A5047597375- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Skin Protection and Aging
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Community Health and Development
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Sex work and related issues
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
- Hepatitis C virus research
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
University of Memphis
2014-2025
Williams (United States)
2013
San Diego State University
2005-2011
University of Michigan
2008-2010
University of California, San Diego
2007
We evaluated psychosocial, built-environmental, and policy-related correlates of adolescents' indoor tanning use.
Despite substantial federal, state, and local efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS, African Americans experience higher rates infection than any other ethnic or racial group in United States. It is imperative develop culturally ecologically sensitive interventions meet sexual health needs this population. Capitalizing on assets, resources, strengths faith-based organizations, YOUR Blessed Health (YBH) a community-based participatory research project developed increase HIV/AIDS...
Poor and racial/ethnic minority women comprise the majority of living with HIV (WLH) in United States. Race, gender, class, HIV-based stigmas inequities limit women's powers over their health compromise quality life. To help WLH counter this powerlessness, we implemented a Photovoice project, called Picturing New Possibilities (PNP), explored how experienced empowerment through Photovoice. PNP participants (n = 30) photographed life experiences, attended 3 group discussions community exhibit...
Compared with the general public, people HIV (PWH) experience more psychological trauma and higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet limited research explores how PWH may uniquely trauma. The primary goal this study was to investigate exposure typologies sequelae among inform screening interventions. Qualitative interviews were conducted a convenience sample 20 PTSD, receiving services from an urban, Tennessee-based Service Organization. Interview guides gain rich...
Disseminating images is a critical part of the photovoice process to move ideas action. Viewers can help translate participants’ experiences change. Yet, we know relatively little about decisions made around dissemination or how affect audiences. Relatedly, audiences remain understudied. To close this gap, describe community-academic team’s moving results change in Reframing Life with HIV project, chronicle details dissemination. This project was designed give young, same gender loving men...
<h3>Objective</h3> To assess indoor tanning facility practices in a sample of facilities 116 cities representing all 50 states. <h3>Design</h3> Cross-sectional study. <h3>Setting</h3> United States. <h3>Participants</h3> Employees 3647 were contacted by telephone. Data collectors (ie, confederates) posed as prospective, fair-skinned, 15-year-old female customers who had never tanned before. <h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3> Confederates asked respondents about their facility's related to...
<h3>Objective</h3> To develop items to measure indoor tanning and sunless that can be used monitor trends in population surveys or assess changes behavior intervention studies. <h3>Design</h3> A group of experts on convened December 2005, as part a national workshop review the state evidence, define measurement issues, for ever tanned indoors, lifetime frequency, past-year frequency both tanning. Each item was subsequently assessed via in-person interviews clarity, specificity, recall,...
Background: Physical activity rates are low for adult Latinas. In the United States, only 7.8% of Latinas met Centers Disease Control and Prevention recommendations weekly vigorous leisure-time physical activity. Purpose: The purpose this study is to test a theoretical model examining direct indirect influence individual factors (demographic acculturation) built environmental variables (perceived neighborhood safety/aesthetics) on Latinas' in U.S. border region. Methods: Acculturation,...
Promotion, uptake, and adherence of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is paramount to ending the HIV epidemic among young Black men who have sex with in South. The purpose this study was explore strategies needed for barriers PrEP uptake achieve prevention goals identified U.S. Department Health & Human Services initiative reduce new infections United States by 90 percent 2030.Young adults (n = 25) between ages 15-34 were recruited from community-based organizations Memphis participate four...
Objectives. We examined whether US Postal Service letter carriers who received a sun safety intervention would wear wide-brim hats and sunscreen significantly more often than those did not receive the intervention. Methods. used 2-group randomized design with 2662 evaluation cohort participants from 70 postal stations. Evaluations were conducted at baseline, 3 months, 1 year, 2 years. Questionnaire items assessed occupational use of sun-screen hats. The 2-year included provision hats,...
While research suggests youth prefer parents and family members to serve as the primary sources of sexual health information, fear discomfort around discussing sex with their may leave misinformed underinformed. This study explored heath communication within religious African-American families. Thirty adolescents participated in four focus groups, 19 adults 30 six at two predominantly Christian churches Flint, MI. All data were analyzed inductively using a constant comparison approach....
We examined perceived skin cancer risk and its relationship to sunscreen use among a large ( N = 1932) random sample of African American adults for the first time. Skin perceptions were low (Mean 16.11 on 1—100 scale). Sun-sensitive type prior diagnosis associated with higher risk, but demographic factors not. Unlike findings Whites, was not Americans. Directions future research, suggestions increasing Americans are provided.
This study examined the relationship between gender roles and sociosexuality (an individual difference variable describing attitudes about sexual permissiveness promiscuity), their predictive pattern of HIV-related risk behaviors. A geographically diverse sample 275 adult, heterosexual Black women (mean age = 33.60 years), participated in a self-administered survey. Significant relationships were found feminine traits sociosexuality, four five risky behavior variables. Neither masculine nor...
To examine associations between sociodemographic variables, social determinants of health (SDOHs) and diabetes using needs assessment data.
YOUR Blessed Health (YBH) is a faith-based HIV prevention pilot program designed to increase organizations' capacity address HIV/AIDS among African American congregations. Faith leaders (e.g., pastors, pastors' spouses) were trained deliver youth and adult education sessions. Perceptions of comfort with discussing 11 sexual health topics assessed after implementation. Twenty-nine faith self-reported their behaviors, communication, abuse. Overall, comfortable these topics; however,...
Social support from friends and family is positively related to better health outcomes among adults living with HIV. An extension of these networks such as religious communities may be an untapped source social for promoting HIV medical adherence. This paper explores the association medication adherence satisfaction family, church members, well HIV-related stigma, disclosure. In partnership Shelby County Health Department, Memphis Ryan White Part A Program, University School Public Health, a...