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| MICHELE KIPKESummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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The health and health behaviors of young men who have sex with menMichele D Kipke
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:342-50. 2007..To describe the range of health and mental health problems for which young men who have sex with men (YMSM) may be at risk...- Club drug use in los angeles among young men who have sex with menMichele D Kipke
Division of Research on Children, Saban Research Institute, Children s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
Subst Use Misuse 42:1723-43. 2007..Limitations and implications of this research are discussed... - Residential status as a risk factor for drug use and HIV risk among young men who have sex with menMichele D Kipke
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
AIDS Behav 11:56-69. 2007.... 
Food and park environments: neighborhood-level risks for childhood obesity in east Los AngelesMichele D Kipke
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:325-33. 2007..Yet, limited research has been conducted to examine how environmental factors, such as neighborhood-level characteristics, may be associated with increased risk for obesity...- The impact of recent stressful experiences on HIV-risk related behaviorsCarolyn F Wong
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
J Adolesc 33:463-75. 2010..Findings show that stressors from different life domains can have impact on different HIV-risk behavior. Results challenge the way diverse stressful life experiences are conceptualized for this population... - Deconstructing the complexity of substance use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) by optimizing the role of qualitative strategies in a mixed methods studyKatrina Kubicek
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Subst Use Misuse 45:754-76. 2010..Integral to this discussion is how a mixed methods study can address common challenges such as sampling, representation and integration of both datasets... - Human immunodeficiency virus testing and risk behaviors among young men who have sex with men in Los Angeles CountySheree M Schrager
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California 90028, USA
Am J Health Promot 25:244-7. 2011..This study investigated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and risk behaviors in a longitudinal sample of young men who have sex with men (YMSM)... - Harassment, discrimination, violence, and illicit drug use among young men who have sex with menCarolyn F Wong
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 22:286-98. 2010..Racial/ethnic minority YMSM were at increased risk for experiencing various forms of social discrimination and violence that place them at increased risk for drug use... 
Race/Ethnicity is not associated with mortality in the PICUDavid Epstein
Children s Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, MS 3, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Pediatrics 127:e588-97. 2011..To determine if a difference in survival exists between children of different racial/ethnic groups who were admitted to the PICU, after controlling for severity of illness (pediatric index of mortality 2)...- In the dark: young men's stories of sexual initiation in the absence of relevant sexual health informationKatrina Kubicek
Community, Health Outcomes, and Intervention Research Program, The Saban Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California 90028, USA
Health Educ Behav 37:243-63. 2010..Findings are discussed in relation to how providers can help YMSM build solid foundations of sexual education to protect them from STI and HIV infection... - Integrating professional and folk models of HIV risk: YMSM's perceptions of high-risk sexKatrina Kubicek
Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 20:220-38. 2008.... - Risk factors for alcohol use, frequent use, and binge drinking among young men who have sex with menCarolyn F Wong
The Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Addict Behav 33:1012-20. 2008..The heterogeneity of predictors associated with different patterns of alcohol use highlights the need to consider unique risk profiles and alcohol-use trajectories according to exposure to different risk and protective factors... - Effectiveness of interventions to prevent youth violence a systematic reviewMary Ann Limbos
Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:65-74. 2007..To identify interventions effective in preventing youth violent behavior and commonalities of effective and ineffective interventions... - Needle-sharing among young IV drug users and their social network members: The influence of the injection partner's characteristics on HIV risk behaviorJennifer B Unger
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, USA
Addict Behav 31:1607-18. 2006..Public health interventions are needed to help young IVDUs to avoid needle-sharing with intimate partners... - Do street youths' perceptions of their caregivers predict HIV-risk behavior?Nancy Darling
Program in Psychology, Bard College, NY, USA
J Fam Psychol 19:456-64. 2005..High caregiver support was associated with more sexual partners and lower use of condoms with steady partners. Caregiver attributes did not predict condom use with transient partners... - Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors among young injectors and their social network membersSusanne B Montgomery
School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, California, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 28:453-75. 2002..However, their propensity to practice protective behaviors may provide an opening for interventions to reduce their HIV risk and that of their social network members...
Research Grants
- African American Young Mens StudyMICHELE KIPKE; Fiscal Year: 2009..We are therefore proposing to conduct ethnographic and survey research designed to characterize the risk behaviors of members of these communities, as well as identify opportunities for HIV prevention. ..
- YMSM Drug Use, Sexual Risk & Health Promoting BehaviorsMICHELE KIPKE; Fiscal Year: 2007..Longitudinal ethnographic research will also be conducted with a subset of 200 subjects recruited from the larger cohort; data collection will occur at baseline, 12 and 24 months. ..
- YMSM Drug Use, Sexual Risk & Health Promoting BehaviorsMICHELE KIPKE; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- African American Young Mens StudyMichele D Kipke; Fiscal Year: 2010..We are therefore proposing to conduct ethnographic and survey research designed to characterize the risk behaviors of members of these communities, as well as identify opportunities for HIV prevention. ..