Journal Articles:

• Bediako, S. M. (2010). Psychosocial predictors of employment status among African American adults with sickle cell disease. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21, 1124-1137.
• Bediako, S. M., & Friend, R. M. (2004). Illness-specific and general perceptions of social relationships in adjustment to rheumatoid arthritis: The role of interpersonal expectations. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 28, 203-210.
• Bediako, S. M., & Griffith, D. M. (2007). Eliminating racial/cultural disparities in health: Reconsidering comparative approaches. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 2, 49-62.
• Bediako, S. M., & Haywood, C. Jr., (2009). Sickle cell disease in a “post-racial” America. Journal of the National Medical Association, 101, 1065-1066.
• Bediako, S. M., Kwate, N. O. A., & Rucker, R. (2004). Dietary behavior among African Americans: Assessing cultural identity and health consciousness. Ethnicity & Disease, 14, 527-532.
• Bediako, S. M., Lattimer, L., Haywood, Jr., C., Ratanawongsa, N., Lanzkron, S., & Beach, M. C. (2011). Religious coping and hospital admissions among adults with sickle cell disease. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 120-127.
• Bediako, S. M., Lavender, A. R., & Yasin, Z. (2007). Racial centrality and health care use among African American adults with sickle cell disease. Journal of Black Psychology, 33, 422-438.
• Bediako, S. M., & Moffitt, K. R. (in press). Race and social attitudes about sickle cell disease. Ethnicity & Health.
• Bediako, S. M., & Neblett, E. W. (2011). Optimism and perceived stress in sickle cell disease: The role of an Afrocultural social ethos. Journal of Black Psychology, 37, 234-253.
• Gil, K. M., Carson, J. W., Porter, L. S., Scipio, C., Bediako, S. M., & Orringer, E. (2004). Daily mood and stress predict pain, health care use, and work activity in African American adults with sickle cell disease. Health Psychology, 23, 267-274.
• Green, B. L., Lewis, R. K., & Bediako, S. M. (2005). Reducing and eliminating health disparities: A targeted approach. Journal of the National Medical Association, 97, 25-30.
• Griffith, D. M., & Bediako, S. M. (2007). The National Negro Health Movement: Policy implications for minority health and health inequities. Harvard Health Policy Review, 8, 89-99.
• Haywood, C. Jr., Lanzkron, S., Ratanawongsa, N., Bediako, S. M., Lattimer-Nelson, L., Beach, M. C. (2010). Hospital self-discharge among adults with sickle cell disease: Associations with trust and interpersonal experiences with care. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 5(5), 289-294.
• Haywood, Jr., C., Beach, M. C., Bediako, S. M., Carroll, C. P., Lattimer-Nelson, L., Jarrett, D., & Lanzkron, S. (2011). Examining the characteristics and beliefs of hydroxyurea users and non-users among adults with sickle cell disease. American Journal of Hematology, 86, 85-87.
• Lattimer, L., Haywood, C., Lanzkron, S., Ratanawongsa, N., Bediako, S. M., & Beach, M. C. (2010). Problematic hospital experiences among adult patients with sickle cell disease. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21, 1114-1123.
• Ratanawongsa, N., Haywood, C., Jr., Bediako, S. M., Lattimer, L., Lanzkron, S., Hill, P. M., Powe, N. R., & Beach, M. C. (2009). Health care provider attitudes toward patients with acute vaso-occlusive crisis due to sickle cell disease: Development of a scale. Patient Education & Counseling, 76, 272-278.

Other Publications:

• Bediako, S. M. (2009). Psychosocial aspects of sickle cell disease: A primer for African American psychologists. In H. A. Neville, B. M. Tynes, & S. O. Utsey (Eds.), Handbook of African American Psychology (pp.417-427). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.