Jarron M. Saint Onge

Jarron M. Saint Onge
  • Co-Director, Kansas Population Center; Director, KUMC Health Policy and Management Ph.D. Program
  • Professor
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Population Health

Contact Info

Primary:
785-864-9427
913-945-8267
Fraser Hall, Room 751
Lawrence
5007 Student Center
Medical Center, Kansas City

Personal Links

Biography —

Professor Saint Onge's (Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder) research applies advanced quantitative techniques to social epidemiologic phenomena. His research falls in the area of medical sociology and social demography. His principle research focus is on the social determinants of population health and health disparities by race/ethnic and socioeconomic status. He has a continued interest in the role of health lifestyles, health behaviors, neighborhood context, and social stressors in explaining mental and physical health and mortality outcomes.

Jarron M. Saint Onge has a joint-appointment with the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/departments/population-health.html

Research —

Professor Saint Onge is a sociologist and social demographer by training. He has expertise in nationally representative survey data, U.S. Census data, and quantitative data analysis. His research has been focused on understanding how social determinants of health continue to influence health disparities, by sociodemographic characteristics such as race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or rurality. Specifically, his research has been focused on the relative importance of social and residential context (i.e., neighborhoods factors) on health behaviors, as well as well as implications for distinct health lifestyles and subsequent health and mortality outcomes. He is dedicated to improving the health of marginalized communities.

Teaching —

Social Determinants of Health

Demography

Social Problems

Health and Social Behavior

Health Care

Selected Publications —

Saint Onge, J., Fagan, M., Befort Cardador, C. (2022). The association between the obesogenic environment and 6-month and 24-month weight change in a rural weight loss intervention trial in the United States. Preventive Medicine - Volume 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.YPMED.2022.107040.
Agusto, F., Erovenko, I., Fulk, A., Abu-Saymeh, Q., Romero-Alvarez, D., Ponce, J., Sindi, S., Ortega, O., Saint Onge, J., Peterson, A. (2022). To isolate or not to isolate: the impact of changing behavior on COVID-19 transmission. BMC Public Health - Issue 1 | Volume 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/S12889-021-12275-6.
Bailey Mollborn, S., Lawrence, E., Saint Onge, J. (2021). Contributions and Challenges in Health Lifestyles Research. Journal of Health and Social Behavior - Issue 3 | Volume 62. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146521997813.
Saint Onge, J., Brooks, J. (2020). The exchange and use of cultural and social capital among community health workers in the United States. Sociology of Health & Illness. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13219.
Saint Onge, J., Jansen, N., Ice, E. (2018). Locales of Trust: How Two Forms of Community Trust are Associated with Mothers’ Self-Rated Health in Indonesia. Maternal and Child Health Journal - Issue 9 | Volume 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10995-018-2507-0.
Saint Onge, J., Krueger, P. (2017). Health lifestyle behaviors among U.S. adults. SSM - Population Health - Volume 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SSMPH.2016.12.009.
Jansen, N., Saint Onge, J. (2015). An internet forum analysis of stigma power perceptions among women seeking fertility treatment in the United States. Social Science and Medicine - Volume 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2015.11.002.
Saint Onge, J., Gurley, T., Orth, T., Okah, F. (2014). The Association Between Social Stressors and Home Smoking Rules Among Women With Infants in the United States. American Journal of Public Health - Issue 12 | Volume 104. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302158.
Saint Onge, J., Krueger, P., Rogers, R. (2014). The Relationship Between Major Depression and Nonsuicide Mortality for U.S. Adults: The Importance of Health Behaviors. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences - Issue 4 | Volume 69. https://doi.org/10.1093/GERONB/GBU009.
Saint Onge, J., Krueger, P. (2011). Education and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Types of Exercise in the United States. Journal of Health and Social Behavior - Issue 2 | Volume 52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146510394862.

Awards & Honors —

<div class="fp-award fp-container"><div class="aca-award">2020 John C. Wright Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. KU College Liberal Arts and Sciences. Received: 12-31-2020.</div></div>