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Thomas W. Valente is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans primarily the social sciences and medicine, with a focus on areas such as general health professions, sociology and political science, health, physiology, and organizational behavior and human resource management.

Their recent notable research papers include:

  • Diffusion/Contagion Processes on Social Networks, 2020, published in Health Education & Behavior
  • A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase PrEP Uptake for HIV Prevention: 55-Week Results From PrEPChicago, 2020, published in JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Algorithms and Health Misinformation: A Case Study of Vaccine Books on Amazon, 2020, published in Journal of Health Communication
  • Human-centered design as a guide to intervention planning for non-communicable diseases: the BIGPIC study from Western Kenya, 2020, published in BMC Health Services Research
  • Group Medical Visit and Microfinance Intervention for Patients With Diabetes or Hypertension in Kenya, 2021, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Their collaborative work frequently involves coauthors such as Sarah E. Piombo, Katie M. Edwards, Emily A. Waterman, Victoria L. Banyard, and Violet Naanyu.

Valente's publications often appear in venues including:

  • BMC Health Services Research
  • BMC Public Health
  • American Journal of Community Psychology
  • Health Education & Behavior
  • Connections

The main topics present in Valente's research comprise:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Community Health and Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social Media and Politics

Valente's work integrates social network analysis within public health contexts, addressing patterns of diffusion and contagion processes. There is notable attention to the impacts of misinformation, behavioral health, and community health strategies. Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates aspects of physiology and organizational behavior alongside sociopolitical dimensions of health.

Best Publications

  • Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations

    Thomas W. Valente

  • Social network thresholds in the diffusion of innovations

    Thomas W. Valente

  • Opinion Leadership and Social Contagion in New Product Diffusion

    Raghuram Iyengar;Christophe Van den Bulte;Thomas W. Valente

  • Social Networks and Health: Models, Methods, and Applications

    Thomas W. Valente

  • Identifying Opinion Leaders to Promote Behavior Change

    Thomas W Valente;Patchareeya Pumpuang

  • Accelerating the Diffusion of Innovations Using Opinion Leaders

    Thomas W. Valente;Rebecca L. Davis

  • The stability of centrality measures when networks are sampled

    Elizabeth Costenbader;Thomas W Valente

  • Social Networks and Health

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  • Peers, schools, and adolescent cigarette smoking

    Cheryl Alexander;Marina Piazza;Debra Mekos;Thomas Valente

  • Peer influences: the impact of online and offline friendship networks on adolescent smoking and alcohol use.

    Grace C. Huang;Jennifer B. Unger;Daniel Soto;Kayo Fujimoto

  • Social network predictors of bullying and victimization.

    Michele Mouttapa;Tom Valente;Peggy Gallaher;Louise Ann Rohrbach

  • Type II Translation: Transporting Prevention Interventions From Research to Real-World Settings.

    Louise A. Rohrbach;Rachel Grana;Steve Sussman;Thomas W. Valente

  • Effects of a social-network method for group assignment strategies on peer-led tobacco prevention programs in schools

    Thomas W. Valente;Beth R. Hoffman;Annamara Ritt-Olson;Kara Lichtman

  • Using Social Networks to Understand and Prevent Substance Use: A Transdisciplinary Perspective

    Thomas W. Valente;Peggy Gallaher;Michele Mouttapa

  • Social network associations with contraceptive use among Cameroonian women in voluntary associations.

    Thomas W. Valente;Susan C. Watkins;Miriam N. Jato;Ariane Van Der Straten

  • Social Network Analysis for Program Implementation

    Thomas W. Valente;Lawrence A. Palinkas;Sara Czaja;Kar Hai Chu

  • Translation in the health professions: converting science into action.

    Steve Sussman;Thomas W. Valente;Louise A. Rohrbach;Silvana Skara

  • Peer Influences on Adolescent Cigarette Smoking: A Theoretical Review of the Literature

    Beth R Hoffman;Steve Sussman;Jennifer B Unger;Thomas W Valente

  • Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Ruth F. Hunter;Kayla de la Haye;Jennifer M. Murray;Jennifer Badham

  • Adolescent affiliations and adiposity: a social network analysis of friendships and obesity.

    Thomas W. Valente;Kayo Fujimoto;Chih Ping Chou;Donna Spruijt-Metz

  • Peer acceleration: effects of a social network tailored substance abuse prevention program among high-risk adolescents.

    Thomas W. Valente;Anamara Ritt-Olson;Alan W. Stacy;Jennifer B. Unger

  • A Pilot School-Based Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Intervention Improves Diet, Food Knowledge, and Self-Efficacy for Native Canadian Children

    Brit I. Saksvig;Joel Gittelsohn;Stewart B. Harris;Anthony J. G. Hanley

  • Opinion Leadership and Social Contagion in New Product Diffusion

    Raghuram Iyengar;Thomas Valente;Christophe Van den Bulte

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California
C. Anderson Johnson
C. Anderson Johnson Claremont Graduate University
Daniel W. Soto
Daniel W. Soto University of Southern California
Sara J. Czaja
Sara J. Czaja Cornell University
J. Douglas Coatsworth
J. Douglas Coatsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
Michael J. Mason
Michael J. Mason University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Peter A. Wyman
Peter A. Wyman University of Rochester

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