Student Peer Reviewed Publications

Kelley Carameli

Kerr, D.L. & Matlak, K.A.  Alcohol use and sexual risk-taking among  adolescents: A review of recent literature.  Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children. 1998;2(2):67-88.

Claire Dye

Dye, C., & Upchurch, D. M. (2006). Moderating effects of gender on alcohol use: Implications for condom use at first intercourse. Journal of School Health, 76(3), 111-116.

Burke, A., Upchurch, D. M., Dye, C., & Chyu, L. (2006). Acupuncture use in the United States: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 12(7), 639-648.

Upchurch, D.M., Burke, A., Dye, C., Chyu, L., Kusunoki, Y., & Greendale, G. A. A sociobehavioral model of acupuncture use, patterns, and satisfaction among women in the US, 2002. Women's Health Issues, forthcoming.

Gabe Garcia

Maxwell, Annette E., Garcia, Gabriel M. and Berman, Barbara A., 'Understanding tobacco use among Filipino American men', Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 9:7, 769 - 776.

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. 

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.

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.

Suzanne Spear

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

Laura Chyu

Bair YA, Gold EB, Utts JM, Zhang G, Rasor N, Greendale GA, Upchurch DM, Chyu, L, Sternfeld B, Adler SR. The use of complementary and alternative medicine during the menopause transition: Longitudinal results from the study of women's health across the nation. Forthcoming, Menopause. 2008.

Upchurch DM, Burke A, Dye CE, Chyu L, Kusunoki Y, Greendale GA. A sociobehavioral model of acupuncture use, patterns, and satisfaction among Wwomen in the US, 2002. Forthcoming, Women's Health Issues. 2007.

Gold EB, Bair YA, Zhang G, Utts J, Greendale GA, Upchurch DM, Chyu L, Sternfeld B, Adler SR. Cross-sectional analysis of specific complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by racial/ethnic group and menopausal status: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause. 2007;14(4):612-623.

Upchurch DM, Chyu L, Greendale GA, Utts J, Bair YA, Zhang G, Gold, EB. Complementary and alternative medicine use among American Women: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Journal of Women's Health. 2007;16(1):102-113.

Burke A, Upchurch DM, Dye C, Chyu L. Acupuncture use in the United States: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2006;12(7):639-648.

Geisler WM, Chyu L, Kusunoki Y, Upchurch DM, Hook EW 3rd. Influence of Health Insurance and Health Care Seeking Behaviors on the Prevalence of Genital Chlamydial Infection in Young Adults. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2006;33(6):389-396.

Upchurch DM, Chyu L. Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among American Women. Women's Health Issues. 2005;15(1):5-13.

Chyu L, Pebley AR, Lara-Cinisomo S. Patterns of child care use for preschoolers in Los Angeles County. Santa Monica: RAND Publications; 2005.

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, Cummings SR, Yu F, Kodjebacheva G, Ensrud KE, et al.   Binocular Visual-Field Loss Increases the Risk of Future Falls in Older White Women.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, v. 55. 2007.

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.

Typhanie Penniman

Penniman TV, Taylor SL, Bird CE, Beckman R, Collins RL, Cunningham WE. The Associations of Gender, Sexual Identity and Competing Needs with Healthcare Utilization among People with HIV/AIDS. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2007; 99(4): 419-427.

Tu-Uyen Ngoc Nguyen, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Snehendu Kar, Jane Chai, Siobhan Hayes, Typhanye Penniman. Multicultural Health Evaluation:  Literature Review and Critique. The California Endowment, Fall 2003.

Dallas Swendeman

Anaya, H., Swendeman, D.T., Rotheram, M.J. (2005). Differences Among Sexually Abused and Non-abused Youth Living with HIV.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 20 (12): 1547-1559
 
Lightfoot, M. L., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Milburn, N., Swendeman, D. (2005). Prevention for HIV Seropositive Persons: Successive Approximation towards a New Identity. Behavior Modification. 29 (2): 227-255.

Lightfoot, M. Swendeman, D., Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Comulada, S., Weiss, R. (2005). Risk Behaviors of Youth Living with HIV: Pre- and Post-HAART. American Journal of Health Behavior. 29 (2): 162-71. (not available on-line)
 
Stein, J., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Swendeman, D., Milburn, N. (2005). Predictors of Sexual Transmission Risk Behaviors among HIV-Positive Young Men. AIDS Care. 17(4): 433-442. 

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.

Prelip M, Erausquin JT, Slusser W, Vecchiarelli S, Weightman H, Lange L, & Neumann C. The role of classroom teachers in nutrition and  physical education. Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2006,  4(3): 116-127.

Rodriguez M, Toller J, & Dowling P. Health of Migrant Farm Workers in California. Sacramento, CA: California Research Bureau; 2003.

Raphael Travis

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. 

Yoshiko Umezawa

Maly, R. C., Umezawa, Y., Leake, B., & Silliman, R. A. (2004). Determinants of Participation in Treatment Decisionmaking by Older Breast Cancer Patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 85(3), 201-209.

Maly, R. C., Umezawa, Y., Leake, B., & Silliman, R. A. (2005). Mental Health Outcomes in Older Women with Breast Cancer: Impact of Perceived Family Support and Adjustment. Psycho-Oncology. 14 (7), 535-45.

Maly, R. C., Umezawa, Y., Ratliff, C. T., & Leake, B. (2006). Racial/Ethnic Group Differences in Treatment Decisionmaking and Treatment Received Among Older Breast Cancer Patients. Cancer. Published online: 9 Jan 2006.

Mellissa Withers

Withers, M; Dornig, K & Morisky, DE. "Predictors of workplace sexual health policy at sex work establishments in the Philippines" AIDS Care; 2007, Volume 19, Issue 8, 1020-1025.