Johns Hopkins University
Center for Adolescent Health

Center’s Web site*

First funded: 1993

 

Core Research Focus

Preparing young people in Baltimore to be healthy and productive adults.

Core Research Projects

Current (2004–2009)
Health and Opportunity Partnership (HOPE)
Integrating health promotion and disease prevention within existing job training programs for out-of-school youth.
Principal Investigator:
Freya Sonenstein, fsonenst@jhsph.edu

Past (1990-2004)
Adolescents Benefit from Community After-School Programs

 

Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area

Cardiovascular Health
SIP# 05-1999	Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women
SIP# 01-2000	Helping Women Participate in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Nutrition & Physical Activity for Adults
SIP# 05-1999	Identifying Factors That Promote Physical Activity Among Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Women

 

Contact Information

Center
Johns Hopkins University
Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Room E4608
Baltimore, MD 21205

Principal Investigator
Freya Sonenstein, PhD
Phone: (410) 614-3953
Fax: (410) 614-3956
E-mail: fsonenst@jhsph.edu

Deputy Director
Helen Beckstrom, PhD
Phone: (410) 614-4964
Fax: (410) 614-3956
E-mail: hbeckstr@jhsph.edu

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