Entertainment-education program development and evaluation in Mexico
case studies
HIV & STIs
Plan A
An effective entertainment-education video for youth reproductive health
Practice Self-Regulation
An mHealth program that helps adolescents manage their emotions
Taking Care of Me
An evidence-based video intervention that improves HIV care outcomes
Transgender Women of Color Toolkit
A comprehensive guide to help organizations improve HIV services
CHAMP HIV Case Management System
A web-based application that streamlines HIV testing and linkage to care
Young MSM PrEP Study
A survey of PrEP disparities among young gay and bisexual men in California
School Health Programs
Evaluation of CDC-funded sexual health programs in Los Angeles
Project U
A technology and social marketing program to promote student health
Women Living with HIV Study
A qualitative study of needs and service gaps among women living with HIV
Community Approaches to Reducing STDs (CARS)
We supported and evaluated coalition-based efforts to address STDs
related journal articles
Observed Reactions Among Patients Attending HIV Treatment Facilities to a Brief Video Intervention on Treatment Initiation and Adherence.
Neumann MS, Plant A, Margolis AD, Flores SA. AIDS Care. 2020;32(5):656-665.
Developing a Video Intervention to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Older Adolescents.
Plant A, Montoya JA, Snow EG, Coyle K, Rietmeijer C. Health Promotion Practice. 2019;20(4):593-599.
Effects of a brief video intervention on treatment initiation and adherence among patients attending human immunodeficiency virus treatment clinics.
Neumann MS, Plant A, Margolis AD, Borkowf CB, Malotte CK, Rietmeijer CA, Flores SA, O’Donnell L, Robilotto S, Myint-U A, Montoya JA, Javanbakht M, Klausner JD. PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0204599.
Associations Between Sexting Behaviors and Sexual Behaviors Among Mobile Phone-Owning Teens in Los Angeles.
Rice E, Craddock J, Hemler M, Rusow J, Plant A, Montoya J, Kordic T. Child Development. 2018;89(1):110-117.
Brief Report: PrEP Uptake, Adherence, and Discontinuation Among California YMSM Using Geosocial Networking Applications.
Holloway I, Dougherty R, Gildner J, Beougher SC, Pulsipher C, Montoya JA, Plant A, Leibowitz A. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2017 1;74(1):15-20.
Facilitators and Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Willingness Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Use Geosocial Networking Applications in California.
Holloway IW, Tan D, Gildner JL, Beougher SC, Pulsipher C, Montoya JA, Plant A, Leibowitz A. AIDS Patient Care and STDS. 2017;(12):517-527.
Cell Phone Internet Access, Online Sexual Solicitation, Partner Seeking, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Adolescents.
Rice E, Winetrobe H, Holloway IW, Montoya J, Plant A, Kordic T. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2015;44(3):755-63.
Acceptable Interventions to Reduce Syphilis Transmission Among High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles.
Stahlman S, Plant A, Javanbakht M, Cross J, Montoya JA, Bolan R, Kerndt PR. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(3):e88-94.
Syphilis Experiences and Risk Perceptions Among Repeatedly Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Plant A, Stahlman S, Javanbakht M, Cross J, Montoya JA, Bolan R, Kerndt PR. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2015;47(4):181-6.
Check Yourself: A Social Marketing Campaign to Increase Syphilis Screening in Los Angeles County.
Plant A, Javanbakht M, Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, O’Leary C, Kerndt PR. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2014;41(1):50-57.
Sexting and Sexual Behavior Among Middle School Students.
Rice E, Gibbs J, Winetrobe H, Rhoades H, Plant A, Montoya J, Kordic T. Pediatrics. 2014;134(1):e21-28.
Homelessness Experiences, Sexual Orientation, and Sexual Risk Taking Among High School Students in Los Angeles.
Rice E, Rhoades H, Winetrobe H, Sanchez M, Montoya JA, Plant A, Kordic T. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2013;52(6):773-778.
There’s No Place Like Home: First Year Usage of the “I Know” Home Testing Program for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
Rotblatt H, Montoya JA, Plant A, Guerry S, Kerndt P. American Journal of Public Health. 2013;103(8):1376-1380.
Evaluation of inSPOTLA.org: An Internet Partner Notification Service.
Plant A, Rotblatt H, Montoya JA, Rudy E, Kerndt PK. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2012;39(5):341-345.
Stop the Sores: The Making and Evaluation of a Successful Social Marketing Campaign.
Plant A, Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, Mall KL, Pappas LG, Kent CK, Klausner JD, Kerndt PR. Health Promotion Practice. 2010;11(1)L:23-33.
“Hit Me Up, and We Can Get Down”: U.S. Youths’ Risk Behaviors and Sexual Self-Disclosure in MySpace Profiles.
Bobkowski PS, Brown JD, Neffa DR. Journal of Children and Media. 2012:6(1):119-34.
Provider Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators of HPV Vaccination in a High-Risk Community.
Javanbakht M, Stahlman S, Walker S, Gottlieb S, Markowitz L, Liddon N, Plant A, Guerry S. Vaccine. 2012;30(30):4511-4516.
Sexually Explicit Cell Phone Messaging Associated with Sexual Risk Among Adolescents.
Rice E, Rhoades H, Winetrobe H, Sanchez M, Montoya JA, Plant A, Kordic T. Pediatrics. 2012;130(4):667-673.
Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviours Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Diagnosed with Early Syphilis in Los Angeles County.
Taylor MM, Aynalem G, Smith LV, Montoya J, Kerndt P. International Journal of STDs & AIDS. 2007;18(2):93-97.
Circuit Parties: Sexual Behaviors and Disclosure Practices at the White Party, Palm Springs, California, 2003.
Patel P, Taylor M, Montoya JA, Hamburger ME, Kerndt P, Holmberg SD. AIDS Care. 2006;18(8):1046-1049.
Interventions in the Commercial Sex Industry During the Rise in Syphilis Rates Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).
Taylor M, Montoya JA, Cantrell R, Mitchell SJ, Williams M, Jordahl L, Freeman M, Brown J, Broussard D, Roland E. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2005;32(10 Suppl):S53-S59.
Healthy Penis: San Francisco’s Social Marketing Campaign to Increase Syphilis Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men.
Ahrens K, Kent CK, Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, McCright J, Kerndt P, Klausner J. PLoS Medicine. 2006;12: e474.
Social Marketing Campaign Significantly Associated With Increases in Syphilis Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men in San Francisco.
Montoya JA, Kent C, Rotblatt H, Kerndt P, Klausner J. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2005;32(7):395-399.
HIV Transmission in the Adult Film Industry – Los Angeles, California, 2004.
Rotblatt H, Montoya JA, Kerndt PR, Kim-Farley R, Fielding J, Daar E, Bustamante T, Bernard B, Brooks JT, Kalish MM, Robbins K, Kenney K, Laubacher L, Taylor M. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2005;54(37):923-926.
Development, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness of a trauma-informed adolescent self-regulation intervention
Plant A, Schladale J, Neffa-Creech D, Qaragholi N, Miller M, Montoya J. Evaluation and Program Planning. [e-publication ahead of print].
Integrating HIV and Mental Health Services for Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV: Findings from the STYLE 2.0 Intervention
LeGrand SH, Davis DA, Parnell HE, Trefney EJ, Goings B, Morgan T. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022;36(S1):S74-S85.
related presentations
Amp: Developing a mobile app using human-centered design to improve the health and well-being of young Black men living with HIV.
Morgan T. Presented at: 2024 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference. January 26, 2024; Los Angeles, CA.
Plan A and Young United Parents! Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.
Kumar M, Plant A. Presented at: Title X Grantee Conference; July 11-13, 2023; Baltimore, MD.
Plan A: An Entertainment-Education Intervention to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Women.
Plant A, Montoya JA, Snow E, Coyle K, Rietmeijer C. Video screened at: 2018 American Public Health Association (APHA) Global Public Health Film Festival; November 10-14, 2018; San Diego, CA.
Plan A: An Effective, Brief Entertainment Education Video Intervention Designed to Reduce Unplanned Pregnancies and STIs Among Young Women of Color.
Henley C, Plant A. Presented at: Title X Grantee Conference; July 13-16, 2021; Virtual.
A Brief Entertainment-Education Video Intervention to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Women.
Plant A, Kumar M. Presented at: 2023 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Conference; May 23-25, 2023; Atlanta, GA.
Results from a randomized trial of a brief video intervention on the sexual behaviors of Black and Hispanic adolescent females.
Henley C, Plant A. Presented at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference; June 14 – 17, 2021; Virtual.
Clinic Staff Perceptions of a Sexual Health Entertainment-Education Intervention for Young Women of Color.
Neffa-Creech D, Plant A, Snow E, Montoya JA. Presented at: The 6th Biennial D.C. Health Communication Conference (DCHC); April 23-24, 2021; Virtual.
A Qualitative Study Investigating the Needs and Gaps in Existing Services for Women Living with HIV in Los Angeles County.
Snow E, Plant A, Montoya J, Key M, Zeghar A, Bailey, J. Presented at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 10-14, 2018; San Diego, CA.
Acceptability of Plan A: An Entertainment-Education Video Intervention to Prevent STIs and Unintended Pregnancies Among Young African-American and Latina Women
Plant A, Montoya JA, Falk G, Walsh S, Demby H, Rietmeijer C. Presented at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 10-14, 2018; San Diego, CA.
Two Approaches to Engaging Adolescents in the Development of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions.
Plant A. Presented at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 10-14, 2018; San Diego, CA.
Using Focus Groups to Assess and Improve Sexual Health Services in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Plant A, Montoya J, Snow E, Greenblatt BD, Kordic T. Presented at: 2018 STD Prevention Conference; August 27-30, 2018; Washington DC.
Acceptability of a Brief Entertainment-Education Video Intervention to Prevent STIs and Unintended Pregnancies Among Older Adolescents.
Plant A, Walter N, Murphy S, Montoya J, Rietmeijer C. Presented at: 2018 STD Prevention Conference; August 27-30, 2018; Washington DC.
Taking Care of Me, Educating and Empowering Persons Living with HIV.
Neumann M, Plant A, Margolis A, Borkowf C. Video screened at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.
Using a Web-Based Application to Manage a Multi-State HIV Testing and Linkage to Care Program.
Montoya J, Bardach N, Plant A, Goncalvez A, Gorre M, Jaques G, Engeran-Cordova W. Presented at: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; November 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA.
An Adaptation of Safe in the City to Prevent STDs and Unintended Pregnancies Among Older Adolescents.
Plant A, Montoya J, Coyle K, Gaarde J, Rietmeijer C. Presented at: 2016 STD Prevention Conference; September 20-23, 2016; Atlanta, GA.
The Impact of Marketing Campaigns on Condom Use and HIV and STD Testing in the Los Angeles Market.
Montoya J, Plant A, Conard R. Presented at: 2016 STD Prevention Conference; September 20-23, 2016; Atlanta, GA.
Factors of Successful Linkage and Retention to HIV Care in a National HIV Testing and Linkage Program.
Montoya J, Plant A, Chien M, Gorre M, Mizuno L, McGrath M, Engeran-Cordova W. Presented at: 2016 STD Prevention Conference; September 20-23, 2016; Atlanta, GA.
Using Qualitative Research to Improve Sexual Health Services for Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Plant A, Montoya J, Renteria R, Wasson E, Kordic T. Presented at: 2016 STD Prevention Conference; September 20-23, 2016; Atlanta, GA
PrEP Awareness, Attitudes and Uptake Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in California.
Pulsipher C, Holloway IW, Gildner J, Beougher S, Curtis P, Plant A, Montoya J, Leibowitz A. Presented at: AIDS 2016 – International AIDS Conference; July 18-22, 2016; Durban, South Africa.
Authentic and Meaningful Community Engagement to Reduce STD Disparities: Lessons Learned from the 4-Site CDC CARS Initiative.
Rhodes SD, Daniel-Ulloa J, Montoya JA, Beale D, Cruz-Dillard K, Kerndt P, CARS Workgroup. Presented at: 2014 STD Prevention Conference; June 9-12, 2014; Atlanta, GA
“Spring Into Love:” Impact of a Youth-Led Summit on Sexual Health and Healthy Relationships for High Schools Students in a High-Risk Community in South Los Angeles.
Lamb K, Provost J, Cantu M, Gaarde J, Bush-Spurlin J, Jackson MD, Greene B, Kerndt PR. Presented at: 2014 STD Prevention Conference; June 9-12, 2014; Atlanta, GA.
Online Sexual Solicitation and Partner Seeking in Relation to Sex Risk Behavior Among Adolescents.
Winetrobe H, Rice E, Holloway I, Montoya JA, Plant A, Kordic T. Presented at: 140th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; October 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA.
High School Student Sexting Associated with Sexual Risk Behavior.
Rhoades H, Rice E, Winetrobe H, Sanchez M, Montoya J, Plant A, Kordic T. Presented at: 140th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; October 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA.
Living Outside the Bubble: Homelessness Experiences and the Impact on Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Los Angeles Public School Students.
Barman-Adkihari A, Rice E, Winetrobe H, Rhoades H, Fulginiti A, Montoya J, Plant A, Kordic T. Presented at: 140th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting; October 27-31, 2012; San Francisco, CA.
21st Century Sex Ed In and Out of the Classroom.
Kordic T, Plant A, Montoya J. Presented at: 5th Annual Information Science and Information Studies (ISIS) Conference on New Media, Youth, & Sexual Health; April 1-3, 2012; San Francisco, CA.
Grindr and Other Geosocial Networking Applications: Advent of a Novel, High-Risk Sexual Market Place.
Rudy E, Beymer M, Aynalem G, Rodriguez J, Plant A, Bolan R, Kerndt P. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 12-15, 2012; Minneapolis, MN.
Heads Up! Qualitative Findings from Focus Groups with Transgenders to Inform Development of a Home HIV/STD Testing Program.
Copeland J, Rotblatt H, Plant A, Montoya JA, & Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 12-15, 2012; Minneapolis, MN.
There’s No Place Like Home: Second-Year Report on the “I Know” Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Home Test Kit Program for Women in Los Angeles County.
Rotblatt H, Montoya JA, Plant A, Copeland J, Guerry S, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 12-15, 2012; Minneapolis, MN.
“Hit Me Up, and We Can Get Down”: Youth Sexual Histories and Sexual Self-Disclosure in Online Social Networking Profiles.
Bobkowski PS, Brown JD, Neffa DR. Presented at: Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting; March 11-13, 2010; Philadelphia, PA.
Check Yourself: Community Response to a Syphilis Social Marketing Campaign for Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Plant A, Rotblatt H, Montoya J, O’Leary C, Kerndt P. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 8-11, 2010; Atlanta, GA.
Internet Partner Notification Efforts in Los Angeles County.
Plant A, Rotblatt H, Ramirez F, Melgoza M, Wagner T, Utley J, Rudy E, Kerndt PR. Presented at: 18th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Conference; June 28-July 1, 2009; London, UK.
Effects of inSPOTLA.org Promotion Efforts: Paid Advertising Compared to Free Media Exposure.
Rotblatt H, Plant A, Montoya JA, Ruiz A, Mares-DelGrasso A, Levine DK, Kerndt PR. Presented at: 18th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Conference; June 28-July 1, 2009; London, UK.
Using Social Marketing to Promote Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Home Testing Among Young Women of Color.
Rotblatt H, Montoya JA, Plant A, Martinez J, Guerry S, Boudov M, Walker S, Haight C, Kerndt PR.. Presented at: 18th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Conference; June 28-July 1, 2009; London, UK.
Perceptions of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Young Latina and African-American Women: Findings from Qualitative Research.
Plant A, O’Leary CM, Rotblatt H, Montoya JA, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
Designing the “I Know” Social Marketing Campaign to Promote Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing Among Young Women of Color in Urban Los Angeles, CA.
Montoya JA, O’Leary CM, Plant A, Rotblatt H, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
Using Choice-Based Conjoint Exercise to Assess Self-Reported Serosorting Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Cruising the Internet for Sex.
Montoya JA, Plant A, Rotblatt H, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
Between Idea and Act Falls the Shadow: Discrepancies Between STD Testing Attitudes and Behavior in a Survey of Young African American and Latina Women.
Rotblatt H, O’Leary CM, Montoya JA, Plant A, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
How Men Who Have Sex with Men Conceptualize and Manage Their Risk of Contracting Syphilis: Results from Qualitative Research.
O’Leary CM, Plant A, Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
Impact of a Hip-Hop Radio Outreach Collaboration to Promote Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing among Youth in L.A. County.
Rotblatt H, Boudov M, Mercado C, Montoya JA, Plant A, O’Leary CM, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
The First Year of inSPOTLA: Report from the Field on Internet HIV/STD Partner Notification.
Rotblatt H, Plant A, Levine DK, Engeran WJ, Kerndt PR. Presented at: 17th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) Conference; July 30-August 1, 2007; Seattle, WA.
Evaluation of “Stop the Sores”: A Successful Social Marketing Campaign for Syphilis Elimination Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Los Angeles County, 2004.
Plant A, Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, Kent CK, Mall K, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; May 8-10, 2006; Jacksonville, FL.
Testing Behavior and Perceived Risk for Syphilis in a Time-Space Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Plant A, Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, O’Leary CM, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, IL.
inSPOTLA: New Frontiers in HIV/STD Partner Notification Using the Internet.
Rotblatt H, Mall KL, Montoya JA, Plant A, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; May 8-10, 2006; Jacksonville, FL.
Evaluation of Healthy Penis 2004.
Ahrens K, Kent CK, McCright J, Montoya JA, Plant A, Klausner JD. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; May 8-10, 2006; Jacksonville, FL.
Choice-Based Conjoint: A New Methodological Approach to Assess Sexual Practices and Decision Making Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Cruising the Internet for Sex.
Montoya JA, Plant A, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; May 8-10, 2006; Jacksonville, FL.
Pilot Segmentation of Gay and Bisexual Men in Los Angeles: Sexual Practice Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs.
Montoya JA, Rotblatt H, Kent C, Plant A, Javanbakht M, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; May 8-10, 2006; Jacksonville, FL.
The Integration of Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing and HIV Counseling and Testing In Los Angeles County, 2002.
Rotblatt H, J Montoya J, Freehill G, Perez M, Alvarado E, Kerndt PR. Presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 8-10, 2004; Philadelphia, PA.