University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA/RAND
Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
Center’s Web site*First funded: 1998
Core Research Focus
Involving parents in promoting health, reducing risk behaviors, and preventing disease among adolescents.
Core Research Projects
Current (2004–2009)
Talking Parents, Healthy Teens: Evaluation Study
Analyzing the extent to which the center’s worksite education program
for parents of adolescents reduced adolescents’ risk for sexually
transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancy.
Principal Investigator:
Mark A. Schuster,
schuster@rand.org
Past (1998–2004)
Worksite Program
Helps Parents Promote Sexual Health Among Their Adolescents
Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area
Cancer | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 16-2004 | Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network |
| SIP# 24-2004 | Analyzing Records of Ovarian Cancer Surgery Performed in Eight States |
Healthy Youth | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 27-1999 | Individual, Family, and Societal Factors that Influence Adolescent Health |
| SIP# 03-2004 | Studying the Health Development of Adolescents (Healthy Passages) |
Nutrition &
Physical Activity for Youths | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 08-2007 | Exploring Factors That Influence Children’s Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages at Home |
Obesity and
Overweight | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 08-2007 | Exploring Factors That Influence Children’s Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages at Home |
Oral Health | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 02-2001 | Oral Health Network Supports Oral Health Research |
Contact Information
Center
UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
1072 Gayley Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024-3402
Principal Investigator/Director
Robert Kaplan, PhD
Phone: (310) 825-7652
E-mail: rmkaplan@ucla.edu
Managing Director
Cindy Hannon, MSW
Phone: (310) 794-3570
E-mail: channon@mednet.ucla.edu
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- Page last reviewed: November 14, 2007
- Page last updated: February 5, 2008
- Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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