Publications and creative works by faculty in the Department of Public Health, College of Education and Human Services, are collected here.

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Submissions from 2024

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Public Health Implications of Social Media on Adolescent Health Behaviors: Upstream Approaches to Prevention Strategies, Joseph Donnelly and Elena Saldutti (2024)

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Enhancing Health Education: The Role of Social Emotional Learning in PreK-12 Students' Well-being, Elena Saldutti, Joseph Donnelly, Judy LoBianco, and Mary Connolly (2024)

Submissions from 2023

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Public Health Implications: A Scoping Review of Opioid Prevention Programs Among Adolescents, Joseph Donnelly, Elena Saldutti, Lisa Ellis Gavin, and Michael Hecht (2023)

Increased female political representation associated with lower county-level uninsured and preventable hospitalizations rates in the US, 2013-2018, Sze Yan Liu (2023)

Submissions from 2022

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Country-level association of socio-cultural factors with the burden of four common mental disorders. An ecological analysis using the Global Burden of Disease database, Guillaume Barbalat and Sze Yan Liu (2022)

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Assessing Sexual Assault and Harassment at Montclair State University: Research Abstracts, Amanda Birnbaum, Eva Goldfarb, Lisa Lieberman, and Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera (2022)

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Public Health Implications of Cannabis Legalization: An Exploration of Adolescent Use and Evidence-Based Interventions, Joseph Donnelly, Michael Young, Brenda Marshall, Michael L. Hecht, and Elena Saldutti (2022)

Long-Term Impact of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Burden of Cannabis Use Disorders in US Male and Female Adolescents and Young Adults, Sze Yan Liu (2022)

Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities: effect on use of health services and health outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries, Sze Yan Liu (2022)

The Bidirectional Relationship between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Social Support in a 9/11-Exposed Cohort: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Analysis, Sze Yan Liu, Jiehui Li, Lydia F. Leon, Ralf Schwarzer, and James E. Cone (2022)

The relationship between voting restrictions and COVID-19 case and mortality rates between US counties, Roman Pabayo, Erin Grinshteyn, Brian Steele, Peter Muennig, and Sze Yan Liu (2022)

Sleepless in inequality: findings from the 2018 behavioral risk factor surveillance system, a cross-sectional study, Roman Pabayo, Priya Patel, Sze Yan Liu, and Beth E. Molnar (2022)

Submissions from 2021

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Advocates and researchers working together to improve school health education, Joseph Donnelly, Michael Young, and Katherine J. Roberts (2021)

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Prevalencia mensual de trastorno de ansiedad generalizada durante la pandemia por Covid-19 en México, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Víctor Pérez-Hernández, Mireya Vilar-Compte, and Graciela Teruel-Belismelis (2021)

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Food insecurity measurement and prevalence estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic in a repeated cross-sectional survey in Mexico, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Graciela Teruel, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2021)

Earned Distrust: Systemic Issues Contributing to the Black Population’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trepidation, Tamara Leech and Krissantonia Kerr (2021)

Dynamic residential movement and depression among the World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees, Sungwoo Lim, Sze Yan Liu, Jennifer Brite, Aldo Crossa, Sean Locke, Cristina Pollari, and Maria Baquero (2021)

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Effect of adult’s workplace harassment on child’s odds of mental health problem, Sze Yan Liu (2021)

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Difference in Hospital Utilization Within the First 12 Months Among Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Medicaid Managed Care Versus Fee-for-Service: A Regression Discontinuity Study, Sze Yan Liu and Sungwoo Lim (2021)

Perceived Discrimination and Increased Odds of Unmet Medical Needs Among US Children, Sze Yan Liu, Roman Pabayo, and Peter Muennig (2021)

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Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on loneliness and social isolation: A multi-country study, Roger O’Sullivan, Annette Burns, Gerard Leavey, Iracema Leroi, Vanessa Burholt, James Lubben, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Christina Victor, Brian Lawlor, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Carla M. Perissinotto, Mark A. Tully, Mary Pat Sullivan, Michael Rosato, Joanna McHugh Power, Elisa Tiilikainen, and Thomas R. Prohaska (2021)

Barriers to Voting and Access to Health Insurance Among US Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study, Roman Pabayo, Sze Yan Liu, Erin Grinshteyn, Daniel M. Cook, and Peter Muennig (2021)

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Implementation of childhood obesity prevention and control policies in the United States and Latin America: Lessons for cross-border research and practice, Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Elizabeth Rhodes, Olga L. Sarmiento, Camila Corvalan, Rachel Sturke, and Susan Vorkoper (2021)

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The yearly financing need of providing paid maternity leave in the informal sector in Indonesia, Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Pipit Pitriyan, Donny Hardiawan, Paul Zambrano, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Graciela Ma Teruel Belismelis, Meztli Moncada, David Tamayo, Grace Carroll, Rafael Perez-Escamilla, and Roger Mathisen (2021)

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The financing need for expanding paid maternity leave to support breastfeeding in the informal sector in the Philippines, Valerie Gilbert Ulep, Paul Zambrano, Janice Datu-Sanguyo, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Graciela MaTeruel Belismelis, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Grace J. Carrol, and Roger Mathisen (2021)

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Migration as a determinant of childhood obesity in the United States and Latin America, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Arturo V. Bustamante, Nancy López-Olmedo, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Jaqueline Torres, Karen E. Peterson, Graciela Teruel, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2021)

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La migración como determinante de la obesidad infantil en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Arturo V. Bustamante, Nancy López-Olmedo, Pablo Gaitán-Ross, Jaqueline Torres, Karen E. Peterson, Graciela Teruel, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2021)

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Pre-COVID-19 Social Determinants of Health Among Mexican Migrants in Los Angeles and New York City and Their Increased Vulnerability to Unfavorable Health Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Pablo Gaitán‐Rossi, Lucía Félix‐Beltrán, and Arturo V. Bustamante (2021)

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Breastfeeding media coverage and beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico: implications for breastfeeding equity, Mireya Vilar-Compte, P. Gaitán‐Rossi, E. C. Rhodes, V. Cruz‐Villalba, and R. Pérez‐Escamilla (2021)

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Implementación de políticas de prevención y control de la obesidad infantil en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica: lecciones para la investigación y la práctica transfronterizas, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Elizabeth Rhodes, Olga L. Sarmiento, Camila Corvalan, Rachel Sturke, and Susan Vorkoper (2021)

Submissions from 2020

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A retrospective analysis of sex education messages received by LGB youth, Jacqueline Bible, Alejandra Kaplan, Lisa D. Lieberman, and Eva Goldfarb (2020)

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Association between breastfeeding and child stunting in Mexico, Ana Paola Campos, Mireya Vilar-Compte, and Summer Sherburne Hawkins (2020)

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A Comparison of Common Health Indicators From Two Surveys of Latinos in the Bronx, New York, Aldo Crossa; Jillian Jessup; Sze Yan Liu; Carmen R, Isasi; David B. Hanna; Simin Hua; Fangtao He; Amber Levanon Seligson; and Sungwoo Lim (2020)

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Three Decades of Research: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education, Eva Goldfarb and Lisa D. Lieberman (2020)

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State-level income inequality and the odds for meeting fruit and vegetable recommendations among US adults, Masako Horino, Sze Yan Liu, Eun-Young Lee, Ichiro Kawachi, and Roman Pabayo (2020)

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Factors Associated with Binge Drinking during the Transition into Adulthood: Exploring Associations Within Two Distinct Young Adult Age Ranges, Tamara Leech, Sarah Jacobs, and Denis Watson (2020)

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Housing stability and diabetes among people living in New York city public housing, Sungwoo Lim, Sze Yan Liu, Melanie H. Jacobson, Eugenie Poirot, Aldo Crossa, Sean Locke, Jennifer Brite, Elizabeth Hamby, Zinzi Bailey, and Stephanie Farquhar (2020)

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Association between racial discrimination and health‐related quality of life and the impact of social relationships, Sze Yan Liu, Genevieve Bergeron, Nneka Lundy De La Cruz, L. Hannah Gould, and Amber Levanon Seligson (2020)

Collective Trauma and Mental Health Hospitalization Rates Among Children in New York State, 1999–2013: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects, Sze Yan Liu and Sungwoo Lim (2020)

Impact of law enforcement-related deaths of unarmed black New Yorkers on emergency department rates, New York 2013–2016, Sze Yan Liu, Sungwoo Lim DrPH, and L Hannah Gould PhD (2020)

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Laws Restricting Access to Abortion Services and Infant Mortality Risk in the United States, Roman Pabayo, Amy Ehntholt, Daniel M. Cook, Megan Reynolds, Peter Muennig, and Sze Yan Liu (2020)

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How much can Mexican healthcare providers learn about breastfeeding through a semi-virtual training? A propensity score matching analysis, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Meztli Moncada, and Diana Flores (2020)

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Costing of actions to safeguard vulnerable Mexican households with young children from the consequences of COVID-19 social distancing measures, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Víctor Pérez, Graciela Teruel, Aranzazu Alonso, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2020)

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Costs of maternity leave to support breastfeeding; Brazil, Ghana and Mexico, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Graciela M. Teruel, Diana Flores-Peregrina, Grace J. Carroll, Gabriela S. Buccini, and Rafael Perez-Escamilla (2020)

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Development of a diabetes self-management + mHealth program: Tailoring the intervention for a pilot study in a low-income setting in Mexico, Robin Whittemore, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Soraya Burrola-Méndez, Annel Lozano-Marrufo, Roberta Delvy, Mariana Pardo-Carrillo, Selene De La Cerda, Ninfa Pena-Purcell, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2020)

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¡Sí, Yo Puedo Vivir Sano con Diabetes! A Self-Management Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial for Low-Income Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Mexico City, Robin Whittemore, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Selene De La Cerda, Roberta Delvy, Sangchoon Jeon, Soraya Burrola-Méndez, Mariana Pardo-Carrillo, Annel Lozano-Marrufo, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2020)

Submissions from 2019

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State School Policies as Predictors of Physical and Mental Health: A Natural Experiment in the REGARDS Cohort, Willa D. Brenowitz, Jennifer J. Manly, Audrey R. Murchland, Thu Thi Xuan Ngyuen, Sze Yan Liu, M Maria Glymour, Deborah A. Levine, Michael Crowe, Timothy J. Hohman, Carole Dufouil, Lenore J. Launer, Trey Hedden, Chloe W. Eng, Virginia G. Wadley, and Virginia J. Howard (2019)

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An Iterative Process for Training Design and Implementation Increased Health Workers' Knowledge for Taking Nutrition Behavior Change to Scale, Wendy Gonzalez, Anabelle Bonvecchio Arenas, Armando García-Guerra, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Alejandría Villa de la Vega, Laura Quezada, Cynthia Rosas, Ana Lilia Lozada-Tequeanes, and Amira Hernández (2019)

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Determinants of Severe Maternal Morbidity and Its Racial/Ethnic Disparities in New York City, 2008–2012, Renata E. Howland, Meghan Angley, Sang Hee Won, Wendy Wilcox, Hannah Searing, Sze Yan Liu, and Emily White Johansson (2019)

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Trends in nonresident abortion rates in New York City from 2005 to 2015: a time series analysis, Emily White Johansson, Erica Lee Argov, Aileen Langston, Alison Yager, Hannah Searing, and Sze Yan Liu (2019)

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Structural Racism and Severe Maternal Morbidity in New York State, Sze Yan Liu, Christina Fiorentini, Zinzi Bailey, Mary Huynh, Katherine McVeigh, and Deborah Kaplan (2019)

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Structural racism and odds for infant mortality among infants born in the United States 2010, Roman Pabayo, Amy Ehntholt, Kara L. Davis, Sze Yan Liu, Peter Muening, and Daniel Cook (2019)

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Short relative leg length is associated with overweight and obesity in Mexican immigrant women, Mireya Vilar-Compte, James Macinko, Beth C. Weitzman, and Carlos M. Avendaño-Villela (2019)

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Costing a Maternity Leave Cash Transfer to Support Breastfeeding Among Informally Employed Mexican Women, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Graciela Teruel, Diana Flores, Grace J. Carroll, Gabriela S. Buccini, and Rafael Pe ́rez-Escamilla (2019)

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Challenges to diabetes self-management for adults with type 2 diabetes in low-resource settings in Mexico City: A qualitative descriptive study, Robin Whittemore, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Selene De La Cerda, Denise Marron, Rosabelle Conover, Roberta Delvy, Annel Lozano-Marrufo, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla (2019)

Submissions from 2018

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The Legalization of Medical/Recreational Marijuana: Implications for School Health Drug Education Programs, Joseph Donnelly and Michael Young (2018)

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“Are you accepting new patients?” A pilot field experiment on telephone-based gatekeeping and Black patients’ access to pediatric care, Tamara Leech, Amy Irby-Shasanmi, and Anne L. Mitchell (2018)

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Syndemics of Severity and Frequency of Elder Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Older Females, Mireya Vilar-Compte and Pablo Gaitán-Rossi (2018)

Submissions from 2017

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The Scoping Review Method: Mapping the Literature in “Structural Change” Public Health Interventions, Rosie Hanneke, Yuka Asada, Lisa D. Lieberman, Leah Christina Neubauer, and Michael C. Fagan (2017)

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Does First Sex Really “Just Happen?” A Retrospective Exploratory Study of Sexual Debut Among American Adolescents, Lisa D. Lieberman, Eva S. Goldfarb, Samantha Kwiatkowski, and Paul Santos (2017)

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Discrimination and Telomere Length Among Older Adults in the United States, Sze Yan Liu and Ichiro Kawachi (2017)

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Perspectives on Conceptualizing Developmentally Appropriate Sexuality Education, Sara Silverio Marques, Eva Goldfarb, Julianna Deardoff, and Norman A. Constantine (2017)

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Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities: effect on use of health services and health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries, Frank Pega, Sze Yan Liu, Stefan Walter, Roman Pabayo, Ruhi Saith, and S L. Lhachimi (2017)

Submissions from 2016

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The Effects of the Yes You Can! Curriculum on the Sexual Knowledge and Intent of Middle School Students, Joseph Donnelly, Robert Horn, Michael Young, and Andrada E. Ivanescu (2016)

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‘Because I Don’t know’: uncertainty and ambiguity in closed-ended reports of perceived discrimination in US health care, Chih-Yuan Lee and Amy Irby-Shasanmi (2016)

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Inequitable Chronic Lead Exposure: A Dual Legacy of Social and Environmental Injustice, Tamara Leech, Elizabeth A. Adams, Tess D. Weathers, Lisa K. Staten, and Gabriel M. Filippelli (2016)

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Instrumental variable approaches to identifying the causal effect of educational attainment on dementia risk, Thu T. Nguyen, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Ichiro Kawachi, Stephen E. Gilman, Stefan Walter, Sze Yan Liu, and M Maria Glymour (2016)

Families and Disability Onset: Are Spousal Resources Less Important for Individuals at High Risk of Dementia?, Pamela M. Rist, Sze Yan Liu, and M Maria Glymour (2016)

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Association of a Genetic Risk Score With Body Mass Index Across Different Birth Cohorts, Stefan Walter, Ivan Mejia-Guevara, Karol Estrada, Sze Yan Liu, and M Maria Glymour (2016)

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Perceptions of Peer Sexual Behavior: Do Adolescents Believe in a Sexual Double Standard?, Michael Young, Susan Cardenas, Joseph Donnelly, and Mark J. Kittleson (2016)

Submissions from 2015

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Work/ family demands and cardiometabolic risk and sleep duration in extended care employees: multilevel findings from the Work, family and Health Network, Lisa Berkman, Sze Yan Liu, Leslie Hammer, Phyllis Moen, Laura Cousino Klein, Erin Kelly, Martha Fay, Kelly Davis, Mary Durham, Georgia Karuntzos, and Orfeu M. Buxton (2015)

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Know Your Value: Negotiation Skill Development for Junior Investigators in the Academic Environment—A Report from the American Society of Preventive Oncology's Junior Members Interest Group, Allison B. Burton-Chase, Maria C. Swartz, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Karen Basen-Engquist, Faith E. Fletcher, and Peter G. Shields (2015)

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Family Preservation and Healthy Outcomes for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in Foster Care: The Inwood House Theory of Change, Lisa D. Lieberman, Linda Lausell Bryant, and Keneca Boyce (2015)

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Upending the Social Ecological Model to Guide Health Promotion Efforts Toward Policy and Environmental Change, Lisa D. Lieberman, Shelley D. Golden, Kenneth R. Mcleroy, Lawrence W. Green, and Jo Anne L. Earp (2015)

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The role of place in explaining racial heterogeneity in cognitive outcomes among older adults, Sze Yan Liu, M Maria Glymou, Laura B. Zahodne, Christopher Weiss, and Jennifer J. Manly (2015)

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Historical Differences in School Term Length and Measured Blood Pressure: Contributions to Persistent Racial Disparities among US-Born Adults, Sze Yan Liu, Jennifer M. Manly, Benjamin Capistrant, and M Maria Glymour (2015)

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Genetic vulnerability to diabetes and obesity: does education offset the risk?, Sze Yan Liu, Stefan Walter, Jessica Daniel, David H. Rehkopf, Laura E. Kubzansky, and M Maria Glymour (2015)

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Sexuality Education Websites for Adolescents: A Framework-Based Content Analysis, Sara Silverio Marques, Jessica S. Lin, Summer Starling, Aubrey G. Daquiz, Eva Goldfarb, Kimberly Garcia, and Norman A. Constantine (2015)

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Unconditional cash transfers for assistance in humanitarian disasters: effects on the use of health services and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, Frank Pega, Sze Yan Liu, Stefan Walter, and S K. Lhachimi (2015)

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The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Sebastian Sandoval-Olascoaga, Ana Bernal-Stuart, Sandhya Shimoga, and Arturo Vargas-Bustamante (2015)

Submissions from 2014

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Sexuality Information Needs of Latino and African American Ninth Graders: A Content Analysis of Anonymous Questions, Francisca Angulo-Olaiz, Eva Goldfarb, and Norman A. Constantine (2014)

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High school mentors' perceptions about Veggiecation within HealthCorps: a case study (624.31), Yeon Bai, Amanda Birnbaum, and Alyce Fly (2014)

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Improving Sexuality Education: The Development of Teacher-Preparation Standards, Elissa M. Barr, Eva Goldfarb, Susan Russell, Denise Seabert, Michele Wallen, and Kelly L. Wilson (2014)

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The Disability Burden Associated With Stroke Emerges Before Stroke Onset and Differentially Affects Blacks: Results From the Health and Retirement Study Cohort, Benjamin D. Capistrant, Nicte I. Mejia, Sze Yan Liu, Qianyi Wang, and M. Maria Glymour (2014)

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Developing a Measure of Scientific Literacy for Middle School Students, Helenrose Fives, Mark Nicolich, Amanda Birnbaum, and Wendy Huber (2014)

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The RD Parent Empowerment Program Creates Measurable Change in the Behaviors of Low-Income Families and Children: An Intervention Description and Evaluation, Rosa K. Hand, Amanda Birnbaum, Betty Jean Carter, Lisa Medrow, Emily Stern, and Katie Brown (2014)

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A Community Conversation on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Services: Networks of Support, Gatekeepers to Care, and Non-Compulsory Fathering in a Black Urban Community, Tamara Leech, Elizabeth A. Adams, and Marci Littlefield (2014)

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Diversity in times of austerity: documenting resistance in the academy, Tamara Leech, David Moscowitz, Terri Jett, Terri Carney, and Ann Savage (2014)

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Pregnant Teens in Foster Care: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges in Conducting Research on Vulnerable Populations, Lisa D. Lieberman, Linda L. Bryant, Kenece Boyce, and Patricia Beresford (2014)

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Evaluating Programs That Address Ideological Issues: Ethical and Practical Considerations for Practitioners and Evaluators, Lisa D. Lieberman, Michael C. Fagan, and Brad L. Neiger (2014)

His Phd is in Hypocrisy : ... and Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-boyfriend, Tayo Oredein (2014)

Submissions from 2013

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Stroke-associated differences in rates of activity of daily living loss emerge years before stroke onset, Benjamin Capistrant, Q Wang, Sze Yan Liu, and M. Maria Glymour (2013)

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Violence Among Young Adults Receiving Housing Assistance: Vouchers, Race, and Transitions Into Adulthood, Tamara Leech (2013)

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Local Tobacco Control: Application of the Essential Public Health Services Model in a County Health Department’s Efforts to Put It Out Rockland, Lisa D. Lieberman, Una Diffley, Sandy King, Shelley Chanler, Maryanne Ferrera, Oscar Alleyne, and Joan Facelle (2013)

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Structural Approaches to Health Promotion: What Do We Need to Know About Policy and Environmental Change?, Lisa D. Lieberman, Shelley D. Golden, and Jo Anne L. Earp (2013)

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Type of High-School Credentials and Older Age ADL and IADL Limitations: Is the GED Credential Equivalent to a Diploma?, Sze Yan Liu, Niraj R. Chavan, and M. Maria Glymour (2013)

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Short- and long-term associations between widowhood and mortality in the United States: longitudinal analyses, J. Robin Moon, M. Maria Glamour, Anusha M. Vable, Sze Yan Liu, and S.V. Subramanian (2013)

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Empowerment-Based Positive Youth Development: A New Understanding of Healthy Development for African American Youth, Raphael Travis Jr. and Tamara Leech (2013)

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Area Specific Self-Esteem, Values, and Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Michael Young, Joseph Donnelly, and George Denny (2013)

Submissions from 2012

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Subsidized Housing, Public Housing, and Adolescent Violence and Substance Use, Tamara Leech (2012)