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| Jean SchensulSummaryAffiliation: Institute for Community Research Country: USA Publications
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The use of qualitative comparative analysis for critical event research in Alcohol and HIV in Mumbai, IndiaJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Ste 100, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
AIDS Behav 14:S113-25. 2010....
Community, culture and sustainability in multilevel dynamic systems intervention scienceJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Ste 100, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Am J Community Psychol 43:241-56. 2009..Consistency in their meaning and use can promote forward movement in the field of MDSIS, and in community-based prevention science...- Multi-level intervention to prevent influenza infections in older low income and minority adultsJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Ste 100, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Am J Community Psychol 43:313-29. 2009..The intervention achieved desired outcomes at all four levels and resulted in a significant increase in influenza vaccination, and improvements in pro-vaccination knowledge, beliefs, and understanding of health consequences... 
Building interdisciplinary/intersectoral research partnerships for community-based mental health research with older minority adultsJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, Hartford Square West, 100 Hartford, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Am J Community Psychol 38:79-93. 2006..The paper concludes with strengths and limitations of the approach...- The diffusion of ecstasy through urban youth networksJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 4:39-71. 2005.... - Individual, contextual, and social network factors affecting exposure to HIV/AIDS risk among older residents living in low-income senior housing complexesJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:S138-52. 2003..This approach also reveals variations in building structures that may facilitate the diffusion of HIV prevention efforts... - "Rollin' on E": a qualitative analysis of ecstasy use among inner city adolescents and young adultsJulie M Eiserman
Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 4:9-38. 2005..These findings point to the need for more in-depth research on MDMA use within inner city settings, with a particular focus on ethnic and cultural context, self-controlled drug use, poly-drug mixing, and sex risk behaviors... - Spatial dimensions of research on alcohol and sexual risk: a case example from a Mumbai studyEllen K Cromley
The Institute for Community Research, Two Hartford Square West, Suite 100, 146 Wyllys Street, Hartford, CT 06106 5128, USA
AIDS Behav 14:S104-12. 2010..Understanding where activities take place is important in designing venue-based interventions to reduce health risk behaviors leading to the spread of HIV/AIDS... - The effects of husband's alcohol consumption on married women in three low-income areas of Greater MumbaiMarlene J Berg
Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Ste 100, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
AIDS Behav 14:S126-35. 2010..The study suggests ways alcohol use leads from physical and verbal abuse to emotional and sexual violence in marriage. Implications for gendered multi-level interventions addressing violence and HIV risk are explored... - Youth Action Research for Prevention: a multi-level intervention designed to increase efficacy and empowerment among urban youthMarlene Berg
Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Ste 100, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Am J Community Psychol 43:345-59. 2009.... - Building Xperience: a multilevel alcohol and drug prevention interventionSarah Diamond
The Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Suite 100, Hartford, CT 06106 5128, USA
Am J Community Psychol 43:292-312. 2009..This descriptive account of building a multilevel intervention aims to serve as a useful guide for others wishing to develop similar approaches, and for theorizing about some of the common challenges involved in this process... - Assessing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk among older urban adults: a model for community-based research partnershipKim E Radda
Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Conn 06106, USA
Fam Community Health 26:203-13. 2003.... - Dust in the wind: the growing use of embalming fluid among youth in Hartford, CTMerrill Singer
Hispanic Health Council, 175 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:1035-50. 2005..Given the toxic substances that comprise embalming fluid, and the tendency, affirmed in the present study, of the drug to be associated with violent behavior, there is a need to recognize embalming fluid as a drug of concern among youth... - Challenges in measuring concurrency, agency and intentionality in polydrug researchJean J Schensul
Institute for Community Research, Ste 100, 2 Hartford Square West, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Addict Behav 30:571-4. 2005..This paper calls for new ways of measuring polydrug use that capture concurrency in context to obtain more accurate assessments of drug mixing and its potential physical and social effects... - Perception of HIV/AIDS risk among urban, low-income senior-housing residentsElijah G Ward
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, 60608 1264, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 16:571-88. 2004....
Research Grants
- MINORITY YOUTH ACTION RESEARCH TRAINING INSTITUTEJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- BUILDING PREVENTIVE GROUP NORMS IN URBAN MIDDLE SCHOOLSJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2003..Years 4 and 5 will be utilized to collect the final outcome assessment data, to analyze and triangulate data and to finalize curriculum and publications. ..
- Club Drugs/Resource Inequity/Health Risk in Urban YouthJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2005..The study promises to produce new analytic and theoretical insights into the diffusion of new drugs into already saturated urban youth drug markets and the consequences of their use. ..
- Alcohol, Risky Behavior and HIV Prevention in Mumbai, IndiaJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- MDMA and STI/HIV Risk in Hidden Networks of Young Adult Ecstasy-UsersJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- PATHWAYS TO HIGH RISK DRUG ABUSE AMONG URBAN YOUTHJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2001....
- AIDS RISK IN OLDER URBAN ADULT SENIOR HOUSING RESIDENTSJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..
- MDMA and STD/HIV Risk among Hidden Networks of Ecstasy-using Young AdultsJean Schensul; Fiscal Year: 2009....