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Journal of Urban Health
The Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine reflects NYAM's focus on the emerging field of urban health and epidemiology. In the November/December 2007 issue of the Journal, a new study finds that people are traveling to New York City specifically to commit suicide in a phenomenon known as "suicide tourism" that accounts for 1 in 10 suicides committed in Manhattan since 1990. The authors hope that this and future research will lead to a greater understanding of why certain individuals travel to specific locales to take their lives, and eventually make prevention efforts possible that focus on recognizing at-risk individuals and restricting access to means and sites that are repeatedly used. For more details, click here.
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Most Recent Publications:
2010
Kayoko C. Nakao, JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, Frances P. Lawrance, Patricia J. Volland. Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Knowledge of Aging Social Work Quiz. 2010;
The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine. Comprehensive care coordination interventions which positively impact hospital length of stay. A report prepared for The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine (Available: http://www.searchedac.org/resources.php). 2010;
The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine. Strengthening Services for Older Adults through Changes to the Older Americans Act. Recommendations for the reauthorization of OAA 2011, A report for the Administration on Aging (AoA). A report prepared for The Social Work Leadership Institute of The New York Academy of Medicine and The National Coalition on Care Coordination. (In Press). 2010;
The New York Academy of Medicine Center for Evaluation. Perspectives on Care Coordination: Voices of Older New Yorkers. A report prepared for The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine. (Available: http://socialworkleadership.org/nsw/index.php). 2010;
Vlahov D, Robertson AM, Strathdee SA. HIV prevention among injection drug users in resource-limited settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2010; 15;50(S3):S114-S121.
Panchanadeswaran S, Frye V, Nandi V, Galea S, Vlahov D, Ompad D. Intimate partner violence and consistent condom use among drug-using heterosexual women in New York City. Women and Health. 2010; 50(2):107-24.
Cerdá M, Messner SF, Tracy M, Vlahov D, Goldmann E, Tardiff K, Galea S. . Investigating the effect of social changes on age-specific gun-related homicide rates in New York City during the 1990s. Am J Public Health. 2010; 100(6):1107-15.
Rohde G, Wisnivesky J, van Essen GA, Ompad DC, Barnes PJ. . Vaccinating high-risk patients against influenza: doing more to protect patients with asthma. Ann Respir Med. 2010; 1(1):11-17.
Nandi A, Glass TA, Cole SR, Chu H, Galea S, Celentano DD, Kirk GD, Vlahov D, Latimer WW, Mehta SH. Neighborhood poverty and injection cessation in a sample of injection drug users . Am J Epidemiol. 2010; 171(4):391-8.
Noell L. Rowan, Anna C. Faul, Julie Birkenmaier, JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez. Social Work Knowledge of Community-Based Services for Older Adults. (In Review). 2010;
Julie Birkenmaier, Jami Curley, Noell L. Rowan. Rotational Models of Social Work Education: Student Knowledge Outcomes in a National Geriatric Field Education Project . (In Review). 2010;
Golden, R. and Volland, P. . Healthcare Professionals Work to Improve the Delivery of Transitional Care for Elders. American Society on Aging, Aging Today Online. 2010; 1(3):
The New York Academy of Medicine. NYC Senior Centers: Visioning the Future. 2010;
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Kayoko C. Nakao, JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, Frances P. Lawrance, Patricia J. Volland. Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Knowledge of Aging Social Work Quiz. 2010;
The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine. Comprehensive care coordination interventions which positively impact hospital length of stay. A report prepared for The Social Work Leadership Institute of the New York Academy of Medicine (Available: http://www.searchedac.org/resources.php). 2010;