Julia Claire Durante, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
Department: Pediatrics
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
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.