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International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Tanner, Eva M., Michael S. Bloom*, Qian Wu, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Recai M. Yucel*, Srishti Shrestha, and Edward F. Fitzgerald ABSTRACT Purpose: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are environmentally persistent amphiphilic compounds. Exposure to two PFASs, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is linked to specific occupations and industries. This [...]

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice Massey, Philip M., Meen Chul Kim, Prudence W. Dalrymple, Michelle L. Rogers, Kisha H. Hawthorne, and Jennifer A. Manganello* ABSTRACT Background: With an increase in the number of disciplines contributing to health literacy scholarship, we sought to explore the nature of interdisciplinary research in the field. Objective: This study [...]

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing Chatterji, Pinka*, and Yue Li ABSTRACT We test whether early Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions in Connecticut (CT), Minnesota (MN), California (CA), and the District of Columbia (DC) affected Supplemental Security Income (SSI) receipt. We use a synthetic control approach, comparing the SSI receipt rate pre and [...]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Harding, David J., Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Anh P. Nguyen, and Shawn D. Bushway* ABSTRACT A substantial contributor to prison admissions is the return of individuals recently released from prison, which has come to be known as prison’s “revolving door.” However, it is unclear whether being sentenced to prison [...]

Annual Review of Criminology Pogarsky, Greg, Sean Patrick Roche, and Justin T. Pickett* ABSTRACT If there is agency and some decision-making process entailed in criminal behavior, then what are the incentives for crime and for conformity, and what is their role in offending decisions? Incentives have long been the province of economics, which has wide [...]

Child Abuse & Neglect Tracy, Melissa*, Madeleine Salo, and Allison A. Appleton* ABSTRACT Childhood maltreatment is a strong risk factor for subsequent violence, including violent behaviors in young adulthood and offspring maltreatment after becoming a parent. Little is known about the specific circumstances under which supportive relationships may help disrupt this cycle of violence throughout [...]

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Manganello, Jennifer*, Gena Gerstner, Kristen Pergolino, Yvonne Graham, Angela Falisi, and David Strogatz. 2017 ABSTRACT Objective: An understanding of the association of health literacy with patterns related to access and usage of digital technologies and preferences for sources of health information is necessary for public health agencies and [...]