Ralph DiClemente
Ralph DiClemente
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Dr. Ralph DiClemente was trained as a Health Psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco where he received his PhD in 1984 after completing a ScM at the Harvard School of Public Health. He earned his undergraduate degree at the City University of New York.
Dr. DiClemente’s research has four key foci:
- Developing interventions to reduce the risk of HIV/STD among vulnerable populations
- Developing interventions to enhance vaccine uptake among high-risk adolescents and women, such as HPV and influenza vaccine
- Developing implementation science interventions to enhance the uptake, adoption and sustainability of HIV/STD prevention programs in the community
- Developing diabetes screening and behavior change interventions to identify people with diabetes who are unaware of their disease status as well as reduce the risk of diabetes among vulnerable populations.
He has focused on developing intervention packages that blend community and technology-based approaches that are designed to optimize program effectiveness and enhance programmatic sustainability.
Dr. DiClemente is the author of ten CDC-defined, evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young African-American women and men. He is the author of more than 540 peer-review publications, 150 book chapters, and 21 books. He serves as a member of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council.
Previously, Dr. DiClemente served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. He was also Associate Director of the Center for AIDS Research, and was previously Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health.
Dr. DiClemente is Past President of the Georgia chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine. He previously served as a member of the CDC Board of Scientific Counselors, and the NIMH Advisory Council.
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Education
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BA, The City College of the City University of New York (CCNY), New York, NYScM, Behavioral Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MAPhD, Health Psychology, University of California San Francisco Center for Behavioral Sciences, San Francisco, CAPostdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, CA
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Areas of research and study
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Community InterventionsDiabetesHIV/AIDSImplementation scienceInfluenzaPsychology
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Publications
Publications
HIV/AIDS knowledge and beliefs among Haitian adolescents in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Failed retrieving data.New sexual partners and readiness to seek screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea : Predictors among minority young women
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of Inconsistent Contraceptive Use among Adolescent Girls : Findings from a Prospective Study
Failed retrieving data.Preventing sexually transmitted infections among adolescents : 'the glass is half full'
Failed retrieving data.A programmatic and methodologic review and synthesis of clinic-based risk-reduction interventions for sexually transmitted infections : Research and practice implications
Failed retrieving data.Accounting for failures may improve precision : Evidence supporting improved validity of self-reported condom use
Failed retrieving data.Adolescents' experience with sex on the web : Results from online focus groups
Failed retrieving data.Adverse health consequences that co-occur with depression : A longitudinal study of black adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Condom failure among adolescents : Implications for STD prevention
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of condom failure among adolescent males : An exploratory study
Failed retrieving data.Enhancing recruitment and retention of minority young women in community-based clinical research
Failed retrieving data.Environmental barriers to HIV prevention among incarcerated adolescents : A qualitative assessment
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and incidence of human papillomavirus infection in women in the USA : A systematic review
Failed retrieving data.Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents : The importance of a socio-ecological perspective - A commentary
Failed retrieving data.Real-time PCR improves detection of Trichomonas vaginalis infection compared with culture using self-collected vaginal swabs
Failed retrieving data.Reducing risk exposures to zero and not having multiple partners : Findings that inform evidence-based practices designed to prevent STD acquisition
Failed retrieving data.Self-esteem and theoretical mediators of safer sex among African American female adolescents : Implications for sexual risk reduction interventions
Failed retrieving data.Teacher connectedness and health-related outcomes among detained adolescents
Failed retrieving data.The psychosocial impact of serological herpes simplex type 2 testing in an urban HIV clinic
Failed retrieving data.Trends in alcohol, drug and cigarette use among Haitian youth in Miami-Bade County, Florida
Failed retrieving data.A descriptive analysis of STD prevalence among urban pregnant african-american teens : Data from a pilot study
Failed retrieving data.A randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV transmission risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases among women living with HIV : The WiLLOW Program.
Failed retrieving data.An Assessment of HIV/AIDS Risk in Higher Education Students in Yerevan, Armenia
Failed retrieving data.Association of complementary and alternative medicines with HIV clinical disease among a cohort of women living with HIV/AIDS
Failed retrieving data.Associations between Sexually Transmitted Disease Diagnosis and Subsequent Sexual Risk and Sexually Transmitted Disease Incidence among Adolescents
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