2022
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Socioeconomic Effects, and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: A Population-Based Cohort Study in 2020, Iran
Fereidooni R, Mootz J, Sabaei R, Khoshnood K, Heydari ST, Moradian MJ, Taherifard E, Nasirian M, Molavi Vardanjani H. The COVID-19 Pandemic, Socioeconomic Effects, and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: A Population-Based Cohort Study in 2020, Iran. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 113: 228-237. PMID: 36302221, PMCID: PMC9850608, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.306839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCohort StudiesCOVID-19FemaleHumansIntimate Partner ViolenceIranPandemicsPrevalenceRisk FactorsSexual PartnersSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsSexual intimate partner violenceRisk factorsIntimate partner violenceSocioeconomic statusIranian womenPandemic onsetMain exposure variableSocioeconomic risk factorsLow socioeconomic statusHigher socioeconomic statusCohort studyPandemic prevalencePartner violencePhysical intimate partner violenceHigh incidenceIPV surveyExposure variablesPrevalenceCOVID-19 epidemicSignificant riskWomenIncidenceIPV prevalenceCOVID-19 pandemicIncidence of IPV
2011
HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Its Association With Socioeconomic Status Among Women
Kobeissi L, Kak F, Khawaja M, Khoshnood K. HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Its Association With Socioeconomic Status Among Women. Asia Pacific Journal Of Public Health 2011, 27: np734-np745. PMID: 22186399, DOI: 10.1177/1010539511431299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV/AIDS knowledgeSocioeconomic statusMultivariate logistic regression modelHIV/AIDS-related knowledgeLogistic regression modelsRepresentative household sampleAdjusted analysisPrevention knowledgeAIDS knowledgeWomenRichest income quintileIncome quintileWoman transmissionSignificant differencesPrevention methodsAwareness campaignsHousehold sampleRegression modelsAssociationStatusMedia exposureQuintileLost in Translation: Reproductive Health Care Experiences of Somali Bantu Women in Hartford, Connecticut
Gurnah K, Khoshnood K, Bradley E, Yuan C. Lost in Translation: Reproductive Health Care Experiences of Somali Bantu Women in Hartford, Connecticut. Journal Of Midwifery & Women's Health 2011, 56: 340-346. PMID: 21733104, DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00028.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomali Bantu womenReproductive health care experiencesReproductive health care servicesPatient-provider discordanceReproductive health problemsUnmet health needsHealth care outcomesHealth care experiencesHealth care servicesReproductive health programsFamily planning servicesReproductive health experiencesHealth care systemWomen's morbidityCare outcomesCare servicesHealth problemsHealth needsHealth programsCare experiencesSex discordanceCultural discordanceCare systemPlanning servicesVulnerable populations
2006
HIV prevalence, sociodemographic, and behavioral correlates and recruitment methods among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Shaboltas AV, Toussova OV, Hoffman IF, Heimer R, Verevochkin SV, Ryder RW, Khoshnood K, Perdue T, Masse BR, Kozlov AP. HIV prevalence, sociodemographic, and behavioral correlates and recruitment methods among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006, 41: 657-63. PMID: 16652041, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000220166.56866.22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHigh-risk injection drug usersHIV prevalenceDrug usersActive injection drug usersBaseline HIV prevalenceHIV-1 prevalencePrevalent HIV infectionHIV-1 infectionHIV-positive individualsRecruitment methodsChain referralHIV infectionMedian ageHIV statusHIV-1Street outreachPrevalenceDemographic characteristicsPrevious monthRecruitment periodReferralInfectionBehavioral correlatesBehavioral variables
2000
The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users.
Singer M, Stopka T, Siano C, Springer K, Barton G, Khoshnood K, Gorry de Puga A, Heimer R. The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users. American Journal Of Public Health 2000, 90: 1049-56. PMID: 10897181, PMCID: PMC1446282, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.90.7.1049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSterile syringe accessDrug use sitesIndividual-level characteristicsSocial geographyEthnographic descriptionSocial mapTarget neighborhoodsSocial contextQualitative approachNortheastern cityNeighborhood differencesQualitative methodsFocus groupsSocial factorsSyringe accessSurvey approachDrug usersSyringe acquisitionAccessInjection drug usersGeographyFull understandingInterviewsDrug useCity