Thomas William Valente, PhD

Thomas W. Valente, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. He is author of Social Networks and Health: Models, Methods, and Applications (2010, Oxford University Press);Evaluating Health Promotion Programs (2002, Oxford University Press); Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations (1995, Hampton Press); and over 200 articles and chapters (as of January 2021) on social networks, behavior change, and program evaluation. Valente uses social network analysis, health communication, and mathematical models to implement and evaluate health promotion programs designed to prevent tobacco and substance abuse, unintended fertility, and STD/HIV infections. He is also engaged in mapping community coalitions and collaborations to improve health care delivery and reduce healthcare disparities.

• Social networks and violence victimization and perpetration among youth: A longitudinal analysis Am J Community Psychol. 2023 Oct 27. . View in PubMed
• E-Cigarette-Related Health Beliefs Expressed on Twitter Within the US. AJPM Focus. 2023 Jun; 2(2):100067. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion effects of a sexual violence prevention program leveraging youth-adult partnerships Am J Community Psychol. 2023 06; 71(3-4):344-354. . View in PubMed
• A Culturally Tailored Narrative Decreased Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccination Among Latinas Am J Health Promot. 2023 03; 37(3):381-385. . View in PubMed
• Social Network Influences on Adolescent E-cigarette Use Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(6):780-786. . View in PubMed
• Adolescent Body Mass Index and Exposure to Peers with Overweight and Obesity: A Structural Equation Model Approach to Longitudinal Network Data Child Obes. 2022 Oct; 18(7):445-453. . View in PubMed
• The stability of youth popular opinion leaders selected over time using social network analysis Am J Community Psychol. 2022 Sep; 70(1-2):202-210. . View in PubMed
• Associations between network-level acculturation, individual-level acculturation, and substance use among Hispanic adolescents J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2022 Apr-Jun; 21(2):439-456. . View in PubMed
• Network characteristics of a referral system for patients with hypertension in Western Kenya: results from the Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across the Health System (STRENGTHS) study BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 07; 22(1):315. . View in PubMed
• Social networks in patients hospitalized with preventable conditions for heart disease and diabetes in Hawai’i by health literacy Chronic Illn. 2022 09; 18(3):517-531. . View in PubMed
• Adolescent Peers and Prevention: Network Patterns of Sexual Violence Attitudes and Bystander Actions J Interpers Violence. 2022 07; 37(13-14):NP12398-NP12426. . View in PubMed
• Use of Social Network Analysis to Identify Popular Opinion Leaders for a Youth-Led Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative Violence Against Women. 2022 02; 28(2):664-685. . View in PubMed
• Social networks of oncology clinicians as a means for increasing survivorship clinic referral Commun Med (Lond). 2022; 2:89. . View in PubMed
• A comparison of peer change agent selection methods: Evidence from a high-school based suicide preventive intervention BMC Public Health. 2022 05 16; 22(1):985. . View in PubMed
• Smoking-related psychosocial beliefs and justifications among smokers in India: Findings from Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India Surveys BMC Public Health. 2022 09 13; 22(1):1738. . View in PubMed
• Leveraging Emergent Social Networks to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Low-Income Parents With Preschool-Aged Children Sage Open. 2021 Jul-Sep; 11(3). . View in PubMed
• Identifying student opinion leaders to lead e-cigarette interventions: protocol for a randomized controlled pragmatic trial Trials. 2021 Jan 06; 22(1):31. . View in PubMed
• Evaluation of a Nurse-Delivered Pre-Chemotherapy Educational Intervention to Increase Knowledge and Reduce Anxiety Among Ethnically Diverse Patients J Cancer Educ. 2021 08; 36(4):728-734. . View in PubMed
• Implementation of a cluster randomized controlled trial: Identifying student peer leaders to lead E-cigarette interventions Addict Behav. 2021 03; 114:106726. . View in PubMed
• Disrupting the COVID-19 Misinfodemic With Network Interventions: Network Solutions for Network Problems Am J Public Health. 2021 03; 111(3):514-519. . View in PubMed
• Egocentric social network characteristics and cardiovascular risk among patients with hypertension or diabetes in western Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis from the BIGPIC trial BMJ Open. 2021 09 02; 11(9):e049610. . View in PubMed
• A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase PrEP Uptake for HIV Prevention: 55-Week Results From PrEPChicago J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 01 01; 86(1):31-37. . View in PubMed
• Effects of parental presence during induction of anesthesia on operative and perioperative times in pediatric patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jan; 140:110515. . View in PubMed
• Group Medical Visit and Microfinance Intervention for Patients With Diabetes or Hypertension in Kenya J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 04 27; 77(16):2007-2018. . View in PubMed
• Correction to: Human-centered design as a guide to intervention planning for non-communicable diseases: the BIGPIC study from Western Kenya BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Aug 12; 20(1):738. . View in PubMed
• Human-centered design as a guide to intervention planning for non-communicable diseases: the BIGPIC study from Western Kenya BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 May 12; 20(1):415. . View in PubMed
• Corrigendum to “Network influences on policy implementation: Evidence from a global health treaty” [SocSci. Med. ] 222 (February 2019) 188-197. Soc Sci Med. 2020 08; 258:112245. . View in PubMed
• Examining the Role of Weight Status and Individual Attributes on Adolescent Social Relations J Adolesc Health. 2020 07; 67(1):108-114. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion/Contagion Processes on Social Networks Health Educ Behav. 2020 04; 47(2):235-248. . View in PubMed
• The Connectedness of Mental Health Providers Referring Patients to a Treatment Study for Post-Traumatic Stress: A Social Network Study Adm Policy Ment Health. 2020 03; 47(2):197-209. . View in PubMed
• Gender Differences in Socio-ecological Determinants of Alcohol Use Among Hispanic Adolescents J Sch Health. 2020 02; 90(2):99-106. . View in PubMed
• Algorithms and Health Misinformation: A Case Study of Vaccine Books on Amazon J Health Commun. 2020 05 03; 25(5):394-401. . View in PubMed
• Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across the Health System (STRENGTHS) in western Kenya: a study protocol of a cluster randomized trial Trials. 2019 Sep 09; 20(1):554. . View in PubMed
• Involving end-users in the design of an audit and feedback intervention in the emergency department setting – a mixed methods study BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Apr 29; 19(1):270. . View in PubMed
• Peer-adult network structure and suicide attempts in 38 high schools: implications for network-informed suicide prevention J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2019 10; 60(10):1065-1075. . View in PubMed
• Smoking Diffusion through Networks of Diverse, Urban American Adolescents over the High School Period J Health Soc Behav. 2019 09; 60(3):362-376. . View in PubMed
• Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis PLoS Med. 2019 09; 16(9):e1002890. . View in PubMed
• Perceived Social Acceptability and Longitudinal Trends in Adolescent Cigarette Smoking Prev Sci. 2019 08; 20(6):824-832. . View in PubMed
• Strategies for Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Strengthening Referral Networks for Management of Hypertension Across Health Systems in Kenya Glob Heart. 2019 06; 14(2):173-179. . View in PubMed
• Network influences on policy implementation: Evidence from a global health treaty Soc Sci Med. 2019 02; 222:188-197. . View in PubMed
• Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption AIDS Behav. 2018 Jul; 22(7):2340-2359. . View in PubMed
• Structural characteristics of the online social networks of maltreated youth and offline sexual risk behavior Child Abuse Negl. 2018 11; 85:209-219. . View in PubMed
• “You See Yourself Like in a Mirror”: The Effects of Internet-Mediated Personal Networks on Body Image and Eating Disorders Health Commun. 2018 09; 33(9):1166-1176. . View in PubMed
• PrEP Chicago: A randomized controlled peer change agent intervention to promote the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among young Black men who have sex with men Clin Trials. 2018 02; 15(1):44-52. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion of a Peer-Led Suicide Preventive Intervention Through School-Based Student Peer and Adult Networks Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9:598. . View in PubMed
• Interpersonal communication regarding pregnancy-related services: friends versus health professionals as conduits for information BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 04 12; 18(1):97. . View in PubMed
• Differences in time to injection onset by drug in California: Implications for the emerging heroin epidemic Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 04 01; 185:253-259. . View in PubMed
• Hygiene and Health: Who Do Mothers in Vanuatu Communicate with about Health? Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 03 03; 15(3).. View in PubMed
• Coding communications across time: Documenting changes in interaction patterns across adopter categories Netw Sci (Camb Univ Press). 2017 Dec; 5(4):441-460. . View in PubMed
• Bridging Income Generation with Group Integrated Care for cardiovascular risk reduction: Rationale and design of the BIGPIC study Am Heart J. 2017 Jun; 188:175-185. . View in PubMed
• An Appraisal of Social Network Theory and Analysis as Applied to Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities Annu Rev Public Health. 2017 Mar 20; 38:103-118. . View in PubMed
• Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists’ connectivity using social network analysis Epilepsy Behav. 2017 08; 73:31-35. . View in PubMed
• An exploration of the Facebook social networks of smokers and non-smokers PLoS One. 2017; 12(11):e0187332. . View in PubMed
• Adolescent Social Networks and Alcohol Use: Variability by Gender and Type Subst Use Misuse. 2017 03 21; 52(4):477-487. . View in PubMed
• Putting the network in network interventions Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 09 05; 114(36):9500-9501. . View in PubMed
• Popularity Breeds Contempt: The Evolution of Reputational Dislike Relations and Friendships in High School Soc Networks. 2017 Jan; 48:100-109. . View in PubMed
• Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada Implement Sci. 2017 09 20; 12(1):116. . View in PubMed
• NETWORK STRUCTURE, MULTIPLEXITY, AND EVOLUTION AS INFLUENCES ON COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY INTERVENTIONS J Community Psychol. 2016 Aug; 44(6):781-798. . View in PubMed
• Measuring sustainment of prevention programs and initiatives: a study protocol Implement Sci. 2016 Jul 16; 11:95. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion of an Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Through Facebook: A Randomized Controlled Trial Am J Public Health. 2016 Jun; 106(6):1130-5. . View in PubMed
• Characterizing implementation strategies using a systems engineering survey and interview tool: a comparison across 10 prevention programs for drug abuse and HIV sexual risk behavior Implement Sci. 2016 May 17; 11:70. . View in PubMed
• Increases in Network Ties Are Associated With Increased Cohesion Among Intervention Participants Health Educ Behav. 2016 Apr; 43(2):208-16. . View in PubMed
• Strategies for Disseminating Information on Biomedical Research on Autism to Hispanic Parents J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Mar; 46(3):1038-50. . View in PubMed
• Hispanic/Latino Adolescents’ Alcohol Use: Influence of Family Structure, Perceived Peer Norms, and Family Members’ Alcohol Use Am J Health Educ. 2016; 47(4):253-261. . View in PubMed
• Int J Adolesc Youth. 2016; 21(4):513-522. . View in PubMed
• A social network analysis of supportive interactions on prenatal sites Digit Health. 2016 Jan-Dec; 2:2055207616628700. . View in PubMed
• Three Eras in Global Tobacco Control: How Global Governance Processes Influenced Online Tobacco Control Networking Glob Health Gov. 2016; 10(2):138-150. . View in PubMed
• Bridging, brokerage and betweenness Soc Networks. 2016 Jan; 44:202-208. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion of innovations theory applied to global tobacco control treaty ratification Soc Sci Med. 2015 Nov; 145:89-97. . View in PubMed
• Coevolution of Information Sharing and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices Among North American Tobacco Cessation Quitlines Am J Public Health. 2015 Sep; 105(9):1814-22. . View in PubMed
• Electronic Cigarette Marketing Online: a Multi-Site, Multi-Product Comparison JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2015 Jul-Dec; 1(2):e11. . View in PubMed
• Place of Residence Moderates the Relationship Between Emotional Closeness and Syringe Sharing Among Injection Drug Using Clients of Sex Workers in the US-Mexico Border Region AIDS Behav. 2015 Jun; 19(6):987-95. . View in PubMed
• How different countries addressed the sudden growth of e-cigarettes in an online tobacco control community BMJ Open. 2015 May 21; 5(5):e007654. . View in PubMed
• Methods for measuring diffusion of a social media-based health intervention Soc Netw. 2015 Apr; 4(2):41-46. . View in PubMed
• “Hidden” social networks in behavior change interventions Am J Public Health. 2015 Mar; 105(3):513-6. . View in PubMed
• Peer leaders and substance use among high-risk adolescents Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Feb; 50(3):283-91. . View in PubMed
• The protective role of school friendship ties for substance use and aggressive behaviors among middle school students J Sch Health. 2015 Feb; 85(2):82-9. . View in PubMed
• A Social Network Analysis of a Coalition Initiative to Prevent Underage Drinking in Los Angeles County Proc Annu Hawaii Int Conf Syst Sci. 2015 Jan; 2015:4356-4365. . View in PubMed
• Social network analysis for program implementation PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0131712. . View in PubMed
• A Systematic Review of Loneliness and Smoking: Small Effects, Big Implications Subst Use Misuse. 2015; 50(13):1697-716. . View in PubMed
• Multiplex congruity: friendship networks and perceived popularity as correlates of adolescent alcohol use Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jan; 125:173-81. . View in PubMed
• It’s better to give than to receive: the role of social support, trust, and participation on health-related social networking sites J Health Commun. 2014 Dec; 19(12):1424-39. . View in PubMed
• Transforming mental health services: a participatory mixed methods study to promote and evaluate the implementation of recovery-oriented services Implement Sci. 2014 Sep 10; 9:119. . View in PubMed
• Women’s social communication about IUDs: a? analysis. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2014 Sep; 46(3):141-8.. View in PubMed
• The interplay of friendship networks and social networking sites: longitudinal analysis of selection and influence effects on adolescent smoking and alcohol use Am J Public Health. 2014 Aug; 104(8):e51-9. . View in PubMed
• Commentary–Project Towards No Drug Abuse: an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program J Prim Prev. 2014 Aug; 35(4):233-7. . View in PubMed
• The interaction of social networks and child obesity prevention program effects: the pathways trial Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Jun; 22(6):1520-6. . View in PubMed
• Peer influences: the impact of online and offline friendship networks on adolescent smoking and alcohol use J Adolesc Health. 2014 May; 54(5):508-14. . View in PubMed
• Influence network linkages across implementation strategy conditions in a randomized controlled trial of two strategies for scaling up evidence-based practices in public youth-serving systems Implement Sci. 2013 Nov 14; 8:133. . View in PubMed
• Social network diagnostics: a tool for monitoring group interventions Implement Sci. 2013 Oct 01; 8:116. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol peer influence of participating in organized school activities: a network approach Health Psychol. 2013 Oct; 32(10):1084-92. . View in PubMed
• The Decomposed Affiliation Exposure Model: A Network Approach to Segregating Peer Influences from Crowds and Organized Sports Netw Sci (Camb Univ Press). 2013 Aug 01; 1(2). . View in PubMed
• A computational future for preventing HIV in minority communities: how advanced technology can improve implementation of effective programs J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jun 01; 63 Suppl 1:S72-84. . View in PubMed
• Hawai’i’s silent epidemic: children’s caries (dental decay) Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2013 Jun; 72(6):204-8. . View in PubMed
• A comparison of peer influence measures as predictors of smoking among predominately hispanic/latino high school adolescents J Adolesc Health. 2013 Mar; 52(3):358-64. . View in PubMed
• Wellness partners: design and evaluation of a web-based physical activity diary with social gaming features for adults JMIR Res Protoc. 2013 Feb 01; 2(1):e10. . View in PubMed
• Using Visualizations to Explore Network Dynamics J Soc Struct. 2013; 14. . View in PubMed
• Decomposing the components of friendship and friends’ influence on adolescent drinking and smoking J Adolesc Health. 2012 Aug; 51(2):136-43. . View in PubMed
• Network interventions Science. 2012 Jul 06; 337(6090):49-53. . View in PubMed
• Partnerships for the design, conduct, and analysis of effectiveness, and implementation research: experiences of the prevention science and methodology group Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Jul; 39(4):301-16. . View in PubMed
• The effects of social networks on tobacco use among high-school adolescents in Mexico Salud Publica Mex. 2012 Jul-Aug; 54(4):433-41. . View in PubMed
• Social network influences on adolescent substance use: disentangling structural equivalence from cohesion Soc Sci Med. 2012 Jun; 74(12):1952-60. . View in PubMed
• Social integration in friendship networks: the synergy of network structure and peer influence in relation to cigarette smoking among high risk adolescents Soc Sci Med. 2012 May; 74(9):1407-17. . View in PubMed
• A network method of measuring affiliation-based peer influence: assessing the influences of teammates’ smoking on adolescent smoking Child Dev. 2012 Mar-Apr; 83(2):442-51. . View in PubMed
• Social network influences of alcohol and marijuana cognitive associations Addict Behav. 2011 Dec; 36(12):1305-8. . View in PubMed
• The Network Autocorrelation Model using Two-mode Data: Affiliation Exposure and Potential Bias in the Autocorrelation Parameter Soc Networks. 2011 Jul 01; 33(3):231-243. . View in PubMed
• The influence of health knowledge in shaping political priorities: examining HIV/AIDS knowledge and public opinion about global health and domestic policies Glob Public Health. 2011; 6(8):830-42. . View in PubMed
• Social Network Status and Depression among Adolescents: An Examination of Social Network Influences and Depressive Symptoms in a Chinese Sample Res Hum Dev. 2011; 8(1):67-88. . View in PubMed
• A network assessment of community-based participatory research: linking communities and universities to reduce cancer disparities Am J Public Health. 2010 Jul; 100(7):1319-25. . View in PubMed
• Global tobacco control diffusion: the case of the framework convention on tobacco control Am J Public Health. 2010 Jul; 100(7):1260-6. . View in PubMed
• Bridging: Locating Critical Connectors in a Network Soc Networks. 2010 Jul 01; 32(3):212-220. . View in PubMed
• The impact of social networks on knowledge transfer in long-term care facilities: Protocol for a study Implement Sci. 2010 Jun 23; 5:49. . View in PubMed
• Place-based social network quality and correlates of substance use among urban adolescents J Adolesc. 2010 Jun; 33(3):419-27. . View in PubMed
• Future health applications of genomics: priorities for communication, behavioral, and social sciences research Am J Prev Med. 2010 May; 38(5):556-65. . View in PubMed
• Evaluation of an overdose prevention and response training programme for injection drug users in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, CA Int J Drug Policy. 2010 May; 21(3):186-93. . View in PubMed
• Using social networks to recruit an HIV vaccine preparedness cohort J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Dec 01; 52(4):514-23. . View in PubMed
• The Relationship of Place to Substance use and Perceptions of Risk and Safety in Urban Adolescents J Environ Psychol. 2009 Dec 01; 29(4):485-492. . View in PubMed
• Adolescent affiliations and adiposity: a social network analysis of friendships and obesity J Adolesc Health. 2009 Aug; 45(2):202-4. . View in PubMed
• Acculturation and substance use: social influence as a mediator among Hispanic alternative high school youth J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Jun; 50(2):164-79. . View in PubMed
• Entertainment-education in a media-saturated environment: examining the impact of single and multiple exposures to breast cancer storylines on two popular medical dramas J Health Commun. 2008 Dec; 13(8):808-23. . View in PubMed
• Collaboration and competition in a children’s health initiative coalition: a network analysis Eval Program Plann. 2008 Nov; 31(4):392-402. . View in PubMed
• Between tradition and change: condom use with primary sexual partners among Mexican migrants AIDS Behav. 2008 Jul; 12(4):561-9. . View in PubMed
• How Correlated Are Network Centrality Measures? Connect (Tor). 2008 Jan 01; 28(1):16-26.. View in PubMed
• Identifying opinion leaders to promote behavior change Health Educ Behav. 2007 Dec; 34(6):881-96. . View in PubMed
• Adolescent smoking networks: the effects of influence and selection on future smoking Addict Behav. 2007 Dec; 32(12):3054-9. . View in PubMed
• Peer acceleration: effects of a social network tailored substance abuse prevention program among high-risk adolescents Addiction. 2007 Nov; 102(11):1804-15. . View in PubMed
• Network analysis of an organizational collaboration for Pacific Islander cancer control J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2007 Nov; 18(4 Suppl):184-96. . View in PubMed
• Evaluating a Minor Storyline on ER About Teen Obesity, Hypertension, and 5 A Day J Health Commun. 2007 Sep; 12(6):551-66. . View in PubMed
• Perceived peer influence and peer selection on adolescent smoking Addict Behav. 2007 Aug; 32(8):1546-54. . View in PubMed
• J Health Commun. 2007 Jul-Aug; 12(5):455-69. . View in PubMed
• Differences in perceived implementation of a standard versus peer-led interactive substance abuse prevention program Am J Health Behav. 2007 May-Jun; 31(3):297-311. . View in PubMed
• Community coalitions as a system: effects of network change on adoption of evidence-based substance abuse prevention Am J Public Health. 2007 May; 97(5):880-6. . View in PubMed
• Opinion leader interventions in social networks BMJ. 2006 Nov 25; 333(7578):1082-3. . View in PubMed
• Need, demand, and external validity in dissemination of physical activity programs Am J Prev Med. 2006 Oct; 31(4 Suppl):S5-7. . View in PubMed
• Type II translation: transporting prevention interventions from research to real-world settings Eval Health Prof. 2006 Sep; 29(3):302-33. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion of innovations and network segmentation: the part played by people in promoting health Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Jul; 33(7 Suppl):S23-31. . View in PubMed
• The interaction of curriculum type and implementation method on 1-year smoking outcomes in a school-based prevention program Health Educ Res. 2006 Jun; 21(3):315-24. . View in PubMed
• Translation in the health professions: converting science into action Eval Health Prof. 2006 Mar; 29(1):7-32. . View in PubMed
• Promoting breastfeeding in Bolivia: do social networks add to the predictive value of traditional socioeconomic characteristics? J Health Popul Nutr. 2006 Mar; 24(1):71-80.. View in PubMed
• Condom use and migration in a sample of Mexican migrants: potential for HIV/STI transmission Salud Publica Mex. 2006 Jan-Feb; 48(1):57-61. . View in PubMed
• Peer influences on adolescent cigarette smoking: a theoretical review of the literature Subst Use Misuse. 2006; 41(1):103-55. . View in PubMed
• Improving preventive health services training in chiropractic colleges: a pilot impact evaluation of the introduction of a model public health curriculum J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Nov-Dec; 28(9):702-7. . View in PubMed
• J Adolesc Health. 2005 Oct; 37(4):323-9. . View in PubMed
• The selection of family planning discussion partners in Nepal J Health Commun. 2005 Sep; 10(6):519-36. . View in PubMed
• Intergenerational transfers of resources between older persons and extended kin in Taiwan and the Philippines Popul Stud (Camb). 2005 Jul; 59(2):181-95. . View in PubMed
• Writing with Ev–words to transform science into action J Health Commun. 2005 Jun; 10(4):289-302. . View in PubMed
• Impact of sexual networks on risk for gonorrhea and chlamydia among low-income urban African American adolescents J Pediatr. 2005 Apr; 146(4):518-22. . View in PubMed
• Characteristics of opinion leaders in substance abuse treatment agencies Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2004; 30(1):187-203. . View in PubMed
• Using social networks to understand and prevent substance use: a transdisciplinary perspective Subst Use Misuse. 2004; 39(10-12):1685-712. . View in PubMed
• Using network analysis to understand community-based programs: a case study from highland Madagascar Int Fam Plan Perspect. 2003 Dec; 29(4):167-73. . View in PubMed
• Effects of a social-network method for group assignment strategies on peer-led tobacco prevention programs in schools Am J Public Health. 2003 Nov; 93(11):1837-43. . View in PubMed
• Diffusion of innovations Genet Med. 2003 Mar-Apr; 5(2):69. . View in PubMed
• The adoption of ablation therapy for Barrett’s esophagus: a cohort study of gastroenterologists Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Feb; 97(2):279-86. . View in PubMed
• Youth performing arts entertainment-education for HIV/AIDS prevention and health promotion: practice and research J Health Commun. 2002 Jan-Feb; 7(1):39-57. . View in PubMed
• Campaign exposure and interpersonal communication as factors in contraceptive use in Bolivia J Health Commun. 2001 Oct-Dec; 6(4):303-22. . View in PubMed
• Interorganizational relationships among HIV/AIDS service organizations in Baltimore: a network analysis J Urban Health. 2001 Sep; 78(3):468-87. . View in PubMed
• Peers, schools, and adolescent cigarette smoking J Adolesc Health. 2001 Jul; 29(1):22-30. . View in PubMed
• Needle-exchange participation, effectiveness, and policy: syringe relay, gender, and the paradox of public health J Urban Health. 2001 Jun; 78(2):340-9. . View in PubMed
• Selective risk taking among needle exchange participants: implications for supplemental interventions Am J Public Health. 2001 Mar; 91(3):406-11. . View in PubMed
• Syringe exchange not associated with social network formation: results from Baltimore AIDS. 2000 Mar 10; 14(4):423-6. . View in PubMed
• Social network influences on reproductive health behaviors in urban northern Thailand Soc Sci Med. 1999 Dec; 49(12):1599-614. . View in PubMed
• An evaluation of the use of drama to communicate HIV/AIDS information AIDS Educ Prev. 1999 Jun; 11(3):203-11. . View in PubMed
• Satellite exchange in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program Public Health Rep. 1998 Jun; 113 Suppl 1:90-6. . View in PubMed
• Social network associations with contraceptive use among Cameroonian women in voluntary associations Soc Sci Med. 1997 Sep; 45(5):677-87. . View in PubMed
• Mass-media-generated interpersonal communication as sources of information about family planning J Health Commun. 1996 Jul-Sep; 1(3):247-65. . View in PubMed
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• Unger, Jennifer
• Leventhal, Adam
• Sussman, Steven
• Rice, Eric
• Pedersen, Eric
• Palinkas, Lawrence
• Barrington-Trimis, Jessica
• Dunton, Genevieve
• de la Haye, Kayla
• Pentz, Maryann
• Davis, Jordan
• Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes