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Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at heightened risk for HIV acquisition, yet they may delay or avoid HIV testing due to intersectional stigma experienced at the healthcare facility (HCF). Few validated scal...

Emmanuel A. Oga, Melissa A. Stockton, Gamji R. Abu-Ba’are… in BMC Health Services Research (2024)

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WhatsApp-propriate? Exploring “WhatsApp” as a Tool for Research Among Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States

African immigrants remain underrepresented in research due to challenges in recruitment. Mobile instant messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, present novel, and cost-effective opportunities for conducting hea...

Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, DeAnne Turner… in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Dispar… (2023)

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Strategies That Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Latinx Communities: a Review

Latinx people in the USA have had a high burden of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and death, yet rates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Latinx individuals were lower than other demographic groups. Effective...

Jemal Demeke, S Raquel Ramos… in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Dispar… (2023)

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Correction to: Using the Implementation Research Logic Model as a Lens to View Experiences of Implementing HIV Prevention and Care Interventions with Adolescent Sexual Minority Men—A Global Perspective

LaRon E. Nelson, Adedotun Ogunbajo, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are… in AIDS and Behavior (2023)

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Using the Implementation Research Logic Model as a Lens to View Experiences of Implementing HIV Prevention and Care Interventions with Adolescent Sexual Minority Men—A Global Perspective

Adolescents and sexual minority men (SMM) are high priority groups in the United Nations’ 2021 − 2016 goals for HIV prevention and viral load suppression. Interventions aimed at optimizing HIV prevention, test...

LaRon E. Nelson, Adedotun Ogunbajo, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are… in AIDS and Behavior (2023)

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Correction to: A longitudinal study on the influence of sibling support and HIV testing among black youth

Donte T. Boyd, S. Raquel Ramos… in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Dispar… (2023)

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Implementation of Client-Centered Care Coordination for HIV Prevention with Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Activities, Personnel Costs, and Outcomes—HPTN 073

Black men who have sex with men (MSM) experience disproportionate rates of HIV infection in the USA, despite being no more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors than other MSM racial/ethnic groups. HIV pre...

Darren L. Whitfield, LaRon E. Nelson… in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Dispar… (2023)

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Multi-level manifestations of sexual stigma among men with same-gender sexual experience in Ghana

Sexual stigma and discrimination toward men who have same-gender sexual experiences are present across the globe. In Ghana, same-gender sexual desires and relationships are stigmatized, and the stigma is sanct...

Khalida Saalim, Prince Amu-Adu, Richard Panix Amoh-Otu… in BMC Public Health (2023)

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Black Canadians’ Exposure to Everyday Racism: Implications for Health System Access and Health Promotion among Urban Black Communities

This study explores the social determinants of Black Canadians’ exposure to everyday racism, its relationship to health system access, and implications for health promotion. We used data from the A/C Study sur...

Winston Husbands, Daeria O. Lawson, Egbe B. Etowa… in Journal of Urban Health (2022)

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Perceptions of COVID-19 self-testing and recommendations for implementation and scale-up among Black/African Americans: implications for the COVID-19 STEP project

COVID-19 self-testing (ST) is an innovative strategy with the potential to increase the access and uptake of testing and ultimately to limit the spread of the virus. To maximize the uptake and reach of this pr...

Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Hassim Diallo, Danielle Graham… in BMC Public Health (2022)

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Strategies that Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Undocumented Immigrants: A Review

There has been a dearth of reports that examine the effect of immigration status on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. While intention to be vaccinated has been higher among adults in immigrant families than non-immi...

Jemal Demeke, SarahAnn M. McFadden, Debbie Dada… in Journal of Community Health (2022)

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Strategies That Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Black Communities: a Review

Black communities have had a high burden of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and death, yet rates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Blacks lag behind other demographic groups. This has been due in part to vacc...

Debbie Dada, Joseph Nguemo Djiometio, SarahAnn M. McFadden… in Journal of Urban Health (2022)

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Confidence and Hesitancy During the Early Roll-out of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Black, Hispanic, and Undocumented Immigrant Communities: a Review

Black and Hispanic Americans have been hardest hit with COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, yet during the first several months of vaccine roll-out they had the lowest level of vaccine uptake. P...

SarahAnn M. McFadden, Jemal Demeke, Debbie Dada, Leo Wilton… in Journal of Urban Health (2022)

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Drivers and barriers to workplace-based HIV self-testing among high-risk men in Uganda: a qualitative study

Men in Sub-Saharan Africa are less engaged than women in accessing HIV testing and treatment and, consequently, experience higher HIV-related mortality. Reaching men with HIV testing services is challenging, t...

Patience A. Muwanguzi, Robert C. Bollinger, Stuart C. Ray… in BMC Public Health (2021)

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Awakening to an Intersectional Reality: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the USA Starts with Reducing Inequities among Black MSM

LaRon E. Nelson in Journal of Urban Health (2020)

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The epidemiology of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African, Caribbean and Black men in Toronto, Canada

African, Caribbean, and Black (Black) men account for 16.5% of new HIV diagnoses among men in Ontario. There is substantial evidence that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are associated with increased li...

LaRon E. Nelson, Wangari Tharao, Winston Husbands, Ting Sa… in BMC Infectious Diseases (2019)