Email: kcc3@columbia.edu
Tel: 212-851-2277

M.S.W., Columbia University, B.A., Northwestern University

Professional Interests:

• Health behavior
• Multimedia interventions
• Substance use prevention
• Family intervention

• Drug Abuse Prevention Among Girls (5-year study funded by NIDA)
• Economically Disadvantaged Youth and Alcohol Abuse Prevention (5-year continuation study funded by NIAAA)

Schinke, S. P., Orlandi, M. A., & Cole, K. C. (1992). Boys and girls clubs in public housing developments: Prevention services for youth at risk. Journal of Community Psychology, 28 (OSAP Special Issue), 118-128.

Schinke, S. P., & Cole, K. C. (1995). Methodological issues in conducting alcohol abuse prevention research in ethnic communities. In P. A. Langton (Ed.), Preventing alcohol-related problems in ethnic communities (pp. 129-147). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Schinke, S. P., & Cole, K. C. (1995). Prevention in community settings. In G. J. Botvin, S. P. Schinke, & M. A. Orlandi (Eds.), Multicultural approaches to drug abuse prevention (pp. 215-232). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Schinke, S. P., Singer, B., Cole, K., & Contento, I. R. (1996). Reducing cancer risk among Native American adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 25, 146-155.

Forgey, M. A., Schinke, S., & Cole, K. (1997). School-based interventions to prevent substance use among inner-city minority adolescents. In D. K. Wilson, J. R. Rodrigue, & W. C. Taylor (Eds.), Health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors among minority adolescents (pp. 251-267). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Schinke, S. P., Cole, K. C., Diaz, T., & Botvin, G. J. (1997). Developing and implementing interventions in community settings. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 6(1), 49-67.

Schinke, S., Cole, K., Williams, C., & Botvin, G. (1999). Reducing risk taking among African American males. In L. E. Davis (Ed.), Working with African American males (pp. 103-112). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Schinke, S. P., Tepavac, L., & Cole, K. C. (2000). Preventing substance use among Native American Youth: Three-year results. Addictive Behaviors, 25, 387-397.

Schinke, S. P., & Cole, K. C. (2002). Implementation and diffusion research. In W. J. Bukoski & Sloboda (Eds.), Handbook for Drug Abuse Prevention, Theory, Science, and Practice (pp. 560-571). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.

Schinke, S. P., Scwhinn, T. M., DiNoia, J., & Cole, K. C. (2004). Reducing the risks of alcohol use among urban youth: 3-year effects of a computer-based intervention with and without parent involvement. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 443-450.

Schinke, S. P., Di Noia, J., Schwinn, T. M., & Cole, K. C. (in press). Drug abuse risk and protective factors among black, urban adolescent girls: A group randomized trial of computer-delivered, mother-daughter intervention. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.