Chronic Disease Prevention
• Dickey LL, Gemson DH. Put prevention into practice: shifting the curve toward success? Am J Prev Med. 1997 Sep-Oct;13(5):343-4. No abstract available. PMID: 9315264 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Gemson DH, Dickey LL, Ganz ML, Ashford AR, Francis CK. Acceptance and use of Put Prevention into practice materials at an inner-city hospital. Am J Prev Med. 1996 Jul-Aug;12(4):233-7. PMID: 8874684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Gemson DH, Ashford AR, Dickey LL, Raymore SH, Roberts JW, Ehrlich MH, Foster BG, Ganz ML, Moon-Howard J, Field LS, et al. Putting prevention into practice. Impact of a multifaceted physician education program on preventive services in the inner city. Arch Intern Med. 1995 Nov 13;155(20):2210-6.
• Fullilove RE, Fullilove MT, Northridge ME, Ganz ML, Bassett MT, McLean DE, Aidala AA, Gemson DH, McCord C. Risk factors for excess mortality in Harlem. Findings from the Harlem Household Survey. Am J Prev Med. 1999 Apr;16(3 Suppl):22-8.

Smoking Cessation and Control
• Northridge ME. Building coalitions for tobacco control and prevention in the 21st century. Am J Public Health 2004;94(2):178-80.
• Moon-Howard J. African American women and smoking: starting later. Am J Public Health 2003;93(3):418-20.
• Gemson DH, Moats HL, Watkins BX, Ganz ML, Robinson S, Healton E. Laying down the law: reducing illegal tobacco sales to minors in central Harlem. Am J Public Health 1998;88(6):936-9.
• Northridge ME, Morabia A, Ganz ML, Bassett MT, Gemson D, Andrews H, McCord C. Contribution of smoking to excess mortality in Harlem. Am J Epidemiol. 1998 Feb 1;147(3):250-8.

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Community Based Participatory Research

• Northridge ME, Sidibe S, Goehl TJ. Environment and health: capacity building for the future. Environ Health Perspect 2004;112(15):A858-60.
• VanDevanter N, Hennessy M, Moon Howard J, Bleakly A, Peake M, Millet S, Cohall A, et al. Developing a collaborative community, academic, health department partnership for STD prevention: the Gonorrhea Community Action Project in Harlem. J Public Health Management Practice 2002; 8(6):62-68.
• Northridge ME, Vallone D, Merzel C, Greene D, Shepard P, Cohall AT, et al. The adolescent years: an academic-community partnership in Harlem comes of age. J Public Health Manag Pract 2000;6(1):53-60.

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Health Communication

• Cohall A, Cohall R. Why you should consider "messaging" with your patients and parents by e-mail and the Web. Contemporary Pediatrics 2004 Oct.
• Chang BL, Bakken S, Brown SS, Houston TK, Kreps GL, Kukafka R, et al. Bridging the digital divide: reaching vulnerable populations. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004;11(6):448-57.
• Cohall A, Cohall R, Dye B, Dini S, Vaughan R. Parents of urban adolescents in Harlem, New York and the Internet: a cross-sectional survey on preferred resources for health information. J Med Internet Res 2004;6(4):1-8.
• Kukafka R, Johnson SB, Linfante A, Allegrante JP. Grounding a new information technology implementation framework in behavioral science: a systematic analysis of the literature on IT use. J Biomed Inform 2003;36(3):218-27.
• Kukafka R, Lussier YA, Patel VL, Cimino JJ. Modeling patient response to acute myocardial infarction: implications for a tailored technology-based program to reduce patient delay. Proc AMIA Symp 1999:570-4.

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Improving Access to Care

• Cohall AT, Cohall R, Ellis JA, Vaughan RD, Northridge ME, Watkins-Bryant G, et al. More than heights and weights: what parents of urban adolescents want from health care providers. J Adolesc Health 2004;34(4):258-61.
• Kalmuss D, Davidson A, Cohall A, Laraque D, Cassell C. Preventing sexual risk behaviors and pregnancy among teenagers: linking research and programs. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2003;35(2):87-93.
• Merzel C, Moon-Howard J. Access to health services in an urban community: does source of care make a difference? J Urban Health 2002;79(2):186-99.

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Oral Health

• Ahluwalia K. Oral health care for the elderly: more than just dentures. Am J Public Health 2004;94(5):698.
• Ahluwalia KP, Sadowsky D. Oral disease burden and dental services utilization by Latino and African-American seniors in Northern Manhattan. J Community Health 2003;28(4):267-80.
• Zabos GP, Northridge ME, Ro MJ, Trinh C, Vaughan R, Moon Howard J, et al. Lack of oral health care for adults in Harlem: a hidden crisis. Am J Public Health 2002;92(1):49-52.

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Sexual Health

• Kalmuss D, Davidson A, Cohall A, Laraque D, Cassell C. Preventing sexual risk behaviors and pregnancy among teenagers: linking research and programs. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2003;35(2):87-93.
• VanDevanter N, Hennessy M, Moon Howard J, Bleakly A, Peake M, Millet S, Cohall A, et al. Developing a collaborative community, academic, health department partnership for STD prevention: the Gonorrhea Community Action Project in Harlem. J Public Health Management Practice 2002; 8(6):62-68.
• Cohall A, Kassotis J, Parks R, Vaughan R, Bannister H, Northridge M. Adolescents in the age of AIDS: myths, misconceptions, and misunderstandings regarding sexually transmitted diseases. J Natl Med Assoc 2001;93(2):64-9.
• Armstrong B, Cohall AT, Vaughan RD, Scott M, Tiezzi L, McCarthy JF. Involving men in reproductive health: the Young Men's Clinic. Am J Public Health 1999;89(6):902-5.
• Cohall AT, Dickerson D, Vaughan R, Cohall R. Inner-city adolescents' awareness of emergency contraception. J Am Med Womens Assoc 1998;53(5 Suppl 2):258-61.

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Training and Education

• HHPC Accomplishments Monograph 1991-2005 - Summarizes the accomplishments and current projects of the Harlem Health Promotion Center. (PDF: 2Mb)

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Violence and Injury Prevention

• Rickert VI, Vaughan RD, Wiemann CM. Adolescent dating violence and date rape. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2002;14(5):495-500.
• Cohall A, Cohall R, Bannister H, Northridge M. Love shouldn't hurt: strategies for health care providers to address adolescent dating violence. J Am Med Womens Assoc 1999;54(3):144-8.
• Cohall A, Cohall R, Bannister H. Adolescents and violent crime. Curr Opin Pediatr 1998;10(4):356-62.

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