Alesia Montgomery

About

Alesia Montgomery is a faculty member associated with the UCLA Department of African American Studies. The provided page does not contain specific details about her research focus, background, or key contributions. Therefore, no detailed biography can be generated from the available information.

Research topics

• Psychiatry
• Medicine
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Finance
• Environmental health
• Internal medicine
• Demography
• Economic growth
• Psychology

Selected publications

• Financial Strain and Suicide Attempts in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults

  American Journal of Epidemiology · 2020 · 163 citations

  Although research has identified many suicide risk factors, the relationship between financial strain and suicide has received less attention. Using data representative of the US adult population (n = 34,653) from wave 1 (2001-2002) and wave 2 (2004-2005) of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, we investigated the association between financial strain-financial debt/crisis, unemployment, past homelessness, and lower income-and subsequent suicide attempts and suicid…

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• Experiencing Housing Instability in Rural North America and Access to Health Care and Supportive Services: A Scoping Review

  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved · 2025-02-14 · 2 citations

  reviewSenior author

  OBJECTIVE: We conducted a scoping review of 45 peer-reviewed articles to characterize the intersection of housing instability and homelessness, care, and services in rural North America. We sought gaps in literature related to geographically based health disparities among people experiencing housing instability and identify practices that may promote better health outcomes. We offer practical implications for health care and service provision for people experiencing housing instability in rural…

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• Cost-Effectiveness of Temporary Financial Assistance for Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability

  JAMA Network Open · 2024-11-05 · 1 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Importance: The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) partners with community organizations (grantees) across the US to provide temporary financial assistance (TFA) to vulnerable veterans through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. The goal of TFA for housing-related expenses is to prevent homelessness or to quickly house those who have become homeless. Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of the SSVF program with TFA vs without TFA as an intervention for veteran…

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Recent grants

• Identifying and Measuring Risk for Homelessness among Veterans

  NIH · 2015–2019

Frequent coauthors

• Thomas Byrne

  Boston University

  150 shared

• John R. Blosnich

  University of Southern California

  94 shared

• Stefan G. Kertesz

  90 shared

• Melissa E. Dichter

  Temple University

  87 shared

• Lillian Gelberg

  85 shared

• Meagan Cusack

  University of Pennsylvania

  79 shared

• Sonya Gabrielian

  Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior

  73 shared

• Richard E. Nelson

  VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

  70 shared

Education

• PhD, Health Behavior

  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health

  2009

• MPA

  Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

  2002

• MSW

  Columbia University School of Social Work

  2002

• BA

  Boston College

  1998

Awards & honors

• Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA’s Center on…
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at UC Ber…
• Rockefeller Graduate Summer Internship in Womanist Studies a…

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