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Melba A. Hernández
Researcher at Medical University of South Carolina
Publications - 11
Citations - 1443
Melba A. Hernández is an academic researcher from Medical University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Elder abuse & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications receiving 1287 citations. Previous affiliations of Melba A. Hernández include Simón Bolívar University.
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Prevalence and correlates of emotional, physical, sexual, and financial abuse and potential neglect in the United States: the National Elder Mistreatment Study.
Ron Acierno,Melba A. Hernández,Ananda B. Amstadter,Heidi S. Resnick,Kenneth Steve,Wendy Muzzy,Dean G. Kilpatrick +6 more
TL;DR: The data showed that abuse of the elderly is prevalent and addressing low social support with preventive interventions could have significant public health implications.
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Prevalence and Correlates of Elder Mistreatment in South Carolina: The South Carolina Elder Mistreatment Study:
Ananda B. Amstadter,Kristyn Zajac,Martha Strachan,Melba A. Hernández,Dean G. Kilpatrick,Ron Acierno +5 more
TL;DR: Across categories, the most consistent correlate of mistreatment was low social support, representing an area toward which preventive intervention may be directed with significant public health implications.
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Prevalence and Correlates of Poor Self-Rated Health in the United States: The National Elder Mistreatment Study
Ananda B. Amstadter,Angela M. Begle,Josh M. Cisler,Melba A. Hernández,Wendy Muzzy,Ron Acierno +5 more
TL;DR: Examination of the level of, and correlates for, poor self-rated health in a community sample of older adults with particular emphasis on elder mistreatment history, demographics, and social dependency variables suggests that poor health is common among older adults.
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Do incident and perpetrator characteristics of elder mistreatment differ by gender of the victim? Results from the National Elder Mistreatment Study.
Ananda B. Amstadter,Josh M. Cisler,Jenna L. McCauley,Melba A. Hernández,Wendy Muzzy,Ron Acierno +5 more
TL;DR: Perpetrators of physical mistreatment against men had more “pathological” characteristics compared to perpetrators of physicalMistreatment against women and evidenced increased likelihood of legal problems, psychological treatment, substance use during incident, living with the victim, and being related to the victim.
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Elder Mistreatment and Emotional Symptoms Among Older Adults in a Largely Rural Population: The South Carolina Elder Mistreatment Study
Angela M. Begle,Martha Strachan,Joshua M. Cisler,Ananda B. Amstadter,Melba A. Hernández,Ron Acierno +5 more
TL;DR: Examining the relationship between elder mistreatment and negative emotional symptoms among 902 older adults aged 60 and above in South Carolina demonstrates that emotional, but not physical, abuse is significantly correlated with higher levels of emotional symptoms.