Lydia O'Donnell

..This study evaluated the effectiveness of a community youth service (CYS) program in reducing sexual risk behaviors among African American and Latino urban young adolescents...

..It is therefore important to assess how adolescent risk behaviors and pregnancy experiences are linked to such violence during young adulthood...

..This article reports on the extent to which parents of young teens underestimate both the risks their daughters are exposed to and the considerable influence that they have over their children's decisions and behaviors...

..We examined relationships between parenting status and multiple forms of violence perpetration among young adults in high-poverty environments...

..A promising strategy for addressing early adolescent sexual activity is parent education that addresses normal pubertal changes and the challenges of becoming a teenager...

..This gender-specific parent education program was for communities with high rates of HIV, where early sexual onset is common and often fueled by alcohol...

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..Family composition, ethnic identity, coping style, peer support, and school attachment are not significant correlates of suicidal ideation or attempts...

..To examine suicidality among urban youth and its relationship to patterns of adult support...

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..Gay community attachment was not significantly related to risk behaviors. Findings point to the importance of ethnic ties and involving ethnic community organizations in HIV prevention efforts...

..This communication helps preserve key program elements and contributes to ongoing refinement of the intervention...

..To evaluate the sustained effectiveness of a middle school service learning intervention on reducing sexual initiation and recent sex among urban African-American and Latino adolescents from 7th grade through the 10th grade...

..Implications for violence prevention are discussed, including the importance of addressing community health, as well as individual patterns of behavior, associated with multiple forms of violence victimization and perpetration...

..Findings suggest that prevention programs need to address the particular sexual risk patterns of bisexually-identified Latino YMSM that place them at risk of both HIV infection and transmission...

..66, p = .02). HIV prevention should include messages about the potential dangers of drinking and drug use in situations where sexual encounters with nonmain partners may occur...

..Partner violence victimization was an independent risk factor for continued smoking. If improvements in smoking cessation rates are to be achieved, public health efforts must address factors underlying early and continued smoking...

..5% and 21.8%, respectively. The use of a social network recruitment strategy in combination with an oral HIV test shows promise in increasing testing and in targeting populations...

..Greater exposure is related to distress among those who, during high school, reported lower distress, as well as among those who reported prior greater distress...

..To examine the association of aggressive behaviors during early adolescence with subsequent suicidality among inner-city males and females...

..Using data from a regional census of high school students, we have documented the prevalence of cyberbullying and school bullying victimization and their associations with psychological distress...

..Healthy Futures addresses the HIV epidemic among African Americans/Blacks in high-poverty urban communities by preparing parents to address the challenges their adolescent sons and daughters face. ..

..The goal is to set young women on a course that protects their health and reduces the burden that problem drinking and HIV disease is taking on African American and Latino communities. ..

..This study will test whether a brief intervention is effective in supporting men in their efforts to reduce risk behaviors associated with HIV acquisition and transmission. ..

..In addition to HIV prevention, the goal is to market health promotion to a population of African American men who bear a disproportionate burden of not only HIV/AIDS but other chronic conditions that lead to ongoing health disparities. ..

..Healthy Futures addresses the HIV epidemic among African Americans/Blacks in high-poverty urban communities by preparing parents to address the challenges their adolescent sons and daughters face. ..

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..Healthy Futures addresses the HIV epidemic among African Americans/Blacks in high-poverty urban communities by preparing parents to address the challenges their adolescent sons and daughters face. ..

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..They aim to: 1. Assess the longitudinal impact of RFH interventions for young adolescents on the multiple-risk behaviors of cigarette, alcohol, and ..

..6. Collect data on the costs and process of implementation to inform subsequent dissemination. ..

..Healthy Futures addresses the HIV epidemic among African Americans/Blacks in high-poverty urban communities by preparing parents to address the challenges their adolescent sons and daughters face. ..