Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 417-419 , October 2009

A Randomized Pilot Study of Multisystemic Therapy Targeting Obesity in African-American Adolescents

  • Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D., Pediatric Prevention Research Center, 4707 St. Antoine Street, Old Hutzel Building, Suite w534, Detroit, MI 48201.
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  • Deborah Ellis, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Karen Kolmodin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Phillippe Cunningham, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • K.-L. Catherine Jen, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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  • Brian Saelens, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Kathryn Brogan, Ph.D., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Received 23 October 2008 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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 Disclosure: Deborah Ellis, Sylvie Naar-King, and Phillippe Cunningham are board members of Evidence Based Services, which has a licensing agreement with MST Services, LLC, for dissemination of Multisystemic Therapy treatment technology.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00139-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.022

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 417-419 , October 2009

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