2025
Examining Experiences of Gender Identities, Roles, and Relations among Men with Same-Gender Sexual Histories: Implications of Gender Nonconformity on Access to Quality Healthcare in Urban Ghana
Apreku A, Abu-Ba’are G, Dada D, Foster M, Stockton M, Aidoo-Frimpong G, Kuffour O, Adjei G, Manu A, Torpey K, Nyblade L, Nelson L, Logie C. Examining Experiences of Gender Identities, Roles, and Relations among Men with Same-Gender Sexual Histories: Implications of Gender Nonconformity on Access to Quality Healthcare in Urban Ghana. Journal Of Urban Health 2025, 102: 413-422. PMID: 40113725, PMCID: PMC12031717, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-025-00964-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperiences of gender identityGender nonconformityGender identityGender rolesDaily urban lifeDay-to-day interactionsGhanaian MSMGender expectationsUrban GhanaSevere health disparitiesIntersectional stigmaUrban lifeAdult MSMGhanaUrban centersHealth disparitiesRisk of HIV acquisitionQuality health careIncreased risk of HIV acquisitionInfluence of genderCommunity responsesQualitative content analysisSecondary dataWell-beingGenderRacial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada: Analysis of data from the I’m Ready national HIV self-testing study
Ajiboye W, Tharao W, Owino M, Soje L, Tian J, Ly A, Piyesis M, McLeod A, Fleury M, McBain K, Massaquoi N, Mosugu T, Swidrovich J, Tan D, Nelson L, Rourke S. Racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada: Analysis of data from the I’m Ready national HIV self-testing study. Canadian Journal Of Public Health 2025, 116: 243-253. PMID: 40106208, PMCID: PMC12075050, DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01009-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrEP awarenessPrEP eligibilityWhite participantsPrEP cascadeIndigenous menFunded health care systemHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisIncrease PrEP awarenessRural communitiesRacial differencesHealth care systemPublic health interventionsAssess racial differencesPre-exposure prophylaxisBinary logistic regressionCross-sectional dataPrEP carePrEP uptakeHealth interventionsCare systemDisproportionate burdenRacial disparitiesBlack participantsSecondary analysisPrEP
2024
Development and feasibility of the peer and nurse-led HIV Self-Testing Education and Promotion (STEP) intervention among social networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: application of the ADAPT-ITT model
Conserve D, Abu-Ba’are G, Janson S, Mhando F, Munisi G, Drezgic B, Rehani A, Sims W, Ritchwood T, Choko A, Mushy S, Johnson C, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Komba A, Urasa P, Nelson L, Mbita G. Development and feasibility of the peer and nurse-led HIV Self-Testing Education and Promotion (STEP) intervention among social networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: application of the ADAPT-ITT model. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24: 1166. PMID: 39358728, PMCID: PMC11445879, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11586-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV self-testingFollow-up servicesADAPT-ITT modelHealthcare facilitiesADAPT-ITTPeer educatorsPromote HIV self-testingHIV self-test kitsDistribution of HIVST kitsTanzania HIV Impact SurveyIncrease HIV testingImplementation science projectSocial networks of menFollow-up surveyNational testing strategySelf-test resultsHIV testingHIVST kitsSelf-testingCommunity settingsMethodsThe developmentHIV statusDar es SalaamImpact SurveyNetworks of menQualitative description of interpersonal HIV stigma and motivations for HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men in Ghana’s slums—BSGH-005
Abu-Ba’are G, Shamrock O, Zigah E, Ogunbajo A, Dakpui H, Agbemedu G, Boyd D, Ezechi O, Nelson L, Torpey K. Qualitative description of interpersonal HIV stigma and motivations for HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men in Ghana’s slums—BSGH-005. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0289905. PMID: 38837972, PMCID: PMC11152275, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingHIV stigmaHIV testing servicesLevel of stigmaFace-to-face interviewsHIV education interventionsHIV knowledge levelsSummative content analysisGBMSM livingEducational interventionHIV preventionHealthcare servicesHIV prevalenceCommunity partnersHIV responseTesting servicesHIV statusHIV vulnerabilityGBMSMSexual healthStigmaKnowledge levelContent analysisHIVSlumsThe importance of developmental assets in HIV prevention behaviors among young black men who have sex with men (MSM)
Boyd D, Harris O, Abu-Ba’are G, Nelson L, Wilton L. The importance of developmental assets in HIV prevention behaviors among young black men who have sex with men (MSM). Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 12275. PMID: 38806594, PMCID: PMC11133373, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63123-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV prevention behaviorsPrEP useDevelopmental assetsIncrease HIV testingHIV testingPersonal responsibilityExternal assetsPreventive behaviorsYoung Black menWellbeing of youthCommunity-based organizationsStrength-based interventionsIncreasing HIV prevention behaviorsYBMSM agesCross-sectional surveyBlack menAdult supportFamily supportPositive identityInternal assetsPrEPYBMSMHIVAssetsYouthMeasuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma
Oga E, Stockton M, Abu-Ba’are G, Vormawor R, Mankattah E, Endres-Dighe S, Richmond R, Jeon S, Logie C, Baning E, Saalim K, Torpey K, Nelson L, Nyblade L. Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24: 647. PMID: 38773589, PMCID: PMC11110277, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11098-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntersectional stigmaIntersectional identitiesHealthcare facility staffHealthcare facilitiesGender non-conformity stigmaStigmatizing beliefsGender non-conformingSame-sex relationshipsReduce intersectional stigmaSame-gender sexFactors associated with stigmaAssociated with less stigmaMethodsWe analyzed baseline dataStigma reduction interventionsGreater comfortCorrelates of stigmaMulti-level interventionsInfection control trainingSexual diversitySexual normsAssociated with greater comfortGreater religiosityHIV testingResultsFactor analysisExploratory factor analysisParenting experiences and outcomes among former adolescent mothers: A mixed methods study
Flaherty S, Knobf M, Holland M, Slade A, Nelson L, Sadler L. Parenting experiences and outcomes among former adolescent mothers: A mixed methods study. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0303119. PMID: 38748745, PMCID: PMC11095697, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMixed methods studyParenting outcomesRandomized clinical trialsAdolescent mothersMethods studyParents' experiencesSequential mixed methods studyExplanatory sequential mixed methods studyHome visiting programsPositive parenting outcomesPhase involved interviewsVisiting programsParticipants' experiencesChild behavior problemsPromote personal growthParticipants 2Maternal experienceQuantitative phaseQualitative dataPersonal growthEarly adulthoodBehavior problemsMothersHostile parentingOutcomes
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