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University of Southern California
2009-2022
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
2008-2020
Education Development Center
2016
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2016
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
2016
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2007-2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1997-2005
Medical University of South Carolina
2005
Boston College
2003
University of Alabama
2000
Three experiments indicate that the numeric values provided as part of a rating scale may influence respondents' interpretation endpoint labels. In experiment 1, representative sample German adults rated their success in life along an 11-point scale, with endpoints labeled "not at all successful" and "extremely successful." When ranged from 0 ("not successful") to 10 ("extremely successful"), 34 percent respondents endorsed between 5. However, only 13 formally equivalent −5 0, when +5...
In the summer of 2013, Dr. Jack Drescher published an editorial opinion about gender-nonconforming children in New York Times which he stated: ''Currently experts can't tell apart kids who outgrow gender dysphoria (desisters) from those do not (persisters), and how to treat them is controversial'' [Drescher, p. 1]. As members a four-site child clinic group, we concur with regarding controversy, but take issue his assessment their inability differentially assess ''persisters'' ''desisters''...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTMass spectrometry of porphyrins. II. Characterization petroporphyrinsEarl Wayne. Baker, Teh Fu. Yen, John P. Dickie, Robert E. Rhodes, and Leslie F. ClarkCite this: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1967, 89, 14, 3631–3639Publication Date (Print):July 1, 1967Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 July 1967https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja00990a050https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00990a050research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse...
Transmasculine youth, who are assigned female at birth but have a gender identity along the masculine spectrum, often report considerable distress after breast development (chest dysphoria). Professional guidelines lack clarity regarding referring minors (defined as people younger than 18 years) for chest surgery because there no data documenting effect of on minors.
The psychosocial adjustment of 87 inner-city African American children 6-11 years old whose mothers were HIV infected was compared with that 149 from a similar sociodemographic background did not report being infected. Children identified as Mother reports, child and standardized reading achievement scores used to assess 4 domains adjustment: externalizing problems, internalizing cognitive competence, prosocial competence. results indicated that, on average, both groups had elevated levels...
Abstract This study assessed HIV testing among 2,621 urban young men who have sex with (YMSM). Of these, 77% were of colour, 30% reported recent unprotected anal intercourse (UAI), 22% had never tested for and 71% not recently. Ever was associated older age (OR=1.28), being employed (OR=1.34), exposure to more types preventions (linear trend p=0.02), a main partner (OR=1.92), non-main (OR=1.36), UAI (OR=0.53), in the last three months (OR=1.32), knowing comfortable place (OR=5.44) social...
Most new HIV infections in Africa are acquired from cohabiting heterosexual partners. Couples' Voluntary Counselling and Testing (CVCT) is an effective prevention strategy for this group. We present our experience with a community-based program the promotion of CVCT Kigali, Rwanda Lusaka, Zambia. Influence Network Agents (INAs) health, religious, non-governmental, private sectors were trained to invite couples CVCT. Predictors successful identified using multi-level hierarchical analysis. In...
This study investigates the relative impact of trauma experiences that occurred prior to and since becoming homeless on depressive symptoms, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) self-injurious behaviors among a sample youth ( N = 389). Youth (aged 13 25) who had been or precariously housed in past year completed survey about housing history, violence victimization, mental health, service utilization. In addition examining associated with specific types, we also considered effect “early-on”...
Background: Transgender children and adolescents (ie, those who experience incongruence between assigned sex at birth internal gender identity) are poorly understood an understudied population in the United States. Since 2008, medical care for transgender youth has generally followed guidelines developed by professional consensus, given paucity of empirical research, particularly US setting. Objective: The objective this research was to provide evidence-based data inform clinical youth....
Parenting behavior and its association with child psychosocial adjustment were examined in inner-city African American families. Participants included 86 HIV-infected women their noninfected children 148 HIV-seronegative children. Interview data collected concerning maternal physical health, parenting behaviors, adjustment. The results indicated that mother-child relationship quality monitoring important factors for adaptive functioning. mothers reported poorer less of children's activities...
The role of background information in the generation spontaneous inferences regarding a target's behavior was examined