Scientific Commons: Melissa Tracy

Comorbidity is well-documented in psychiatric and risk behavior epidemiology. The authors present a novel application of clustered multivariate transition models to study comorbidity within a...

Television watchng and the risk of incident probable posttraumatic stress disorder (2007)

Bernstein, Kyle T, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Boscarino, Joseph A, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro

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Television watchng and the risk of incident probable posttraumatic stress disorder (2007)

Bernstein, Kyle T, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Boscarino, Joseph A, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro

Peer Reviewed

Urban neighborhood socioeconomic status and incidence of depression: Evidence from a population-based cohort study (2007)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Nandi, Arijit K., Tracy, Melissa, Beard, John, Vlahov, David

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Neighborhood income and income distribution and the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. (2007)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Vlahov, David

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Education inequality and the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana (2007)

Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Rudenstine, Sasha, Vlahov, David

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Policing, drugs, and the homicide decline in New York City in the 1990s (2007)

Messner, Steven F, Galea, Sandro, Tardiff, Kenneth J, Tracy, Melissa, Bucciarelli, Angela, Markham Piper, Tinka, ...

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Identifying injection drug users at risk of overdose (2007)

Coffin, Philip O, Tracy, Melissa, Bucciarelli, Angela, Ompad, Danielle C, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro

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Participation rates in epidemiologic studies (2007)

Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa

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The built environment and alcohol consumption in urban neighborhoods. (2007)

Bernstein, Kyle, Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Vlahov, David

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Firearm suicide in New York City in the 1990s (2006)

Piper, Tinka Markham, Tracy, Melissa, Bucciarelli, Angela, Tardiff, Kenneth J., Galea, Sandro

Objective: Across the US, firearms are used in approximately 60% of all suicide deaths. Little research has assessed the role and determinants of firearms in suicide in major urban areas. Methods:...

Stigmatization of Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases: AIDS and SARS (2006)

Des Jarlais, Don C., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Tross, Susan, Vlahov, David

Objectives. We assessed relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and mental health status and knowledge of, being worried about, and stigmatization of 2 emerging infectious diseases:...

Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among older adults after a disaster: the role of ongoing trauma and stressors (2006)

Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro

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Social context and the psychobiology of posttraumatic stress (2006)

Galea, Sandro, Acierno, Ron, Ruggiero, Kenneth J., Resnick, Heidi S, Tracy, Melissa, Kilpatrick, Dean G.

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Risk factors for depression after a disaster (2006)

Person, Cheryl, Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro

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The central role of resource loss and gain on the psychological sequalae of terrorist attacks (2006)

Hobfoll, Stevan, Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro

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Socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms in 11-13-year-olds : the role of stressors, family disruption, and neighborhood income / (2006)

Tracy, Melissa.

Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Washington, 2006.

Social Factors Associated with AIDS and SARS (2005)

Des Jarlais, Don C., Stuber, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Tross, Susan, Galea, Sandro

We conducted a survey of 928 New York City area residents to assess knowledge and worry about AIDS and SARS. Specific sociodemographic groups of persons were more likely to be less informed and more...

Drug and Alcohol Use as Determinants of New York City Homicide Trends From 1990 to 1998 (2005)

Tardiff, Kenneth J., Wallace, Zachary, Tracy, Melissa, Tinka, Markham Piper, Vlahov, David, Galea, Sandro

In this population-level study, we analyzed how well changes in drug and alcohol use among homicide victims explained declining homicide rates in New York City between 1990 and 1998. Victim...

Circumstances of Witnessed Drug Overdose in New York City: Implications for Intervention (2005)

Tracy, Melissa, Piper, Tinka Markham, Ompad, Danielle C., Bucciarelli, Angela, Coffin, Phillip O., Vlahov, David, ...

Drug users frequently witness the nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses of their peers, but often fail to intervene effectively to reduce morbidity and mortality.We assessed the circumstances of...

Income Inequality and Risk of Suicide in New York City Neighborhoods: A Multilevel Case-Control Study (2005)

Miller, Jeffrey R., Markham Piper, Tinka, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Tardiff, Kenneth J., Vlahov, David, ...

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The urban built environment and overdose mortality in New York City neighborhoods (2005)

Hembree, C., Galea, Sandro, Ahern, Jennifer, Tracy, Melissa, Markham Piper, T., Miller, J., ...

Accidental drug overdose continues to be a substantial cause of mortality for drug users. Characteristics of the neighborhood built environment may be important determinants of the likelihood of drug...

Overdose Deaths Attributed to Metadone and Heroin in New York City, 1990-1998 (2004)

Bryant, Whitney, Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Markham, Piper T., Tardiff, Kenneth J., Vlahov, David

Aims Methadone treatment has been shown to be an effective intervention that can lower the risk of heroin-induced overdose death. Recent reports have suggested increases in methadone-induced overdose...

Job Loss, Unemployment, Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and the Persistence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder One Yeak After the September 11 Attacks (2004)

Nandi, Arijit K., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Ahern, Jennifer, Resnick, Heidi S, Gershon, Robyn, ...

The influence of unemployment and adverse work conditions on the course of psychopathology after a mass disaster is unclear. We recruited a representative sample of adults living in the New York City...

Hispanic Ethnicity and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder after a Disaster: Evidence from a General Population Survey after September 11,2001 (2004)

Galea, Sandro, Vlahov, David, Tracy, Melissa, Hoover, Donald R., Resnick, Heidi S, Kilpatrick, Dean G.

PURPOSE: To assess ethnic differences in the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a disaster, and to assess the factors that may explain these differences. METHODS: We used data from a...

The impact of resource loss and traumatic growth on probable PTSD and depression following terrorist attacks

Hobfoll, Stevan E., Tracy, Melissa, Galea, Sandro

The authors interviewed by phone 2,752 randomly selected individuals in New York City within 6 to 9 months after the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center, and 1,939 of these were...

Stigmatization of Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases: AIDS and SARS

Des Jarlais, Don C., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Tross, Susan, Vlahov, David

Objectives. We assessed relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and mental health status and knowledge of, being worried about, and stigmatization of 2 emerging infectious diseases:...

Social Support and Response to AIDS and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Nandi, Arijit, Tracy, Melissa, Aiello, Allison, Des Jarlais, Don C., Galea, Sandro

Negative public reactions to emerging infectious diseases can adversely affect population health. We assessed whether social support was associated with knowledge of, worry about, and attitudes...

Estimating Co-Occurring Behavioral Trajectories Within a Neighborhood Context: A Case Study of Multivariate Transition Models for Clustered Data

Cerdá, Magdalena, Sánchez, Brisa N., Galea, Sandro, Tracy, Melissa, Buka, Stephen L.

Comorbidity is well-documented in psychiatric and risk behavior epidemiology. The authors present a novel application of clustered multivariate transition models to study comorbidity within a...

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