Prescott TL, Phillips G, 2nd, Dubois LZ, Bull S, Mustanski B, Ybarra ML. Reaching adolescent gay, bisexual, and queer men online: Development and refinement of a national recruitment strategy. J Med Internet Res. 2016;18(8):e200. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5602. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Using social networking websites to recruit research participants is increasingly documented in the literature, although few studies Read More »
Petras H, Ybarra M. Identifying “mischievous” responders through Latent Class Analysis. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research; 31 May – 2 June, 2016; San Francisco, CA. Data from Wave 7 of the Growing up with Media study, collected in 2016, are discussed.
Petras H, Ybarra M. Latent transitions in sexual violence perpetration in a nationally representative sample of individuals age 16-22. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research; 31 May – 2 June, 2016; San Francisco, CA. Data from Wave 7 of the Growing up with Media study, collected in 2016, Read More »
Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Espelage DL. Stepwise development a text messaging-based bullying prevention program for middle school students (BullyDown). JMIR mHealth uHealth. 2016;4(2):e60. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4936. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bullying is a significant public health issue among middle school-aged youth. Current prevention programs have only a moderate impact. Cell phone text messaging technology (mHealth) can potentially overcome Read More »
Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Phillips II GL, Parsons JT, Bull SS, Mustanski B. Ethical considerations in conducting a text messaging-based HIV prevention program with gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent men. J Adolesc Health. 2016;S1054-139X(16):00099-00099. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.03.020. Abstract: PURPOSE: There is a dearth of HIV prevention/healthy sexuality programs developed for adolescent gay and bisexual males (AGBM) Read More »
Ybarra M. Expert consultation on bullying and cyberbullying. Oral presentation at the meeting of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children; 9-10 May 2016; Florence, Italy.
Ybarra ML, Jiang Y, Free C, Abroms LC, Whittaker R. Participant-level meta-analysis of mobile phone-based interventions for smoking cessation across different countries. Prev Med. 2016;89:90-97. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.002. Abstract: With meta-analysis, participant-level data from five text messaging-based smoking cessation intervention studies were pooled to investigate cessation patterns across studies and participants. Individual participant data (N = 8315) collected Read More »
Ybarra ML, Espelage DL, Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, Korchmaros JD, boyd d. Lifetime prevalence rates and overlap of physical, psychological, and sexual dating abuse perpetration and victimization in a national sample of youth. Arch Sex Behav. Published online April 20, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0748-9. Abstract: National, epidemiological data that provide lifetime rates of psychological, physical, and sexual adolescent Read More »
Ybarra ML, Rosario M, Saewyc E, Goodenow C. Sexual behaviors and partner characteristics by sexual identity among adolescent girls. J Adolesc Health. 2016;58(3):310-316. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.11.001 Abstract: PURPOSE: Data suggest that lesbian and bisexual adolescents engage in risky sexual behaviors at higher rates than heterosexual girls. Whether these findings also apply to girls of other sexual Read More »
Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Phillips II GL, Parsons J, Bull S, Mustanski B. Program acceptability of a text-messaging based HIV prevention program for gay, bisexual, and queer adolescent males. Oral presentation at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference; 8 Dec 2015; Atlanta, GA. Data from the Guy2Guy study collected in 2012-2013 are discussed.
Phillips G 2nd, Ybarra M, Prescott T, Parsons J, Mustanski B. Low rates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus testing among adolescent gay, bisexual, and queer men. J Adolesc Health. 2015;57(4):407-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.06.014. Abstract: PURPOSE: Adolescent gay and bisexual men (AGBM) are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but little is known about testing rates among men aged Read More »
This video was included in the Guy2Guy program to complement the program text messages, and provide a visual demonstration of how to correctly use a condom.