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Real-time electronic adherence monitoring is feasible, comparable to unannounced pill counts, and acceptable

Haberer JE, Robbins GK, Ybarra M, Monk A, Ragland K, Weiser SD, Johnson MO, Bangsberg DR. Real-time electronic adherence monitoring is feasible, comparable to unannounced pill counts, and acceptable. AIDS Behav. 2012;16(2):375-82. Abstract: Second generation electronic medication adherence monitors provide real-time data on pill bottle opening behavior. Feasibility, validity, and acceptability, however, have not been Read More »

Adolescents’ perceptions of sexual coercion in Uganda

  • Cybersenga

Birungi R, Nabembezi D, Kiwanuka J, Ybarra ML, Bull S. Adolescents’ perceptions of sexual coercion in Uganda. Afr J AIDS Res. 2011;10(4):487-494. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2011.646664 Abstract: In Uganda, HIV prevalence remains high with young people at higher risk of infection than adults. Much is known about the sexual risk factors for HIV transmission among youths, including sexual Read More »

SMS USA: Real world experiences fielding a text messaging-based smoking cessation program versus an attention control

Prescott T, Ybarra M, Holtrop J, Rahbar M. SMS USA: Real world experiences fielding a text messaging-based smoking cessation program versus an attention control. Oral presentation at the mHealth Summit; 5 Dec 2011; Washington DC. Data from the SMS USA study collected between 2009 and 2011 are discussed.

Healthy Relationships and Neuroscience

  • Growing Up With Media

How does our brain impact our relationships? Michele Ybarra MPH PhD, President and Research Director of Center for Innovative Public Health, moderates a discussion with panelists: Joel Haber, Michael Rich, Paul Howard-Jones, & Jay Giedd, about how our brain’s impact our relationships. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxIb5r4RKJA

National trends in exposure to and experiences of violence on the Internet among children

Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ, Korchmaros JD. National trends in exposure to and experiences of violence on the Internet among children. Pediatrics. 2011;128(6):e1376-1386. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0118 Abstract: OBJECTIVE:  To examine rates of technology-based violent experiences (eg, bullying, harassment, unwanted sexual experiences [USEs] perpetration, and victimization) and exposures (eg, hate sites) from 2006 to 2008 among US children. PATIENTS AND Read More »

Cyberbullying and adolescent mental health

  • Growing Up With Media

Ybarra M. Cyberbullying and adolescent mental health.  Oral presentation at the Rutgers University Symposium: Identity, Connectedness, and Threat in Social Networks: Adolescent and Young Adult Use and Misuse of New Media; 14 Nov 2011; Piscataway, NJ. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2006, 2007, and 2008 and the Teen Health and Read More »

Online interpersonal victimization: Predictors of victimization over time

Korchmaros J, Mitchell K, Ybarra M. Online interpersonal victimization: Predictors of victimization over time. Poster presentation at the International Association for Relationship Research Annual Meeting; 22 Oct 2011; Tucson, AZ. Data from the Growing up with Media longitudinal study collected in 2006, 2007, and 2008 are discussed. 

mHealth Summit: Smoking and Alcohol Use Session

Using mobile technology to assess and intervene in smoking and alcohol use Session presentations report on the evaluation of mobile technologies to assess and intervene on smoking and alcohol use, including randomized controlled trials of mobile interventions for smoking cessation and alcohol abuse relapse.  Speakers include (in order):  Lorien C. Abroms, Professor at George Washington Read More »

Brands 2.0: Using social media and new technologies to create brand loyalty

  • Stop My Smoking (SMS USA)

Ybarra M. Brands 2.0: Using social media and new technologies to create brand loyalty. Oral presentation at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Branding Conference; 15 Sept 2011; Atlanta, GA. Data from the SMS USA and Teen Health and Technology (THT) studies both collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed.

Usability and navigability and field testing of an Internet-based HIV prevention program in Mbarara, Uganda

Bull S, Biringi R, Kiwanuka J, Ybarra M. Usability and navigability and field testing of an Internet-based HIV prevention program in Mbarara, Uganda. Oral presentation at the AIDS Impact Conference; 13 Sept 2011; Sante Fe, NM. Data from the CyberSenga study collected in 2010 are discussed.

Digital adolescence: Myths and truths about growing up with technology

  • Growing Up With Media

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. Data from the Growing up with Media study collected in 2008 and the Teen Health and Technology study collected between 2010 and 2011 are discussed.

Interest in technology-based and traditional smoking cessation programs among adult smokers in Ankara, Turkey

Ybarra ML, Bağci Bosi AT, Bilir N, Holtrop JS, Korchmaros J, Emri S. Interest in technology-based and traditional smoking cessation programs among adult smokers in Ankara, Turkey. Tob Induc Dis. 2011;9:10. doi: 10.1186/1617-9625-9-10 Abstract: BACKGROUND: Little is known about the demand for smoking cessation services in settings with high smoking prevalence rates. Furthermore, acceptability of text messaging Read More »