Moving towards transformative justice for black women survivors of intimate partner violence: an intersectional qualitative study
Sharpless L, Kershaw T, Knight D, Campbell J, Phillips K, Katague M, Willie T. Moving towards transformative justice for black women survivors of intimate partner violence: an intersectional qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2730. PMID: 39379927, PMCID: PMC11459893, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20244-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen IPV survivorsIPV survivorsJustice responsesJustice preferencesTransformative justicePartner violenceSurvivors of intimate partner violenceWomen survivors of intimate partner violenceIntimate partner violenceCriminal legal systemBackgroundIntimate partner violenceQualitative studyCommunity-based approachCounseling servicesHousing supportInductive analytical techniquesPerpetuate violenceRepairing harmWomen's claimsIntergenerational cycleLegal systemAnticipated discriminationPoliceIPVJustice“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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultDisease OutbreaksHomosexuality, MaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleQualitative ResearchSexual and Gender MinoritiesUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsMpox outbreakSemi-structured qualitative interviewsUnited StatesHomophobic discoursesIntersectional frameworkAnti-LGBTQMainstream social mediaNon-governmentGay diseaseQualitative interviewsHealth equityLived experienceMistrustQualitative approachNews outletsLGTBQGovernmentDiscourseMenPublic health emergencyStigmatizationSouth regionHealthHealth emergencyInterviewsPrEP initiation and adherence among Black cisgender women in Mississippi: The role of HIV and PrEP stigma and social support.
Knight D, Monger M, Phillips K, Antar A, Baral S, Stockman J, Nunn A, Chan P, Mayer K, Mena L, Kershaw T, Willie T. PrEP initiation and adherence among Black cisgender women in Mississippi: The role of HIV and PrEP stigma and social support. Women's Health 2024, 20: 17455057241296905. PMID: 39566475, DOI: 10.1177/17455057241296905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack cisgender womenCisgender Black womenPrEP initiationSemi-structured interviewsSocial supportFocus groupsBlack womenHIV stigmaPrEP stigmaHIV preventionBarriers to HIV preventionCisgender womenLack of social supportLevels of social supportHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisImprove social supportAnticipated PrEP stigmaInductive thematic analysisSexual health clinicsAnalyzing focus groupsDecrease HIV transmissionWomen at-riskPre-exposure prophylaxisSocial support rolesPrEP indications