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Overview

Patricia Dittus is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on health professions, psychology, and medicine, with particular attention to adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Their work spans various subfields including general health professions, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, infectious diseases, and health. The topics covered in their research include:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Sex work and related issues
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Dittus has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • MMWR Supplements
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • UNC Libraries
  • PEDIATRICS

Selected recent publications by Dittus and colleagues are:

  • "Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - United States, 2019" (2020), MMWR Supplements
  • "Mental Health, Suicidality, and Connectedness Among High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, United States, January-June 2021" (2022), MMWR Supplements
  • "A Triadic Intervention for Adolescent Sexual Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial" (2020), PEDIATRICS
  • "Sexual History Taking in Clinical Settings: A Narrative Review" (2020), Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • "Parental Monitoring and Risk Behaviors and Experiences Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021" (2023), MMWR Supplements

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marci Hertz
  • Kathleen A. Ethier
  • Jingjing Li
  • Jorge Verlenden
  • Sherry Everett Jones

Best Publications

  • Maternal Correlates of Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior

    James Jaccard;Patricia J. Dittus;Vivian V. Gordon

  • Mental Health, Suicidality, and Connectedness Among High School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey, United States, January–June 2021

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  • Adolescents' perceptions of maternal disapproval of sex: relationship to sexual outcomes.

    Patricia J Dittus;James Jaccard

  • Parent-Adolescent Congruency in Reports of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and in Communications about Sexual Behavior

    James Jaccard;Patricia J. Dittus;Vivian V. Gordon

  • Parent-adolescent communication about sex and birth control: a conceptual framework.

    James Jaccard;Tonya Dodge;Patricia Dittus

  • Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Incidence of HIV, STD, and Pregnancy Among Adolescents: A Decade in Review

    Leah Robin;Patricia Dittus;Daniel Whitaker;Richard Crosby

  • Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System — United States, 2019

    J Michael Underwood;Nancy Brener;Jemekia Thornton;William A Harris

  • Sexual and reproductive health of persons aged 10-24 years - United States, 2002-2007.

    Lorrie Gavin;Andrea P MacKay;Kathryn Brown;Sara Harrier

  • Parent-Teen Communication about Premarital Sex Factors Associated With the Extent of Communication

    James Jaccard;Patricia J. Dittus;Vivian V. Gordon

  • Parenting Practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican Mothers

    Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;Patricia Dittus;James Jaccard;Margaret Johansson

  • A Systematic Review of Parental Influences on the Health and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth: Time for a New Public Health Research and Practice Agenda

    Alida Bouris;Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;Angela Pickard;Chengshi Shiu

  • Parental Expertise, Trustworthiness, and Accessibility: Parent‐Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Risk Behavior

    Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;James Jaccard;Patricia Dittus;Alida M. Bouris

  • Do adolescents want to avoid pregnancy? Attitudes toward pregnancy as predictors of pregnancy.

    James Jaccard;Tonya Dodge;Patricia Dittus

  • Paternal influences on adolescent sexual risk behaviors: a structured literature review.

    Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;Alida Bouris;Jane Lee;Katharine McCarthy

  • Parental monitoring and its associations with adolescent sexual risk behavior: a meta-analysis

    Patricia J. Dittus;Shannon L. Michael;Jeffrey S. Becasen;Kari M. Gloppen

  • Parent-adolescent communication about sexual intercourse: An analysis of maternal reluctance to communicate.

    Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;James Jaccard;Patricia Dittus;Sarah Collins

  • Adolescent perceptions of maternal approval of birth control and sexual risk behavior.

    James Jaccard;Patricia J. Dittus

  • The Content and Process of Mother—Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families

    Vincent Guilamo-Ramos;Patricia Dittus;James Jaccard;Vincent Goldberg

  • Why parents matter!: The conceptual basis for a community-based HIV prevention program for the parents of African American youth.

    Patricia Dittus;Kim S. Miller;Beth A. Kotchick;Rex Forehand;Rex Forehand

  • The Impact of African American Fathers on Adolescent Sexual Behavior

    Patricia J. Dittus;James Jaccard;Vivian V. Gordon

  • Adolescent Connectedness and Adult Health Outcomes

    Riley J. Steiner;Ganna Sheremenko;Catherine Lesesne;Patricia J. Dittus

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Maternal Communication with Preadolescents about Age-Relevant Sexual Topics

    Kim S. Miller;Amy M. Fasula;Patricia Dittus;Ryan E. Wiegand

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos Duke University
James Jaccard
James Jaccard New York University
Noel T. Brewer
Noel T. Brewer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nancy D. Brener
Nancy D. Brener Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Luisa Franzini
Luisa Franzini University of Maryland, College Park
Michael Windle
Michael Windle Emory University
Rex Forehand
Rex Forehand University of Vermont
David E. Kanouse
David E. Kanouse RAND Corporation
Jan L. Wallander
Jan L. Wallander University of California, Merced
Daniel J. Whitaker
Daniel J. Whitaker Georgia State University

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