Publications

Books

2. Jang, S.H. and Oh, J. H. (Eds). (2020). Health Disparities in Contemporary Korean Society: Issues and Subpopulations. Lexington Books.

1. Jang, S.H. (2018). Medical Transnationalism: Korean Immigrants’ Medical Tourism to South Korea. Lexington Books.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles 

(*corresponding author)

71. Yoo, N., Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Inherited Risk: Tobacco Smoking Rates in Parental Countries of Origin, Secondhand Smoke, and Physical and Mental Health among Korean Adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse.

70. Jang, S.H., J. Kim, G. Jung. (forthcoming). Relationship between perceived discrimination and late-life preparedness among migrant women in Korea: Impact of social support based on parental status. Korea Observer.

69. Jang, S.H., Baek, K. (forthcoming). Factors Associated with Work-Related Injuries among Male Platform Delivery and Transportation Workers. 보건과 사회과학 Health and Social Science. 

68. He, P., Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Chinese International Students’ Use of Korean Social Media and Adaptation to Life in Korea: Focused on In-Depth Interviews (중국인 유학생들의 SNS 사용 정도와 한국 생활 적응 - 심층 인터뷰를 중심으로). 한국이민학 Korean Journal of International Migration.

67. Jang, S.H., Song, H.J., Kim, J.Y. (forthcoming). Gender-specific Problematic Behaviors and Transnational Social Ties among Multicultural Adolescents in South Korea. Children and Youth Services Review. 

66. Nam, H., Jang, S.H.*. (forthcoming). The Relationship Between Native Residents' Income Levels and Social Distance Toward Foreign Workers The Moderating Effect of the Proportion of Foreign Workers in Seoul (선주민 소득수준과 외국인 노동자에 대한 사회적 거리감과의 관계: 서울시 외국인 노동자 비율의 조절효과를 중심으로). 경제와 사회 (Economy and Society). 

65. Kim, C., Kim, D., Zhu, Y., Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Examining the Changes in Bullying Discourse on Reddit: A Comparative Analysis Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

64. Cho, Y., Lee, R.Y., Jang, S.H., JH. Yu, Kim, S., E. Kim (forthcoming). An Exploration of Korean Traditional Parenting Virtues among Korean-American Parents and the Impact of the Ottuki Parenting Program. Asia Pacific Education Review. 

63. Jang, S.H., Song, H.J., Kim, J.Y. (forthcoming). Support or Strain?: Transnational Social Ties and Deviant Behaviors Among Multicultural Adolescents in South Korea. Deviant Behavior. 

62. Jang, S.H., Cho, W.,Yi, Y.J. (forthcoming). Analyzing the Influence of COVID-19 on Overseas Korean Voting Intentions: Insights from Twitter Discourse. International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication. 

61. Jang, S.H., Nam, S.J., Zhu, Y., Yi, Y.J. (forthcoming). Understanding double stigma towards minority groups on social media in the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from South Korea. Journal of Asian Sociology. 53(3):275-307.

60. Yoo, N, Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Enhancing or Compensating? Role of On- and Offline Social Capital and Technological Self-efficacy on Subjective Well-being by Nativity. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

59. Ko, L, Jang, S.H.*, Rodriguez, E., Petrescu-Prahova, M., Reuland, D., Ibrra, G. (forthcoming). Dissemination of Colorectal Cancer Information among Hispanic Patients and their Social Network. BMC Public Health.

58. Yoo, N., Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Remittance as Reactive Transnationalism: The Role of Perceived Unfairness among Immigrants in South Korea. International Migration. 

57. Jang, S.H., Kim, D., Zhu, Y., Kim, C. (forthcoming). Stalking Discourse on Reddit: A Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic using Big Data. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

56. Kim, D., Jiang, T., Baek, J., Jang, S.H., Zhu, Y. (forthcoming). Understanding and comparing risk factors and subtypes in South Korean adult and adolescent women’s suicidal ideation or suicide attempt using survey and social media data. Digital Health. 

55. Jang, S.H. (2024). The Relationship Between Transnational Grandparenting and Depressive Symptoms Among Multicultural Children and Adolescents in Korea. Journal of Asian Sociology. 53(1): 71-94.

54. Yoo, N, Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Does Social Empathy Moderate Fear-Induced Minority Blaming during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Social Science and Medicine.

53. Jang, S.H., Yi, Y.J. (forthcoming). Revisiting the Andersen Model: Transnational Ties with the Home Country and Healthcare Utilization among Chinese International Students in South Korea. Sage Open.

52. Jang, S.H., Song, Y.M., Yi, Y.J. (forthcoming). Development and evaluation of mobile health information apps among immigrant women in South Korea. Online Information Review. 

51. Ramirez, M., Wool, J., Bishop, S., Hara-Hubbard, K.K., Jang, S.H., Leong, J., Hassell, L., Ko, L.K. (forthcoming). The Community Voices program to facilitate community-academic research partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program's usefulness. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

50. Jang, S.H., Yi, Y.J. (forthcoming) Comparing COVID-19 and general health information-seeking behaviors among Chinese international students in South Korea. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science. 

49. Jang, S.H., Jung, K.E., Yi, Y.J. (forthcoming). The Power of Fake News: Big Data Analysis of the Discourse about COVID-19 related Fake News in South Korea. International Journal of Communication.

48. Jang, S.H., Kim, P.Y., Kim, M.S., Koh, H., Baek, K. Social Support and COVID-19 Stress among Immigrants in Korea. Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research. 11:(2): 163-178. 

47. Song, Y., Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Multilevel Factors Associated with Depression among Multicultural Adolescents in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development.

46. Jang, S.H., Kim, M., Kim, P.Y., Baek, K. (forthcoming). Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Somatic Symptom Disorder among Migrant Young Adults in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health.

45. Yoo, N, Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Digital Technology use, Technological Self-efficacy, and Subjective Well-being among North Korean Migrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moderated Moderation. Digital Health. 

44. Ausenhus, C, Gold, J.M., Perry, C.K., Kozak, A.T., Jang, S.H., Leong, J., Rodriguez, E., Duggan, C., Ko, L. (2023). Factors Impacting Implementation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies in Rural Schools. BMC Public Health. 23:1-10.

43. Jang, S.H., Kim, J.Y. (forthcoming) Stress or Buffer: The Impact of Transnational Ties on Depressive Mood and Suicidal Ideation among Female Marriage Migrants in South Korea. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

42. Jo, W, Jang, S.H., Shin, E.K. (2023). Stage Distinctive Communication Networks of the Online Breast Cancer Community. Scientific Reports. 13(1):1726.

41. Yoo, N, Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Perceived Household Financial Decline and Physical/mental Health among Adolescents during the COVID-19 Crisis: Focusing on Gender Differences. Preventive Medicine Reports.

40. Jang, S.H., Gerend, M., Youm, S.P., Yi, Y.J.  (2022). Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Evidence from the Community-Driven Knowledge Site Quora. Digital Health. 8:1-11.

39. Jang, S.H., Youm, S.P., Yi, Y.J. (online first). Anti-Asian Discourse in Quora: Comparison of Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic with Machine- and Deep-Learning Approaches. Race and Justice. 

38. Jang, S.H., Hwang, H.S. (forthcoming). Multilevel factors associated with overweight/obesity among South Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Childhood Obesity.

37. Song, Y., Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). Transnational Ties with the Home Country Matters: The Moderation Effect of the Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Self-reported Health among Foreign Workers in South Korea. Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

36. Jung, G.W., Yim, S, Jang, S.H.* (forthcoming). The Shifting Roles of Korean Immigrant Mothers in the Management of Children’s Education during COVID-19. Womens Studies International Forum.

35. Jang, S.H. (forthcoming). Interpersonal trust matters: Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 34(5):600-602.

34. Jang, S.H. (2022). Disparities in COVID-19 Information Sources and Knowledge in South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19:1-10.

33. Jang, S.H. (2023). Political Transnationalism: Factors Associated with Immigrants’ Voting in Their Home Country Elections. Political Studies Review. 21(3):573-593.

32. Jung, G.W., Jang, S.H. (2022). Understanding the Role of Ethnic Online Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Korean Immigrant Women’s Health Information-Seeking Behaviors. Asian Journal of Social Science. 50(4):292-300.

31. Jang, S.H. (2022). Social-ecological Factors related to Preventive Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea. Plos One. 17(3): 1-14.

30. Jang, S.H., Hwang, H.S. (forthcoming). Multilevel Factors Associated with Handwashing among Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 

29. Jang, S.H. (2021). Perception of Migrants: Focusing on Cultural and Social Distance. Korean International Migration Studies. 8(2): 64-80. (Published in Korean)

28. Jang, S.H., Meischke, H., and L.K. Ko. (2021). The Impact of Medical Tourism on Cervical Cancer Screening among Immigrant Women. BMC Women’s Health. 21(414), 1-9.

27. Jang, S.H. (forthcoming). Transnationalism with Multi-Leveled Actors: A Systematic Review of Studies on Overseas Koreans’ Voting. Political Studies Review. 

26. Jang, S.H. (forthcoming). “I can wait until I return home”: Healthcare Utilization among Korean International Students in the U.S. Journal of American College Health.

25. Jang, S.H. (forthcoming). Logging in for Medical Transnationalism: Online Health Information Seeking among Korean Immigrant Women. Journal of Diaspora Studies. 

24. Jang, S.H., Jung, G.W. (2021). How does COVID-19 differ from Flu/Cold? A Multilevel Information Seeking among Korean Immigrant Women in the U.S. American Journal of Health Behavior. 45(4), 665-676

23. Jang, S.H., Cole, A., Brown, E.V.R., Ko, L.K. (forthcoming). Adaptation of FIT Kit and Patient Navigation for CRC Screening for Hispanic Patients. Hispanic Health Care International. 

22. Jang, S.H., Kang, J.H. (2021). Factors Associated with Influenza Vaccination Uptake Among U.S. Adults: Focus on Nativity and Race/Ethnicity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 5349, 1-12.

21. Jang, S.H. (2021). Avoiding a “Twindemic”: Socio-demographic Factors Associated with Influenza Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 33(4), 434-437.

20. Celentano, I., Winer, R.L., Jang, S.H., Ibrahim, A., Mohamed, F.B., Gebeyaw, F.A., Lin, J., PharmD, A.A.A., Raylor, V., Ko, L.K. (2021). Development and Production of a Theory-Based, Audience Centered HPV Vaccine Promotion Comic Book for East African Adolescents in the US. BMC Public Health. 21:1137, 1-12.

19. Song, Y., Ko, L.K., Jang, S.H.* (2021). The South Korean Government’s Response to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation: Analysis of “Fact and Issue Check” on the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 33(5), 620-622. 

18. McFadden, S., Ko, L.K., Shankar, M., Ibrahim, A.M., Debra, B., Lin, J., Mohamed, F., Amsalu, F., Abdille A., Jang, S.H., Winer, R.L. (2021). Development and Evaluation of an Online Continuing Education Course to Increase Healthcare Provider Self-Efficacy to Make Strong HPV Vaccine Recommendations to East African Immigrant Families. Tumour Virus Research. 200214, 1-9.

17. Jang, S.H. (2021). Relationship between Employment Type and Self-Rated Health among Korean Immigrants in the US: Focusing on Gender and Years in the US. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4), 1654. 

16. Kim, E., Jang, S.H.*, Andersen, M.R., Standish, L.J. (2021). “I Made All Decisions Myself”: Breast Cancer Treatment Decision-making by Receivers and Decliners. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing. 8, 322-329.

15. Jang, S.H., Lee, E.J., Brown, E.V.R., Ko, L.K. (2021) “Blood pressure monitoring should be a habit”: Adaptation of the Check. Change. Control. Program for Asian American Older Adults, from Group-based In-person to One-on-one Telephone Delivery. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 

14. Jang, S.H. (2021). Connect Virtually, Visit Physically: Social Transnationalism among Korean Immigrants in the US. Korea Observer. 52(1), 149-172. 

13. Leong, J., Jang, S.H., Bishop, S.K., Brown, E.V.R., Lee, E.J., Ko, L.K. (2020). “We Understand Our Community”: Implementation of the Healthy Eating Healthy Aging Program Among Community-Based Organizations Serving Older Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Translational Behavioral Medicine. 11(2), 462-469.

12. Jang, S.H., Ko, L.K., and Meischke, H. (2020). Factors Associated with Buying Medications Abroad by Nativity and Race/Ethnicity in the US. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 22(6), 1184-1192. 

11. Jang, S.H., Ko, L.K., and Meischke, H. (2020). Finding Dr. Kim: Information Sources of Korean Immigrants Find a Doctor in the U.S. Healthcare. 8(2), 92.

10. Ko, L.K., Jang, S.H., Friedman, D., Glanz, K., Leeman, J., Peggy A Hannon, P.A., Shannon, J., Cole, A., Williams, R., Vu, T. (2019). From Resources to Public Health Impact: An Application of the Science Impact Framework to the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network from 2014-2018. Preventive Medicine. In Press. 

9. Jang, S.H., E. J. Lee, J. Lim, P. Hannon, T. Vu, V. Taylor, and L. Ko. (2019). The Role of Medical Tourism in Cancer Screening among Korean Immigrant Women. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 6(5), 522-533

8. Jang, S.H. (2018). Here or There: Recent US Immigrants’ Medical and Dental Tourism and Associated Factors. International Journal of Health Services. 48(1), 148-165.    

7.  Monaghan D. and Jang, S.H. (2017). Major Payoffs: Post-College Income, Graduate School, and the Choice of “Risky” Undergraduate Majors. Sociological Perspectives. 60(4), 722-746.

6. Jang, S.H. (2017). Factors Associated with Korean Immigrants’ Medical Tourism to the Homeland. American Journal of Health Behavior. 41(4), 461-470.

5. Jang, S.H. (2016). First-generation Korean Immigrants’ Barriers to Healthcare and Their Coping Strategies in the US. Social Science and Medicine. 168, 93-100.

4. Min, P.G. and Jang, S.H. (2015). The Diversity of Asian Immigrants' Participation in Religious Institutions in the United States. Sociology of Religion. 76(3), 253-274.

3. Min, P.G. and Jang, S.H. (2015). The Concentration of Asian Americans in STEM and Health-care Occupations: An Intergenerational Comparison. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38(6), 841-859.       

2. Attewell, P. and Jang, S.H. (2013). Summer Coursework and Completing College. Research in Higher Education Journal. 20, 117-141.

1. Shin, J. K., Barron, C. T., Chiu, Y. L., Jang, S.H., Touhid, S., & Bang, H. (2012). Weight Changes and Characteristics of Patients Associated with Weight Gain during Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 33(8), 505-512.

Book Chapters

2. Jang, S.H. Healthcare Utilization among 1.5-generation Korean Americans: Comparison with Other Immigrant Generation Koreans and 1.5 Generation Asian Subgroups. Lexington Books.

1. Min, P.G., Jang, S.H., and Kim, D.E. (2011). A Four-Decade Literature on Korean   Americans: A Review and a Comprehensive Bibliography. In Trends and Future Tasks of Studies of Koreans Abroad, Book Korea. (Published in Korean)