University of Minnesota
Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center

Center’s Web site*

First funded: 1996

 

Core Research Focus

Preventing and reducing risk behaviors among teenagers and promoting healthy adolescent development.

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2004–2009)
Partners in Action for Teen Health (Lead Peace - Plus)
Preventing and reducing risk behaviors related to violence, substance use, sexual activity, and school drop out among adolescent students in a multiethnic, low-income, urban school district.
Principal Investigator:
Renee Sieving, sievi001@umn.edu

Past (1996-2004)
Youth Development Strategy for Preventing Teen Pregnancy (Prime Time)

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Healthy Youth
SIP# 22-1999	Partnership for Youth Violence Prevention

Tobacco Prevention & Control
SIP# 17-1999	Researchers Offer States and Communities Technical Assistance in Tobacco Control

 

Contact Information

Center
University of Minnesota
Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research and Training Center
University Gateway
200 Oak Street SE, Suite 260
Minneapolis, MN 55455-2002

Principal Investigator/Director
Michael Resnick, PhD
Phone: (612) 624-9111
Fax: (612) 626-2134
E-mail: resni001@umn.edu

Deputy Director
Renee Sieving, PhD, RNC
Phone: (612) 626-4527
Fax: (612) 625-7091
E-mail: sievi001@umn.edu

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