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Melanie A. Gold
Researcher at Columbia University Medical Center
Publications - 110
Citations - 3770
Melanie A. Gold is an academic researcher from Columbia University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Family planning. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 104 publications receiving 3519 citations. Previous affiliations of Melanie A. Gold include Boston Children's Hospital & University of Pittsburgh.
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Sexual orientation and adolescent substance use: a meta-analysis and methodological review.
Michael P. Marshal,Mark S. Friedman,Ron Stall,Kevin M. King,Jonathan Miles,Melanie A. Gold,Oscar G. Bukstein,Jennifer Q. Morse +7 more
TL;DR: The odds of substance use for LGB youth were, on average, 190% higher than for heterosexual youth and substantially higher within some subpopulations of LGB young people (340% higher for bisexual youth, 400%Higher for females).
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The effects of advance provision of emergency contraception on adolescent women's sexual and contraceptive behaviors
TL;DR: Providing advance EC to adolescents is not associated with more unprotected intercourse or less condom or hormonal contraception use, and in the first month after enrollment, adolescents provided with advance EC were nearly twice as likely to use it and began EC sooner, when it is known to be more effective.
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Adolescent and young adult women's knowledge of and attitudes toward the intrauterine device
Amy K. Whitaker,Lisa M. Johnson,Bryna Harwood,Laurel Chiappetta,Mitchell D. Creinin,Melanie A. Gold +5 more
TL;DR: Most young women were unaware of Iuds but were likely to think positively about IUDs after being educated about them; thus, all young women should be offered education aboutIUDs.
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Providers' perspectives on challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care settings.
TL;DR: General efforts to improve integration of contraceptive counseling into primary care services in addition to electronic reminders and efficient delivery of contraceptive information are needed.
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Motivational intervention to reduce rapid subsequent births to adolescent mothers: a community-based randomized trial.
TL;DR: Receipt of 2 or more CAMI sessions, either alone or within a multicomponent home-based intervention, reduced the risk of rapid subsequent birth to adolescent mothers.