2008
Experiences of Racial Discrimination & Relation to Violence Perpetration and Gang Involvement among a sample of Urban African American Men
Reed E, Silverman J, Ickovics J, Gupta J, Welles S, Santana M, Raj A. Experiences of Racial Discrimination & Relation to Violence Perpetration and Gang Involvement among a sample of Urban African American Men. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health 2008, 12: 319-326. PMID: 18553221, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9159-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanConfidence IntervalsCrimeCross-Sectional StudiesCultureData CollectionHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPrejudicePsychometricsResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSocial AlienationSocioeconomic FactorsSpouse AbuseSpousesStress, PsychologicalUnited StatesUrban PopulationYoung Adult
2001
Barriers to universal prenatal HIV testing in 4 US locations in 1997.
Royce R, Walter E, Fernandez M, Wilson T, Ickovics J, Simonds R. Barriers to universal prenatal HIV testing in 4 US locations in 1997. American Journal Of Public Health 2001, 91: 727-33. PMID: 11344880, PMCID: PMC1446691, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.91.5.727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal HIV testingHIV testingParturient womenPrenatal HIV testProportion of womenMost parturient womenHIV testPrenatal HIVClinician recommendationsPrenatal careProvider practicesStrong recommendationsPrivate insuranceWomenPayment statusMajor barrierMultiple reasonsProportionHIVTestingHospitalCliniciansRecommendationsMortality, CD4 Cell Count Decline, and Depressive Symptoms Among HIV-Seropositive Women: Longitudinal Analysis From the HIV Epidemiology Research Study
Ickovics J, Hamburger M, Vlahov D, Schoenbaum E, Schuman P, Boland R, Moore J, Group F. Mortality, CD4 Cell Count Decline, and Depressive Symptoms Among HIV-Seropositive Women: Longitudinal Analysis From the HIV Epidemiology Research Study. JAMA 2001, 285: 1466-1474. PMID: 11255423, DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.11.1466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusChronic depressive symptomsCD4 cell countHIV-seropositive womenTreatment of depressionDepressive symptomsCell countDisease progressionBaseline CD4 cell countCD4 cell count declineHIV Epidemiologic Research StudyCell count declineCD4 lymphocyte countBaseline viral loadEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleHIV disease progressionHIV Epidemiology Research StudyLongitudinal cohort studyEpidemiologic research studiesImpact of depressionAcademic medical centerSelf-reported CenterCohort studyLymphocyte countCount decline
2000
Infant Birth Weight Among Women With or at High Risk for HIV Infection: The Impact of Clinical, Behavioral, Psychosocial, and Demographic Factors
Ickovics J, Ethier K, Koenig L, Wilson T, Walter E, Fernandez M. Infant Birth Weight Among Women With or at High Risk for HIV Infection: The Impact of Clinical, Behavioral, Psychosocial, and Demographic Factors. Health Psychology 2000, 19: 515-523. PMID: 11129354, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.19.6.515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCase-Control StudiesConnecticutFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth BehaviorHIV SeropositivityHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornMultivariate AnalysisNew YorkNorth CarolinaOdds RatioPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal CareRiskRisk-TakingSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalConceptsLow birth weightBirth weightPregnant womenHigh riskHIV-negative pregnant womenHIV-seropositive pregnant womenInfant birth weightHIV risk factorsHIV specialty clinicsMedical chart reviewTrimester of pregnancyAdverse birth outcomesBirth outcome dataImpact of ClinicalLogistic regression analysisImpact of HIVChart reviewHIV infectionHIV-positiveBirth outcomesGestational ageHIV transmissionPrenatal clinicsWeeks postpartumRisk factorsOrganizational predictors of prenatal HIV counseling and testing.
Ethier K, Fox-Tierney R, Nicholas W, Salisbury K, Ickovics J. Organizational predictors of prenatal HIV counseling and testing. American Journal Of Public Health 2000, 90: 1448-51. PMID: 10983205, PMCID: PMC1447621, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.90.9.1448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAIDS SerodiagnosisAmbulatory CareChildConnecticutCounselingFemaleHealth Services ResearchHumansMultivariate AnalysisOrganizational CulturePatient Acceptance of Health CarePredictive Value of TestsPregnancyPrenatal CareProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsWorkloadConceptsHIV counselingTest acceptancePrenatal HIV counselingPerinatal transmissionPrenatal careCounseling ratesCommunity clinicsClinic resourcesPrenatal patientsPrenatal counselingSurveillance recordsCounselingPatientsTesting servicesOrganizational predictorsPredictorsOpposite effectHIVClinicHospitalCare
1994
Limited effects of HIV counseling and testing for women. A prospective study of behavioral and psychological consequences.
Ickovics J, Morrill A, Beren S, Walsh U, Rodin J. Limited effects of HIV counseling and testing for women. A prospective study of behavioral and psychological consequences. JAMA 1994, 272: 443-8. PMID: 8040979, DOI: 10.1001/jama.272.6.443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV counselingSexual riskHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counselingPrimary health care servicesCommunity health clinicsHealth care servicesPartner risk factorsSeronegative womenImmunodeficiency syndromeProspective studyRisk factorsHealth clinicsPsychological consequencesStudy groupPrevention interventionsCare servicesNumber of womenCondom useGeneral psychological functioningWomenComparison groupSexual activitySequential samplesCounselingSexual behavior