Social Health of Nevada

The Social Health of Nevada:
Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State*

Dmitri N. Shalin, ed.
(UNLV: CDC Publications, 2017-2018)

(See also the 2012 Social Health of Nevada and 2006 Social Health of Nevada Report )

Contents

Disease Prevalence and Health Determinants, Taka Yamashita and Roberto Millar

Prevalence and Patterns of Injury-Related Mortality, Elizabeth Lawrence and Aiemie Pace

Behavioral and Mental Health, Ruth Kondray and Kyle Devine

Crime and Delinquency, Logan Kennedy, Bridget Kelly, William H. Sousa, Andrew L. Spivak

Addiction and Substance Abuse, Andrea Blin

Child Abuse and Neglect, Ramona Denby Brinson and Hanna Haran

Aging Trends and Challenges, Jennifer R. Keene and Jacqueline Ragin

Immigration and Ethnic Diversity, Tiffiany Howard and Roman Lewis

Teen Sexuality and Pregnancy, Sandra Owens and Marya Shegog

Family Life and Divorce, Katherine M. Hertlein, Anita Horvath, and Julia Seyferth Smith

Environment and Sustainability, Jennifer Stevens, Genevieve Minter, and Robert Futrell

Problem Gambling and Treatment, Sarah A. St. John, Andrea Dassopoulos, and Bo J. Bernhard

Sex Industry and Sex Workers, Rachel MacFarlane, Celene Fuller, and Barbara G. Brents

Religion and Spirituality, Josiah Kidwell and Michael Borer

Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Jessica Word

Health Care Access and Insurance Availability, Douglas L. Garner, Marie A. Wakefield, Tiffany Tyler, A. Dexter Samuels, and Roger Cleveland

Dropout and Graduation Rates, Tiffany G. Tyler and Sandra Owens

Academic Achievement and School Resources, Tiffany Tyler, Douglas Garner, Marie Wakefield, Roger Cleveland, and Sandra Owens

Substance Abuse among Youth, An-Pyng Sun, Chih-Hsiang Ho, and Larry Ashley

Disability Rights and Resources, Janet S. Belcove-Shalin

Prenatal Care and Infant Mortality, Douglas Garner, Roger Cleveland, A. Dexter Samuels, and Tiffany Tyler

Income Distribution and Poverty, Danielle Ely, Maria Cristina Morales, and David Dickens

Housing Availability and Homelessness, Dahn Shaulis, Kathleen Fairchild, and Kurt Borchard

Art and Cultural Participation, Robert Tracy

*The 2017 Report on the Social Health of Nevada goes back to the Justice & Democracy forum on the Leading Social Indicators in Nevada that took place on November 5, 2004, at the William S. Boyd School of Law. The report, the first of its kind for the Silver State, represented a collaborative effort of the University of Nevada faculty, Clark County professionals, and state of Nevada officials. The Social Health of Nevada report was made possible in part by a Planning Initiative Award that the Center for Democratic Culture received from the UNLV President's office for its project "Civic Culture Initiative for the City of Las Vegas." The 2012 Social Health of Nevada Report is spearheaded by UNLV's Center for Democratic Culture and Department of Sociology. Individual chapters of the report are brought on line as they become available. For further inquiries, please contact authors responsible for specific chapters or email CDC Director, Dr. Dmitri Shalin: shalin@unlv.nevada.edu.