Dr. Nefertiti H Durant M.D.
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
1600 7th Ave S Children's Hospital Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Nefertiti Durant is an adolescent specialist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Durant works with patients who are in the adolescent age, or generally between the ages of 11 and 19 years old. As an adolescent-specialist, Dr. Durant treats many common health issues that pre-teens and teenagers face, from mental, to behavioral, to physical conditions. Some of these issues may include growth and hormone problems, sports injuries, eating disorders, substance abuse and more. Adolescent specialists perform medical exams, histories and diagnostic tests, and develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
Education and Training
University of Hawaii 2000
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reliability and validity of destination-specific barriers to walking and cycling for youth.
- Where are youth active? Roles of proximity, active transport, and built
- Patient provider communication about the health effects of obesity.
- Attitudes and beliefs associated with leisure-time physical activity among African American adults.
- Empirical evidence does not support an association between less ambitious pre-treatment goals and better treatment outcomes: a meta-analysis.
- Results of a Culturally Adapted Internet-Enhanced Physical Activity Pilot Intervention for Overweight and Obese Young Adult African American Women.
- Internet-Based Physical Activity Interventions.
- The effect of a 3-month moderate-intensity physical activity program on body composition in overweight and obese African American college females.
- Physical Activity and Social Cognitive Theory Outcomes of an Internet-Enhanced Physical Activity Intervention for African American Female College Students.
- Lessons Learned from the Development and Implementation of Two Internet-enhanced Culturally Relevant Physical Activity Interventions for Young Overweight African-American Women.
- Feasibility, acceptability, and characteristics associated with adherence and completion of a culturally relevant internet-enhanced physical activity pilot intervention for overweight and obese young adult African American women enrolled in college.
- Development of Participant-Informed Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity Among African American Women Attending College: A Qualitative Mixed-Methods Inquiry.
- Association of Mediterranean diet and cardiorespiratory fitness with the development of pre-diabetes and diabetes: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.
Fellowships
- Children's Hospital Boston 2003
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CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMAl
1600 SEVENTH AVENUE SOUTH BIRMINGHAM AL 35233CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITALl
1720 UNIVERSITY BLVD BIRMINGHAM AL 35233