Heather M Franks
Biographic Data
| ID | 6086979 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather M Franks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather M |
| FAMILY NAME | Franks |
| SIGNATURE | FRANKS H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bethany University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Replication of It’s Your Game…Keep It Real! in Southeast Texas
You-Me-Us
Dual Contraceptive Method Use Among Youth in Alternative Schools
Romantic relationships
Romantic relationships are central in the lives of young people. This paper uses data on romantic relationships from urban youth in the USA to illustrate how using a relationships perspective in HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention programmes broadens the skills and content covered, and contextualises the learning to enhance relevance and use. Self-report survey data were collected using electronic handheld devices for a school-based randomised trial…
Mediation analysis of an adolescent HIV/STI/pregnancy prevention intervention
Most interventions designed to prevent HIV/STI/pregnancy risk behaviors in youth have multiple components based on psychosocial theories (e.g., social cognitive theory) dictating sets of mediating variables to influence to achieve desired changes in behaviors. Mediation analysis is a method for investigating the extent to which a variable X (e.g., intervention indicator) influences an outcome variable Y (e.g., unprotected sex) by first influencin…
Social support in women with fibromyalgia
The present study is an examination of the effects of quality and quantity of social support on the psychological and physical well‐being of women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Participants were 568 women who were members of a health maintenance organization (HMO) with a confirmed diagnosis of FMS. Participants were administered a battery of questionnaires assessing their psychological and physical well‐being. Measures of depression, self‐eff…
Embodied Metaphor In Women's Narratives About Their Experiences With Cancer
Many scholars and medical professionals argue over the importance of metaphor in thinking about, and speaking of, cancer and other illnesses. Our study presents an analysis of the metaphors used by 6 women in their narratives of their experiences with cancer. We claim from our analyses that metaphorical talk about cancer reflects enduring metaphorical patterns of thought. Women used multiple, sometimes contradictory metaphors to conceptualize the…
Social support in women with fibromyalgia
The present study is an examination of the effects of quality and quantity of social support on the psychological and physical well‐being of women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Participants were 568 women who were members of a health maintenance organization (HMO) with a confirmed diagnosis of FMS. Participants were administered a battery of questionnaires assessing their psychological and physical well‐being. Measures of depression, self‐eff…
Embodied Metaphor In Women's Narratives About Their Experiences With Cancer
Many scholars and medical professionals argue over the importance of metaphor in thinking about, and speaking of, cancer and other illnesses. Our study presents an analysis of the metaphors used by 6 women in their narratives of their experiences with cancer. We claim from our analyses that metaphorical talk about cancer reflects enduring metaphorical patterns of thought. Women used multiple, sometimes contradictory metaphors to conceptualize the…
Social support in women with fibromyalgia
The present study is an examination of the effects of quality and quantity of social support on the psychological and physical well‐being of women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Participants were 568 women who were members of a health maintenance organization (HMO) with a confirmed diagnosis of FMS. Participants were administered a battery of questionnaires assessing their psychological and physical well‐being. Measures of depression, self‐eff…
Romantic relationships
Romantic relationships are central in the lives of young people. This paper uses data on romantic relationships from urban youth in the USA to illustrate how using a relationships perspective in HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention programmes broadens the skills and content covered, and contextualises the learning to enhance relevance and use. Self-report survey data were collected using electronic handheld devices for a school-based randomised trial…
Mediation analysis of an adolescent HIV/STI/pregnancy prevention intervention
Most interventions designed to prevent HIV/STI/pregnancy risk behaviors in youth have multiple components based on psychosocial theories (e.g., social cognitive theory) dictating sets of mediating variables to influence to achieve desired changes in behaviors. Mediation analysis is a method for investigating the extent to which a variable X (e.g., intervention indicator) influences an outcome variable Y (e.g., unprotected sex) by first influencin…
Dual Contraceptive Method Use Among Youth in Alternative Schools
Replication of It’s Your Game…Keep It Real! in Southeast Texas
You-Me-Us
Psychology (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Health psychology (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works)