Recent Research
Having “The Talk” With Your Kids
Dr. Elizabeth Miller discusses healthy relationships and the launch a campaign in the Bay Area to raise awareness of teen dating violence. As a physician who specializes in care for adolescents, a researcher on teen dating abuse, and a parent of a teen, Dr. Miller encourages parents to better educate their daughters and sons about what it means to be in a healthy relationship and how to recognize the signs of an unhealthy relationship and get help.
This article was taken from Huffington Post
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Reducing Teen Dating Violence Through School-level Interventions
A new NIJ-funded study has found that school-level interventions reduced dating violence among middle school students by up to 50 percent. The multi-level, randomized control trial studied the effectiveness of school-level and classroom-level interventions, as well as a combination of the two, in reducing dating violence and sexual harassment in 30 public middle schools in New York City.
This article was taken from National Institute of Justice
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Many Teens Endure Sexual Harassment
Based on the first nationally representative survey in a decade of students in grades 7-12, the study, which was set for release this week by the American Association of University Women, found that 48 percent of nearly 2,000 students surveyed had experienced verbal, physical, or online sexual harassment at school during the 2010-11 school year.
This article was taken from Education Week
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Sexual Relationship Power, Intimate Partner Violence, and Condom Use Among Minority Urban Girls
This study examined the association between sexual relationship power, intimate partner violence, and condom use among African American and Hispanic urban girls.
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Consequences of Teen Dating Violence Understanding Intervening Variables in Ecological Context
This article explores mental health and educational consequences of physical and sexual abuse by peers in a convenience sample of adolescents. Dating violence was associated with higher levels of depression, suicidal thoughts, and poorer educational outcomes. The use of alcohol and depression complicated the relationship between victimization and outcomes.
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Clustering of Adolescent Dating Violence, Peer Violence, and Suicidal Behavior
This study examined the co-occurrence of multiple types of violence, developing a behavioral typology based on self-reports of suicidal behaviors, physical violence, and psychological abuse.
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Adolescent date fighting victimization and perpetration from a multi-community sample: Associations with substance use and other violent victimization and perpetration
This study examined the associations between adolescent date fighting victimization and date fighting perpetration with substance use and other risk behaviors.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Health Care-Seeking Patterns Among Female Users of Urban Adolescent Clinics
This study examined the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and associations with health care-seeking
patterns among female patients of adolescent clinics as well as screening for IPV and IPV disclosure patterns within these clinics.
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Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy
In this paper by Dr. Elizabeth Miller, females ages 16–29 years seeking care in five family planning clinics in Northern California were surveyed. Fifty-three percent of respondents reported physical or sexual partner violence, 19% reported experiencing pregnancy coercion and 15% reported birth control sabotage. One third of respondents reporting partner violence (35%) also reported reproductive control.
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When Teen Pregnancy is no Accident
This article discusses a recent paper by Liz Miller, MD, PhD, “Pregnancy Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy”.
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Adolescent Relationship Abuse
Recent News & Research
This brief is the first in a series of policy updates and case studies associated with the multi-year evaluation of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC), which provides comprehensive health services to adolescents and young adults ages 10-24 in…
Young Adult Preventive Health Care Guidelines: There But Can’t Be Found
In the context of increasing attention on young adult health and healthcare, NAHIC researchers (in UCSF’s Division of Adolescent Medicine) examined existing adolescent and adult professional guidelines relevant to young adults. They analyzed these guidelines, with special emphasis on the…
According to this study, teens who received information only about abstinence were less likely than others to have sought out the services that are necessary to improving their sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Even among sexually experienced teens, the data…
Recent Publications
ASHWG Core Competencies
Developed by the Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group (ASHWG), these resources are specifically intended for adult providers and educators of adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
CA Adolescent Data Set
Recently updated with 2010 data, this is a collection of county-specific data about the health status of adolescents in Excel format
Data Tables
The ASHWG Data for Adolescent Births, AIDS and STD are now updated with 2009 data
Provider Resource
Understanding Confidentiality and Minor Consent in California
Upcoming Events
Promoting the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth in Foster Care
This training takes places Friday, March 23, 2012, 10:00AM-noon at the Center for the Vulnerable Child, 5275 Claremont Avenue, Oakland. Caregivers, child welfare, and health professionals will:
Learn about the sexual and reproductive health of youth in foster care
How…
This training takes places Friday, April 27, 2012, 10:00AM-noon at the Center for the Vulnerable Child, 5275 Claremont Avenue, Oakland.
This training provides:
An introduction to the theory and principles of Positive Youth development, such as understanding resilience and internal…
Panel Discussion and Launch of Public Awareness Campaign
CAHC invites you to a panel discussion and the launch of a public awareness campaign on January 31st at 11am to prevent abuse in teen relationships. Panelists include Elizabeth Miller, Lisa Fujie Parks and Melanie M. Natividad. The event takes…
