Scott P Novak
Biographic Data
| ID | 5535201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott P Novak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott P |
| FAMILY NAME | Novak |
| SIGNATURE | NOVAK S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | RTI International |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Initiation of Heroin and Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers by Birth Cohort
We examined initiation patterns among different birth cohorts of people who used prescription opioids and heroin because of historical differences in drug use availability. We examined data from a community-based study of persons who inject drugs (n = 483) in California and a general population survey from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (n = 1264) and found that individuals born after 1980 were more likely than were individuals born b…
Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Mediating Role of Youth Depressive Symptoms
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of maternal depressive symptoms on adolescent alcohol use among a sample of Latino/Latina youth aged 10 to 16 years from a high-risk community. Direct and mediating effects of youth depressive symptoms, controlling for levels of concurrent emotion dysregulation, on alcohol use were examined. Participants consisted of 525 children and their mothers randomly sampled from low-income schools with…
Alcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: Results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp
Alcohol and other drug use can negatively affect adherence to and retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV/AIDS. Yet, there are few brief interventions that reduce these behaviors among this population. This article presents the findings from a randomized field experiment that assessed the effects of a woman-focused intervention (the Women's Health CoOp [WHC]) on reducing alcohol and other drug use among vulnerable w…
Spatial Analysis of HIV Positive Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, 1987 to 2005
Spatial analyses of HIV/AIDS related outcomes are growing in popularity as a tool to understand geographic changes in the epidemic and inform the effectiveness of community-based prevention and treatment programs. The Urban Health Study was a serial, cross-sectional epidemiological study of injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco between 1987 and 2005 (N = 29,914). HIV testing was conducted for every participant. Participant residence was ge…
The biobehavioral Women’s Health CoOp in Pretoria, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized design
Trial registration no: NCT01497405
Experiences of Violence and Association with Decreased Drug Abstinence Among Women in Cape Town, South Africa
Parental Nativity Affects Children’s Health and Access to Care
Parental Nativity is an Important Factor Associated with Where Children Usually Go for Health Care
Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Hospital Procedure Volume for Lung Resection for Lung Cancer
BACKGROUND: Ethnic/racial minorities experience poorer outcomes from lung cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Higher hospital procedure volume is associated with better survival from lung resection for lung cancer. OBJECTIVES: We examined whether (1) ethnic/racial minorities are more likely to obtain lung resections at lower volume hospitals, (2) ethnicity/race is associated with inpatient mortality, (3) hospital volume mediates this association, an…
Retail Tobacco Outlet Density and Youth Cigarette Smoking: A Propensity-Modeling Approach
Objectives. We examined whether retail tobacco outlet density was related to youth cigarette smoking after control for a diverse range of neighborhood characteristics. Methods. Data were gathered from 2116 respondents (aged 11 to 23 years) residing in 178 census tracts in Chicago, Ill. Propensity score stratification methods for continuous exposures were used to adjust for potentially confounding neighborhood characteristics, thus strengthening c…
Sensation seeking, impulsive decision-making, and risky sex: Implications for risk-taking and design of interventions
The interaction between impulsivity and neighborhood context on offending: The effects of impulsivity are stronger in poorer neighborhoods
This research blends 2 traditions of theorizing on the causes of crime. one focused on the role of individual differences and the other focused on structural and contextual variables. Two related studies examined the relations among impulsivity, neighborhood context, and juvenile offending. The first, cross-sectional study uses a large sample of 13-year-old inner-city boys, whereas the second, Longitudinal study offers a conceptual replication us…
Retail Tobacco Outlet Density and Youth Cigarette Smoking: A Propensity-Modeling Approach
Objectives. We examined whether retail tobacco outlet density was related to youth cigarette smoking after control for a diverse range of neighborhood characteristics. Methods. Data were gathered from 2116 respondents (aged 11 to 23 years) residing in 178 census tracts in Chicago, Ill. Propensity score stratification methods for continuous exposures were used to adjust for potentially confounding neighborhood characteristics, thus strengthening c…
Sensation seeking, impulsive decision-making, and risky sex: Implications for risk-taking and design of interventions
The interaction between impulsivity and neighborhood context on offending: The effects of impulsivity are stronger in poorer neighborhoods
This research blends 2 traditions of theorizing on the causes of crime. one focused on the role of individual differences and the other focused on structural and contextual variables. Two related studies examined the relations among impulsivity, neighborhood context, and juvenile offending. The first, cross-sectional study uses a large sample of 13-year-old inner-city boys, whereas the second, Longitudinal study offers a conceptual replication us…
Retail Tobacco Outlet Density and Youth Cigarette Smoking: A Propensity-Modeling Approach
Objectives. We examined whether retail tobacco outlet density was related to youth cigarette smoking after control for a diverse range of neighborhood characteristics. Methods. Data were gathered from 2116 respondents (aged 11 to 23 years) residing in 178 census tracts in Chicago, Ill. Propensity score stratification methods for continuous exposures were used to adjust for potentially confounding neighborhood characteristics, thus strengthening c…
Parental Nativity Affects Children’s Health and Access to Care
Parental Nativity is an Important Factor Associated with Where Children Usually Go for Health Care
Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Hospital Procedure Volume for Lung Resection for Lung Cancer
BACKGROUND: Ethnic/racial minorities experience poorer outcomes from lung cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Higher hospital procedure volume is associated with better survival from lung resection for lung cancer. OBJECTIVES: We examined whether (1) ethnic/racial minorities are more likely to obtain lung resections at lower volume hospitals, (2) ethnicity/race is associated with inpatient mortality, (3) hospital volume mediates this association, an…
Alcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: Results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp
Alcohol and other drug use can negatively affect adherence to and retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV/AIDS. Yet, there are few brief interventions that reduce these behaviors among this population. This article presents the findings from a randomized field experiment that assessed the effects of a woman-focused intervention (the Women's Health CoOp [WHC]) on reducing alcohol and other drug use among vulnerable w…
Spatial Analysis of HIV Positive Injection Drug Users in San Francisco, 1987 to 2005
Spatial analyses of HIV/AIDS related outcomes are growing in popularity as a tool to understand geographic changes in the epidemic and inform the effectiveness of community-based prevention and treatment programs. The Urban Health Study was a serial, cross-sectional epidemiological study of injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco between 1987 and 2005 (N = 29,914). HIV testing was conducted for every participant. Participant residence was ge…
The biobehavioral Women’s Health CoOp in Pretoria, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized design
Trial registration no: NCT01497405
Experiences of Violence and Association with Decreased Drug Abstinence Among Women in Cape Town, South Africa
Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescent Alcohol Use: The Mediating Role of Youth Depressive Symptoms
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of maternal depressive symptoms on adolescent alcohol use among a sample of Latino/Latina youth aged 10 to 16 years from a high-risk community. Direct and mediating effects of youth depressive symptoms, controlling for levels of concurrent emotion dysregulation, on alcohol use were examined. Participants consisted of 525 children and their mothers randomly sampled from low-income schools with…
Initiation of Heroin and Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers by Birth Cohort
We examined initiation patterns among different birth cohorts of people who used prescription opioids and heroin because of historical differences in drug use availability. We examined data from a community-based study of persons who inject drugs (n = 483) in California and a general population survey from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (n = 1264) and found that individuals born after 1980 were more likely than were individuals born b…
Medicine (12 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works)