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    Health effects associated with exposure to intimate partner violence against women and childhood sexual abuse: a Burden of Proof study

    The health impacts of intimate partner violence against women and childhood sexual abuse are not fully understood. Here we conducted a systematic review by comprehensively searching seven electronic databases ...

    Cory N. Spencer, Mariam Khalil, Molly Herbert, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin in Nature Medicine (2023)

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    Factors associated with latino sexual minority men’s likelihood and motivation for obtaining a COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed-methods study

    Minoritized communities are underreached by biomedical interventions, such as the COVID-19 vaccine. This mixed-methods study identified factors associated with vaccine likelihood (VL) and uptake (VU) among 187...

    Elliott R. Weinstein, Raymond Balise, Nicholas Metheny in Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2023)

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    Prevention of violence against children in the home: an overview of reviews protocol

    Violence against children (VAC) in the home, or by household members, is a widespread problem with devastating and costly consequences for individuals and societies. In the past two decades, much research has ...

    Jorge Cuartas, Dana McCoy, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Michelle Bass in Systematic Reviews (2022)

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    Correlates of Substance Misuse, Transactional Sex, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa and Namibia

    Despite having some of the world’s highest rates of HIV, there is a lack of knowledge on correlates of transmission risk among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Southern Africa. There is eve...

    Nicholas Metheny, Rob Stephenson, Lynae A. Darbes in AIDS and Behavior (2022)

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    Provider attitudes towards a brief behavioral intervention for sexual health in Moldova

    Brief behavioral interventions are seen as an efficient way to improve knowledge, change behavior, and reduce provider stigma regarding sexual health. When grounded in evidence-based behavioral change techniqu...

    Rob Stephenson, Galina Lesco, Viorel Babii, Andrei Luchian in BMC Public Health (2021)

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    Is Intimate Partner Violence a Barrier to Breastfeeding? An Analysis of the 2015 Indian National Family Health Survey

    Women in India experience high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and low rates of adherence to World Health Organization (WHO) breastfeeding guidelines, contributing to poor maternal and child health ou...

    Nicholas Metheny, Rob Stephenson in Journal of Family Violence (2020)

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    Political Environment and Perceptions of Social Inclusion After Nationwide Marriage Equality Among Partnered Men Who Have Sex with Men in the USA

    The aim of this paper is to examine how nationwide marriage equality and minority stressors are associated with perceptions of social inclusion using a national sample of partnered men who have sex with men (M...

    Nicholas Metheny, Rob Stephenson in Sexuality Research and Social Policy (2019)

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    Help Seeking Behavior among Women Who Report Intimate Partner Violence in Afghanistan: an Analysis of the 2015 Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey

    Ongoing internal conflict, high gender inequality, and a patriarchal society contribute to a high prevalence of intimate partner violence towards women (IPV) in Afghanistan. Seeking help from formal and inform...

    Nicholas Metheny, Rob Stephenson in Journal of Family Violence (2019)