Reaching gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent males: Development and refinement of an online recruitment strategy

Prescott TL, Phillips II GL, Bull SS, Parsons JT, Mustanski B, Ybarra ML. Reaching gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent males: Development and refinement of an online recruitment strategy. Oral presentation at the 22nd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health Singapore; 26 Jul 2015; Singapore. Data from the Guy2Guy study collected in 2012-2013 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Ethical considerations of text messaging-based interventions with a vulnerable population: gay, bisexual, and queer teen men

Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Phillips II GL, Bull S, Mustanski B. Ethical considerations of text messaging-based interventions with a vulnerable population: gay, bisexual, and queer teen men. Oral presentation at the 22nd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health; 25 Jul 2015; Singapore. Data are from the Guy2Guy study collected in 2012-2013 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Intervention-end outcomes for Guy2Guy, a text messaging-based HIV prevention program for gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent men

Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Phillips II GL, Parsons J, Bull S, Mustanski B. Intervention-end outcomes for Guy2Guy, a text messaging-based HIV prevention program for gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent men. Oral presentation at the 22nd Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health; 25 Jul 2015; Singapore. Data from the Guy2Guy study collected in 2012-2013 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Technology in teen lives: A look at online bullying and sexting

Ybarra M. Technology in teen lives: A look at online bullying and sexting. Oral presentation at the Growing up Digital: Media Research Symposium; 4 May 2015; Chicago, IL. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2011 and 2012 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Health and developmental impact: Violence and aggression

Ybarra M. Health and developmental impact: Violence and aggression. Oral presentation at the Growing up Digital: Media Research Symposium; 3 May 2015; Chicago, IL. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2011 and 2012 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Contextual factors that impact the risk of harms associated with teen sexting and the occurrence of actual harm

Ybarra M. Contextual factors that impact the risk of harms associated with teen sexting and the occurrence of actual harm. Oral presentation at the Facebook Roundtable Discussion: Sexting, the associated risks, and the non-consensual distribution of sexually explicit images among teens; 31 Mar 2015; Palo Alto, CA. Data from the Teen Health and Technology (THT) study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Developing and testing «Cebiniz Bırakın Diyor»: An mHealth smoking cessation program for adult smokers in Ankara, Turkey

Ybarra M, Emri S.  Developing and testing «Cebiniz Bırakın Diyor»: An mHealth smoking cessation program for adult smokers in Ankara, Turkey. Oral presentation at the International Tobacco Control Workshop; 25 Mar 2015; Ankara, Turkey. Data from the SMS Turkey study collected in 2008 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Meta-analysis of mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation trials in different countries

Jiang Y, Huang Y, Ybarra ML, Abroms L, Free C, Whittaker. (2014). Meta-analysis of mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation trials in different countries. Poster presented at 35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Vienna, Austria Tobacco use contributes to 12% of all deaths among adults ages 30 years and older worldwide. Smoking cessation programs delivered via mobile phone text messaging are available in several different countries to help people quit smoking. Although results suggest increases in self-reported quitting, at least in short-term, little is know about how this differs for different cultures. … [Read more...]

Drawing upon successes in other fields to inform opportunities for technology-based mental health promotion

Ybarra M. Drawing upon successes in other fields to inform opportunities for technology-based mental health promotion. Oral presentation at Johns Hopkins University Department of Psychiatry Research Conference; 16 Dec 2014; Baltimore, MD. Data from the SMS Turkey, SMS USA, Guy2Guy, and BullyDown studies, respectively collected in 2008, 2011, 2012-2013, and ongoing, are discussed. … [Read more...]

Sexual behaviors associated with meeting sexual partners online in adolescence

Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ. Sexual behaviors associated with meeting sexual partners online in adolescence. Oral presentation at the 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association; 5 Nov 2013; Boston, MA. Data from the Teen Health and Technology (THT) study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]