Christina Tam, PhD
Associate Scientist
Email
ctam@arg.orgPhone
510-898-5861Expertise
Racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent risk & well-being; Immigrant family adaptation in neighborhoods; Translational research with underserved ethnic groups.
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Current Projects
- Alcohol's Harms to Others among US Adults: Individual and Contextual Effects (Associate Scientist)
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Completed Projects
- A Multi-Lingual Alcohol Measure Catalog/ Administration Tool - Phase II (Associate Scientist)
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Selected Publications
- Cook, W.K., Tseng, W., Tam, C., John, I., Lui, C. (2017). Ethnic-group socioeconomic status as an indicator of community-level disadvantage: a study of overweight/obesity in Asian American adolescents. Social Science & Medicine, 184 15-22 Abstract or Full Text
- Finno-Velasquez, M., Palmer, L., Prindle, J., Tam, C. C., Putnam-Hornstein, E (2017). A birth cohort study of Asian and Pacific Islander children reported for abuse or neglect by maternal nativity and ethnic origin.. Child Abuse & Neglect, (72) 54-65 Abstract or Full Text
- Freisthler, B., Gaidus, A., Tam, C., Ponicki, W. R., & Gruenewald, P. J. (2017). From medical to recreational marijuana sales: Marijuana outlets and crime in an era of changing marijuana legislation. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(3) 246-263 Abstract or Full Text
- Tam, C. C., Abrams, L. S., Freisthler, B., & Ryan, J. P. (2016). Juvenile justice sentencing: do gender and child welfare status matter?. Children and Youth Services Review, 64 60-65
- Tam, C. C., Freisthler, B., Curry, S. R, & Abrams, L. S. (2016). Where are the Beds? Housing Locations for Transition Age Youth Exiting Public Systems. Families in Society: The journal of contemporary human services, 97 (2) 117-119
- Abrams, L. S., & Tam, C. C. (2016). Gender differences in desistance from crime: How do social bonds operate among formerly incarcerated emerging adults?. Journal of Adolescent Research, 33(1) 34-57 Abstract or Full Text
- Tam, C., & Freisthler, B. (2015). An Exploratory Analysis of Acculturation, Neighborhood, and Risk Behaviors among Children of Southeast Asian Immigrants. Child and Adolescent Social Work, 32 (4) 383-393 Abstract or Full Text
