Colette (Coco) Auerswald, M.D., M.S.Assistant Adjunct Professor, Community Health & Human Development
Director of Research Training, UCB -UCSF Joint Medical Program
PHONE: 415-476-6692
FAX: (510) 643-8771
LOCATION: 570 University Hall
E-MAIL: auerswaldc@peds.ucsf.edu
Research Interests
- Cultural and social context for HIV and STD-related behaviors in marginalized youth populations
- Mixed qualitative and quantitative methods in adolescent health research
- Homeless youth
- Social networks and adolescent health
Selected Publications
Auerswald C and Eyre S. "Youth homelessness in San Francisco: A life cycle approach." Social Science and Medicine, 2002: 54, 1497-1512.
Auerswald C, Greene K, Minnis A, Doherty I, Ellen J, Padian N. "Qualitative assessment of venues for purposive sampling of hard-to-reach youth." Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2004:31, pp. 133-138.
Auerswald C, Sugano E, Ellen J, Klausner J. "Street-based STD testing and treatment of homeless youth are feasible, acceptable and effective." Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006:38(3), pp. 208-12.
Carlson J, Sugano E, Millstein S, Auerswald C. "Service utilization and the life cycle of youth homelessness" Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006: 38(5), pp. 624-7.
Auerswald C, Muth S, Brown B, and Ellen J. "Does partner selection contribute to sex differences in risk of STIs among adolescent African American females?" Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2006, April 25 (e-publication in advance of journal publication).
Profile updated: June 28, 2005