2024
Food Insecurity among Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System and Members of their Risk Network.
Robles J, Kershaw T, Meyer J. Food Insecurity among Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System and Members of their Risk Network. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved 2024, 35: 134-146. PMID: 39584269, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2024.a942873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal legal systemFood insecurityDisadvantaged zip codesLegal systemZip codesFood assistancePrevalence of food insecurityHealth disparitiesSocial determinantsSecondary analysisMonthly incomeSubsistence needsSevere psychiatric disordersInsecurityMultivariate modelPsychiatric disordersWomenRisk networkRiskPeopleRace/ethnicityAssistanceCriminalsHealthDisparitiesMoving towards transformative justice for black women survivors of intimate partner violence: an intersectional qualitative study
Sharpless L, Kershaw T, Knight D, Campbell J, Phillips K, Katague M, Willie T. Moving towards transformative justice for black women survivors of intimate partner violence: an intersectional qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2730. PMID: 39379927, PMCID: PMC11459893, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20244-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen IPV survivorsIPV survivorsJustice responsesJustice preferencesTransformative justicePartner violenceSurvivors of intimate partner violenceWomen survivors of intimate partner violenceIntimate partner violenceCriminal legal systemBackgroundIntimate partner violenceQualitative studyCommunity-based approachCounseling servicesHousing supportInductive analytical techniquesPerpetuate violenceRepairing harmWomen's claimsIntergenerational cycleLegal systemAnticipated discriminationPoliceIPVJusticeA PrEP decision aid for women survivors of intimate partner violence: Task-shifting implementation to domestic violence service settings
Meyer J, Lazarus E, Phillips K, Watts Z, Duroseau B, Carlson C, Price C, Kershaw T, Willie T. A PrEP decision aid for women survivors of intimate partner violence: Task-shifting implementation to domestic violence service settings. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0310837. PMID: 39288155, PMCID: PMC11407614, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntimate partner violence survivorsIntimate partner violenceAgency staffPartner violenceHIV prevention interventionsService agenciesDomestic violence service agenciesSurvivors of intimate partner violenceWomen survivors of intimate partner violenceDomestic violence agenciesFemale IPV survivorsService delivery mechanismsHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisTrauma responseIPV survivorsPre-exposure prophylaxisPreventive health needsWomen survivorsPreventive interventionsQualitative interviewsStructural barriersAid interventionsHealth needsConsolidated Framework for Implementation ResearchAgenciesAntitrans Policy Environment and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Transgender and Nonbinary Adults
Restar A, Layland E, Hughes L, Dusic E, Lucas R, Bambilla A, Martin A, Shook A, Karrington B, Schwarz D, Shimkin G, Grandberry V, Xanadu X, Streed C, Operario D, Gamarel K, Kershaw T. Antitrans Policy Environment and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Transgender and Nonbinary Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2431306. PMID: 39172447, PMCID: PMC11342136, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.31306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessMental health outcomesCurrent depressive symptomsAnxiety symptomsCare accessHealth outcomesDepressive symptomsTrans adultsPatient Health Questionnaire-4Worsening mental health outcomesHealth care experiencesOdds of depressionTrans individualsAssociated with depressionNegative mental health consequencesCross-sectional studyPolicy environmentSeries of multivariate regression modelsCross-sectional dataCare experiencesTrans healthMultivariate regression modelMain OutcomesNonbinary adultsPrimary outcome“It’s another gay disease”: an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak
Takenaka B, Kirklewski S, Griffith F, Gibbs J, Lauckner C, Nicholson E, Tengatenga C, Hansen N, Kershaw T. “It’s another gay disease”: an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 1574. PMID: 38862933, PMCID: PMC11167942, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19062-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMpox outbreakSemi-structured qualitative interviewsUnited StatesHomophobic discoursesIntersectional frameworkAnti-LGBTQMainstream social mediaNon-governmentGay diseaseQualitative interviewsHealth equityLived experienceMistrustQualitative approachNews outletsLGTBQGovernmentDiscourseMenPublic health emergencyStigmatizationSouth regionHealthHealth emergencyInterviewsPrEP initiation and adherence among Black cisgender women in Mississippi: The role of HIV and PrEP stigma and social support.
Knight D, Monger M, Phillips K, Antar A, Baral S, Stockman J, Nunn A, Chan P, Mayer K, Mena L, Kershaw T, Willie T. PrEP initiation and adherence among Black cisgender women in Mississippi: The role of HIV and PrEP stigma and social support. Women's Health 2024, 20: 17455057241296905. PMID: 39566475, DOI: 10.1177/17455057241296905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlack cisgender womenCisgender Black womenPrEP initiationSemi-structured interviewsSocial supportFocus groupsBlack womenHIV stigmaPrEP stigmaHIV preventionBarriers to HIV preventionCisgender womenLack of social supportLevels of social supportHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisImprove social supportAnticipated PrEP stigmaInductive thematic analysisSexual health clinicsAnalyzing focus groupsDecrease HIV transmissionWomen at-riskPre-exposure prophylaxisSocial support rolesPrEP indications
2007
Using Clinical Classification Trees to Identify Individuals at Risk of STDs During Pregnancy
Kershaw TS, Lewis J, Westdahl C, Wang YF, Rising SS, Massey Z, Ickovics J. Using Clinical Classification Trees to Identify Individuals at Risk of STDs During Pregnancy. Perspectives On Sexual And Reproductive Health 2007, 39: 141-148. PMID: 17845525, PMCID: PMC2276881, DOI: 10.1363/3914107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of STDsSTD incidenceHigher STD incidenceRisk factorsPrenatal care settingsHistory of STDSubgroup of womenPercent of womenLogistic regression analysisLogistic regression modelsClassification tree analysisUrban obstetricsWeeks' gestationGynecology clinicThird trimesterIncident STDRisk predictorsBaseline predictorsRisk screeningLower incidenceCare settingsSTD treatmentClinical settingIncidencePregnancy
2006
Avoidance, Anxiety, and Sex: The Influence of Romantic Attachment on HIV-Risk among Pregnant Women
Kershaw TS, Milan S, Westdahl C, Lewis J, Rising SS, Fletcher R, Ickovics J. Avoidance, Anxiety, and Sex: The Influence of Romantic Attachment on HIV-Risk among Pregnant Women. AIDS And Behavior 2006, 11: 299-311. PMID: 16865541, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9153-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual beliefsAttachment anxietyRelational factorsAttachment avoidanceAttachment orientationsRomantic attachmentAttachment theoryAnxietyWorking modelDemographic variablesUnprotected sexCurrent relationshipBeliefsSexual riskSexual behaviorAvoidanceUrban prenatal clinicRisky partnersRelationshipCondom useAttachmentBehaviorPartnersMultiple partnersClose relationshipDeterminants of HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors in Expectant Fathers in Haiti
Magee EM, Small M, Frederic R, Joseph G, Kershaw T. Determinants of HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors in Expectant Fathers in Haiti. Journal Of Urban Health 2006, 83: 625-636. PMID: 16845497, PMCID: PMC2430479, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9063-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV/AIDS risk behaviorsAIDS risk behaviorsRisk behaviorsExpectant fathersLow HIV knowledgeHIV prevention programsMultiple sex partnersHIV/AIDS epidemicHIV infectionHIV transmissionHIV knowledgeHIV epidemicMale community membersHigher sexual communicationRelationship power imbalancesSex partnersPrevention programsPsychosocial variablesAIDS epidemicHigh stigmaYoung menHIVPersonal riskMenSaharan AfricaThe Influence of Power on HIV Risk Among Pregnant Women in Rural Haiti
Kershaw TS, Small M, Joseph G, Theodore M, Bateau R, Frederic R. The Influence of Power on HIV Risk Among Pregnant Women in Rural Haiti. AIDS And Behavior 2006, 10: 309-318. PMID: 16482404, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9072-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Group prenatal care and preterm birth weight: results from a matched cohort study at public clinics.
Ickovics J, Kershaw T, Westdahl C, Rising S, Klima C, Reynolds H, Magriples U. Group prenatal care and preterm birth weight: results from a matched cohort study at public clinics. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2003, 102: 1051-7. PMID: 14672486, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00765-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research