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Susan L. Davies is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Health Professions, Medicine, and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Health, and Gender Studies.

The primary topics covered by their work include:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers addressing adolescent health, sexuality, and public health issues. Notable publications include:

  • "Adolescents' perceptions of sexual health education programs: An integrative review" (2020) published in the Journal of Adolescence
  • "Neighborhood Disorder, Family Functioning, and Risky Sexual Behaviors in Adolescence" (2020) published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • "Analysis of Reported Health Care Use by Sexual Orientation Among Youth" (2021) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "School Social Capital and Tobacco Experimentation Among Adolescents: Evidence From a Cross-Classified Multilevel, Longitudinal Analysis" (2020) published in the Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Parents' Acceptance of COVID-19 Compared to Human Papillomavirus Vaccines" (2022) published in the Journal of Adolescent Health

Frequent publication venues for these works include:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • JAMA Network Open

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, some with multiple joint publications, including:

  • Marc N. Elliott
  • Mark A. Schuster
  • Jessica Corcoran
  • Candace C. Knight
  • Robin Gaines Lanzi

Best Publications

  • Parental Monitoring: Association With Adolescents' Risk Behaviors

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Richard Crosby;Catlainn Sionean

  • Efficacy of an HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Adolescent Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Kathy F. Harrington;Delia L. Lang

  • Parent-adolescent communication and sexual risk behaviors among African American adolescent females.

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Gina M. Wingood;Richard Crosby;Richard Crosby;Brenda K. Cobb;Brenda K. Cobb

  • Religiosity and risky sexual behavior in African-American adolescent females

    Donna Hubbard McCree;Gina M Wingood;Ralph DiClemente;Susan Davies

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment

    Tumaini R. Coker;Tumaini R. Coker;Marc N. Elliott;Sara L. Toomey;David C. Schwebel

  • A Prospective Study of Exposure to Rap Music Videos and African American Female Adolescents’ Health

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Jay Michael Bernhardt;Kathy Harrington

  • A prospective study of psychological distress and sexual risk behavior among black adolescent females.

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Richard A. Crosby;Catlainn Sionean

  • Dating Violence and the Sexual Health of Black Adolescent Females

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Donna Hubbard McCree;Kathy Harrington

  • A randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV transmission risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases among women living with HIV: The WiLLOW Program.

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Isis Mikhail;Delia L. Lang

  • Sexual risk behaviors associated with having older sex partners: a study of Black adolescent females.

    Ralph J. Diclemente;Gina M. Wingood;Richard A. Crosby;Catlainn Sionean

  • Racial Disparities in HIV Virologic Failure: Do Missed Visits Matter?

    Michael J. Mugavero;Hui Yi Lin;Jeroan J. Allison;Thomas P. Giordano

  • Relationships between parenting styles and risk behaviors in adolescent health: an integrative literature review

    Kathy Newman;Lynda Harrison;Carol Dashiff;Susan Davies

  • Self-concept and adolescents' refusal of unprotected sex: a test of mediating mechanisms among African American girls.

    Laura F. Salazar;Ralph J. Diclemente;Gina M. Wingood;Richard A. Crosby

  • Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in Tenth Grade

    Laura M. Bogart;Laura M. Bogart;Marc N. Elliott;David J. Klein;David J. Klein;Susan R. Tortolero

  • Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities among Fifth-Graders in Three Cities

    Mark A. Schuster;Marc N. Elliott;David E. Kanouse;Jan L. Wallander

  • HIV Discrimination and the Health of Women Living with HIV

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Isis Mikhail;Donna Hubbard McCree

  • Early Puberty, Negative Peer Influence, and Problem Behaviors in Adolescent Girls

    Sylvie Mrug;Marc N. Elliott;Susan L. Davies;Susan R. Tortolero

  • Self-Esteem and Theoretical Mediators of Safer Sex Among African American Female Adolescents: Implications for Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions:

    Laura F. Salazar;Richard A. Crosby;Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood

  • Body Image and African American Females' Sexual Health

    Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente;Kathy Harrington;Susan L. Davies

  • Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of refusing unwanted sex among African-American adolescent females

    Catlainn Sionéan;Ralph J DiClemente;Gina M Wingood;Richard Crosby

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph J. DiClemente
Ralph J. DiClemente New York University
Gina M. Wingood
Gina M. Wingood Columbia University
Richard A. Crosby
Richard A. Crosby University of Kentucky
Edward W. Hook
Edward W. Hook University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marc N. Elliott
Marc N. Elliott RAND Corporation
Susan R. Tortolero
Susan R. Tortolero The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Robert D. Kerns
Robert D. Kerns Yale University
David E. Kanouse
David E. Kanouse RAND Corporation
Janet M. Turan
Janet M. Turan University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sylvie Mrug
Sylvie Mrug University of Alabama at Birmingham

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