Beverly Watkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6445894 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverly Watkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverly |
| FAMILY NAME | Watkins |
| SIGNATURE | WATKINS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Completing the Circle
While it is well understood that multiple and cumulative environmental stressors negatively impact health at the community level, existing ethical research review procedures are designed to protect individual research participants but not communities. Increasing concerns regarding the ethical conduct of research in general and environmental and genetic research in particular underscore the need to expand the scope of current human participant res…
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families
Urban minority girls are at considerable risk for the negative health consequences of early sexual activity. Yet few researchers have explored the sources of information about sexual issues for these adolescents, particularly parent-child communication. As part of a larger qualitative study examining social cognitions about sexuality among urban girls, 72 African American and Latina mothers and 72 daughters representing two age groups (6-9 and 10…
Crack Cocaine and Harlem's health
Laying down the law
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the impact of educational and enforcement interventions on retailers' sale of tobacco to minors in Central Harlem, New York. METHODS: In a randomized trial with repeated measures, 152 stores were randomly divided into control, education, and enforcement groups. RESULTS: Overall tobacco sales to 12- and 13-year-old minors at baseline (98%) were among the highest in the nation. At 6-month and 1-year follow-ups, decre…
Efforts to Encourage Immigration to Arkansas, 1865-1874
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families
Urban minority girls are at considerable risk for the negative health consequences of early sexual activity. Yet few researchers have explored the sources of information about sexual issues for these adolescents, particularly parent-child communication. As part of a larger qualitative study examining social cognitions about sexuality among urban girls, 72 African American and Latina mothers and 72 daughters representing two age groups (6-9 and 10…
Laying down the law
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the impact of educational and enforcement interventions on retailers' sale of tobacco to minors in Central Harlem, New York. METHODS: In a randomized trial with repeated measures, 152 stores were randomly divided into control, education, and enforcement groups. RESULTS: Overall tobacco sales to 12- and 13-year-old minors at baseline (98%) were among the highest in the nation. At 6-month and 1-year follow-ups, decre…
Efforts to Encourage Immigration to Arkansas, 1865-1874
Laying down the law
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the impact of educational and enforcement interventions on retailers' sale of tobacco to minors in Central Harlem, New York. METHODS: In a randomized trial with repeated measures, 152 stores were randomly divided into control, education, and enforcement groups. RESULTS: Overall tobacco sales to 12- and 13-year-old minors at baseline (98%) were among the highest in the nation. At 6-month and 1-year follow-ups, decre…
Crack Cocaine and Harlem's health
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sex among Urban African American and Latino Families
Urban minority girls are at considerable risk for the negative health consequences of early sexual activity. Yet few researchers have explored the sources of information about sexual issues for these adolescents, particularly parent-child communication. As part of a larger qualitative study examining social cognitions about sexuality among urban girls, 72 African American and Latina mothers and 72 daughters representing two age groups (6-9 and 10…
Completing the Circle
While it is well understood that multiple and cumulative environmental stressors negatively impact health at the community level, existing ethical research review procedures are designed to protect individual research participants but not communities. Increasing concerns regarding the ethical conduct of research in general and environmental and genetic research in particular underscore the need to expand the scope of current human participant res…
Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Advertising (1 works) · African american (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)