Monthly Archives: May 2016

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Jennifer A Manganello; Gena Gerstner; Kristen Pergolino; Yvonne Graham;  David Strogatz* Abstract Background: Many state and local health departments, as well as community organizations, have been using new technologies to disseminate health information to targeted populations. Yet little data exist that show access and use patterns, as well as preferences [...]

Primary Care Diabetes Jamie Kammer, Akiko S. Hosler, Emily Leckman-Westin, A. Gregory DiRienzo* Abstract Introduction: Studies on the relationships between antidepressant medications and A1C, a measure of glucose levels over the past three months, have resulted in mixed findings. Most available research examined subclass effects. The current study aims to measure the association between individual [...]

 Biodemography and Social Biology Jeffrey S. Napierala* & Timothy Gage* Abstract: A small but growing body of literature examines the relationship between genetics and human migration. These studies suggest that some DRD4 alleles, particularly 7R+, are related to migration. This is surprising from a sociological perspective, which views migration largely as a product of social [...]

Environmental Research Hyunok Choi*, Norbert Schmidbauer , Carl-Gustaf Bornehag Abstract Background: The question regarding the true sources of the purported microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) remains unanswered. Objective:To identify microbial, as well as non-microbial sources of 28 compounds, which are commonly accepted as microbial VOCs (i.e. primary outcome of interest is Σ 28 VOCs). Methods: [...]

Journal of Health Economics Pinka Chatterji*, Peter Brandon*, Sara Markowitz Abstract: We examine the effects of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA) prohibition of preexisting conditions exclusions for children on job mobility among parents. We use a difference-in-difference approach, comparing pre-post policy changes in job mobility among privately-insured parents of children with [...]

Journal of Experimental Criminology Justin T. Pickett, Thomas A. Loughran, Shawn Bushway* Abstract Objectives: Scholars have long emphasized that communicating, or “advertising”, information about legal sanction risk is necessary for the success of deterrence-based crime policies. However, scant research has evaluated whether direct communications about legal risk can cause sanction perception updating, the updating of [...]

Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Hiroshi Murayama, Jersey Liang, Joan M. Bennett, Benjamin A. Shaw*, Anda Botoseneanu, Erika Kobayashi, Taro Fukaya, & Shoji Shinkai Abstract Objectives. This research analyzed the body mass index (BMI) level and rate of change, and their association with socioeconomic status among older Japanese adults. Methods. Data came [...]

Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Glenn Deane*, Glenna Spitze*, Russell A. Ward*, Yue (Angela) Zhuo Abstract Objectives. Intergenerational contacts occur in the context of other family relationships. We examine how in-person contacts among parents and all adult children affect each other, focusing on proximity and other predictors to assess whether and how [...]

International Migration Qian Song and Zai Liang* Abstract: Despite the large number of migrants at both international and internal scales in developing countries, literature on building the links between the two migration processes is still lacking. Using survey data from China's Fujian Province, we elaborate a novel link between international and internal migration processes by [...]

Criminology Lauren C. Porter, Shawn D. Bushway*, Hui-Shien Tsao*, Herbert L. Smith ABSTRACT: This article provides a demographic exposition of the changes in the U.S prison population during the period of mass incarceration that began in the late twentieth century. By drawing on data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities (1974–2004) for [...]