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State youth-access tobacco control policies and youth smoking behavior in the United StatesD A Luke
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63108 3342, USA
Am J Prev Med 19:180-7. 2000..State policies aimed at controlling youth access to tobacco are an important component of public health efforts to reduce smoking prevalence among youth and prevent subsequent disease...- Where there's smoke there's money: tobacco industry campaign contributions and U.S. Congressional votingDouglas A Luke
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:363-72. 2004..Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. A direct contributor to this massive health burden is the effectiveness of the tobacco industry's activities, including campaign contributions... - Network analysis in public health: history, methods, and applicationsDouglas A Luke
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 28:69-93. 2007..We conclude with future directions for network analysis in public health... 
Smoke signs: patterns of tobacco billboard advertising in a metropolitan regionD Luke
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO 63108 3342, USA
Tob Control 9:16-23. 2000....- Assessing the diversity of personal beliefs about addiction: development of the addiction belief inventoryDouglas A Luke
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Missouri 63108 3342, USA
Subst Use Misuse 37:89-120. 2002..Multivariate analyses provided preliminary reliability and validational support. The utility of the ABI for clinical and research purposes is discussed, along with suggestions for future research and improvements to the instrument... - Getting the big picture in community science: methods that capture contextDouglas A Luke
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Community Psychol 35:185-200. 2005.... - Teens' images of smoking and smokersD Luke
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Sulus Center, St Louis, Missouri 63104 1399, USA
Public Health Rep 116:194-202. 2001..The identification of distinctive images of smoking can help researchers develop more sophisticated models of the processes of teen smoking than currently exist... - Computerized morphometry of the pulmonary vasculature over a range of intravascular pressuresJ A Ohar
Department of Internal Medicine, St Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63110 0250, USA
Anat Rec 252:92-101. 1998..idealized LA were both increased in injected lungs. We suspect that vascular injection selects for evaluation, a population of smaller, thin-walled vessels, which in the uninjected lungs are collapsed and hence excluded from analysis... - Evaluation of four sampling methods for determining exposure of children to lead-contaminated household dustD A Sterling
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, 3663 Lindell Boulevard, St Louis, Missouri, 63108, USA
Environ Res 81:130-41. 1999..This investigation supports findings by others that the present HUD risk levels for lead in floor wipe samples may not be adequate for reducing children's blood lead levels below 10 microgram/dl... - Strength of clean indoor air laws and smoking related outcomes in the USAK M McMullen
Infection Control, Barnes Jewish Hospital, One Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza, Mailstop 90 30 632, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Tob Control 14:43-8. 2005..This study investigates these hypotheses, as well as the effect of these laws on youth smoking... - Public health surveillance of low-frequency populationsElena M Andresen
School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104 1314, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 25:25-52. 2004..We also describe fieldwork issues for reaching and collecting information from special populations. Decisions among methods and solutions may require seeking additional resources for surveillance... 
Getting the word out: multiple methods for disseminating evaluation findingsNancy B Mueller
Center for Tobacco Policy Research, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, Suite 300, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:170-6. 2008..To evaluate the effectiveness of different strategies for disseminating evaluation results to program stakeholders...- Successfully maintaining program funding during trying times: lessons from tobacco control programs in five statesDavid E Nelson
Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 13:612-20. 2007..The sustainability framework and lessons learned may provide valuable insights for other public health programs facing funding threats... - The best practices: use of the guidelines by ten state tobacco control programsNancy B Mueller
Center for Tobacco Policy Research, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:300-6. 2006..This evaluation examined how states used the guidelines in their program planning, and identifies strengths and weaknesses of the guidelines... - Shaping the context of health: a review of environmental and policy approaches in the prevention of chronic diseasesRoss C Brownson
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 27:341-70. 2006.... - Risk factors for exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among ethnically diverse women in the United StatesKatherine A Stamatakis
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 11:45-51. 2002..The likelihood of being exposed to ETS at work was highest for women whose workplace smoking policies allowed smoking in some or all work areas... - Declining rates of physical activity in the United States: what are the contributors?Ross C Brownson
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Missouri 63104, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 26:421-43. 2005.... - The news on health behavior: coverage of diet, activity, and tobacco in local newspapersCharlene A Caburnay
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, MO 63104, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:709-22. 2003..Because the local newspaper can be especially influential in smaller communities, strategies are needed to help reporters and editors in these settings provide more and better coverage of health behavior-related stories... - Perceptions of neighborhood environment for physical activity: is it "who you are" or "where you live"?Sarah E Boslaugh
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Urban Health 81:671-81. 2004.... - Preventing childhood obesity through state policy. Predictors of bill enactmentTegan K Boehmer
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:333-40. 2008..Using a policy research framework, this study sought to identify factors that predict successful enactment of childhood obesity prevention in all 50 states...