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Alexandra Duncan

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Articles 17
Citations 211
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Psychiatry
Social Sciences
Health Services
Top 10 Co-Authors
Tiphani Burrell-Piggott
Jeffrey Birnbaum
Karolynn Siegel
C Debra M Furr-Holden
Gerald Melnick
C Debra Furr-Holden
Maria Schiff
Nancy Van Devanter
Rashid Ahmed
Adam J Milam
Published In
Drug Alcohol Depend
J Ethn Subst Abuse
J AIDS Clin Res
Behav Sci Law
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
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Recent Articles
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Continued Sexual Risk Behaviour in African American and Latino Male-to-Female Transgender Adolescents Living with Hiv/Aids: A Case Study
Devanter N, Duncan A, Raveis V, Birnbaum J, Burrell-Piggott T, Siegel K
J AIDS Clin Res . 2012 Oct; (S1). PMID: 23101032
PURPOSE: This study examined the social and contextual factors associated with continued high risk sexual behaviors among male-to-female transgender (MTFTG) adolescents living with HIV/AIDS. The study is part of a...
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Gender Power Inequality and Continued Sexual Risk Behavior among Racial/Ethnic Minority Adolescent and Young Adult Women Living with HIV
Devanter N, Duncan A, Birnbaum J, Burrell-Piggott T, Siegel K
J AIDS Clin Res . 2012 Oct; (S1). PMID: 23101031
Adolescent and young adult minority women account for approximately 20% of new cases of HIV in this age group each year in the United States. It is vital to understand...
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Sex specific trajectories in cigarette smoking behaviors among students participating in the unplugged school-based randomized control trial for substance use prevention
Gabrhelik R, Duncan A, Lee M, Stastna L, Furr-Holden C, Miovsky M
Addict Behav . 2012 Jun; 37(10):1145-50. PMID: 22717195
Objectives: Understanding the developmental pathways and sex differences in cigarette smoking behaviors in adolescents has the potential to positively impact substance abuse prevention and to reduce smoking-related health problems. Using...
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"Unplugged": a school-based randomized control trial to prevent and reduce adolescent substance use in the Czech Republic
Gabrhelik R, Duncan A, Miovsky M, Furr-Holden C, Stastna L, Jurystova L
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2012 Jan; 124(1-2):79-87. PMID: 22266087
Background: The Czech Unplugged Study, inspired by the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial, is a prospective, school-based, randomized controlled prevention trial designed to reduce the risk of alcohol, tobacco, inhalant,...
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Racial disparities in substance abuse treatment and the ecological fallacy
Melnick G, Duncan A, Thompson A, Wexler H, Chaple M, Cleland C
J Ethn Subst Abuse . 2011 Sep; 10(3):226-45. PMID: 21888500
This study examined engagement in treatment in substance abuse treatment programs that treated primarily either African American or White clients. Findings showed higher levels of engagement in White programs; however,...
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The influence of substance use, social sexual environment, psychosocial factors, and partner characteristics on high-risk sexual behavior among young Black and Latino men who have sex with men living with HIV: A qualitative study
VanDevanter N, Duncan A, Burrell-Piggott T, Bleakley A, Birnbaum J, Siegel K, et al.
AIDS Patient Care STDS . 2011 Jan; 25(2):113-21. PMID: 21235387
Understanding the sexual risk behaviors of youths living with HIV/AIDS is critical to secondary prevention of HIV. As part of a larger qualitative study of youths living with HIV, in-depth...
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Performance of the CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instruments (CODSIs) among minority offenders
Duncan A, Sacks S, Melnick G, Cleland C, Pearson F, Coen C
Behav Sci Law . 2008 Aug; 26(4):351-68. PMID: 18683201
Previous research has shown the performance of the CJDATS Co-Occurring Disorders Screening Instruments (CODSI-MD and SMD)--six- and three-item instruments to screen for any mental disorder (CODSI-MD) and for severe mental...