Publications

Edited Books

• Editor (2023): Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour: Global Strategies for Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Context. (Eds). James A. Smith, Daphne C. Watkins, and Derek M. Griffith. New York, NY: Springer.
• Editor (2019):  Men’s Health Equity. (Eds). Derek M. Griffith, Marino A. Bruce & Roland J. Thorpe, Jr. New York, NY: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis.
• Editor (2019):  Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional. (Eds). Chandra L. Ford, Derek M. Griffith, Marino A. Bruce & Keon L. Gilbert. Publisher: APHA Press. 

Journal Articles

2024

• Griffith, D. M. (2024). Gender health equity: The case for including men’s health. Social Science & Medicine, 351(Supplement 1), 116863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116863
• Loeb, S., Sanchez Nolasco, T., Byrne, N., Langford, A.T., Ravenell, J., Gomez, S., Washington, S.L., Borno, H.T., Griffith, D.M., & Criner, N. (in press). Representation Matters: Trust in digital health information among Black patients with prostate cancer. The Journal of Urology.

2023

• Griffith D.M., Jaeger E.C., Pennings J.S., Semlow A.R., Ellison J.M., Alexander L.R. Tailor Made: A Pilot Virtual Weight Loss Intervention Individually Tailored for African American Men. Health Promotion Practice. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/15248399231213347
• Baker, P., Leon N., Colvin, C.J., Griffith, D.M. Health policies must consider gender, including men. The Lancet Global Health,Volume 11, Issue 12,2023, Pages e1847-e1848,ISSN 2214-109X, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00428-X.
• Griffith, D.M., Jaeger EC, Pepperman P, et al. Fathers’ Perspectives on Fatherhood and Paternal Involvement During Pregnancy and Childbirth. Health Education & Behavior. 2023;50(6):802-809. doi:10.1177/10901981231199710
• Griffith, D.M., Pennings, J.S., Jaeger, E.C. (2023) Mighty Men: A Pilot Test of the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Faith-Based, Individually Tailored, Cluster-Randomized Weight Loss Trial for Middle-Aged and Older African American Men. American Journal of Men’s Health. 2023;17(4). doi:10.1177/15579883231193235
• Cleary, A., Griffith D.M., Oliffe, J., & Rice, S. (2023). Editorial: Men, mental health, & suicide. Frontiers in Sociology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1123319

2022

• Griffith, D.M. (2022). “Healthy masculinities are mosaics”: Comment on Di Bianca and Mahalik (2022). American Psychologist, 77, 333-335. (Invited commentary) DOI: 10.1037/amp0000974
• Loeb, S., Borno, H.T., Gomez, S., Ravenell, J., Myrie, A., Sanchez Nolasco, T., Byrne, N., Cole, R., Black, K., Stair, S., Macaluso, J.N., Walter, D., Siu, K., Samuels, C., Kazemi, A., Crocker, R., Sherman, R., Wilson, G., Griffith, D.M., & Langford, A.T. (2022). Representation in online prostate cancer content lacks racial and ethnic diversity: implications for Black and Latinx men. The Journal of Urology, 207, 559-564.

2021

• Ellison, Jennifer M., Semlow, Andrea R., Jaeger, Emily C., and Griffth, Derek M. COVID-19 and MENtal Health: Addressing Men’s Mental Health Needs In the Digital World.  American Journal of Men’s Health, 15, 4 (July 11, 2021): 155798832110300. DOI: 10.1177/15579883211030021.
• Griffith, D.M. Race, Ethnicity And Men’s Health. Men’s Health, 408-412
• Griffith, D.M. Well-being in Healthy People 2030: a missed opportunity. Health Education & Behavior 48 (2), 115-117
• Griffith, D.M., Bergner, E.M., Fair, A.S., & Wilkins, C.H. (2021). Using Mistrust, Distrust, and Low Trust Precisely in Medical Care and Medical Research Advances Health Equity.   American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 60(3), 442-445
• Griffith, D.M., Holliday, C.S., Enyia, O.K., Ellison, J.M., Jaeger, E.C. Using Syndemics and Intersectionality to Explain the Disproportionate COVID-19 Mortality Among Black Men. Public Health Reports, 00333549211026799.
• Griffith D.M., Jaeger, E.C., Semlow, A.R., Ellison J.M., Bergner, E.M., & Stewart, E.C. (2021) Individually Tailoring Messages to Promote African American Men’s Health.   Health Communication.
• Griffith, D. M., Pennings, J. S., & Jaeger, E. C. (2021). African American manhood and self-rated health: What demographic characteristics, health conditions, and aspects of manhood matter?  Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(2), 250–264
• Morgan, R., Baker, P., Griffith, D.M., Klein, S.L., Logie, C.H., Mwiine, A.A. … Beyond a zero-sum game: How does the impact of COVID-19 vary by gender? Frontiers in Sociology 6, 126
• Semlow, A.R, Ellison, J.M, Jaeger, E.C, Griffith, D.M.  Healthy Men 2030: Setting Men’s Health Goals as a Tool to Improve the Nation’s Health and Achieve Health Equity. Health Education & Behavior 48 (4), 393-396
• Smith, J.A, Watkins, D.C, Griffith, D.M. Reducing health inequities facing boys and young men of colour in the United States. Health Promotion International 36 (5), 1508-1515

2020

• Griffith, D.M. (2020). Promoting Men’s Health Equity.  American Journal of Men’s Health. 
• Griffith, D.M. (2020). Preface: Precision medicine approaches to health disparities research.  Ethnicity & Disease, 30(supplement 1), 129-134.
• Griffith, D.M. & Cornish, E.K. (2020). Mighty Men: A faith-based weight loss intervention to reduce cancer risk in African American men. In M.E. Ford & D.K. Watson (Eds.),   Advances in Cancer Health Equity Research (Advances in Cancer Research book series), Vol. 146. (pp. 189-217). Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.
• Griffith, D.M., Jaeger, E.C., Bergner, E.M., Stallings, S. & Wilkins, C.H. (2020). Determinants of trustworthiness to conduct medical research: Findings from focus groups conducted with racially and ethnically diverse adults.  Journal of General Internal Medicine. Published online 3 June 2020.
• Griffith, D.M., Jaeger, E.C., Valdez, L.A., Schaefer Solle, N., Garcia, D.O., & Alexander, L.R. (2020). Developing A “Tailor-Made” Precision Lifestyle Medicine Intervention for Weight Control among Middle-Aged Latino Men.  Ethnicity & Disease. 30(Suppl1). 203-210.
• Griffith, D.M., Sharma, G., Holliday, C.S., Enyia, O.K., Valliere, M., Semlow, A.R., Stewart, E.C. & Blumenthal, R.S. (2020). Men and COVID-19: A biopsychosocial approach to understanding sex differences in mortality and recommendations for practice and policy interventions.  Preventing Chronic Disease, 17, 200-247.
• Griffith, D.M. & Semlow, A.R. (2020). Art, Anti-Racism and Health Equity: “Don’t ask me why, ask me how!” Ethnicity & Disease, 30(3), 373-380.
• Smith, J.A., Griffith, D.M., White, A., Baker, P., Watkins, D.C., Drummond, M. & Semlow, A. (2020). COVID-19, equity and men’s health: Using evidence to inform future public health policy, practice and research responses in pandemics.  International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health, 3(1), e48-e64.
• Smith, J.A., Watkins, D.C. & Griffith, D.M. (2020). Fostering transnational research partnerships to advance men’s health.    American Journal of Men’s Health, July-August, 1-2.
• Smith, J.A., Watkins, D.C. & Griffith, D.M. (2020). Equity, gender and health: New directions for global men’s health promotion.  Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31(2), 161-165.
• Yeh, V.M., Bergner, E.M., Bruce, M.A., Kripalani, S., Mitrani, V.B., Ogunsola, T.A., Wilkins, C.H., & Griffith, D.M. (2020). Can precision medicine actually help people like me? African American and Hispanic perspectives on the benefits and barriers of precision medicine.  Ethnicity & Disease, 30(supplement 1), 149-158.

Book Chapters

• Smith, J.A., Watkins, D.C., Griffith, D.M., & Rung, D.L.(2023). Introduction: What do we know about global efforts to promote health among adolescent boys and young men of colour? In J. A. Smith, D. C. Watkins, and D. M. Griffith. (Eds). Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour: Global Strategies for Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Context. (pp. 1-16). New York, NY: Springer.
• Griffith, D.M., & Jaeger, E.C.(2023). Becoming: An intervention to promote mental wellbeing of young Black men in the United States. In J. A. Smith, D. C. Watkins, and D. M. Griffith. (Eds). Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour: Global Strategies for Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Context. (pp. 17-32). New York, NY: Springer.
• Griffith, D.M., Smith, J.A., & Watkins, D.C.(2023). Conclusion: Future directions in global health promotion with young men of colour? In J. A. Smith, D. C. Watkins, and D. M. Griffith. (Eds). Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour: Global Strategies for Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Context. (pp. 219-222). New York, NY: Springer. D.M. (2023). Race, ethnicity, and population health. In Gary, F. A., & Lotas, M. J. (Eds.). A population health approach to health disparities for nurses: Care of vulnerable populations. (pp. 247-258). Springer Publishing. DOI: 10.1891/9780826185044.0013
• Burt, B.D., Christopher, G.C., Griffith, D.M., Gunter, J., Washington, T., & Anonymous American educator (2022). Keeping It Real: Pathways to Authentic Connections. In A.L. Plough (Ed.). Necessary Conversations: Understanding Racism as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity.  (pp. 50-63). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Griffith, D.M. (2021). Race, ethnicity, & men’s health. In R. Kirby, C.C. Carson, A. White, & M. Kirby (Eds.), Men’s Health, 4^th Edition. (pp. 408-412). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429347238
• Griffith, D.M. (2021). Race, ethnicity, & men’s health. In R. Kirby, C.C. Carson, A. White, & M. Kirby (Eds.), Men’s Health, 4^th Edition. (pp. 408-412). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429347238
• Griffith, D.M. (2020). Achieving men’s health equity. In K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, & M. Isa Fernández (Eds), Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach. (pp. 197-215). New York, NY: Springer.
• Griffith, D.M.  & Cornish, E.K. (2020). Mighty Men: A faith-based weight loss intervention to reduce cancer risk in African American men. In M.E. Ford & D.K. Watson (Eds.),  Advances in Cancer Health Equity Research  ( Advances in Cancer Research  book series), vol.  156 . Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.
• Ford, C.L.,  Griffith, D.M. , Bruce, M.A. & Gilbert, K.L. (2019). Introduction: Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional .  In C.L. Ford, D.M. Griffith , M.A. Bruce, & K.L. Gilbert. (Eds.),  Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional.  Washington, DC: APHA Press.
• Ford, C.L., Griffith, D.M., Bruce, M.A. & Gilbert, K.L. (2019). Conclusion: Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional. In C.L. Ford,D.M. Griffith, M.A. Bruce, & K.L. Gilbert. (Eds.), Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional. Washington, DC: APHA Press.
• Griffith, D.M., Bruce, M.A. & Thorpe, Jr., R.J. (2019). Preface: Men’s Health Equity. In D.M. Griffith, M.A. Bruce, & R.J. Thorpe, Jr. (Eds.),  Men’s Health Equity: A Handbook . New York, NY: Routledge.
• Griffith, D.M., Bruce, M.A. & Thorpe, Jr., R.J. (2019). Introduction: Men’s Health Equity. In D.M. Griffith, M.A. Bruce, & R.J. Thorpe, Jr. (Eds.), Men’s Health Equity: A Handbook. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Griffith, D.M., Bruce, M.A. & Thorpe, Jr., R.J. (2019). Conclusion: Men’s Health Equity. In D.M. Griffith, M.A. Bruce, & R.J. Thorpe, Jr. (Eds.), Men’s Health Equity: A Handbook. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Griffith, D.M. , Cornish, E.K., Sherman, L.D. & Moore, H. J.* (2019). Middle-aged men’s health: Patterns and causes of health disparities during a pivotal period in the lifecourse. In  D.M. Griffith , M.A. Bruce, & R.J. Thorpe, Jr. (Eds.),  Men’s Health Equity . New York, NY: Routledge.
• Griffith, D.M. , Pennings, J.S., Bruce, M.A. & Ayers, G.D. (2019). Measuring the dimensions of African American Manhood: A factor analysis. In  D.M. Griffith , M.A. Bruce, & R.J. Thorpe, Jr. (Eds.),  Men’s Health Equity . New York, NY: Routledge.
• Williams, D.R &  Griffith, D.M.  (2019). “We just haven’t put our minds to it”: An Interview with David Williams describing the trajectory of his career studying racism. In C.L. Ford,  D.M. Griffith , M.A. Bruce, & K.L. Gilbert. (Eds.),  Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional. Washington, DC: APHA Press.

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