Tracy L. Finlayson

Phone:	(619) 594-0559
Office:	HT 153
Office Hours:	By Appointment
Email:	tfinlays@mail.sdsu.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Health Services, Organization and Policy, University of Michigan (2005)
• B.S., Human Development, University of California, Davis (2000)

Scholarly Areas:

Oral health, mental health, health policy/program evaluation, social determinants of health and health disparities, access to care, maternal and child health, U.S. healthcare system

Biography:

Dr. Tracy L. Finlayson is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Services Administration. She is an interdisciplinary health services researcher with training in Sociology/Social Psychology. Her main areas of research are exploring the psychosocial determinants of oral health disparities and issues around access to dental care. Her research often integrates quantitative and qualitative methods when possible. She is also especially interested in health policy. Dr. Finlayson has been involved in evaluations of major state-level policy changes in Michigan and California, and previously interned at the Head Start Bureau. Prior to joining SDSU, she was an Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Berkeley.

Selected Publications:

• Finlayson, T.L., Siefert, K., Ismail, A., and Woosung, S. (2007) Psychosocial factors and Early Childhood Caries among low-income African American children in Detroit. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 35(6): 439-448.

• Finlayson, T.L., Siefert, K., Ismail, A., and Woosung, S. (2007) Mother’s self-efficacy and 1-5 year old children’s brushing habits. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 35(4): 272-281.

• Siefert, K., Finlayson, T.L., Williams, D.R., Delva, J., and Ismail, A. (2007) Modifiable risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in low-income African American mothers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 77(1): 113-123.

• Brown, T.T., Finlayson, T.L., and Scheffler, R.M. (2007) How do we measure shortages of dental hygienists and dental assistants? Evidence from California: 1997-2005. Journal of the American Dental Association. 138(1): 94-100.

• Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T.L., Gretebeck, K., Siefert, K., Williams, D.R., and Ismail, A. (2006) Cigarette smoking among low-income African American women. Ethnicity and Diseas. 16(2): 527-533.

• Finlayson, T.L., Siefert, K., Ismail, A., Delva, J., and Woosung, S. (2005) Reliability and validity of brief measures of oral health-related knowledge, fatalism, and self-efficacy in mothers of African American children. Pediatric Dentistry. 27: 422-428.

• Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T.L., Gretebeck, K.A., Siefert, K., Williams, D.R., and Ismail, A. (2005) Cigarette smoking among low-income African Americans: A serious public health problem. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 29(3): 218-220.

• Finlayson, T.L., Moyer, C.A., and Sonnad, S.S. (2004) Assessing symptoms, disease severity and quality of life in the clinical context: A theoretical framework. The American Journal of Managed Care. 10(5): 336-344.