Organizer: Lana Harrison, University of Delaware

From Center to Margin: Identity Change Processes of Older Injecting Drug Users. Tammy Anderson and Judith A. Levy, University of Illinois, Chicago

Social Capital and Drug Use after Treatment: A Study of Treated Heroin Addicts in Hong Kong. Yuet-wah Cheung and Nicole Wai-ting Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Teenage Smoking and the Adult Transition. Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda Steffel Olson, Johns Hopkins University

Adolescent Drinking: A Chain of Determinants. William S. Pooler and Carrie L. Cokely, Syracuse University

Discussion: Lana Harrison, University of Delaware

Organizer: Robin D. Moremen, Northern Illinois University

Panel: Martha Thompson, Northeastern Illinois University

Anne Figert, Loyola University, Chicago

Eric Wright, Indiana University

Robert Peralta, University of Delaware

Tassy Parker, University of New Mexico

Organizer: Mary Clare Lennon, Columbia University

Age, Education, and the Sense of Control: A Test of the "Cumulative Advantage" Hypothesis. Scott Schieman, University of Miami

Adult Disability as a Determinant of the Health of Children in the United States. Raymond R Hyatt, Jr., Brown University

Revisiting the Relationship between Gender, Marital Status, and Mental Illness. Robin W. Simon, University of Iowa

Gender, Paid Work, and Housework: The Division of Labor within Couples, Perceived Equity, and Self-Rated Health. Chloe E. Bird, Brown University

Organizer: Lana Harrison, University of Delaware

What Policies Affect Heroine Use and HIV? Bruce D. Johnson, National Development and Research Institutes; and Lisa Maher, University of New South Wales

Effects of Drug Treatment for Heroin Sniffers: A Protective Factor against Moving to Injection? Margaret S. Kelly and Dale D. Chitwood, University of Miami

Harm Reduction Rhetoric and the Limits of Rational Discourse: Practical and Philosophical Problems. Andrew Hathaway, Center for Addiction and Mental Health

Zero Tolerance for Drugs: A Dubious Strategy for Addressing Violent Crime in the 21st Century. Henry H. Brownstein, University of Baltimore

Discussion: Samuel Friedman, National Development and Research Institutes

Organizer: David R. Williams, University of Michigan

Presider: Chiquita Collins, University of California, Berkeley

Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic Disparities in Health. James S. House, University of Michigan

Race and Health: Persisting Disparities and Policy Options. Thomas A. LaVeist, Johns Hopkins University

The Political Determinants of Social Inequalities in Health and Health Policy. Carlos Muntaner, Johns Hopkins University

Discussion: Jo Phelan, Columbia University

Organizer and Presider: Carolyn Ellis, University of South Florida

Practices of Empathy in a Women's Prison. Deborah W. Kilgore, Iowa State University

Emotions and Public Sexual Activities during Mardi Gras. David Redmon, Southwestern University

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Examination of a Life History from the Perspective of the Sociology of Emotions. Don Stewart, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Self, Emotion and the Computer. Mary E. Virnoche, University of Colorado, Boulder

Suspicious Bodies, Troubled Minds: Emotionality, Corporeality, and Reflexivity in Handling Heart Disease. Elizabeth E. Wheatley, Smith College

Organizer: Lisa Sun-Hee Park, University of Colorado, Boulder

Presider: Brett Stockdill, California State University, Pomona

Social Factors Associated with Violence Against Pregnant Women: A Comparative Study between Morelos (Mexico) and California (United States). Roberto Castro, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Corinne Peek-Asa and Lorena Garcia, University of California, Los Angeles; and Agustin Ruiz, National Autonomous University of Mexico

The Ties That Heal: Guatemalan Immigrant Women's Networks and Medical Treatment. Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University

Policing Immigrant Women's Bodies: Social Impact of Recent Welfare and Immigration Policies. Lisa Sun-Hee Park, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Angela Irvine, Northwestern University

Negotiating "Responsible Citzenship": Biopolitical SubjectsTalk Back. Anna Romina Guevarra, University of California, San Francisco

Organizer: Carol A Heimer, Northwestern University and American Bar

Presider: Barry Cohen, Northwestern University and American Bar Foundation Institutionalizing Risk Management: Early Twentieth Century Responses to Medical Research Hazards. Sydney Halpern, University of Illinois, Chicago

Sources of Danger in Health Care Organizations: Four Mechanisms in Search of a Theory. Elizabeth West, Royal College of Nursing Institute

The Atomic Fallout Shelter as a Metaphor. Andrew Szasz, University of California, Santa Cruz

Risk in the Pits: An Ethnography of the Chicago Board of Trade. Caitlin Zaloom, University of California, Berkeley

Discussion: Carol A. Heimer, Northwestern University and American Bar Foundation

Organizer: Lana Harrison, University of Delaware

1. The Risse of Marijuana as the Drug of Choice among Youthful Arrestees. Andrew Golub and Bruce D. Johnson, National Development and Research Institutes

Consequences of Adolescent Marijuana Use on Young Adult Role Functioning among African-American and Puerto Ricans in New York City. Richard E. Adams, Judith S. Brook, Elinor B. Balka, and Erica Johnson, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2. Social Norms Theory and College Student Drinking: A Critique and Reformation. Robert Biggert, Assumption College

How Do Adolescents Perceive Their Social Environment?: The Consequence and Cause of Their Perception of Peer Marijuana Use. Hyun San Cho, University of North Carolina

Updating Howard S. Becker's Theories on Marijuana Careers and Using Marijuana for Pleasure. Michael Hallstone, University ofHawaii

3. Social Participation in AA and Delayed Onset to Relapse. Lisa J. Thomassen, Indiana University

Revisiting Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Drug Use using the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Ju-Sung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University

4. Enforcement Strategies in Drug Distribution Networks. Sylvie C. Tourigny, University of Queensland

Villian or Victim? Social Predictors of Drug Sentencing,1995-1996. Lisa Pasko

5. A Night in Ten Bar Rooms. Diana L. Wall, University of Georgia

We're Not Here for the Alcohol!: Functional Drinking among Members of a Yachting Community. Jill Harrison, University of New Hampshire

6. Age and the Drug-Crime Nexus. Charles Freeman and Lana Harrison, University of Delaware

An Ethnographers Perspective on Street Drug Markets in One U.S. City. Lana Harrison, Ronald Beard, and Charles Freeman, University of Delaware

Organizer: Che-Fu Lee, The Catholic University of America

Table Presider: Neil G. Bennett, Columbia University

An Evaluation of the Impact of Welfare Reform on the Economic Well-Being of Children, 1995-1998. Neil G. Bennett, Younghwan Song, and Hsien-Hen Lu, Columbia University

Operationalizing the Welfare to Work Agenda: An Analysis of the Development and Execution of a Job Readiness Training Program. Celeste M. Watkins, Harvard University

Child Service Professionals, Poverty, and Welfare Reform. Gregg Robinson, Grossmont College

Class Conflict (including Marxism). Joel Allen Reisberg, Wagner College

Organizer and Presider: Lisa Sun-Hee Park, University of Colorado, Boulder

Thinking about Race: Three Possible Sources of the Racial Disparity in the Use of Medical Services. Jennifer Malat, University of Michigan

Sex, Love, Secrets, and Lies: How Inequality Affects Disclosure of HIV Status. Brett Stockdill and Sergio Antoniuk, California State University, Pomona

Culture, Race and Identity: Influences on the Health Practices of Older Mixed Race Americans. Cathy J. Tashiro, University of Washington, Tacoma

Psychosocial Risk Factors and Environmental Stressors Associated with Infant Mortality. Irma T. Elo, University of Pennsylvania; and Jennifer Culhane, Thomas Jefferson University

Racing to the Bottom and/or Building from the Ground Up?: Effects of Devolution on Services for the Elderly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sara Shostak, Rene Beard, Sheryl Goldberg, and Karen Linkins, University of California San Francisco

Organizer and Presider: Judith A. Richman, University of Illinois, Chicago

Adult Outcomes among Subjects from Alcoholic, Depressed and Non-Symptomatic Families. Valerie Johnson and Steven Buyske, Rutgers University

Neighborhood Disadvantage, Stress, and Drug Abuse among Adults. Jason D. Boardman and Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas, Austin; Brian K. Finch, Florida State University; and David Williams and James Jackson, University of Michigan

Social Support Perceptions of Ex-offending Women: Recovery Challenges for Community-Based Drug-Free Treatment. Anthony J. Lemelle, Purdue University; Gregory Falkin and Sheila Strauss, National Development and Research Institutes

Perceptions of Drinking and Alcoholism among African American Male Collegians. Vincent E. Miles, Cheyney University

Discussion: Susan E. Martin, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Organizer and Presider: Linda K. George, Duke University

Life Course as Selection Sequence. Angela M. O'Rand, Duke University

Careers, Gender, and the Life Course: Issues of Selection and Heterogeneity. Phyllis Moen, Cornell University

Illness Careers and Selection Effects. Carol S. Aneshensel, University of California, Los Angeles

Cold Fusion in the Social Sciences: The Link between IQ and Job Complexity. Duane F. Alwin, University of Michigan

Organizers: Jack K. Martin, Kent State University; and Obie Clayton, Morehouse University

Presider: Jack K. Martin, Kent State University

Ethnic Differences in the Impact of School Context on Students' Mental Health. Giovanni Burgos and Elbert Almazan, Indiana University, Bloomington

Addicts between a Rock and a Hard Place: Stigma and Boundary Maintenance during a Tuberculosis Health Crisis. Antonio D. Jimenez, Northwestern University

The Role of Social Factors in Maternal Psychological Well-Being and Pregnancy Outcomes. Renee B. Canady, Michigan State University

Predicting Drug Dependency and Abuse among Ethnic Minority Students. Robert L. Peralta, University of Delaware

Discussion: Bernice A. Pescosolido, Indiana University, Bloomington

Organizers: Anthony J. Lemelle, Purdue University; and Renee White, Central Connecticut State University

Presider: Renee White, Central Connecticut State University

Social Construction of AIDS among Young Heroin Injectors. Sheigla Murphy, Terrence Murphy, Julia Choe, and Paloma Sales, Institute for Scientific Analysis, San Francisco

War on Drugs, Black Incarceration and HIV/AIDS Risk Action. Anthony J. Lemelle, Purdue University

Household Behavior Patterns and Implications for AIDS: A Case Study. Eloise Dunlap, National Development and Research Institutes

Romantic Idealism: The Sexual Lives of Black Teenage Females. Renee White, Central Connecticut State University

Discussion: Carol F. Black, Purdue University

Organizer and Presider: Ronald P. Abeles, National Institute of Health

Chronic Disease in Midlife: The Long Arm of Childhood Experience. Mark D. Hayward, Pennsylvania State University; Debra Blackwell, National Center for Health Statistics; and Eileen M. Crimmins, University of Southern California

Socioeconomic Differentials in Functional Status Transitions among the Aged in Wuhan, China. Jersey Liang, University of Michigan; Xian Liu, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; and Shengzu Gu, Wuhan University

Persistent, New, and Resolved Economic Hardship: Does Age Moderate Their Association with Concurrent Change in Depression and Anxiety? John Mirowsky, Ohio State University

Functional Disability and Religious Service Attendance in Later Life: Examining the Barrier and Benefit Mechanism. Jessica A. Kelley-Moore and Kenneth F. Ferraro, Purdue University

Perspectives of Old-Old Adults In and Out of HMOs on Rationing in Their Health Care Delivery. Eva Kahana and A. Wisniewski, Case Western Reserve University; Boas Kahana, Cleveland State University; and K. Kercher, G. Seckin, and K. Stange, Case Western Reserve University

Discussion: Sidney M. Stahl, National Institute of Aging

Organizer and Presider: Tracy L. Dietz, University of Central Florida

Caring for an Aging Society: Cohort Values and Eldercare. Tracy X. Karner, University of Kansas

Use of Informal Care: The Influence of End of Life Circumstances. Robert J. Johnson and Timothy J. Gallagher, Kent State University; Fredric D. Wolinsky, St. Louis University

Never Married Women Reaching Retirement: A Case of Economic Vulnerability. Howard Iams and Barbara Butrica, Social Security Administration

Inequality among Women in Later Life: Challenges to Conventional Approaches. Andrea E. Willson, Florida State University

Organizer: Mark Tausig, University of Akron

Early Child Development, Poverty, and Maternal Depression. Stephan M. Petterson and Alison Burke Albers, University of Virginia

The Mediating Roles of Anxiety, Depression, and Hopelessness on Adolescent Suicidal Behaviors. Elaine A. Thompson, James J. Mazza, Jearld R. Herting, and Leona L. Eggert, University of Washington

Does Mental Health Affect Transitions Out of the Labor Force in Older Workers? Linda Wray, University of Michigan

Age and the Effect of Economic Hardship on Distress. Catherine E. Ross and John Mirowsky, Ohio State University

Discussion: Susan Roxburgh, Kent State University

Organizer and Presider: Edward Murguia, American Sociological Association

Panel: Carol Aneshensel, University of California, Los Angeles

William R. Avison, University of Western Ontario

David R. Williams, University of Michigan

Organizer and Presider: Robert Zussman, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Cohort and Gender Changes in Specialty Choices among Physicians, 1970-1990. Leslie Killgore, Mary Fennell, and Kevin Leicht, University of Iowa

National Patterns of Medical Specialization: Comparing Medical Genetics in the UK and Canada. William Leeming

The Division of Labour in Vision Care: Professional Competence in a System of Professions. Fred Stevens, Frans van der Horst, Frans Nijhuis, and Sylvia Bours, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Discussion: Sydney Halpern, University of Illinois, Chicago

Organizers: Simon Gottschalk, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and

Table Presider: David A. Karp, Boston College

Living One Day at a Time: Parental Dilemmas in Caring for Children with Cancer. Annika Lillrank, Brandeis University

Committed to Care: Mental Illness, Family Ties, Moral Responsibility. David A. Karp, Boston College

Organizer and Presider: Franklin D. Wilson, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Patterns of Male and Female Fertility in Taiwan: Description and Explanations. Dudley L. Poston, Jr., and Chiung-Fang Chang, Texas A&M University

The Other Side of the Paradox: Low Birth Weight among Mexican Infants in Mexico. Reanne Frank, and Robert A. Hummer, University of Texas, Austin

Re-examining the Epidemiological Paradox: A Bi-national Study of Health among Mexican Non-Migrants, Returned Migrants, and Current U.S. Immigrants. Shawn M. Kanaiaupuni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Katherine M. Donato, Rice University

Expectations, Gender, and Norms in Migration Decision Making. Gordon F. De Jong, Pennsylvania State University

Bridging Numbers and Meanings: The Role of Culture in Demographic Explanations. Zhanlian Feng, Brown University

Organizer and Presider: Barbara Katz Rothman, City University of New

Knowledge and Understanding: Lay Perspectives of the New Genetics. Peter Conrad and Emily Kolker, Brandeis University

Stories in Decisions: Understanding How At-Risk Individuals Decide to Request Predictive Testing for Huntington Disease. Susan Cox, Brandeis University

It's Our Baby But It's Her Body: Latino Couples, Gender Rationales, and Amniocentesis Decision Making. Susan Markens, Brandeis

University; Carole Browner and Mabel Preloran, University of California, Los Angeles

Setting the Agenda in Genetic Counseling. Alison Pilnick, University of Nottingham

Discussion: Elizabeth Ettorre, University of Plymouth

Organizer and Presider: Kristen Esterberg, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Sociological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Health: An Overview. Don Barrett, California State University, San Marcos

Health Issues for Lesbians: From Preventive Health to Cancers, from Birthing to Aging. Christy M. Ponticelli, University of South Florida

Medical Subjects and Objects: Emergent Lesbian and Gay Male Health Agendas on the National Stage. Steven Epstein, University of California, San Diego

Beyond VD and HIV: Documenting Gay Men's Health Organizing Since Stonewall. Eric E. Rofes and Crispin Hollings, Humboldt State University

Discussion: Kristen Esterberg, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Organizer: Anne Figert, Loyola University, Chicago

Presider: William Gronfein, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

Panel: Carroll L. Estes, University of California, San Francisco; Mary Jo Gibson, American Association for Retired Persons; Jonathan B. Oberlander, University of North Carolina

Discussion: William Gronfein, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

Organizer: Renee R. Anspach, University of Michigan

Presider: Robert Zussman, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Location of Death: Gender Differences in the End of Life. Chloe E. Bird and Oma Intrator, Brown University

Bridging Law and Medicine in Death Investigation: Maintaining Professional Integrity in a Medical Examiner's Office. Stefan Timmermans, Brandeis University

Why Do People Request Physician-Assisted Death? Tracy Shroepfer, University of Michigan

Death, Dying, and Decision-Making in Detroit: Determinants of Attitudes Toward Euthanasia. Zhen Zeng and Renee R. Anspach, University of Michigan

Discussion: Robert Zussman, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Organizer: Brenda Seals, Hunter College

Presider: Juan Battle, Hunter College

Perceptions of Social Support Availability and Coping Behaviors among Gay Men with HIV. Koji Ueno, Vanderbilt University; and Rebecca Adams, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Fighting for Our Lives: Advocacy Training for Women Living with HIV/AIDS. Leslie R. Wolfe, Wendy G. Smooth, Rose Ann M. Renteria, and Brynn Gaberman Epstein, Center for Women Policy Studies

Embracing Religion, Changing Church: Views of Multi-cultural People with HIV. Jean Oggins, University of California, San Francisco

Use of Alternative Therapists among People with HIV Infection. Andrew S. London, Kent State University; Carrie E. Foote-Ardah, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jennifer Furin, Harvard Medical School; John A. Fleishman, Agency for Health Care and Policy Research; Samuel A. Bozzette, University of California, San Diego; and Martin F. Shapiro, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussion: Norah D. Peters-Davis, Beaver College

Organizer and Presider: Jo C. Phelan, Columbia University

Structural Contexts of Adolescent Depression. Carol S. Aneshensel, Dawn Upchurch, William Mason, and Richard G. Wight, University of California, Los Angeles

Recession and Gender Differences in Exposure to Labor Market Stressors. Mark Tausig and Rudy Fenwick, University of Akron

Unfair Treatment, Neighborhood Effects, and Mental Health in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Amy Schulz, David Williams, and Barbara Israel, University of Michigan; Adam Becker, Tulane University

What's Variance Got to Do with It?: On Wholes and Parts, Facts and Counterfactuals and Errors of the Third Type. Sharon Schwartz, Columbia University

Discussion: Peggy A. Thoits, Vanderbilt University

Organizer and Presider: Troy Duster, University of California, Berkeley

To be announced. Joanna Kempner, University of Pennsylvania

Empowering Technologies: Connecting Women and Science in Microbicide Research. Susan Bell, Bowdoin College

Genes, Gender, and the Popular Press: Fads and Foibles in Scientific Reporting. Ann Marie Wood, University of California, Berkeley

Organizer: Amy Schindler, Columbia University

1. Healthcare Utilization in Matlab, Bangladesh: Who Visits? J. T. Youngberg and Jane Menken, University of Colorado

2. Elderly Dependency and Economic Growth: A Pooled Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of Developing Countries. Michelle L. Bata, Lisa M. Martinez, and James M. Noon, University of Arizona

3. Measuring Attitudinal Barriers to and Motivators for HIV Testing. Jennifer L. Lauby, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation; Dogan Eroglu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Lisa Bond and Heather Batson, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation

4. A Game Theoretic Model of HIV Transmission: Signaling and Coordination in a Game of Limited Information. Kirby D. Schroeder, University of Chicago; and Fabio Rojas, University Of Chicago National Opinion Research Center

5. Socio-Demographic Factors, Health Status, and Body Mass Index. Kristi Rahrig Jenkins, Wayne State University

6. The Where's and Why's of HIV Testing: An Examination of Reason Given for Last HIV Test and Place of Last HIV Test in a National Sample of Adults, BRFSS 1998. Karin A. Mack and Deborah Holtzman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

7. Substance Abuse Treatment: Evaluating a Treatment Improvement Dissemination Activity. Kevin P. Mulvey, Susan Hubbard, Kris Hamill, and Lynne MacArthur, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

8. Knowledge and Behavior about HIV/AIDS among Homeless Mentally Ill Adults. Russell K. Schutt, University of Massachusetts, Boston; and Stephen M. Goldfinger, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center

9. Reliability Study of an Adaptive Communication Device for People with Developmental Disabilities. David G. LoConto, Northwest Missouri State University; and Richard A. Dodder and Amanda Fullerton, Oklahoma State University

10. The UK's New Socio-Economic Classification and Its Relationship to Health Inequalities. David Rose and David J. Pevalin, Institute for Social Economic Research

11. Young Women of the Stone: Long-term Effects of Palestinian Adolescent Involvement in the Intifada and Their Movement from the Private to Public Sphere. Suzanne L. Maughan and Brian K. Barber, Brigham Young University

12. The Impact of Social Support and Other Coping Strategies on Emergency Worker Health and Performance. Lolita Burrell, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Andrew Baum, University of Pittsburgh; and Doris Durand, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Organizer: Brenda Seals, Hunter College

Presider: Richard Needle, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

NGOs, Fertility, and HIV/AIDS Control in East Africa. Teresa G. Labov, University of Pennsylvania

The Death of AIDS Discourse? A Content Analysis of HIV/AIDS in ASA Programs and Sociology Journals. Bronwen Lichtenstein, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Social and Policy Predictors of Community Vulnerability to HIV among Drug Injectors and of Proportions of Drug Injectors in Metropolitan Populations. Samuel Friedman, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Eco-social World Health and the HIV Epidemic. Brenda Seals, HunterCollege

Discussion: Judith D. Auerbach, National Institutes of Health

Organizer and Presider: Virginia Teas Gill, Illinois State University

The OPSCAN Form as a Not-So-Silent Third Part in an HIV Prevention and Test Counseling Session. Ann Marie Kinnell, University of Southern Mississippi

"Don't Say No...Say Oh You'll Have a Go": Disagreements on Capacity and Competence in Physiotherapy Treatments. Ruth Parry, University of Nottingham, England

An Ethnomethodological Approach to the Study of Patient Compliance and Medical Treatment Regimen Design. Karen Lutfey, Indiana University

Competing Agendas in Genetic Counseling. Alison Pilnick, University of Nottingham, England

Organizer: Allan V. Horwitz, Rutgers University

The Importance of Dimensional and Categorical Measures of Mental Health. Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School

Positive Mental Health: The Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Languishing and Flourishing in the United States. Corey Lee Keyes, Emory University

Objects, Subjects, and the Assessment of Well-Being. John Mirowsky, Ohio State University

Violent Behavior: An Expression of Emotional Upset. Debra Umberson, Kristi Williams, and Kristin Anderson, University of Texas, Austin

Organizers and Presiders: Bernice A. Pescosolido, Indiana University, Bloomington; and Ann A. Hohmann, National Institute of Mental Health

Racial and Ethnic Differences among Mentally Ill Offenders in the Context of Social Distance Theory. Stephanie Hartwell, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Divergent Views of Clients and Professionals: Implications for Mental Health Services Research. Jami Stockdale, University of Pittsburgh; Rosalyn Benjamin Darling, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mark Hager, Americans for the Arts; and D. Alex Heckert, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Stigmatization and Mental Illness: An Example of Useful Cumulative Theory Building. Laura Blankertz Matrix Research Institute

Does Theory Have Any Place in Today's Sociology? Monica Morris

Discussion: Ann A. Hohmann, National Institute of Mental Health

Organizer and Presider: Cynthia C. Harper, University of California, San

An Analysis of Health Risk Behaviors among Adolescents. Shelleyn McDonough, Harvard University

Social and Behavioral Correlates of Refusing Unprotected Sex among African American Adolescent Females. Catlainn Sionean, Ralph DiClemente, and Gina Wingood, Emory University

Childhood Trauma among Violent Mexican-American Male Gang Members. Avelardo Valdez, University of Texas, San Antonio; and Alice Cepeda, City University of New York Graduate Center

Family Violence and Smoking among Young Adolescent Females: An Extension of the Link to Risk Behavior. Gregory Elliott and Roger Avery, Brown University

Gender Labels and Identity as Predictors of Drug Use among Ethnically Diverse Middle School Students. Stephen Kulis and Flavio Marsiglia, Arizona State University

Organizer and Presider: Debora A. Paterniti, Houston VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine

The Structure of Non-Metropolitan HIV Care Services in the United States. J. Gary Linn, VA Medical Center

Innovations in Health Care Delivery for the Medically Indigent. Anne M.Hornsby, Health Care Financing Administration

Conceptualizing Sports Medicine as Occupational Health Care: Ethnographic Illustrations. Joseph A. Kotarba, University of Houston

Home versus Hospital as the Setting for Hi-Tech Treatment of Chronic Illness. Gene Gallagher and Betty Ann Ray Duke, University of Kentucky

Discussion: Jacqueline L. Angel, University of Texas, Austin

Organizer and Presider: Lionel Cantu, University of California, Santa Cruz

HIV/AIDS and Migrant Sexualities in Southeast Asia: Governments Quest for Control and Increase Condom Use. Peter Chua, University of California, Santa Barbara

Soul Warfare and the Politics of Sexuality: The Religious Right, the Secular Left, and Socio-political Claims-making in the 1992 National Republican Convention. Thomas Michael Conroy, Saint Peter's College

Gendered Sexuality in the Age of AIDS. Peter M. Hennen, University of Minnesota

Integrating Theories of Collective Action: Lesbian HIV Risks and the "Sex Wars" in the Alternative Press. Sarah Wilcox, University of Pennsylvania

Intergenerational Exorcisms: White and Latino Gay Youth's Parental Stories. Matt G. Mutchler, University of California, Santa Barbara

Organizer and Presider: Pamela Braboy Jackson, Duke University

Parent-Child Relationships, Family Structure, and Children's Mental Health. Christina Falci, University of Minnesota

Linking Trajectories of Self-Rated Health to Illness, Stress, and Distress in Czech Couples. Frederick O. Lorenz and Joseph Hraba, Iowa State University; Zdenka Pechacova, Czech Agricultural University

Expecting Stress: Americans and the "Midlife Crisis." Elaine Wethington, Cornell University

To What Degree Does Racial Inequality at Work Explain Black-White Differences in Depression Symptoms? Jeffrey Davis, California State University, Long Beach

Discussion: Deborah Carr, University of Michigan

Organizer and Presider: Eleanor M. Miller, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Women's Hair, Women's Power, and the Nature of Resistance. Rose Weitz, Arizona State University

"Holding Back:" Fitness, Bodies, and the New Culture of True Womanhood. Shari L. Dworkin, University of Southern California

Theorizing Hair: Articulations among Black Women. Ingrid Banks, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

The Uses of Sleep: Care, Bodies and Meaning. Allison Pugh, University of California, Berkeley

Discussion: Carrie Yang Costello, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Organizer: Amy Kaler, University of Pennsylvania

Women's Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights in Developing Countries: An Empirical Approach. Guang-zhen Wang, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; and Vijayan Pillai, University of Texas, Arlington

The Politics and Policies of Breastfeeding and Child Health: Implications for Maternal Health in Nepal. Vrushali Patil and Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland, College Park

Women's Status, Fertility Decline and Women's Health in Developing Countries: Direct and Indirect Influences of Women's Social Status on Women's Health. K. A. S. Wickrama and Lakhath Peeris, Iowa State University

Rariu and Luo Women: Deviance and Social Illness in Africa. Nancy Luke, University of Pennsylvania

Organizer and Presider: Richard B. Warnecke, University of Illinois, Chicago

Overview: Context and Mediating Organizations in Strategies for Building Community Empowerment. Richard B. Warnecke, University of Illinois, Chicago

The Appalachian Leadership Initiative for Cancer: Rural Partnerships for Community Organizations for Health Promotion. Jennifer Parsons, University of Chicago

The Black Leadership Initiative for Cancer: Urban Partnerships for Community Organization for Health Promotion. Rise' Dawn Jones, University of Illinois, Chicago

Bureaucratic Partnering: Community Empowerment to Enhance Access to Breast Cancer Screening. Charles LeHew, University of Illinois, Chicago

Discussion: Constance Nathanson, Johns Hopkins University

Organizer and Presider: Ann Barry Flood, Dartmouth College

Is Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder?: Predicting Organizational Identification and Its Consequences Using Identity and Image.Brian Golden, University of Western Ontario; Janet Dukerich, University of Texas, Austin; and Stephen Shortell, University of California, Berkeley

The Effect of Managed Care Markets on Usual Source of Care and Physician Thoroughness. Andrew R. Sommers, Douglas Wholey, and Todd Rockwood, University of Minnesota

Changing Organizational Forms of Managed Care in the Nineties: Some Implication for Institutionalization. Denise L. Anthony, Dartmouth College; and Jane C. Banaszak-Holl, University of Michigan

Commodification and Contradiction: The Rationalization of Mental Health Care. Teresa L. Scheid, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Establishing Geriatric Health Centers: Learning to Navigate the Changing Health Care System. Donald J. Pratt and Joyce M. Iutcovich, Keystone University Research Corporation

Discussion: Jacqueline S. Zinn, Temple University

Organizer: Jacqueline L. Angel, University of Texas, Austin

Table Presider: Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas, Austin

Religion and Health to the Very End of Life. Ellen Idler, Rutgers University; Judith Hays, Duke University; and Stanislav Kasl, Yale University

Religious Involvement, Lifestyles, and Causes of Death: Evidence from a Followback Study of Death Certificates. Robert A. Hummer, Danielle W. Toussaint, and Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas, Austin

Forgiveness, Stress, and Mental Health. Marc Musick, University of Texas, Austin; and David Williams, University of Michigan

Congregations, Religious Support and Coping, and MentalHealth. Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas, Austin; Neal Krause, University of Michigan; and Mark Chaves, University of Arizona

Table Presider: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Arizona State University

Children and Health Programs: An Early Look at Outreach Efforts for the CHIP Program. Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Arizona State University

Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Medicaid: Factors Central to Assessing the Implementation and Effectiveness of Welfare Reform. Emily Leventhal, University of Texas, Austin

Table Presider: Eugene B. Gallagher, University of Kentucky

Hi-Tech Home Treatment for Patients with Serious Chronic Illness: A Global Issue. Eugene B. Gallagher and Betty Ann Ray Duke, University of Kentucky

Health, Health Care and Use: The Jirels of Eastern Nepal. Janardan Subedi and Sree Subedi, Miami University

Health Life Styles in Russia. William Cockerham, University of Alabama

Family Structure Effects on Self-Reported Health among Moscow Wives and Husbands. Lisa Cubbins and Magdalena Szaflarski, University of Cincinnati

Table Presider: Robin D. Moremen, Northern Illinois University

Girlfriends for Life, Girlfriends for Health. Robin D. Moremen, Northern Illinois University

Gender Differences in Disability among Older Adults: Methodological Issues and Policy Implications. Anna M. Campbell and Joby Dixon, University of Texas, Austin

Substantive Issues in Qualitative Research on the Terminally Ill. Beverly Rosa Williams, University of Alabama, Birmingham

The Influence of Mid-Life Adult Status and Functional Health Status on Health Lifestyles. Neale R. Chumbler, Marshfield Medical

Research Foundation; Ashley Foster, James W. Grimm, and James W. Williams, Western Kentucky University

Table Presider: Jacqueline Hart, University of Pennsylvania

The Sociological and Ethical Dimensions of Health Care Resource Allocation. Jacqueline Hart, University of Pennsylvania

Locating a Paradigm for Bioethics. Deborah Cummins, American Medical Association

The Sociology of Bioethics: Perspectives and Implications of Euthanasia. Duane A. Matcha, Siena College

Technoscience and the New Biomedicalization: Western Roots, Global Rhizomes. Jennifer Ruth Foskett, Jennifer R. Fishman, Janet K. Shim, and Laura Mamo, University of California, San Francisco

Table Presider: David Pevalin, University of Essex

Adverse Birth Outcomes, Maternal Prenatal Behavior and Their Social Context. David Pevalin, University of Essex; Terrance J. Wade, University of Cincinnati; Augustine Brannigan, University of Calgary; and Reginald Suave, University of Calgary

"How in the World Did Women Lose Control of Childbirth?": A Pilot Study of College Student Knowledge of Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery. Elaine R. Cleeton, State University of New York, Geneseo

Social Interaction, Social Support, and Intent to Get a Mammogram. Ann Boulis, University of Pennsylvania; and Ross Koppel, Social Research Corporation

Social Interaction, Social Support and Intent to Get a Mammogram. Robert W. Bailey, Rutgers University, Camden

Table Presider: Olga Bright, University of California, Irvine

Predicting Employer Based Health Care Benefits. Olga Bright, University of California, Irvine

Depicting the Patient: Racial and Gender Representation in Drug Advertisements in Medical Journals. Stephanie Nawyn, Christine Carr, and Anne Figert, Loyola University Chicago

Income Inequality and Adult Physical Health: Evidence from China. Ming Wen, University of Chicago; Ye Luo, University of Chicago

Table Presider: Brian K. Finch, Florida State University

Perceived Discrimination and Depression among Mexican American Immigrants in California. Brian K. Finch, Florida State University; Bohdan Kolody, San Diego State University; and William A. Vega, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Asian Bodies in American Medical Settings: Taiwanese Immigrants' Medical Experiences in East Lansing. Chien-Juh Gu, Michigan State University

Table Presider: Robert Carrothers, Kent State University

Emotional Intelligence and Race in Medical School Applicants. Robert Carrothers, Stanford W. Gregory, Jr., and Timothy J. Gallagher, Kent State University

Client Ascendancy: The Impact of Patient Characteristics on Physician Income. B. L. McCall, Vanderbilt University

Table Presider: Neale R. Chumbler, North Florida/South Georgia

Veterans Health System and the University of Florida The Psychological Effects of Farm-Related Injuries to Youth in Central Wisconsin: A Pilot Study. Neale R. Chumbler, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System and the University of Florida; John R. Schmelzer, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation; Jack M. Geller, Mankato State University; and Andrew W. Weier, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation

Community Perspectives on Rural Health. Lois Wright Morton, Iowa State University

Table Presider: Mary Zimmerman, University of Kansas

A Reality Check on the Idea of Consumerism in Medicaid Managed Care. Mary Zimmerman, Shirley Hill, and Michael Fox, University of Kansas

Medicaid Caseload Decline in Wisconsin, 1996-1998. Michael Soref, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

Table Presider: Jacquelyn Litt, Iowa State University

To be announced. Adele Clarke, University of California, San Francisco

To be announced. Christine Morton

Table Presider: Stephen L. Fielding, University of Rochester

Taking Control of Their Lives: Comments from Women Who Used Mifepristone (RU486) to End Their Pregnancies. Stephen L. Fielding and Lisa Fuller, University of Rochester

The Well-Being of Married People and Its Effect on Attitudes Toward Abortion for Genetic Defect. Lori Heald and Marieke Van Willigen, East Carolina University

Fecundity Status and Anxiety. Rosalind Berkowitz King, University of Pennsylvania

Neighborhood Context and Condom Use among Female Adolescents. Catlainn Sionean, Emory University

Table Presider: Erin Reidy, University of Michigan

Gender, Class, and Health: Does the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Health Differ by Gender? Erin Reidy, University of Michigan

Marital Status, Marital Quality, and Health: A Reconsideration and Clarification of Gender Differences. Kristi Williams, University of Texas, Austin

Social Structure and Mental Health: An Examination of the Links between Employment, Gender, and Distress. Sheila R. Cotten, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and Michael D. Schulman, North Carolina State University

Social Determinants of Mental and Physical Well-Being among Women Living in an Urban Community in the Mid-West. Amy Schulz, Barbara Israel, and Edith Parker, University of Michigan

Table Presider: William Alex McIntosh, Texas A&M University

Analyzing the Scope and Worldwide Decline in Infectious Disease in the 20 th Century. Richard Barrett, University of Illinois, Chicago

Health, Inequality, Social Integration, and Economic Growth: A Test of the Wilkinson Hypotheses. William Alex McIntosh, Texas A&M University

Women's Autonomy and Their Access to Health in Guyana. Maitreyi Das, University of Maryland, College Park

"Rariu" and Luo Women: Deviance and Social Illness in Africa. Nancy Luke and Ina Warriner, University of Pennsylvania

Table Presider: Kathleen A. Foley, University of Pennsylvania

Does the Timing of Low Socioeconomic Position in Early Life Matter for the Adult Health Status? Kathleen A. Foley, University of Pennsylvania

Reducing the Survival Gap between the Infants of Educated Black and White Mothers in the U.S. Jacob Adetunji, Bowling Green State University

How to Measure "What People Do for a Living" in Research on the Socioeconomic Correlates of Health. John Robert Warren and Hsiang-Hui Daphne Kuo, University of Washington

Table Presider: Tasleem Padamsee-Garrett, University of Michigan

Natural Partners: Constructing Collaboration between the Physician and the Pharmaceutical Corporation. Tasleem Padamsee-Garrett, University of Michigan

The Social Context of the Safety Net: Managing Indigent Care in the Emergency Department. Daniel Dohan, Alcohol Research Group

An Elaborated Theory of Countervailing Powers: The Role of the System of Alliances in the Decline of Physician Dominance. Heather Hartley, Portland State University

The Impact of the For-Profit Conversions of Rural Serving Non-for-Profit and Public Hospitals on Rural Communities. Sharyn Potter, University of New Hampshire

The Method of Legitimizing an Innovation: The Accupuncture Legislation of New York State. Motoko Yoshida, Komazawa University

The Emergence of Chicago's Long-term Care Infrastructure: How Urban Settlement Shapes Health Care Delivery. Susan C. Reed, DePaul University

Table Presider: Harry Perlstadt, Michigan State University

Definitions, Models, and Measurement of Need and Unmet Needs for People Living with HIV/AIDS. Harry Perlstadt, Susan Grettenberger, and Peter Hovmand, Michigan State University

The Immoral Patient: Interactional Constructions of Morality in STD Diagnoses. Adina Nack, University of Colorado, Boulder

A Game Theoretic Model of HIV Transmission: Signaling and Coordination in a Game of Limited Information. Kirby D. Schroede and Fabio Rojas, University of Chicago

Organizer and Presider: Bruce G. Link, Columbia University

It’s about Time: The Effect of Wife's and Husband's Employment on Each Other's Health. Ross Stolzenberg, University of Chicago

The Influence of Region of Birth and Migration Status on Adult Mortality. Greg Drevenstedt, University of Pennsylvania; and Eric Backlund, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Is the "Mexican-American Epidemological Paradox" Advantage at Birth Maintained through Early Childhood Development? Yolanda Padilla, Jason D. Boardman, and Marilyn Espitia, University of Texas, Austin

Inequality, Social Welfare and Children's Health: An Aggregate Analysis in the 50 United States. Jane McLeod, Indiana University; Kathleen Call and James Nonnemaker, University of Minnesota