Christopher R Harper
Biographic Data
| ID | 1753592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher R Harper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher R |
| FAMILY NAME | Harper |
| SIGNATURE | HARPER C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1221-4968 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Increasing support for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic but preventable experiences that occur before the ages of 18, including child abuse, witnessing violence, and parental substance use. ACEs have been linked with increased risk for substance use, along with a variety of other negative health outcomes. However, there is limited evidence of community‐level strategies that link ACEs and substance to increase awareness of prevention effort…
Transformational narrative changes as a community‐level approach to the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
There is increasing scientific evidence linking substance use, childhood adversity, and social determinants of health. However, little research has considered the evaluation of community‐level strategies to reduce substance use by increasing awareness and implementation of evidence‐based strategies for preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This article lays out the conceptual framework for a $2.9 million demonstration project designed …
Guiding prevention initiatives by applying network analysis to systems maps of adverse childhood experiences and adolescent suicide
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, particularly among adolescents. In recent years, suicidal ideation, attempts, and fatalities have increased. Systems maps can effectively represent complex issues such as suicide, thus providing decision-support tools for policymakers to identify and evaluate interventions. While network science has served to examine systems maps in fields such as obesity, there is limited research at the …
A systems science approach to identifying data gaps in national data sources on adolescent suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in the United States
Examining gaps in suicide research can help focus future data collection efforts in suicide prevention. Our analysis precisely identified where data is missing and also revealed that missing data affects some aspects of suicide research (e.g., distal factors at the community and societal level) more than others (e.g., proximal factors about individual characteristics). In sum, our analysis highlights limitations in current suicide-related data av…
Pathways to suicide or collections of vicious cycles? Understanding the complexity of suicide through causal mapping
Hostile home environment predicting early adolescent sexual harassment perpetration and potential school‐related moderators
Using family systems theory, this longitudinal study of middle school youth examined the effects of abuse, family conflict, and sibling aggression on sexual harassment perpetration (N = 1563; M age 11.2, 51% boys; 39% Hispanic, 29% Black, and 19% White). Boys reported more sexual harassment than girls; perpetration increased for both. The association between a hostile home environment and sexual harassment perpetration was moderated by school exp…
Impact of Medicaid expansion and methadone coverage as a medication for opioid use disorder on foster care entries during the opioid crisis
Evaluating the Data Quality of a National Sample of Young Sexual and Gender Minorities Recruited Using Social Media
Social media recruitment is no longer an uncharted avenue for survey research. The results thus far provide evidence of an engaging means of recruiting hard-to-reach populations. Questions remain, however, regarding whether the data collected using this method of recruitment produce quality data. This article assesses one aspect that may influence the quality of data gathered through nonprobability sampling using social media advertisements for a…
Health risks among discordant heterosexual high school students
Limited information exists on heterosexual youth with sexual contact with same-sex partners in the United States (i.e., discordant heterosexual). We compared the prevalence of health risks between discordant heterosexual, heterosexual with only opposite-sex sexual contact, lesbian/gay, and bisexual students using the 2015 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Nationwide, 3.2% of students were identified as discordant heterosexuals. The prev…
Leveraged Resources and Systems Changes in Community Collaboration
Most models of community collaboration emphasize the ability of diverse partners to come together to enact systematic changes that improve the health of individuals and communities. The ability of these groups to leverage resources is thought to be an important marker of successful collaboration and eventual improvements in community health. However, there is a paucity of research addressing linkages between systems change activities and leverage…
Testing Effects of Community Collaboration on Rates of Low Infant Birthweight at the County Level
Interorganizational collaboration has become a popular strategy for addressing population health and well‐being. However, evidence for its effectiveness in achieving outcomes at the population level is limited, at least in part due to a variety of methodological challenges such as reduced sample size at the population level, the availability of suitable comparison groups of communities, and study durations that are too short to detect slowly emer…
Reflections on viral pornography in a township of Soweto and the social constructions of sex
Testing Effects of Community Collaboration on Rates of Low Infant Birthweight at the County Level
Interorganizational collaboration has become a popular strategy for addressing population health and well‐being. However, evidence for its effectiveness in achieving outcomes at the population level is limited, at least in part due to a variety of methodological challenges such as reduced sample size at the population level, the availability of suitable comparison groups of communities, and study durations that are too short to detect slowly emer…
Increasing support for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic but preventable experiences that occur before the ages of 18, including child abuse, witnessing violence, and parental substance use. ACEs have been linked with increased risk for substance use, along with a variety of other negative health outcomes. However, there is limited evidence of community‐level strategies that link ACEs and substance to increase awareness of prevention effort…
Transformational narrative changes as a community‐level approach to the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
There is increasing scientific evidence linking substance use, childhood adversity, and social determinants of health. However, little research has considered the evaluation of community‐level strategies to reduce substance use by increasing awareness and implementation of evidence‐based strategies for preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This article lays out the conceptual framework for a $2.9 million demonstration project designed …
Leveraged Resources and Systems Changes in Community Collaboration
Most models of community collaboration emphasize the ability of diverse partners to come together to enact systematic changes that improve the health of individuals and communities. The ability of these groups to leverage resources is thought to be an important marker of successful collaboration and eventual improvements in community health. However, there is a paucity of research addressing linkages between systems change activities and leverage…
Reflections on viral pornography in a township of Soweto and the social constructions of sex
Testing Effects of Community Collaboration on Rates of Low Infant Birthweight at the County Level
Interorganizational collaboration has become a popular strategy for addressing population health and well‐being. However, evidence for its effectiveness in achieving outcomes at the population level is limited, at least in part due to a variety of methodological challenges such as reduced sample size at the population level, the availability of suitable comparison groups of communities, and study durations that are too short to detect slowly emer…
Leveraged Resources and Systems Changes in Community Collaboration
Most models of community collaboration emphasize the ability of diverse partners to come together to enact systematic changes that improve the health of individuals and communities. The ability of these groups to leverage resources is thought to be an important marker of successful collaboration and eventual improvements in community health. However, there is a paucity of research addressing linkages between systems change activities and leverage…
Health risks among discordant heterosexual high school students
Limited information exists on heterosexual youth with sexual contact with same-sex partners in the United States (i.e., discordant heterosexual). We compared the prevalence of health risks between discordant heterosexual, heterosexual with only opposite-sex sexual contact, lesbian/gay, and bisexual students using the 2015 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Nationwide, 3.2% of students were identified as discordant heterosexuals. The prev…
Evaluating the Data Quality of a National Sample of Young Sexual and Gender Minorities Recruited Using Social Media
Social media recruitment is no longer an uncharted avenue for survey research. The results thus far provide evidence of an engaging means of recruiting hard-to-reach populations. Questions remain, however, regarding whether the data collected using this method of recruitment produce quality data. This article assesses one aspect that may influence the quality of data gathered through nonprobability sampling using social media advertisements for a…
Impact of Medicaid expansion and methadone coverage as a medication for opioid use disorder on foster care entries during the opioid crisis
Pathways to suicide or collections of vicious cycles? Understanding the complexity of suicide through causal mapping
Hostile home environment predicting early adolescent sexual harassment perpetration and potential school‐related moderators
Using family systems theory, this longitudinal study of middle school youth examined the effects of abuse, family conflict, and sibling aggression on sexual harassment perpetration (N = 1563; M age 11.2, 51% boys; 39% Hispanic, 29% Black, and 19% White). Boys reported more sexual harassment than girls; perpetration increased for both. The association between a hostile home environment and sexual harassment perpetration was moderated by school exp…
A systems science approach to identifying data gaps in national data sources on adolescent suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in the United States
Examining gaps in suicide research can help focus future data collection efforts in suicide prevention. Our analysis precisely identified where data is missing and also revealed that missing data affects some aspects of suicide research (e.g., distal factors at the community and societal level) more than others (e.g., proximal factors about individual characteristics). In sum, our analysis highlights limitations in current suicide-related data av…
Increasing support for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic but preventable experiences that occur before the ages of 18, including child abuse, witnessing violence, and parental substance use. ACEs have been linked with increased risk for substance use, along with a variety of other negative health outcomes. However, there is limited evidence of community‐level strategies that link ACEs and substance to increase awareness of prevention effort…
Transformational narrative changes as a community‐level approach to the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and substance use
There is increasing scientific evidence linking substance use, childhood adversity, and social determinants of health. However, little research has considered the evaluation of community‐level strategies to reduce substance use by increasing awareness and implementation of evidence‐based strategies for preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This article lays out the conceptual framework for a $2.9 million demonstration project designed …
Guiding prevention initiatives by applying network analysis to systems maps of adverse childhood experiences and adolescent suicide
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, particularly among adolescents. In recent years, suicidal ideation, attempts, and fatalities have increased. Systems maps can effectively represent complex issues such as suicide, thus providing decision-support tools for policymakers to identify and evaluate interventions. While network science has served to examine systems maps in fields such as obesity, there is limited research at the …
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Community Health and Development (4 works) · Health psychology (4 works) · Political science (4 works)