Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (NECAPT)
Funder:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
This online, interactive tool is designed to help substance abuse prevention practitioners understand what evaluation is all about—why it’s important to evaluate their programs and how
Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (NECAPT)
Funder:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
This online, interactive tool is designed to help substance abuse prevention practitioners working at the State level understand what the National Outcome Measures (NOMs) are all about—the do
O’Donnell, L. & Stueve, A. (2008). Parenting practices, parents’ underestimation of daughters’ risks and alcohol and sexual behaviors of urban girls. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(5), 496-502.
PURPOSE: In urban economically distressed communities, high rates of early sexual initiation combined with alcohol use place adolescent girls at risk for myriad negative health consequences.
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Stueve, A. & O’Donnell, L. (2007). Continued smoking and smoking cessation among urban young adult women: Findings from the reach for health longitudinal study. American Journal of Public Health 97(8), 1408-1411.
We examined smoking and smoking cessation among 538 young inner-city women who had been followed from early adolescence to young adulthood.
Stueve, A. & O’Donnell, L. (2005). Early alcohol initiation and subsequent sexual and alcohol risk behaviors among urban youth. American Journal of Public Health, 95(5), 887-893.
OBJECTIVES: We examined relations between early alcohol use and subsequent alcohol and sexual risk behaviors among urban adolescents.
Blake, S., Ledsky, R., Goodenow, C., & O’Donnell, L. (2001). Recency of immigration, substance use, and sexual behavior among Massachusetts adolescents. American Journal of Public Health, 91(5), 794-798.
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationships between recency of immigration, substance use, and sexual behavior.
Pleck, J.H. & O’Donnell, L. (2001). Gender attitudes and health risk behaviors in urban African American and Latino early adolescents. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 15(9), 265-272.
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the association of beliefs about gender differences (frequently termed gender attitudes or attitudes about women in other research) and of beliefs specifically about
Stueve, A. & O'Donnell, L. (2000). Inconsistencies over time in young adolescents' self reports of substance use and sexual intercourse. Substance Use & Misuse, 35(6-8), 1015-1034.
When surveyed twice within a 6-month period, to what extent do young adolescents give inconsistent answers to questions about sexual behavior and substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, inha
Birdthistle, I. (book), Vince Whitman, C. (chapter)
This publication explores strategies used by international agencies to address health in schools, as well as highlights national school health strategies in the world's ten most populous countries.
