Kathleen Thiede Call, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1994

B.A., Sociology, University of Minnesota

Courses

PubH 6806 -- Principles of Public Health Research

PubH 6811 -- Health Disparities Research: Measures, Methods and Data with Dr Pamela Jo Johnson

PubH 8805 -- Sociological Theory in Health Services Research

Fall 2009
6806: Principles of Public Health Research

Research Interests:

Access to care and health status among vulnerable populations, including poor, young, elderly, uninsured, rural and chronically ill populations; sociology of health and illness; research methods

Recent Publications:

Davern, M., J.A. Klerman, D. Baugh, K.T. Call, G. Greenberg. Forthcoming. An examination of the Medicaid undercount in the Current Population Survey: Preliminary results from record linking. Health Services Research

Call, K.T., G. Davidson, M. Davern, E.R. Brown, J.E. Kinceloe, J.G. Nelson. 2008/2009. Accuracy of self-reported health insurance coverage among Medicaid enrollees. Inquiry, 45:438-456

Davern, M. K.T. Call, J. Ziegenfuss, G. Davidson, T.J. Beebe, L.A. Blewett. 2008. Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison between Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records. Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(2): 241-259.

Call, K.T., G. Davidson, M. Davern, R. Nyman. 2008. Medicaid Undercount and Bias to Estimates of Uninsurance: New Estimates and Existing Evidence. Health Services Research, 43(3): 901-901.

McAlpine, D., T.J. Beebe, M. Davern, K.T. Call. December 2007. Agreement between self-reported and administrative race and ethnicity data among Medicaid enrollees in Minnesota. Health Services Research, 42(6, part II): 2373-88

Call, K.T., M.Davern, L.A. Blewett. 2007. Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey. Health Affairs, 26(1):269-278.

Kincheloe, Jennifer, E. Richard Brown, Janice Frates, Kathleen Thiede Call, Wei Yen, and Jim Watkins. In Press. Can We Trust Population Surveys to Count Medicaid Enrollees and the Uninsured? Health Affairs, 25(4): 1163-1167.

Call, Kathleen Thiede, Donna D. McAlpine, Pamela J. Johnson, Timothy J. Beebe, and James A. McRae.2006. Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs. Medical Care, 44(6): 595- 600.

Call, Kathleen Thiede, Donna D. McAlpine, Heather Britt, Valeng Cha, Sirad Osman, Walter Suarez & Timothy J. Beebe. 2004. Partnering with Communities in Survey Design and Implementation. Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Health Survey Research Methods, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Blewett, Lynn A., Margaret E. Brown, and Kathleen Thiede Call. 2004. Monitoring the Uninsured: A State Policy Perspective. Journal of Health, Health Policy and Law, 29(1):107-145.

Professional Experience:

Director of Graduate Studies, Health Services Research Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2007-present

Co-Chair, Health Disparities Work Group, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2005-present

Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2001 - present

Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1995 - 2001

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 1997 - present

Post-doctoral Fellow (NIA Postdoctoral Training Grant) and Research Associate, Institute for Health Services Research, University of Minnesota, 1994 - 1995

Honors:

Recipient of the University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Award—Faculty, 2009

Recipient of the School of Public Health Community Service Award, 2003

Elected to the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, 2000

NIA Postdoctoral Training Grant, 1994

Don Martindale Scholarship Award, Department of Sociology, 1994

Graduate Student Service Award, Department of Sociology, 1993

Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Sociology, 1992

Contact

Mailing Address:
Health Policy and Management
15-230 Phillips-Wangensteen
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 624-3922

Email: callx001@umn.edu