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Labor Market, Financial, Insurance and Disability Outcomes Among Near Elderly Americans with Depression and Pain — Jan 1, 2005

Economic burden of depression has been documented, but the role of comorbid pain among the depressed is unclear. Using Wave 3 of the Health and Retirement Survey in 1996, we conducted multivariate regression analyses to estimate associations between depression and comorbid pain, and labor market, financial, insurance and disability outcomes among near elderly Americans aged 55-65, controlling for socio-demographics and health conditions.

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Die zweischneidige Verfassung [The Double Sided Condition] — Jan 1, 2005

While the new Iraqi constitution is relatively forward leaning with respect to women's issues, international attention should maintain focus on the emerging code of law and the manner of implementation, to secure women's equity under its code.

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The Association of Partner Abuse with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Women and Men with HIV/AIDS — Jan 1, 2005

Assesses whether women, heterosexual men, and gay/bisexual men with HIV who experienced or perpetrated abuse within a close relationship were likely to engage in unprotected intercourse with that same partner.

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Prevalence of Substance Use Among White and American Indian Young Adolescents in a Northern Plains State — Jan 1, 2005

Documents self-reported substance use among White and American Indian seventh graders in a Northern Plains state in 1997 and finds that American Indian girls exceeded American Indian boys and White girls and boys on lifetime and past-month use.

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Low Fertility and Population Ageing: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options — Aug 15, 2004

Examines the interrelations between European government policies and demographic trends and behaviour, and assesses which policies can prevent or mitigate the adverse consequences of current low fertility and population ageing.

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Improving Primary Care Treatment for Depression Creates Long-Lasting Improvements for Minority Patients — Apr 5, 2004

IMPROVING PRIMARY CARE TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION CREATES LONG-LASTING IMPROVEMENTS FOR MINORITY PATIENTS.

News Release

RAND Study Says Disability Rates Rise, Finds Link to Obesity — Jan 8, 2004

RAND Study Says Disability Rates Rise, Finds link to Obesity.

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In Pursuit of Prestige: Strategy and Competition in U.S. Higher Education — Jan 1, 2004

This volume examines higher education as an industry. The authors focus on how institutions serve four identifiable markets that generate revenue (student enrollment, research funding, public fiscal support, and private giving).

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Are the Young Becoming More Disabled? Rates of Disability Appear to Be on the Rise Among People Ages Eighteen to Fifty-Nine, Fueled By a Growing Obesity Epidemic — Jan 1, 2004

This paper investigates trends in disability in the U.S. population, particularly among people under age fifty.

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Health Plan Effects on Patient Assessments of Medicaid Managed Care Among Racial/ethnic Minorities — Jan 1, 2004

Health care organizations should engage in quality improvement activities to address the observed racial/ethnic disparities in assessments of care.

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Increasing Obesity Rates and Disability Trends: If It Continues at Its Current Rate, Rising Obesity Could Wipe Out Recent Improvements in Disability Among Older Americans — Jan 1, 2004

Unhealthy body weight has increased dramatically, but other data show that disability rates have declined.

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Assuring the Health of Immigrants: What the Leading Health Indicators Tell Us — Jan 1, 2004

The authors discuss the health of immigrants from the perspective of leading health indicators.

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Out-of-pocket Healthcare Expenditures of Older Americans with Depression — Jan 1, 2004

Older Americans with depression have high OOP expenditures, with this spending for health services and drugs to treat general medical conditions.

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Self-employment Among Older U.S. Workers — Jan 1, 2004

Self-employment rates rise at older ages and the baby-boom cohort is approaching retirement suggests demographics alone may halt or reverse that trend

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Effects of Primary Care Depression Treatment on Minority Patients' Clinical Status and Employment — Jan 1, 2004

The response of ethnic minorities to mental health care is largely unstudied.

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Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Violence, Substance Use and Disorder, and HIV Risk Behavior: A Comparison of Sheltered and Low-Income Housed Women in Los Angeles County — Jan 1, 2004

Violence against women, substance use and disorder, and HIV represent three significant threats to the health of women, yet little is known about the extent of these epidemics among indigent women. This study investigates and documents differences in the prevalence and co-occurrence of physical and sexual violence, substance use and disorder, and HIV risk behavior in sizable probability samples of sheltered homeless and low-income housed women.

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Predictors for Medical Students Entering a General Surgery Residency: National Survey Results — Jan 1, 2004

The number of general surgery (GS) residency applicants had been decreasing before 2003.

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Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Economic Complements or Substitutes? — Jan 1, 2004

Previous research has shown that the recent tightening of college alcohol policies has been effective at reducing college students' drinking.

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Substance Use and Vulnerability to Sexual and Physical Aggression: A Longitudinal Study of Young Adults — Jan 1, 2004

Links from marijuana use to victimization explained by users' violent behavior, not link from alcohol use to women's physical assault victimization.

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Sexual Victimization Among a National Probability Sample of Adolescent Women — Jan 1, 2004

Health care providers, teachers and school counselors can play key roles in identifying adolescent women at high risk for sexual victimization.

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