2008
Menstrual Symptoms in Adolescent Girls: Association with Smoking, Depressive Symptoms, and Anxiety
Dorn L, Negriff S, Huang B, Pabst S, Hillman J, Braverman P, Susman E. Menstrual Symptoms in Adolescent Girls: Association with Smoking, Depressive Symptoms, and Anxiety. Journal Of Adolescent Health 2008, 44: 237-243. PMID: 19237109, PMCID: PMC2667342, DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMenstrual symptomsSmoking statusDepressive symptomsMenstrual Symptom QuestionnaireDepression InventoryEffect of smokingQuality of lifeState-Trait Anxiety InventoryGirls ages 11Children's Depression InventoryGynecological ageMenstrual cycleSymptom questionnaireSmokingSmoking behaviorSymptomsDysmenorrheaMSQ scoresPostmenarcheal girlsAdolescent girlsAnxiety InventorySmokersAge 11Longitudinal analysisAnxiety
2005
HIV/STD Risk Reduction Interventions for African American and Latino Adolescent Girls at an Adolescent Medicine Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Jemmott J, Jemmott L, Braverman P, Fong G. HIV/STD Risk Reduction Interventions for African American and Latino Adolescent Girls at an Adolescent Medicine Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Pediatrics 2005, 159: 440-449. PMID: 15867118, DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.5.440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatino adolescent girlsHIV/STD interventionHIV/STD risk-reduction interventionUnprotected sexual intercourseAdolescent girlsAdolescent medicine clinicHuman immunodeficiency virusRisk reduction interventionsCognitive-behavioral theoryLow-income inner-city communitiesSTD interventionsSexual intercourseMedicine clinicCondom use knowledgeControl interventionsSexual partnersSelf-reported frequencySafer sexPrimary outcome measureRates of STDsMediator variableSexual risk behaviorsElicitation researchSecondary outcomesControlled Trials