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10:30 am-Noon, Rubenstein Hall, Room 207
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12-1:30 pm, Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Room
Peer attributes other than smoking have received little attention in the research on adolescent smoking, even though the developmental literature suggests the importance of multiple dimensions of adolescent friendships and peer relations. Social network analysis is used to measure the structure of peer relations (i.e., indicators of having friends, friendship quality, and status among peers) and peer smoking (i.e., friend and school smoking). The contribution of these peer attributes, and interactions between them, to trajectories of smoking from age 11 to 17 is examined using three-level hierarchical growth models. Data are from a longitudinal sample of 6,579 students in three school districts assessed in school every six months from spring 2002 to spring 2004. Findings suggest a greater complexity in the peer context of smoking than previously recognized.
Susan Ennett is an associate professor and doctoral program director, Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health. Her research focuses on understanding and preventing health risk behaviors among adolescents in the general population as well as among high-risk youth. Her current research includes a longitudinal study of the social context of adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and a national study of substance use prevention practices in middle schools. In other recent research, she has studied substance use and risky sexual behavior among runaway and homeless youth and collaborated on the development and evaluation of a family intervention to prevent youth tobacco and alcohol use.
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by February 1. _______________________________________________________________
10 am, Rubenstein Hall, 287
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12-1:30 pm, Erwin Square Mill Building, Bay C conference room
The Durham Family Initiative (DFI) research evaluation team has been examining the impact of DFI, a comprehensive, community-based prevention program addressing child maltreatment in Durham County. Though analyses are ongoing, the current presentation will present preliminary statistical findings regarding the overall impact of DFI on the rates of maltreatment. Emphasis will be on the technical aspects of the evaluation and the statistical approaches being used to answer the primary research questions (in particular, interrupted time series models). Input and discussion about the methodology is invited.
The DFI Research Evaluation Team is part of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. Please bring a brown bag lunch.
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12-1:30 pm, Rubenstein Hall, Room 207
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10:30-Noon, Erwin Square Mill Building, Bay A events room
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