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Disparities in Overweight and Obesity Among US College Students
July 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The college setting presents an important opportunity for health promotion during a critical developmental stage for weight gain. This study is the first to examine prevalence, trends and social disparities in overweight, obesity and class II obesit ...
Disaster Planning and Risk Communication with Vulnerable Communities
April 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The study's objective focused on the experience of Hurricane Katrina's evacuees to better understand factors influencing evacuation decisions in impoverished, mainly minority communities that were most severely affected by the disaster.
Changes in Drug Use Prevalence in Rap Music Songs, 1979-1997
September 1, 2005 | Journal Article
This article explores the role of changing images of drug use in rap music from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Validity of the CRAFFT in American-Indian and Alaska-Native Adolescents
September 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Screening for Drug and Alcohol Risk
Home Visiting by Paraprofessionals and by Nurses
September 1, 2002 | Journal Article
This study focuses on the effectiveness of home visiting by specially trained paraprofessionals and nurses as separate means of improving maternal and child health
Prices, Policies, and Youth Smoking
May 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Unless the nations of the world act, within a generation as many as 10 million people per year will die from tobacco use.