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3931
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1864

Overview

Susan R. Tortolero is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, psychology, and health professions, with significant attention to various subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, clinical psychology, pharmacology, and social psychology.

The main topics studied by Susan R. Tortolero cover multiple areas related to health and behavior, including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Coffee Research and Impacts
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception

The scientist has published several papers, including:

  • Soft Drink Consumption and Mental Health in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Examination, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Analysis of Reported Health Care Use by Sexual Orientation Among Youth, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • The Relationship Between Forced Sexual Intercourse and Contraceptive Use Among Sexually Active High School Students in the United States, 2025, Journal of Adolescent Health

Frequent co-authors with whom Susan R. Tortolero has collaborated include:

  • Marc N. Elliott
  • Mark A. Schuster
  • Sylvie Mrug
  • LaRita C. Jones
  • Melissa F. Peskin

Publication venues where this scientist frequently publishes are:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • JAMA Network Open

Best Publications

  • Influences of physical and social neighborhood environments on children's physical activity and obesity

    Luisa Franzini;Marc N. Elliott;Marc N. Elliott;Paula Cuccaro;Mark A. Schuster

  • Impact of the Media on Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors

    S. Liliana Escobar-Chaves;Susan R. Tortolero;Christine M. Markham;Barbara J. Low

  • It's Your Game: Keep It Real: delaying sexual behavior with an effective middle school program.

    Susan R. Tortolero;Christine M. Markham;Melissa Fleschler Peskin;Ross Shegog

  • Bullying and victimization among Black and Hispanic adolescents

    Melissa Fleschler Peskin;Susan R. Tortolero;Christine M. Markham

  • Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Among Fifth-Grade Students and Its Association With Mental Health

    Tumaini R. Coker;Marc N. Elliott;David E. Kanouse;Jo Anne Grunbaum

  • Importance of gender and attitudes about violence in the relationship between exposure to interparental violence and the perpetration of teen dating violence.

    Jeffrey R. Temple;Ryan C. Shorey;Susan R. Tortolero;David A. Wolfe

  • Neighborhood characteristics favorable to outdoor physical activity: disparities by socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition.

    Luisa Franzini;Wendell Taylor;Marc N. Elliott;Paula Cuccaro

  • Measuring physical activity in midlife, older, and minority women: issues from an expert panel.

    Louise C. Mâsse;Barbara E. Ainsworth;Susan Tortolero;Sarah Levin

  • 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

  • Healthy passages. A multilevel, multimethod longitudinal study of adolescent health.

    Michael Windle;Jo Anne Grunbaum;Marc N. Elliott;Susan R. Tortolero

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

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

  • Occupational exposures associated with work-related asthma and work-related wheezing among U.S. workers.

    Ahmed A. Arif;George L. Delclos;Lawrence W. Whitehead;Susan R. Tortolero

  • Family connectedness and sexual risk-taking among urban youth attending alternative high schools.

    Christine M. Markham;Susan R. Tortolero;S. Liliana Escobar-Chaves;Guy S. Parcel

  • Sexual risk avoidance and sexual risk reduction interventions for middle school youth: a randomized controlled trial.

    Christine M. Markham;Susan R. Tortolero;Melissa Fleschler Peskin;Ross Shegog

  • Acculturation, ethnic identity, and dating violence among Latino ninth-grade students

    Maureen Sanderson;Ann L Coker;Robert E Roberts;Susan R Tortolero

  • Cultural, social, and intrapersonal factors associated with substance use among alternative high school students.

    Jo Anne Grunbaum;Susan Tortolero;Nancy Weller;Phyllis Gingiss

  • Prevalence and patterns of sexting among ethnic minority urban high school students

    Melissa Fleschler Peskin;Christine M. Markham;Robert C. Addy;Ross Shegog

  • Positive parenting and early puberty in girls: protective effects against aggressive behavior.

    Sylvie Mrug;Marc N. Elliott;M. Janice Gilliland;Jo Anne Grunbaum

  • Prevalence and risk factors of work related asthma by industry among United States workers: data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (1988-94).

    A A Arif;L W Whitehead;G L Delclos;S R Tortolero

  • Summary Measures of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome Are Adverse Among Mexican-American Versus Non-Hispanic White Children The Corpus Christi Child Heart Study

    Lyn Steffen Batey;David C. Goff;Susan R. Tortolero;Milton Z. Nichaman

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Markham
Christine Markham The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Marc N. Elliott
Marc N. Elliott RAND Corporation
Jan L. Wallander
Jan L. Wallander University of California, Merced
Sylvie Mrug
Sylvie Mrug University of Alabama at Birmingham
Steven H. Kelder
Steven H. Kelder The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Susan L. Davies
Susan L. Davies University of Alabama at Birmingham
Louise C. Mâsse
Louise C. Mâsse University of British Columbia
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
David E. Kanouse
David E. Kanouse RAND Corporation
Guy S. Parcel
Guy S. Parcel The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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