There is growing interest in the role of the neighborhood environment on adolescent alcohol
use. Multi-level designs are ideally suited to this investigation due to their ability to examine …

Neighborhoods are salient contexts for youth that shape adolescent development partly
through informal social controls on their behavior. This research examines how immigrant …

The World Health Organization has urged governments worldwide to implement evidence-
based treatment services for drug addiction and mental health disorders, but the role of …

The northwest border city of Tijuana is Mexico's fifth largest and is experiencing burgeoning
drug use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics. Because local geography …

The current study utilizes in-depth interviews with inner city African-American and Latino
adolescents to understand how they negotiate initial substance use. We applied the social …

Background Research indicates that place characteristics and the media environment are
important contextual determinants of underage drinking behaviors in Western countries, but …

Building from the social norms approach, the following study uses the theoretical and
empirical literature to guide the development of a conceptual model that can be used in …

Background and Objectives This study of Alabama public school students sought urban‐
rural differences in social and spatial mechanisms connecting structural factors to recent use …

In Scotland, adolescent alcohol consumption represents a major public health concern. The
overarching aim of this research was to identify neighbourhood characteristics associated …

Background In Aotearoa New Zealand, adolescents experience disproportionately more
harm from their drinking when compared to older drinkers. The social gradient in adolescent …