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Sion Kim Harris is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and psychology, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, general health professions, epidemiology, applied psychology, and pharmacology.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Their publication record features research published extensively in venues such as the Journal of Adolescent Health, Substance Abuse, JMIR Research Protocols, PLoS ONE, and BMJ Open. Notably, the Journal of Adolescent Health contains the largest number of their publications.

Sample recent papers authored or coauthored by Sion Kim Harris include:

  • "Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges" (2020) - Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Longitudinal effects of gender minority stressors on substance use and related risk and protective factors among gender minority adolescents" (2021) - PLoS ONE
  • "GROW Zambia: A pilot cluster-randomized trial of a spiritually-based character strengths training curriculum to enhance resilience among Zambian youth" (2021) - The Journal of Positive Psychology
  • "Pediatric Primary Care Provider Perspectives on a Computer-Facilitated Screening and Brief Intervention System for Adolescent Substance Use" (2020) - Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Development and pilot testing of a counseling-plus-mHealth intervention to reduce risk for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection in young women with depression" (2020) - mHealth

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sion Kim Harris include Lydia A. Shrier, M. O'Connell, Pamela J. Burke, Jennifer T. Sneider, and Marisa M. Silveri.

Best Publications

  • Validity of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test among adolescent clinic patients.

    John R. Knight;Lon Sherritt;Lydia A. Shrier;Sion Kim Harris

  • Validity of brief alcohol screening tests among adolescents: a comparison of the AUDIT, POSIT, CAGE, and CRAFFT.

    John R. Knight;Lon Sherritt;Lon Sherritt;Sion Kim Harris;Elizabeth C. Gates

  • Associations of depression, self-esteem, and substance use with sexual risk among adolescents.

    Lydia A. Shrier;Sion Kim Harris;Maya Sternberg;William R. Beardslee

  • Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): reliability and relationship with physical activity.

    Dori Rosenberg;Ding Ding;James F. Sallis;Jacqueline Kerr;Jacqueline Kerr

  • Association of adolescent risk behaviors with mental health symptoms in high school students.

    Traci L Brooks;Sion Kim Harris;Jeannie S Thrall;Elizabeth R Woods

  • State Behavioral Scale: a sedation assessment instrument for infants and young children supported on mechanical ventilation.

    Martha A. Q. Curley;Sion Kim Harris;Karen A. Fraser;Rita A. Johnson

  • The Withdrawal Assessment Tool-1 (WAT-1): an assessment instrument for monitoring opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in pediatric patients.

    Linda S. Franck;Sion Kim Harris;Deborah J. Soetenga;June K. Amling

  • Community Food Environment, Home Food Environment, and Fruit and Vegetable Intake of Children and Adolescents

    Ding Ding;Ding Ding;James F. Sallis;Gregory J. Norman;Brian E. Saelens

  • Substance use problems and associated psychiatric symptoms among adolescents in primary care.

    Lydia A. Shrier;Sion K. Harris;Martha Kurland;John R. Knight

  • Longitudinal Study of Depressive Symptoms and Social Support in Adolescent Mothers

    Joanna D. Brown;Sion Kim Harris;Elizabeth R. Woods;Matthew P. Buman

  • Temporal associations between depressive symptoms and self-reported sexually transmitted disease among adolescents.

    Lydia A. Shrier;Sion Kim Harris;William R. Beardslee

  • The "Six T's": barriers to screening teens for substance abuse in primary care.

    Shari Van Hook;Shari Van Hook;Sion Kim Harris;Sion Kim Harris;Traci Brooks;Peggy Carey

  • Reliability and validity of the brief multidimensional measure of religiousness/spirituality among adolescents.

    Sion Kim Harris;Sion Kim Harris;Lon R. Sherritt;Lon R. Sherritt;David W. Holder;David W. Holder;John Kulig;John Kulig

  • Research on Clinical Preventive Services for Adolescents and Young Adults: Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go?

    Sion K. Harris;Sion K. Harris;Matthew C. Aalsma;Elissa R. Weitzman;Elissa R. Weitzman;Diego Garcia-Huidobro;Diego Garcia-Huidobro

  • Computer-Facilitated Substance Use Screening and Brief Advice for Teens in Primary Care: An International Trial

    Sion Kim Harris;Ladislav Csémy;Lon Sherritt;Olga Starostova

  • Relation of school environment and policy to adolescent physical activity.

    Nefertiti Durant;Sion K. Harris;Stephanie Doyle;Sharina Person

  • Test-retest reliability of adolescents' self-report of substance use.

    Sharon Levy;Lon Sherritt;Lon Sherritt;Sion Kim Harris;Elizabeth C. Gates;Elizabeth C. Gates

  • Validation of the Individualized Numeric Rating Scale (INRS): A pain assessment tool for nonverbal children with intellectual disability

    Jean C. Solodiuk;Jennifer Scott-Sutherland;Margie Meyers;Beth Myette

  • Reliability and validity of destination-specific barriers to walking and cycling for youth.

    Holly Forman;Jacqueline Kerr;Jacqueline Kerr;Gregory J. Norman;Brian E. Saelens

  • A simulator-based tool that assesses pediatric resident resuscitation competency.

    Marisa B Brett-Fleegler;Robert J Vinci;Debra L Weiner;Sion Kim Harris

  • Brief scales to assess physical activity and sedentary equipment in the home

    Dori E Rosenberg;James F Sallis;Jacqueline Kerr;Jason Maher

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Knight
John R. Knight Boston Children's Hospital
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Elissa R. Weitzman
Elissa R. Weitzman Boston Children's Hospital
S. Bryn Austin
S. Bryn Austin Harvard University
Emily C. Williams
Emily C. Williams University of Washington
Shruti H. Mehta
Shruti H. Mehta Johns Hopkins University
Nathan B. Hansen
Nathan B. Hansen University of Georgia
Conall O’Cleirigh
Conall O’Cleirigh Harvard University
Carolyn A. McCarty
Carolyn A. McCarty Seattle Children's Hospital

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