2025
Activity Space Mapping and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men in Small Cities and Towns in the United States
Takenaka, B.P., Barbour, R., Kirklewski, S.J. et al. Activity Space Mapping and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men in Small Cities and Towns in the United States. AIDS Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04601-xPeer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Predictors of HIV and STI testing among sexually active Black adolescents: Results from YRBSS 2019–2021
Weerakoon, Sitara M., Nimisha Srikanth, Christina Aivadyan, Bryce Puesta Takenaka, Raquel Rose, Jaleah D. Rutledge, Gina Sissoko, and Ijeoma Opara. 2024. “Predictors of HIV and STI Testing among Sexually Active Black Adolescents: Results from YRBSS 2019–2021.” Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, December, 1–16. doi:10.1080/15381501.2024.2435882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Nationally Representative Analysis of Substance Use and Sexual Health Correlates Associated with HIV and STI Testing among Adolescents.
Weerakoon SM, Srikanth N, Aivadyan C, Takenaka BP, Rose R, Rutledge JD, Wan X, Opara I. A Nationally Representative Analysis of Substance Use and Sexual Health Correlates Associated with HIV and STI Testing among Adolescents. AIDS Behav 2024 PMID: 39661294, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04575-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“It’s another gay disease”: an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak
Takenaka B, Kirklewski S, Griffith F, Gibbs J, Lauckner C, Nicholson E, Tengatenga C, Hansen N, Kershaw T. “It’s another gay disease”: an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 1574. PMID: 38862933, PMCID: PMC11167942, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19062-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMpox outbreakSemi-structured qualitative interviewsUnited StatesHomophobic discoursesIntersectional frameworkAnti-LGBTQMainstream social mediaNon-governmentGay diseaseQualitative interviewsHealth equityLived experienceMistrustQualitative approachNews outletsLGTBQGovernmentDiscourseMenPublic health emergencyStigmatizationSouth regionHealthHealth emergencyInterviewsCombined Motivational Interviewing and Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Cisgender Men and Transgender Individuals: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Lauckner C, Takenaka B, Sesenu F, Brown J, Kirklewski S, Nicholson E, Haney K, Adatorwovor R, Boyd D, Fallin-Bennett K, Restar A, Kershaw T. Combined Motivational Interviewing and Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Cisgender Men and Transgender Individuals: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2024, 13: e55166. PMID: 38578673, PMCID: PMC11031694, DOI: 10.2196/55166.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A global examination of ecological niche modeling to predict emerging infectious diseases: a systematic review.
Lawrence TJ, Takenaka BP, Garg A, Tao D, Deem SL, Fèvre EM, Gluecks I, Sagan V, Shacham E. A global examination of ecological niche modeling to predict emerging infectious diseases: a systematic review. Front Public Health 2023, 11: 1244084. PMID: 38026359, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1244084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRe-Imagining Public Health Education: Students' Perspectives and Considerations.
Takenaka BP, Lee YJ, Orakwue K, Aaron H, Reyna K, Putnam N. Re-Imagining Public Health Education: Students' Perspectives and Considerations. Health Educ Behav 2023, 50: 477-481. PMID: 37525983, DOI: 10.1177/10901981231179501.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Associations of Transactional Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder.
Ellis MS, Kasper ZA, Takenaka B, Buttram ME, Shacham E. Associations of Transactional Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2022 PMID: 36085260, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.07.011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research