Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 337.e17-337.e23 , October 2005

Teacher connectedness and health-related outcomes among detained adolescents

  • Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D., School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
    • ,
  • Laura F. Salazar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health
    • ,
  • Richard Crosby, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Emory Center for AIDS Research
    • Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University
    • Kentucky School of Public Health
    • ,
  • Ralph J. Diclemente, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health
    • Emory Center for AIDS Research
    • Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University
    • Kentucky School of Public Health
    • Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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  • William L. Yarber, H.S.D.

      Affiliations

    • Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University
    • Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
    • Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University
    • ,
  • Michelle Staples-Horne, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

Received 26 April 2004 ,Accepted 10 November 2004.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00143-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.11.137

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 337.e17-337.e23 , October 2005

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