Bonita Stanton

Psychosocial correlates of cigarette smoking among college students in China (2009)

Mao, Rong, Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Wang, Jing, Hong, Yan, Zhang, Hongshia, ...

The objectives are to examine the smoking practice and intention among Chinese college students and to explore the association between cigarette smoking and individual and psychosocial factors....

Parental HIV/AIDS and Psychosocial Adjustment among Rural Chinese Children (2009)

Fang, Xiaoyi, Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Hong, Yan, Zhang, Liying, Zhao, Guoxiang, ...

Objective To assess the relationship between parental HIV/AIDS and psychosocial adjustment of children in rural central China. Methods Participants included 296 double AIDS orphans (children who had...

Adults' Perceived Prevalence of Enteric Fever Predicts Laboratory-validated Incidence of Typhoid Fever in Children (2008)

Chen, Xinguang, Stanton, Bonita, Pach, Al, Nyamete, Andrew, Ochiai, R. Leon, Kaljee, Linda, ...

This study was undertaken to develop a model to predict the incidence of typhoid in children based on adults' perception of prevalence of enteric fever in the wider community. Typhoid cases among...

Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China (2007)

Wang, Bo, Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Kamali, Vafa, Naar-King, Sylvie, Shah, Iqbal, ...

Abstract Background In recent years, more adolescents are engaging in premarital sex in China. However, only a limited number of studies have explored out-of-school youth's sexual attitudes and...

Personal values and involvement in problem behaviors among Bahamian early adolescents: a cross-sectional study (2007)

Liu, Hongjie, Yu, Shuli, Cottrell, Lesley, Lunn, Sonja, Deveaux, Lynette, Brathwaite, Nanika V, ...

Abstract Background Few studies, particularly in developing countries, have explored the relationship between adolescents and parental values with adolescent problem behaviors. The objectives of the...

Examining smoking and cessation during pregnancy among an Appalachian sample: a preliminary view (2007)

Cottrell, Lesley, Gibson, Mark, Harris, Carole, Rai, Alia, Sobhan, Sabera, Berry, Traci, ...

Abstract Background Several transitions that a woman experiences prenatally may influence her desire or ability to discontinue smoking. This study explores the role of smoking for young, Appalachian,...

HIV/AIDS knowledge and the implications for health promotion programs among Chinese college students: geographic, gender and age differences (2004)

Li, Xiaoming, Lin, Chongde, Gao, Zuxin, Stanton, Bonita, Fang, Xiaoyi, Yin, Qin, ...

Data were collected in 2000 from 1081 students from eight colleges in China to assess the overall level of AIDS knowledge, and to explore regional, gender and grade differences in AIDS knowledge. The...

Comparability of Results Obtained by Two-Week Home Maintained Diarrhoeal Calendar with Two-Week Diarrhoeal Recall (1987)

STANTON, BONITA, CLEMENS, JOHN, AZIZ, K M A, KHATUN, KHODEZA, AHMED, SHAHNAZ, KHATUN, JAHANARA

Many community based studies of diarrhoea in the developing world employ face-to-face interviews to obtain diarrhoeal histories. An alternative recording device that preserved the accuracy but...

Breast feeding as a determinant of severity in shigellosis. Evidence for protection throughout the first three years of life in Bangladeshi children (1986)

Clemens, John D., Stanton, Bonita, Stoll, Barbara, Shahid, Nigar S., Banu, Hasina

Little is known about the effect of breast feeding upon the severity of illness due to specific diarrheal pathogens. Using a systematically sampled and evaluated population of children aged less than...

BREAST FEEDING AS A DETERMINANT OF SEVERITY IN SHIGELLOSIS: EVIDENCE FOR PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE IN BANGLADESHI CHILDREN (1986)

CLEMENS, JOHN D., STANTON, BONITA, STOLL, BARBARA, SHAHID, NIGAR S., BANU, HASINA

Little is known about the effect of breast feeding upon the severity of illness due to specific dlarrheal pathogens. Using a systematically sampled and evaluated population of children aged

The urban volunteer programme in Dhaka: a community based primary health care and research initiative (1985)

Stanton, Bonita, Clemens, John, Koblinsky, Marjorie, Khair, Tajkera

In response to a recognition that existing health facilities could not adequately reach the poorer sections of Dhaka city, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh...

Risk Behavior and Perception Among Youths Residing in Urban Public Housing Developments

Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Black, Maureen M., Romer, Daniel, Ricardo, Izabel, Kaljee, Linda

The scientific literature and popular media suggest that variations in housing structure and neighborhood influence risk behaviors among youths living in low-income urban communities. To explore the...

Factorial structure of problem behaviors among urban and rural American adolescents.

Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Yu, Shuli

PURPOSE: The present study was designed to examine the underlying factorial structure of various problem behaviors among diverse populations using data from multiple cohorts of community-based...

Dynamic association between parental monitoring and communication and adolescent risk involvement among African-American adolescents.

Yang, Hongmei, Stanton, Bonita, Li, Xiaoming, Cottrel, Lesley, Galbraith, Jennifer, Kaljee, Linda

PURPOSE: To examine: (1) the relationship between parental monitoring and communication and adolescent risk involvement over time, including consideration of their potential interaction; and (2) the...

Unprotected sex among African-American adolescents: a three-year study.

Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Feigelman, Susan, Galbraith, Jennifer

This study examined the cumulative change of unprotected sex over a period of three years among 383 African American youth ages 9 to 15 at baseline who participated in a trial of a Human...

Parental monitoring intervention: practice makes perfect.

Li, Xiaoming, Stanton, Bonita, Galbraith, Jennifer, Burns, James, Cottrell, Lesley, Pack, Robert

Data from a randomized, controlled longitudinal study of African-American parent-adolescent dyads were analyzed to assess the impact of a parental monitoring intervention on (a) the similarity of...