2024
Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma
Oga E, Stockton M, Abu-Ba’are G, Vormawor R, Mankattah E, Endres-Dighe S, Richmond R, Jeon S, Logie C, Baning E, Saalim K, Torpey K, Nelson L, Nyblade L. Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24: 647. PMID: 38773589, PMCID: PMC11110277, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11098-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntersectional stigmaIntersectional identitiesHealthcare facility staffHealthcare facilitiesGender non-conformity stigmaStigmatizing beliefsGender non-conformingSame-sex relationshipsReduce intersectional stigmaSame-gender sexFactors associated with stigmaAssociated with less stigmaMethodsWe analyzed baseline dataStigma reduction interventionsGreater comfortCorrelates of stigmaMulti-level interventionsInfection control trainingSexual diversitySexual normsAssociated with greater comfortGreater religiosityHIV testingResultsFactor analysisExploratory factor analysis
2018
I have no peace of mind—psychosocial distress expressed by rural women living with HIV in India as part of a mobile health intervention—a qualitative study
Chandra PS, Parameshwaran S, Satyanarayana VA, Varghese M, Liberti L, Duggal M, Singh P, Jeon S, Reynolds NR. I have no peace of mind—psychosocial distress expressed by rural women living with HIV in India as part of a mobile health intervention—a qualitative study. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2018, 21: 525-531. PMID: 29550891, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-018-0827-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-care interventionsPsychosocial concernsUsefulness of mHealthPsychosocial vulnerabilityMobile health interventionsPoor social supportMobile phone interventionRural womenMiddle-income countriesPhone interventionClinical depressionMHealth interventionsQualitative studyHealth interventionsHIVNursesWomenInterventionLow literacyIndependent ratersSocial supportTrialsBody imagePsychosocial themesInadvertent disclosure
2016
MAHILA: a protocol for evaluating a nurse-delivered mHealth intervention for women with HIV and psychosocial risk factors in India
Reynolds NR, Satyanarayana V, Duggal M, Varghese M, Liberti L, Singh P, Ranganathan M, Jeon S, Chandra PS. MAHILA: a protocol for evaluating a nurse-delivered mHealth intervention for women with HIV and psychosocial risk factors in India. BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16: 352. PMID: 27491288, PMCID: PMC4973541, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1605-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment adherenceHIV infectionMiddle-income countriesDepressive symptomsAntiretroviral treatment adherenceHIV-1 RNANon-specialist nursesMobile health interventionsPsychosocial risk factorsMobile phone interventionQuality of lifeClinical outcomesSpecialist nursesTreatment armsIllness perceptionsPreliminary efficacyRisk factorsOutcome measuresPhone interventionMHealth interventionsPsychosocial barriersHealth interventionsHIVAdherencePsychosocial vulnerability