Christina Tam, PhD
Scientist
- ctam@arg.org 510-898-5861
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RESEARCH FOCUS
Racial and ethnic disparities in substance use and other health risk behaviors; Coethnic density and neighborhood effects; Asian American drinking; Intersections of substance use and the criminal legal system
FEATURED PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
See All PublicationsAt-risk drinking in US adults with health conditions: Differences by gender, race, and ethnicity in the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 2015–2019
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2024
Drinking patterns among US men and women: Racial and ethnic differences from adolescence to early midlife
Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, 2024
Secondhand harms from cannabis use: Findings from Washington State, United States
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2024
Protective effects of ethnic enclaves: Testing pathways to alcohol use and use disorders in Mexican American young adults
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2024
Age of onset and alcohol and cannabis use disorders among Mexican American young adults: Robust substance-specific effects of early use as a risk factor
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2022
Ethnic enclaves and ethnoburbs: Are there differences in associations with juvenile offense type among Asian Americans?
Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2020
Gender equality, drinking cultures and second-hand harms from alcohol in the 50 US states
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Understanding addictive behavior from a human diversity perspective
In Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors, 2020
Justice involvement and girls’ sexual health: Directions for policy and practice
Children and Youth Services Review, 2019
Juvenile justice sentencing: do gender and child welfare status matter?
Children and Youth Services Review, 2016
Gender differences in desistance from crime: How do social bonds operate among formerly incarcerated emerging adults?
Journal of Adolescent Research, 2016
Where are the Beds? Housing Locations for Transition Age Youth Exiting Public Systems
Families in Society: The journal of contemporary human services, 2016
An Exploratory Analysis of Acculturation, Neighborhood, and Risk Behaviors among Children of Southeast Asian Immigrants
Child and Adolescent Social Work, 2015
