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"Who's Really Regulating? Who's Benefiting?" Exploring Black Stakeholders' Awareness and Trust in the Food and Drug Administration's Role as a Tobacco Regulator

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

A critical unresolved issue in transdisciplinary prevention research

A study of community design, greenness, and physical activity in children using satellite, GPS and accelerometer data

scientific article published on September 16, 2011

A transdisciplinary focus on drug abuse prevention: an introduction

scientific article published in January 2004

A videogame intervention for tobacco product use prevention in adolescents

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Addressing core challenges for the next generation of type 2 translation research and systems: the translation science to population impact (TSci Impact) framework

scientific article published on August 2013

Adolescent menthol cigarette use and risk of nicotine dependence: Findings from the national Population Assessment on Tobacco and Health (PATH) study

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

Adolescent to emerging adulthood smoking trajectories: when do smoking trajectories diverge, and do they predict early adulthood nicotine dependence?

scientific article published in November 2007

Adolescents' perceptions of flavored tobacco products, including E-cigarettes: A qualitative study to inform FDA tobacco education efforts through videogames.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Anhedonia, screen time, and substance use in early adolescents: A longitudinal mediation analysis

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Assessing the Social and Physical Contexts of Children's Leisure-Time Physical Activity: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Association of usual self-reported dietary intake with ecological momentary measures of affective and physical feeling states in children.

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Associations among dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, and executive function proficiency in early adolescents

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Breast cancer among immigrants: a systematic review and new research directions

scientific article published on October 2007

Changes in friends' and parental influences on cigarette smoking from early through late adolescence

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Children's executive function and high-calorie, low-nutrient food intake: mediating effects of child-perceived adult fast food intake

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Children's perceptions of physical activity environments captured through ecological momentary assessment: A validation study

scientific article published on May 30, 2012

Cigarettes, culture, and Korean American emerging adults: an exploratory qualitative study

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Cognitive behavioral theories used to explain injection risk behavior among injection drug users: a review and suggestions for the integration of cognitive and environmental models

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Community coalitions as a system: effects of network change on adoption of evidence-based substance abuse prevention

scientific article published on 28 February 2007

Consumers' perceptions of vape shops in Southern California: an analysis of online Yelp reviews

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Direct and indirect effects of parent stress on child obesity risk and added sugar intake in a sample of Southern California adolescents.

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Disparities in retail marketing for little cigars and cigarillos in Los Angeles, California

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Does community type moderate the relationship between parent perceptions of the neighborhood and physical activity in children?

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E-Cigarettes and Future Cigarette Use.

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Early adolescent alcohol use and sexual experience by emerging adulthood: a 10-year longitudinal investigation

scientific article published on 30 May 2009

Early cigarette use and psychological distress as predictors of obesity risk in adulthood

scientific article published in February 2008

Effects of sweet flavorings and nicotine on the appeal and sensory properties of e-cigarettes among young adult vapers: Application of a novel methodology.

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Electronic cigarette retailers use Pokémon Go to market products

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Evaluating the predictive value of measures of susceptibility to tobacco and alternative tobacco products

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Evidence-based prevention: characteristics, impact, and future direction

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Executive cognitive function and food intake in children

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Executive cognitive function as a correlate and predictor of child food intake and physical activity

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Executive function and latent classes of childhood obesity risk

scientific article published on January 5, 2012

Executive function and probabilities of engaging in long-term sedentary and high calorie/low nutrition eating behaviors in early adolescence

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Executive function mediates prospective relationships between sleep duration and sedentary behavior in children

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Factors in the perceived stress scale differentially associate with mindfulness disposition and executive function among early adolescents

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Flavoured tobacco products and the public's health: lessons from the TPSAC menthol report

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Food and physical activity environments: an energy balance approach for research and practice.

scientific article published on May 2015

Form follows function: designs for prevention effectiveness and diffusion research

scientific article published on March 2004

High Calorie, Low Nutrient Food/Beverage Intake and Video Gaming in Children as Potential Signals for Addictive Behavior

scientific article published on November 29, 2011

Implementation of HPV vaccination guidelines in a diverse population in Los Angeles: Results from an environmental scan of local HPV resources and needs

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Improving substance use prevention efforts with executive function training

scientific article published on June 2016

Indian students' perspectives on obesity and school-based obesity prevention: a qualitative examination

scientific article published in November 2013

Inhibitory control and the onset of combustible cigarette, e-cigarette, and hookah use in early adolescence: The moderating role of socioeconomic status.

scientific article published on 22 June 2015

Integrating mindfulness into school-based substance use and other prevention programs

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Investigating ethnic differences in adolescent alcohol use and peer norms using semi-continuous latent growth models.

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Investigating the impact of a smart growth community on the contexts of children's physical activity using Ecological Momentary Assessment

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Joint physical activity and sedentary behavior in parent-child pairs

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Locations of Joint Physical Activity in Parent–Child Pairs Based on Accelerometer and GPS Monitoring

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Long-term effects of adolescent marijuana use prevention on adult mental health services utilization: the midwestern prevention project

scientific article published on January 2009

Longitudinal Relationships of Executive Cognitive Function and Parent Influence to Child Substance Use and Physical Activity

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

Longitudinal relationships of sleep and inhibitory control deficits to early adolescent cigarette and alcohol use.

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Measuring the meanings of eating in minority youth

scientific article published on 24 July 2011

Misuse of "study drugs:" prevalence, consequences, and implications for policy

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Momentary assessment of affect, physical feeling states, and physical activity in children

scientific article published on May 13, 2013

Motivation in tobacco use cessation research

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Motivational interviewing with adolescents and young adults for drug-related problems

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NETWORK STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES ON THE ADOPTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION IN COMMUNITIES.

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Neighborhood park use by children: use of accelerometry and global positioning systems

scientific article published on February 2014

Parallel developmental trajectories of sensation seeking and regular substance use in adolescents

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

Parent program component analysis in a drug abuse prevention trial

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Parent, peer, and executive function relationships to early adolescent e-cigarette use: a substance use pathway?

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Parental substance use as a modifier of adolescent substance use risk

scientific article published in December 2002

Patterns of Alternative Tobacco Product Use: Emergence of Hookah and E-cigarettes as Preferred Products Amongst Youth

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Peer influences: the impact of online and offline friendship networks on adolescent smoking and alcohol use.

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Perceived stress and poly-tobacco product use across adolescence: Patterns of association and gender differences

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Performance of cigarette susceptibility index among e-cigarette and hookah users.

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Physical Activity and Variation in Momentary Behavioral Cognitions: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

scientific article published on 13 August 2015

Physical and social contextual influences on children's leisure-time physical activity: an ecological momentary assessment study

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Political science, public policy, and drug use prevention

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Preventing growth in amphetamine use: long-term effects of the Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP) from early adolescence to early adulthood

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Preventing risk for obesity by promoting self-regulation and decision-making skills: pilot results from the PATHWAYS to health program (PATHWAYS).

scientific article published in June 2007

Promoting community coalition functioning: effects of Project STEP.

scientific article published on 16 May 2008

Prospective associations between bilingualism and executive function in Latino children: sustained effects while controlling for biculturalism

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Protecting against intergenerational problem behavior: mediational effects of prevented marijuana use on second-generation parent-child relationships and child impulsivity

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Psychometrics of the Eating in Emotional Situations Questionnaire (EESQ) among low-income Latino elementary-school children

scientific article published on January 25, 2011

Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adolescent Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Use

scientific article published in August 2015

Psychosocial factors and multiple health risk behaviors among early adolescents: a latent profile analysis

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Quantile Mediation Models: A Comparison of Methods for Assessing Mediation Across the Outcome Distribution

scientific article published on September 2014

Relationships between executive cognitive function and lifetime substance use and obesity-related behaviors in fourth grade youth

scientific article published on 24 June 2011

Research on Youth and Young Adult Tobacco Use, 2013-2018, From the Food and Drug Administration-National Institutes of Health Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Shared health characteristics in Hispanic colorectal cancer patients and their primary social support person following primary diagnosis

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Smart growth community design and physical activity in children

scientific article published in October 2013

Social Network Status and Depression Among Adolescents: An Examination of Social Network Influences and Depressive Symptoms in a Chinese Sample

scientific article published on February 23, 2011

Talking about tobacco on Twitter is associated with tobacco product use

scientific article published on 10 June 2018

The E-cigarette Social Environment, E-cigarette Use, and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking

scientific article published on 06 May 2016

The effect of sensation seeking on alcohol use among middle school students: a latent state-trait analysis

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

The effects of teacher fidelity of implementation of pathways to health on student outcomes

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The feasibility and acceptability of assessing inhibitory control and working memory among adolescents via an ecological momentary assessment approach

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

The interaction of social networks and child obesity prevention program effects: the pathways trial

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The mediational role of neurocognition in the behavioral outcomes of a social-emotional prevention program in elementary school students: effects of the PATHS Curriculum.

scientific article published on 30 March 2006

Time to re-examine old definitions of nicotine dependence.

scientific article published in June 2008

Tobacco Marketing and Subsequent Use of Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Hookah in Adolescents.

scientific article published in June 2019

Tobacco Retail Licensing and Youth Product Use

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Tobacco regulatory compliance with STAKE Act age-of-sale signage among licensed tobacco retailers across diverse neighborhoods in Southern California

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Tobacco use moderates the association between major depression and obesity.

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Toward a Better Understanding of the Link Between Parent and Child Physical Activity Levels: The Moderating Role of Parental Encouragement

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Trajectories of peer social influences as long-term predictors of drug use from early through late adolescence.

scientific article published on 15 July 2008

Translating evidence based violence and drug use prevention to obesity prevention: development and construction of the pathways program

scientific article published on 10 October 2011

Translating research into prevention of high-risk behaviors in the presence of complex systems: definitions and systems frameworks

scientific article published on March 2016

Translation in the health professions: converting science into action

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Translation in tobacco and drug abuse prevention research

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Two facets of stress and indirect effects on child diet through emotion-driven eating

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Understanding the physical and social contexts of children's nonschool sedentary behavior: an ecological momentary assessment study

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mHealth approaches to child obesity prevention: successes, unique challenges, and next directions

scientific article published on December 2013