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Strategies to prevent HIV transmission among heterosexual African-American menEkere J Essien
The HIV Prevention Research Group, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
BMC Public Health 5:3. 2005....- Beliefs and perceived norms concerning smoking cessation program recruitment among african american teen smokers: what appeals to youth and what turns them awayRonald J Peters
University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 10:246-55. 2011..In addition, African Americans place heavy emphasis on source and message style to determine credibility of the intervention strategy... - Alprazolam (Xanax) use among southern youth: beliefs and social norms concerning dangerous rides on "handlebars"Ronald J Peters
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 77030, USA
J Drug Educ 37:417-28. 2007..In this study, a majority of students stated that medical professionals such as doctors and pharmacists were the greatest facilitator of alprazolam acquisition. Implications for these results are discussed... - Beliefs regarding cigarette use, motivations to quit, and perceptions on cessation programs among minority adolescent cigarette smokersRonald Peters
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:754-7. 2006.... - The relationship between perceived exposure to promotional smoking messages and smoking status among high school studentsRonald J Peters
University of Texas Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
Am J Addict 15:387-91. 2006..19, 2.79, p < or = .05). These findings suggest that experimenters and quitters may pay more attention to smoking advertisements than nonsmokers and current smokers... - The relationship between perceived youth exposure to anti-smoking advertisements: how perceptions differ by raceRonald J Peters
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, USA
J Drug Educ 35:47-58. 2005..While the relationships tested in this study are exploratory, they provide initial evidence for an important nexus between race and communication channels that may impact perceived exposure to tobacco advertising... - Beliefs and social norms about codeine and promethazine hydrochloride cough syrup (CPHCS) use and addiction among multi-ethnic college studentsRonald Peters
University of Texas School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin Suite 2618, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 39:277-82. 2007.... - Smoking cessation recruitment among African American youth: what youth think will help them attendRonald J Peters
University of Texas Houston School of Public Health, Houston Texas, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 7:451-64. 2008..While the relationships tested in this study are exploratory, they provide initial evidence for understanding the importance of smoking cessation recruitment strategies that may impact minority alternative school youth... - The use of fry (embalming fluid and PCP-laced cigarettes or marijuana sticks) among crack cocaine smokersRonald J Peters
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Drug Educ 38:285-95. 2008..11, p < or = 0.05), and codeine (syrup) use (OR = 8.10, p < or = 0.05). These findings are important in determining the "cultural novelties" relative to crack and fry use among younger African Americans... - Beliefs and social norms about sildenafil citrate (Viagra) misuse and perceived consequences among Houstonian teenage malesRonald J Peters
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Mens Health 1:208-12. 2007..It is possible that the sildenafil citrate television messages are recalled by not only older male audiences but also by teenagers and younger men, producing similar cognitive processing and curiosity in both age cohorts... - The association of drug use and post-traumatic stress reactions due to Hurricane Ike among Fifth Ward Houstonian youthRonald J Peters
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 9:143-51. 2010..1, 95% CI = 1.0, 16.5). This study shows the important link of higher drug use and self-medication among youth with higher reported posttraumatic stress reactions after natural disasters... - Project ASPIRE: an Interactive, Multimedia Smoking Prevention and Cessation curriculum for culturally diverse high school studentsAlexander V Prokhorov
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77230 1439, USA
Subst Use Misuse 45:983-1006. 2010..The intervention program holds considerable promise in its ability to reduce smoking among teens... - The link between recent sexual abuse and drug use among African American male college students: it's not just a female problem in and around campusCharles Amos
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 40:161-6. 2008..Logistic regression analyses indicated that sexual abuse history in or around campus was significantly associated with past year (OR = 9.8, p < or = 0.001) and past 30 day (OR = 5.0, p < or = 0.001) drug use... - Codeine cough syrup use among African-American crack cocaine usersRonald J Peters
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 39:97-102. 2007..These findings are important in determining the "cultural novelties" relative to crack and codeine use among younger African Americans... - Impact of A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience (ASPIRE), an interactive, multimedia smoking prevention and cessation curriculum for culturally diverse high-school studentsAlexander V Prokhorov
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230 1439, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1477-85. 2008..ASPIRE demonstrated the potential for an interactive multimedia program to promote smoking prevention. Further studies are required to determine ASPIRE's effects on cessation... - Methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors in U.S. high school students: findings from a national risk behavior surveyAndrew E Springer
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas, 7000 Fannin Street, Suite 2664, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Prev Sci 8:103-13. 2007..S. high school students... - Cocaine use and syphilis trends: findings from the arrestee drug abuse monitoring (ADAM) program and syphilis epidemiology in HoustonMichael W Ross
WHO Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Houston, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
Am J Addict 15:473-7. 2006..These data suggest that control of crack cocaine may have an impact on syphilis rates and that there may be close relationships between some STDs and drug abuse... - The relationship between sexual abuse and drug use: findings from Houston's Safer Choices 2 programRonald J Peters
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 77030, USA
J Drug Educ 33:49-59. 2003..9, p < or = 0.05). While the relationships tested in this study are exploratory, they provide evidence for an important connection between sexual abuse and substance use among female alternative school students... - Beliefs and social norms about smoking onset and addictions among urban adolescent cigarette smokersRonald J Peters
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion, Research and Development, Houston 77030, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 37:449-53. 2005..In addition, this research confirmed that friends and siblings who use tobacco are strong reinforcers in youth smoking initiation... - Beliefs and social norms about cigarettes or marijuana sticks laced with embalming fluid and phencyclidine (PCP): why youth use "fry"Ronald J Peters
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:563-71. 2005..Youth stated that users have impaired motor skills, hallucinations, long-term mental health problems, incoherent behavior, paranoia, and aggressive behaviors. Implications for these results are discussed... - Beliefs and social norms about codeine and promethazine hydrochloride cough syrup (CPHCS) onset and perceived addiction among urban Houstonian adolescents: an addiction trend in the city of leanRonald J Peters
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 77030, USA
J Drug Educ 33:415-25. 2003..Our findings suggest that friends and an innovative form of hip-hop music called "screw" are strong reinforcers of CPHCS use... - Beliefs and social norms about ephedra onset and perceived addiction among college male and female athletesRonald J Peters
Prairie View A and M University, Department of Health and Human Performance, Prairie View, Texas 77030, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:125-35. 2005..Female athletes were more concerned with their appearance. These findings are important in determining the early extent to which addiction is self-identified... - Use of interactive health communication to affect smoking intentions in middle school students: a pilot test of the "Headbutt" risk assessment programRoss Shegog
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2668, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Health Promot 19:334-8. 2005..This pilot study evaluates the use of a Web-based tobacco prevention program, Headbutt, to change intentions of middle school children to smoke tobacco... - A study of school nurse job satisfactionDeMonica L Junious
North Harris Montgomery Community College District, Houston, TX, USA
J Sch Nurs 20:88-93. 2004..For this to occur, school nurses must take the initiative to educate administrators, parents, and communities about their role in the school setting... - Drug use among Texas alternative school students: findings from Houston's Safer Choices 2 ProgramRonald J Peters
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:383-7. 2003..These new drug trends are startling because they indicate a potential for long-term treatment services for abusers... - Using intervention mapping to adapt an effective HIV, sexually transmitted disease, and pregnancy prevention program for high-risk minority youthSusan R Tortolero
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Health Promot Pract 6:286-98. 2005..IM is a detailed process that provides planners with a systematic method for decision making in each phase of developing or adapting an intervention to influence changes in behavior and environmental conditions... - Comparing drug use between welfare-receiving arrestees and non-welfare-receiving arresteesGeorge S Yacoubian
University of Maryland, USA
J Drug Educ 32:139-47. 2002..Implications for welfare reform policy are discussed in light of the current findings... - Codeine cough syrup use among sexually active, African-American high school youths: why Southern males are down to have sexRonald J Peters
Am J Addict 16:144-5. 2007 - The relationship between sexual abuse and drug use: a view of African-American college students in TexasQueen Martin
Prairie View A and M University, Department of Health and Performance, Prairie View, TX, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 4:23-33. 2005..2, p < .05). While the relationships tested in this study are exploratory, they provide evidence for an important connection between sexual abuse and substance use among African-American college students... - Prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among incarcerated males in county jailRegina J Johnson
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, TX, USA
Child Abuse Negl 30:75-86. 2006..The findings support the belief held by professionals in the criminal justice field that a significant number of incarcerated males may have been victims of sexual abuse... - A history of drug use and childhood sexual abuse among incarcerated males in a county jailRegina J Johnson
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, Austin, Texas 78701 1499, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:211-29. 2005.... - Exploring benzodiazepine use among Houston arresteesGeorge S Yacoubian
McFarland and Associates Inc, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 34:393-9. 2002..Policy implications are assessed in light of the current findings... - Comparing the validity of self-reported recent drug use between adult and juvenile arresteesGeorge S Yacoubian
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:279-84. 2003..Results suggest that adult arrestees are more inclined to underreport their recent use of illicit drugs. Implications for drug use research are assessed in light of the current findings... - Toward an ecstasy and other club drug (EOCD) prevention intervention for rave attendeesGeorge S Yacoubian
Pacific Institute for Research Evaluation PIRE, Calverton, MD 20705 3102, USA
J Drug Educ 34:41-59. 2004..Based on a meta-analysis of this literature, we offer a community-level prevention intervention for the population at highest risk for EOCD use-rave attendees... - Exploring the prevalence and correlates of methamphetamine use: findings from Sacramento's ADAM programGeorge S Yacoubian
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
J Drug Educ 34:281-94. 2004..Implications for drug control policy are discussed... - An exploration of recent club drug use among rave attendeesGeorge S Yacoubian
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, USA
J Drug Educ 37:145-61. 2007..These findings suggest that the use of EOCD among rave attendees has diminished and that the allocation of significant resources to combat their proliferation, among this and other populations at risk for EOCD use, may be premature...
Research Grants
- Comprehensive Minority Biomedical BehaviorRonald Peters; Fiscal Year: 2007..g., peer counseling, telephone counseling, CD-ROM programs) are most attractive. ..