Komro, Kelli

Tobler, A.L., Komro, K.A. & Maldonado-Molina, M.M. Relationship between neighborhood context, family management practices and alcohol use among urban, multi-ethnic, young adolescents. Prevention Science, 10(4): 313.
Pasch, K. E., Perry, C. L., Stigler, M. H., & Komro, K. A. (2008). Sixth Grade Students Who Use Alcohol: Do We Need Primary Prevention Programs for "Tweens"? Health education & behavior : The official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 36(4): 673-695.
Tobler, A.L., Komro, K.A. & Maldonado-Molina, M.M. (2009). Early adolescent, multi-ethnic, urban youth’s exposure to patterns of alcohol-related neighborhood characteristics. Journal of Community Health, 34:361–369.
Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Hearst, M. O., & Farbakhsh, K. (2009). Does outdoor alcohol advertising around elementary schools vary by the ethnicity of students in the school? Ethnicity & Health, 14(2): 225-236.
Wagenaar, A. C., Salois, M. J., & Komro, K. A. (2009). Effects of beverage alcohol price and tax levels on drinking: A meta-analysis of 1003 estimates from 112 studies. Addiction, 104: 179-190.
Fulkerson, J. A., Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., & Perry, C. L. (2008). Relationships between alcohol-related informal social control, parental monitoring and adolescent problem behaviors among racially diverse urban youth. Journal of Community Health, 33(6): 425-433.
Toomey, T. L., Komro, K. A., Oakes, J. M., Lenk, K. M. (2008). Propensity for illegal alcohol sales to underage youth in Chicago. Journal of Community Health, 33: 134-138.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., et al. (2008). Outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of a multi-component alcohol use preventive intervention for urban youth: Project Northland Chicago. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 103(4): 606-618.
Komro, K. A., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Tobler, A. L., Bonds, J. & Muller, K. E. (2007). Effects of home access and availability of alcohol on young adolescents' alcohol use. Addiction, 102(10): 1597-1608.
Wagenaar, A. C., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Erickson, D. J ., Ma, L., Tobler, A. L. & Komro, K. A. (2007). General deterrence effects of U.S. statutory DUI fine and jail penalties: Long-term follow-up in 32 states. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 39(5): 982-994.
Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Komro, K. A., & Prado, G. (2007). Prospective association between dieting and smoking initiation among adolescents. American Journal of Health Promotion, 22(1): 25-32.
Wagenaar, A. C., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Ma, L., Tobler, A.L. & Komro, K. A. (2007). Effects of legal BAC limits on fatal crash involvement: Analyses of 28 states from 1976 through 2002. Journal of Safety Research, 38(5): 493-499.
Komro, K. A., Maldonado-Molina, M. M., Tobler, A. L., Bonds, J. R. & Muller, K. E. (2007). Effects of home access and availability of alcohol on young adolescents alcohol use. The Scientific Journal of Addiction Issues, 13: 91-110.
Kugler, K. C., Komro, K. A., Stigler, M. H., et al. (2007). The reliability and validity of self-report measures used to evaluate adolescent HIV/AIDS prevention programs in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS Education and Prevention, 19(5): 365-382.
Perry, C. L., Lee, S., Stigler, M. H., Farbakhsh, K., Komro, K. A., Gewirtz, A. H., & Williams, C. L. (2007). The Impact of Project Northland on Selected MMPI-A Problem Behavior Scale. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 28(5): 449-465.
Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Hears, M. O., & Farbakhsh, K. (2007). Outdoor alcohol advertising near schools: What does it advertise and how is it related to intentions and use of alcohol among young adolescents? Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 68(4): 587-596.
Stigler, M. H., Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A., Cudeck, R., & Williams, C. L. (2006). Teasing apart a multiple component approach to adolescent alcohol prevention: What worked in Project Northland? Prevention Science, 7(3): 269-280.
Stigler, M. H., Kugler, K. C., Komro, K. A., Leshabari, M. T., & Klepp, K. I. (2006). AIDS education for Tanzanian youth: a mediation analysis. Health Education Research Theory and Practice, 21(4): 441-451.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., et al. (2006) Cross-cultural adaptation of a home-based program for alcohol use prevention among urban youth: The Slick Tracy Home Team Program. Journal of Primary Prevention, 27(2): 135-154.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C .L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., Dudovitz, B., & Williams, C.L. (2005). Slick Tracy--Urban Version: A home-based program for the prevention of alcohol use among 6th grade students. Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services.
Mishra, A., Arora, M., Stigler, M. H., Komro, K. A., et al. (2005). Indian youth speak about tobacco: results of focus group discussions with school students. Health Education & Behavior, 32(3): 363-379.
Komro, K. A., Stigler, M. H., & Perry, C. L. (2005). Comprehensive approaches to prevent adolescent drinking and related problems. In M. Galanter, et al. (Eds.), Recent Developments in Alcoholism : An Official Publication of the American Medical Society On Alcoholism and the National Council On Alcoholism, Volume 17, (pp. 207-224). Springer US.
Bosma, L. M., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., & Farbakhsh, K. (2005). Community Organizing to Prevent Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug and Violence Problems: The Minnesota D.A.R.E. PLUS Project. Journal of Community Practice, 13 (2): 5-19.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., et al. (2004). Brief report: The adaptation of Project Northland for urban youth. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29 (6): 457-466.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., et al. (2004). Violence-related outcomes of the D.A.R.E. plus project. Health Education & Behavior, 31(3): 335-354.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Munson, K. A., Stigler, M. H., & Farbakhsh, K. (2004). Reliability and validity of self-report measures to evaluate drug and violence prevention programs. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 13(3): 17-51.
Eischens, A., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Bosma, L. M., & Farbakhsh, K. (2004). The association of extracurricular activity participation with substance use among youth in the D.A.R.E. Plus Project. American Journal of Health Education, 35(2): 68-75.
Perry, C.L., Komro, K. A., & Veblen-Mortenson, S. (2003). On the Verge Curriculum: A home-based program to prevent drug use and violence among young adolescents. Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services.
Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A., Veblen-Mortenson, S., et al. (2003). A randomized controlled trial of the Middle and Junior High D.A.R.E. and D.A.R.E. Plus Programs. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 157 (2): 178-184.
Komro, K. A., McCarty, M., Forster, J. L., Blaine , T. M., & Chen, V. (2003). Parental, family, and home characteristics associated with cigarette smoking among adolescents. American Journal of Health Promotion, 17(5): 291-299.
Perry, C. L., Williams, C. L., Komro, K. A., & Veblen-Mortenson, S. (2002). Community action to reduce high school adolescent alcohol use. The Prevention Researcher, 9(3): 12-15.
Perry, C. L., Williams, C. L., Komro, K. A.,et al. (2002) Project Northland: Long-term outcomes of community action to reduce adolescent alcohol use. Health Education Research, 17(1): 117-132.
Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A., Jones, R. M., Munson, K. A., Williams, C. L., & Jason, L. (2002). The measurement of wisdom and its relationship to adolescent behavior. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 12(1): 45-63.
Williams, C. l., Grechanaia, T., Romanova, O., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., & Farbakhsh, K. (2001). Russian-American partners for prevention: Adaptation of a school-based parent-child programme for alcohol use prevention. European Journal of Public Health, 11(3): 314-321.
Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Williams, C. L., et al. (2001). How did Project Northland reduce alcohol use among young adolescents? Analysis of mediating variables. Health Education Research: Theory & Practice, 16(1), 59-70.
Komro, K. A. (2000). Risk factors associated with cigarette use among adolescents. MCH's Healthy Generations Newsletter , Minneapolis, University of Minnesota.
Komro, K. A., & Stigler, M.H. (2000). Growing absolutely fantastic youth: A review of the research on “Best practices". (web-published report). Minneapolis: School of Public Health , University of Minnesota . http://www.peds.umn.edu/peds-adol/Konopka/ki_pubs.html.
Perry, C .L., Williams, C. L., Komro, K. A., & Veblen-Mortenson, S. (2000). Project Northland: A community-wide approach to prevent young adolescent alcohol use. In W. B. Hansen, S. M. Giles, & M. D. Fearnow-Kenney (Eds.), Improving Prevention Effectiveness (225-234). Greensboro , NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A., Veblen-Mortenson, S., et al. (2000). The Minnesota D.A.R.E. Plus Project: Creating community partnerships to prevent drug use and violence. Journal of School Health, 70(3), 84-88.
Komro, K. A., Williams, C. L., Forster, J. L., Perry, C. L., Farbakhsh, K. & Stigler, M. H. (2000). The relationship between adolescent alcohol use and delinquent and violent behaviors. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 9(2): 13-28.
Perry, C. L., Williams, C. L., Komro, K. A., & Veblen-Mortenson, S. (2000). Project Northland: A community-wide approach to prevent young adolescent alcohol use In Hansen, W.B., Giles, S.M. (Eds.), Improving Prevention Effectiveness (pp. 225-234). Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Perry, C. L., Williams, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., & Komro, K. A. (1999). Project Northland: A summary of the community components. Dissemination material prepared for the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT). Anoka, MN: Center for the Application of Prevention Techniologies, 1-7.

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