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African-American adolescent girls' initiation of sexual activity: survival analysis
(Elsevier, 2010-03)Purpose: African American adolescent females tend to initiate participation in sexual activity at an earlier age than Caucasian adolescent females. Early initial participation in sexual activity is associated with increased ... -
Association of neighborhood crime with asthma and asthma morbidity among Mexican American children in Chicago, Illinois
(Elsevier, 2016-11)Background There is increasing evidence that neighborhood-level factors, in addition to individual-level factors, may contribute directly or indirectly to childhood asthma by affecting environmental and lifestyle factors. ... -
Behavioral Problems in Taiwanese Children of Adolescent and Adult Mothers
(Springer Verlag, 2016-12)The purpose of this study was to estimate child behavioral problems over time and determine gender differences in behavioral problems between children born to adolescent and adult mothers in Taiwan. The consistency between ... -
A Comparative Study of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Heterosexually and Lesbian Identified Women: Data from the ESTHER Project (Pittsburgh, PA, 2003-2006)
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2010-11)Objectives: The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among women in the United States is high. Little is known about how CAM use may differ based on sexual orientation. Study aims were to measure ... -
Comparing Appropriateness and Equivalence of Email Interviews to Phone Interviews in Qualitative Research on Reproductive Decisions
(Elsevier, 2017-07-31)BACKGROUND: Despite an increasing use of qualitative email interviews by nurse researchers, there is little understanding about the appropriateness and equivalence of email interviews to other qualitative data collection ... -
Comparison of two Bayesian methods to detect mode effects between paper-based and computerized adaptive assessments: a preliminary Monte Carlo study
(BioMed Central, 2012-08)Background: Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is being applied to health outcome measures developed as paper-and-pencil (P&P) instruments. Differences in how respondents answer items administered by CAT vs. P&P can ... -
A Decision Support Tool for Using an ICD-10 Anatomographer to Address Admission Coding Inaccuracies: A Commentary
(University of Illinois at Chicago Library, 2013-07)In the chaotic environment of an emergency department trauma unit, accuracy and timeliness in decision making are required to save a patient’s life. In a large urban city, where gun violence is high, emergency department ... -
Drinker Identity: Key Risk Factor for Adolescent Alcohol Use
(Wiley, 2018-02-04)BACKGROUND: Adolescent alcohol use continues to be a critical public health problem with both short-term and long-term negative health consequences. Defining oneself in terms of alcohol, a drinking-related identity, has ... -
Hazardous Drinking, Depression, and Anxiety Among Sexual-Minority Women: Self-Medication or Impaired Functioning?
(Alcohol Research Documentation, 2013-07)Objective: Sexual-minority women are at heightened risk for a number of mental health problems, including hazardous alcohol consumption, depression, and anxiety. We examined self-medication and impaired-functioning models ... -
Health Status, Health Service Use, and Satisfaction According to Sexual Identity of Young Australian Women
(Elsevier, 2011-01)Objectives: To compare physical and mental health status, health service use and satisfaction amongst young Australian women of varying sexual identity; and to explore associations of all of these variables with satisfaction ... -
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of School-Based Active Living Programs
(Elsevier Masson, 2012-11)Background: School-based programs combating childhood obesity often lack resources to incorporate strong evaluation components. This paper describes a collaborative evaluation conducted by partners implementing Active ... -
Nativity and Serum Concentrations of Antioxidants in Mexican American Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
(MDPI, 2014-04-16)There is limited research on the effect of immigration on biological markers of nutrition among children of Mexican origin in the United States. The purpose of this crosssectional study was to examine data from the Third ... -
Nursing Knowledge about Alcohol Use and Alcohol Problems in Women: a Review of the Literature
(SAGE Publications, 2010-07)In this paper, we review the nursing empirical literature on alcohol and women‟s health published over the last five years (2005 to 2010). A total of 36 data-based papers authored by nurse investigators met eligibility ... -
Rapid Repeat Pregnancy among Unmarried African American Adolescent Couples
(Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2013-02)This article describes rapid repeat pregnancy (RRP), getting pregnant or giving birth again within 24 months of giving birth, in a group of unmarried, low-income, African American first-time, adolescent parent couples from ... -
Regional Differences in Physical Appearance Identity among Young Adult Women in Thailand
(SAGE Publications, 2011-02)Physical appearance concerns lead to serious health compromising behaviors among women in Thailand, but existing studies may not be generalizable to young women in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to examine differences ... -
Results from a Community-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment Program for LGBT Smokers
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013-05)Introduction. Little is known about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people's response to smoking cessation interventions. This descriptive study examined the benefits of a community-based, culturally tailored ... -
Salience of physical appearance characteristics among young women in Thailand
(Elsevier, 2011-07-21)Our aim in the present study was to identify key components of physical appearance among young Thai women. Free listings, focus groups and pile sorting were used. One-hundred twenty young women generated 78 unique physical ... -
Sexual Orientation and Substance Abuse Treatment Utilization in the United States: Results from a National Survey
(Elsevier, 2013-01)This study examined substance abuse treatment utilization across three dimensions of sexual orientation (identity, attraction, and behavior) in a large national sample of adults in the United States. Prevalence estimates ... -
Sexual Victimization and Hazardous Drinking Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Women
(Elsevier, 2010-12)Aims: Although research shows that sexual minority women report high rates of lifetime sexual victimization and high rates of hazardous drinking, investigators have yet to explore the relationships between sexual ...