Smitha Rao

Assistant Professor

Ohio State University

United States

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Smitha Rao is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University, located in the United States. Her research focuses on extreme weather preparedness, social vulnerability, and environmental justice, as demonstrated in her recent articles examining the impacts of climate change on older adults and marginalized communities. She also investigates factors affecting child welfare and community responses to food and climate injustices.

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Kaipeng Wang

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Meaghan O'Donnell

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Amy Krings

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Lisa Mason

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New York University

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Articles (18)

Extreme heat preparedness and coping among older adults: A rapid review

Extreme Weather Information for Diverse Older Adults: Communication Preferences and Trusted Information Sources

Power outages and social vulnerability in the U.S. Gulf Coast: multilevel Bayesian models of outage durations amid rising extreme weather

Community-based solidarity movements in response to food and climate injustice

Disaster preparedness among Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American communities

Environmental Justice and Social Work: A Study across Practice Settings in Three U.S. States

Abolitionism and Ecosocial Work: Towards Equity, Liberation and Environmental Justice

Extreme Weather Disruptions and Emergency Preparedness Among Older Adults in Ohio: An Eight-County Assessment

Association between child, early, and forced marriage and extreme weather events: A mixed-methods systematic review

Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Air Pollution and Neighborhood Disadvantage on Self-Rated Health among Adults in the United States: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States, 2009–2018

"The farm has an insatiable appetite": A food justice approach to understanding beginning farmer stress

Social and structural vulnerabilities: Associations with disaster readiness

Regional Research-Practice-Policy Partnerships in Response to Climate-Related Disparities: Promoting Health Equity in the Pacific

Model Minority Mutiny: addressing anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic in social work

Understanding Elder Abuse in India: Contributing Factors and Policy Suggestions

Are you prepared? Efficacy, contextual vulnerability, and disaster readiness

“Theory’s Cool, But Theory With No Practice Ain’t Shit…”

Collaborators (13)

Joonmo Kang

Jill Johnston

Lawrence Palinkas

Kaipeng Wang

Meaghan O'Donnell

Amy Krings

Lisa Mason

Jemaima Tiatia-Siau

Fiona Doherty

Nicola L. Hawley

Samantha Teixeira

Gordon McCord

Dale Maglalang

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