Linda B Bourque
Biographic Data
| ID | 3700945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda B Bourque |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda B |
| FAMILY NAME | Bourque |
| SIGNATURE | BOURQUE L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sex on demand: Geosocial networking phone apps and risk of sexually transmitted infections among a cross-sectional sample of men who have sex with men in Los Angeles county
BACKGROUND: Geosocial networking applications (GSN apps) used for meeting sexual partners have become increasingly popular with men who have sex with men (MSM) since 2009. The current study aimed to determine if self-identified HIV-negative, MSM clinic attendees who used GSN apps have an increased incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) compared to self-identified HIV-negative, MSM attendees who met sexual partners via in-person venues…
Adequacy of Reporting Results of School Surveys and Nonresponse Effects: A Review of the Literature and a Case Study
To ensure accurate interpretation of research findings, researchers should report details about their research design, data collection method, and response rates when presenting findings from survey research. A review of 100 peer-reviewed articles reporting the results of survey research on K–12 schools with principals as the designated respondents revealed that such information is often not reported. Few studies examined or even acknowledged the…
Are Schools Prepared for Emergencies? A Baseline Assessment of Emergency Preparedness at School Sites in Three Los Angeles County School Districts
A survey of emergency preparedness was conducted in three public school districts in urban areas of Los Angeles County. Eighty-three school sites were surveyed using self-administered questionnaires. Although designated respondents generally felt that their schools were well prepared, the survey also revealed the need for improvements in written disaster plans, emergency response training, availability of equipment and supplies, and implementatio…
Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health
The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina; recent hurricane evacuation studies and their potential for reducing death, injury, and disease; information available to date about mortality, injury, and disease attributed to Hurricane Katrina; and psychological distress attributable to hurricanes. Drowning in salt water caused by storm surg…
First-Aid Training and Capabilities of the Lay Public: A Potential Alternative Source of Emergency Medical Assistance Following a Natural Disaster
Basic first-aid skills can be useful in treating minor injuries that commonly result from natural disasters in the United States. Yet there has been insufficient research on training and competence in first-aid skills among community residents. This study utilises panel data for 414 adults in Los Angeles, California, who were interviewed within three years of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and re-interviewed in 1999 after the El Ninõ winter of 19…
Maternal Anemia and Postpartum Weight Change Associated With Decreased Maternal-Infant Interaction in a Rural Kenyan Population
Associations between maternal nutritional factors including energy intake, body mass index, postpartum weight change, and anemia status and maternal-infant interactions were examined in 124 mother-infant pairs from a marginally malnourished, rural Kenyan population. Anemic mothers spent less time holding and caring for their infants than nonanemic mothers. Mothers who retained their pregnancy weight gain or were able to gain weight postpartum spe…
How to Conduct Telephone Surveys
'''''The writing style is good, clear, and accurate, with a logical presentation of material. The checklists are effective learning aids.'''--Carol J. Lancaster, Medical University of South Carolina''''When should you use a telephone survey, and how do you transform completed telephone interviews into an analyzable, machine-readable data file? This book shows readers how to develop and administer telephone surveys (with particular attention to pa…
How to Conduct Self-Administered and Mail Surveys
'The authors discuss self-administered questionnaires, the content and format of the questionnaire, 'user-friendly' questionnaires and response categories, and survey implementation. They offer excellent checklists for deciding whether or not to use a mail questionnaire, for constructing questions and response categories, for minimizing bias, for writing questionnaire specifications, for formatting and finalizing questionnaires, and for motivatin…
The Survey Handbook
What Is a Survey? When Do You Use One? Sound Survey Design Reliable and Valid Survey Instruments Reasonable Resources
Injuries as a Result of California Earthquakes in the Past Decade
The devastating effects of earthquakes have been demonstrated repeatedly in the past decade, through moderate and major earthquakes such as the October 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake (5.9 on the Richter scale), the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1) and the January 1994 Northridge earthquake (6.7). While 'official' tallies of injuries and deaths are reported for each event, the numbers vary from report to report. For Northridge, the numb…
Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation Actions before and after Two Earthquakes
This study examines the current state of preparedness among Los Angeles County and San Francisco Bay Area residents, determines the extent to which levels of preparedness have changed since the Sylmar earthquake in 1971, identifies the circumstances under which people have prepared, and assesses the extent to which respondents' overall perceptions of preparedness match their reports of preparedness activities. Since the 1970s, residents of the tw…
A Biographical Essay on Judith Blake's Professional Career and Scholarship
Judith Blake was born and raised primarily in New York City; she received her BS degree magna cum laude from Columbia University in 1951 and her PhD in 1961. She had a remarkable and sustained record of scholarly contributions, which can be divided into five interrelated periods differentiated by a combination of substantive emphases, methodological approaches, and time periods. Blake was the founding Chair of the Group in Demography at the Unive…
Why Do We Blame the Victims of Sexual Assault
Rape and Criminal Justice: The Social Construction of Sexual Assault
Criminology and the study of rape. The labeling perspective and offical reactions to rape. The conflict perspective and the legal processing of rape cases. Constructing rape: the victim and the police. Constructing rape: the courts. Rape and the social control of blacks. Rape and the social control of women. Jurors' responses to victims' behavior in rape trials. Constructing rape: conclusions and implications. References. Index
Intimate Violence: A Study of Injustice
Predicting the Educational Attainment of Los Angeles Women
Social psychological variables such as identification and communication with significant others, perception of others' expectations, and self-perceptions influence the effect that social and family structural variables have on educational attainment. Using available data on Los Angeles women collected in 1973 and 1975, this article further investigates the relative role of structural and social psychological variables in predicting the educationa…
Inner Contradictions of Rigorous Research
Values and Transcendental Experiences
Ecstatic-transcendental experiences, or fundamental changes in the individual's level of consciousness, have been an integral part of human life, particularly religious movements, throughout most of the world. By concentrating on the experience itself, this study is designed to determine how common such experiences are in Western society, whether such experiences are restricted to specifically religious contexts, and whether they can be related t…
Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health
The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina; recent hurricane evacuation studies and their potential for reducing death, injury, and disease; information available to date about mortality, injury, and disease attributed to Hurricane Katrina; and psychological distress attributable to hurricanes. Drowning in salt water caused by storm surg…
Injuries as a Result of California Earthquakes in the Past Decade
The devastating effects of earthquakes have been demonstrated repeatedly in the past decade, through moderate and major earthquakes such as the October 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake (5.9 on the Richter scale), the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1) and the January 1994 Northridge earthquake (6.7). While 'official' tallies of injuries and deaths are reported for each event, the numbers vary from report to report. For Northridge, the numb…
Predicting the Educational Attainment of Los Angeles Women
Social psychological variables such as identification and communication with significant others, perception of others' expectations, and self-perceptions influence the effect that social and family structural variables have on educational attainment. Using available data on Los Angeles women collected in 1973 and 1975, this article further investigates the relative role of structural and social psychological variables in predicting the educationa…
Values and Transcendental Experiences
Ecstatic-transcendental experiences, or fundamental changes in the individual's level of consciousness, have been an integral part of human life, particularly religious movements, throughout most of the world. By concentrating on the experience itself, this study is designed to determine how common such experiences are in Western society, whether such experiences are restricted to specifically religious contexts, and whether they can be related t…
Inner Contradictions of Rigorous Research
Predicting the Educational Attainment of Los Angeles Women
Social psychological variables such as identification and communication with significant others, perception of others' expectations, and self-perceptions influence the effect that social and family structural variables have on educational attainment. Using available data on Los Angeles women collected in 1973 and 1975, this article further investigates the relative role of structural and social psychological variables in predicting the educationa…
Rape and Criminal Justice: The Social Construction of Sexual Assault
Criminology and the study of rape. The labeling perspective and offical reactions to rape. The conflict perspective and the legal processing of rape cases. Constructing rape: the victim and the police. Constructing rape: the courts. Rape and the social control of blacks. Rape and the social control of women. Jurors' responses to victims' behavior in rape trials. Constructing rape: conclusions and implications. References. Index
Intimate Violence: A Study of Injustice
Why Do We Blame the Victims of Sexual Assault
Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation Actions before and after Two Earthquakes
This study examines the current state of preparedness among Los Angeles County and San Francisco Bay Area residents, determines the extent to which levels of preparedness have changed since the Sylmar earthquake in 1971, identifies the circumstances under which people have prepared, and assesses the extent to which respondents' overall perceptions of preparedness match their reports of preparedness activities. Since the 1970s, residents of the tw…
A Biographical Essay on Judith Blake's Professional Career and Scholarship
Judith Blake was born and raised primarily in New York City; she received her BS degree magna cum laude from Columbia University in 1951 and her PhD in 1961. She had a remarkable and sustained record of scholarly contributions, which can be divided into five interrelated periods differentiated by a combination of substantive emphases, methodological approaches, and time periods. Blake was the founding Chair of the Group in Demography at the Unive…
Injuries as a Result of California Earthquakes in the Past Decade
The devastating effects of earthquakes have been demonstrated repeatedly in the past decade, through moderate and major earthquakes such as the October 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake (5.9 on the Richter scale), the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1) and the January 1994 Northridge earthquake (6.7). While 'official' tallies of injuries and deaths are reported for each event, the numbers vary from report to report. For Northridge, the numb…
How to Conduct Telephone Surveys
'''''The writing style is good, clear, and accurate, with a logical presentation of material. The checklists are effective learning aids.'''--Carol J. Lancaster, Medical University of South Carolina''''When should you use a telephone survey, and how do you transform completed telephone interviews into an analyzable, machine-readable data file? This book shows readers how to develop and administer telephone surveys (with particular attention to pa…
How to Conduct Self-Administered and Mail Surveys
'The authors discuss self-administered questionnaires, the content and format of the questionnaire, 'user-friendly' questionnaires and response categories, and survey implementation. They offer excellent checklists for deciding whether or not to use a mail questionnaire, for constructing questions and response categories, for minimizing bias, for writing questionnaire specifications, for formatting and finalizing questionnaires, and for motivatin…
The Survey Handbook
What Is a Survey? When Do You Use One? Sound Survey Design Reliable and Valid Survey Instruments Reasonable Resources
Maternal Anemia and Postpartum Weight Change Associated With Decreased Maternal-Infant Interaction in a Rural Kenyan Population
Associations between maternal nutritional factors including energy intake, body mass index, postpartum weight change, and anemia status and maternal-infant interactions were examined in 124 mother-infant pairs from a marginally malnourished, rural Kenyan population. Anemic mothers spent less time holding and caring for their infants than nonanemic mothers. Mothers who retained their pregnancy weight gain or were able to gain weight postpartum spe…
First-Aid Training and Capabilities of the Lay Public: A Potential Alternative Source of Emergency Medical Assistance Following a Natural Disaster
Basic first-aid skills can be useful in treating minor injuries that commonly result from natural disasters in the United States. Yet there has been insufficient research on training and competence in first-aid skills among community residents. This study utilises panel data for 414 adults in Los Angeles, California, who were interviewed within three years of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and re-interviewed in 1999 after the El Ninõ winter of 19…
Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Hurricanes on Physical and Mental Health
The authors briefly review the deaths, injuries, and diseases attributed to hurricanes that made landfall in the United States prior to Hurricane Katrina; recent hurricane evacuation studies and their potential for reducing death, injury, and disease; information available to date about mortality, injury, and disease attributed to Hurricane Katrina; and psychological distress attributable to hurricanes. Drowning in salt water caused by storm surg…
Are Schools Prepared for Emergencies? A Baseline Assessment of Emergency Preparedness at School Sites in Three Los Angeles County School Districts
A survey of emergency preparedness was conducted in three public school districts in urban areas of Los Angeles County. Eighty-three school sites were surveyed using self-administered questionnaires. Although designated respondents generally felt that their schools were well prepared, the survey also revealed the need for improvements in written disaster plans, emergency response training, availability of equipment and supplies, and implementatio…
Adequacy of Reporting Results of School Surveys and Nonresponse Effects: A Review of the Literature and a Case Study
To ensure accurate interpretation of research findings, researchers should report details about their research design, data collection method, and response rates when presenting findings from survey research. A review of 100 peer-reviewed articles reporting the results of survey research on K–12 schools with principals as the designated respondents revealed that such information is often not reported. Few studies examined or even acknowledged the…
Sex on demand: Geosocial networking phone apps and risk of sexually transmitted infections among a cross-sectional sample of men who have sex with men in Los Angeles county
BACKGROUND: Geosocial networking applications (GSN apps) used for meeting sexual partners have become increasingly popular with men who have sex with men (MSM) since 2009. The current study aimed to determine if self-identified HIV-negative, MSM clinic attendees who used GSN apps have an increased incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) compared to self-identified HIV-negative, MSM attendees who met sexual partners via in-person venues…
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (5 works) · Disaster Response and Management (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Medical emergency (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Population (5 works)