Julia Claire Durante, MD, MPH

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S. (Biology Major, Neural and Behavioral Science Concentration)
Haverford College, Haverford PA, 2011.
M.D. (Medicine)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA, 2017.
MPH (Public Health )
University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, TX, 2023.
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Selected Publications

Parker Brady, Amy Six-Means, Julia C. Durante, Anubha Sood, Philip Day, Nora Gimpel, Jill McLeigh, and Kimberly Stone: Empowering Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: A Needs Assessment to Improve Transitions to Independent Living. Child Welfare 102(4): 117-146, Jan 2025 Notes: ISSN 0009-4021 Child Welfare, 2024, Vol 102, Issue 4, p117.

Julia C. Durante, MD, MPH, Robin T. Higashi PhD, Anubha Sood PhD, Parker Brady, Amy Six-Means, MLIS, Kimberly Stone, MD, MPH: Health literacy in foster care transition planning and barriers to care. Journal of Adolescent Health 74(3): S71-S72, March 2024.

Najiba Keshwani, Lauren Bretz, Asha Davidson, Julia Durante, Ginny Claire Kim: Update in Adolescent Medicine (Chapter). Update in Pediatrics. Springer, Page: Pages 3-57, February 2024 Notes: Print ISBN: 978-3-031-41541-8. Online ISBN: 978-3-031-41542-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41542-5_1.

Julia Durante: Navigating Parent-Teen Conversations About Sex. Public Health Post, Boston University. October 2023.

Mang A, Jetelina KK, Mcneely C, Durante JC, Sánchez V, Tiro JA, Francis JKR. : Characteristics of parents who think intrauterine devices or contraceptive implants are “best” for their daughter: An exploratory analysis. Contraception Page: 125, Sep 2023.

Durante JC, Higashi RT, Lau M, Tiro JA, Francis JKR: Parent Perspectives about Initiating Contraception Conversations with Adolescent Daughters. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 36(4): 399-405, Aug 2023 Notes: S1083-3188(23)00280-2. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2023.02.008.

Durante JC, Sims J, Jarin J, Gold MA, Messiah SE, Francis JK: Long-Acting Reversible Contraception for Adolescents: A Review of Practices to Support Better Communication, Counseling, and Adherence. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics 5(14): 97-114, May 2023.

Francis JKR, Weerakoon SM, Lucas SL, Mathew MS, Durante JC, Kelly N, Tiro JA: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA network open 5(9), Sep 2022.

Durante JC, Lau M: Adolescents, Suicide, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatric Annals 51(4): e144-e149, April 2022.

Mercier RJ, Durante JC: Physician and Nurse Perceptions of Gentle Cesarean Birth. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 43(2): 97-104, March/April 2018.

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