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
Condom use among low-income African American males attending an STD clinic
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of having unprotected vaginal sex among detained adolescent females : An exploratory study of sexual factors
Failed retrieving data.Efficacy of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescent girls : A randomized controlled trial
Failed retrieving data.Health risk factors among detained adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.HIV testing among detained youth
Failed retrieving data.Lack of recent condom use among detained adolescent males : A multilevel investigation
Failed retrieving data.Relationship characteristics and sexual practices of African American adolescent girls who desire pregnancy.
Failed retrieving data.Self-concept and adolescents' refusal of unprotected sex : A test of mediating mechanisms among African American girls
Failed retrieving data.Substance use among students attending a christian university that strictly prohibits the use of substances
Failed retrieving data.The association between gang involvement and sexual behaviours among detained adolescent males
Failed retrieving data.The role of social support in the psychological well-being of African American girls who experience dating violence victimization
Failed retrieving data.Use of recreational Viagra among men having sex with men
Failed retrieving data.A prospective study of exposure to rap music videos and African American female adolescents' health
Failed retrieving data.Adjudication history and African American adolescents' risk for acquiring sexually transmitted diseases : An exploratory analysis
Failed retrieving data.Associations between internet sex seeking and STI associated risk behaviours among men who have sex with men
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of continued risky sex among pregnant African American teens : Implications for STD prevention
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of Recent Unprotected Anal Sex among Men Having Sex with Men Attending a Large Sex Resort in the South
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of unplanned and unwanted pregnancy among African-American female teens
Failed retrieving data.Human immunodeficiency virus prevention for adolescents : Windows of opportunity for optimizing intervention effectiveness
Failed retrieving data.Identification of strategies for promoting condom use : A prospective analysis of high-risk African American female teens
Failed retrieving data.Infrequent parental monitoring predicts sexually transmitted infections among low-income African American female adolescents
Failed retrieving data.Older partners and STD prevalence among pregnant African American teens
Failed retrieving data.Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Psychosocial impact of serological diagnosis of herpes simplex virus type 2 : A qualitative assessment
Failed retrieving data.Psychosocial predictors of hepatitis B vaccination among young African-American gay men in the deep south
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