Recent Faculty Publications and Reports

Recent publications among the faculty include:

Blake, SM, Keily, M., Gard, CC., El-Mohandes, AE, El-Khorazaty, MN, and the NIH-DC Initiative. (2007). Pregnancy intentions and happiness among pregnant Black women at high risk for adverse infant health outcomes. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39(4): 194-205.

Jaycox, Lisa H.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Ocampo, Beverly W.; Shelley, Gene A.; Blake, Susan M., Peterson, Donna J.; Richmond, Lucinda S.; Kub, Joan E.. (2006). Challenges in the evaluation and implementation of school-based prevention and intervention programs on sensitive topics. American Journal of Evaluation. 27 (3); 320-336.

Blake SM, Ledsky R, Sawyer R, Goodenow C, Banspach S, Lohrmann D, Hack T. Local school district adoption of state recommended policies for HIV prevention education. Prev Med 2005;40(2):239-48.

Amaro HA, Blake SM, Morrill AC, Cranston K, Logan J, Conron KJ, Dai J. HIV prevention community planning: challenges & opportunities for data-informed decision-making. AIDS Behav Suppl 2005;9(1):9-27.

Jenkins RA, Robbins A, Cranston K, Batchelor K, Freeman AC, Averbach AR, et al. Bridging data and decision making: development of techniques for improving the HIV prevention community planning process. AIDS Behav Suppl 2005;9(1):41-53.

Jenkins RA, Averbach AR, Robbins A, Cranston K, Amaro H, Morrill AC, et al. Improving the use of data for HIV prevention decision making: lessons learned. AIDS Behav Suppl 2005;9(1):87-99.

Morrill AC, Amaro HA, Blake SM, Cranston K, Averbach AR, Logan JA, et al. HIV prevention community planning: enhancing data-informed decision-making. AIDS Behav Suppl 2005;9(1):55-70.

Sawyer R, Blake S. Ledsky R, Goodenow C, Evans D. Training and resource needs of teachers who provide HIV education to special population students. J HIV/AIDS Prev Educ Adolesc Child 2005;6(1):27-42.

Hayashi AS, Gofin J, Gofin R, Mead A, El-Mohondes AE. Community Oriented Primary Care, Care Model and Communities of Practice: Helping Health Centers Eliminate Health Disparities. HRSA White Paper, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services. May 4, 2007.

Gofin R, Gofin J, Hayashi AS, El-Mohandes AE. Perspectives in Family and Community Health: An Approach to Planning and Implementation. Draft Strategy Document for the Family and Community Health Area, Pan American Health Organization. March 30, 2007.

Sparks, C. Advocacy as a Tobacco Use Prevention Strategy, In IOM report on a blueprint for the future of tobacco control, publication pending for Spring 2006.

Gielen AC, Ghandour RM, Burke JG, Mahoney P, McDonnell KA, O’Campo P. HIV/AIDS and intimate partner violence: Intersecting women’s health issues in the United States. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. 2007.8(2):178-198.

Minkovitz CM, Chandra A, Solomon BS, McDonnell KA, Silver GB, Tonniges TF. Community pediatrics: Gender differences in perspectives of residents. Archives of Pediatrics. 2006. 6(6):10302-10307.

Curbow B, Fogarty LA, McDonnell KA, Chill J, Scott, LB. The role of physician characteristics in clinical trial acceptance: Testing pathways of influence. Journal of Health Communication. 2006. 11(2):199-218.

Maibach EW, Abroms LC, Marosits M. Communication and marketing as tools to cultivate the public's health: a proposed people and places framework. BMC Public Health. 2007 May 22;7(1):88

Abroms LC, Maibach E, Lyon-Daniel K. Managing serious medical risks with information and performance requirements: Isotretinoin as an on-going natural experiment. PLoS Medicine. Nov, 2006.

Abroms LC, Simons-Morton BG, Haynie DL, Chen R. Psychosocial Predictors of Smoking Trajectories during Middle and High School. Addiction. 2005. June.

JG Lear. "Best Practices For Designing and Developing School-Based Health Centers." in The School Services Sourcebook: A Guide for Social Workers, Counselors, and Mental Health Professionals, Cynthia Franklin, Mary Beth Harris, and Paula Allen-Meares, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

JG Lear. Health Services at School: Environmental Considerations. In Safe and Healthy School Environments. Ed. Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH.New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

JG Lear. "Children's Health, Children's Schools: A collaborative approach to strengthening children's well-being." In School Health Services, J. Knickman, S. Isaacs, J. Lear, eds. San,Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

JG Lear. "Health at School: A Hidden Health Care System Emerges from the Shadows." Health Affairs 2007:26, No. 2, pp 409 – 420.

JG Lear. School Health Centers in California: Applying Lessons Learned to Program Expansion. Issue brief. California Health Care Foundation, October 2007.

Edberg, M. 2007. Essentials of Health Behavior: Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health. One volume in a book series entitled "Essentials of Public Health." Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

Bravo, P, and Edberg, M. June 2007. "We Call Upon the Congress." Cases in Public Health Communication and Marketing Vol 1. (Review of a recent health disparity reduction effort in Peru)

Johansson P, Jacobsen C, Buchwald D. "Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare among American Indians/Alaska Natives," Ethnicity and Disease, 2006, 16: 766-771

Recent Faculty and Staff Presentations at Research Conferences

Blake, SM & Reicher-Gordon, Lauren, Summer Hosting Programs – How are Kidsave’s Older Adopted Children & their families doing? Joint Council on International Children's Services, Washington, DC, April 10, 2008.

Blake, SM., Ledsky, R, Baugh, T, Thompson, R, Maibach, E. Correlates Of Older, Intercountry Adoption Success. Research presentation, Section on Adoption and Foster Care Program. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007 National Conference and Exhibition (NCE), San Francisco, CA, October 29, 2007.

Blake, SM., Ledsky, R, Martin, S, Baugh, T, Thompson, R, Reicher-Gordon, L. Adjustment of Older Intercountry Adoptees and Their Adoptive Families. Poster presentation (Abstract # 753495; Publication 6312.16), Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, May 6, 2007.

Blake, SM., Ledsky, R, Martin, S, Baugh, T, Thompson, R, Reicher-Gordon, L. Correlates of Age at Adoption among Older Intercountry Adoptees. Poster presentation (Abstract # 754611; Publication 6312.15), Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, May 6, 2007.

Blake, SM; Gonzalez, R; Allard, J.; Gonzalez, F; Kodali, A.; Ledsky, R.; Shelley, G; Cephas, K. and Campbell, J. Hostile Hallways & Crazy Cafeterias: Environmental & Social Contexts Associated with Incidence Rates of Verbal, Physical, and Sexual Aggression in Schools. Oral presentation at APHA, Philadelphia, PA., December, 2005.

Blake, SM; Roberts, J.; Ledsky, R.; Kodali, A.; Gonzalez, F.; Shelley, G; Cephas, K. and Campbell, J. Observational Assessments of Gender-Specific Interpersonal Violence, Bullying & Harassment in Schools. Oral presentation at APHA, Philadelphia, PA., December, 2005.

Blake, Susan M., Joseph, J., Schwartz, D., El-Khorazaty, N., Gantz, M., El-Mohandes, A. and Kiely, M. Preventing Prenatal & Postpartum Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Exposure, Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 2005.

El-Mohandes, Ayman, Kiely, M., El-Khorazaty, N., Gantz, M., Blake, Susan M., and Subramanian, S. Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: The Effect of an Integrated Intervention in an African-American Low Income Population, Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 2005.

Subramanian AP, Bullock K, Hayashi AS, Siwek J. Filling the workforce gap: Training medical directors for community health centers, 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, November 7, 2006 (Oral Presentation)

Subramanian, AP. Cameron, DD, Hayashi, AS, Engaging medical students, residents and fellows in Washington, DC: the Georgetown University Department of Family Medicine/Unity Health Care, Inc. Partnership, Annual Meeting of the Community-Campus Partnership for Health, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006. Poster Presentation.

Sparks, C. Youth Advocacy as a Strategy for a Tobacco Free Society, APHA CEI Institute Workshop #2020, 12/11/ 05, Philadelphia, PA

Abroms L. Communicating Health Information to the Public: A Focus on Health Literacy. Training session for the DC Department of Public Health, March 28, 2005.

Abroms L and Weber D. Reaching out to Latino Smokers. Latino Cancer Disparities: Closing the Gap. Washington D.C., Oct. 31, 2005.

Abroms LC, Windsor R, Simons-Morton B. The Efficacy and Acceptability of an Email-Based Program for Smoking Cessation in Young Adults. Submitted to the 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Washington D.C. July, 2006a.

Abroms LC, Gill J, Windsor R, Simons-Morton B. Process evaluation of an email-based smoking cessation program for young adults. Submitted to the 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Washington D.C. July, 2006b.

Edberg, M., Welsh, V., Vischi, T., Cohen, M., Do, Q., and Corey, K. Forthcoming. "An Evaluation Protocol for Planning and Evaluating Efforts to Eliminate Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health." APHA Annual Meeting.