Robin Stevens, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Rutgers University-Camden
Department of Childhood Studies
405-407 Cooper Street
Camden, NJ
USA 08102

Biographical Sketch: Robin Stevens, PhD, MPH is a public health researcher committed to using media and technology to improve health outcomes among minority youth. Dr. Stevens has used her training in health communication, health disparities and behavioral science to examine the intended and unintended effects of media messages on sexual risk related behavior among African American adolescents. Dr. Stevens is currently working on projects that utilize mobile device technology to deliver HIV/STI prevention messages to at-risk adolescents. She serves as the Senior Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research.

Papers:
3270.0 Virtual hood: Social networking sites in lives of youth living in disadvantaged neighborhoods 4047.0 Development and pilot testing of a barbershop based HIV/STI prevention program for young adult African American men 4352.0 Knowing versus doing: Sexual health knowledge and its influence on the sexual behaviors of minority youth 5006.0 Testing negative: HIV testing as a predictor of HIV risk perception among americans, 1993-2000