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Recessions and Mortality in Spain, 1980–1997
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-12)
The relationship between economic fluctuations and mortality is assessed with data from Spain during the years 1980–1997, when national unemployment oscillated between 7% and 24%. Mortality rates of the Spanish provinces ...
Psychosocial Outcomes of Urban African American Adolescents Born to Teenage Mothers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-10)
This is a study of psychosocial outcomes of adolescents born to teenage mothers. Adolescents' problem behaviors, psychological well-being, social support, school variables, and sexual behaviors are compared across three ...
Replication of a psychosocial rehabilitation program: A case study analysis of supported education
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-09)
This article describes a strategy of organizing community stakeholder groups for the purpose of planning and implementing an innovative mental health program—supported education services for adults with mental illnesses ...
The Depressive Symptomatology of Black College Men: Preliminary Findings
(2006)
Black Americans have poorer health than the rest of the nation and are exposed to a wider range of social and environmental factors that adversely impact their health. Although it may be presumed that men who acquire a ...
Measuring quality of life in the mentally ill
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-01)
It has been our experience that it is easier to measure quality of life among persons with serious mental illness than it is to intervene to improve it. This article presents background and historical context of service ...
Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Welfare Reform in the United States on NGOs
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-09)
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 dramatically transformed the structure and goals of the public welfare system in the United States. The vast body of research and evaluation ...
The influence of legal coercion on dropout from substance abuse treatment: results from a national survey.
(Elsevier, 2007-09)
Legal coercion is frequently used to leverage substance abuse treatment upon persons who would otherwise not seek it voluntarily. Various methodological and conceptual problems of the existing research have prevented a ...
Weight, Diet, and Physical Activity-Related Beliefs and Practices Among Pregnant and Postpartum Latino Women: The Role of Social Support
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-01)
Objectives : Eating and physical activity patterns may contribute to excessive pregnancy weight gain and postpartum retention that increase the risks of obesity and diabetes for both Latino mothers and their children. ...
The relationship between intimate partner violence and PTSD: An application of Cox regression with time-varying covariates
(Periodicals Service CompanyWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2003-08)
This study uses Cox regression with time-varying covariates to examine the relationship between intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a random sample of Japanese American women and immigrant ...