African Americans are living longer. The death rate for African Americans has declined about 25% over 17 years, primarily for those aged 65 years and older. Even with these improvements, new analysis shows that younger African Americans are living with or dying of many conditions typically found in white Americans at older ages.
Archive for January 2018
Prison Effects in the Era of Mass Incarceration
How is palliative care understood in the context of dementia? Results from a massive open online course
Grounded Visual Pattern Analysis: Photographs in Organizational Field Studies
Contemporary Issues in School-Based Practice for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Energy envelope maintenance among patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome: Implications of limited energy reserves
The methodological approaches in an experimental study of cultural transmission process
Utility and Cost-effectiveness of Motivational Messaging to Increase Survey Response in Physicians: A Randomized Controlled Trial
A Systematic Review of Single-Case Research Studies on Using Video Modeling Interventions to Improve Social Communication Skills for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Comparing Attitudes Across Groups: An IRT-Based Item-Fit Statistic for the Analysis of Measurement Invariance
Commuter couples’ life satisfaction in Korea
Harnessing the Power of Community Conversations to Improve Transition Outcomes for Youth With IDD
Pharmacological interventions for those who have sexually offended or are at risk of offending [Cochrane corner]
Mortality among referrals to a community-based intermediate care team
Graduation Rates for Selected Cohorts, 2008-13; Outcome Measures for Cohort Year 2008; Student Financial Aid, Academic Year 2015-16; and Admissions in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2016: First Look (Preliminary data)
African American Health
Trends and Disparities in Infant Safe Sleep Practices — United States, 2009–2015
The Voices of Six Third-Generation Mexican American Teachers: Implications for Teacher Education Programs
That Door You Just Kicked in Was Locked for Your Protection, Not Mine: Developing and Testing Competing Theoretical Models of Crime Prevention Behavior
Classified Staff Perceptions of Behavior and Discipline: Implications for Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports
Obstacles to Nurses’ Labor Militancy in Central America: Toward a Framework for Cross-National Comparison of Nurses’ Collective Action
Creative work and affect: Social, political and fantasmatic dynamics in the labour of musicians
Time and Other Considerations in Mediation Design
Can Persistence With Cholinesterase Inhibitor Treatment Lower Mortality and Health-Care Costs Among Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease? A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
The Differential Representation of Latina and Black Female Victims in Front-Page News Stories: A Qualitative Document Analysis
Political Skill and Manager Performance: Exponential and Asymptotic Relationships Due to Differing Levels of Enterprising Job Demands
Inside a Suicide Prevention Center in Puerto Rico
Understanding Sampling and Recruitment in Social Work Dissertation Research
When evidence isn’t enough: Ideological, institutional, and interest-based constraints on achieving trade and health policy coherence
Manipulating entitativity affects implicit behavioral and neural attentional biases toward gay couples
Latino Immigrant Home-Country Media Use and Participation in U.S. Politics
Minority stress and emotional intimacy among individuals in lesbian and gay couples: Implications for relationship satisfaction and health
Upframing Service Design and Innovation for Research Impact
Keeping Pets Safe in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Insights From Domestic Violence Shelter Staff in Canada
Taming Deep Uncertainty: The Potential of Pragmatist Principles for Understanding and Improving Strategic Crisis Management
The Impact of Premeeting Talk on Group Performance
Sensitive Survey Questions with Auxiliary Information
Managing identity in a host setting: School social workers’ strategies for better interprofessional work in New Zealand schools
Follow-Up Study of Youth Who Received EIBI as Young Children
Computation Error Analysis: Students To Mathematics Difficulty Compared With Typically Achieving Students
Child care type, access, and quality in rural areas of the United States: a review
The Public and the Opioid-Abuse Epidemic
Engaging families in the management of adolescent self-harm
Addressing the Causality Gap in Human Psychiatric Neuroscience
The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research