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D-Index
58
Citations
12985
World Ranking
1651
National Ranking
785

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Claire D. Brindis is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. The primary fields of study encompass Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas, notably:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies

Frequent co-authors in research collaborations include Martha J. Decker, Jason M. Nagata, Alexander Testa, Annette Gardner, and Kyle T. Ganson.

Publications are concentrated in several key venues:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Academic Pediatrics
  • Contraception
  • The Lancet
  • Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Young Adult Perspectives on COVID-19 Vaccinations," 2021, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Medical Vulnerability of Young Adults to Severe COVID-19 Illness-Data From the National Health Interview Survey," 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Young Adult Anxiety or Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health Service Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2022, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Development and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults," 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Perspectives on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Strategies in the United States: Looking Back, Looking Forward," 2020, Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics

Claire D. Brindis has published books with Stanford University Press eBooks and Rutgers University Press. These include:

  • "Advocacy and Policy Change Evaluation," 2020
  • "Health Issues in Latino Males," 2020

An award received by the scientist is membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), granted in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Public health: The toxic truth about sugar

    Robert H. Lustig;Laura A. Schmidt;Claire D. Brindis

  • The Health Status of Young Adults in the United States

    M. Jane Park;Tina Paul Mulye;Sally H. Adams;Claire D. Brindis

  • Trends in adolescent and young adult health in the United States

    Tina Paul Mulye;M. Jane Park;Chelsea D. Nelson;Sally H. Adams

  • THE ROLE OF MEDIA VIOLENCE IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Laramie D. Taylor

  • Disparities in adolescent health and health care: does socioeconomic status matter?

    Paul W. Newacheck;Yun Yi Hung;M. Jane Park;Claire D. Brindis

  • Neighborhood Context and Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

    Catherine Cubbin;John Santelli;Claire D. Brindis;Paula Braveman

  • Adolescent and young adult health in the United States in the past decade: little improvement and young adults remain worse off than adolescents

    M. Jane Park;Jazmyn T. Scott;Sally H. Adams;Claire D. Brindis

  • School-based health centers in an era of health care reform: building on history.

    Victoria Keeton;Samira Soleimanpour;Claire D. Brindis

  • Adolescent health insurance coverage: recent changes and access to care.

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  • Acculturation and the Sexual and Reproductive Health Of Latino Youth in the United States: A Literature Review

    Aimee Afable-Munsuz;Claire D. Brindis

  • The associations between immigrant status and risk-behavior patterns in Latino adolescents

    Claire Brindis;Amy L. Wolfe;Virginia McCarter;Shelly Ball

  • Adolescent Latino Reproductive Health: A Review of the Literature

    Anne K. Driscoll;M. Antonia Biggs;Claire D. Brindis;Ekua Yankah

  • The Protective Role of Social Capital and Cultural Norms in Latino Communities: A Study of Adolescent Births

    Jill Denner;Douglas Kirby;Karin Coyle;Claire Brindis

  • Extrinsic Barriers to Substance Abuse Treatment among Pregnant Drug Dependent Women

    Martha A. Jessup;Janice C. Humphreys;Claire D. Brindis;Kathryn A. Lee

  • "There is no help out there and if there is, it's really hard to find": a qualitative study of the health concerns and health care access of Latino "DREAMers".

    Marissa Raymond-Flesch;Rachel Siemons;Nadereh Pourat;Ken Jacobs

  • Assessing youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services: a systematic review.

    Amanda Mazur;Claire D. Brindis;Martha J. Decker

  • Chronic Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, Academic Achievement, and School-Based Health Center Mental Health Services.

    Satu Larson;Susan Chapman;Joanne Spetz;Claire D. Brindis;Claire D. Brindis

  • Finding Teens in TheirSpace: Using Social Networking Sites to Connect Youth to Sexual Health Services

    Lauren J. Ralph;Nancy F. Berglas;Sarah L. Schwartz;Claire D. Brindis

  • School-based health centers: accessibility and accountability

    Claire D Brindis;Jonathan Klein;John Schlitt;John Santelli

  • The Role of School Health Centers in Health Care Access and Client Outcomes

    Samira Soleimanpour;Sara P. Geierstanger;Shelly Kaller;Virginia McCarter

  • Fulfilling the Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth.

    Richard J. Bonnie;Emily P. Backes;Margarita Alegria;Angela Diaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles E. Irwin
Charles E. Irwin University of California, San Francisco
Neal Halfon
Neal Halfon University of California, Los Angeles
Jane Pirkis
Jane Pirkis University of Melbourne
Lance M. Pollack
Lance M. Pollack University of California, San Francisco
Laura A. Schmidt
Laura A. Schmidt University of California, San Francisco
Robert W. Blum
Robert W. Blum Johns Hopkins University
Sylvia Guendelman
Sylvia Guendelman University of California, Berkeley
Joanne Spetz
Joanne Spetz University of California, San Francisco
Sandra J. Weiss
Sandra J. Weiss University of California, San Francisco
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota

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