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Foregone health care among adolescentsC A Ford
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599 7225, USA
JAMA 282:2227-34. 1999..No annual national population estimates exist of the numbers of adolescents who think they need but do not receive health care or their risk of health problems...
The influence of adolescent body mass index, physical activity, and tobacco use on blood pressure and cholesterol in young adulthoodCarol A Ford
Pediatrics and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7225, USA
J Adolesc Health 43:576-83. 2008..To test the independent influences of adolescent tobacco use, physical activity/inactivity, and body mass index (BMI) on young adult cardiovascular risk factors...- Increasing adolescent vaccination: barriers and strategies in the context of policy, legal, and financial issuesCarol A Ford
University of North Carolina CB 7225, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7225, USA
J Adolesc Health 44:568-74. 2009..To increase understanding of the policy, legal, and financial issues influencing efforts to achieve high rates of adolescent vaccination... - Predicting adolescents' longitudinal risk for sexually transmitted infection: results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthCarol A Ford
Adolescent Medicine Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7220, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:657-64. 2005..Influencing adolescents' sexual behaviors has the potential to influence trajectories of risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young adults... - Perceived risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection among sexually experienced young adults in the United StatesCarol A Ford
Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 36:258-64. 2004..Understanding young adults' perceived risk of chlamydial and gonococcal infection can inform interventions to reduce the prevalence of these sexually transmitted diseases... - Young adults' attitudes, beliefs, and feelings about testing for curable STDs outside of clinic settingsCarol A Ford
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7220, USA
J Adolesc Health 34:266-9. 2004..Young adults report a range of attitudes, beliefs, and feelings that may influence the success of efforts to screen for curable STDs in nonclinic settings... - Testing for chlamydial and gonorrheal infections outside of clinic settings: a summary of the literatureCarol A Ford
Department of Medicine, Adolescent Medicine Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7220, USA
Sex Transm Dis 31:38-51. 2004..Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) provide new technology that makes it feasible to initiate testing for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infection outside of clinic settings... - Reactions of young adults to September 11, 2001Carol A Ford
Adolescent Medicine Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7220, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7220, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:572-8. 2003.... - The AMA Residency Training in Adolescent Preventive Services Project: report of the working group. The American Medical AssociationC A Ford
Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7225, USA
J Adolesc Health 29:50-8. 2001.... - Adolescents' interpretations of conditional confidentiality assurancesC A Ford
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599 7225, USA
J Adolesc Health 29:156-9. 2001..To improve physicians' discussions of confidentiality policies with adolescent patients... 
Masculine beliefs, parental communication, and male adolescents' health care useArik V Marcell
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, 200 N Wolfe St, Room 2062, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 119:e966-75. 2007....- Infrequency of sexually transmitted disease screening among sexually experienced U.S. female adolescentsLynne C Fiscus
Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 36:233-8. 2004..Future research is needed to determine whether the proportions of adolescents receiving recommended STD screening have increased over time... - Partner age difference and prevalence of chlamydial infection among young adult womenCheryl R Stein
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:447-52. 2008..Sexual partner mixing by age is common among adolescents and adults. Although adolescent girls with older male partners are at increased risk of sexually transmitted infection, the importance of this association in young adults is unclear... - Screening young adults for prevalent chlamydial infection in community settingsCheryl R Stein
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:560-71. 2008..To develop selective screening guidelines appropriate for community settings, the authors conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Wave III (April 2, 2001, to May 9, 2002)... - Evaluation of risk score algorithms for detection of chlamydial and gonococcal infections in an emergency department settingAlia A Al-Tayyib
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:126-35. 2008..To develop and evaluate screening algorithms to predict current chlamydial and gonococcal infections in emergency department (ED) settings and assess their performance... - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in pediatric private practiceD Best
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Pediatrics 108:E103. 2001..Although believed to be above 2%, the prevalence of CT and GC infection in private practice settings has not been clearly established and may affect screening practices... - Disparities in routine physical examinations among in-school adolescents of differing Latino originsOlga L Sarmiento
Department of Epidemiology (O.L.S, W.C.M, V.J.S, A.A.A, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:310-20. 2004..These differences should be considered when developing strategies to better address the health needs of Latino youth... - Adolescent depression and suicide risk: association with sex and drug behaviorDenise D Hallfors
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 2812, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:224-31. 2004..Although both health problems have been associated with drug use and early sexual intercourse, the relationship has not been systematically studied in a nationally representative sample... - Gender differences in associations between depressive symptoms and patterns of substance use and risky sexual behavior among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescentsM W Waller
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Arch Womens Ment Health 9:139-50. 2006.... - Health care access and follow-up of chlamydial and gonococcal infections identified in an emergency departmentAlia A Al-Tayyib
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:583-7. 2008.... - "Let's Talk About Sex": pilot study of an interactive CD-ROM to prevent HIV/STIS in female adolescentsKristin E Ito
Wake Teen Medical Services, Raleigh, NC, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 20:78-89. 2008..HIV/STI knowledge increased significantly and nearly all adolescents intended to use condoms at next intercourse after viewing the CD-ROM. However, there were no significant differences measured between CD-ROM and comparison groups... - Infrequent chlamydial testing among young adults: financial and regional differencesTrang Quyen Nguyen
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:725-30. 2008..We describe the national and regional prevalence of self-reported chlamydial infection (Ct) testing and examine how financial resources might be associated with Ct testing... - Sexually active students' willingness to use school-based health centers for reproductive health care services in North CarolinaTamera Coyne-Beasley
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7220, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:196-202. 2003..We investigate sexually active students' willingness to seek these services at SBHCs if available and predictors of willingness to seek services... - Comparison of self-reported and test-identified chlamydial infections among young adults in the United States of AmericaBonita J Iritani
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1516 E Franklin St, Ste 200, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Sex Health 3:245-51. 2006..The extent of bias from using self-reported STI data, and whether bias varies by sex and race, is largely unknown. This gap is addressed using a large, nationally representative sample... - HIV testing among young adults in the United States: associations with financial resources and geographyTrang Quyen Nguyen
Department of Epidemiology, CB 7435, 2105F McGavran Greenberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1031-4. 2006..Respondents with functional income were less likely to report testing than were those without functional income, particularly in the South and Northeast. Variable HIV testing based on finances and insurance should be addressed... - The prevalence of trichomoniasis in young adults in the United StatesWilliam C Miller
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:593-8. 2005..The prevalence of trichomoniasis in the general population of the United States is unknown. This study provides the first population-based prevalence estimates of trichomoniasis among young adults in the United States... - Young age at first sexual intercourse and sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adultsChristine E Kaestle
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7400, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:774-80. 2005..11, 95% confidence interval: 0.88, 1.39). Thus, earlier initiation of sexual intercourse is strongly associated with STIs for older adolescents but not for young adults over age 23 years... - Prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among young adults in the United StatesWilliam C Miller
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill 27599 7435, USA
JAMA 291:2229-36. 2004..Although screening for Chlamydia trachomatis is widely recommended among young adult women, little information is available regarding the prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections in the general young adult population... - The HIPAA privacy rule and adolescents: legal questions and clinical challengesAbigail English
Center for Adolescent Health and the Law, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 36:80-6. 2004 - Which comes first in adolescence--sex and drugs or depression?Denise D Hallfors
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:163-70. 2005..This study tests whether gender-specific patterns of substance use and sexual behavior precede and predict depression or vice versa... - Screening for suicide risk in adults: a summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceBradley N Gaynes
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Ann Intern Med 140:822-35. 2004..CONCLUSION: Because of the complexity of studying the risk for suicide and the paucity of well-designed research studies, only limited evidence guides the primary care clinician's assessment and management of suicide risk... - Parents and health care professionals working together to improve adolescent health: the perspectives of parentsCarol A Ford
School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7225, USA
J Adolesc Health 44:191-4. 2009..In this pilot qualitative study we interviewed 17 mothers to explore their perceptions of the role of parents, HCPs, and parent-HCP partnerships in addressing adolescent health issues... - Limiting confidentiality of adolescent health services: what are the risks?Carol A Ford
JAMA 288:752-3. 2002 - Prevalence of HIV infection among young adults in the United States: results from the Add Health studyMartina Morris
Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98125, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1091-7. 2006..We estimated HIV prevalence rates among young adults in the United States... - More evidence supports the need to protect confidentiality in adolescent health careAbigail English
J Adolesc Health 40:199-200. 2007 - Promoting physical activity in middle school girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsLarry S Webber
Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:173-84. 2008..Physical activity is important for weight control and good health; however, activity levels decline in the adolescent years, particularly in girls...