Predicting adolescent sexual behavior by sexual identity and sexual attraction

Ybarra ML, Kosciw JG, Mitchell KJ. Predicting adolescent sexual behavior by sexual identity and sexual attraction. 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...]

Opportunities for technology-based HIV prevention among secondary students in Cape Town, South Africa

Ybarra ML, Mwaba K, Roman N, Rooi B, Prescott T, Bull S. Opportunities for technology-based HIV prevention among secondary students in Cape Town, South Africa. Oral presentation at the 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association; 4 Nov 2013; Boston, MA. Data from the Cape Town Adolescent Health Survey collected in 2012 are discussed.  … [Read more...]

The research justification for HIV prevention programming for lesbian and bisexual females

Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ. The research justification for HIV prevention programming for lesbian and bisexual females. Oral presentation at the 11th International AIDS Impact Conference; 1 Oct 2013; Barcelona, Spain. Data from the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Exposure to and interest in HIV prevention education among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa

Ybarra ML, Mwaba K. Exposure to and interest in HIV prevention education among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa. Oral presentation at the 11th International AIDS Impact Conference; 1 Oct 2013; Barcelona, Spain. Data from the Cape Town Adolescent Health Survey collected in 2012 are discussed. … [Read more...]

National rates of physical, psychological, and sexual teen dating violence

Ybarra ML, Espelage D, Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, Korchmaros JD, boyd d. National rates of physical, psychological, and sexual teen dating violence. Oral presentation at the 121th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; 31 Jul 2013; Honolulu, HI. Data from the Growing up with Media  study collected in 2011 and 2012 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Using online focus groups to tailor a text-message based HIV-prevention project to meet the needs of adolescent MSM

Mustanski B, DuBois LZ, Ybarra ML. Using online focus groups to tailor a text-message based HIV-prevention project to meet the needs of adolescent MSM. Oral presentation at the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions; 17 May 2013; Chicago, IL. Data from the Guy to Guy (G2G) study collected in 2012 and 2013 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Tailoring HIV-prevention to meet the needs of gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent males: Online focus groups as an innovative tool for participatory research

DuBois LZ, Ybarra ML, Prescott T, Mustanski B. Tailoring HIV-prevention to meet the needs of gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent males: Online focus groups as an innovative tool for participatory research. Poster presentation at the Center for Community Health Groundbreaking; 15 May 2013; Chicago, IL. Data from the Guy to Guy (G2G) study collected in 2012 and 2013 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Using online focus groups to tailor a text-message based HIV-prevention project for adolescent MSM

DuBois LZ, Mustanski B, Ybarra ML. Using online focus groups to tailor a text-message based HIV-prevention project for adolescent MSM. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference on Youth + Tech + Health; 9 Apr 2013; San Francisco CA. Data from the Guy to Guy (G2G) study collected in 2012 and 2013 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Designing a text messaging-based behavior change program

Ybarra M. Designing a text messaging-based behavior change program.  Oral presentation at Medicine 2.0; 15 Sept 2012; Boston, MA. Data from the SMS USA study collected in 2011 are discussed. … [Read more...]

Pitfalls and opportunities for growing up in the digital age

Ybarra M. Pitfalls and opportunities for growing up in the digital age. Oral presentation at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; 3 Aug 2012; Orlando, FL. Data from the Growing up with Media longitudinal study collected in 2008 and the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed. Please note an earlier version of this presentation was presented: Ybarra M. Digital adolescence: Myths and truths about growing up with technology. Oral presentation at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association;; 6 Aug 2011; Washington, DC.   … [Read more...]