TeamPeds Talks will focus on Mental Health in our second Conversations on Child Health series.
Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Pediatric Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP. This episode's guest is Jeff Temple PhD, discussing Social Media.
In this episode, nationally recognized psychologist Dr. Jeff Temple discusses the impact of COVID-19 on teen social media use and sexting. He also raises awareness of risk for teen dating violence and best practices for prevention. His work has been featured by CNN, the NY Times, TIME Magazine, and the Washington Post.
Dr. Temple is the John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch, as well as a Licensed Psychologist and the Founding Director of the Center for Violence Prevention. His research focuses on the prevention of interpersonal, community, and structural violence, and has been funded through the National Institute of Justice, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has over 230 scholarly publications in a variety of high-impact journals including JAMA, JAMA Pediatrics, The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Pediatrics, and the Journal of Adolescent Health. He recently co-edited a book on adolescent dating violence, is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Primary Prevention, and is on the editorial boards of four other scientific journals. Dr. Temple recently co-chaired the Texas Task Force on Domestic Violence and served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Psychological Association. Locally, he served for 7 years as the Vice President of the Galveston Independent School District Board of Trustees. His work has been featured on CNN, New York Times, TIME Magazine, Washington Post, and even the satirical website, The Onion.
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