2025
“I’m Trusting You with My Body”: A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Trust in Safer Sexual Decision-Making Among Black Women
Abrams J, Pollock A, Tillett E, Ashcroft L, Levine M, Rutledge J, Chandler C. “I’m Trusting You with My Body”: A Qualitative Examination of the Role of Trust in Safer Sexual Decision-Making Among Black Women. Archives Of Sexual Behavior 2025, 54: 1723-1735. PMID: 40301193, DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03133-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual healthBlack womenHeterosexual sexRate of white womenHealth of Black womenSexual decision-makingHealth decision-makingSexual health decision-makingHIV/STI preventionSafer-sex behaviorsFocus groupsHIV transmissionDecision-makingWhite womenInfluence sexual behaviorMy bodyHealthWomenCommunication anxietySex behaviorSexual behaviorHIVSexQualitative analysisConcept of trust
2023
Sexual Health and Drug Use Prevention for Black Girls (The Dreamer Girls Project): Protocol for an Intervention Development
Opara I, Gabriel C, Duran-Becerra B, Bond K, Hill A, Hussett-Richardson S, Alves C, Kershaw T. Sexual Health and Drug Use Prevention for Black Girls (The Dreamer Girls Project): Protocol for an Intervention Development. JMIR Research Protocols 2023, 12: e45007. PMID: 37556188, PMCID: PMC10448282, DOI: 10.2196/45007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERSexual risk behaviorsSexual healthDrug useAim 1Protective factorsAim 3Risk behaviorsAim 2HIV/STI preventionSubstance useIntervention developmentTarget sample sizeWorse health outcomesDrug use preventionADAPT-ITT frameworkYouth advisory boardMisuse drugsSTI preventionInfection diagnosisHealth outcomesUse preventionBlack girlsEducation interventionAdvisory Board
2022
What happens when we ask? A phenomenological focus group on HIV prevention and sexual health education among emancipated foster care youth
Opara I, Lizarraga A, Lardier D, Herrera A, Garcia-Reid P, Reid R. What happens when we ask? A phenomenological focus group on HIV prevention and sexual health education among emancipated foster care youth. Children And Youth Services Review 2022, 140: 106583. PMID: 35910532, PMCID: PMC9337728, DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV/STI preventionPoor sexual health outcomesHealth promotion activitiesKnowledge of HIVSexual health outcomesSexual health educationFocus groupsFoster care youthSTI preventionHIV preventionHealth outcomesHealth educationSafer sexPromotion activitiesPreventionHIVVulnerable groupsGroupParticipatory action research methodsMajor themesFoster careCareClient-Centered Care Coordination (C4™) for HIV/STI Prevention: a Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Overview—HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 073
Nelson L, Wilton L, Whitfield D, Williams G, Mayer K, Komárek A, Boyd D, Beauchamp G, Fields S, Wheeler D. Client-Centered Care Coordination (C4™) for HIV/STI Prevention: a Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Overview—HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 073. Sexuality Research And Social Policy 2022, 19: 1365-1382. PMID: 39301523, PMCID: PMC11412310, DOI: 10.1007/s13178-022-00687-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack MSMPrEP useHIV/STI preventionCare coordination encountersUse of PrEPPrevention of HIVPrevention demonstration projectTwelve-month retentionMulti-component interventionHealth policy effortsEvidence-based strategiesPrEP adherencePrEP formulationsOral regimensPrEP servicesAdherence goalsSTI preventionPrEP usersPublic health policy effortsCare coordinationStudy visitRisk counselingSexual healthProgram retentionMSM
2018
HIV/STI interventions targeting women who experience forced sex: A systematic review of global literature
Deming M, Bhochhibhoya A, Ingram L, Stafford C, Li X. HIV/STI interventions targeting women who experience forced sex: A systematic review of global literature. Health Care For Women International 2018, 39: 919-935. PMID: 29648926, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1464005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV/STI interventionsHIV/STIsSTI interventionsHIV/STI acquisitionHIV/STI preventionGlobal public health issueHIV/STI riskForced sexPublic health issueWomen's unique needsUnique needsSTI acquisitionSTI preventionHIV epidemicSTI riskSystematic reviewHealth issuesWomenWomen's vulnerabilityInterventionSTIsSexEpidemicHIVReview
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