Poverty and Health
June 14, 2012 | Journal Article
The study's results shows social discrimination can be a chronic stressor, with a detrimental impact on physiological systems over time.
Social Determinants of Health
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Social Environment Trumps Genetics When it Comes to Teen Friendships
November 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A study finds that important interactions between genetics and the social environment help determine friendship formation during high school.
Class-Based Discrimination Harms Child Health
June 13, 2012 | Story
New evidence suggests discrimination is an important social determinant of health among White Americans.
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Asthma Self-Management Support Comparing Clinic-Based Nurses and In-Home Community Health Workers
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Adding home health visits by community health workers for families already receiving in-clinic support from asthma nurses, gives their asthmatic children 24 more symptom-free days per year on average and also modestly improves quality of life for caregivers.
Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Child Health
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors examined social risk factors (poverty, minority race/ethnicity, low parental education and not living with both biological parents) to assess whether an accretion of risk factors had a cumulative effect on child health. They also investi ...
Health Selection and the Process of Social Stratification
December 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This study uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine three questions: 1) does poor health in childhood affect the amount of education completed, future occupation, labor earnings, or wealth accumulation? 2) Is childhood health a m ...
Content Analysis of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs in Popular Music
February 1, 2008 | Journal Article
In this study, the researchers performed a comprehensive content analysis of contemporary popular music using data from Billboard magazine to identify the most popular songs of 2005.
Parents' Union Dissolution and Adolescents' School Performance
August 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This study compares two methods of analyzing data propensity score matching and the more traditional ordinary least square (OLS) regression technique, to discuss whether results obtained via each method are comparable in answering a particular socio ...
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships
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Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.
Building Healthy Teen Relationships
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As this video illustrates, Start Strong is promoting healthy relationships as the way to prevent teen dating violence and abuse before it starts.