- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Community Health and Development
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Sex work and related issues
- Ethics in medical practice
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Family Support in Illness
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
2016-2025
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2024-2025
Indiana University School of Medicine
2015-2024
Indiana University
2015-2024
University School
2015-2024
National Research Tomsk State University
2023-2024
York University
2024
University of California, San Francisco
2002-2023
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2023
Boston Children's Hospital
2011-2023
Vaccines have led to a significant decrease in rates of vaccine-preventable diseases and made impact on the health children. However, some parents express concerns about vaccine safety necessity vaccines. The range from hesitancy immunizations refusal all This clinical report provides information scope problem, facts surrounding common vaccination concerns, latest evidence regarding effective communication techniques for conversation. After reading this report, readers can expect to:...
Adolescents' dual use of condoms and hormonal contraceptives is low, the motivations underlying their decisions to combine are not understood.To examine how pregnancy concerns, sexually transmitted disease (STD) concerns type sexual partner influence contraceptive use, we recruited 436 experienced adolescents from two clinics. In structured interviews, asked describe recent partners, method STD concerns. Data were analyzed using logistic regression.The odds that used with main partners...
Effective STD and pregnancy prevention efforts should benefit from knowledge of what motivates adolescents to have sex. Positive motivations, how they differ by gender sexual experience, are poorly understood.A sample 637 ninth graders were asked about their relationship goals, expectations the degree which sex would satisfy these goals experience. Three scales measured adolescents' for intimacy, pleasure social status within a romantic relationship. Another three that lead goals. Data...
To examine adolescent and young adult (AYA) testicular cancer survivors' subjective understanding of the impact in adolescence adulthood, with a particular emphasis on romantic sexual relationships.Twenty-one AYA survivors, aged 18 to 34 years, were recruited from outpatient follow-up clinics completed semi-structured qualitative interview that assessed their relationships.Four themes identified reflected adulthood: (1) embarrassment leads delays care-seeking, (2) makes you feel different...
Licensed for use in males 2009, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates adolescent are extremely low. Literature on HPV focuses females, adult males, or parents of without including the dynamics parent-son interaction that may influence vaccine decision-making. The purpose this paper is to examine decision-making process dyads when deciding whether not get vaccinated against HPV. Twenty-one (ages 13–17), with no previous vaccination, and their parents/guardians were recruited from...
Background Public deliberation is an approach used to engage persons with diverse perspectives in discussions and decision-making about issues affecting the public that are controversial or value laden. Because experts have identified need evaluate facilitator performance, our research team developed a framework assess fidelity of remarks key principles deliberation. Objective This report describes how was 4-site project on acceptability minor self-consent biomedical HIV prevention research....
Public deliberations engage a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss and deliberate on issues that are value-based or contentious. Evaluating the quality is critical because outcomes can inform public policy decisions. Quality evaluations often include qualitative analysis verbatim transcripts deliberation sessions determine if goals met, but analytic methods used not well developed. The purpose this report describe evaluation acceptability minor self-consent for biomedical HIV prevention...
Current research offers a limited understanding of parental experiences when reporting bullying to school officials. This examines the middle-school parents as they took steps protect their bullied youth. The qualitative tradition interpretive phenomenology was used provide in-depth analysis phenomena. A criterion-based, purposeful sample 11 interviewed face-to-face with subsequent phone call follow-ups. Interviews were taped, transcribed, and coded. MAX qda software for data coding. In...
The effect of different types care environment on orphaned and separated children adolescents' (OSCA) experiences abuse in sub-Saharan Africa is uncertain. Our two primary objectives were 1) to compare recent child (physical, emotional, sexual) between OSCA living institutional environments those family-based care; 2) understand how among street-connected youth compared these other vulnerable populations. This project followed a cohort Uasin Gishu County, Kenya (2009–2019). analysis includes...