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
New Mothers' Knowledge and Attitudes About Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
WALTER E, ROYCE R, FERNÁNDEZ M, DEHOVITZ J, ICKOVICS J, LAMPE M. New Mothers' Knowledge and Attitudes About Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2001, 97: 70-76. DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200101000-00015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyConceptsPerinatal HIV transmissionPercent of womenHIV transmissionPerinatal transmissionHIV testPerinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testingFuture public health effortsHIV test acceptanceNew mothers' knowledgePrenatal HIV testImmunodeficiency virus infectionPrenatal HIV testingPublic health effortsCross-sectional surveyPublic health systemOrigin of HIVPerinatal HIVHIV testingPregnant womenPostpartum womenHours postpartumMothers' knowledgeResults SeventyNew mothers' knowledge and attitudes about perinatal human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Walter E, Royce R, Fernández M, DeHovitz J, Ickovics J, Lampe M. New mothers' knowledge and attitudes about perinatal human immunodeficiency virus infection. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2001, 97: 70-6. PMID: 11152911, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(00)01070-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth EducationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyConceptsPerinatal HIV transmissionPercent of womenHIV transmissionPerinatal transmissionHIV testPerinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testingFuture public health effortsHIV test acceptanceNew mothers' knowledgePrenatal HIV testImmunodeficiency virus infectionPrenatal HIV testingPublic health effortsCross-sectional surveyPublic health systemOrigin of HIVPerinatal HIVHIV testingPregnant womenPostpartum womenHours postpartumMothers' knowledgeVirus infection
2000
Stress and Body Shape: Stress-Induced Cortisol Secretion Is Consistently Greater Among Women With Central Fat
Epel E, McEwen B, Seeman T, Matthews K, Castellazzo G, Brownell K, Bell J, Ickovics J. Stress and Body Shape: Stress-Induced Cortisol Secretion Is Consistently Greater Among Women With Central Fat. Psychosomatic Medicine 2000, 62: 623-632. PMID: 11020091, DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200009000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStress-induced cortisol secretionCentral fat distributionCentral fatCortisol secretionHigh WHRLean womenFat distributionLow WHRFirst stress sessionHealthy premenopausal womenBody mass indexCortisol reactivityMore chronic stressCross-sectional findingsPremenopausal womenMass indexStress sessionAnimal studiesWHRChronic stressGreater riskPsychological stressLaboratory stressorWomenCortisolSelf-reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: The AACTG Adherence Instruments
Chesney M, Ickovics J, Chambers D, Gifford A, Neidig J, Zwickl B, Wu A, GROUP P. Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: The AACTG Adherence Instruments. AIDS Care 2000, 12: 255-266. PMID: 10928201, DOI: 10.1080/09540120050042891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult AIDS Clinical Trials GroupCent of patientsClinical trialsAntiretroviral therapyAdherence instrumentAIDS Clinical Trials GroupCombination antiretroviral therapyClinical Trials GroupSelf-reported adherenceHIV clinical trialsAdherent patientsAntiretroviral medicationsTrial groupLow adherenceSelf-report questionnairesCommon reasonPatientsDrug resistanceTrialsImproved healthMedicationsProtease inhibitorsQuestionnaireDoseAdherence
1992
Women and AIDS in the United States: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Mediating Mechanisms
Ickovics J, Rodin J. Women and AIDS in the United States: Epidemiology, Natural History, and Mediating Mechanisms. Health Psychology 1992, 11: 1-16. PMID: 1559529, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.11.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIncidenceRisk FactorsSurvival RateUnited StatesConceptsNatural historyHuman immunodeficiency virusProportion of womenImportant sex differencesImmunodeficiency syndromeImmunodeficiency virusViral exposureDisease outcomeEpidemiologic reviewDisease processPsychosocial factorsU.S. womenAIDSWomenStudy of menHIVPsychosocial mechanismsSex differencesDiseaseSocial supportPreventionTreatmentMale counterpartsSyndromeEpidemiology