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Youth Employment and Training/Mental Health

Project: Health and Opportunity Partnership (HOPE) 
 
Partner: Mayor's Office of Economic Development/HEBCAC/YO
 
 
Publications:
 

(In preparation). S. Darius Tandon, Amy J. Templeman, Freya Sonenstein. “Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults in Employment and Training Programs.”

(In preparation). Mance, GiShawn A., Mendelson, Tamar, S. Tandon, Darius S., Jones, Jahon, Byrd, Benjamin III. “Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention through Community-Based Participatory Research.”

(In preparation). Mendelson, Tamar, Turner, Alezandria, Tandon, Darius S. “Violence exposure and depressive symptoms among young adults disconnected from school and the workforce.”

2008. Tandon, S.D., & Solomon, B. (Accepted). “Risk and Protective Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Urban African American Adolescents.” Youth and Society.

2008. Tandon, S.D., Marshall, B., Templeman, A.J., & Sonenstein, F. L. “Health Access and Status of Adolescents and Young Adults Using Youth Employment and Training Programs in an Urban Environment.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 30-3.

2004. Marshall, B., Paluzzi, P., and Alexander, C. “Practice Notes: Youth Opportunity Centers Health Suites” Health Education and Behavior, 31(3): 301-302.
 
 
Presentations:
 

May 27, 2009. Mendelson, T., Turner, A., Tandon, S.D., & Sonenstein, F.L. (2009, May). "Violence exposure and depressive symptoms among emerging adults disconnected from school and the workforce." Poster presentation: 17th Annual Society for Prevention Research annual meeting, Washington, DC.

May 21, 2009. Tandon, Darius. "Therapeutic Models for Healing Depression Among Youth of Color." Presentation and panel discussion: RESPECT conference, Baltimore, MD. 

September 4-5, 2008. Tandon, Darius. “Community-Based Interventions.” Presentation: PIPPAH Grantee Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
 
August, 2008.  Obregon, Giselle M.  “Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mental Health Intervention for Young Adults in Employment and Training Programs."  Poster presentation: Summer Diversity Internship Program Poster Day, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
 
May, 2008. Mance, GiShawn A., Byrd, Benjamin III, & Jones, Jahon. “Utilizing CBPR to address cultural and contextual mental health needs for African American emerging adults in East Baltimore.” Presentation: W.K. Kellogg Networking Meeting, Washington, DC.

April, 2008. Tandon, Darius, Mendelson, Tamar, Turner, Alezandria, Byrd, Benjamin. “Promoting Mental Health in African American Adolescents and Young Adults.” Presentation: Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Population, Family, & Reproductive Health Wednesday Seminar Series, Baltimore, MD.

April, 2008. Mance, Gishawn, Jones, Jahon, Byrd, Benjamin. “SOS Club: Innovative approaches to mental health stigma in East Baltimore.” Guest lecture: University of Maryland College Park, MD.

March, 2008. Tandon, Darius. “Promoting Mental Health in African American Adolescents and Young Adults.” Presentation: University of Maryland-Baltimore County Department of Psychology Graduate Seminar on Community-Based Research, College Park, MD.

February, 2008. Mance, GiShawn A. & Byrd, Benjamin III. “SOS Club: Deciphering mental health stigma in East Baltimore.” Presentation: CBPR Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
 
June 7-10, 2007. Tandon, Darius, Mance, GiShawn, Rodgers, Caryn. “Promoting Mental Health in African American Adolescents and Young Adults.” Symposium: Society for Community Research and Action’s 11th Biennial Meeting, Pasadena, CA.

May 30 – June 1, 2007. Tandon, Darius, Templeman, A., Mance, GiShawn, Mendelson, T., Byrd, B. III, Turner, A., and Sonenstein, F. “Development of An Intervention to Promote Adolescent Mental Health Using Community-Based Participatory Research.” Presentation: Society for Prevention Research 15th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
 
June 2007. Mance, GiShawn. Collaborating with African American Adolescents to Develop a Mental Health Intervention. Symposium: Society for Community Research and Action’s 11th Biennial Meeting, Pasadena, CA.

March, 2007. Templeman, Amy, Jones, Jahon, Young, Kenyata and Mance, GiShawn. “Health & Opportunity Partnership (HOPE) Project: Enhancing Research Quality Through Collaborating with Adolescents and Young Adults.” Presentation: HEBCAC/ Youth Opportunity Staff Training, Baltimore, MD.

 

February 15-17, 2007. Tandon, Darius and Templeman, Amy. “Disconnected Adolescents and Young Adults’ Access to Health Care.”  Presentation: 3rd Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Phoenix, AZ.

 

2007. Tandon, Darius, Turner, A., and Templeman, A. “Using ACASI to conduct Health Screens Efficiently in a Youth Employment and Training Program.” Presentation: International Conference on Urban Health, Baltimore, MD.

July, 2006. Templeman, Amy, Street, C., Jones, J. and Tandon, D. “Health & Opportunity Partnership (HOPE) Project: A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Address Adolescent Mental Health.” Presentation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Summer Institute, Baltimore, MD.

February, 2006. Templeman, Amy. “Health & Opportunity Partnership (HOPE) Project: A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Address Adolescent Mental Health.” Course lecture: “Fundamentals of Program Evaluation” at the Johns Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 

 

  

Media Highlights:
 

Fall, 2006. “Living in the War Zone,” article about the YO! Peer Leadership Group members in  Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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