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Denise Dion Hallfors is affiliated with the Pacific Institute For Research and Evaluation in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to adolescent sexual and reproductive health, poverty, education, and child welfare, as well as HIV/AIDS impact and responses.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine and Health Professions, with a distinct emphasis on subfields such as General Health Professions, Safety Research, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Frequent publication venues for their work include UNC Libraries, where the majority of publications have appeared, alongside contributions to the Journal of Medical Ethics and Public Health Ethics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Denise Dion Hallfors include:

  • Ethics of pursuing targets in public health: the case of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV-prevention programs in Kenya, 2020, Journal of Medical Ethics
  • The Ethics of Stigma in Medical Male Circumcision Initiatives Involving Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2021, Public Health Ethics
  • Keeping Adolescent Orphans in School to Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Evaluation of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Serological Tests for Use With Dried Blood Spots in Kenya, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Use of HIV and HSV-2 Biomarkers in Sub-Saharan Adolescent Prevention Research: A Comparison of Two Approaches, 2020, UNC Libraries

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hyunsan Cho
  • Winnie K. Luseno
  • Carolyn Tucker Halpern
  • Bonita J. Iritani
  • Isabella Mbai

Denise Dion Hallfors' research encompasses multiple core topics:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Genital Health and Disease
  • Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Best Publications

  • Adolescent depression and suicide risk: association with sex and drug behavior.

    Denise Dion Hallfors;Martha W. Waller;Carol A. Ford;Carolyn Tucker Halpern

  • Sexual and drug behavior patterns and HIV and STD racial disparities: the need for new directions.

    Denise Dion Hallfors;Bonita J. Iritani;William C. Miller;Daniel J. Bauer

  • Which Comes First in Adolescence—Sex and Drugs or Depression?

    Denise D. Hallfors;Martha W. Waller;Daniel J Bauer;Carol A. Ford

  • Truancy, grade point average, and sexual activity: a meta-analysis of risk indicators for youth substance use.

    Denise Hallfors;Jack L. Vevea;Bonita Iritani;HyunSan Cho

  • Will the `Principles of Effectiveness' improve prevention practice? Early findings from a diffusion study

    D. Hallfors;D. Godette

  • Prevalence and correlates of exchanging sex for drugs or money among adolescents in the United States

    Jessica M Edwards;Bonita J Iritani;Denise Dion Hallfors

  • Fighting back against substance abuse: are community coalitions winning?

    Denise Hallfors;Hyunsan Cho;David Livert;Charles Kadushin

  • Evaluation of a high school peer group intervention for at-risk youth

    Hyunsan Cho;Denise Dion Hallfors;Victoria Sánchez

  • Measuring perceptions of innovation adoption: the diffusion of a federal drug prevention policy

    M. Pankratz;D. Hallfors;H. Cho

  • Supporting Adolescent Orphan Girls to Stay in School as HIV Risk Prevention: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial in Zimbabwe

    Denise Hallfors;Hyunsan Cho;Simbarashe Rusakaniko;Bonita J. Iritani

  • Evaluating Group-Based Interventions When Control Participants Are Ungrouped

    Daniel J. Bauer;Sonya K. Sterba;Denise Dion Hallfors

  • Gender differences in associations between depressive symptoms and patterns of substance use and risky sexual behavior among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents

    M. W. Waller;D. D. Hallfors;C. T. Halpern;B. J. Iritani

  • “Sending the Wrong Message”: Did Medical Marijuana Legalization in California Change Attitudes about and use of Marijuana?

    Shereen Khatapoush;Denise Hallfors

  • Adolescent Predictors of Emerging Adult Sexual Patterns

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Martha W. Waller;Aubrey Spriggs;Denise Dion Hallfors

  • Feasibility of screening adolescents for suicide risk in real-world high school settings

    Denise Hallfors;Paul H. Brodish;Shereen Khatapoush;Victoria Sanchez

  • Crystal methamphetamine use among young adults in the USA.

    Bonita J. Iritani;Denise Dion Hallfors;Daniel J. Bauer

  • Implications of racial and gender differences in patterns of adolescent risk behavior for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Denise Hallfors;Daniel J. Bauer;Bonita Iritani

  • Early initiation of substance use and subsequent risk factors related to suicide among urban high school students.

    Hyunsan Cho;Denise Dion Hallfors;Bonita J. Iritani

  • A comparison of paper vs computer-assisted self interview for school alcohol, tobacco, and other drug surveys

    Denise Hallfors;Shereen Khatapoush;Charles Kadushin;Kim Watson

  • Perceived Physical Maturity, Age of Romantic Partner, and Adolescent Risk Behavior

    Carolyn Tucker Halpern;Christine E. Kaestle;Denise Dion Hallfors

Frequent Co-Authors

Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel J. Bauer
Daniel J. Bauer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allan Steckler
Allan Steckler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elias Mpofu
Elias Mpofu University of North Texas
Carol A. Ford
Carol A. Ford Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Guang Guo
Guang Guo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Suzanne Maman
Suzanne Maman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles Kadushin
Charles Kadushin Brandeis University
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
William B. Hansen
William B. Hansen University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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