Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 429-436 , May 2010

Assessing Youth Risk Behavior in a Clinical Trial Setting: Lessons From the Infant Health and Development Program

  • Elizabeth R. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elizabeth R. Woods, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, LO-306, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115.
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  • Stephen L. Buka, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Brown University Program in Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island (Harvard School of Public Health)
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  • Camilia R. Martin, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Mikhail Salganik, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cytel Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, (Harvard School of Public Health)
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  • Mary Beth Howard, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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  • Jennifer A. Gueguen, Ed.M., S.M.

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
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  • Marie C. McCormick, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 21 June 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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 Participating Sites in IHDP: University of Washington, Seattle, WA; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Department of Neonatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. For a complete list of participants, please see reference 18.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00599-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.010

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 429-436 , May 2010

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