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Talking Wellness: A Description of a Community-Academic Partnered Project to Engage an African-American Community Around Depression Through the Use of Poetry, Film, and Photography

The design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of an enhanced community-engagement program that uses poetry, film, and photography at a film festival in south Los Angeles is described.

Jan 1, 2006
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Troubled Cambodian Refugees Likely to Seek Help for Mental Health Problems

In a survey of Cambodian refugees in California, nearly 70 percent of those with mental health disorders sought medical help for emotional or psychological problems in the previous year, contradicting the common belief that Asians are less likely to seek mental health services.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

The Differential Impact of PTSD and Depression on HIV Disease Markers and Adherence to HAART in People Living with HIV

Despite high rates of comorbidity, research has typically focused on the independent impact of PTSD and depression symptoms in people living with HIV.

Jan 1, 2006
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Reemphasizing the Context of Women's Risk for HIV/AIDS in the United States

HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic that is increasingly affecting women on every continent.

Jul 1, 2005
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Improving Patient Safety in the U.S. Health Care System

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has a mandate to help health care providers reduce medical errors and improve patient safety. To achieve these goals, AHRQ should create a national patient safety data repository, try to balance research and adoption activities, and more.

May 8, 2005
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Racial Differences in the Treatment of Veterans with Bipolar Disorder

The authors examined whether African Americans, compared with whites, received guideline-concordant care for bipolar I disorder.

Jan 1, 2005
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Dysplasia and Risk of Further Neoplastic Progression in a Regional Veterans Administration Barrett's Cohort

In a large cohort study of Barrett's, incident malignancy was uncommon.

Jan 1, 2005
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Marijuana Use and Later Problems: When Frequency of Recent Use Explains Age of Initiation Effects (and When It Does Not)

Tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana are among the most commonly used drugs during adolescence.

Jan 1, 2005
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Substance Use Trajectories from Early Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Comparison of Smoking, Binge Drinking, and Marijuana Use

Over the past several years, there has been growing interest in identifying distinct developmental trajectories of substance use.

Jan 1, 2005
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Unmet Need for Oral Treatment in a National Sample of Medical HIV Patients

This longitudinal study examines perceived unmet dental need in a nationally representative probability sample of HIV-infected persons in medical care

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Sexual Risk Among Injection Drug Users Recruited from Syringe Exchange Programs in California

The objective of this study was to examine correlates of sexual risk among injection drug users (IDUs).

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Correlates of Non-Problematic and Problematic Substance Use Among Depressed Adolescents in Primary Care

Substance use and related problems were assessed in a sample of primary care patients ages 13-21 who screened positive for depression.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Urologic Diseases in America Project: Analytical Methods and Principal Findings

Trends in epidemiology, practice patterns, resource utilization and costs for urological diseases have broad implications for quality of health care.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

The Association of Health-Related Quality of Life with Survival Among Persons with HIV Infection in the United States

Physical HRQOL added prognostic information over the sociodemographic and available clinical data such as CD4 count and stage of HIV infection.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Childhood Obesity: What We Can Learn from Existing Data on Societal Trends, Pt. 2

Number of overweight and obese youth has increased in recent decades, few data assess how lives of children have changed during the obesity epidemic

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Childhood Obesity: What We Can Learn from Existing Data on Societal Trends, Pt. 1

The number of overweight and obese youth has increased in recent decades, and numerous theories on causes have been proposed.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior

Recent breakthroughs in the treatment of HIV have coincided with an increase in infection rates and an eventual slowing of reductions in HIV mortality

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Childhood Overweight and Parent- and Teacher-Reported Behavior Problems: Evidence from a Prospective Study of Kindergartners

To determine if there is a relationship between overweight and behavior problems among children as young as 5 years old by studying the association between overweight and behavioral health at entry into kindergarten and to determine whether overweight status is a risk factor for the onset of new behavior problems during the first 2 years in school.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Anxiety Disorders

This study evaluated quality of care for primary care patients with anxiety disorders in university-affiliated outpatient clinics in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Seattle.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Antecedents and Outcomes of Marijuana Use Initiation During Adolescence

Results emphasize the importance of early intervention and identify a wide range of potentially modifiable risk factors that may be targeted.

Jan 1, 2004

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Talking Wellness: A Description of a Community-Academic Partnered Project to Engage an African-American Community Around Depression Through the Use of Poetry, Film, and Photography

Troubled Cambodian Refugees Likely to Seek Help for Mental Health Problems

The Differential Impact of PTSD and Depression on HIV Disease Markers and Adherence to HAART in People Living with HIV

Reemphasizing the Context of Women's Risk for HIV/AIDS in the United States

Improving Patient Safety in the U.S. Health Care System

Racial Differences in the Treatment of Veterans with Bipolar Disorder

Dysplasia and Risk of Further Neoplastic Progression in a Regional Veterans Administration Barrett's Cohort

Marijuana Use and Later Problems: When Frequency of Recent Use Explains Age of Initiation Effects (and When It Does Not)

Substance Use Trajectories from Early Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Comparison of Smoking, Binge Drinking, and Marijuana Use

A Longitudinal Analysis of Unmet Need for Oral Treatment in a National Sample of Medical HIV Patients

Sexual Risk Among Injection Drug Users Recruited from Syringe Exchange Programs in California

Correlates of Non-Problematic and Problematic Substance Use Among Depressed Adolescents in Primary Care

Urologic Diseases in America Project: Analytical Methods and Principal Findings

The Association of Health-Related Quality of Life with Survival Among Persons with HIV Infection in the United States

Childhood Obesity: What We Can Learn from Existing Data on Societal Trends, Pt. 2

Childhood Obesity: What We Can Learn from Existing Data on Societal Trends, Pt. 1

HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior

Childhood Overweight and Parent- and Teacher-Reported Behavior Problems: Evidence from a Prospective Study of Kindergartners

Quality of Care for Primary Care Patients with Anxiety Disorders

Antecedents and Outcomes of Marijuana Use Initiation During Adolescence

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