Susan Davies

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Relationship characteristics and sexual practices of African American adolescent girls who desire pregnancy
    Susan L Davies
    Center for Health Promotion, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, 227 Ryals Building, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Health Educ Behav 31:85S-96S. 2004
  2. ncbi Enhancing resilience among young people: the role of communities and asset-building approaches to intervention
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Adolesc Med State Art Rev 22:402-40, x. 2011
  3. ncbi Attitudes of young african american fathers toward early childbearing
    Susan L Davies
    UAB School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, RPHB 227, 1530 3rd Avenue, South, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
    Am J Health Behav 28:418-25. 2004
  4. ncbi Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Am J Health Behav 27:55-62. 2003
  5. ncbi Evaluation of an intervention for hospitalized African American smokers
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
    Am J Health Behav 29:228-39. 2005
  6. ncbi MOMS: formative evaluation and subsequent intervention for mothers living with HIV
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
    AIDS Care 21:552-60. 2009
  7. ncbi Predictors of inconsistent contraceptive use among adolescent girls: findings from a prospective study
    Susan L Davies
    School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
    J Adolesc Health 39:43-9. 2006
  8. ncbi Hi5+: systematic development of a family intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake
    Susan L Davies
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Health Promot Pract 6:190-201. 2005
  9. ncbi Implementation of a family intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake: the Hi5+ experience
    Kathleen F Harrington
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Health Promot Pract 6:180-9. 2005
  10. ncbi Relationships between parenting styles and risk behaviors in adolescent health: an integrative literature review
    Kathy Newman
    School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 16:142-50. 2008

Research Grants

  1. Enhancing Parenting Skills Among HIV+ Mothers
    Susan Davies; Fiscal Year: 2006

Detail Information

Publications27

  1. ncbi Relationship characteristics and sexual practices of African American adolescent girls who desire pregnancy
    Susan L Davies
    Center for Health Promotion, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, 227 Ryals Building, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Health Educ Behav 31:85S-96S. 2004
    ..Effective pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention programs for female adolescents should address their level of pregnancy desire...
  2. ncbi Enhancing resilience among young people: the role of communities and asset-building approaches to intervention
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Adolesc Med State Art Rev 22:402-40, x. 2011
    ....
  3. ncbi Attitudes of young african american fathers toward early childbearing
    Susan L Davies
    UAB School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, RPHB 227, 1530 3rd Avenue, South, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
    Am J Health Behav 28:418-25. 2004
    ..To qualitatively examine the perceptions of young fathers toward issues related to early childbearing...
  4. ncbi Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Am J Health Behav 27:55-62. 2003
    ..To examine the prevalence and correlates of wanting to become pregnant among a sample of 462 sexually active nonpregnant African American adolescent females...
  5. ncbi Evaluation of an intervention for hospitalized African American smokers
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
    Am J Health Behav 29:228-39. 2005
    ..To evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention based on the transtheoretical model of change with a sample of low-income African American smokers admitted to an indigent-care hospital...
  6. ncbi MOMS: formative evaluation and subsequent intervention for mothers living with HIV
    Susan L Davies
    Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
    AIDS Care 21:552-60. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Predictors of inconsistent contraceptive use among adolescent girls: findings from a prospective study
    Susan L Davies
    School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
    J Adolesc Health 39:43-9. 2006
    ..To assess the independent effects of various behavioral and psychosocial antecedents on contraceptive use among a sample of low-income African-American adolescent females...
  8. ncbi Hi5+: systematic development of a family intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake
    Susan L Davies
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Health Promot Pract 6:190-201. 2005
    ..Step 4 entailed developing plans for program adoption and implementation, while the final step (Step 5) involved creating a comprehensive evaluation plan. Implications of this multistep approach to intervention development are discussed...
  9. ncbi Implementation of a family intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake: the Hi5+ experience
    Kathleen F Harrington
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Health Promot Pract 6:180-9. 2005
    ..Family-specific issues and initial program experience are important considerations for implementing a family intervention...
  10. ncbi Relationships between parenting styles and risk behaviors in adolescent health: an integrative literature review
    Kathy Newman
    School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
    Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 16:142-50. 2008
    ....
  11. ncbi Using cognitive mapping to develop a community-based family intervention
    Richard M Shewchuk
    Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 3361, USA
    Am J Health Behav 28:43-53. 2004
    ..To describe the development of a consumer-oriented intervention for increasing intake of fruits and vegetables (FVs) in families (n=265)...
  12. ncbi Transtheoretical model of change among hospitalized African American smokers
    Connie L Kohler
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, 227 Ryals Public Health Budding, 1665 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
    Am J Health Behav 28:145-50. 2004
    ..To examine predicted relationships among transtheoretical model of change measures in a sample of 211 low-income, African American hospitalized smokers...
  13. ncbi Racial disparities in HIV virologic failure: do missed visits matter?
    Michael J Mugavero
    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 50:100-8. 2009
    ..Racial/ethnic health care disparities are well described in people living with HIV/AIDS, although the processes underlying observed disparities are not well elucidated...
  14. ncbi A randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV transmission risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases among women living with HIV: The WiLLOW Program
    Gina M Wingood
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 37:S58-67. 2004
    ..To evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce HIV transmission risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and enhance HIV-preventive psychosocial and structural factors among women living with HIV...
  15. ncbi Efficacy of an HIV prevention program among female adolescents experiencing gender-based violence
    Gina M Wingood
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, the Emory Center for AIDS Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Public Health 96:1085-90. 2006
    ..We examined the efficacy of an HIV prevention intervention among African American female adolescents reporting a history of gender-based violence...
  16. ncbi Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of refusing unwanted sex among African-American adolescent females
    Catlainn Sionean
    Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    J Adolesc Health 30:55-63. 2002
    ....
  17. ncbi Sexual risk behaviors associated with having older sex partners: a study of black adolescent females
    Ralph J Diclemente
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 29:20-4. 2002
    ....
  18. ncbi Adolescents' ambivalence about becoming pregnant predicts infrequent contraceptive use: a prospective analysis of nonpregnant African American females
    Richard A Crosby
    Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:251-2. 2002
    ..Prevention programs may benefit from content designed to redress adolescents' positive beliefs about early parenthood...
  19. ncbi Condom use and correlates of African American adolescent females' infrequent communication with sex partners about preventing sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy
    Richard A Crosby
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Health Educ Behav 29:219-31. 2002
    ....
  20. ncbi Pregnant African-American teens are less likely than their nonpregnant peers to use condoms
    Richard Crosby
    Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA
    Prev Med 34:524-8. 2002
    ..The aim of this study was to prospectively compare pregnant and nonpregnant adolescents' recent condom use and sexually transmitted disease (STD) acquisition...
  21. ncbi Body image and African American females' sexual health
    Gina M Wingood
    Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    J Womens Health Gend Based Med 11:433-9. 2002
    ..Women who are more dissatisfied with their body image may be at greater risk for unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and HIV infection...
  22. ncbi Associations between biologically confirmed marijuana use and laboratory-confirmed sexually transmitted diseases among African American adolescent females
    Adrian Liau
    Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 29:387-90. 2002
    ..6). CONCLUSION: The findings represent unique biologic evidence that STDs and sexual risk behavior may co-occur with marijuana use. Interventions designed to reduce adolescents' risk of STDs and HIV infection should address marijuana use...
  23. ncbi Gang involvement and the health of African American female adolescents
    Gina M Wingood
    Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Pediatrics 110:e57. 2002
    ..To examine the association between gang involvement and female adolescents' health...
  24. ncbi A prospective study of exposure to rap music videos and African American female adolescents' health
    Gina M Wingood
    Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Am J Public Health 93:437-9. 2003
  25. ncbi Identification of strategies for promoting condom use: a prospective analysis of high-risk African American female teens
    Richard A Crosby
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Prev Sci 4:263-70. 2003
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  26. ncbi HIV discrimination and the health of women living with HIV
    Gina M Wingood
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Rm 556, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Women Health 46:99-112. 2007
    ..Eradication of HIV discrimination remains an important public health priority...
  27. ncbi Efficacy of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescent girls: a randomized controlled trial
    Ralph J Diclemente
    Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    JAMA 292:171-9. 2004
    ..African American adolescent girls are at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, but interventions specifically designed for this population have not reduced HIV risk behaviors...

Research Grants4

  1. Enhancing Parenting Skills Among HIV+ Mothers
    Susan Davies; Fiscal Year: 2006
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