Current Doctoral Peer Reviewed Publications

Maria Pia Chaparro

Chaparro MP, Zaghloul S, Holck P, Dobbs J. Food Insecurity Prevalence among College Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Public Health Nutrition, (2009), 12:2097-2103. doi:10.1017/S1368980009990735

Darrah Kuratani

Tanjasiri SP, Sablan-Santos L, Merrill V, Quitugua LF & Kuratani, Darrah. Promoting breast cancer screening among Chamorrow women in Southern California.  Journal of Cancer Education , 23: 10-17. 2008.

Camillia Lui

Chung PJ, Travis R Jr, Kilpatrick SD, Elliott MN, Lui C, Khandwala SB, Dancel TM, Vollandt L, Schuster MA.  Acculturation and parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families:  A community-based participatory research study.  Journal of Adolescent Health . 2007 June; 40(6): 543-50.   
 
Chung PJ, Borneo H, Kilpatrick SD, Lopez DM, Travis R Jr, Lui C, Khandwala S, Schuster MA.  Parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families:  A demonstration of community-based participatory research.  Ambulatory Pediatrics . 2005 Jan-Feb; 5(1): 50-5.

Lum C, Mays V, Corliss H, Cochran SD, and Lui CK. 2009. “Differences in drinking behaviors among Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese college students.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70(4): 568-574.

Choudhury PP, Badhan NS, Chand J, Chhugani S, Choksey R, Husainy S, Lui C, and Wat EC. 2009. “Community alienation and its impact on help-seeking behavior among LGBTIQ South Asians in Southern California,” Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 21(2/3): 247-266.

Shimatsu J, Wat EC, and Lui C. 2008. “Sex and alcohol on the college campus: an assessment of HIV-risk behaviors among A/PI college students.” AAPI Nexus Journal. 6(1): 43-66.  

Tabashir Sadegh-Nobari

Miller WD, Sadegh-Nobari T, Lillie-Blanton M. Healthy starts for all: policy prescriptions. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2011; 40(Suppl 1); S19-S37. http://www.ajpm-online.net/article/S0749-3797(10)00559-3/abstract

Suzanne Spear

Dickerson DL, Spear SE, Marinelli-Casey P, Rawson RA, Li L, Hser YI. (2011). American Indians/Alaska Natives and substance abuse treatment outcomes: Positive signs and continuing challenges. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 30(1):63-74.

Spear S, Tillman S, Moss C, Gong-Guy E, Ransom L, and Rawson R (2009). Another way of talking about substance abuse: Substance abuse screening and brief intervention in a mental health clinic. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 19, 8, 959-77.

Spear, S., Crevecoeur, D., Clark, R., & Rawson, R. The rise in methamphetamine use among American Indians in Los Angeles County. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research 2007; 14(2): 1-15.

Isralowitz, R., Reznik, A., Spear, S., Brecht, M.L., & Rawson, R. Severity of heroin use in Israel: Comparisons between native Israelis and Former Soviet Union immigrants. Addiction 2007; 102: 630-7.

Evans, E., Spear, S., Huang, Y.C., & Y.I. Hser. Do American Indians benefit from mainstream drug and alcohol treatment? Treatment outcomes among American Indians in California. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96(5): 1-7.

Spear, S., Brown, A., & R. Rawson. "Painting a picture of the client": Implementing the Addiction Severity Index in community treatment programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2005; 29: 277-82.

Spear, S., Longshore, D., McCaffrey, D. & P. Ellickson. Prevalence of substance use among White and American Indian young adolescents in a Northern Plains state. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2005; 37(1): 1-6.

Spear, S. & Rawson, R. Preface to the JDI special issue: Perspectives from the "Common Ground, Common Goals, Common Language: Bringing Substance Abuse Practice and Research Together" conference. Journal of Drug Issues 2002; 32(3): 751-6.

Spear, S. & Rawson, R. Linking researchers and practitioners in the substance abuse field: Perspectives of two "bridgers." Journal of Drug Issues 2002; 32(3): 881-92.

Cohen, D., Spear, S., Scribner, R., Kissinger, P. & Wilgen, J. 'Broken windows' and the risk of gonorrhea. American Journal of Public Health 2000; 90: 230-6.

Gabriel Stover

Stover, GN.  In Service.  Am J Public Health. 2007 April;97(4):591.

Lightfoot, M., Comulada, S., & Stover, G.  A computerized HIV-preventive intervention for adolescents:  Indications of efficacy. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jun;97(6):1027-30. Epub 2006 May 2

Stover GN, Lightfoot M, Jiang L.  Peer vs. Parental Influence on the Sex and Problematic Behaviors  of Adolescents on Probation.  (In revisions.)

Stover GN, Bassett MB.  Practice is the Purpose of Public Health.  Am J Public Health. 2003 Nov;93(11):1799-801.

Northridge ME, Stover GN, Rosenthal J, Sherard D.  Environmental Equity and Health:  Understanding Complexity and Moving Forward.  Am J Public Health. 2003 Feb;93(2):209-14.

Stover G.  Colorful Communities:  Toward a Language of Inclusion. Am J Public Health. 2002 Apr;92(4):512-4.

Shepard S, Northridge ME, Prakash S, Stover G.  Advancing Environmental Justice through Community Based Participatory Research (ed).  Env Health Perspectives April 2002.

Stover G.  A Reflection of Myself. (Poem) Out of the Maze. Inc. 5 1990.

 

Recent Graduate Peer Reviewed Publications

Shonali Choudhury

Choudhury, Shonali M. Book Review: Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico . By Matthew Gutmann. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007. In Gender Society, 2008, 22: 683-685. http://gas.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/22/5/683

Angie Denisse Otiniano

Otiniano AD, Gee GC. "Self-Reported Discrimination and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Whites, Blacks, Mexicans and Central Americans." J Immigrant Minority Health (2011). Epub ahead of print. http://www.springerlink.com/content/766t031268w2968p/

Otiniano, AD., Carroll-Scott, A., Toy, P., Wallace, S. “Supporting Latino Communities’ Natural Helpers: A Case Study of Promotoras in a Research Capacity Building Course.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2011). Epub ahead of print. http://www.springerlink.com/content/x546l32221507527/

Loan Pham Kim

Kim, Loan P., Harrison, Gail G., Kagawa-Singer, M. Perceptions of diet and physical activity among California Hmong adults and youths.  Preventing Chronic Disease (2007) 4(4): 1-12.

Harrison, G., Kagawa-Singer, M., Foerster, S., Lee, H., Kim, LP., Nguyen, T., Fernandez-Ami, A., Quinn, V., Bal, D. Seizing the Moment:  California’s opportunity to prevent nutrition-related health disparities in low-income Asian American populations. Cancer (2005) 104(12 Suppl): 2962-8.

Ikeda, J., Pham, L., Nguyen, K. Culturally Relevant Nutrition Education Improves Dietary Quality Among WIC-Eligible Vietnamese Immigrants. J Nutr Educ and Behav,(2002) 34: 151-158.

Gergana Kodjebacheva

Kodjebacheva, G. "Shane's Inspiration: An Assessment of a Playground for Children Living with and without Disabilities ." Children, Youth and Environments 18: 219-235, 2008.

Coleman, AL , Kodjebacheva G, Wallace SP, et al.  Visual functioning of individuals and communities: A conceptual framework. Clinical Medicine: Geriatrics 2: 13-20, 2008.


Coleman AL, Stone KL, Kodjebacheva G, Yu F,  Pedula KL, et al. Glaucoma Risk and the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables Among Older Women in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures. American Journal of Ophthalmology . March, 2008.

Eunice Muthengi

Erulkar AS, Muthengi E. Evaluation of Berhane Hewan: A Program to Delay Child Marriage in Rural Ethiopia. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2009; 35(1): 15-20.

Lu MC, Muthengi E, Wakeel F,  Fridman F, Korst LM, Gregory KD. Prolonged second stage of labor and postpartum hemorrhage. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2009; 22(3): 227-232.

Jennifer Toller Erausquin

Erausquin JT, Duan N, Grusky O, Swanson AN, Kerrone D, Rudy E, & Horton T. Increasing the reach of HIV testing to young Latino MSM: Results of a pilot study integrating outreach and services. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved , forthcoming 2009.

Siegel J, Prelip M, Erausquin JT, & Kim SA. A worksite obesity intervention:  Results from a group-randomized trial. American Journal of Public Health , forthcoming 2009.