Objectives: Many tobacco users are motivated to quit but lack the resources to do so. To date, studies characterizing tobacco users at student-run free clinics have used small sample sizes, which may not be large enough to detect differences across key variables. As such, we assessed sociodemographic differences between tobacco…
Objective: Medicaid recipients are vulnerable to increased morbidity and mortality secondary to high tobacco use prevalence and barriers to accessing tobacco treatment. The purpose of the pilot study was to explore managed care administrators’ perceptions of the facilitators and barriers to tobacco treatment for Medicaid recipients. Methods: Focus groups with…
Objective: Although substantial research has explored the Hispanic health paradox (HHP) and suggests that Latinx immigrants experience positive health outcomes relative to those born in the United States, less research has assessed the role of immigration status. Our aim was to examine this role in Latinx health. Methods: Using survey…
Background: This study examined the relationships between watching wrestling on television (TV) and engaging in health risk behaviors among an older multi-state sample of adolescents. Methods: In 2001, a random sample of 2,307 youth ages 16 to 20 years from 138 communities in 17 US states completed telephone surveys as…
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