Douglas Kirby
Biographic Data
| ID | 3983737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas Kirby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirby |
| SIGNATURE | KIRBY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Applied Research Associates (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 117 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Impact of an Intervention to Improve Contraceptive Use Through Follow-Up Phone Calls to Female Adolescent Clinic Patients
Reaching young women by phone after a clinic visit for contraception is challenging and does not appear to provide significant benefits beyond those provided by basic clinic services. More intensive interventions may be needed to markedly change adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior
Reassessing HIV Prevention
The largest investments in AIDS prevention targeted to the general population are being made in interventions where the evidence for large-scale impact is uncertain.
The Impact of Programs to Increase Contraceptive Use Among Adult Women
CONTEXT: Because rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion and unintended birth are very high among adult women in the United States, it is important to identify interventions that can increase contraceptive use in this population. METHODS: PubMed, PsycINFO and POPLINE were searched for experimental or quasi‐experimental studies published between 1990 and 2005 that evaluated policies or programs designed to increase contraceptive use or reduce preg…
The impact of abstinence and comprehensive sex and STD/HIV education programs on adolescent sexual behavior
Sex and HIV Education Programs
Abstinence, Sex, and STD/HIV Education Programs for Teens
Given very high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in the United States, many schools and other youth-serving organizations have developed different types of sex and STD/HIV e
Boyfriends, Girlfriends and Teenagers' Risk of Sexual Involvement
CONTEXT: Having a boyfriend or girlfriend, especially an older one, is associated with increased sexual risk in early adolescence. The mechanisms underlying this association are unclear. METHODS: Middle school students in Northern California were surveyed annually from 1997 to 2000. For a sample of 1,214 males and 1,308 females who were sexually inexperienced in seventh grade, logistic and linear regression were used to explore associations betwe…
Boyfriends, Girlfriends and Teenagers' Risk of Sexual Involvement
To reduce the risk of adolescent sexual activity, parents and communities should encourage youth in middle school, especially females who experience early menarche, to delay serious romantic relationships
Draw the Line/Respect the Line
Objectives. This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. Methods. The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders was tracked for 36 months. Results. The intervention delayed sexual initiation among boys, but not girls. Boys in the intervention …
Antecedents of Adolescent Initiation of Sex, Contraceptive Use, and Pregnancy
Effective approaches to reducing adolescent unprotected sex, pregnancy, and childbearing
In the United States, there exist a multitude of different approaches to reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking, unintended pregnancy, childbearing, and sexually transmitted disease, including HIV. While many of these approaches have some positive effects upon some outcomes (such as greater knowledge), only some of these programs actually delay the initiation of sex, increase condom or contraceptive use, and reduce unprotected sex among youth. Th…
The impact of schools and school programs upon adolescent sexual behavior
Because most youth are enrolled in school for many years before they initiate sex and when they initiate sex, schools have the potential for reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking. This paper reviews studies which examine the impact upon sexual risk-taking of school involvement, school characteristics, specific programs in school that do not address sexual behavior, and specific programs that do address sexual risk-taking. Multiple studies suppor…
The Protective Role of Social Capital and Cultural Norms in Latino Communities
This study investigates how community characteristics can protect adolescents from the negative effects of poverty. Using economic predictors, eight communities with low or high birthrates for 15- to 17-year-old Latinas were identified. Quantitative data on birth-rates, demographics, and the physical environment were obtained from government, hospital, and local sources. Qualitative data on the physical environment and social processes in the com…
School-based Programs to Reduce Sexual Risk-taking Behavior
Youth Development Programs
Research on effectiveness of sex education programs
1989). Research on effectiveness of sex education programs. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 28, Sexuality Education, pp. 165-171
Perceived barriers to sex education
This study describes the perceived importance of 165 potential barriers to sex education. A total of 104 professionals actively working as administrators, teachers, or evaluators of sex education programs rated the importance of the barriers in restricting or adversely affecting their own sex education programs. This study provides the median and mean ratings of the individual barriers and a factor analysis of the most highly‐rated barriers. The …
Using Assumptions of Linearity to Establish a Metric
A Counter-Culture Explanation of Student Activism
This paper develops the concept of a counter-culture—a semi-organized culture which examines and challenges many political and non-political features of the dominant culture. According to survey data gathered by both UCLA and Berkeley, “membership” in the counter-culture may partly explain student activism; and the differential growth of the counter-cultures at UCLA and Berkeley may partly explain the differential growth of activism at the two ca…
Going to See the Widow
The impact of abstinence and comprehensive sex and STD/HIV education programs on adolescent sexual behavior
The Protective Role of Social Capital and Cultural Norms in Latino Communities
This study investigates how community characteristics can protect adolescents from the negative effects of poverty. Using economic predictors, eight communities with low or high birthrates for 15- to 17-year-old Latinas were identified. Quantitative data on birth-rates, demographics, and the physical environment were obtained from government, hospital, and local sources. Qualitative data on the physical environment and social processes in the com…
The impact of schools and school programs upon adolescent sexual behavior
Because most youth are enrolled in school for many years before they initiate sex and when they initiate sex, schools have the potential for reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking. This paper reviews studies which examine the impact upon sexual risk-taking of school involvement, school characteristics, specific programs in school that do not address sexual behavior, and specific programs that do address sexual risk-taking. Multiple studies suppor…
Effective approaches to reducing adolescent unprotected sex, pregnancy, and childbearing
In the United States, there exist a multitude of different approaches to reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking, unintended pregnancy, childbearing, and sexually transmitted disease, including HIV. While many of these approaches have some positive effects upon some outcomes (such as greater knowledge), only some of these programs actually delay the initiation of sex, increase condom or contraceptive use, and reduce unprotected sex among youth. Th…
Boyfriends, Girlfriends and Teenagers' Risk of Sexual Involvement
To reduce the risk of adolescent sexual activity, parents and communities should encourage youth in middle school, especially females who experience early menarche, to delay serious romantic relationships
Abstinence, Sex, and STD/HIV Education Programs for Teens
Given very high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in the United States, many schools and other youth-serving organizations have developed different types of sex and STD/HIV e
Draw the Line/Respect the Line
Objectives. This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. Methods. The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders was tracked for 36 months. Results. The intervention delayed sexual initiation among boys, but not girls. Boys in the intervention …
Research on effectiveness of sex education programs
1989). Research on effectiveness of sex education programs. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 28, Sexuality Education, pp. 165-171
A Counter-Culture Explanation of Student Activism
This paper develops the concept of a counter-culture—a semi-organized culture which examines and challenges many political and non-political features of the dominant culture. According to survey data gathered by both UCLA and Berkeley, “membership” in the counter-culture may partly explain student activism; and the differential growth of the counter-cultures at UCLA and Berkeley may partly explain the differential growth of activism at the two ca…
School-based Programs to Reduce Sexual Risk-taking Behavior
Youth Development Programs
Impact of an Intervention to Improve Contraceptive Use Through Follow-Up Phone Calls to Female Adolescent Clinic Patients
Reaching young women by phone after a clinic visit for contraception is challenging and does not appear to provide significant benefits beyond those provided by basic clinic services. More intensive interventions may be needed to markedly change adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior
Using Assumptions of Linearity to Establish a Metric
Going to See the Widow
A Counter-Culture Explanation of Student Activism
This paper develops the concept of a counter-culture—a semi-organized culture which examines and challenges many political and non-political features of the dominant culture. According to survey data gathered by both UCLA and Berkeley, “membership” in the counter-culture may partly explain student activism; and the differential growth of the counter-cultures at UCLA and Berkeley may partly explain the differential growth of activism at the two ca…
Using Assumptions of Linearity to Establish a Metric
Perceived barriers to sex education
This study describes the perceived importance of 165 potential barriers to sex education. A total of 104 professionals actively working as administrators, teachers, or evaluators of sex education programs rated the importance of the barriers in restricting or adversely affecting their own sex education programs. This study provides the median and mean ratings of the individual barriers and a factor analysis of the most highly‐rated barriers. The …
Research on effectiveness of sex education programs
1989). Research on effectiveness of sex education programs. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 28, Sexuality Education, pp. 165-171
School-based Programs to Reduce Sexual Risk-taking Behavior
Youth Development Programs
The Protective Role of Social Capital and Cultural Norms in Latino Communities
This study investigates how community characteristics can protect adolescents from the negative effects of poverty. Using economic predictors, eight communities with low or high birthrates for 15- to 17-year-old Latinas were identified. Quantitative data on birth-rates, demographics, and the physical environment were obtained from government, hospital, and local sources. Qualitative data on the physical environment and social processes in the com…
Antecedents of Adolescent Initiation of Sex, Contraceptive Use, and Pregnancy
Effective approaches to reducing adolescent unprotected sex, pregnancy, and childbearing
In the United States, there exist a multitude of different approaches to reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking, unintended pregnancy, childbearing, and sexually transmitted disease, including HIV. While many of these approaches have some positive effects upon some outcomes (such as greater knowledge), only some of these programs actually delay the initiation of sex, increase condom or contraceptive use, and reduce unprotected sex among youth. Th…
The impact of schools and school programs upon adolescent sexual behavior
Because most youth are enrolled in school for many years before they initiate sex and when they initiate sex, schools have the potential for reducing adolescent sexual risk-taking. This paper reviews studies which examine the impact upon sexual risk-taking of school involvement, school characteristics, specific programs in school that do not address sexual behavior, and specific programs that do address sexual risk-taking. Multiple studies suppor…
Draw the Line/Respect the Line
Objectives. This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. Methods. The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders was tracked for 36 months. Results. The intervention delayed sexual initiation among boys, but not girls. Boys in the intervention …
Boyfriends, Girlfriends and Teenagers' Risk of Sexual Involvement
CONTEXT: Having a boyfriend or girlfriend, especially an older one, is associated with increased sexual risk in early adolescence. The mechanisms underlying this association are unclear. METHODS: Middle school students in Northern California were surveyed annually from 1997 to 2000. For a sample of 1,214 males and 1,308 females who were sexually inexperienced in seventh grade, logistic and linear regression were used to explore associations betwe…
Boyfriends, Girlfriends and Teenagers' Risk of Sexual Involvement
To reduce the risk of adolescent sexual activity, parents and communities should encourage youth in middle school, especially females who experience early menarche, to delay serious romantic relationships
Sex and HIV Education Programs
Abstinence, Sex, and STD/HIV Education Programs for Teens
Given very high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in the United States, many schools and other youth-serving organizations have developed different types of sex and STD/HIV e
Reassessing HIV Prevention
The largest investments in AIDS prevention targeted to the general population are being made in interventions where the evidence for large-scale impact is uncertain.
The Impact of Programs to Increase Contraceptive Use Among Adult Women
CONTEXT: Because rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion and unintended birth are very high among adult women in the United States, it is important to identify interventions that can increase contraceptive use in this population. METHODS: PubMed, PsycINFO and POPLINE were searched for experimental or quasi‐experimental studies published between 1990 and 2005 that evaluated policies or programs designed to increase contraceptive use or reduce preg…
The impact of abstinence and comprehensive sex and STD/HIV education programs on adolescent sexual behavior
Impact of an Intervention to Improve Contraceptive Use Through Follow-Up Phone Calls to Female Adolescent Clinic Patients
Reaching young women by phone after a clinic visit for contraception is challenging and does not appear to provide significant benefits beyond those provided by basic clinic services. More intensive interventions may be needed to markedly change adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Population (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Demography (6 works)