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+CLICK: harnessing web-based training to reduce secondary transmission among HIV-positive youthChristine Margaret Markham
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
AIDS Care 21:622-31. 2009..Further research on long-term and behavioral effects is indicated prior to broader dissemination into clinical practice...
Sexual risk avoidance and sexual risk reduction interventions for middle school youth: a randomized controlled trialChristine M Markham
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7000 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 50:279-88. 2012..To evaluate the efficacy of two, theory-based, multimedia, middle school sexual education programs in delaying sexual initiation...- Factors associated with frequent vaginal douching among alternative school youthChristine M Markham
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 41:509-12. 2007..13%), monthly douching was associated with black ethnicity, beliefs related to the therapeutic value of douching, perceived partner expectations, having female relatives who douched, and pregnancy history... - Patterns of vaginal, oral, and anal sexual intercourse in an urban seventh-grade populationChristine M Markham
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin, 26th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Sch Health 79:193-200. 2009..Such data are limited for early adolescents... - Family connectedness and sexual risk-taking among urban youth attending alternative high schoolsChristine M Markham
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:174-9. 2003..Family connectedness is associated with reduced adolescent sexual risk-taking, although this association has not been tested among alternative school youth... - Connectedness as a predictor of sexual and reproductive health outcomes for youthChristine M Markham
University of Texas Prevention Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:S23-41. 2010..Further study regarding specific sub-constructs as well as their combined influence is needed... - 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... - The Fun Families Study: intervention to reduce children's TV viewingSoledad Liliana Escobar-Chaves
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:S99-101. 2010..23, P < 0.01). There was a trend toward reducing actual media consumption but these outcomes did not reach statistical significance. Effective strategies to reduce children's TV viewing were identified... - It's Your Game: Keep It Real: delaying sexual behavior with an effective middle school programSusan R Tortolero
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:169-79. 2010..We hypothesized that the IYG intervention would decrease the number of adolescents who initiated sexual activity by the ninth grade compared with those in the comparison schools... - Safer choices 2: rationale, design issues, and baseline results in evaluating school-based health promotion for alternative school studentsSusan R Tortolero
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:70-82. 2008..This paper describes the rationale, study design, and baseline results for the Safer Choices 2 program... - Bullying and victimization and internalizing symptoms among low-income Black and Hispanic studentsMelissa Fleschler Peskin
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:372-5. 2007..These study findings expand the association between bully/victim status and internalizing symptoms to a less-studied population that may be limited in their ability to use and obtain mental health assistance... - Bullying and victimization among black and Hispanic adolescentsMelissa Fleschler Peskin
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Adolescence 41:467-84. 2006..This study adds to the literature as few U.S. studies on both general and specific types of bullying have been conducted among low socioeconomic, racial/ethnic minority students in middle and high school... - Partners in school asthma management: evaluation of a self-management program for children with asthmaL Kay Bartholomew
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin, 25th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Sch Health 76:283-90. 2006.... - The relationship between future orientation and street substance use among Texas alternative school studentsR J Peters
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 77030, USA
Am J Addict 14:478-85. 2005..While the relationships tested in this study are exploratory, they provide evidence for an important connection between future orientation and substance use among adolescents attending alternative schools... - Impact of the media on adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviorsS Liliana Escobar-Chaves
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77225 0036, USA
Pediatrics 116:303-26. 2005..One largely unexplored factor that may contribute to adolescents' sexual activity is their exposure to mass media... - 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... - The impact of a history of sexual abuse on high-risk sexual behaviors among females attending alternative schoolsRuth S Buzi
Teen Health Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Adolescence 38:595-605. 2003..The findings also highlight the importance of targeting adolescents who attend alternative schools... - Gender differences in the consequences of a coercive sexual experience among adolescents attending alternative schoolsRuth S Buzi
Teen Health Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Sch Health 73:191-6. 2003..More research focusing on the differential impact of a coercive sexual experience on males and females is crucial... - Environmental allergens and irritants in schools: a focus on asthmaSusan R Tortolero
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin, 26th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Sch Health 72:33-8. 2002..5 ng/g), with 10% of rooms over the recommended threshold. Almost two-thirds of classrooms had mold spore counts > 10,000 col/g (median, 14,400 col/g; range, 2,000-52,000 col/g)... - Lowering the risk of secondary HIV transmission: insights from HIV-positive youth and health care providersAmy D Leonard
Department of Allergy and Immunology, Texas Children s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 42:110-6. 2010....