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Presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP), and the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

 

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Session 1:

Taking Stock: Epidemiologic Overview with a special focus on High Risk Populations (e.g. Latinos)

Session 5:

Implementation Research: Translating Science into Practice

Session 2:

Roots and Wings: Childhood Development/Building Strengths

Session 6:

World of Teens: Engaging and Involving Parents

Session 3:

Roots and Wings: Sexual Maturation
and the Brain

Session 7:

World of Teens: Romantic/Intimate Relationships

Session 4:

Roots and Wings: Child Abuse
and Neglect

Session 8:

World of Teens: Media and Sexual Behavior

 

Session One:
Taking Stock: Epidemiologic Overview with a special focus on High Risk Populations (e.g. Latinos)

Presenters:
Diane Green, Ph.D., MPH
Health Scientist, Adolescent Reproductive Health Team, Division of Reproductive Health, CDC

  • Abstract (PDF) - abstract to be posted
  • Presentation (PDF PowerPoint) - PDF PowerPoint to be posted

Roberto Suro
Director, Pew Hispanic Center

  • Abstract (PDF) - abstract to be posted
  • Presentation (PowerPoint)

Wilhelmina A. Leigh, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

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Session Two:
Roots and Wings: Childhood Development/Building Strengths

Presenter:
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Virginia & Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and
Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Anne Martin, DrPH., Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Children and Families Teachers College, Columbia University


Reactor:
Kristin Moore, Ph.D., Senior Scholar, Child Trends, Inc.

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Session Three:
Roots and Wings: Sexual Maturation and the Brain

Presenter:

Ronald Dahl, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Reactor:
Carolyn Halpern, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Session Four:
Roots and Wings: Child Abuse and Neglect

Presenter:
Jennie Noll, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine and
Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Reactor:    
Cathy Spatz Widom, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Psychology Department, John Jay
College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

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Session Five:
Implementation Research: Translating Science into Practice

Presenters:
Cathy Lesesne, Ph.D., MPH, Behavioral Scientist, Applied Sciences Branch,
Division of Reproductive Health, CDC

Irwin Sandler, Ph.D., Director, Prevention Research Center, Arizona State University

Reactor:   
Abraham Wandersman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina

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Session Six:
World of Teens: Engaging and Involving Parents

Presenter:
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work,
Columbia University

Reactor:
James Jaccard, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Florida International University

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Session Seven:
World of Teens: Romantic/Intimate Relationships

Presenter:
Stephen Eyre, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine, School of Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco

Reactor:    
Monica Longmore, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Bowling Green University

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Session Eight:
World of Teens: Media and Sexual Behavior

Presenters:
Jane Brown, Ph.D., James L. Knight Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Peter Klaus, Vice President, Fleishman Hillard Interactive Group


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