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
Adverse consequences of intimate partner abuse among women in non-urban domestic violence shelters
Failed retrieving data.Application of the Theory of Gender and Power to Examine HIV-Related Exposures, Risk Factors, and Effective Interventions for Women
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of unprotected vaginal sex among African American female adolescents : Importance of relationship dynamics
Failed retrieving data.Drug use and HIV risk-related sex behaviors : A street outreach study of black adults
Failed retrieving data.Expanding the scope of HIV prevention for adolescents : Beyond individual-level interventions
Failed retrieving data.Health care service use and sexual communication : Past experience and future intention of high-risk male adolescents
Failed retrieving data.Hepatitis B vaccination in a high risk MSM population : The need for vaccine education [4]
Failed retrieving data.High prevalence of asymptomatic STDs in incarcerated minority male youth : A case for screening
Failed retrieving data.Identifying the prevalence and correlates of stds among women residing in rural domestic violence shelters
Failed retrieving data.Reconceptualizing Women's HIV Risk
Failed retrieving data.STAND : A peer educator training curriculum for sexual risk reduction in the rural south
Failed retrieving data.Abstinence and safer sex among adolescents [1] (multiple letters)
Failed retrieving data.Adolescents and HIV : Theory-based approaches to education of nurses
Failed retrieving data.Aids knowledge among black drug users : An issue of reliability
Failed retrieving data.Changes in incarcerated adolescents' human immunodeficiency virus knowledge and selected behaviors from 1988 to 1996
Failed retrieving data.Evaluation of the exposure effects of a theory-based street outreach HIV intervention on African-American drug users
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and correlates of relationship abuse among a community-based sample of low-income African American women
Failed retrieving data.Sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancy, and adolescent health promotion.
Failed retrieving data.The psychological basis of health promotion for adolescents.
Failed retrieving data.Frequency of alcohol use and its association with STD/HIV-related risk practices, attitudes and knowledge among an African-American community-recruited sample
Failed retrieving data.Gender-related correlates and predictors of consistent condom use among young adult African-American women : A prospective analysis
Failed retrieving data.Monetary incentives : A useful strategy for enhancing enrolment and promoting participation in HIV/STD risk reduction interventions
Failed retrieving data.Partner influences and gender-related factors associated with noncondom use among young adult african american women
Failed retrieving data.Preventing sexually transmitted infections among adolescents : A clash of ideology and science
Failed retrieving data.Rape among African American women : Sexual, psychological, and social correlates predisposing survivors to risk of STD/HIV
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