College of Public Health and Human Sciences

M. F. Hovell, Schmitz, K. E., Liles, S., Robusto, K., C Hofstetter, R., Nichols, J. F., Rock, C. L., Irvin, V. L., Parker, M. S., Surillo, S. A., and Noel, D., “A randomized controlled trial of orthodontist-based brief advice to prevent child obesity.”, Contemp Clin Trials, vol. 70, pp. 53-61, 2018.

N. Cisse-Egbuonye, Liles, S., Schmitz, K. E., Kassem, N., Irvin, V. L., and Hovell, M. F., “Availability of Vending Machines and School Stores in California Schools.”, The Journal of school health, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 48-53, 2016.

V. L. Irvin, C Hofstetter, R., Nichols, J. F., Chambers, C. D., Usita, P. M., Norman, G. J., Kang, S., and Hovell, M. F., “Compliance with smoke-free policies in korean bars and restaurants in california: a descriptive analysis.”, Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1083-9, 2015.

O. Baron-Epel, C Hofstetter, R., Irvin, V. L., Kang, S., and Hovell, M. F., “Lifestyle Behaviors Predict Negative and Positive Changes in Self-reported Health: The Role of Immigration to the United States for Koreans.”, Asia Pac J Public Health, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 775-84, 2015.

H. Kim, C Hofstetter, R., Hughes, S., Irvin, V. L., Kang, S., and Hovell, M. F., “Changes in and factors affecting second-hand smoke exposure in nonsmoking Korean Americans in California: a panel study.”, Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci), vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 313-8, 2014.

Y. Li, C Hofstetter, R., Irvin, V. L., Chhay, D., and Hovell, M. F., “Stress, illness, and the social environment: depressive symptoms among first generation mandarin speaking Chinese in greater Los Angeles.”, Journal of immigrant and minority health / Center for Minority Public Health, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1035-44, 2014.

E. Kang D Sim, C Hofstetter, R., Irvin, V. L., Ayers, J. W., Macera, C. A., Ji, M., and Hovell, M. F., “Do christian denominations exhibit higher rates of alcohol consumption? A study of Korean American women in California.”, Journal of religion and health, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 285-98, 2013.

V. L. Irvin, Nichols, J. F., C Hofstetter, R., Ojeda, V. D., Song, Y., Kang, S., and Hovell, M. F., “Osteoporosis and milk intake among Korean women in California: relationship with acculturation to U.S. lifestyle.”, Journal of immigrant and minority health / Center for Minority Public Health, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1119-24, 2013.

Y. - S. Lee, C Hofstetter, R., Irvin, V. L., Kang, S., Chhay, D., Reyes, W. D., and Hovell, M. F., “Korean American women's preventive health care practices: stratified samples in California, USA.”, Health care for women international, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 422-39, 2012.

S. Liles, Usita, P., Irvin, V. L., C Hofstetter, R., Beeston, T., and Hovell, M. F., “Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young, Middle, and Older Women of Korean Descent in California.”, Journal of family violence, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 801-811, 2012.

J. - P. Allem, Ayers, J. W., Unger, J. B., Irvin, V. L., C Hofstetter, R., and Hovell, M. F., “Smoking trajectories among Koreans in Seoul and California: exemplifying a common error in age parameterization.”, Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1851-6, 2012.

J. - P. Allem, Ayers, J. W., Irvin, V. L., C Hofstetter, R., and Hovell, M. F., “South Korean military service promotes smoking: a quasi-experimental design.”, Yonsei medical journal, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 433-8, 2012.

J. W. Ayers, Chambers, C. D., C Hofstetter, R., Hughes, S. C., Reyes, W. D., Kang, S. W., Irvin, V. L., and Hovell, M. F., “Cultural and social network predictors of drinking among Korean American women.”, Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 89-97, 2011.

D. Ding, C Hofstetter, R., Norman, G. J., Irvin, V. L., Chhay, D., and Hovell, M. F., “Measuring immigration stress of first-generation female Korean immigrants in California: psychometric evaluation of Demand of Immigration Scale.”, Ethnicity & health, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 11-24, 2011.

J. W. Ayers, C Hofstetter, R., Irvin, V. L., Song, Y., Park, H. - R., Paik, H. - Y., and Hovell, M. F., “Can Religion Help Prevent Obesity? Religious Messages and the Prevalence of Being Overweight or Obese Among Korean Women in California”, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 536 - 549, 2010.

R. C Hofstetter, Ayers, J. W., Irvin, V. L., D Sim, E. Kang, Hughes, S. C., Reighard, F., and Hovell, M. F., “Does church participation facilitate tobacco control? A report on Korean immigrants.”, Journal of immigrant and minority health / Center for Minority Public Health, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 187-97, 2010.

J. W. Ayers, C Hofstetter, R., Hughes, S. C., Park, H. - R., Paik, H. - Y., Song, Y., Irvin, V. L., and Hovell, M. F., “Gender modifies the relationship between social networks and smoking among adults in Seoul, South Korea.”, International journal of public health, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 609-17, 2010.

R. C Hofstetter, Hovell, M. F., Irvin, V. L., Ayers, J. W., Hughes, S. C., and Kang, S., “It's others, not the police: smoking, reprimand, and fines among adults of Korean descent in California.”, Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 255-61, 2010.

J. W. Ayers, C Hofstetter, R., Hughes, S. C., Park, H., Paik, H. - Y., Irvin, V. L., Lee, J., Juon, H. - S., Latkin, C., and Hovell, M. F., “Smoking on both sides of the pacific: home smoking restrictions and secondhand smoke exposure among Korean adults and children in Seoul and California.”, Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1142-50, 2010.

J. W. Ayers, C Hofstetter, R., Hughes, S. C., Irvin, V. L., D Sim, E. Kang, and Hovell, M. F., “Exploring religious mechanisms for healthy alcohol use: religious messages and drinking among Korean women in California.”, Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 890-8, 2009.

S. C. Hughes, Corcos, I. A., C Hofstetter, R., Hovell, M. F., and Irvin, V. L., “Longitudinal study of household smoking ban adoption among Korean Americans.”, American journal of preventive medicine, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 437-40, 2009.

M. F. Hovell, Nichols, J. F., Irvin, V. L., Schmitz, K. E., Rock, C. L., C Hofstetter, R., Keating, K., and Stark, L. J., “Parent/Child training to increase preteens' calcium, physical activity, and bone density: a controlled trial.”, American journal of health promotion : AJHP, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 118-28, 2009.

J. W. Ayers, C Hofstetter, R., Usita, P., Irvin, V. L., Kang, S., and Hovell, M. F., “Sorting out the competing effects of acculturation, immigrant stress, and social support on depression: a report on Korean women in California.”, The Journal of nervous and mental disease, vol. 197, no. 10, pp. 742-7, 2009.