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Publications:
 
2009. Dariotis, J.K., Pleck, J.H., Sonenstein, F.L., Astone, N.M., & Sikakis, F. What are the consequences of relying upon self-reports of sexually transmitted diseases? Lessons learned about recanting in a longitudinal study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45(2), 187-192.
 
2009. Dariotis, J.K. (Provisionally Accepted). Violating the Status Quo: Understanding Non-Normative Family Formation Intentions Among Youth. Under consideration for a special demography edition of Marriage and Family Review.
 
2009. Finocchario-Kessler, S., Dariotis, J.K., Sweat, M., Trent, M., Keller, J., Anderson, J. (Under Review). Do HIV-infected women want to discuss fertility plans with providers and are those conversations occurring? AIDS.

2009. Finocchario-Kessler, S., Sweat, M., Dariotis, J.K., Trent, M., Kerrigan, D., Keller, J., Anderson, J. (Under Review). Understanding high fertility desires and intentions among a sample of urban women living with HIV. AIDS.
 
October, 2008. Sonenstein, Freya. “Can We Afford to Be Complacent About Teens’ Use of Condoms?” Editorial, Journal of Adolescent Health, (43) 313-314.

2008. Dariotis, J.K., Sonenstein, F.L., Gates, G.J., Capps, R., Astone, N.M., Pleck, J.H., Sifakis, F., & Zeger, S. Differentiating Sexual Risk Behaviors as Young Men Transition to Adulthood. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 40(4), 218-225.

2008. Mmari, K., Blum, R. (In Press) Risk and protective factors that affect adolescent reproductive health in developing countries: A structured literature review. Global Public Health Journal.
 
2008, December. Charles. V.E., Polis C.B., Sridhara, S.K., and Blum. R.W. “Abortion and long-term mental health outcomes: A systematic review of the evidence.” Contraception, 78(6): 436-450.

2008, December. Charles, V.E. and Blum, R.W. “High-Risk Sexual Behavior and the Core Competencies framework.” Invited chapter, Youth at Risk: Core Competencies to Prevent Problem Behaviors and Promote Positive Youth Development.

2008. Charles V.E., Polis, C.B., Sridhara SK, & Blum, R.W. (In press). “Abortion and Minors: Psychological Consequences.” Invited chapter, Chicago Companion to the Child, University of Chicago Press.

2008. Oberlander, S.E., Black, M.M., & Starr, R.H., Jr. (In press). Mothers and grandmothers: An intergenerational approach to adolescent parenthood. American Journal of Community Psychology.

Spring, 2008. Sonenstein, Freya L. What About the Boys? Johns Hopkins Public Health Special Issue, 20-23.

2008. Fatusi, Adesegun O., Blum, R.W. “Predictors of Early Sexual Initiation among a Nationally Representative Sample of Nigerian Adolescents.” BMC Public Health, 8:136.

2007. Downing, R.A., LaVeist, T.A., & Bullock, H.E. Intersections of Ethnicity and Social Class in Provider Advice Regarding Reproductive Health. American Journal of Public Health 97:1803-1807.

2007. Trent, M., Clum, G., & Roche, K. M. Sexual Victimization and Reproductive Health Outcomes in Urban Youth. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 7, 313-316.

2007. Marcell, A.V. and Halpern-Felsher, B. Adolescents’ beliefs about preferred resources for help vary depending on the health issue. J Adol Health, 41(1):61-8.

2007. Marcell, A.V. The Adolescent Male. Chapter 7 in Clinical Men’s Health: Evidence in Practice. Ed. Heidelbaugh, J. First Edition.

2007. Tandon, S.D., Parillo, K. M., Jenkins, C.J., Jenkins, J., & Duggan, A.K. Promotion of service integration among home visiting programs and community coalitions working with low-income pregnant and parenting women. Health Promotion Practice, 8, 79-87.

2006. Black, M.M., Bentley, M.E., Papas, M.A., Oberlander, S., Teti, L.O., McNary, S., Le, K., & O’Connell, M. “Delaying second births among adolescent mothers: A randomized controlled trial of a home-based mentoring program." Pediatrics, 118,1087-1099.

2006. Blum, R., Mmari, K. Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Adolescent Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: an Analysis of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Literature from Around the World: Summary. World Health Organization.

2006. Costenbader, E., Astone, N.M., & Latkin C. “The Dynamics Of Injection Drug Users’ Personal Networks And HIV Risk Behaviors.” Addiction, 101, 1003-1013, 2006.

2006. Le, Linh Cu, Blum, R.W., Magnani, R., Hewett, P. “A Pilot of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview for Youth Reproductive Health Research in Vietnam.” J of Adolesc Health, 38 (6), 740-747.

2005. Ohene, S.A., Halcon, L., Ireland, M., McNeely, C.A. “Sexual abuse history, risk behavior and sexually transmitted diseases: The impact of age at abuse.” Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32(6),358-63.

2005. Tandon, S.D., Parillo, K.M., & Keefer, M. “Hispanic women’s perceptions of patient-centeredness during prenatal care: A mixed-method study.” Birth, 32(4), 312-318.

2005. Tandon, S.D., Parillo, K.M., Jenkins, C.J., & Duggan, A.K. “Formative evaluation of home visitors’ role in addressing poor mental health, domestic violence, and substance abuse among low-income pregnant and parenting women.” Maternal and Child Health Journal, 9(3), 273-283.

2005. Sieving, R., Fee, R., McNeely, C.A., Hellerstedt, W., and Snyder, J. “Reliability of Self-Reported Contraceptive Use and Sexual Behaviors among Adolescent Girls.” Journal of Sex Research, 42(2), 159-66.

2005. Rock, E.M., Ireland, M., Resnick, M., McNeely, C.A. “A Rose by Any Other Name: Perceived Knowledge, Actual Knowledge, and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior.” Pediatrics, 115(3), 667-72.

2005. Pierre, T.S., & Dariotis, J.K. “Understanding Low Fertility: The Impact of Life-Course Competition on Fertility Behavior in Developed Nations” (Chapter 17; pp. 235-250). In Alan Booth & Ann C. Crouter, The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries are Shrinking and What It Means. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2004. Sonenstein, F.L., Shilpa, P., & Scarcella, C. Future Directions for Family Planning Research: A Framework for Title X Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research. Washington, D.C., The Urban Institute.

2004. Blum, R.W. “Uganda AIDS Prevention: A, B, C and Politics." J Adolesc Health, 34(5): 428-432.

2004. Gurman, T., Borzekowski, D.L.G. Condom Use Among Latino College Students. Journal of American College Health, 52:169-178.

2004. Ohene, S.A., Ireland, M., Blum, R.W. “Sexually-Inexperienced Caribbean Youth: Correlates of Delayed Sexual Debut.” J Adolesc Fam Health, 3(4):177-184.

2004. Sonenstein, F.L. “What teenagers are doing right: changes in sexual behavior over the past decade.” J Adolesc Health, 35(2):77-8.

 
Presentations:
 
October 2008: Sonenstein, Freya. "Teen Fathers and Partners of Teen Mothers: An Overview." Presentation: Teen Fatherhood Plenary, Healthy Teen Network, Albuquerque, NM.
 
April 2008. Dariotis, Jacinda. “Differentiating Sexual Risk Behaviors as Young Men Transition to Adulthood.” Paper and poster presentation: 2008 Annual Population, Family, and Reproductive Health Research Day, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

September, 2007. Charles, Vignetta. “Abortion and long-term mental health outcomes: A systematic review of the evidence.” Presentation: Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

March, 2007 Dariotis, J.K. “To sow or not to sow one’s oats: To what extent are voluntary childless and small family size intentions protective for men? “ Presentation: 35th Annual Psychosocial Workshop, New York, NY.

March, 2007. Gurman, Tilly, “Sexual content in fictional narrative television programs popular among Latino adolescents: Implications for Latino adolescent sexual health.” Presentation: CDC PRC 2007 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
 
 

November, 2006. Gurman, Tilly and Orkis, Jennifer. “Let’s Get It On: Implications of sexual content in African American situation comedies.” Poster presentation: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, November 6, 2006.

May, 2006. Dariotis, Jacinda. “Men who do not intend to spread their seed: Examining the protective role of voluntary childless intentions among men.” Poster presentation: 2006 Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.

March, 2006. Dariotis, Jacinda. “How can we discuss fertility-related behaviors without talking about fertility intentions? “ Presentation: 34th Annual Psychosocial Workshop, Los Angeles, CA.

March, 2006. Dariotis, Jacinda. “When do family formation intentions emerge? Evidencing distinctness among early adolescent youth.” Poster presentation: 2006 Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA..

November, 2005. Dariotis, Jacinda. “Violating the status quo: Understanding non-normative expected family sizes.” Poster presentation: 2005 Annual Conference for the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.

April, 2005. Dariotis, J.K. “What predicts fertility intention persistence and change during adolescence and middle adulthood?” Poster presentation: 2005 Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA.
 
April, 2004. Dariotis, Jacinda. “Fertility Intention Emergence, Persistence, and Process during Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood: Voluntary Childlessness as a Special Case.” Paper presentation: 2004 Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA.
 
 
Media Highlights:
 
December, 2008. "Studying the Truth about Consequences," an editorial citing a recent study questioning the validity of "post-abortion stress syndrome" conducted by Center staff member Vignetta Charles and Dr. Robert Blum, chairman of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health. The article appeared December 8, 2008 in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
 
December, 2008. "Abortion Not Seen Linked with Depression," a news article featuring an interview with Vignette Charles and Dr. Robert Blum. The article first appeared December 4, 2008 in YAHOO! News. Similar articles citing the article by Vignetta Charles et al titled "Abortion and Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Evidence" that was published in the journal Contraception in December, 2008 (see Publications above) also appeared on the ABC News website, U.S. News and World Report, the Daily Mail, the Washington Post, and Reuters News Service.
 
 
September, 2008. “Teen Dads Often Cropped Out of the Picture,” a newspaper article challenging stereotypes of young men who become fathers, featuring quotes by Freya Sonenstein. The article appeared September 21, 2008, in the Denver Post.
 
August, 2008. “Teen Pregnancy on the Rise,” a radio story about the impact of teen pregnancy featuring an interview with Dr. Freya Sonenstein. Interview aired on WYPR radio August 28, 2008.

Spring, 2008. “You Can’t Save Lives If You Don’t Talk About Sex,” a series of articles about sexual health featuring Center staff Dr. Freya Sonenstein, Kathleen Cardona, Dr. Robert Blum, Laurie Schwab Zabin, Adena Galinsky, Kathleen Roche, Beth Marshall, and Dr. Clea McNeely, as well as former Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) members Ikia Means and Quinta Ocain. Articles ran in the Spring, 2008 issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine.

 
April, 2006. “’The World’ Profiles Baltimore Program that Teaches Pregnant Undocumented Immigrants about Public Health Benefits,” a BBC radio interview with Tilly A. Gurman, MPH, about her Spanish-language soap opera created to educate Latina women about health care access. Airing on the BBC radio April 5, 2006.
 
 
 
 
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