Publications
BOOKS-PEER REVIEWED
1. Valente, T. W. (2002). Evaluating Health Promotion Programs. Oxford
University Press.
2. Valente, T. W. (1995). Network models of the diffusion of innovations.
Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
JOURNAL ARTICLES-PEER REVIEWED
1. Moore, K.A., Peters, R.H., Hills, H.A. LeVasseur, J.B., Rich, A.R., Hunt,
W.M., Young, M.S., & Valente, T.W. (in press). Characteristics of opinion
leaders in substance abuse treatment agencies. Journal of Drug and Alcohol
Dependence.
2. Mouttapa, M, Gallaher, M., Valente, TW (in press). Friendships networks
and bullying behavior. Submitted to Adolescence
3. Ritt-Olson, A, Unger, J., Valente, TW, et al. (in press). Exploring peers as a
mediator of the association between depression and smoking in young
adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse.
4. Stoebenau K. & Valente T.W. (in press). The Role of Network Analysis in
Community-Based Program Evaluation: A Case Study from Highland
Madagascar. Submitted to International Family Planning Perspectives
5. Valente, T. W., Faust, K. & Gallaher, M. (in press). Social network analysis
for understanding substance abuse: A transdisciplinary perspective.
Substance Use & Misuse.
6. Valente TW (in press). Social network influences on adolescent substance
use. Connections.
7. Costenbader, E., & Valente TW (in press). The stability of centrality measures
when networks are Sampled. Social Networks.
8. Valente, T. W., Hoffman, B. R., Ritt-Olson, A., Lichtman, K., & Johnson, C.
A. (in press). The effects of a social network method for group assignment
strategies on peer led tobacco prevention programs in schools. American
Journal of Public Health.
9. Gross, C.P., Cruz-Correa, M., Canto, M.I., McNeil-Solis, C., Valente, T.W.,
& Powe, N.R. (2002). The adoption of ablation therapy for Barrett’s
esophagus: A cohort study of gastroenterologists. American Journal of
Gastroenterology. 97, 279-286.
10. Glik, D., Nowak, G.,Valente, T., Sapsis, K., & Martin, C. (2002). Youth
performing arts programs for health promotion. Journal of Health
Communication, 7(1), 39-57.
11. Sharan, M., & Valente, T. W. (2002). Spousal communication and family
planning adoption: The effects of a radio drama serial in Nepal. International
Family Planning Perspectives, 28, 16-25.
12. Agree, E. M., Biddlecom, A.,E., Chang, M., & Valente, T. (2001). Social
network measures of child-parent exchange: Applications in Taiwan and the
Philippines. Connections, 24(2), 59-75.
13. Ellen, J., Dolcini, M., Bir, N. D., Harper, G., Watson, S., & Valente, T.
(2001). Social network centrality and sexual activity among a household
sample of urban African American adolescents. Connections, 24(2), 76-81.
14. Kwait, J., Valente, T. W., & Celentano, D. D. (2001). Interorganizational
Relationships Among HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in Baltimore: A
Network Analysis. Journal of Urban Health, 78, 468-487.
15. Valente, T. W., & Saba, W. (2001). Campaign recognition and interpersonal
communication as factors in contraceptive use in Bolivia. Journal of Health
Communication. 6(4), 1-20.
16. Alexander, C., Piazza, M. Mekos, D., & Valente, T. W. (2001). Peers,
schools, and adolescent cigarette smoking: An analysis of the national
longitudinal study of adolescent health. Journal of Adolescent Health. 29, 2230.
17. Valente, T. W., Foreman, R. K., Junge, B., & Vlahov, D. (2001). Needleexchange participation, effectiveness, and policy: Syringe relay, gender, and
the paradox of public health. Journal of Urban Health. 78, 340-350.
18. Valente, T. W., & Vlahov, D. (2001). Selective risk taking among needle
exchange participants in Baltimore: Implications for supplemental
interventions. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 406-411.
19. Junge B, Valente T. W., Latkin C, Riley E, & Vlahov D. (2000). Syringe
exchange not associated with social network formation: results from
Baltimore. AIDS, 14, 423-426.
20. Durrington, V. A., Repman, J., & Valente, T. W. (2000). Using social network
analysis to examine the time of adoption of computer-related services among
university faculty. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 33, 1627.
21. Valente, T. W., & Davis, R. L. (1999). Accelerating the diffusion of
innovations using opinion leaders. The Annals of the American Academy of
the Political and Social Sciences, 566, 55-67.
22. Bond, K. C., Valente, T. W., & Kendall, C. (1999). Social network influences
on reproductive health behaviors in urban northern Thailand. Social Science
and Medicine, 49, 1599-1614.
23. Boulay, M., & Valente, T. W. (1999). The relationship of social affiliation and
interpersonal discussion to family planning knowledge, attitudes, and practice.
International Family Planning Perspectives, 25, 112-118.
24. Valente, T. W., & Bharath, U. (1999). An evaluation of the use of drama to
communicate HIV/AIDS information. AIDS Education and Prevention, 11,
203-211.
25. Valente, T.W., Foreman, R.K., Junge, B., Valhov, D. (1998). Satellite
exchange in the Baltimore needle exchange program. Public Health Reports.
113 (S1), 91-96.
26. Valente, T.W., & Foreman, R.K. (1998). Integration and radiality: Measuring
the extent of an individual’s connectedness and reachability in a network.
Social Networks, 20, 89-109.
27. Valente, T.W., Paredes, P., & Poppe, P.R. (1998). Matching the message to
the process: The relative ordering of knowledge, attitudes and practices in
behavior change research. Human Communication Research, 24, 366-385.
28. Valente, T.W., & Saba, W. (1998). Mass media and interpersonal influence in
a reproductive health communication campaign in Bolivia. Communication
Research, 25, 96-124.
29. Valente, T.W., Watkins, S., Jato, M.N., Van der Straten, A., & Tsitsol, L.M.
(1997). Social network associations with contraceptive use among
Cameroonian women in voluntary associations. Social Science and Medicine,
45, 677-687.
30. Valente, T. W., & Saba, W. (1996). Reproductive health is in your hands: The
national media campaign in Bolivia. SIECUS: Sexuality Information and
Education Council of the United States, 25(2), 10-13.
31. Valente, T.W., Poppe, P.R., & Merritt, A.P. (1996). Mass media generated
interpersonal communication as sources of information about family planning.
Journal of Health Communication, 1 247-266.
32. Valente, T.W. (1996). Social network thresholds in the diffusion of
innovations. Social Networks, 18, 69-89.
33. Valente, T. W. (1996). The diffusion network game. Connections, 19(2), 3037.
34. Valente, T. W., & Rogers, E. M. (1995). The origins and development of the
diffusion of innovations paradigm as an example of scientific growth. Science
Communication: An Interdisciplinary Social Science Journal. 16(3), 238-269.
35. Valente, T. W., Poppe, P. R., Alva, M. E., Vera de Briceño, R.,& Cases D.
(1995). Street theater as a tool to reduce family planning misinformation.
International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 15, 279-290.
36. Valente, T. W., Kim, Y. M., Lettenmaier, C., Glass, W., & Dibba, Y. (1994).
Radio and the promotion of family planning in The Gambia. International
Family Planning Perspectives, 20(3), 96-100.
37. Valente, T. W. (1993). Diffusion of innovations and policy decision-making.
Journal of Communication, 43(1), 30-45.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Valente, T. W. (In press). Models and methods for innovation diffusion. In P. J.
Carrington, J. Scott, & S. Wasserman (Eds.) Models and Methods in Social
Network Analysis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
2. Valente, T. W., & Schuster, D. V. (2002). The public health perspective for
communicating environmental issues. T. Dietz & P. Stern (Eds.) The Human
Dimensions of Global Change. Washington DC: National Academy Press.
3. Valente, T. W. (2001). Evaluating communication campaigns. In R. E. Rice & C.
K. Atkin (Eds.) Public Communication Campaigns (3rd Ed.). Newbury Park,
CA: Sage.
4. Valente, T. W. (2000). Social network and mass media factors that influence the
diffusion of CAM. In B. Wellman & M. Kelner (Eds.) Complementary and
Alternative Medicine. London, UK: Gordon and Breach/Harwood.
5. Valente, T. W., & Bardini, T. (1995). Virtual diffusion or an uncertain reality:
Networks, policy and models for the diffusion of VR technology. In F. Biocca &
M. Levy (Eds.) Communication in the age of virtual reality, (pp. 303-322).
Northvale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
6. Rogers, E. M., & Valente, T. W. (1993). A History of information theory in
communication research. In J. R. Schement & B. D. Ruben (Eds.) Information
and behavior volume 4: Between communication and information. New
Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
7. Pentz, M. A., & Valente, T. W. (1993). Effects of community organization in a
drug abuse prevention campaign. In T. Backer & E. M. Rogers (Eds.)
Organizational Factors in Health Communication Campaigns. Newburry Park,
CA: Sage.
8. Rogers, E. M., & Valente, T. W. (1991). Technology transfer in high-technology
industries. In T. Agmon & M. A. Von Glinow (Eds.) Technology transfer in
international business. New York: Oxford University Press.
LETTERS
3. Valente T. W. (2003). The diffusion of genetic testing. Editorial, Genetics in
Medicine.
4. Valente, T. W. (1997). On Evaluating Mass Media’s Impact. Studies in Family
Planning, 28, 170-171.
5. Valente, T. W. (July 17, 1996). The Science of Sin. New Yorker.