Socioeconomic factors, such as education and income, are associated with disparities in the
prevalence and severity of periodontal disease, and this has been recognized since the …

The role of pharmacists in the treatment of HIV has expanded beyond medication
dispensing to include a host of cost-effective, evidence-based strategies across the HIV …

Objectives: To investigate whether race/ethnicity, income, and education are independently
associated with periodontitis; and to investigate the effect of adjusting for income and …

Background Little is known on the effect of stigma on the health and behavior of people who
inject drugs (PWID). PWID may internalize these negative attitudes and experiences and …

Substantial progress has been made in reducing HIV among injection drug users (IDUs) in
the United States, despite political and social resistance that reduced resources and …

Background: Given the potential for increased substance use during COVID-19, we
examined (1) young adults' changes in cigarette, e-cigarette, marijuana, and alcohol use …

Objectives: Given the need to understand e-cigarette retail and its impact, we examined
sociodemographic, tobacco and marijuana use, and e-cigarette retail experiences as …

Purpose Social capital is a well-established predictor of several behavioral health outcomes.
However, we know less about the relationship with prevention, transmission, and treatment …

PURPOSE: To investigate the association of nativity status, country of origin, and race with
all-cause mortality in Hispanic adults relative to non-Hispanic adults in the United States, we …

Background Periodontitis has been shown to be associated with allostatic load, a measure
of physiological instability across biological systems from cumulative or repeated adaptation …