A5036962212- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Sex work and related issues
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Community Health and Development
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Columbia University
2015-2024
University School
1998-2024
University of Kentucky
2024
University of Cincinnati
2024
Global Health Research Center of Central Asia
2011-2023
Global Health Research Center of Central Asia
2011-2023
New School
2022
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2022
Pennsylvania State University
2022
Washington University in St. Louis
2021
Sexual assault on college campuses is a public health issue. However varying research methodologies (e.g., different sexual definitions, measures, assessment timeframes) and low response rates hamper efforts to define the scope of problem. To illuminate complexity campus assault, we collected survey data from large population-based random sample undergraduate students Columbia University Barnard College in New York City, using evidence based methods maximize representativeness, behaviorally...
This study examines the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse by intimate commercial partners among street-based sex workers explores correlates partner using following factors: sociodemographics, substance abuse, behavior, childhood abuse. One hundred thirteen street were recruited from December 1996 through May 1997 while receiving services Foundations for Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (FROST'D), a nonprofit organization based in New York City. Partner is common occurrence...
Objectives. We examined whether frequent drug use increases the likelihood of subsequent sexual or physical intimate partner violence (IPV) and IPV use. Methods. A random sample 416 women on methadone was assessed at baseline (wave 1) 6 months 2), 12 3) following initial assessment. Propensity score matching multiple logistic regression were employed. Results. Women who reported crack wave 2 more likely than non–drug using to report 3 (odds ratio [OR]=4.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.1,...
Objectives. This study examined the efficacy of a relationship-based HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention program for heterosexual couples and whether it is more effective when delivered to couple or woman alone. Methods. Couples (n = 217) were recruited randomized (1) 6 sessions provided together 81), (2) same intervention alone 73), (3) 1-session control condition 63). Results. The was in reducing proportion unprotected increasing protected sexual acts. No significant differences...
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the relationship between sex trading and psychological distress implications of that for prevention human immunodeficiency virus among a sample young women recruited from streets Harlem. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 346 predominantly drug-using women, aged 18 to 29 years, whom 176 had exchanged money or drugs in previous 30 days categorized as "sex traders." Psychological was measured by using Brief Symptom Inventory. RESULTS: Sex traders scored...
African American women continue to be disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, yet there are few effective HIV prevention interventions that exclusively tailored their lives and address risk factors. Using an ecological framework, we offer a comprehensive overview of factors driving epidemic among explicate consequences ignoring these in strategies. We also recommend ways improve programs taking into consideration unique life experiences adult women.
AbstractIntimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are two serious overlapping public health epidemics that disproportionately affect drug-involved women. This article reviews research has identified a number of contexts may explain the links between IPV transmission risks. These include sexual coercion, fear violence, negotiation condom use, extradyadic relationships, disclosure sexually transmitted infections or seropositivity to intimate partners, drug involvement women their male low social...
Opioid overdose deaths remain high in the U.S. Despite having effective interventions to prevent deaths, there are numerous barriers that impede their adoption. The primary aim of HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is determine impact an intervention consisting community-engaged, data-driven selection, and implementation integrated set evidence-based practices (EBPs) on reducing opioid deaths.The HCS a four year multi-site, parallel-group, cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial. (n = 67)...
Purpose College-bound young people experience sexual assault, both before and after they enter college. This study examines historical risk factors (experiences exposures that occurred prior to college) for penetrative assault (PSA) victimization since entering Methods A cross-sectional study, including an online population-based quantitiative survey with undergraduate students was conducted in spring 2016. Bivariate analyses multivariable regressions examined protective associated ever...
Ninety years ago the isolation of insulin transformed lives people with type 1 diabetes. Now, models based on empirical data estimate that a 25-year-old person HIV, when appropriately treated antiretroviral therapy, can expect to enjoy median survival 35 years, remarkably similar for someone same age It is high time we normalised living positively HIV. This includes basic human right conceive and raise children. HIV-positive individuals may be in serodiscordant relationships or...
Growing evidence suggests intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance misuse are co-occurring problems that disproportionately affect low income urban women seeking care in emergency departments (EDs) represent leading causes of injuries result ED visits. This paper examines temporal bidirectional associations between different types drug alcohol use IPV a longitudinal study representative sample 241 low-income receiving from an the Bronx, New York. After adjusting matching for...
Objectives We examined whether mobility, migrant status, and risk environments are associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) HIV behaviors (e.g. sex trading, multiple partners, unprotected sex). Methods used Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) to recruit external male market vendors from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan as well internal non-migrant Kazakhstan. conducted multivariate logistic regressions examine the effects of mobility combined interaction between migration status...
<h3>Importance</h3> Concentrated epidemics of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have persisted among Black women in community supervision programs (CSPs) the United States. Accumulating research has highlighted effectiveness culturally tailored HIV/STI interventions for women; however, there is a dearth such large number CSPs. <h3>Objective</h3> To determine 5-session group-based intervention (Empowering African-American Women on Road to Health [E-WORTH]) with individualized...