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| Elaine J BlumbergSummaryAffiliation: San Diego State University Country: USA Publications
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Multi-level barriers to LTBI treatment: a research noteLinda Hill
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037 0811, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 12:544-50. 2010..This study describes the barriers to effective and timely LTBI treatment encountered in a research study on INH adherence in Latino adolescents...
Predictors of weapon carrying in youth attending drop-in centersElaine J Blumberg
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:745-58. 2009..To test and compare 2 predictive models of weapon carrying in youth (n = 308) recruited from 4 drop-in centers in San Diego and Imperial counties...
Self-report INH adherence measures were reliable and valid in Latino adolescents with latent tuberculosis infectionElaine J Blumberg
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92123, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 58:645-8. 2005..To test the reliability and validity of 8-day and 30-day self-report measures of adherence to daily isoniazid (INH) for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)...
Feasibility and use of school-based condom availability programs in Tijuana, MexicoJennifer A Zellner
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, CBEACH, Graduate School of Public Health, GSPH, San Diego State University, SDSU, California 92123, USA
AIDS Behav 10:649-57. 2006..Results demonstrate the feasibility of implementing CAPs in Mexican schools and suggest that these programs can improve adolescents' condom access...
Increasing Latino adolescents' adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: a controlled trialMelbourne F Hovell
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92123, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1871-7. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Coaching can increase Latino adolescents' adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection and should contribute to tuberculosis control for adolescents at high risk of contracting the disease...
Determinants and prevalence of late HIV testing in Tijuana, MexicoClaudia M Carrizosa
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92123, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:333-40. 2010..65, 0.47-0.92); and stigma regarding HIV testing (AOR = 0.66, 0.45-0.97). These findings may inform the design of interventions to increase timely HIV testing and help reduce HIV transmission in the community at large...
Engaging community businesses in human immunodeficiency virus prevention: a feasibility studyLiza S Rovniak
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Health Promot 24:347-53. 2010..To explore the feasibility of engaging community businesses in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention...
Evaluation of two school-based HIV prevention interventions in the border city of Tijuana, MexicoAna P Martinez-Donate
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Sex Res 41:267-78. 2004..Access to the condom distribution program alone had no effects on behavioral and psychosocial correlates of HIV transmission. We discuss implications of these results...
Predictors of substance use among homeless youth in San DiegoChad A Bousman
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 230, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Addict Behav 30:1100-10. 2005..These results may inform future prevention strategies for homeless youth and other high-risk populations...
The reliability and practicality of the Arkansas method assay of isoniazid adherenceKatharine E Schmitz
The Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Clin Nurs Res 19:131-43. 2010..These findings have important implications for providers of treatment and researchers and provide the impetus for both to examine the potential of using the AM of INH metabolite testing as a measure of medication adherence...
Gender differences in condom-related behaviors and attitudes among Mexican adolescents living on the U.S.-Mexico borderAna P Martinez-Donate
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 16:172-86. 2004..The results suggest that stereotypical gender roles and communication barriers place Tijuana female high school students at higher risk for HIV infection than their male peers...
