Biography
Dr. Alyssa Lederer is an applied behavioral scientist and health education specialist. Much of her work has focused on enhancing young people's health through the design and evaluation of theory- and evidence-informed interventions, especially in the area of sexual health. She recently examined the impact of graphic images of sexually transmitted infections in sexuality education via a randomized controlled trial. Lederer's current violence prevention-related activities include organizing a gun violence prevention panel for National Health Education Week and conducting a mixed methods evaluation of a new curricular intervention related to sexuality and sexual violence at Tulane University.
Publications: NCBI
Selected Publications:
- Kissinger, P., Schmidt, N., Gomes, G., Craig-Kuhn, M. C., Scott, G., Watson, S., & Lederer, A. (2019). O14. 2 Can community chlamydia trachomatis screening of young heterosexual men help identify infected networks?.
- Lederer, A. M., & Laing, E. E. (2017). What’s in a name? Perceptions of the terms sexually transmitted disease and sexually transmitted infection among late adolescents. Sexually transmitted diseases, 44(11), 707-711.
- Lederer, A. M. (2016). Implementation and Evaluation of a Values Clarification Activity for a Large Undergraduate Human Sexuality Course. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 11(1), 92-105.