Thomas Valente, Ph.D.

Examining the Role of Weight Status and Individual Attributes on Adolescent Social Relations
J Adolesc Health. 2020 Mar 11.

Diffusion/Contagion Processes on Social Networks
Health Educ Behav. 2020 Feb 24; 1090198120901497.

Gender Differences in Socio-ecological Determinants of Alcohol Use Among Hispanic Adolescents
J Sch Health. 2020 Feb; 90(2):99-106.

Evaluation of a Nurse-Delivered Pre-Chemotherapy Educational Intervention to Increase Knowledge and Reduce Anxiety Among Ethnically Diverse Patients
J Cancer Educ. 2020 Jan 30.

Peer-adult network structure and suicide attempts in 38 high schools: implications for network-informed suicide prevention
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2019 Oct; 60(10):1065-1075.

Involving end-users in the design of an audit and feedback intervention in the emergency department setting - a mixed methods study
BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Apr 29; 19(1):270.

Smoking Diffusion through Networks of Diverse, Urban American Adolescents over the High School Period
J Health Soc Behav. 2019 09; 60(3):362-376.

Perceived Social Acceptability and Longitudinal Trends in Adolescent Cigarette Smoking
Prev Sci. 2019 08; 20(6):824-832.

Network influences on policy implementation: Evidence from a global health treaty
Soc Sci Med. 2019 02; 222:188-197.

Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption
AIDS Behav. 2018 Jul; 22(7):2340-2359.

"You See Yourself Like in a Mirror": The Effects of Internet-Mediated Personal Networks on Body Image and Eating Disorders
Health Commun. 2018 09; 33(9):1166-1176.

PrEP Chicago: A randomized controlled peer change agent intervention to promote the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among young Black men who have sex with men
Clin Trials. 2018 02; 15(1):44-52.

Diffusion of a Peer-Led Suicide Preventive Intervention Through School-Based Student Peer and Adult Networks
Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9:598.

Interpersonal communication regarding pregnancy-related services: friends versus health professionals as conduits for information
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 04 12; 18(1):97.

Differences in time to injection onset by drug in California: Implications for the emerging heroin epidemic
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 04 01; 185:253-259.

Hygiene and Health: Who Do Mothers in Vanuatu Communicate with about Health?
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 03 03; 15(3).

Coding communications across time: Documenting changes in interaction patterns across adopter categories
Netw Sci (Camb Univ Press). 2017 Dec; 5(4):441-460.

Bridging Income Generation with Group Integrated Care for cardiovascular risk reduction: Rationale and design of the BIGPIC study
Am Heart J. 2017 Jun; 188:175-185.

An Appraisal of Social Network Theory and Analysis as Applied to Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities
Annu Rev Public Health. 2017 Mar 20; 38:103-118.

Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis
Epilepsy Behav. 2017 08; 73:31-35.

An exploration of the Facebook social networks of smokers and non-smokers
PLoS One. 2017; 12(11):e0187332.

Adolescent Social Networks and Alcohol Use: Variability by Gender and Type
Subst Use Misuse. 2017 03 21; 52(4):477-487.

Popularity Breeds Contempt: The Evolution of Reputational Dislike Relations and Friendships in High School
Soc Networks. 2017 Jan; 48:100-109.

Putting the network in network interventions
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 09 05; 114(36):9500-9501.

NETWORK STRUCTURE, MULTIPLEXITY, AND EVOLUTION AS INFLUENCES ON COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY INTERVENTIONS
J Community Psychol. 2016 Aug; 44(6):781-798.

Measuring sustainment of prevention programs and initiatives: a study protocol
Implement Sci. 2016 Jul 16; 11:95.

Diffusion of an Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Through Facebook: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Am J Public Health. 2016 Jun; 106(6):1130-5.

Characterizing implementation strategies using a systems engineering survey and interview tool: a comparison across 10 prevention programs for drug abuse and HIV sexual risk behavior
Implement Sci. 2016 May 17; 11:70.

Increases in Network Ties Are Associated With Increased Cohesion Among Intervention Participants
Health Educ Behav. 2016 Apr; 43(2):208-16.

Bridging, brokerage and betweenness
Soc Networks. 2016 Jan; 44:202-208.

Hispanic/Latino Adolescents' Alcohol Use: Influence of Family Structure, Perceived Peer Norms, and Family Members' Alcohol Use
Am J Health Educ. 2016; 47(4):253-261.

A social network analysis of supportive interactions on prenatal sites
Digit Health. 2016 Jan-Dec; 2:2055207616628700.

Diffusion of innovations theory applied to global tobacco control treaty ratification
Soc Sci Med. 2015 Nov; 145:89-97.

Coevolution of Information Sharing and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices Among North American Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
Am J Public Health. 2015 Sep; 105(9):1814-22.

Electronic Cigarette Marketing Online: a Multi-Site, Multi-Product Comparison
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2015 Jul-Dec; 1(2):e11.

Place of Residence Moderates the Relationship Between Emotional Closeness and Syringe Sharing Among Injection Drug Using Clients of Sex Workers in the US-Mexico Border Region
AIDS Behav. 2015 Jun; 19(6):987-95.

How different countries addressed the sudden growth of e-cigarettes in an online tobacco control community
BMJ Open. 2015 May 21; 5(5):e007654.

Methods for measuring diffusion of a social media-based health intervention
Soc Netw. 2015 Apr; 4(2):41-46.

"Hidden" social networks in behavior change interventions
Am J Public Health. 2015 Mar; 105(3):513-6.

Peer leaders and substance use among high-risk adolescents
Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Feb; 50(3):283-91.

A Systematic Review of Loneliness and Smoking: Small Effects, Big Implications
Subst Use Misuse. 2015; 50(13):1697-716.

Multiplex congruity: friendship networks and perceived popularity as correlates of adolescent alcohol use
Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jan; 125:173-81.

A Social Network Analysis of a Coalition Initiative to Prevent Underage Drinking in Los Angeles County
Proc Annu Hawaii Int Conf Syst Sci. 2015 Jan; 2015:4356-4365.

It's better to give than to receive: the role of social support, trust, and participation on health-related social networking sites
J Health Commun. 2014 Dec; 19(12):1424-39.

Commentary--Project Towards No Drug Abuse: an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program
J Prim Prev. 2014 Aug; 35(4):233-7.

Peer influences: the impact of online and offline friendship networks on adolescent smoking and alcohol use
J Adolesc Health. 2014 May; 54(5):508-14.

Influence network linkages across implementation strategy conditions in a randomized controlled trial of two strategies for scaling up evidence-based practices in public youth-serving systems
Implement Sci. 2013 Nov 14; 8:133.

Alcohol peer influence of participating in organized school activities: a network approach
Health Psychol. 2013 Oct; 32(10):1084-92.

A computational future for preventing HIV in minority communities: how advanced technology can improve implementation of effective programs
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jun 01; 63 Suppl 1:S72-84.

Hawai'i's silent epidemic: children's caries (dental decay)
Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2013 Jun; 72(6):204-8.

A comparison of peer influence measures as predictors of smoking among predominately hispanic/latino high school adolescents
J Adolesc Health. 2013 Mar; 52(3):358-64.

Decomposing the components of friendship and friends' influence on adolescent drinking and smoking
J Adolesc Health. 2012 Aug; 51(2):136-43.

Network interventions
Science. 2012 Jul 06; 337(6090):49-53.

Partnerships for the design, conduct, and analysis of effectiveness, and implementation research: experiences of the prevention science and methodology group
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Jul; 39(4):301-16.

Social integration in friendship networks: the synergy of network structure and peer influence in relation to cigarette smoking among high risk adolescents
Soc Sci Med. 2012 May; 74(9):1407-17.

A network method of measuring affiliation-based peer influence: assessing the influences of teammates' smoking on adolescent smoking
Child Dev. 2012 Mar-Apr; 83(2):442-51.

A network assessment of community-based participatory research: linking communities and universities to reduce cancer disparities
Am J Public Health. 2010 Jul; 100(7):1319-25.

Global tobacco control diffusion: the case of the framework convention on tobacco control
Am J Public Health. 2010 Jul; 100(7):1260-6.

Bridging: Locating Critical Connectors in a Network
Soc Networks. 2010 Jul 01; 32(3):212-220.

Place-based social network quality and correlates of substance use among urban adolescents
J Adolesc. 2010 Jun; 33(3):419-27.

Future health applications of genomics: priorities for communication, behavioral, and social sciences research
Am J Prev Med. 2010 May; 38(5):556-65.

Evaluation of an overdose prevention and response training programme for injection drug users in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, CA
Int J Drug Policy. 2010 May; 21(3):186-93.

Adolescent affiliations and adiposity: a social network analysis of friendships and obesity
J Adolesc Health. 2009 Aug; 45(2):202-4.

Acculturation and substance use: social influence as a mediator among Hispanic alternative high school youth
J Health Soc Behav. 2009 Jun; 50(2):164-79.

Entertainment-education in a media-saturated environment: examining the impact of single and multiple exposures to breast cancer storylines on two popular medical dramas
J Health Commun. 2008 Dec; 13(8):808-23.

Collaboration and competition in a children's health initiative coalition: a network analysis
Eval Program Plann. 2008 Nov; 31(4):392-402.

Between tradition and change: condom use with primary sexual partners among Mexican migrants
AIDS Behav. 2008 Jul; 12(4):561-9.

How Correlated Are Network Centrality Measures?
Connect (Tor). 2008 Jan 01; 28(1):16-26.

Adolescent smoking networks: the effects of influence and selection on future smoking
Addict Behav. 2007 Dec; 32(12):3054-9.

Identifying opinion leaders to promote behavior change
Health Educ Behav. 2007 Dec; 34(6):881-96.

Network analysis of an organizational collaboration for Pacific Islander cancer control
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2007 Nov; 18(4 Suppl):184-96.

Peer acceleration: effects of a social network tailored substance abuse prevention program among high-risk adolescents
Addiction. 2007 Nov; 102(11):1804-15.

Evaluating a Minor Storyline on ER About Teen Obesity, Hypertension, and 5 A Day
J Health Commun. 2007 Sep; 12(6):551-66.

Perceived peer influence and peer selection on adolescent smoking
Addict Behav. 2007 Aug; 32(8):1546-54.

Does entertainment-education work with Latinos in the United States? Identification and the effects of a telenovela breast cancer storyline.
J Health Commun. 2007 Jul-Aug; 12(5):455-69.

Differences in perceived implementation of a standard versus peer-led interactive substance abuse prevention program
Am J Health Behav. 2007 May-Jun; 31(3):297-311.

Community coalitions as a system: effects of network change on adoption of evidence-based substance abuse prevention
Am J Public Health. 2007 May; 97(5):880-6.

Opinion leader interventions in social networks
BMJ. 2006 Nov 25; 333(7578):1082-3.

Need, demand, and external validity in dissemination of physical activity programs
Am J Prev Med. 2006 Oct; 31(4 Suppl):S5-7.

Diffusion of innovations and network segmentation: the part played by people in promoting health
Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Jul; 33(7 Suppl):S23-31.

Promoting breastfeeding in Bolivia: do social networks add to the predictive value of traditional socioeconomic characteristics?
J Health Popul Nutr. 2006 Mar; 24(1):71-80.

Condom use and migration in a sample of Mexican migrants: potential for HIV/STI transmission
Salud Publica Mex. 2006 Jan-Feb; 48(1):57-61.

Peer influences on adolescent cigarette smoking: a theoretical review of the literature
Subst Use Misuse. 2006; 41(1):103-55.

Improving preventive health services training in chiropractic colleges: a pilot impact evaluation of the introduction of a model public health curriculum
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Nov-Dec; 28(9):702-7.

Do popular students smoke? The association between popularity and smoking among middle school students.
J Adolesc Health. 2005 Oct; 37(4):323-9.

Intergenerational transfers of resources between older persons and extended kin in Taiwan and the Philippines
Popul Stud (Camb). 2005 Jul; 59(2):181-95.

Impact of sexual networks on risk for gonorrhea and chlamydia among low-income urban African American adolescents
J Pediatr. 2005 Apr; 146(4):518-22.

Characteristics of opinion leaders in substance abuse treatment agencies
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2004; 30(1):187-203.

Effects of a social-network method for group assignment strategies on peer-led tobacco prevention programs in schools
Am J Public Health. 2003 Nov; 93(11):1837-43.

Diffusion of innovations
Genet Med. 2003 Mar-Apr; 5(2):69.

Campaign exposure and interpersonal communication as factors in contraceptive use in Bolivia
J Health Commun. 2001 Oct-Dec; 6(4):303-22.

Interorganizational relationships among HIV/AIDS service organizations in Baltimore: a network analysis
J Urban Health. 2001 Sep; 78(3):468-87.

Peers, schools, and adolescent cigarette smoking
J Adolesc Health. 2001 Jul; 29(1):22-30.

Needle-exchange participation, effectiveness, and policy: syringe relay, gender, and the paradox of public health
J Urban Health. 2001 Jun; 78(2):340-9.

Selective risk taking among needle exchange participants: implications for supplemental interventions
Am J Public Health. 2001 Mar; 91(3):406-11.

An evaluation of the use of drama to communicate HIV/AIDS information
AIDS Educ Prev. 1999 Jun; 11(3):203-11.

Satellite exchange in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program
Public Health Rep. 1998 Jun; 113 Suppl 1:90-6.

Matching the message to the process: the relative ordering of knowledge, attitudes, and practices in behavior change research
Hum Commun Res. 1998 Mar; 24(3):366-85.

Reproductive Health is in Your Hands: the national media campaign in Bolivia
SIECUS Rep. 1997 Jan; 25(2):10-3.

Mass-media-generated interpersonal communication as sources of information about family planning
J Health Commun. 1996 Jul-Sep; 1(3):247-65.