MICHAEL W. PARKER, Associate Professor

Degrees:
• B.A., Auburn University
• M.S., Auburn University
• D.S.W., University of Alabama

Field(s) of interest:
Aging; Wellness; Health promotion

Selected Publications:

1. Successful Aging and Positive Spirituality
2. Should Clinicians Incorporate Positive Spirituality Into Their Practices? What Does the Evidence Say?
3. Spirituality and Alzheimer’s Disease Care
4. Religiosity and Mental Health in Southern, Community-Dwelling Older Adults
5. A Multidisciplinary Model of Health Promotion Incorporating Spirituality into a Successful Aging Intervention with African American and White Elderly
6. Parent Care and Religion: A Faith-Based Intervention Model for Caregiving Readiness of Congregational Members
7. Employed Women and their Aging Family Convoys: A Life Course Model of Parent Care Assessment and Intervention
8. Authors' Response. Annals of Behavioral Medicine
9. Depression and Religiosity in African American and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults
10. A Feasibility Study of a Parent Care Planning Model with Two Faith-Based Communities