Sylvia L Quinton
Biographic Data
| ID | 7181478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia L Quinton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia L |
| FAMILY NAME | Quinton |
| SIGNATURE | QUINTON S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9986-7346 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Prevention is a privilege
Community-based interventions for youth substance use prevention require high levels of capacity to organize and coordinate community resources to support youth development and create opportunities to prevent youth substance use. This project aimed to better understand what Black prevention practitioners perceive as the requirements for a successful drug-free community coalition. Black prevention practitioners, who were engaged in drug-free commu…
The Need for Marijuana Perceived Risk Interventions Targeting College Students at a Historically Black College and University
The purpose of this pilot study was to test a peer-led Hip-Hop Development Model (HHD) prevention intervention designed to increase the perceived risk from drug use for undergraduate college students attending a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The HHD model was used to develop prevention messaging to increase the perceived risk from drug use. This study examined the following outcomes of peer-group-based development of public se…
Marijuana risk perceptions are associated with past-month marijuana use among Black first-year college students at a historically Black university
To examine the relationship between marijuana risk perceptions and marijuana use, and assess the potential moderating role of stress among Black students from a historically Black university, a convenience sample of students ( n = 213) was surveyed. The majority (87.9%) of the sample was Black and 52% were female. Over a third (35.1%) reported past 30-day marijuana use, and a majority (58.4%) reported no or slight risk from using marijuana once o…
The Impact of Spirituality and Religiosity on Unprotected Sex for Adult Women
The results suggest that religiosity and spirituality are both associated with unprotected sex through sexual self-efficacy among African-American women. Faith-based strategies warrant further examination as components of sexual risk reduction efforts for this population
Evaluation of a Socio-cultural Intervention to Reduce Unprotected Sex for HIV Among African American/Black Women
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Evaluation of a Socio-cultural Intervention to Reduce Unprotected Sex for HIV Among African American/Black Women
The Impact of Spirituality and Religiosity on Unprotected Sex for Adult Women
The results suggest that religiosity and spirituality are both associated with unprotected sex through sexual self-efficacy among African-American women. Faith-based strategies warrant further examination as components of sexual risk reduction efforts for this population
Marijuana risk perceptions are associated with past-month marijuana use among Black first-year college students at a historically Black university
To examine the relationship between marijuana risk perceptions and marijuana use, and assess the potential moderating role of stress among Black students from a historically Black university, a convenience sample of students ( n = 213) was surveyed. The majority (87.9%) of the sample was Black and 52% were female. Over a third (35.1%) reported past 30-day marijuana use, and a majority (58.4%) reported no or slight risk from using marijuana once o…
The Need for Marijuana Perceived Risk Interventions Targeting College Students at a Historically Black College and University
The purpose of this pilot study was to test a peer-led Hip-Hop Development Model (HHD) prevention intervention designed to increase the perceived risk from drug use for undergraduate college students attending a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The HHD model was used to develop prevention messaging to increase the perceived risk from drug use. This study examined the following outcomes of peer-group-based development of public se…
Prevention is a privilege
Community-based interventions for youth substance use prevention require high levels of capacity to organize and coordinate community resources to support youth development and create opportunities to prevent youth substance use. This project aimed to better understand what Black prevention practitioners perceive as the requirements for a successful drug-free community coalition. Black prevention practitioners, who were engaged in drug-free commu…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (2 works)