The State of Substance Use Among Adolescents in the United States
March 06, 2024, Durham, NC – As decades of research has shown, trends in adolescent substance use in the United States [...]
iRT Research Scientist Presents on Innovative Solution to Preventing the Problem of Impaired Driving Among Young People
February 22, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter presented at SAMHSA’s 20th Prevention Day gathering last month to [...]
Recent Research Findings on the Previous Sex Education Experiences of Community College Students
February 21, 2024, Durham, NC – Though community college students make up nearly half of all U.S. undergraduate students, they are often [...]
iRT Researchers Present on the Importance of Media Literacy Education-Based Sex Education Programs for the ECHO@edu Program
September 25, 2023, Durham, NC – Research has shown that comprehensive, inclusive, medically-accurate sex education can positively impact youth and [...]
iRT to Develop Virtual Reality Training for Law Enforcement to Detect Impaired Drivers
September 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of preventable death for both children and [...]
iRT Reflects on the 2023 National Prevention Network Conference
August 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT President Dr. Janis Kupersmidt and Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter represented Prevention Central, [...]
New Research Published on the Protective Influence of Critical Media Attitudes on Adolescent Sexual and Relationship Health
August 30, 2023, Durham, NC – As online pornography platforms become more accessible, adolescents are more regularly exposed to sexually [...]
University of Denver Utilizes iRT’s Video Development Expertise for Their Upcoming Research
May 08, 2025, Durham, NC – iRT is excited to announce that we are collaborating with the University of Denver to support their research [...]
The State of Substance Use Among Adolescents in the United States
March 06, 2024, Durham, NC – As decades of research has shown, trends in adolescent substance use [...]
iRT Research Scientist Presents on Innovative Solution to Preventing the Problem of Impaired Driving Among Young People
February 22, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter presented at SAMHSA’s 20th Prevention Day [...]
Recent Research Findings on the Previous Sex Education Experiences of Community College Students
February 21, 2024, Durham, NC – Though community college students make up nearly half of all U.S. undergraduate [...]
iRT’s New Online Youth Safety Programs for Remote Learning
Durham, NC, March 24, 2021 - The vast majority of colleges (96%) offer some portion of their education online [1] and in 2020, 50 million [...]
2021 Redesigned iRT Website Release
Durham, NC, March 17, 2021 - innovation, Research & Training (iRT) launched a new website for clients, prospects, and partners to learn more about the [...]
Dr. Stelter Presents at the 2021 Virtual National Mentoring Summit
Dr. Rebecca Stelter, a Research Scientist II at iRT, will be co-presenting at the virtual 2021 National Mentoring Summit https://www.mentoring.org/national-mentoring-summit/ on Intentional program planning to [...]
iRT Awarded NIDILRR Grant to Expand Research on Novel, Web-based Intervention for Teens with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
iRT is expanding research on adolescents with an intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) with funding from the Administration for Community Living supporting a study on [...]
New iRT Parent-Child Communication Program Proven Effective
Media Aware Parent – iRT’s new program to help parents talk with their pre-teens and teens about sex, relationships, and media – is an effective way to bolster communication and healthy attitudes in teens, according to an article that was published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Media Aware Parent is the latest program in iRT’s Media Aware series, which...
iRT’s Prevention Central Team Publishes Chapter on Sexual Socialization in the International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy
Media literacy education (MLE) is one of the primary strategies used by Prevention Central research teams at iRT to develop innovative, evidence-based programs. Prevention Central scientists are on the forefront of researching the influence of media on adolescents’ sexual attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, and have found that MLE is an effective way to promote adolescent sexual health.
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