Regina A. Shih

Overview

Commentary

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  Asian American Lives and Livelihoods Don't Just Deserve Our Qualified Support

  Racism against Asian Americans is deeply rooted in the history of the United States. Enduring stereotypes about and bias towards Asian Americans, as well as lack of concern about them, have had long-standing harm on Asian American lives and livelihoods. What can the Asian American community and its allies do?

  Mar 22, 2021 The RAND Blog

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  Turning Off Power to Combat Wildfires Could Harm the Very People Who Need Protection

  While intentionally shutting off power may be a practical way to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires, is it worth the risks? Until more thoughtful and comprehensive decisions are made, planned power outages need to be planned better.

  Oct 28, 2019 CalMatters

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  U.S. Soldiers Denied Sleep Suffer Major Health Effects

  More than 60 percent of service members don't get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep per night. About a third get by on five hours or less. The military, and society at large, needs to recognize the importance of sleep as a crucial link to physical and mental well-being.

  May 11, 2015 U.S. News & World Report

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  Quality Sleep at Sea

  The U.S. Navy may be waking up to something sleep experts have known for a long time: that people function best when they follow their natural sleep rhythms.

  May 8, 2014 U.S. News & World Report

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  A Global Focus on Dementia

  The Group of 8 industrial nations is convening a special session to seek an international approach to dementia research at a time the disease is being recognized as a 21st century global health crisis of historic proportions.

  Dec 11, 2013 The RAND Blog

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  Weather Forecasts, and Our Trust in Them, Need to Improve

  When scientists predict extreme weather that never materializes, lay people tend to wonder what went wrong. This is a natural tendency that is not tied to a failure of the science, but rather to differences in the way scientists and lay people view predictions about extreme events.

  Oct 8, 2013 The Star-Ledger

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  Removing Road Blocks to Climate Change Adaptation Planning

  Despite increasing interest and investments in climate adaptation science, the implementation of adaptation plans through institutional policies or other actions designed to reduce health vulnerabilities has been slow. Institutionalized assumptions are an important roadblock.

  Oct 3, 2013 The RAND Blog

Publications

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  Research Brief

  A Unique Shelter for Older Adults Experiencing Abuse Offers Potential Cost Savings and Other Benefits

  This brief describes the model of the Weinberg Center (the nation's first elder-specific shelter), examines some client outcomes, and begins to quantify the model's costs and benefits for older adults experiencing abuse or mistreatment.

  May 10, 2021

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  Report

  An Initial Evaluation of the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice's Shelter Model for Elder Abuse and Mistreatment

  The authors describe the model of the Weinberg Center (the nation's first elder-specific shelter), examine some client outcomes, and begin to quantify the model's costs and benefits for individuals experiencing elder abuse or mistreatment.

  May 10, 2021

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  Journal Article

  Longitudinal Associations of Sleep Problems with Alcohol and Cannabis Use from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood

  This study examined longitudinal associations of sleep problems with alcohol and cannabis use across six annual waves of data from adolescence to emerging adulthood.

  Apr 28, 2021

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  Journal Article

  The Foreclosure Crisis, Community Change, and the Cognitive Health of Older Adults

  Community-level foreclosures are associated with a faster decline in individual cognition at older ages, with implications for the cognitive health of older adults.

  Dec 1, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Promises and Pitfalls of Health Information Technology for Home and Community-Based Services

  Structural reforms required by the Medicaid Balancing Incentive Program gave states an opportunity to modernize their HCBS systems through health information technology. Barriers to technology adoption persist, underscoring the need for continued support in future rebalancing efforts.

  Sep 15, 2020

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  Tool

  Getting To Outcomes® Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams: Content Area Module for Air Force Sleep Health Promotion

  This content area module for Air Force sleep health promotion is a companion volume to the Getting To Outcomes Operations Guide for U.S. Air Force Community Action Teams.

  Aug 20, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Factors Explaining State Differences in Applying for a Recent Long-Term Care Program That Promotes Aging in Place: Perspectives of Medicaid Administrators

  This article examines the reasons underlying states' decisions regarding their applications to the Balancing Incentive Program.

  Aug 4, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Do Recent Experiences of Sexual Violence and Co-Occurring Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Poorer Functioning One Year Later During the Transition to Young Adulthood?

  This study suggests that past year experiences of sexual violence, along with concurrent depression and anxiety symptoms, can affect functioning across a variety of health domains one year later during early young adulthood.

  May 19, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Air Pollution-Associated Changes in Biomarkers of Diabetes Risk

  The study expands upon existing literature by focusing on a longitudinal population exposed to air pollution concentrations typically experienced in the United States and other countries with lower average air pollution exposure.

  2019

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  Journal Article

  Locating Medical and Recreational Cannabis Outlets for Research Purposes: Online Methods and Observational Study

  This paper describes the methods that build on previous efforts by providing a detailed methodology that can be replicated in large metropolitan areas that have legalized the sale of cannabis.

  Mar 5, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Types of Cannabis and Tobacco/Nicotine Co-Use and Associated Outcomes in Young Adulthood

  This study examined different types of co-use as a first step in understanding more detailed patterns of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use among young adults, an age group that has the highest rates of both cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use, as well as co-use of these products.

  Feb 14, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Engagement of Providers and Advocates in a Rebalancing Initiative to Increase HCBS Access for Medicaid Beneficiaries

  Rebalancing long-term services and supports toward increased home- and community-based services will engage and affect multiple stakeholder groups, including governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders. This study describes stakeholder engagement in a LTSS rebalancing initiative.

  Jan 29, 2020

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  Journal Article

  Long-term Associations Between Substance Use-Related Media Exposure, Descriptive Norms, and Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

  This study uses advances in longitudinal modeling to extend our understanding of how exposure to substance-related media content, quantity of alcohol use, and perceived descriptive norms about alcohol use are reciprocally related over time.

  Sep 19, 2019

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  Journal Article

  Rural-Urban Disparities in Access to Home- and Community-Based Services and Supports: Stakeholder Perspectives From 14 States

  This paper presents findings from a qualitative study examining the impact of the Medicaid Balancing Incentive Program. The analysis in this paper examines factors associated with rural disparities in access to home and community-based services.

  Jun 26, 2019

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  Journal Article

  Associations Between Young Adult Marijuana Outcomes and Availability of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Storefront Signage

  Among young adults in Los Angeles County, living near more MMDs is positively associated with more frequent use of marijuana within the past month and greater expectations of marijuana's positive benefits.

  Jun 25, 2019

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  Journal Article

  Associations of Longitudinal Sleep Trajectories with Risky Sexual Behavior During Late Adolescence

  Insufficient sleep in adolescents may increase risk for sexual risk-taking and may set the stage for accelerated health risk trajectories into adulthood.

  Jun 12, 2019

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  Journal Article

  Fugitive Chemicals and Environmental Justice: A Model for Environmental Monitoring Following Climate-Related Disasters

  Waterfront communities can use this six-step framework to proactively develop an environmental monitoring program to prepare for, recover from, and respond to chemical leaks after weather disasters.

  Jul 3, 2018

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  Journal Article

  Planting the Seed for Marijuana Use: Changes in Exposure to Medical Marijuana Advertising and Subsequent Adolescent Marijuana Use, Cognitions, and Consequences Over Seven Years

  Regulations on medical marijuana (MM) advertising—similar to those for tobacco and alcohol—may mitigate negative consequences of MM on adolescents. 

  Jun 20, 2018

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  Journal Article

  Development and Maintenance of Standardized Cross Setting Patient Assessment Data for Post-Acute Care: Summary Report of Findings from Alpha 2 Pilot Testing

  Results of the Alpha 2 feasibility test, used to help develop standardized assessment-based data elements to meet the requirements of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation(IMPACT) Act of 2014.

  Jun 7, 2018

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  Research Brief

  Boosting Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults

  Older adults are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. Collaborations between public health departments and organizations that promote aging in place could improve disaster resilience among older populations.

  Jan 26, 2018

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  Tool

  Building Older Adults' Resilience by Bridging Public Health and Aging-in-Place Efforts: Toolkit

  This toolkit contains information and activities that can bring together those involved in aging-in-place support and those involved in disaster resilience efforts to improve the resilience of older adults to natural and human-caused disasters.

  Jan 23, 2018

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  Report

  Improving Disaster Resilience Among Older Adults: Insights from Public Health Departments and Aging-in-Place Efforts

  This report uses interview data from public health departments and aging-in-place efforts to explore how alignment between these entities can strengthen the disaster resilience of older adults and identify promising programs or new collaborations.

  Jan 23, 2018

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  Journal Article

  Secular Trends in Dementia and Cognitive Impairment of U.S. Rural and Urban Older Adults

  The higher risk of dementia among U.S. rural adults compared with their urban peers highlight the importance of public health planning for more rapidly aging rural communities.

  Dec 20, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Understanding Rates of Marijuana Use and Consequences Among Adolescents in a Changing Legal Landscape

  Evidence suggests some health benefits for medical marijuana; however, initiation of marijuana use during adolescence is a risk factor for problem marijuana use later in life. 

  Nov 22, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Individual, Peer, and Family Factor Modification of Neighborhood-Level Effects on Adolescent Alcohol, Cigarette, E-Cigarette, and Marijuana Use

  Supporting more social connections between neighbors and monitoring of adolescent deviant behaviors by neighbors may be effective in reducing cigarette, e-cigarette, and marijuana use.

  Sep 28, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Neighborhood Age Structure and Cognitive Function in a Nationally-Representative Sample of Older Adults in the U.S.

  In this nationally-representative sample of U.S. adults aged 51 and over, living in a neighborhood in the highest tertile of the percent of adults 65 and older was associated with significantly better cognitive function.

  Aug 8, 2017

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  Journal Article

  The Hispanic Paradox: Race/Ethnicity and Nativity, Immigrant Enclave Residence and Cognitive Impairment Among Older US Adults

  Foreign-born Mexican Americans are significantly less likely to experience cognitive impairment as they age than are their US-born socioeconomic peers.

  May 5, 2017

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  Report

  Development and Maintenance of Standardized Cross Setting Patient Assessment Data for Post-Acute Care: Summary Report of Findings from Alpha 1 Pilot Testing

  This report presents results of the first Alpha 1 feasibility test of proposed items to include in the post-acute care patient assessment instruments for measuring seven areas of health status for Medicare beneficiaries.

  Apr 27, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Examination of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Sleep in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort of Adolescents

  Greater perceived neighborhood-level social cohesion and lower neighborhood-level poverty were associated with better sleep outcomes in adolescents.

  Apr 11, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Frequency of E-cigarette Use, Health Status, and Risk and Protective Health Behaviors in Adolescents

  Adolescents who use electronic cigarettes may engage in fewer risky behaviors than their tobacco smoking peers, but their physical health and engagement in protective health behaviors is not necessarily any better. 

  Mar 16, 2017

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  Journal Article

  The Role of Perceived Injunctive Alcohol Norms in Adolescent Drinking Behavior

  Perceived injunctive norms (i.e., what behaviors peers find acceptable) should be targeted in prevention programs with youth because these perceptions are associated with multiple drinking outcomes, such as heavy drinking.

  Jan 25, 2017

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  Report

  Demographic, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics: Development of a U.S. Contextual Database of 1990–2010 Measures

  This report describes a contextual database of demographic, social, economic, housing, cultural, and urbanization measures for U.S. census tracts, counties, and metropolitan statistical areas for use in research.

  Jan 3, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and the Association Between Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease

  Women living in disadvantaged neighborhoods may be more susceptible to air pollution-related health effects, but individual and neighborhood SES did not affect the positive association between long-term fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease.

  Sep 13, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Opioid Analgesic and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Among Medicaid-enrollees with Opioid Use Disorders: The Influence of Provider Communities

  A substantial number of Medicaid enrollees were able to fill prescriptions for opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, or both in the year following diagnosis for an opioid use disorder.

  Aug 23, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Neighborhood, Family and Peer-Level Predictors of Obesity-Related Health Behaviors Among Young Adolescents

  High scores on measures of peer social functioning and family connectedness predicted healthy behaviors among adolescents.

  Jul 19, 2016

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  Testimony

  Dementia Long-Term Care Policy Options for Family Caregivers and Medicare

  Testimony submitted to the Senate Finance Committee, Subcommittee on Health Care on July 13, 2016.

  Jul 13, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Alcohol and Marijuana Use Trajectories in a Diverse Longitudinal Sample of Adolescents: Examining Use Patterns from Age 11 to 17 Years

  Greater use of alcohol and marijuana is associated with worse functioning in high school for all youth, but non-white youth report worse outcomes.

  Jun 17, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Prevalence and Consequences of Sleep Problems in Military Wives

  Sleep problems among spouses of military service members were reported at rates higher than the general population and were associated with more symptoms of depression.

  May 9, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Evaluating Linearly Interpolated Intercensal Estimates of Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of U.S. Counties and Census Tracts 2001-2009

  The American Community Survey (ACS) multiyear estimation program has greatly advanced opportunities for studying change in the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of U.S. communities.

  2015

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  Journal Article

  Constructing a Time-Invariant Measure of the Socio-Economic Status of U.S. Census Tracts

  Contextual research on time and place requires a consistent measurement instrument for neighborhood conditions in order to make unbiased inferences about neighborhood change.

  2014

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  Journal Article

  Aging Well Among Women Veterans Compared with Non-Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative

  To examine whether Veteran status influences (a) women's survival to age 80 years without disease and disability and (b) indicators of successful, effective, and optimal aging at ages 80 years and older.

  Jan 28, 2016

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  Report

  The Urban Child Institute CANDLE Study: Methodological Overview and Baseline Sample Description

  This report describes the study design and summary data from the first year of data collection for the Urban Child Institute Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood Study.

  Dec 21, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Functioning, Forgetting, or Failing Health: Which Factors Are Associated with a Community-Based Move Among Older Adults?

  This study examines whether the health and functioning of middle-aged and older adults are associated with an increased likelihood of community-based moves (changing their place of residence, but not to an institutional setting).

  Nov 20, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Early Substance Use and Subsequent DUI in Adolescents

  This study longitudinally explores the influence of alcohol and marijuana (AM) use, AM beliefs, and peer and family factors (including familism) on DUI/RWDD in high school.

  Nov 18, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Associations Between Neighborhood Alcohol Availability and Young Adolescent Alcohol Use

  An investigation into the association between alcohol outlet density and adolescent alcohol use, including whether this association differed by sociodemographic characteristics.

  Oct 20, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Predictors and Consequences of Prescription Drug Misuse During Middle School

  This is the first study to examine the correlates of early NMPDU initiation during middle school, and how early initiation is associated with four domains of functioning in high school (mental health, social, academic, and delinquency).

  Oct 20, 2015

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  Journal Article

  US Prevalence and Predictors of Informal Caregiving for Dementia

  This study looks at the prevalence and predicators in informal care for cognitive impairment or probable dementia in the U.S.

  Oct 20, 2015

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  Report

  Environmental Fitness and Resilience: A Review of Relevant Constructs, Measures, and Links to Well-Being

  This report identifies key environmental stressors experienced by Airmen and examines key resilience factors in the domain of environmental fitness, focusing specifically on prevention and protective measures.

  Sep 29, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cognitive Change in a Multiethnic Elderly Cohort

  Examines the association between diabetes mellitus and cognitive functioning at baseline and cognitive change over time in a large, ethnically diverse sample of older adults.

  Sep 9, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Moderated Mediation Analysis: An Illustration Using the Association of Gender with Delinquency and Mental Health

  The goal of this study was to investigate parental respect as a potential mediator of the relationship between gender and delinquency and mental health, and to determine whether observed mediation is moderated by gender.

  Jul 15, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Neighbourhood Racial/Ethnic Composition and Segregation and Trajectories of Cognitive Decline Among U.S. Older Adults

  This study demonstrates disparities in the progression of cognitive ageing according to racial/ethnic characteristics of the neighbourhood environment.

  Jun 3, 2015

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  Research Brief

  Improving Sleep Health for U.S. Servicemembers: Policies, Programs, Barriers to Implementation, and Recommendations

  Sleep problems can have consequences for servicemembers' health and for force readiness and resiliency. This first-ever comprehensive review of sleep-related policies and programs led to recommendations for improving sleep across the force.

  Apr 6, 2015

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  Report

  Sleep in the Military: Promoting Healthy Sleep Among U.S. Servicemembers

  Sleep problems can have long-term consequences for servicemembers' health and for force readiness and resiliency. This first-ever comprehensive review of sleep-related policies and programs led to recommendations for improving sleep across the force.

  Apr 6, 2015

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  Research Brief

  Sleep Problems and Their Impact on U.S. Servicemembers: Results of a Cross-Service Survey

  Sleep problems can have consequences for servicemembers' health and for force readiness and resiliency. Findings from a large-scale survey of servicemembers offer guidance for policies and programs to identify, treat, and prevent sleep problems.

  Apr 6, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Differences in Substance Use and Substance Use Risk Factors by Asian Subgroups

  This study examined differences in lifetime use and initiation of substance use and associated risk factors for alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among 7 subgroups of Asian American (AA) adolescents.

  Mar 24, 2015

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  Journal Article

  Increasing Resilience Through Promotion of Healthy Sleep Among Service Members

  Sleep health research, development of sleep health policies, and evaluation of sleep health programs should focus on promoting sleep health throughout the deployment cycle and in training environments to aid in prevention efforts.

  Feb 2, 2015

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  Report

  Nutritional Fitness and Resilience: A Review of Relevant Constructs, Measures, and Links to Well-Being

  This report examines the relationship between nutritional fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism.

  Sep 30, 2014

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  Report

  Improving Dementia Long-Term Care: A Policy Blueprint

  As baby boomers age, many will require long-term services and supports (LTSS) for dementia care. This blueprint outlines policy options and research directions to help decisionmakers improve the LTSS delivery system, workforce, and financing.

  Jun 23, 2014

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  Research Brief

  What to Do About Dementia? Policy Options for Crucial Long-Term Care

  Policy options to improve dementia long-term care include those that increase public awareness and promote earlier detection, improve access to and quality of services, increase support to family caregivers, and reduce the cost burden.

  Jun 23, 2014

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  Journal Article

  Depressive Symptoms and Longitudinal Changes in Cognition: Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging

  Elevated depressive symptoms (DS) are associated with incident mild cognitive impairment and probable dementia in postmenopausal women.

  May 19, 2014

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  Journal Article

  Does Diversity Matter? The Need for Longitudinal Research on Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Trajectories

  The existing research aimed at understanding alcohol and drug (AOD) use patterns from early to late adolescence typically does not examine samples with substantial racial and ethnic diversity.

  May 16, 2014

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  Journal Article

  Alcohol and Marijuana Use in Middle School: Comparing Solitary and Social-Only Users

  Students who are solitary drug users are more likely to believe that alcohol and marijuana will help them relax, get away from their problems, and have more fun.

  2014

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  Journal Article

  Association of Vascular Risk Factors with Cognition in a Multiethnic Sample

  The authors examine the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and cognitive performance in a multiethnic sample of older adults.

  2015

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  Journal Article

  Gender Disparity in Late-Life Cognitive Functioning in India: Findings from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India

  The authors examine gender disparities in cognitive functioning in India and the extent to which education explains this disparity in later life.

  2014

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  Journal Article

  The Role of Early-Life Educational Quality and Literacy in Explaining Racial Disparities in Cognition in Late Life

  Racial disparities in late-life cognition persist even after accounting for educational attainment. We examined whether early-life educational quality and literacy in later life help explain these disparities.

  2015

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  Report

  Medical Fitness and Resilience: A Review of Relevant Constructs, Measures, and Links to Well-Being

  This report examines the relationship between medical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address preventive care, presence and management of injuries and chronic conditions, and health care access.

  Oct 3, 2013

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  Journal Article

  The Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Coronary Heart Disease in Women

  Studies have reported relationships between urban sprawl, physical activity, and obesity, but – to date – no studies have considered the relationship between sprawl and coronary heart disease (CHD) endpoints.

  Mar 1, 2013

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  Journal Article

  A Longitudinal Examination of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Cigarette Perceived Norms Among Middle School Adolescents

  We examined changes in perceived norms of alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes over a two-year period among a large and diverse sample of 6th and 7th grade youth.

  2013

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  Journal Article

  Assessing Measurement Invariance of Familism and Parental Respect Across Race/Ethnicity in Adolescents

  Familism and parental respect are culturally derived constructs rooted in Hispanic and Asian cultures, respectively.

  Sep 1, 2012

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  Journal Article

  Racial/ethnic Differences in the Influence of Cultural Values, Alcohol Resistance Self-Efficacy, and Alcohol Expectancies on Risk for Alcohol Initiation

  Cultural values affect the likelihood that adolescents will begin to use alcohol.

  Aug 6, 2012

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  Journal Article

  Preventing Alcohol Use with a Voluntary After-School Program for Middle School Students: Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of CHOICE

  A voluntary after-school program focused specifically on alcohol and drug use may be effective in deterring alcohol use among early adolescents.

  Aug 1, 2012

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  Journal Article

  The Women's Health Initiative: The Food Environment, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, BMI, and Blood Pressure

  Post menopausal women living in neighborhoods with higher socioeconomic status and more supermarkets have lower body mass and lower blood pressure.

  Apr 1, 2012

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  Draft

  Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Cognition

  Summarizes and compares measures of cognitive health and decline in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.

  Feb 6, 2012

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  Journal Article

  Temporal Associations of Popularity and Alcohol Use Among Middle School Students

  The goal of this study is to better understand the longitudinal cross-lagged associations between popularity, assessed through self-rating and peer nominations, and alcohol use among middle school students.

  2013

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  Journal Article

  Use of Alternative Time Scales in Cox Proportional Hazard Models: Implications for Time-Varying Environmental Exposures

  Issues surrounding choice of time scales in Cox proportional hazard regression models.

  2012

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  Journal Article

  Voluntary After-School Alcohol and Drug Programs for Middle School Youth: If You Build It Right, They Will Come

  This study describes CHOICE, a voluntary after-school program which targeted AOD use among middle school students.

  2012

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  Draft

  Cognitive Health of Older Indians: Individual and Geographic Determinants of Female Disadvantage

  Examines cognitive function of older Indians, using cross-sectional data from the 2010 pilot round of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, fielded across Punjab and Rajasthan in the north and Kerala and Karnataka in the south.

  Nov 10, 2011

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  Journal Article

  Substance Use Among Middle School Students: Associations with Self-Rated and Peer-Nominated Popularity

  More-popular middle school students are more likely to be cigarette smokers, drinkers, and marijuana users, as well as past-month drinkers, suggesting that popularity is a risk factor for substance abuse.

  Jun 1, 2011

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  Journal Article

  Ambient Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Venous Thromboembolism in the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy Trials

  There is little evidence of an association between short- or long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution and venous thromboembolism; and no evidence that hormone therapy is modifing such a link.

  Mar 2, 2011

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  Journal Article

  Lapse-induced Surges in Craving Influence Relapse in Adult Smokers: An Experimental Investigation

  Previously abstinent smokers who lapse are at risk for increased cigarette cravings and full-blown relapse. The findings have implications for cognitive–behavioral treatments to prevent relapse and medications to help smokers manage cravings.

  2011

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  Journal Article

  Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Cognitive Function in Women

  Neighborhood socioeconomic status (NSES) is associated with cognitive functioning in older US women. Future research is needed on the longitudinal relationships between NSES, cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline.

  2011

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  Research Brief

  The Influence of Personal, Family, and School Factors on Early Adolescent Substance Use

  This study of middle school students in Southern California found that racial and ethnic variations in substance use among young adolescents are influenced by individual, family and school factors.

  Nov 10, 2010

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  Journal Article

  Racial/ethnic Differences in Adolescent Substance Use: Mediation by Individual, Family, and School Factors

  Assessment of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in a diverse sample of 5,500 seventh and eighth graders highlights the need to target individual, family, and school factors in efforts to reduce substance use among young minority adolescents.

  Sep 1, 2010

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  Journal Article

  The Application of Biomarker Data to the Study of Social Determinants of Health

  The authors adress the possibilities of including biomarkers in sociological research to map physiological pathways over the life course.

  2010

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  Journal Article

  Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression After Trauma Center Hospitalization

  Key demographic and injury characteristics could help to identify trauma survivors who are at increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression and would benefit from targeted screening, patient education, and early intervention efforts.

  2010

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  Journal Article

  Prioritizing Environmental Health Risks in the UAE

  A five-stage process that includes quantitative risk assessment by experts and deliberations by groups of stakeholders appears to provide an effective basis for developing a strategic plan that addresses environmental risks.

  2010

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  Report

  Assessing Health and Health Care in Prince George's County

  Assesses the health care needs of the residents of Prince George's County, Maryland, and the capacity of the county's health care system to meet those needs.

  Feb 6, 2009