Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Tyree Oredein

Rutgers School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Biography

Specialties and areas of interest include LGBTQ Youth (specifically LGBTQ youth of color), Urban Minority Adolescents, Sexuality and Sexual Health, Media Studies, Health Literacy and Health Communication.  Dr. Oredein received her Bachelor’s Degree from Wellesley College, her Masters of Public Health (MPH) from Hunter College, and her Doctorate of Public Health (DrPH) from Rutgers University in 2015. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors for Say Ah!, a non-profit agency dedicated to increasing health literacy, is an adjunct professor at Montclair State University in the Department of Public Health, and sits on the Wellesley Racial Justice Initiative Leadership Collective.

Publications

The Relationship between Multiple Sexual Partners and Mental Health in Adolescent Females

Objectives: To examine the association between mental health and multiple sexual partners in adolescent females. Methods: This study uses nationally representative data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n=7361 high school females). Results: The prevalence of sadness, suicide ideation, suicide plans and suicide attempts increased with the number ... Read More»

Tyree Oredein and Cristine Delnevo

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 2013, 3:256

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000256

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