Gilchrist

Allison P. Gilchrist

Assistant Professor - Community/Public Health, San Francisco State University
Chapter Member: Bay Area SSN
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Gilchrist studies access to primary care and strategies to advance health equity in the United States. Her research examines barriers to care and identifies ways health systems and public health institutions can better serve underserved populations. Gilchrist has led and managed NIH-funded public health and clinical research at major U.S. academic institutions and completed fellowship training in reproductive epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She holds an MPH from UCLA and a PhD in Public Health from Lancaster University (UK) and is a Registered Nurse.

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Promoting Women’s Access to Primary Care

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Publications

"Factors Affecting Women’s Access to Primary Care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review" (with Gunasekara Vidana Mestrige Chamath Fernando, Paula Holland, and Faraz Ahmed ). PLOS One 19, no. 12 (2024).

Illuminates how lack of insurance and other factors continue to affect working-age women’s access to primary care services since the passage of the ACA.

"Acanthosis Nigricans and Insulin Levels in a South Indian Population—(ADEPS Paper 2)" (with V. Usha Menon, K. Vinod Kumar, K.R. Sundaram, R.V. Jayakumar, Vasantha Nair, and Harish Kumar). Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2, no. 1 (2008): 43-50.

Determines the prevalence of Acanthosis Nigricans (AN) in a central Kerala south Indian population and to evaluate its correlations with diabetes, obesity, insulin levels and other factors.

"Prevalence of Known and Undetected Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors in Central Kerala—ADEPS" (with V. Usha Menon, K. Vinod Kumar, T.N. Sugathan, K.R. Sundaram, Vasantha Nair, and Harish Kumar ). Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 74, no. 3 (2006): P289-294.

Assesses the prevalence of undetected diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and their possible relationship with various risk factors in an urban South Indian population.

"Iodine Status and Goitre Prevalence of a South Indian Adult Population: Amrita Diabetes and Endocrine Population Survey (ADEPS)" (with V. Usha Menon, K. Vinod Kumar, Vasantha Nair, and Harish Kumar). Thyroid Research & Practice 3, no. 2 (2006): 40-44.

Reveals that the prevalence of goiter was higher in the iodine-deficient group studied than iodine sufficient group.