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Publications from The Center for Sexuality 

and Health Disparities

2017

06 December 2017
Anticipated HIV Stigma and Delays in Regular HIV Testing Behaviors Among Sexually-Active Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women

Kristi E. Gamarel, Kimberly M. Nelson, Rob Stephenson, Olga J. Santiago Rivera, Danielle Chiaramonte, Robin Lin Miller, The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions

AIDS and Behavior

28 November 2017
Providing Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling for Transgender Youth (Project Moxie): Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Rob Stephenson, PhD ;  Nicholas Metheny, MPH, RN ;  Akshay Sharma, MBBS, MPH, PhD ;  Stephen Sullivan, MPH ;  Erin Riley, MPH

JMIR Research Protocols

11 November 2017
Measurements of Sexuality-Based Stigma among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (GBMSM) in Resource-Poor Settings: A Review

Ryan Freeland, Erin Rogers, Heidi van Rooyen, Lynae Darbes, Kate Saylor, Rob Stephenson

AIDS and Behavior

6 November 2017
Comparing Provider and Client Preferences for HIV Prevention Services in South Africa among Men Who Have Sex with Men

John Shaver, Patrick Sullivan, PhD, DVM, Aaron Siegler, PhD, 

Alex de Voux, PhD, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, PhD, Linda-Gail Bekker, PhD, Stefan D. Baral, MD, Andrea L. Wirtz, PhD, Chris Beyrer, MD, Ben Brown, Rob Stephenson, PhD

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

23 October 2017
Cholera control and anti-Haitian stigma in the
Dominican Republic: from migration policy to lived experience

Hunter M. Keys, Bonnie N. Kaiser, Jenny W. Foster, Matthew C. Freeman, Rob Stephenson, Andrea J. Lund & Brandon A. Kohrt

Anthropology & Medicine

26 September 2017
Tobacco Use and Sustained Viral Suppression in Youth Living with HIV

Kristi E. Gamarel, Andrew O. Westfall, Michelle A. Lally,

Sybil Hosek, Craig M. Wilson, The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Intervention

AIDS and Behavior

June 2017
The relationship timeline: A method for the study of shared lived experiences in relational contexts.

Brian de Vries, Allen J. LeBlanc, David M. Frost, Eli Alston-Stepnitz, Rob Stephenson,

Cory R. Woodyatt.

Advances in Life Course Research

19 May 2017
Exploring the utilization of end-of-life documentation among an online sample of sexual- and gender-minority individuals in the United States.

Jessica Marsack & Rob Stephenson

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

29 April 2017
Beliefs and Perception About HIV/AIDS, Self-Efficacy, and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Thai Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Khumsaen N, Stephenson R.

AIDS Education and Prevention

26 April 2017
Moving beyond sex: Assessing the impact of gender identity on human papillomavirus vaccine recommendations and uptake among a national sample of rural-residing LGBT young adults

Robert A. Bednarczyka, Jennifer L. Whiteheade, ​Rob Stephenson.

Papillomavirus Research

11 April 2017
Masculine Gender Ideologies, Intimate Partner Violence, and Alcohol Use Increase Risk for Genital Tract Infections Among Men

Kiyomi Tsuyuki, Balaiah Donta, Anindita Dasgupta, Paul J. Fleming, Mohan Ghule, Battala Madhusudana, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Niranjan Saggurti, Anita Raj.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

9 April 2017
Willingness to distribute free rapid home HIV test kits and to test with social or sexual network associates among men who have sex with men in the United States

Akshay Sharma, Pollyanna R. Chavez, Robin J. MacGowan, A.D. McNaghten, Brian Mustanski, Laura Gravens, Arin E. Freeman & Patrick S. Sullivan.

AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

18 March 2017
Feasibility of identifying out of care HIV-positive patients in a hospital setting and enrolling them in a retention intervention.

Davila JA, Hartman C, Cully J, Stanley M, Amico KR, Soriano E, Minick S, May SB, Giordano TP.

HIV Clinical Trials

6 March 2017
Detailed Knowledge About HIV Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics and Their Associations With Preventive and Risk Behaviors Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

Akshay Sharma, MBBS, MPH, PhD ;  Stephen P Sullivan, MPH ;  Rob B Stephenson, MSc, PhD 

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)

1 March 2017
Sexual Pleasure and Function, Coital Trauma, and Sex Behaviors After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among Men in the Dominican Republic.

Brito MO, Khosla S, Pananookooln S, Fleming PJ, Lerebours L, Donastorg, Y, Bailey, RC.

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

23 February 2017
Longitudinal associations of intimate partner violence attitudes and perpetration: Dyadic couples data from a randomized controlled trial in rural India.

Shakya HB, Fleming P, Saggurti N, Donta B, Silverman J, Raj A.

Social Science & Medicine

7 February 2017
Receipt and Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence and Condomless Anal Intercourse Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Atlanta.

Stephenson R, Finneran C.

AIDS & Behavior

1 February 2017
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing Behavior Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: Analysis of Pooled Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data, 2005–2013

Akshay Sharma, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Li Yan Wang, MBA, MA, Richard Dunville, MPH, Rachel K. Valencia, MPH, Eli S. Rosenberg, PhD, and Patrick S. Sullivan, DVM, PhD

LGBT Health

31 January 2017
The Sexual Health of Transgender Men: A Scoping Review

Rob Stephenson, Erin Riley, Erin Rogers, Nicolas Suarez, Nick Metheny, Jonathan Senda, Kate M. Saylor & José A. Bauermeister

The Journal of Sex Research

21 January 2017
Subsequent Sexual Risks Among Men Who Have Sex with Men May Differ by Sex of First Partner and Age at Sexual Debut: A Cross-Sectional Study in Beijing, China.

Liu Y, Qian HZ, Amico KR, Liu H, Yin L, Ruan Y, Shao Y, Zhang C, Vermund SH.

AIDS & Behavior

22 November 2017
Barriers to and Facilitators of Help-Seeking Behavior Among Men Who Experience Sexual Violence

Martina Delle Donne, Joseph DeLuca, Pavel Pleskach, Christopher Bromson, Marcus P. Mosley, Edward T. Perez, Shibin G. Mathews, Rob Stephenson, Victoria Frye

American Journal of Men's Health

10 November 2017
Examining Temporal Shifts in the Proximate 
Determinants of Fertility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Rogers E, Stephenson R.

Journal of Biosocial Science

October 2017
Adaptation of the HIV/AIDS Self-Management Education Program for Men Who Have Sex With Men in Thailand: An Application of the ADAPT-ITT Framework

Natawan Khumsaen, PhD, RN, Rob Stephenson, PhD.

AIDS Education and Prevention

20 October 2017
Pilot Evaluation of the Ability of Men Who Have Sex with Men to Self-Administer Rapid HIV Tests, Prepare Dried Blood Spot Cards, and Interpret Test Results, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013

Robin J. MacGowan, Pollyanna R. Chavez, Laura Gravens, Laura G. Wesolowski, Akshay Sharma, A. D. McNaghten, Arin Freeman, Patrick S. Sullivan, Craig B. Borkowf, S. Michele Owen for the eSTAMP Study Group

Anthropology & Medicine

03 September 2017
Toward 90-90-90: identifying those who have never been tested for HIV and differences by sex in Lesotho

Maria Augusta Carrasco , Paul Fleming, Jocelyn Wagman & Vincent Wong

AIDS Care

Psychological and Socio-medical aspects of AIDS/HIV

04 July 2017
Competition and Humiliation
How Masculine Norms Shape Men’s Sexual and Violent Behaviors

Paul J. Fleming, Clare Barrington, Suzanne Maman, 

Leonel Lerebours, Yeycy Donastorg, Maximo O. Brito

Men and Masculinities

30 May 2017
Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling for Male Couples (Project Nexus): A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Rob Stephenson, Ryan Freeland, Stephen P Sullivan, Erin Riley, Brent A Johnson, Jason Mitchell, Deborah McFarland, Patrick S Sullivan.

JMIR research Protocols

9 May 2017
Perceived HIV Prevalence Accuracy and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Gay,Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.

Sullivan S & Stephenson R.

AIDS & Behavior

27 April 2017
Transnationalism and health: A systematic literature review on the use of transnationalism in the study of the health practices and behaviors of migrants

Laura Villa-Torres, Tonatiuh González-Vázquez, Paul J. Fleming, Edgar Leonel González-González, César Infante-Xibille, Rebecca Chavez, Clare Barrington.

Social Science & Medicine

18 April 2017
Risk, safety and sex among male PrEP users: time for a new understanding

Kimberly Koester, Rivet K. Amico, Hailey Gilmore, Albert Liu, Vanessa McMahan, Kenneth Mayer, Sybil Hosek & Robert Grant

Culture, Health & Sexuality

11 April 2017
'I told her this is your life': relationship dynamics, partner support and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among South African couples

Conroy A, Leddy A, Johnson M, Ngubane T, van Rooyen H, Darbes L.

Culture, Health & Sexuality

22 March 2017
Characterization of HIV seroconverters in a TDF/FTC PrEP study: HPTN 067/ADAPT.

Sivay MV, Li M, Piwowar-Manning E, Zhang Y, Hudelson SE, Marzinke MA, Amico KR, Redd A, Hendrix CW, Anderson PL, Bokoch K, Gail-Bekker L, van Griensven F, Mannheimer S, Hughes JP, Grant R, Eshleman SH.

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

9 March 2017
Usability and Acceptability of a Mobile Comprehensive HIV Prevention App for Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Pilot Study.

Sullivan PS, Driggers R, Stekler JD, Siegler A, Goldenberg T, McDougal SJ, Caucutt J, Jones J, Stephenson R.

JMIR mHealth & uHealth

6 March 2017
Use of Videos Improves Informed Consent Comprehension in Web-Based Surveys Among Internet-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Eric William Hall, MPH ; Travis H Sanchez, DVM, MPH ; Aryeh D Stein, MPH, PhD ; Rob Stephenson, MSc, PhD ; Maria Zlotorzynska, MPH, PhD ;  Robert Craig Sineath, MPH ;  Patrick S Sullivan, DVM, PhD 

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)

1 March 2017
Violence From a Sexual Partner is Significantly Associated With Poor HIV Care and Treatment Outcomes Among Female Sex Workers in the Dominican Republic.

Mendoza C, Barrington C, Donastorg Y, Perez M, Fleming PJ, Decker MR, Kerrigan D.

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

23 February 2017
Are Men’s Misogynistic Attitudes Associated With Poor Mental Health and Substance Use behaviors? An Exploratory Study of Men in Tijuana, Mexico

Fleming, Paul J.; Patterson, Thomas L.; Chavarin, Claudia V.; Semple, Shirley J.; Magis-Rodriguez, Carlos; Pitpitan, Eileen V.

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

1 February 2017
"If She is Drunk, I Don't Want Her to Take it": Partner Beliefs and Influence on Use of Alcohol and Antiretroviral Therapy in South African Couples.

Conroy AA, McKenna SA, Leddy A, Johnson MO, Ngubane T, Darbes LA, van Rooyen H.

AIDS & Behavior

1 February 2017
Impact of Depression and Anxiety on Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Among Men Who Have Sex with Men with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infections in China.

Tao J, Vermund SH, Lu H, Ruan Y, Shepherd BE, Kipp AM, Amico KR, Zhang X, Shao Y, Qian HZ.

AIDS Patient Care & STDs

31 January 2017
Geospatial Indicators of Space and Place: A Review of Multilevel Studies of HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

José A. Bauermeister, Daniel Connochie, Lisa Eaton, Michele Demers & Rob Stephenson

The Journal of Sex Research

6 January 2017
Individual HIV Risk versus Population Impact of Risk Compensation after HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Initiation among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Jenness SM, Sharma A, Goodreau SM, Rosenberg ES, Weiss KM, Hoover KW, Smith DK, Sullivan P1.

PLOS One

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