2021
Who Aren’t We Reaching? Young Sexual Minority Men’s Non-participation in an HIV-Prevention and Mental Health Clinical Trial
Harkness A, Rogers BG, Balise R, Mayo D, Weinstein ER, Safren SA, Pachankis JE. Who Aren’t We Reaching? Young Sexual Minority Men’s Non-participation in an HIV-Prevention and Mental Health Clinical Trial. AIDS And Behavior 2021, 25: 2195-2209. PMID: 33483898, PMCID: PMC8169533, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-03148-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnknown HIV statusLatinx sexual minority menYoung sexual minority menHIV statusSexual minority menClinical trialsMental health clinical trialsHealth clinical trialsMental health trialsHIV prevention trialsHIV prevention interventionsSuccessful clinical trialsMinority menNew York CityHealth trialsHIV preventionBaseline assessmentLogistic regressionTrialsWhite sexual minority menYork CityRegression tree analysisHIVStatusMen
2018
An mHealth Intervention to Improve Young Gay and Bisexual Men’s Sexual, Behavioral, and Mental Health in a Structurally Stigmatizing National Context
Leluțiu-Weinberger C, Manu M, Ionescu F, Dogaru B, Kovacs T, Dorobănțescu C, Predescu M, Surace A, Pachankis JE. An mHealth Intervention to Improve Young Gay and Bisexual Men’s Sexual, Behavioral, and Mental Health in a Structurally Stigmatizing National Context. JMIR MHealth And UHealth 2018, 6: e183. PMID: 30429117, PMCID: PMC6262207, DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.9283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-post intervention assessmentsRecent HIV testingHigh prevalence countriesHIV risk reductionYoung gayHIV prevention interventionsFuture efficacy testingHeavy alcohol consumptionMental health outcomesHIV testingLarge trialsHIV transmissionPreliminary efficacyHIV riskCondomless sexCognitive-behavioral skillsMHealth interventionsAlcohol consumptionHealth outcomesInadequate preventionPilot interventionHealth interventionsCondom useMinimum doseStrong acceptabilityValidating the Syndemic Threat Surrounding Sexual Minority Men's Health in a Population-Based Study With National Registry Linkage and a Heterosexual Comparison
Bränström R, Pachankis JE. Validating the Syndemic Threat Surrounding Sexual Minority Men's Health in a Population-Based Study With National Registry Linkage and a Heterosexual Comparison. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2018, 78: 376-382. PMID: 29940602, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001697.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionSyndemic conditionsElevated riskSexual minority menStockholm Public Health CohortBisexual menPsychosocial health disparitiesHealth threatHealth registry dataTimes higher riskNational health registry dataPopulation-based examinationHIV prevention interventionsHeterosexual menMinority menMinority men's healthRegistry linkageHealth cohortRegistry dataHigh riskAdult menHealth disparitiesMen's healthInfectionMen