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
Religiosity and risky sexual behavior in African-American adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Rural and nonrural African American high school students and STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors
Failed retrieving data.Social capital as a predictor of adolescents' sexual risk behavior : A state-level exploratory study
Failed retrieving data.Testing for HSV-2 infection among pregnant teens : Implications for clinical practice
Failed retrieving data.Utility of the AIDS risk assessment for crack cocaine and sex risk behaviours among homeless persons addicted to crack undergoing behavioural day treatment
Failed retrieving data.Value of Consistent Condom Use : A Study of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention among African American Adolescent Females
Failed retrieving data.Activity of African-American female teenagers in black organisations is associated with STD/HIV protective behaviours : A prospective analysis
Failed retrieving data.Adolescents' ambivalence about becoming pregnant predicts infrequent contraceptive use : A prospective analysis of nonpregnant African American females
Failed retrieving data.Association of adolescents' history of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and their current high-risk behavior and STD status : A case for intensifying clinic-based prevention efforts
Failed retrieving data.Associations between biologically confirmed marijuana use and laboratory-confirmed sexually transmitted diseases among African American adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Body image and African American females' sexual health
Failed retrieving data.Condom use and correlates of African American adolescent females' infrequent communication with sex partners about preventing sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy
Failed retrieving data.Design, measurement, and analytical considerations for testing hypotheses relative to condom effectiveness against non-viral STIs
Failed retrieving data.Enhancing STD/HIV prevention among adolescents : The importance of parental monitoring
Failed retrieving data.Family-related correlates of sexually transmitted disease and barriers to care : A pilot study of pregnant African American adolescents
Failed retrieving data.Gang involvement and the health of African American female adolescents.
Failed retrieving data.HIV prevention for adolescents : Identified gaps and emerging approaches
Failed retrieving data.HIV-associated histories, perceptions, and practices among low-income African American women : Does rural residence matter?
Failed retrieving data.HIV/STD prevention benefits of living in supportive families : A prospective analysis of high risk African-American female teens
Failed retrieving data.Low parental monitoring predicts subsequent pregnancy among African-American adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Participation by African-American adolescent females in social organization : Associations with HIV-protective behaviors
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of infection with Trichomonas vaginalis : A prospective study of low income African-American adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Pregnant African-American teens are less likely than their nonpregnant peers to use condoms
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis among sexually active African-American adolescent females
Failed retrieving data.Prevention interventions for HIV positive individuals
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