Research Area: Health, Disability, and Mortality:
Lifestyles, Health Risk Behaviors

Recent Publications

Books

Krause, Neal. 2008. Aging in the Church: How Social Relationships Affect Health. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.

Schoeni, Robert F., James S. House, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack. 2008. Making Americans Healthier: Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Bachman, Jerald, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd Johnston, P. Freedman-Doan, and E. E. Messersmith. 2008. The education-drug use connection: How successes and failures in school relate to adolescent smoking, drinking, drug use, and delinquency. New York.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor & Francis.

Johnston, Lloyd, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2007. Monitoring the Future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2006 (NIH Publication No. 07-6202). Bethesda, MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Johnston, Lloyd, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2006. Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2005. Volume I: Secondary school students (NIH Publication No. 06-5883). Bethesda, MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Johnston, Lloyd, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and John E. Schulenberg. 2006. Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use , 1975-2005. Volume II: college students and adults ages 19-45 (NIH Publication No. 06-5884). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

House, James S., F. Thomas Juster, Robert Kahn, Howard Schuman, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. A Telescope on Society: Survey Research & Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Yamaguchi, Ryoko, Lloyd Johnston, and Patrick M. O'Malley. 2003. Drug testing in schools: policies, practices, and association with student drug use. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

Journal Articles

2009

Bingenheimer, Jeffrey, and Arline T. Geronimus. 2009. "Behavioral Mechanisms in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention: Past, Present, and Future Roles." Studies in Family Planning, 40(3): 187-204.

Burgard, Sarah, and Susan Lee-Rife. 2009. "Community characteristics, sexual initiation, and condom use among young black South Africans." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50(3): 293-309.

2008

Mehta, Neil, and V.W. Chang. 2008. "Weight status and restaurant availability: A multilevel analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(2): 127-33.

Terry-McElrath, Y.M., O'Malley, Patrick M., and Lloyd Johnston. 2008. "Saying No to Marijuana: Why American Youth Report Quitting or Abstaining." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(6): 796-805.

Winston, F.K., Kallan, M.J., T.M. Senserrick, and Michael R. Elliott. 2008. "Risk factors for death among older child and teenaged motor vehicle passengers." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 162(3): 253-260.

Wong, Rebeca, Ofstedal, Mary Beth, K. Yount, and Emily M. Agree. 2008. "Unhealthy lifestyles among older adults: exploring transitions in Mexico and the US." European Journal of Ageing, 5(4): 311-326.

Zeng, Zhen, and Xie, Yu. 2008. "A Preference-Opportunity-Choice Framework with Applications to Intergroup Friendship." American Journal of Sociology, 114(3): 615-648.

Broman, Clifford L., Neighbors, H.W., J. Delva, M. Torres, and James S. Jackson. 2008. "Prevalence of substance use disorders among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life." American Journal of Public Health, 98(6): 1107-1114.

Dinkelman, Taryn, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. 2008. "Linking Poverty and Income Shocks to Risky Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Study of Young Adults in Cape Town." South African Journal of Economics, 76(S1): 53-74.

Smith, K.C., Wakefield, M.A., Y. Terry-McElrath, F.J. Chaloupka, B. Flay, Lloyd Johnston, A. Saba, and C. Siebel. 2008. "Relation between newspaper coverage of tobacco issues and smoking attitudes and behaviour among American teens." Tobacco Control, 17(1): 17-24.

Yang, S.M., Lynch, John W., John E. Schulenberg, A.V. Roux, and Trivellore Raghunathan. 2008. "Emergence of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking and overweight and obesity in early adulthood: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." American Journal of Public Health, 983(3): 468-477.

2007

Segar, M.L., Eccles, Jacquelynne S., S.C. Peck, and C.R. Richardson. 2007. "Midlife women's physical activity goals: Sociocultural influences and effects on behavioral regulation." Sex Roles, 57(11-12): 837-849.

Stamatakis, K.A., Kaplan, George A., and R.E. Roberts. 2007. "Short sleep duration across income, education, and Race/Ethnic groups: Population prevalence and growing disparities during 34 years of follow-up." Annals of Epidemiology, 17(12): 948-955.

Dinkelman, Taryn, David Lam, and Murray Leibbrandt. 2007. "Household and community income, economic shocks and risky sexual behavior of young adults: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study 2002 and 2005." AIDS, 21 Suppl 7: 49-56.

Gee, G.C., Jersey Liang, J. Bennett, Neal Krause, E. Kobayashi, T. Fukaya, and Y. Sugihara. 2007. "Trajectories of alcohol consumption among older Japanese followed from 1987-1999." Research on Aging, 29(4): 323-347.

Delva, J., Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd Johnston. 2007. "Health-related behaviors and overweight: A study of Latino adolescents in the United States of America." Pan American Journal of Public Health, 21(1): 11–20.

Powell, L.M., C. Auld, F.J. Chaloupka, Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd Johnston. 2007. "Access to fast food and food prices: Relationship with fruit and vegetable consumption and overweight status among adolescents." The Economics of Obesity: Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 17: 23–48.

Carpenter, C.S., D.D. Kloska, Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd Johnston. 2007. "Alcohol control policies and youth alcohol consumption: Evidence from 28 years of Monitoring the Future." The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7(1): Article25.

2006

Wakefield, M., Y. Terry-McElrath, S. Emery, H. Saffer, F. Chaloupka, G. Szczypka, B. Flay, Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd Johnston. 2006. "Effect of televised, tobacco company–funded smoking prevention advertising on youth smoking-related beliefs, intentions, and behavior." American Journal of Public Health, 96(12): 2154–2160.

Colen, Cynthia, Arline T. Geronimus, and Maureen G. Phipps. 2006. "Getting a piece of the pie? The economic boom of the 1990s and declining teen birth rates in the United States." Social Science & Medicine, 63(2006): 1531-1545.

Adams, R.E., J.A. Boscarino, and Sandro Galea. 2006. "Alcohol Use, Mental Health Status and Psychological Well-Being 2 Years After the World Trade Center Attacks in New York City." American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 32(2): 203-224.

Bingham, C.R., J.T. Shope, and Trivellore Raghunathan. 2006. "Patterns of traffic offenses from adolescent licensure into early young adulthood." Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(1), 35-42.

Galea, Sandro, N. Worthington, T.M. Piper, V.V. Nandi, M. Curtis, and D.M. Rosenthal. 2006. "Provision of naloxone to injection drug users as an overdose prevention strategy: Early evidence from a pilot study in New York City." Addictive Behaviors, 31(5), 907-912.

Chen, I.G., D.R. Durbin, Michael R. Elliott, T. Senserrick, and F.K. Winston. 2006. "Child passenger injury risk in motor vehicle crashes: A comparison of nighttime and daytime driving by teenage and adult drivers." Journal of Safety Research, 37(3), 299-306.

Nandi, A., Sandro Galea, J. Ahern, A. Bucciarelli, D. Vlahov, and K. Tardiff. 2006. "What explains the association between neighborhood-level income inequality and the risk of fatal overdose in New York City?" Social Science and Medicine, 63(3), 662-674.

Delva, Jorge, Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd Johnston. 2006. "Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status differences in overweight and health-related behaviors among American students: National trends 1986-2003." Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4): 536-545.

2005

Terry-McElrath, Y.M., Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, and R. Yamaguchi. 2005. "Substance abuse counseling services in secondary schools: A national study of schools and students, 1999–2003." Journal of School Health, 75: 334-341.

Kumar, R., Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd Johnston. 2005. "School tobacco control policies related to students’ smoking and attitudes toward smoking: National survey results, 1999–2000." Health Education & Behavior, 32: 780–794.

Collins, L.M., Susan A. Murphy, V. Nair, and V. Strecher. 2005. "A Strategy for Optimizing and Evaluating Behavioral Interventions." Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 30(1): 66-73.

Burgard, Sarah, Susan Cochran, and Vickie Mays. 2005. "Alcohol and Tobacco Use Patterns among Heterosexually and Homosexually Experienced California Women." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 77(1): 61-70.

Fuller, C.M., L. Borrel, C. Latkin, Sandro Galea, D. Ompad, S.A. Strathdee, and D. Vlahov. 2005. "The Effect of Race, Neighborhood, and Social Network on Age of Initiation of Injection Drug Use." American Journal of Public Health, 95: 689-695.

Vlahov, D., N. Galai, M. Safaeian, P. Duggal, Sandro Galea, G. Kirk, G. Lucas, and T.R. Sterling. 2005. "Effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among Injection Drug Users with Late-Stage HIV Infection." American Journal of Epidemiology, 161: 1-14.

Schulenberg, John E., A.C. Merline, Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and V.B. Laetz. 2005. "Trajectories of Marijuana Use During the Transition to Adulthood: the Big Picture Based on National Panel Data." Journal of Drug Issues, 35:255-279.

Delva, J., J.M. Wallace, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, Lloyd Johnston, and John E. Schulenberg. 2005. "The Epidemiology of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Cocaine Use Among Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and Other Latin American Eighth-Grade Students in the United States: 1991-2002." American Journal of Public Health, 95:696-702.

Mccabe, S.E., John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and D.D. Kloska. 2005. "Selection and Socialization Effects of Fraternities and Sororities on Us College Student Substance Use: a Multi-Cohort National Longitudinal Study." Addiction, 100:512-524.

2004

Martin, E.G., K.E. Warner, and Paula M. Lantz. 2004. "Tobacco Harm Reduction: What Do the Experts Think?" Tobacco Control, 13(2): 123-128.

Perkins, D.F., J.E. Jocobs, B.L. Barber, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2004. "Childhood and Adolescent Sports Participation as Predicators of Participation in Sports and Physical Fitness Activities During Young Adulthood." Youth & Society, 35(4): 495-520.

Galea, Sandro, A. Nandi, and D. Vlahov. 2004. "The Social Epidemiology of Substance Use." Epidemiologic Reviews, 26: 36-52.

Ompad, D.C., Sandro Galea, C.M. Fuller, D. Phelan, and D. Vlahov. 2004. "Club Drug Use Among Minority Substance Users in New York City." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 36(3): 397-399.

Vlahov, D., Sandro Galea, J. Ahern, H. Resnick, J.A. Boscarino, J. Gold, M. Bucuvalas, and D. Kilpatrick. 2004. "Increased Consumption of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana Among New York City Residents Six to Nine Months After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks." American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 30: 385-407.

Bryant, W., Sandro Galea, M. Tracy, Piper T. Markham, K.J. Tardiff, and D. Vlahov. 2004. "Overdose Deaths Attributed to Methadone and Heroin in New York City, 1990-1998." Addiction, 99: 846-854.

Vlahov, D., Sandro Galea, J. Ahern, H. Resnick, and D. Kilpatrick. 2004. "Sustained Increassed Consumption of Cigarettes, Alcohol and Marijuana Among Manhattan Residents Following the Events of September 11, 2001." American Journal of Public Health, 94(2): 253-254.

Ford, Kathleen, D.N. Wirawen, G.M. Sumantera, A A S. Sawitri, and M. Stahre. 2004. "Voluntary HIV testing, disclosure, and stigma among injection drug users in Bali, Indonesia." AIDS Education and Prevention, 16(6): 487-498.

Merline, A.C., Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Jerald Bachman, and Lloyd Johnston. 2004. "Substance Use Among Adults 35 Years of Age: Prevalence, Adulthood Predictors, and Impact of Adolescent Substance Use." American Journal of Public Health, 94:96-102.

2003

Idler, E.L., M.A. Musick, C.G. Ellison, L.K. George, Neal Krause, M.G. Ory, K.I. Pargament, and L.H. Powell. 2003. "Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Religion and Spirituality or Health Research - Conceptual Background and Findings From the 1998 General Social Survey." Research on Aging, 25(4): 327-365.

Eccles, Jacquelynne S., B.L. Barber, M. Stone, and J. Hunt. 2003. "Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Development." Journal of Social Issues, 59(4): 865-889.

Lantz, Paula M. 2003. "Smoking on the Rise Among Young Adults: Implications for Research and Policy." Tobacco Control, 12(supp): I60-I70.

Metzler, M.M., D.L. Higgins, C.G. Beeker, N. Freudenberg, Paula M. Lantz, K.D. Senturia, A.A. Eisinger, and E.A. Viruell-Fuentes. 2003. "Addressing Urban Health in Detroit, New York City, and Seattle Through Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships." American Journal of Public Health, 93(5): 803-811.

Lin, Ge, and Q.Y. Wang. 2003. "Predictors of Non-Use of Condoms Among Drug Users in China: Implications for HIV Harm Reduction." Drugs-Education Prevention and Policy, 10(2): 141-146.

Wang, Q.Y., and Ge Lin. 2003. "Sex Exchange and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Female Heroin Users in China." Journal of Drug Issues, 33(1): 119-132.

Minior, T., Sandro Galea, J. Stuber, J. Ahern, and D. Ompad. 2003. "Racial Differences iin Discrimination Experiences and Responses Among Minority Substance Users." Ethnicity and Disease, 13(4): 521-527.

Bryant, A.L., John E. Schulenberg, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and Lloyd Johnston. 2003. "How Academic Achievement, Attitudes, and Behaviors Relate to the Course of Substance Use During Adolescence: a 6-Year, Multiwave National Longitudinal Study." Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13:361-397.

Bachman, Jerald, D.J. Safron, S.R. Sy, and John E. Schulenberg. 2003. "Wishing to Work: New Perspectives on How Adolescents' Part-Time Work Intensity Is Linked to Educational Disengagement, Substance Use, and Other Problem Behaviours." International Journal of Behavioral Development, 27:301-315.

Wallace, J.M., Jerald Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, S.M. Cooper, and Lloyd Johnston. 2003. "Gender and Ethnic Differences in Smoking, Drinking and Illicit Drug Use Among American 8th, 10th and 12th Grade Students, 1976-2000." Addiction, 98:225-234.

2002

Rowland, A.S., D.P. Baird, S. Long, G. Wegienka, Sioban D. Harlow, M. Alavanja, and D.P. Sandler. 2002. "Medical Conditions and Lifestyle Factors are Associated with Menstrual Cycle Characteristics." Epidemiology, 13(6): 668-674.

Pollack, Harold, Sheldon H. Danziger, Rukmalie Jayakody, and Kristin S. Seefeldt. 2002. "Drug Testing Welfare Recipients -- False Positives, False Negatives, Unanticipated Opportunities." Women's Health Issues, 12(1): 23-31.

Pollack, Harold, Sheldon H. Danziger, Rukmalie Jayakody, and Kristin S. Seefeldt. 2002. "Substance Use Among Welfare Recipients: Trends and Policy Responses." Social Service Review, 76(2): 256-274.

Strawbridge, W.J., S. Deleger, R.E. Roberts, and George A. Kaplan. 2002. "Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Subsequent Depression for Older Adults." American Journal of Epidemiology, 156(4): 328-334.

Roberts, R.E., W.J. Strawbridge, S. Deleger, and George A. Kaplan. 2002. "Are the Fat More Jolly?" Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 24(3): 169-180.

Pienta, Amy M., Melissa M. Franks, and Linda A. Wray. 2002. "It Takes Two: Marriage and Smoking Cessation in the Middle Years." Journal of Aging and Health, 14(3): 336-354.

Wang, Quanyi, and Ge Lin. 2002. "Sexual risk behaviors, HIV knowledge and perception between injection and non-injection female drug users in China." Women's Health and Urban Life, 1(2): 66-78.

Wallace, J.M., Jerald Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, Lloyd Johnston, John E. Schulenberg, and S.M. Cooper. 2002. "Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use: Racial and Ethnic Differences Among Us High School Seniors, 1976-2000." Public Health Reports, 117:S67-S75.

Chapters

Schulenberg, John E., Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and Lloyd Johnston. 2005. "Early adult transitions and their relation to well-being and substance abuse." In On the Frontier of Adulthood : Theory, Research, and Public Policy edited by Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., and Ruben G. Rumbaut. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

PSC Reports

Burgard, Sarah, and Yasamin Kusunoki. 2009. "Gender and Condom Use among Black South African Young People." PSC Research Report No. 09-683. July 2009.

Kusunoki, Yasamin, and Dawn M. Upchurch. 2008. "Contraceptive Method Choice among Youth in the United States: The Importance of Relationship Context." PSC Research Report No. 08-655. September 2008.

Burgard, Sarah, and Jennifer Ailshire. 2008. "Putting Work to Bed: Stressful Experiences on the Job and Sleep Quality." PSC Research Report No. 08-652. July 2008.

Burgard, Sarah, and Susan Lee-Rife. 2008. "Community Characteristics, Sexual Initiation and Condom Use among Young Black South Africans." PSC Research Report No. 08-646. June 2008.

Sastry, Narayan, and Sarah Burgard. 2008. "Changes in Diarrheal Disease and Treatment among Brazilian Children, 1986 to 1996." PSC Research Report No. 08-645. June 2008.

Johnson, Nan, and Manisha Sengupta. 2008. "Do Battered Mothers Have More Fetal and Infant Deaths? Evidence from India." PSC Research Report No. 08-634. March 2008.

Brauner-Otto, Sarah, William Axinn, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2007. "The Spread of Health Services and Fertility Transition." PSC Research Report No. 07-619. February 2007.

Harding, David J. 2005. "Neighborhood Violence and the Age Structure of Peer Networks: Socialization of Adolescent Boys in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods." PSC Research Report No. 05-586. December 2005.

Ghuman, Sharon , Vu Manh Loi, Vu Tuan Huy, and John E. Knodel. 2005. "Continuity and Change in Premarital Sexual Behavior in Vietnam." PSC Research Report No. 05-585. November 2005.

Xie, Yu, and Emily Greenman. 2005. "Segmented Assimilation Theory: A Reformulation and Empirical Test." PSC Research Report No. 05-581. August 2005.

Pollack, Harold A., Sheldon H. Danziger, Rukmalie Jayakody, and Kristin S. Seefeldt. 2002. "Substance Use Among Welfare Recipients: Trends and Policy Responses." PSC Research Report No. 02-511. June 2002.


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