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Medical Mistrust and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans by Adams, Leslie B., Richmond, Jennifer, Corbie-Smith, Giselle, Powell, Wizdom

“…Despite well-documented benefits of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, African Americans are less likely to be screened and have higher CRC incidence and…”
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Vocational Development for Black Young Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses by Delman, Jonathan, Adams, Leslie B.

“…Objective: Black young adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have low rates of employment and school completion. Racial disparities exist in the delivery…”
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Association between psychological resilience and changes in mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic by Riehm, Kira E., Brenneke, Savannah G., Adams, Leslie B., Gilan, Donya, Lieb, Klaus, Kunzler, Angela M., Smail, Emily J., Holingue, Calliope, Stuart, Elizabeth A., Kalb, Luther G., Thrul, Johannes

“…•We examined trajectories of mental distress over course of the COVID-19 pandemic.•Adults with low and normal resilience experienced increases in mental…”
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Dimensionality and differential item endorsement of depressive symptoms among aging Black populations in South Africa: Findings from the HAALSI study by Adams, Leslie B., Farrell, Meagan, Mall, Sumaya, Mahlalela, Nomsa, Berkman, Lisa

“…•The Center for Epidemiologic Depression Scale (CES-D) may have diminished reliability and validity to adequately capture the full range of depressive symptoms…”
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Masculinity and Race-Related Factors as Barriers to Health Help-Seeking Among African American Men by Powell, Wizdom, Adams, Leslie B., Cole-Lewis, Yasmin, Agyemang, Amma, Upton, Rachel D.

“…Men's tendency to delay health help-seeking is largely attributed to masculinity, but findings scarcely focus on African American men who face additional…”
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Factors Associated With Suicide in Four West African Countries Among Adolescent Students: An Analysis Using the Global School-Based Student Health Survey by Diallo, Idiatou, Aldridge, Luke R, Bass, Judith, Adams, Leslie B, Spira, Adam P

“…Globally, suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents, with the highest burden of suicide occurring in Africa. Despite this, little is known about…”
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The Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and the Uptake of HIV Testing and ART Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Findings from the HAALSI Cohort Study by Mahlalela, Nomsa B., Manne-Goehler, Jennifer, Ohene-Kwofie, Daniel, B. Adams, Leslie, Montana, Livia, Kahn, Kathleen, Rohr, Julia K., Bärnighausen, Till, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc X.

“…HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) remain critical for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, but stigma can impede access to these services. Using data…”
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Refining Black men's depression measurement using participatory approaches: a concept mapping study by Adams, Leslie B, Baxter, Samuel L K, Lightfoot, Alexandra F, Gottfredson, Nisha, Golin, Carol, Jackson, Leron C, Tabron, James, Corbie-Smith, Giselle, Powell, Wizdom

“…Despite cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage and risk factors, Black Americans have a lower prevalence of depression than whites. Given the emerging focus of…”
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Community Health Worker Training Curricula and Intervention Outcomes in African American and Latinx Communities: A Systematic Review by Adams, Leslie B., Richmond, Jennifer, Watson, Sable N., Cené, Crystal W., Urrutia, Rachel, Ataga, Onome, Dunlap, Phenesse, Corbie-Smith, Giselle

“…In recent years, community health workers (CHWs) have emerged as key stakeholders in implementing community-based public health interventions in racially…”
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Rapid and Deferred Help Seeking Among African American Parents of Children With Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties by Richmond, Jennifer, Adams, Leslie B., Annis, Izabela E., Ellis, Alan R., Perryman, Twyla, Sikich, Linmarie, Thomas, Kathleen C.

“…Objective:Little is known about the factors African American parents consider when seeking care for their child after emotional and behavioral difficulties…”
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Demographic predictors of emergency service utilization patterns in youth at risk of suicide by Bajaj, Mira A., Wilcox, Holly C., Adams, Leslie B., Berman, Alan L., Cwik, Mary, Kitchen, Christopher, Miller, Leslie, Nestadt, Paul S., Slade, Eric P., Haroz, Emily E.

“…Objective To explore demographic predictors of Emergency Department (ED) utilization among youth with a history of suicidality (i.e., ideation or behaviors)…”
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The relationship between neighborhood typologies and self-rated health in Maryland: A latent class analysis by Roth, Kimberly B., Goplerud, Dana K., Adams, Leslie B., Maury, Mikalah E., Musci, Rashelle J.

“…Despite widespread evidence that neighborhood conditions impact health, few studies apply theory to clarify the physical and social factors in communities that…”
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Investigating the Role of Suicidality and Ethnic Identity among Black Adolescents: A Latent Profile Analysis by Bernard, Donte L., Adams, Leslie B., Lateef, Husain A., Azasu, Enoch, Joe, Sean

“…Suicide among Black adolescent youth has steadily increased in recent years, yet few studies describe how facets of social identity shape suicidal thoughts and…”
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A Cascade of Care Model for Suicide Prevention by Haroz, Emily E., Sarapik, Liina M., Adams, Leslie B., Nestadt, Paul S., Athey, Alison, Alvarez, Kiara, Slade, Eric P., Cwik, Mary, Berman, Alan L., Wilcox, Holly C.

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Doing the Right Thing: Infants' Selection of Actions to Imitate From Observed Event Sequences by Brugger, Amy, Lariviere, Leslie Adams, Mumme, Donna L., Bushnell, Emily W.

“…Two studies were conducted to investigate how 14- to 16-month-old infants select actions to imitate from the stream of events. In each study, an experimenter…”
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Achieving mental health equity in Black male suicide prevention by Adams, Leslie B, Thorpe, Jr, Roland J

“…Despite a steady decrease in suicide rates in the United States, the rate among Black males has increased in recent decades. Moreover, suicide is now…”
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School-Based Mental Health Services for Newly Arriving Immigrant Adolescents by Adams, Leslie B.

“…Issue Title: Mental Health and Substance Use…”
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Origin, composition and quality of suspended particulate organic matter in relation to freshwater inflow in a South Texas estuary by Lebreton, Benoit, Beseres Pollack, Jennifer, Blomberg, Brittany, Palmer, Terence A., Adams, Leslie, Guillou, Gaël, Montagna, Paul A.

“…South Texas has a semi-arid climate with a large interannual variability of freshwater inflows. This study sought to define how changes in freshwater inflow…”
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Perceived healthcare discrimination and well-being among older adults in the United States and Brazil by Dixon, Angela R., Adams, Leslie B., Ma, Tszshan

“…Despite well-documented evidence illustrating the relationship between discrimination and health, less is known about the influence of unfair treatment when…”
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Two functionally distinct NADP+-dependent ferredoxin oxidoreductases maintain the primary redox balance of Pyrococcus furiosus by Nguyen, Diep M.N., Schut, Gerrit J., Zadvornyy, Oleg A., Tokmina-Lukaszewska, Monika, Poudel, Saroj, Lipscomb, Gina L., Adams, Leslie A., Dinsmore, Jessica T., Nixon, William J., Boyd, Eric S., Bothner, Brian, Peters, John W., Adams, Michael W.W.

“…Electron bifurcation has recently gained acceptance as the third mechanism of energy conservation in which energy is conserved through the coupling of…”
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