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Selected Publications and Presentations by
Jodie Roth-Herbst, Ph.D.:

Selected Publications

Roth, J.L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2003). Youth development programs and healthy development: A review and next steps. In D. Romer (Ed.), Reducing adolescent risk: Toward an integrated approach (pp. 355-365). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Roth, J. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2003). What exactly is a youth development program? Answers from research and practice. Applied Developmental Science, 7 , 92-109.

Roth, J.L. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2003). Youth development programs: Risk, prevention and policy. Journal of Adolescent Health , 32, 170-182.

Roth, J. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2003). What is a youth development program? Identifying defining principles. In R. M. Lerner & F. Jacobs & D. Wertlieb (Eds.), Promoting positive child, adolescent, and family development: A handbook of program and policy innovations (Vol. 2) (pp 197-224). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Roth, J.L., Brooks-Gunn, J., Linver, M. R., & Hofferth, S. (2003). What happens during the school day?: Time diaries from a national sample of elementary school teachers. Teachers College Record, 105 , 317-343.

Roth, J.L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2003). Academic success, adolescence. In T. P. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.), Encyclopedia of primary prevention and health promotion (140-146). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

Roth, J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2000). What do adolescents need for healthy development?: Implications for youth policy. Social Policy Report. Society for Research in Child Development.

Roth, J., Paris, S.G., & Turner, J.C. (2000). Students' perceived utility and reported use of test-taking strategies. Issues in Education, 6 (1/2), 67-82.

Roth, J., Brooks-Gunn, J., Murray, L., & Foster, W. (1998). Promoting healthy adolescents: Synthesis of youth development program evaluations. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8 , 423-459.

Select Presentations

Roth, J.L. (2003, October). Are Youth Development Program Effective?: The State of the Evaluation Literature. Invited presentation at Voices of America's Youth Development Research and Policy Seminar, Washington, DC.

Roth, J.L. (2003, September). Youth development programs: Risk, prevention and policy. Invited presentation at the 2003 meeting of Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs grantees, Chicago, IL.

Roth, J.L. (2003, April). What are America's Children Doing After School? Students' Involvement in Physical, Skill-Building, and Down-Time Activities. Poster to be presented at the 2003 biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Roth, J.L. (2002, September). Youth Development Programs: What Are They and How Do They Promote Adolescent Health . Seminar for the Center for Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.

Roth, J.L. (2001, April). Can after-school programs promote healthy adolescent development? Invited presentation at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Promoting Better Health for Young People through After-School Programs, Arlington, VA.

Roth, J.L., & Linver, M. R. (2001, April). School's out—now what? Early adolescents involvement in skill-building activities during the after-school hours. Paper to be presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.

Roth, J.L., Borbely, C.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2001, June). Developing indicators of confidence, character, and caring in adolescents. Invited paper presented at the Child and Youth Indicators: Accomplishments and Future Directions Conference, Washington, DC.

Roth, J.L. (2000, March). What we know and what we need to know about youth development programs . Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Linver, M.R., & Roth, J.L. (2000, April). Homework—yuck! Adolescents' homework time at the transition to junior high school . Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Roth, J. & Brooks-Gunn, J (1999, December). Influences on healthy adolescent development: From the family to the community. Invited paper presented at the Urban Seminar Series on Children's Health and Safety, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Roth, J. (1999, October). How research on adolescence can inform youth development programs in the twenty-first century. Invited presentation to the National Academy of Sciences, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Evaluating Community Level Programs for Youth, Washington, DC.