Brian A Primack

..We aimed to quantify the independent relative contribution to established smoking of exposure to smoking depicted in movies during both early and late adolescence...

..We aimed to determine the prevalence of and contextual elements associated with alcohol brand appearances in US popular music...

..Establishments dedicated to hookah tobacco smoking recently have proliferated and helped introduce hookah use to U.S. communities...

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..Although certain media exposures have been linked to the presence of psychiatric conditions, few studies have investigated the association between media exposure and depression...

..In adjusted models, exposure to music was independently associated with marijuana use, but exposure to movies was independently associated with alcohol use. Implications, limitations, and suggestions for further research are discussed...

..38 (95% CI = 0.20, 0.70). High smoking media literacy is independently associated with lower odds of smoking. Smoking media literacy may be a valuable construct to address in college populations...

..The purpose of this study was to compare cigarette and waterpipe tobacco smoking in terms of their associations with organized sport participation...

..Clin Trans Sci 2010; Volume 3: 186-188...

..To use ecological momentary assessment techniques to measure the association of major depressive disorder (MDD) with media use...

..06). Findings suggest that although media literacy provides a compelling format for the delivery of anti-tobacco programming, integration of components of traditional programming may help media literacy programs achieve maximal efficacy...

..To determine which specific aspects of media literacy were most strongly associated with smoking outcomes...

..We also aimed to determine if sexual references of each subtype were associated with other song characteristics and/or content...

..We aimed to evaluate an innovative, theory-based, educational intervention involving social marketing and health literacy...

..To develop a smoking media literacy (SML) scale by using empiric survey data from a large sample of high school students and to assess reliability and criterion validity of the scale...

..To identify different components of smoking normative beliefs and determine if each component is independently associated with 2 clinically relevant measures of smoking in adolescents...

..To determine whether media literacy concerning tobacco use is independently associated with two clinically relevant outcome measures in adolescents: current smoking and susceptibility to smoking...

..This study compared the concentration (proportion of media messages that are for tobacco) and density (pro-tobacco media messages per person) of pro-tobacco media messages between African American and Caucasian markets...

..Although waterpipe tobacco smoking seems to be increasing on U.S. university campuses, these data have come from convenience samples...

..To assess the association between adolescent smoking and volume of exposure to various forms of media after controlling for multiple relevant covariates...

..To perform a comprehensive content analysis of substance use in contemporary popular music...

..The purpose of this study was to determine if exposure to lyrics describing degrading sex in popular music is independently associated with sexual behavior in a cohort of urban adolescents...

..To determine associations between depressive symptoms, locus of control, and sexual outcomes in a predominantly African-American cohort of female adolescents...

..The authors also present examples of ways in which this model can be adapted and applied to specific situations to assess the effects of different factors on career success...

..The scale has potential as a tool to measure self efficacy in children related to learning, peer interactions, and resisting peer pressure to use drugs and to help shape drug education programs...

..We aimed to determine if exposure to cannabis in popular music is associated independently with current cannabis use in a cohort of urban adolescents...

..To determine associations between religiosity and female adolescents' sexual and contraceptive behaviors...

..This laboratory study examined whether exposure to movie smoking that is portrayed as having a clear motive is associated with the desire to smoke differently than smoking that is portrayed as having no clear motive...

..Although processes of care are common proxies for health care quality, their associations with medical outcomes remain uncertain...

..Myocardial recovery after ventricular assist devices (VAD) is rare but appears more common in nonischemic cardiomyopathies (NICM). We sought to evaluate left ventricular (LV) end diastolic diameter (LVEDD) for predicting recovery after VAD...

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..The candidate will emerge in five years with the skills and background necessary to implement and evaluate the intervention on a large scale via an R01 (to be secured in year 4). ..

..Finally, it will include a nationally-representative, longitudinal data collection investigating the trajectories and consequences of waterpipe tobacco smoking. ..