Patricia Dittus
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 121372 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Patricia Dittus |
| PRENOMES | Patricia |
| SOBRENOME | Dittus |
| ASSINATURA | DITTUS P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4554-3853 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 207 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Mental Health, Suicidality, and Connectedness Among High School Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic — Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, United States, January–June 2021
Disruptions and consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including school closures, social isolation, family economic hardship, family loss or illness, and reduced access to health care, raise concerns about their effects on the mental health and well-being of youths. This report uses data from the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, an online survey of a probability-based, nationally representative sample of U.S. public- and …
Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Pandemic-Related Stress and the Impact on Adolescent Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Parent, partner and individual contexts of very early first sex experiences among young men and their links to subsequent reproductive health outcomes
Research indicates that upwards to 30% of US urban Black male adolescents report first sex younger than age 13; however, there is limited literature on the sexual and reproductive health outcomes and contexts of these early first sex experiences. This exploratory study described sexual and reproductive health histories and explored personal, partner and parent contextual factors associated with first sex experiences occurring at 13 years or young…
Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System — United States, 2019
Health risk behaviors practiced during adolescence often persist into adulthood and contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Youth health behavior data at the national, state, territorial, tribal, and local levels help monitor the effectiveness of public health interventions designed to promote adolescent health. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is the largest public health surveillance …
Sustained Reduction in Chlamydia Infections Following a School-Based Screening
We describe school-based screening events in four Detroit, Michigan public high schools. To examine trends, we analyzed Chlamydia trachomatis data from 2010 to 2015. Prevalence of C. trachomatis decreased significantly (P
Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy of a Tailored Online HIV/STI Testing Intervention for Young Men who have Sex with Men
Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls
Cultural Orientations, Parental Beliefs and Practices, and Latino Adolescents’ Autonomy and Independence
Paternal Influences on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To date, most parent-based research has neglected the role of fathers in shaping adolescent sexual behavior and has focused on mothers. The objective of this study was to conduct a structured review to assess the role of paternal influence on adolescent sexual behavior and to assess the methodological quality of the paternal influence literature related to adolescent sexual behavior. METHODS: We searched electronic datab…
Preventing Rapid Repeat Births Among Latina Adolescents
Latina adolescent parents are at increased risk for rapid repeat births (second birth ≤ 24 months after the first), sexually transmitted infections, and negative educational and social outcomes. Although several effective parent-based interventions have been developed to prevent Latino youths’ sexual risk taking, little research has explored the development of interventions to prevent repeat births that involve the parents of these adolescents. E…
Social Competence in Late Elementary School
A Comparative Study of Interventions for Delaying The Initiation of Sexual Intercourse Among Latino And Black Youth
The proportions of adolescents who initiated intercourse during the study period were not significantly different across groups, implying that the interventions were comparable. Findings suggest that FTT may have led to improved parenting behaviors
An Integrated Framework for the Analysis of Adolescent Cigarette Smoking in Middle School Latino Youth
A framework based on five major theories of health behavior was used to identify the correlates of adolescent cigarette smoking. The framework emphasizes intentions to smoke cigarettes, factors that influence these intentions, and factors that moderate the intention-behavior relationship. Five hundred sixteen randomly selected Latino middle school youth in New York completed self-administered questionnaires. Adolescents reported their intentions …
A Systematic Review of Parental Influences on the Health and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
Group Differences in Risk Across Three Domains Using an Expanded Measure of Sexual Orientation
Daily Participation in Sports and Students' Sexual Activity
Students as young as middle school age who participate in sports daily may have an elevated risk for STDs and pregnancy. Health professionals should counsel middle school athletes about sexual risk reduction, given that young students may find it particularly difficult to obtain contraceptives, STD testing and prevention counseling
The Linking Lives Health Education Program
Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of a parent-based add-on component to a school-based intervention to prevent cigarette smoking among African American and Latino middle school youths. Methods. Mother–adolescent dyads (n = 1386) were randomly assigned to 2 groups: (1) a school-based smoking-prevention intervention or (2) the same intervention with a parent-based add-on component called Raising Smoke-Free Kids. Mothers in the experimental…
Parenting Predictors of Early-Adolescents’ Health Behaviors
A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors
Journal Article A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors: The Case of Adolescent Sexual Behavior Get access Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Columbia University, New YorkSchool of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Mother-Adolescent Communication About Tobacco Use in Urban Puerto Rican and Dominican Families
Research on parent-adolescent communication about cigarette smoking in Latino families remains relatively scarce. This dearth of information is worrisome given the high rates of tobacco use among Latino adolescents and the large burden borne by adult Latinos in smoking-related morbidity and mortality. This study presents qualitative data on parent-adolescent communication about cigarette smoking in a sample of urban Latino families. The authors c…
Barriers and Facilitators to Maternal Communication with Preadolescents about Age-Relevant Sexual Topics
Parenting Practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican Mothers
This study presents descriptive qualitative data about Latino parenting practices in an urban context. Focus groups were conducted with Dominican and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent pairs in the Bronx borough of NewYork City. When parenting style typologies are integrated with the Latino cultural components familismo, respeto, personalismo, and simpatía, Latino parenting practices and their underlying styles are better understood. Content analysis…
The Content and Process of Mother--Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families
Journal Article The Content and Process of Mother—Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families Get access Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patricia Dittus, PhD, Patricia Dittus, PhD health scientist Division of A…
Parental Expertise, Trustworthiness, and Accessibility
A communication framework of persuasion and attitude change was utilized to analyze parent-adolescent communication about adolescent risk behavior. Three parent dimensions were deemed important: (a) perceived expertise, (b) perceived trustworthiness, and (c) perceived accessibility. Data were collected in surveys from 668 mother-adolescent dyads in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City (N= 668). Results showed weak corresponde…
Recalling Sexual Partners
Accuracy of recall of the number of sexual partners individuals had over a period of one month, three months, six months and one year was studied in a group of 285 young, single, heterosexual adults. Self-reports of the number of partners were obtained on a weekly basis and then compared with recall of behavior over longer time periods that overlapped the weekly measures. For individuals who claimed abstinence or who claimed to be monogamous, acc…
Parenting Practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican Mothers
This study presents descriptive qualitative data about Latino parenting practices in an urban context. Focus groups were conducted with Dominican and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent pairs in the Bronx borough of NewYork City. When parenting style typologies are integrated with the Latino cultural components familismo, respeto, personalismo, and simpatía, Latino parenting practices and their underlying styles are better understood. Content analysis…
Parent-Teen Communication about Premarital Sex
Twenty-one parental and 16 adolescent topic-specific reservations that parents and adolescents may have about discussing sex and birth control were explored in a sample of 751 African American inner-city youths (14 to 17 years old) and their mothers. Both maternal and adolescent perspectives were obtained with regard to the prevalence of specific reservations and the extent to which they were predictive of communication behavior. Topic-specific r…
Parental Expertise, Trustworthiness, and Accessibility
A communication framework of persuasion and attitude change was utilized to analyze parent-adolescent communication about adolescent risk behavior. Three parent dimensions were deemed important: (a) perceived expertise, (b) perceived trustworthiness, and (c) perceived accessibility. Data were collected in surveys from 668 mother-adolescent dyads in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City (N= 668). Results showed weak corresponde…
The Content and Process of Mother--Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families
Journal Article The Content and Process of Mother—Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families Get access Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patricia Dittus, PhD, Patricia Dittus, PhD health scientist Division of A…
The Impact of African American Fathers on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Recalling Sexual Partners
Accuracy of recall of the number of sexual partners individuals had over a period of one month, three months, six months and one year was studied in a group of 285 young, single, heterosexual adults. Self-reports of the number of partners were obtained on a weekly basis and then compared with recall of behavior over longer time periods that overlapped the weekly measures. For individuals who claimed abstinence or who claimed to be monogamous, acc…
A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors
Journal Article A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors: The Case of Adolescent Sexual Behavior Get access Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Columbia University, New YorkSchool of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Social Competence in Late Elementary School
Parenting Predictors of Early-Adolescents’ Health Behaviors
Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls
Mother-Adolescent Communication About Tobacco Use in Urban Puerto Rican and Dominican Families
Research on parent-adolescent communication about cigarette smoking in Latino families remains relatively scarce. This dearth of information is worrisome given the high rates of tobacco use among Latino adolescents and the large burden borne by adult Latinos in smoking-related morbidity and mortality. This study presents qualitative data on parent-adolescent communication about cigarette smoking in a sample of urban Latino families. The authors c…
A Comparative Study of Interventions for Delaying The Initiation of Sexual Intercourse Among Latino And Black Youth
The proportions of adolescents who initiated intercourse during the study period were not significantly different across groups, implying that the interventions were comparable. Findings suggest that FTT may have led to improved parenting behaviors
Cultural Orientations, Parental Beliefs and Practices, and Latino Adolescents’ Autonomy and Independence
Preventing Rapid Repeat Births Among Latina Adolescents
Latina adolescent parents are at increased risk for rapid repeat births (second birth ≤ 24 months after the first), sexually transmitted infections, and negative educational and social outcomes. Although several effective parent-based interventions have been developed to prevent Latino youths’ sexual risk taking, little research has explored the development of interventions to prevent repeat births that involve the parents of these adolescents. E…
Sustained Reduction in Chlamydia Infections Following a School-Based Screening
We describe school-based screening events in four Detroit, Michigan public high schools. To examine trends, we analyzed Chlamydia trachomatis data from 2010 to 2015. Prevalence of C. trachomatis decreased significantly (P
Daily Participation in Sports and Students' Sexual Activity
Students as young as middle school age who participate in sports daily may have an elevated risk for STDs and pregnancy. Health professionals should counsel middle school athletes about sexual risk reduction, given that young students may find it particularly difficult to obtain contraceptives, STD testing and prevention counseling
Parent-Teen Communication
Parent-teen communication has been underestimated in its impact on preventing unintended pregnancies. The goal of this monograph is to identify the methodological and conceptual weaknesses in past research and to apply these consideration in the analysis of data. The emphasis is on parent-teen communication about premarital sex and premarital pregnancy and the development of parent education programs. The focus is on what parents say and do to mo…
Maternal Correlates of Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior
Maternal disapproval of premarital sex, maternal discussions about birth control and the quality of the parent-child relationship may have an important influence on adolescents' sexual activity and the consistency of their contraceptive use. Findings from a survey of 751 black youths showed that adolescent perceptions of maternal disapproval of premarital sex and satisfaction with the mother-child relationship were significantly related to abstin…
The Impact of African American Fathers on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Parent-Adolescent Congruency in Reports of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and in Communications about Sexual Behavior
Agreement between mothers' and adolescents' reports of communication about sex, satisfaction with the parent-child relationship, maternal disapproval of adolescent sexual activity, and adolescent sexual behavior was investigated in a sample of 745 African American adolescents (ages 14–17) and their mothers. Congruence between the 2 sets of reports tended to be low. Adolescent perceptions and reports were found to be more predictive of adolescent …
Adolescents’ perceptions of maternal disapproval of sex
Parent-Teen Communication about Premarital Sex
Twenty-one parental and 16 adolescent topic-specific reservations that parents and adolescents may have about discussing sex and birth control were explored in a sample of 751 African American inner-city youths (14 to 17 years old) and their mothers. Both maternal and adolescent perspectives were obtained with regard to the prevalence of specific reservations and the extent to which they were predictive of communication behavior. Topic-specific r…
Parent-adolescent communication about sex and birth control
Recalling Sexual Partners
Accuracy of recall of the number of sexual partners individuals had over a period of one month, three months, six months and one year was studied in a group of 285 young, single, heterosexual adults. Self-reports of the number of partners were obtained on a weekly basis and then compared with recall of behavior over longer time periods that overlapped the weekly measures. For individuals who claimed abstinence or who claimed to be monogamous, acc…
The Content and Process of Mother--Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families
Journal Article The Content and Process of Mother—Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families Get access Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patricia Dittus, PhD, Patricia Dittus, PhD health scientist Division of A…
Parental Expertise, Trustworthiness, and Accessibility
A communication framework of persuasion and attitude change was utilized to analyze parent-adolescent communication about adolescent risk behavior. Three parent dimensions were deemed important: (a) perceived expertise, (b) perceived trustworthiness, and (c) perceived accessibility. Data were collected in surveys from 668 mother-adolescent dyads in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City (N= 668). Results showed weak corresponde…
Barriers and Facilitators to Maternal Communication with Preadolescents about Age-Relevant Sexual Topics
Parenting Practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican Mothers
This study presents descriptive qualitative data about Latino parenting practices in an urban context. Focus groups were conducted with Dominican and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent pairs in the Bronx borough of NewYork City. When parenting style typologies are integrated with the Latino cultural components familismo, respeto, personalismo, and simpatía, Latino parenting practices and their underlying styles are better understood. Content analysis…
A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors
Journal Article A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Risk and Problem Behaviors: The Case of Adolescent Sexual Behavior Get access Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD associate professor School of Social Work, Columbia University, New YorkSchool of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Mother-Adolescent Communication About Tobacco Use in Urban Puerto Rican and Dominican Families
Research on parent-adolescent communication about cigarette smoking in Latino families remains relatively scarce. This dearth of information is worrisome given the high rates of tobacco use among Latino adolescents and the large burden borne by adult Latinos in smoking-related morbidity and mortality. This study presents qualitative data on parent-adolescent communication about cigarette smoking in a sample of urban Latino families. The authors c…
A Systematic Review of Parental Influences on the Health and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth
Group Differences in Risk Across Three Domains Using an Expanded Measure of Sexual Orientation
Daily Participation in Sports and Students' Sexual Activity
Students as young as middle school age who participate in sports daily may have an elevated risk for STDs and pregnancy. Health professionals should counsel middle school athletes about sexual risk reduction, given that young students may find it particularly difficult to obtain contraceptives, STD testing and prevention counseling
The Linking Lives Health Education Program
Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of a parent-based add-on component to a school-based intervention to prevent cigarette smoking among African American and Latino middle school youths. Methods. Mother–adolescent dyads (n = 1386) were randomly assigned to 2 groups: (1) a school-based smoking-prevention intervention or (2) the same intervention with a parent-based add-on component called Raising Smoke-Free Kids. Mothers in the experimental…
Parenting Predictors of Early-Adolescents’ Health Behaviors
A Comparative Study of Interventions for Delaying The Initiation of Sexual Intercourse Among Latino And Black Youth
The proportions of adolescents who initiated intercourse during the study period were not significantly different across groups, implying that the interventions were comparable. Findings suggest that FTT may have led to improved parenting behaviors
An Integrated Framework for the Analysis of Adolescent Cigarette Smoking in Middle School Latino Youth
A framework based on five major theories of health behavior was used to identify the correlates of adolescent cigarette smoking. The framework emphasizes intentions to smoke cigarettes, factors that influence these intentions, and factors that moderate the intention-behavior relationship. Five hundred sixteen randomly selected Latino middle school youth in New York completed self-administered questionnaires. Adolescents reported their intentions …
Paternal Influences on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviors
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To date, most parent-based research has neglected the role of fathers in shaping adolescent sexual behavior and has focused on mothers. The objective of this study was to conduct a structured review to assess the role of paternal influence on adolescent sexual behavior and to assess the methodological quality of the paternal influence literature related to adolescent sexual behavior. METHODS: We searched electronic datab…
Preventing Rapid Repeat Births Among Latina Adolescents
Latina adolescent parents are at increased risk for rapid repeat births (second birth ≤ 24 months after the first), sexually transmitted infections, and negative educational and social outcomes. Although several effective parent-based interventions have been developed to prevent Latino youths’ sexual risk taking, little research has explored the development of interventions to prevent repeat births that involve the parents of these adolescents. E…
Social Competence in Late Elementary School
Parental and Peer Factors Associated with Body Image Discrepancy among Fifth-Grade Boys and Girls
Psychology (24 obras) · Medicine (22 obras) · Developmental psychology (19 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (18 obras) · Population (12 obras) · Clinical Psychology (11 obras) · Environmental health (11 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Public health (11 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 obras)