Background Various forms of community disorder are associated with health outcomes but little is known about how dynamic context where an adolescent spends time relates to her health-related behaviors. Objective Assess whether exposure to contexts associated with crime (as a marker of community disorder) correlates with self-reported health-related behaviors among adolescent girls. Methods Girls (N = 52), aged 14–17, were recruited from a single geographic urban area and monitored for 1 week using a GPS-enabled cell phone. Adolescents completed an audio computer-assisted self-administered interview survey on substance use (cigarette, alcohol, or marijuana use) and sexual intercourse in the last 30 days. In addition to recorde...
In 2005, the MetroWest Health Foundation launched a 10-year initiative to conduct the federal Center...
To understand how neighborhoods influence the development of youth violence, we investigated intrape...
BACKGROUND Adolescent substance use has long been a global public health issue. In this study, we ex...
Various forms of community disorder are associated with health outcomes but little is known about ho...
Studies of place and health often classify a subject\u27s exposure status according to that which is...
Adolescent exposure to violence and substance use are both public health problems, but how neighborh...
AbstractPurposeThis study uses data collected as part of the Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable...
Studies of place and health often classify a subject\u27s exposure status according to that which is...
Bridging macrosociological life course, place stratification, and social disorganization theories, t...
This study explores community members’ perspectives regarding the relationship between neighborhood ...
This study explores community members’ perspectives regarding the relationship between neighborhood ...
Adolescent exposure to violence and substance use are both public health problems, but how neighborh...
The effects of witnessing and experiencing crime have seldom been disaggregated. Little research has...
To highlight individual and neighborhood interactions in the risk of adoles-cent substance use, this...
BACKGROUND Adolescent substance use has long been a global public health issue. In this study, we ex...
In 2005, the MetroWest Health Foundation launched a 10-year initiative to conduct the federal Center...
To understand how neighborhoods influence the development of youth violence, we investigated intrape...
BACKGROUND Adolescent substance use has long been a global public health issue. In this study, we ex...
Various forms of community disorder are associated with health outcomes but little is known about ho...
Studies of place and health often classify a subject\u27s exposure status according to that which is...
Adolescent exposure to violence and substance use are both public health problems, but how neighborh...
AbstractPurposeThis study uses data collected as part of the Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable...
Studies of place and health often classify a subject\u27s exposure status according to that which is...
Bridging macrosociological life course, place stratification, and social disorganization theories, t...
This study explores community members’ perspectives regarding the relationship between neighborhood ...
This study explores community members’ perspectives regarding the relationship between neighborhood ...
Adolescent exposure to violence and substance use are both public health problems, but how neighborh...
The effects of witnessing and experiencing crime have seldom been disaggregated. Little research has...
To highlight individual and neighborhood interactions in the risk of adoles-cent substance use, this...
BACKGROUND Adolescent substance use has long been a global public health issue. In this study, we ex...
In 2005, the MetroWest Health Foundation launched a 10-year initiative to conduct the federal Center...
To understand how neighborhoods influence the development of youth violence, we investigated intrape...
BACKGROUND Adolescent substance use has long been a global public health issue. In this study, we ex...