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WHAT'S NEW...

5/21/08 - No Time for Complacency: Teen Births in California 2008

2/18/08 - CRAHD testimony to Assembly Health Committee special hearing on STDs

2/17/08 - Foster youth sexual health study begins

11/10/07 - APPAM paper on Evidence-b(i)ased policy deliberation

10/8/07 - No Time for Complacency: The hidden STD epidemic among California youth

6/27/07 - CRAHD testimony to Senate and Assembly Health Committees on AB629

5/24/07 - No Time for Complacency: Parent support for sex education


CRAHD 
RESOURCES ...

JAH article on Parent support for HPV vaccination

Review of Kristin Luker's When Sex Goes to School

State funded abstinence-only programs in California

Appraising evidence on program effectiveness chapter

Do virginity pledges cause virginity?

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Scarlet Letter ads

Sexual health and HIV/STD prevention for adolescents

Community support for comprehensive sexuality education

California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Education Act (SB71)

CDE Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Grant Program evaluation critique


EXTERNAL LINKS ...

Journal of Adolescent Health
featured article of the month

Reframing America's Youth

Choose Responsibility: promoting moderate and responsible alcohol use among young adults

Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Drug Education

Smoke-Free Movies

Wikipedia on Causal Fallacies

The Fallacy Files


Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -- Robert Merton, 1962

Who we are ... The Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development conducts research, evaluation, and policy studies on adolescent health and youth development.

Guided by an ecological framework, we study the interaction between adolescents and their families, peer groups, school systems, communities, and cultures, together with the evidence bases and practical implications of current and alternative policies intended to promote healthy adolescent development.

Our approach … Recognizing that all research methods and theories are imperfect, that results are often ambiguous, and that conclusions are sometimes misleading, we embrace the need for multiple methods of research -- together with continuous and spirited critique and scrutiny of methods, results, and interpretations, and of all policy uses of research.

We strive to integrate participatory and developmental evaluation methods with rigorous theory-based experimental and quasi-experimental research designs, survey methods, structured qualitative approaches, and secondary data analysis, as appropriate. We frequently work in collaborative partnerships with schools, communities, and youth.

Examples of our work …

Click here to view all abstracts of current and recent projects.


Norm Constantine, Program Director
555 12th Street, 10th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607-4046


METHODS LINKS ...

Research Methods Knowledge Base

Statnotes: An Online Textbook

Primer on Probability and Odds

Interpreting Diagnostic Tests

What Is A Survey?

DrPH Dissertation Methods Syllabus (PH-293)

DrPH Dissertation Methods Reading List