Monthly Archives: March 2017

Geriatrics & Gerontology International Hiroshi Murayama, Jersey Liang, Benjamin A Shaw*, Anda Botoseneanu, Erika Kobayashi, Taro Fukaya, Shoji Shinkai ABSTRACT Aim: Although the modification of lifestyle factors might facilitate weight control, the effects of health behaviors on the trajectory of bodyweight among older adults have been understudied. We examined the effect of changes in smoking, [...]

Substance Use & Misuse Farrah Khan, Archana Krishnan*, Mansur A. Ghani, Jeffrey A. Wickersham, Jeannia J. Fu, Sin How Lim, Sangeeth Kaur Dhaliwal, Adeeba Kamarulzaman & Frederick L. Altice ABSTRACT Background: As part of an ongoing initiative by the Malaysian government to implement alternative approaches to involuntary detention of people who use drugs, the National [...]

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services Eunju Lee*, Heather Larkin, and Nina Esaki ABSTRACT Research links high youth exposure to community violence (ECV) with negative health consequences, and the World Health Organization recommends ECV as a new adverse childhood experience (ACE) category. The current study is among the first to include ECV [...]