Social and Behavioral Policy Publications

Journal Article

Oct 17, 2019

Cover: Church-based Interventions to Address Obesity Among African Americans and Latinos in the United States

Church-based Interventions to Address Obesity Among African Americans and Latinos in the United States: A Systematic Review

The present systematic literature review of church-based interventions was conducted to assess their efficacy for addressing obesity across different racial/ethnic groups (eg, African Americans, Latinos).

Karen Rocío Flórez, Denise Diaz Payan, Kartika Palar, Malcolm V. Williams, Bozena Katic, Kathryn Pitkin Derose

Journal Article

Oct 15, 2019

National Trends in Food Insecurity and Congregation-Based Food Provision Between 1998 and 2012

The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which congregation-based food provision fluctuated with national food insecurity prevalence for the overall population, and for subgroups vulnerable to this condition.

Karen Rocío Flórez, Brad Fulton, Kathryn Pitkin Derose

Journal Article

Oct 15, 2019

Cover: "It Was as Though My Spirit Left, Like They Killed Me"

"It Was as Though My Spirit Left, Like They Killed Me": The Disruptive Impact of an HIV-Positive Diagnosis Among Women in the Dominican Republic

A qualitative approach was used to explore the impact of an HIV diagnosis on women in the Dominican Republic and coping strategies after diagnosis. We conducted in-depth, semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of women living with HIV.

Denise Diaz Payan, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Maria Altagracia Fulcar, Hugo Farias, Kartika Palar

Journal Article

Oct 15, 2019

Cover: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Messaging Program Within a Church-Based Healthy Living Intervention for African Americans and Latinos

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Messaging Program Within a Church-Based Healthy Living Intervention for African Americans and Latinos

This study explores the feasibility of using text messaging to send healthy eating and active living messages to congregants from churches whose membership were predominantly AA or Latino that participated in an intervention to address obesity.

Margaret D. Whitley, Denise Diaz Payan, Karen Rocío Flórez, Malcolm V. Williams, Eunice C. Wong, Cheryl Branch, Kathryn Pitkin Derose

Journal Article

Oct 15, 2019

Cover: With Small Power, Comes Great Responsibility

With Small Power, Comes Great Responsibility: Lessons Learned from an Evaluation of Veteran and Military Mental Health Public Awareness Campaigns

This study was conducted to determine the feasibility of conducting a cost-benefit evaluation of federally-funded media campaigns encouraging mental health help-seeking among United States military personnel and veterans.

Joie D. Acosta, J. Scott Ashwood, Terry L. Schell, Jennifer L. Cerully

Journal Article

Oct 10, 2019

Social Marketing of Mental Health Treatment: California's Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Campaign

The California campaign increased service use by leading more individuals to interpret symptoms of distress as indicating a need for treatment.

Rebecca L. Collins, Eunice C. Wong, Joshua Breslau, M. Audrey Burnam, Matthew Cefalu, Elizabeth Roth

Journal Article

Sep 20, 2019

Financial Knowledge and Portfolio Complexity in Singapore

This paper reports the first analysis of older Singaporeans' financial literacy using a unique new dataset, the Singapore Life Panel (SLP®).

Benedict SK Koh, Olivia Mitchell, Susann Rohwedder

Journal Article

Sep 20, 2019

Cover: High-frequency Internet Survey of a Probability Sample of Older Singaporeans

High-frequency Internet Survey of a Probability Sample of Older Singaporeans: The Singapore Life Panel®

We detail the methodology by which the Singapore Life Panel was constructed using a population-representative sampling frame from the Singapore Department of Statistics.

Rhema Vaithianathan, Bryce Hool, Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder

Journal Article

Sep 19, 2019

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

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.

Jordan P. Davis, Eric R. Pedersen, Joan S. Tucker, Michael S. Dunbar, Rachana Seelam, Regina A. Shih, Elizabeth J. D'Amico

Report

Aug 20, 2019

What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016

This report updates and extends estimates of the number of users, retail expenditures, and amount consumed from 2006 to 2016 for cocaine (including crack), heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the United States.

Gregory Midgette, Steven Davenport, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer

Journal Article

Aug 8, 2019

Cover: Obesity Prevention Interventions and Implications for Energy Balance in the United States and Mexico

Obesity Prevention Interventions and Implications for Energy Balance in the United States and Mexico: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Meta-Analysis

Obesity is preventable and yet continues to be a major risk factor for chronic disease. This review searched the vast literature on obesity prevention interventions to assess their effects on daily energy consumed and energy expended.

Andrea S. Richardson, Christine Chen, Roland Sturm, Gulrez Shah Azhar, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Jody Larkin, Aneesa Motala, Susanne Hempel

Journal Article

Aug 6, 2019

Supervised Consumption Sites: A Nuanced Assessment of the Causal Evidence

Supervised consumption sites (SCS) operate in more than 10 countries. We review the higher-quality SCS literature and discuss the evidence through the lens of three types of decision makers and from three intellectual perspectives.

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Bryce Pardo, Beau Kilmer

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Church-based Interventions to Address Obesity Among African Americans and Latinos in the United States: A Systematic Review

National Trends in Food Insecurity and Congregation-Based Food Provision Between 1998 and 2012

"It Was as Though My Spirit Left, Like They Killed Me": The Disruptive Impact of an HIV-Positive Diagnosis Among Women in the Dominican Republic

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Messaging Program Within a Church-Based Healthy Living Intervention for African Americans and Latinos

With Small Power, Comes Great Responsibility: Lessons Learned from an Evaluation of Veteran and Military Mental Health Public Awareness Campaigns

Social Marketing of Mental Health Treatment: California's Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Campaign

Financial Knowledge and Portfolio Complexity in Singapore

High-frequency Internet Survey of a Probability Sample of Older Singaporeans: The Singapore Life Panel®

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

What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016

Obesity Prevention Interventions and Implications for Energy Balance in the United States and Mexico: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Meta-Analysis

Supervised Consumption Sites: A Nuanced Assessment of the Causal Evidence

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