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  1. A System Dynamics Model of Pharmaceutical Opioids: Medical Use, Diversion, and Nonmedical Use

    A dramatic rise in the nonmedical of pharmaceutical opioids has presented the United States with a substantial public health problem. Nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers has become increasingly...

  2. WiLLOW: Reaching HIV-Positive African-American Women Through a Computer-Delivered Intervention

    This study evaluates the efficacy of Multimedia WiLLOW in enhancing HIV-protective sexual behaviors and psychosocial outcomes among HIV-positive African American women, including condom use for vaginal and anal...

  3. A Study of Riders' Noise Exposure on Bay Area Rapid Transit Trains

    Excessive noise exposure may present a hazard to hearing, cardiovascular and psychosomatic health. Mass transit systems, such as the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, are potential sources of excessive...

  4. Detecting Overweight Children in Primary Care: Do National Data Reflect the Typical Urban Practice?

    The article presents a study which aims to obtain data about the feasibility of detecting risk for overweight and overweight in infants and young children seen for well-child visits based on pediatricians'...

  5. A Novel Tool for Assessing and Summarizing the Built Environment

    Background: A growing corpus of research focuses on assessing the quality of the local built environment and also examining the relationship between the built environment and health outcomes and indicators in...

  6. Three-Year Change in the Wellbeing of Orphaned and Separated Children in Institutional and Family-Based Care Settings in Five...

    Background: With more than 2 million children living in group homes, or "institutions", worldwide, the extent to which institution-based caregiving negatively affects development and wellbeing is a central...

  7. A Genetic Approach to Designing a Novel Biological Sensor to Monitor Water Contamination

    Many cities across the country have experienced extreme water problems. The City of Portland has issued several water boiling advisories due to E. coli contamination. Additionally, there has been incidents of...

  8. The Latino Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile

    Our report, "The Latino Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile" uncovers an array of racial inequities across the systems of income, employment, education, juvenile justice, corrections, child...

  9. Urgent Care Center Location: an Empirical Analysis of their Locations in Relation to Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Land Use...

    Urgent Care Centers (UCCs) are a recent innovation in the American system of health care delivery. The number of UCCs has increased significantly in recent years. Many researchers point out that the rapid...

  10. Industrial social work : a review of the literature and an evaluation of an employee assistance program

    In the attempt to explore the world of work as an arena for mental health services, this report can be considered as having two major goals. The first is to provide a review and discussion of many of the issues...

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