Psychology 13(4), 1992, 693-707.

Armstrong, M. Jocelyn, and Goldsteen, Karen.  Friendship Support Patterns of Older American Women.  Journal of Aging Studies 4(4), Winter 1990, 391-404.