Richard A Crosby

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Top papers

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1 Efficacy of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescent girls: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2004 4.28
2 Efficacy of sexually transmitted disease/human immunodeficiency virus sexual risk-reduction intervention for african american adolescent females seeking sexual health services: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009 2.64
3 Psychosocial predictors of HIV-associated sexual behaviors and the efficacy of prevention interventions in adolescents at-risk for HIV infection: what works and what doesn't work? Psychosom Med 2008 2.49
4 A review of STD/HIV preventive interventions for adolescents: sustaining effects using an ecological approach. J Pediatr Psychol 2007 2.41
5 The validity of teens' and young adults' self-reported condom use. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009 2.31
6 Older partners and STD prevalence among pregnant African American teens. Sex Transm Dis 2003 1.87
7 Sexual risk behaviors associated with having older sex partners: a study of black adolescent females. Sex Transm Dis 2002 1.65
8 Condom use errors and problems: a global view. Sex Health 2012 1.60
9 Association between sexually transmitted diseases and young adults' self-reported abstinence. Pediatrics 2011 1.53
10 Misclassification bias: diversity in conceptualisations about having 'had sex'. Sex Health 2010 1.45
11 Self-esteem and theoretical mediators of safer sex among African American female adolescents: implications for sexual risk reduction interventions. Health Educ Behav 2005 1.44
12 Brief report: sexual sensation seeking and its relationship to risky sexual behaviour among African-American adolescent females. J Adolesc 2006 1.41
13 Social determinants of tuberculosis case rates in the United States. Am J Prev Med 2004 1.40
14 Self-concept and adolescents' refusal of unprotected sex: a test of mediating mechanisms among African American girls. Prev Sci 2004 1.37
15 Reducing STD and HIV risk behavior of substance-dependent adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol 2002 1.36
16 Individual and network factors associated with prevalent hepatitis C infection among rural Appalachian injection drug users. Am J Public Health 2012 1.35
17 Condom use errors and problems among young women who put condoms on their male partners. J Am Med Womens Assoc 2003 1.29
18 Validation of a Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale for use in STD/HIV prevention interventions. Health Educ Behav 2006 1.29
19 The mediating role of partner communication skills on HIV/STD-associated risk behaviors in young African American females with a history of sexual violence. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 1.20
20 Correlates of condom breakage and slippage among university undergraduates. Int J STD AIDS 2004 1.17
21 Predictors of inconsistent contraceptive use among adolescent girls: findings from a prospective study. J Adolesc Health 2006 1.16
22 Ecological factors associated with STD risk behaviors among detained female adolescents. Soc Work 2006 1.15
23 Homelessness and HIV-associated risk behavior among African American men who inject drugs and reside in the urban south of the United States. AIDS Behav 2007 1.11
24 Adverse health consequences that co-occur with depression: a longitudinal study of black adolescent females. Pediatrics 2005 1.07
25 Reducing risk exposures to zero and not having multiple partners: findings that inform evidence-based practices designed to prevent STD acquisition. Int J STD AIDS 2005 1.02
26 A programmatic and methodologic review and synthesis of clinic-based risk-reduction interventions for sexually transmitted infections: research and practice implications. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2005 1.02
27 Applying ecological perspectives to adolescent sexual health in the United States: rhetoric or reality? Health Educ Res 2009 0.99
28 Exploring the mediating mechanism between gender-based violence and biologically confirmed Chlamydia among detained adolescent girls. Violence Against Women 2009 0.97
29 Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV: who will benefit and what are the challenges? Am J Prev Med 2013 0.96
30 Associations between biologically confirmed marijuana use and laboratory-confirmed sexually transmitted diseases among African American adolescent females. Sex Transm Dis 2002 0.96
31 Pregnancy desire among disadvantaged African American adolescent females. Am J Health Behav 2002 0.94
32 Issues related to gay and bisexual men's acceptance of a future AIDS vaccine. Int J STD AIDS 2005 0.93
33 Correlates of putting condoms on after sex has begun and of removing them before sex ends: a study of men attending an urban public STD clinic. Am J Mens Health 2007 0.93
34 Psychosocial constructs associated with condom use among high-risk African American men newly diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease. Ann Behav Med 2010 0.92
35 A descriptive analysis of STD prevalence among urban pregnant African-American teens: data from a pilot study. J Adolesc Health 2004 0.92
36 Pap smear knowledge among young women following the introduction of the HPV vaccine. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2009 0.91
37 Relationship characteristics and sexual practices of African American adolescent girls who desire pregnancy. Health Educ Behav 2004 0.89
38 Acceptance of a potential HIV/AIDS vaccine among minority women. J Natl Med Assoc 2008 0.89
39 Women who put condoms on male partners: correlates of condom application. Am J Health Behav 2006 0.89
40 Incomplete use of condoms: the importance of sexual arousal. AIDS Behav 2011 0.88
41 Linearity and nonlinearity in HIV/STI transmission: implications for the evaluation of sexual risk reduction interventions. Eval Rev 2011 0.87
42 Neighborhood environment, sexual risk behaviors and acquisition of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents diagnosed with psychological disorders. Am J Community Psychol 2010 0.87
43 Prevalence, correlates, and efficacy of selective avoidance as a sexually transmitted disease prevention strategy among African American adolescent females. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 0.87
44 Validation of the worry about sexual outcomes scale for use in STI/HIV prevention interventions for adolescent females. Health Educ Res 2008 0.87
45 Public opinion about condoms for HIV and STD prevention: a Midwestern state telephone survey. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2005 0.86
46 HPV-related risk perceptions and HPV vaccine uptake among a sample of young rural women. J Community Health 2011 0.85
47 A novel, self-guided, home-based intervention to improve condom use among young men who have sex with men. J Am Coll Health 2014 0.84
48 Low rates of free human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among young women. Sex Health 2010 0.84
49 Sexually related behaviors as predictors of HPV vaccination among young rural women. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2011 0.84
50 Correlates of condom-associated erection problems in young, heterosexual men: condom fit, self-efficacy, perceptions, and motivations. AIDS Behav 2014 0.83
51 Anal sex is a behavioural marker for laboratory-confirmed vaginal sexually transmissible infections and HIV-associated risk among African-American female adolescents. Sex Health 2009 0.82
52 Condom use: still a sexual health staple. Sex Health 2012 0.82
53 Preventing HIV among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Adolesc Health 2009 0.82
54 Fatalistic beliefs and completion of the HPV vaccination series among a sample of young Appalachian Kentucky women. J Rural Health 2015 0.82
55 Gender differences in sexual risk behaviours and sexually transmissible infections among adolescents in mental health treatment. Sex Health 2012 0.81
56 African-American female adolescents who engage in oral, vaginal and anal sex: "doing it all" as a significant marker for risk of sexually transmitted infection. AIDS Behav 2008 0.81
57 Multi-level factors associated with pregnancy among urban adolescent women seeking psychological services. J Urban Health 2013 0.81
58 Personal, relational, and peer-level risk factors for laboratory confirmed STD prevalence among low-income African American adolescent females. Sex Transm Dis 2007 0.81
59 Predictors of initial uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine uptake among rural Appalachian young women. J Prim Prev 2013 0.80
60 Hepatitis C viremia and genotype distribution among a sample of nonmedical prescription drug users exposed to HCV in rural Appalachia. J Med Virol 2012 0.80
61 Prevalence and correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis among sexually active African-American adolescent females. Prev Med 2002 0.80
62 Determinants of multimethod contraceptive use in a sample of adolescent women diagnosed with psychological disorders. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2011 0.80
63 Young women's misperceptions about sexually transmissible infection testing: a 'clean and clear' misunderstanding. Sex Health 2007 0.79
64 Preventing sexually transmitted infections among adolescents: 'the glass is half full'. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2006 0.79
65 Relational correlates of unprotected oral and vaginal sex and among African-American adolescent females. Sex Health 2013 0.78
66 Differences between African-American adolescent females with and without human papillomavirus infection. Sex Health 2011 0.78
67 Effectiveness of a model of risky sexual behavior prevention among adolescent boys in Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2011 0.78
68 Personal and social influences regarding oral sex among African American female adolescents. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2011 0.78
69 A partnership of two U.S. research networks to improve public health. Am J Prev Med 2013 0.77
70 Threats of cross-contamination on effects of a sexual risk reduction intervention: fact or fiction. Prev Sci 2009 0.77
71 Environmental barriers to HIV prevention among incarcerated adolescents: a qualitative assessment. Adolescence 2005 0.77
72 Do phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors protect against condom-associated erection loss and condom slippage? J Sex Med 2009 0.76
73 Portrait of an Epidemic: Extremely High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence and Incidence Among Young Black Men Having Sex With Men and Residing in a Southern City. Sex Transm Dis 2017 0.75
74 Protecting a new generation against HPV: are we willing to be bold? Hum Vaccin Immunother 2014 0.75
75 Designing for dissemination: lessons in message design from "1-2-3 pap". Health Commun 2015 0.75
76 Is Patient-Reported Exposure a Reliable Indicator for Anogenital Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening in Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men? Sex Transm Dis 2017 0.75
77 Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in 2 US Cities, 2012-2014. Sex Transm Dis 2017 0.75
78 Female perceptions of male versus female intendedness at the time of teenage pregnancy. Matern Child Health J 2012 0.75
79 HPV vaccine acceptability among women in the Philippines. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2010 0.75
80 Disclosure of newly diagnosed HIV infection and condom use at first sex after diagnosis: a study of young Black men who have sex with men. Sex Health 2017 0.75
81 Condom use to prevent sexually transmitted infections: a global perspective. Sex Health 2012 0.75
82 Thinking differently about cervical cancer screening in high-risk populations. Am J Prev Med 2012 0.75