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| Melanie A GoldSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Intrauterine devices and adolescentsMelanie A Gold
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 20:464-9. 2008..The purpose of this review is to inform the reader of new information published on intrauterine devices (IUDs) and adolescents...- Extended cycling or continuous use of hormonal contraceptives for female adolescentsMelanie A Gold
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 21:407-11. 2009..The purpose of this review is to present the most recent data on extended cycling and continuous use of hormonal contraception for female adolescents... 
The effects of advance provision of emergency contraception on adolescent women's sexual and contraceptive behaviorsMelanie A Gold
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 17:87-96. 2004..Advance provision of emergency contraception (EC) may increase timely access and improve effectiveness, but the impact on adolescent sexual and contraceptive behaviors is not known...- Body piercing practices and attitudes among urban adolescentsMelanie A Gold
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
J Adolesc Health 36:352.e17-24. 2005..This article describes adolescents' attitudes and practices toward body piercing and their awareness of associated health risks... 
Variation in sexual behaviors in a cohort of adolescent females: the role of personal, perceived peer, and perceived family attitudesAletha Y Akers
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Adolesc Health 48:87-93. 2011..We sought to describe how personal, perceived peer, and perceived family attitudes toward adolescent sexual activity influence sexual behaviors of adolescent females' over time...- Pregnancies, abortions, and births among women with and without borderline personality disorderNatacha M De Genna
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Program in Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Womens Health Issues 22:e371-7. 2012.... - Perspectives of primary care clinicians on teratogenic risk counselingEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85:858-63. 2009..Women of childbearing age are commonly prescribed medications by primary care providers (PCPs) that may cause birth defects if used during pregnancy... - Providers' perspectives on challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care settingsAletha Y Akers
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3180, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1163-70. 2010..We sought to explore providers' perspectives on the challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care clinics to develop strategies to improve counseling services... - Association of cigarette smoking and media literacy about smoking among adolescentsBrian A Primack
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:465-72. 2006..To determine whether media literacy concerning tobacco use is independently associated with two clinically relevant outcome measures in adolescents: current smoking and susceptibility to smoking... - Adolescents' experiences using the contraceptive patch versus pillsGina S Sucato
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 24:197-203. 2011..To compare use of the weekly transdermal contraceptive patch (patch) with daily combined hormonal contraceptive pills (pills) in adolescents... - Exploring the relationship among weight, race, and sexual behaviors among girlsAletha Yvette Akers
Department of Obstetrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 124:e913-20. 2009..The relationship between weight and sexual behavior among adolescents is poorly understood. We examined this relationship in a nationally representative sample of high school girls... - Use of emergency contraception by US teens: effect of access on promptness of use and satisfactionAlison G Rubin
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 24:286-90. 2011..To examine the effect of policies regarding access to emergency contraception (EC) on teens' promptness of EC use and satisfaction with EC access experience... - Associations between religiosity and sexual and contraceptive behaviorsMelanie A Gold
Division of Student Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Student Health Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 23:290-7. 2010..To determine associations between religiosity and female adolescents' sexual and contraceptive behaviors... - Emergency contraceptionLee Ann E Conard
Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Adolesc Med Clin 16:585-602. 2005..Literature on the impact of the advance provision of emergency contraception on contracepting behaviors is reviewed, and behavior change counseling related to emergency contraception is described... - Race and sexually transmitted diseases in women with and without borderline personality disorderNatacha M De Genna
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:333-40. 2011.... - Emergency contraceptive pills: a review of the recent literatureLee Ann E Conard
Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 16:389-95. 2004..The purpose of this review is to inform the reader of new information published since early 2003 about emergency contraception, with a particular focus on issues of access... - The initial adolescent preventive care visitKristin Delisi
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 51:190-204. 2008..Physical screening should be combined with an assessment of the patient's environment and risk behaviors along with counseling on healthy behavior for both the patient and her parent or guardian... - Development and validation of a smoking media literacy scale for adolescentsBrian A Primack
Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Ste 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:369-74. 2006..To develop a smoking media literacy (SML) scale by using empiric survey data from a large sample of high school students and to assess reliability and criterion validity of the scale... - Degrading and non-degrading sex in popular music: a content analysisBrian A Primack
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Public Health Rep 123:593-600. 2008..We also aimed to determine if sexual references of each subtype were associated with other song characteristics and/or content... - Emergency contraception services for adolescents: a National Survey of Children's Hospital Emergency Department DirectorsMegan L Kavanaugh
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pennsylvania, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 22:111-9. 2009..To assess emergency contraception (EC) counseling and prescribing practices of children's hospital emergency department (ED) directors and the use of EC protocols in these settings... - The contraceptive vaginal ring: female adolescents' knowledge, attitudes and plans for useAlexandra S Carey
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 76:444-50. 2007..This study aimed to determine female adolescents' knowledge about the contraceptive vaginal ring and to assess their attitudes toward and consideration of ring use... - Recovery of bone mineral density in adolescents following the use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate contraceptive injectionsZeev Harel
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Hasbro Children s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Contraception 81:281-91. 2010..We investigated bone mineral density (BMD) changes in female adolescents during and following use of this method... - Adolescents' perceptions of interpersonal communication, respect, and concern for privacy in an urban tertiary-care pediatric emergency departmentKim A Rutherford
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh at UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 26:257-73. 2010.... - Extended cycling of combined hormonal contraceptives in adolescents: physician views and prescribing practicesKelly L Gerschultz
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:151-7. 2007..We sought to determine the practices of physicians who prescribe for adolescents extended cycles of combined hormonal contraception, in which hormones are taken for longer than 21 days and menstruation is delayed... - Adolescents define sexual orientation and suggest ways to measure itMark S Friedman
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, 302 Bellefield Towers, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Adolesc 27:303-17. 2004..Participants did not perceive sexual behavior and self-identification as necessarily relevant. Preliminary items to measure sexual attraction were developed based on these adolescents' perceptions... - Women's perspectives on counseling about risks for medication-induced birth defectsAimee K Santucci
Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 88:64-9. 2010.... - Sexual orientation and adolescent substance use: a meta-analysis and methodological reviewMichael P Marshal
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Addiction 103:546-56. 2008..The primary aims of this paper were to conduct a meta-analysis of the relationship between sexual orientation and adolescent substance use and a systematic review and critique of the methodological characteristics of this literature... - The impact of using emergency contraception on reproductive health outcomes: a retrospective review in an urban adolescent clinicHolly E Stewart
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 16:313-8. 2003..Using EC is not associated with increased risk for future STIs and pregnancy among adolescent girls. Requesting EC may initiate routine gynecologic care... - Provision of emergency contraception to adolescentsMelanie A Gold
Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:67-70. 2004 - Preadmission patterns of physical activity in a sample of juvenile detaineesSergio R R Buzzini
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Adolesc Health 36:354-7. 2005..Overall, detained youth reported similar participation in physical activity, surpassing the student sample in some areas... - Advance provision of emergency contraception among adolescent and young adult women: a systematic review of literatureJennifer L Meyer
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 24:2-9. 2011..The purpose of this review is to summarize the findings of randomized controlled trials assessing the advance provision of emergency contraception (EC) to women 24 years of age or younger... - Counseling adolescents about abstinence in the office settingMary A Ott
Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 20:39-44. 2007 - Prevalence and correlates of ambivalence towards pregnancy among nonpregnant womenEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Women s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 75:305-10. 2007..Ambivalence towards pregnancy is rarely acknowledged in policy discussions... - Extended cycling of oral contraceptive pills for adolescentsGina S Sucato
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 15:325-7. 2002 - Body art: attitudes and practices regarding body piercing among urban undergraduatesCindy M Schorzman
Student Health Center, California State University, 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819 6045, USA
J Am Osteopath Assoc 107:432-8. 2007..To describe the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of young adults toward body piercing... - Emergency contraception: to the editorMelanie A Gold
Pediatrics 117:1448-50; author reply 1450. 2006 - Contraceptive use in teens: a threat to bone health?Melanie A Gold
J Adolesc Health 35:427-9. 2004