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 2020

Knowledge of, and beliefs about, access to screening facilities and cervical cancer screening behaviors among low-income women in New Jersey, Stephanie A.Navarro Silvera, Elisa V. Bandera, Beth A. Jones, Alejandra M. Kaplan, and Kitaw Demisse (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

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)

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)

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

Evaluating Structural Change Approaches to Health Promotion: An Exploratory Scoping Review of a Decade of U.S. Progress, Yuka Asada, Lisa D. Lieberman, Leah C. Neubauer, Rosie Hanneke, and Michael C. Fagen (2018)

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

Silence and Censure: A Qualitative Analysis of Young Adults’ Reflections on Communication With Parents Prior to First Sex, Eva Goldfarb, Lisa D. Lieberman, Samantha Kwiatkowski, and Paul Santos (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)

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)

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

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)

‘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)

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)

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)

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)

Reflections on Structural Change: Where Do We Go From Here?, Lisa D. Lieberman and Jo Anne L. Earp (2015)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

Diet and lifestyle factors and risk of subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancers: Classification tree analysis, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Susan T. Mayne, Marilie D. Gammon, Thomas L. Vaughan, Wong Ho Chow, Joel A. Dubin, Robert Dubrow, Janet L. Stanford, A. Brian West, Heidrun Rotterdam, William J. Blot, and Harvey A. Risch (2014)

Submissions from 2013

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)

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)

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)

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

Submissions from 2012

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Adolescent physical development and health, Amanda S. Birnbaum and Miriam R. Linver (2012)

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

Risky Sexual Behavior: A Race-specific Social Consequence of Obesity, Tamara Leech and Janice Johnson Dias (2012)

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The significance of race for neighborhood social cohesion: Perceived difficulty of collective action in majority black neighborhoods, Tamara Leech and Tara Hobson-Prater (2012)

Relationships and Context as a Means for Improving Disease Prevention and Sexual Health Messages, Lisa D. Lieberman (2012)

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Impact of the Choosing the Best Program in Communities Committed to Abstinence Education, Lisa D. Lieberman and Haiyan Su (2012)

Education and inequalities in blood pressure, body mass index, and waist circumference: evidence for a population strategy, Sze Yan Liu, Ichiro Kawachi, and M. Maria Glymour (2012)

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Decreased Births Among Black Female Adolescents Following School Desegregation, Sze Yan Liu, Crystal D. Linkletter, Eric B. Loucks, M. Maria Glymour, and Stephen L. Buka (2012)

College Student Perceptions on Campus Alcohol Policies and Consumption Patterns, Brenda L. Marshall, Katherine J. Roberts, Joseph Donnelly, and Imani N. Rutledge (2012)

Self-reported and measured hypertension among older US- and foreign-born adults, Kellee White, Mauricio Avedano, J Robin Moon, Benjamin Capistrant, Sze Yan Liu, and M Maria Glymour (2012)

Lessons From the Trenches: Meeting Evaluation Challenges in School Health Education, Michael Young, George Denny, and Joseph Donnelly (2012)

Submissions from 2011

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Political competition, relative deprivation, and perceived threat: a research note on anti- Christian violence in India, Chad Bauman and Tamara Leech (2011)

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Sexuality Education, Eva Goldfarb and Norman A. Constantine (2011)

A Theater-Based Approach to Primary Prevention of Sexual Behavior for Early Adolescents, Lisa D. Lieberman, Cydelle Berlin, Lori-Ann Palen, and Olivia Silber Ashley (2011)

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The association between blood pressure and years of schooling versus educational credentials: Test of the sheepskin effect, Sze Yan Liu, Stephen L. Buka, Crystal D. Linkletter, Ichiro Kawachi, Laura Kubzansky, and Eric B. Loucks (2011)

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Principal component analysis of dietary and lifestyle patterns in relation to risk of subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancer, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Susan T. Mayne, Harvey A. Risch, Marilie D. Gammon, Thomas Vaughan, Wong-Ho Chow, Joel A. Dubin, Robert Dubrow, Janet Schoenberg, Janet L. Stanford, A. Brian West, Heidrun Rotterdam, and William J. Blot (2011)

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The Community Action Framework in Practice: An Illustration Based on the Ready by 21 Coalition of Austin/Travis County, Raphael Travis Jr. and Tamara Leech (2011)

Submissions from 2010

Health Promotion Practice and the Road Ahead: Addressing Enduring Gaps and Encouraging Greater Practice-to-Research Translation, Amanda Birnbaum and Mark D. Rivera (2010)

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Examination of perceived neighborhood characteristics and transportation on changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior: The Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls, Kelly Evenson, David Murray, Amanda Birnbaum, and Deborah Cohen (2010)

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Everything's Better in Moderation: Young Women's Gender Role Attitudes and Risky Sexual Behavior, Tamara Leech (2010)

Practice Notes: Strategies in Health Education, Lisa D. Lieberman (2010)

Practice Notes: Strategies in Health Education, Lisa D. Lieberman (2010)

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Implications of Lifecourse Epidemiology for Research on Determinants of Adult Disease, Sze Yan Liu, R N. Jones, and M Maria Glymour (2010)

Submissions from 2009

Developing a School Functioning Index for Middle Schools, Amanda Birnbaum, Leslie A. Lytle, Cheryl L. Perry, David Murray, and Mary Story (2009)

Area Specific Self-Esteem, Values, and Adolescent Substance Use, Joseph Donnelly, Michael Young, Rebecca Pearson, Tina M. Penhollow, and Aida Hernandez (2009)

Community Empowerment through an Academic Product: Implications for the Social-justice, Tamara Leech and Edrose Potts Jr. (2009)

Program “Miracle Grow”: Program Staff and Evaluators Joining Forces to Power-Up Program Potential, Lisa D. Lieberman (2009)

Residential modifications and decline in physical function among community-dwelling elderly, Sze Yan Liu and Kate L. Lapane (2009)

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Hospital readmissions for childhood asthma: The role of individual and neighborhood factors, Sze Yan Liu and Deborah Pearlman (2009)

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Lunchtime Practices and Problem Behaviors Among Multiethnic Urban Youth, Tracy Nichols, Amanda Birnbaum, Kylie Bryant, and Gilbert Botvin (2009)

Peer-Led, School-Based Nutrition Education for Young Adolescents: Feasibility and Process Evaluation of the TEENS Study, Mary Story, Leslie A. Lytle, Amanda Birnbaum, and Cheryl L. Perry (2009)

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Tailoring Messages to Individual Differences in Monitoring- Blunting Styles to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Pamela Williams-Piehota, Amy E. Latimer, Nicole A. Katulak, Ashley Cox, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Linda Mowad, and Peter Salovey (2009)

Submissions from 2008

A Lesson on Homophobia and Teasing, Eva S. Goldfarb (2008)

Explaining the Race Difference in Prostate Cancer Stage at Diagnosis, Beth A. Jones, Wen-Liang Liu, Andre B. Araujo, Stanislav V. Kasl, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Hosanna Soler-Vila, Mary G.M. Curnen, and Robert Dubrow (2008)

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Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Practices among Disabled Women Aged 40–75: Does Quality of the Experience Matter?, Sze Yan Liu and Melissa A. Clark (2008)

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Food group intake and risk of subtypes of esophageal and gastric cancer, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Susan T. Mayne, Harvey Risch, Marilee D. Gammon, Thomas L. Vaughan, Wong-Ho Chow, Robert Dubrow, Janet B. Schoenberg, Janet L. Stanford, Brian West, Heidrun Rotterdam, William J. Blot, and Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. (2008)

Submissions from 2007

Measurement of Perceived School Climate for Active Travel in Children., Kelly Evenson, Robert Motl, Amanda Birnbaum, and Dianne Ward (2007)

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A cohort study of reproductive and hormonal factors and renal cell cancer risk in women, GC Kabat, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, AB Miller, and TE Rohan (2007)