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| Robert L CookSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Alcohol and drug use and related disorders: An underrecognized health issue among adolescents and young adults attending sexually transmitted disease clinicsRobert L Cook
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:565-70. 2006....- Intoxication before intercourse and risky sexual behavior in male veterans with and without human immunodeficiency virus infectionRobert L Cook
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Med Care 44:S31-6. 2006.... - Systematic review: noninvasive testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeaeRobert L Cook
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:914-25. 2005..Testing of urine samples is noninvasive and could overcome several barriers to screening for chlamydial and gonococcal infections, but most test samples are obtained directly from the cervix or urethra... - Is there an association between alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted diseases? A systematic reviewRobert L Cook
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:156-64. 2005..The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of published literature on the association between problematic alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)... - Alcohol screening in young persons attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Comparison of AUDIT, CRAFFT, and CAGE instrumentsRobert L Cook
Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:1-6. 2005.... - High prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in young women seeking HIV testing in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilRobert L Cook
Division of General Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Sex Transm Dis 31:67-72. 2004..Few data are available on the prevalence of and risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) other than HIV in Brazil... - Sexual partner characteristics and sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents and young adultsStephanie A S Staras
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, School of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA
Sex Transm Dis 36:232-8. 2009..Among adolescents and young adults, the extent that partner characteristics account for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in context of individual sexual activities and demographic characteristics is unclear... - Factors affecting clinician educator encouragement of routine HIV testing among traineesGail V Berkenblit
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:839-44. 2012..Adoption of CDC recommendations for routine, voluntary HIV screening of all Americans age 13–64 years has been slow. One method to increase adherence to clinical practice guidelines is through medical school and residency training... - Cost comparisons between home- and clinic-based testing for sexually transmitted diseases in high-risk young womenKenneth J Smith
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2007:62467. 2007..A home testing program could be cost saving, depending on whether changes in clinic testing frequency occur when home testing is available... - Patient knowledge and attitudes about avian influenza in an internal medicine clinicMichael A Gaglia
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Public Health 122:462-70. 2008..The objective of this study was to describe beliefs, attitudes and knowledge regarding avian influenza among patients in an internal medicine clinic... - From the NIH: proceedings of a workshop on the importance of self-obtained vaginal specimens for detection of sexually transmitted infectionsMarcia M Hobbs
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:8-13. 2008..Similarly, SOVs should be explored for use in the diagnosis of other sexually transmitted pathogens... - Primary care physician attitudes regarding sexually transmitted diseasesMichael R Ashton
School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:246-51. 2002..Interventions that influence STD-related attitudes may improve STD-prevention practices by primary care physicians... - Knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases in women among primary care physiciansHarold C Wiesenfeld
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:649-53. 2005..The objectives of this study were to determine the knowledge about the management of STDs among primary care physicians and to identify physician characteristics associated with possession of STD knowledge... - Depression, stress, and social support as predictors of high-risk sexual behaviors and STIs in young womenKathryn E Mazzaferro
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:601-3. 2006..When comparing adolescent women (aged 14-19) to young women (aged 20-25), the adolescents had stronger associations with the outcome variables... - Patient knowledge and attitudes about antiviral medication and vaccination for influenza in an internal medicine clinicMichael A Gaglia
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:1182-8. 2007..Our objective in this study was to describe beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge regarding antiviral medication and vaccination for influenza among patients in an internal medicine clinic... - Alcohol use disorders among emergency department-treated older adolescents: a new brief screen (RUFT-Cut) using the AUDIT, CAGE, CRAFFT, and RAPS-QFThomas M Kelly
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:746-53. 2004..This study contrasted four brief screening instruments for detecting DSM-IV-defined AUD and tested a newly developed brief screen for use among ED-treated older adolescents... - Increased prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 among adolescent women with alcohol use disordersRobert L Cook
Department of Medicine and the Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Adolesc Health 30:169-74. 2002..To determine the relationship between alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among a sample of sexually active adolescents... - Time from sexually transmitted infection acquisition to pelvic inflammatory disease development: influence on the cost-effectiveness of different screening intervalsKenneth J Smith
School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Value Health 10:358-66. 2007..Nevertheless, the time from STI acquisition to PID development, possibly an important factor to consider in screening interval choice, is unknown and its influence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening is unclear... - Women's experiences with emergency contraception in an internal medicine practiceMegan S Cunnane
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:1080-9. 2006..Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are effective for preventing unintended pregnancy. Whether patients in primary care settings receive physician counseling regarding ECPs has not been evaluated... - Women's satisfaction with an intravaginal Lactobacillus capsule for the treatment of bacterial vaginosisJeanne M Marrazzo
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:1053-60. 2006..To assess women's satisfaction with a vaginal capsule containing human-derived, H(2)O(2)-producing Lactobacillus crispatus at completion of a randomized, placebo-controlled study for treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV)... - Social stigma and negative consequences: factors that influence college students' decisions to seek testing for sexually transmitted infectionsKaren R Barth
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Coll Health 50:153-9. 2002..Clinicians and health educators should raise students' awareness of the need for screening and should work to reduce the barriers to screening, including social stigmas and negative consequences... - Marijuana use and sexually transmitted infections in young women who were teenage mothersNatacha M De Genna
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, USA
Womens Health Issues 17:300-9. 2007..In this study, we examined the role of early and current marijuana use as it related to STI risk in a sample of young women who were pregnant teenagers, using a variety of statistical models... - Smoking cessation in a homeless population: there is a will, but is there a way?Sharon E Connor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:369-72. 2002..3 vs 4.9; P <.001). The findings suggest an urgent need to develop and implement smoking cessation programs for homeless persons... - Home screening for sexually transmitted diseases in high-risk young women: randomised controlled trialRobert L Cook
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, Florida, USA
Sex Transm Infect 83:286-91. 2007..Home screening tests could eliminate several barriers to testing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)... - A temporal and dose-response association between alcohol consumption and medication adherence among veterans in careR Scott Braithwaite
West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center and Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:1190-7. 2005..g., illicit drug use). Our objective was to determine whether there are temporal and dose-response relationships between alcohol consumption and poor adherence... - How condom use, number of receptive anal intercourse partners and history of external genital warts predict risk for external anal wartsD J Wiley
Division of Primary Care, School of Nursing, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6919, USA
Int J STD AIDS 16:203-11. 2005.... - Prospective study of attitudinal and relationship predictors of sexual risk in the multicenter AIDS cohort studyDavid G Ostrow
David Ostrow and Associates, Chicago MACS Howard Brown Health Center and Northwestern University School of Medicine, 5455 N Sheridan Rd, Suite 1207, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
AIDS Behav 12:127-38. 2008..We conclude that HIV prevention efforts should target modifiable attitudes (reduced concern about HIV and safer sex fatigue) and increases in sexual risk-taking of MSM, particularly among HIV+ men having sex with serodiscordant partners... - Crack cocaine, disease progression, and mortality in a multicenter cohort of HIV-1 positive womenJudith A Cook
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
AIDS 22:1355-63. 2008..This study explores relationships between crack use and HIV-1 disease outcomes in a multicenter cohort of infected women... - Incidence and epidemiology of anal cancer in the multicenter AIDS cohort studyGypsyamber D'Souza
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 48:491-9. 2008..To examine the incidence and risk factors for anal cancer in a multicenter cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men followed between 1984 and 2006 (Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study)... - Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among women with HIV infectionJudith A Erlen
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, PA 15261, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 31:470-7. 2002..The overall objective of this secondary analysis was to examine self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a sample of women with HIV...