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Jeffrey A. Kelly
Medicine & Public Health
Infectious Diseases
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“That’s My Girl; I love her”: The Promise of Compassionate, Inclusive Healthcare for Black Transgender Women to Support PrEP Use
There are significant disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use that disproportionately impact Black transgender women. Medical mistrust and discriminatory experiences in healthcare settings have ...
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The Health and Sociocultural Correlates of AIDS Genocidal Beliefs and Medical Mistrust Among African American MSM
This study examined social and health-related correlates of AIDS conspiracy theories among 464 African American men who have sex with men (MSM). Exploratory factor analysis revealed two subscales within the AI...
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Predictors of HIV Care Engagement, Antiretroviral Medication Adherence, and Viral Suppression Among People Living with HIV Infection in St. Petersburg, Russia
Over 1 million HIV infections have been diagnosed in Russia, and HIV care uptake and viral suppression are very low. 241 HIV-positive individuals in St. Petersburg were enrolled through social networks, provid...
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PrEP Awareness, Familiarity, Comfort, and Prescribing Experience among US Primary Care Providers and HIV Specialists
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was FDA approved in 2012, but uptake remains low. To characterize what would facilitate health care providers’ increased PrEP prescribing, we conducted a 10-city, online sur...
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Barriers and Facilitators of HIV Care Engagement: Results of a Qualitative Study in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia has a large HIV epidemic, but medical care engagement is low. Eighty HIV-positive persons in St. Petersburg completed in-depth interviews to identify barriers and facilitators of medical HIV care engage...
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Social Media Use and High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Three-City Study
Black men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency (HIV) incidence in the United States. Little research has focused on the associations between social media use and...
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Beyond the Ball: Implications for HIV Risk and Prevention Among the Constructed Families of African American Men Who Have Sex with Men
African American men who have sex with men (AAMSM) are disproportionately burdened by new and existing HIV infections. In spite of this, few HIV prevention interventions have been developed that meet the speci...
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Situational, Partner, and Contextual Factors Associated with Level of Risk at Most Recent Intercourse Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
African American men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infection and disease incidence. 178 Black MSM provided detailed situational information concerning t...
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People with HIV in HAART-Era Russia: Transmission Risk Behavior Prevalence, Antiretroviral Medication-Taking, and Psychosocial Distress
Russia has seen one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics. Transmission risk behavior, HAART-taking, and psychosocial distress of the growing population of Russian people living with HIV (PLH) in the HA...
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Lessons Learned about Behavioral Science and Acute/Early HIV Infection. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: V
Acute/early HIV infection is a period of heightened HIV transmission and a window of opportunity for intervention to prevent onward disease transmission. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection (AHI) Study was ...
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Demographic Characteristics, Treatment History, Drug Risk Behaviors, and Condom Use Attitudes for U.S. and Russian Injection Drug Users: The Need for Targeted Sexual Risk Behavior Interventions
Two separate databases, one on Russian (n = 444) injection drug users (IDUs), and the other on U.S. IDUs (n = 241), were merged, and responses were compared. Results indicated that Russian IDUs perceived themselv...
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Predictors of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in a Community Sample of Injection Drug-Using Men and Women
Injection risk practices and unprotected sex between injection drug users (IDUs) and their sexual partners are responsible for a high proportion of AIDS cases and new HIV infections in the United States. The p...
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Sexual HIV Risk Behavior Levels Among Young and Older Gay Men Outside of AIDS Epicenters: Findings of a 16-City Sample
Although AIDS rates have leveled among older gay men in large original epicenters, HIV seroincidence remains high among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in many areas of the country. This research examine...
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Role Play Assessments of Sexual Assertiveness Skills: Relationships with HIV/AIDS Sexual Risk Behavior Practices
Conceptual formulations of HIV risk reduction and many HIV prevention interventions reported in the literature emphasize the role of sexual assertiveness, negotiation, and communication skills as key elements ...
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Predictors of Continued High-Risk Sexual Behavior in a Community Sample of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Most HIV prevention research has focused on persons who are HIV-seronegative. However, some persons aware of their HIV infection may continue to engage in high-risk sexual behavior patterns that place their se...
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Cost-Effectiveness of an HIV/AIDS Prevention Intervention for Gay Men
The present study sought to determine the cost per discounted quality-adjusted-life-year (QALY) saved by a small group workshop-format, cognitive-behavioral HIV-prevention intervention for gay men. The methodo...
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Priming Effects of HIV Risk Assessments on Related Perceptions and Behavior: An Experimental Field Study
HIV-AIDS prevention research requires assessment administration formats that do not enhance response bias or risk sensitization. In the present study, reactivity of self-reported sexual history measures used i...
