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CDC. Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Distribution Program—Mississippi, 2004-05 School YearMorbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 2006;55(35):957-961.

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Basen-Engquist K, Coyle K, Parcel G, Kirby D, Banspach S, Carvajal S, Baumler E. School-wide effects of a multi component HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention program for high school students. Health Education and Behavior 2001;28(2):166–185.

Basen-Engquist K, Masse LC, Coyle K, Kirby D, Parcel GS, Banspach SW, Nodora J. Validity of scales measuring the psychosocial determinants of HIV/STD-related risk behavior in adolescents. Health Education Research 1999;14(1):25–37.

Basen-Engquist K, Parcel GS, Harrist R, Kirby D, Coyle K, Banspach S, Rugg D. The Safer Choices project: methodological issues in school-based health promotion intervention research. Journal of School Health 1997;67(9):365–371.

Bauman A, Bowles HR, Huhman M, Heitzler CD, Owen N, Smith BJ, Reger-Nash B. Testing a hierarchy of effects model–pathways from awareness to outcomes in the VERB™ campaign 2002-2003. Am J Prev Med 2008;34(6S):S249-S256.

Berkowitz JM, Huhman M, Heitzler CD, Potter LD, Nolin MJ, Banspach SW. Overview of formative, process, and outcome evaluation methods used in the VERB™ campaign. Am J Prev Med 2008; SS.34(6S):S222-S230.

Berkowitz JM, Huhman M, Nolin MJ. Did augmenting the VERB™ campaign advertising in select communities have an effect on awareness, attitudes, and physical activity? Am J Prev Med 2008; SS.34(6S):S257-S266.

Blake SM, Windsor RA, Lohrmann DK, Gay N, Ledsky R, Richman A, Jones SB, Banspach SW. Factors associated with occupational exposure and compliance with universal precautions in an urban school district. Health Education & Behavior 1999;26(5):734–750.

Carvajal SC, Parcel GS, Basen-Engquist K, Banspach SW, Coyle KK, Kirby D, Chan W. Psychosocial predictors of delay of first sexual intercourse by adolescents. Health Psychology 1999;18(5):443–452.

Coyle K, Basen-Engquist K, Kirby D, Parcel G, Banspach S, Collins J, Baumler E, Carvajal S, Harrist R. Safer Choices: Long-term effects of a multi-component school-based HIV, other STD, and pregnancy prevention program—a randomized controlled trial. Public Health Reports 2001;116(Suppl 1):82–93.

Coyle KK, Basen-Engquist KM, Kirby DB, Parcel GS, Banspach SW, Harrist RB, Baumler ER, Weil ML. Short-term impact of Safer Choices: a multi-component school-based HIV-STD, other STD, and pregnancy prevention program. Journal of School Health 1999;69(5):181–188.

Coyle KK, Kirby, DB, Robin, LE, Banspach, SW , Baumler, ER, Glassman JR. All4You! A Randomized Trial of an HIV, Other STDs, and Pregnancy Prevention Intervention for Alternative School Students. AIDS Education and Prevention 2006; 18(3): 187-203.

Denner J, Coyle KK, Robin LE, Banspach S. Integrating service learning into a curriculum to reduce health risk behaviors at alternative high schools. Journal of School Health 2005; 75(5): 151-156.

Dittus P, Miller KS, Kotchick BA, Forehand R. Why Parents Matter!: The conceptual basis for a community-based HIV prevention program for the parents of African American youth. Journal of Child & Family Studies 2004;13(1):520.

Guilamo-Ramos, V, Bouris, A, Dittus, P, & Jaccard, J. (2008). Mother-adolescent communication about tobacco use in urban Puerto Rican and Dominican families. Youth & Society Vol 40(1), 86-113.

Guilamo-Ramos, V, Jaccard, J, Dittus, P, Bouris, A, Holloway, I, & Casillas, E.(2007). Adolescent expectancies, parent-adolescent communication and intentions to have sexual intercourse among inner-city, middle school youth. Annals of Behavioral Medicine Vol 34(1), 56-66.

Huhman M, Bauman A, Bowles HR. Initial outcomes of the VERB™ campaign: Tweens’ awareness and understanding of campaign messages. Am J Prev Med 2008; 34(6S):S241-S248.

Huhman M, Heitzler C, Wong F. The VERB campaign logic model: a tool for planning and evaluation. Prev Chronic Dis July 2004. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/jul/04_0033.htm.

Huhman ME, Potter LD, Duke JC, Judkins DR, Heitzler CD, Wong FL. Evaluation of a national physical activity intervention for children: The VERB Campaign 2002-2004. Am J Prev Med 2007;32(1):38-43

Huhman M, Potter LD, Wong FL, Banspach SW, Duke JC, Heitzler CD. Effects of a mass media campaign to increase physical activity in children: Year 1 results of the VERB Campaign. Pediatrics 2005;116(2):e277-284.

Kirby DB, Baumler E, Coyle KK, Basen-Engquist K, Parcel GS, Harrist R, Banspach SW. The "Safer Choices" intervention: Its impact on the sexual behaviors of different subgroups of high school students. Journal of Adolescent Health 2004;35(6):442–452.

Potter LD, Judkins DR, Nolin MJ, Huhman M. Methodology of the outcome evaluation of the VERB™ campaign. Am J Prev Med 2008; 34(6S):S230-S240.

Price S, Huhman M, Potter LD. Influencing the parents of children aged 9–13 years: Findings from the VERB campaign. Am J Prev Med 2008; SS. 34(6S):S267-S274

Robin L, Dittus P, Whitaker D, Crosby R, Ethier K, Mezoff J, Miller K, Pappas-Deluca K. Behavioral interventions to reduce incidence of HIV, STD, and pregnancy among adolescents: A decade in review. Journal of Adolescent Health 2004;34:3–26.

Wang LY, Burstein GR, Cohen DA. An economic evaluation of a school-based sexually transmitted disease screening program. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2002;29(12):737–745.

Wang LY, Crossett LS, Lowry R, Sussman S, Dent CW. Cost-effectiveness of a school-based tobacco-use prevention program. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2001;155(9):1043–1050.

Wang LY, Davis M, Robin L, Collins J, Coyle K, Baumler E. Economic evaluation of Safer Choices: A school-based human immunodeficiency virus, other sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy prevention program. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2000;154:1017–1024.

Wang LY, Yang Q, Lowry R, Wechsler H. Economic analysis of a school-based obesity prevention program. Obesity Research 2003;11(11):1313–1324.

Wang LY, Zhong Y, Wheeler L. Direct and indirect costs of asthma in school-age children. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] January 2005.

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