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Yoshie Sano's Research Human Development

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles:

Sano, Y., Bolkan, C. R., & Mammen, S. (in press). Maternal Depression and Family Health Context: Tracking Depression Trajectories of Rural, Low-Income Mothers. Journal of Family Social Work.

Yancura, L., Barnett, M., Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (In press). Context Matters: Critical Grandparent Contributions to Low-Income Rural Families. Child & Family Social Work. Published online first at https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12682

Sano, Y., Routh, B., & Lanigan, J. (2019). Food parenting practices in rural poverty context. Appetite, 135(1), 115-122.

Mammen, S., Sano, Y., Braun, B., & Maring, E.F. (2019). Shaping Core Health Messages: Rural, Low-Income Mothers Speak Through Participatory Action Research. Health Communication. 32(10), 1141-1149.

Sano, Y., Mammen, S., & Oliver, B. (2018). Food insecurity among rural, low-income families. Family Science Review, 22(1).

Mammen, S., & Sano, Y. (2018). Rural, low-income families and their well-being: Findings from 20 years of research. Family Science Review, 22(1).

Dyk, P. D., Radunovich, H., Sano, Y. (2018). Health challenges faced by rural, low-income families: Insights into health disparities. Family Science Review, 22(1).

Cancel-Tirado, D., Feeney, S., Washburn, I. Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (2018). Health, Wellbeing, and Healthcare Access in Rural Communities: Comparing Latino and Non-Latino White Low-income Families. Family & Community Health, 41(2):73-82 doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000193

Sano, Y., Greder, K., & Mammen, S. (2017). Relationship between Rural, Low-Income Mothers’ Health Literacy and Depressive Symptoms in the Family Context. Medical Research Archives, 5(1). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/mra.v5i1.948

Barnett, M. A., Yancura, L., Wilmoth, J., & Sano, Y. (2016). Wellbeing among Rural Grandfamilies in Two Multigenerational Household Structures. GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy, 3 (1). Available at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/grandfamilies/vol3/iss1/4

Manoogian, M. M., Jurich, J., Sano, Y., & Ko Ju-Lien. (2015). “My kids are more important than money:” Parenting expectations and commitment among Appalachian, low-income mothers. Journal of Family Issues. 36(3), 326-350. doi: 10.1177/0192513X13490402.

Tabatabaei-Moghaddam, H., Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (2014). A case study in creating oral health messages for rural low-income families: A comparison to the Cultural Appropriateness (CA) framework. Health Promotion and Practice, 15(5). doi: 10.1177/1524839914533567.

Jeong, Y. J., Zvonkovic, A. M., Sano, Y, & Acock, A. C. (2013). The occurrence and frequency of overnight job travel in the US. Work, Employment, and Society, 27(1). 138-152. doi:10.1177/0950017012460328

Mammen, S., & Sano, Y. (2012). Gaining access to economically marginalized rural populations: Lessons learned from non-probability sampling. Rural Sociology, 77(3), 462-482. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2012.00083.x

Sano, Y., Manoogian, M., & Ontai, L. (2012). “The kids still come first:” Creating family stability during partnership instability in rural, low-income families. Journal of Family Issues, 33, 942-965. doi: 10.1177/0192513X11430820

Sano, Y., Smith, S. R., & Lanigan, J. (2011). Predicting presence and level of nonresident fathers’ involvement in infants’ lives: Mothers’ perspective. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 52, 350-368. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2011.586613

Sano, Y., & Manoogian, M. (2011). “I wanted a fresh start from where I was:” Rural low-income women’s experiences of multiple partnership transitions. Michigan Family Review, 15(1), 1-15. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx?c=mfr;idno=4919087.0015.101

Sano, Y., Garasky, S., Greder, K., Cook, C.C., & Browder, D. E. (2011). Understanding food security among Latino immigrant families in rural America. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 32(1), 111-123. doi: 10.1007/s10834-010-9219-y

Sano,Y., Katras, M. J., Lee, J., Bauer, J., & Berry, A. (2010). Working toward sustained employment: A closer look on intermittent employment of rural low-income mothers. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 91(4), 342-349. doi: 10.1606/1044-3894.4039

Bolkan, C. R., Sano, Y., De Costa, J. L., Acock, A. C., & Day, R. D. (2010). Early adolescents’ perceptions of mothers’ and fathers’ parenting styles and problem behavior. Marriage and Family Review, 46, 563-579. doi: 10.1080/01494929.2010.543040

Greder, K., Sano, Y., Cook, C. C., Garasky, S., Ortiz, L. & Ontai, L. (2009). Understanding the relationship between transnationalism and the housing and health risks of rural Latino immigrant families. Family and Consumer Science Research Journal, 38(2), 186-207. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2009.00020.x

Sano, Y., Dolan, E. M., Richards, L. N., Bauer, J., & Braun, B. (2008). Employment patterns, family resources, and perception: Examining depressive symptoms among rural low-income mothers. Journal of Rural Community Psychology. E11 (1).

Ontai, L., Sano, Y., Pong, H. N., Conger, K. (2008). Low-income rural mothers’ perceptions of parent confidence: Role of family health problems and partner status. Family Relations, 57, 324-334. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00503.x

Berry, A., Katras, M. J., Sano, Y., Lee, J., & Bauer, J. (2008). Job volatility of rural low-income mothers: Mixed method approach. Journal of Family and Economic Issue, 29, 5-22. doi: 10.1007/s10834-007-9096-1

Book Chapters Published:

Berry, A., Sano, Y., Katras, M. J., Lee, J. (2014) Staying-at-home: Cases of rural low-income mothers. In. E. R. Boyd & G. Letherby (Eds.). Stay at home mothers: An international perspective. Bradford, ON, Canada: Pemeter Press.

Sano, Y. & Yasumoto, S. (2014). Policy responses to population declining society: Development and challenges of family policies in Japan. In M. Robila (Ed.). Family policies across the globe. (pp. 319-331.) New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Sano, Y., Richards, L. N., & Lee, J. (2011). Invisible barriers to employment: Mental and behavioral health problems that hinder self-sufficiency. In J. W. Bauer & E. M. Dolan (Eds). Rural mothers and work: Contexts and problems. (pp. 77-98.) New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Sano, Y. & Richards, L. N. (2011). Physical health and economic well-being: The rural perspective. In J. W. Bauer & E. M. Dolan (Eds). Rural mothers and work: Contexts and problems. (pp. 99-116). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

Greder, K., Cook, C., Garasky, S., Sano, Y., & Randall, B. (2009). Rural Latino immigrant families: Hunger, housing, and economic well-being. In R. L. Dalla, J. DeFrain, J. Johnson, & D. A. Abbott (Eds.)  Strengths and challenges of new immigrant families: Implications for research, policy, education and service. (pp. 345-368). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Sano, Y. (2005). The unanticipated consequences of promoting father involvement: A feminist perspective. In V. L. Bengtson, A. C. Acock, K. R. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. M. Klein (Eds.) Sourcebook of family theory & research. (pp. 355-356). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.          

Professional Articles Published, Non-Refereed:

Porter, N. & Sano, Y. (2009). Father involvement in Japanese families. NCFR Report Family Focus. 54(1), F13, F15.

Sano, Y. (2006). Single-mother families and social welfare in Japan. NCFR Report Family Focus, 51(1), F9-F11.                             

Encyclopedia Entries Published, Non-Refereed:

Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (2011). Health seeking behavior in families. In M. J. Craft-Rosenberg & S. R. Pehler (Eds.) Encyclopedia of family health. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Acock, A. C., & Sano, Y. (2003). Research: Methodology. In Ponzetti, J. (ed.) International encyclopedia of marriage and family, 2nd Ed. (pp. 1331-1337). NY: Macmillan.

Articles in Research Proceedings, Refereed:

Bauer, J. W., Son, S., Lee J., Katras, M. J., Sano, Y., & Berry, A. A. (2009). Challenges with employment: Trajectories and supportive environments. Consumer Interest Annual, 55, 80-82.     http://www.consumerinterests.org/images/CIA_2009_Final.pdf

 Sano, Y., Dolan, E. M., Richards, L. N., Bauer, J., & Braun, B. (2008). Employment patterns, family resources, and perception: Examining depressive symptoms among rural low-income mothers (Abstract). Consumer Interest Annual, 54, 164-165. http://www.consumerinterests.org/files/public/55.SanoDolanRichardsBauerBraun.pdf

Cook, C., Bentzinger, A., Greder, K., Garasky, S., Sano, Y., Ontai, L., & Browder, D. (2008). The road to homeownership: Examining housing histories among recent Latino immigrants. Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Housing Education and Research Association, Indianapolis, IN.

Sano, Y., & Acock, A. C. (2005). Predicting presence and level of nonresident fathers’ involvement. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.

Jeong, Y., Zvonkovic, A. M., Sano, Y., & Acock, A. (2005). Gender and work-related travel: Understanding the absence and the frequency of job travel. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.

Dolan, E. M., Richards, L. N., Sano, Y., Bauer, J., & Braun, B. (2005). Linkages between employment patterns and depression over time: The case of low-income rural mothers. Consumer Interest Annual, 51, 225-229. http://www.consumerinterests.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageid=4043

Technical Reports, Non-Refereed:

Mammen, S. & Sano. Y. (2013). Rural Families Speak about Health: Basebook. Technical report prepared for the Rural Families Speak about Health project team.

Bauer, J. W., Katras, M. J., Lee, J., Sano, Y., Richards, L., Swanson, J., & Seiling S. (2007). Rural prosperity: A longitudinal study of rural communities and rural low-income families. Technical report prepared for the USDA, National Research Initiative Cooperative Grant Program (NRICGP).

Richards, L. N., Sano, Y., & Merrill, M. (2004). Expansion in a time of challenge. Outcome evaluation of Oregon’s 2002/2003 Even Start programs. Technical report prepared for the Oregon Even Start Programs and Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development, Oregon Department of Education. Corvallis, OR: College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University.

Richards, L. N., Merrill, M., & Sano, Y. (2003). A year of expansion: Outcome for 2001/2002 Even Start programs in Oregon. Technical report prepared for the Oregon Even Start Programs and Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development, Oregon Department of Education. Corvallis, OR: College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University.

Richards, L. N., Sano, Y., & Guyer, A. (2002). Looking forward, looking back: Outcomes of Oregon’s 2000/2001 Even Start programs. Technical report prepared for the Oregon Even Start Programs and Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development, Oregon Department of Education. Corvallis, OR: College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University.

Richards, L. N., Sano, Y., & Corson, C. (2001). A foundation for the future: Outcomes of Oregon’s 1999/2000 Even Start programs. Technical report prepared for the Oregon Even Start Programs and Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development, Oregon Department of Education. Corvallis, OR: College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University.

Richards, L. N., Merrill, M., Corson, C., Sano, Y., Graham, N., & Weber, P. (2000). After we say goodbye: A follow-up of Oregon’s Even Start families. Technical report prepared for the Office of Community Colleges and Work Force Development, Oregon Department of Education. Corvallis, OR: College of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University.