Nkiru Nnawulezi
Visiting Research ScientistAbout
Research
Publications
2025
Association Between Health Care Discrimination and Medical Mistrust Among Black Assigned Female at Birth Adults with Minoritized Sexual and Gender Identities in the United States
Noh M, Mehta N, Kim C, Bond K, Threats M, Jackson J, Nnawulezi N, Agénor M. Association Between Health Care Discrimination and Medical Mistrust Among Black Assigned Female at Birth Adults with Minoritized Sexual and Gender Identities in the United States. LGBT Health 2025 PMID: 39911034, DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2024.0263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth care discriminationMedical Mistrust IndexWeight-based discriminationMedical mistrustLevels of medical mistrustHealth care experiencesHealth care factorsHealth care outcomesHealth care inequitiesHealth care settingsCross-sectional online surveyAdverse health outcomesMultivariate linear regressionCare outcomesEquitable careCare inequitiesCare factorsCare settingsHealth outcomesAll-causeSGM communityAnalytic sampleRace/ethnicity-United StatesHealthWeight-Based Health Care Discrimination and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Black Sexual and Gender Minoritized Assigned Female at Birth Adults in the United States
Singh S, Mehta N, Noh M, Bond K, Threats M, Jackson J, Nnawulezi N, Mercedes M, Agénor M. Weight-Based Health Care Discrimination and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Black Sexual and Gender Minoritized Assigned Female at Birth Adults in the United States. Health Equity 2025, 9: 22-30. DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth care discriminationCervical cancer screeningPap test useCancer screeningWeight-based discriminationPap testSGM peopleTest useContext of cervical cancer screeningHealth care factorsHealth care settingsCross-sectional online surveyMultivariate logistic modelCare factorsCare settingsHealth servicesUnited StatesHealthOnline surveyPapLogistic modelRespondentsAdultsScreeningBlack
2022
Survivors’ Perspectives on Relationship Violence Intervention Programs
Jumarali S, Nnawulezi N, Eldridge K, Murphy C, Engleton J. Survivors’ Perspectives on Relationship Violence Intervention Programs. Journal Of Family Violence 2022, 38: 477-489. DOI: 10.1007/s10896-022-00423-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntimate partner violenceAbusive partnersViolence intervention programsBehavior changeSurvivors' perceptionsIntervention programsReflexive thematic analysisIPV survivorsPartner violenceRVIPAbusive attitudesSurvivors' perspectivesIndividual interviewsThematic analysisPerceptionInterview transcriptsAdditional implicationsRecidivismService planningMixed influenceParticipationPartner participationProgram goalsAbusePartners
2021
Envisioning human service organizations free of microaggressions
Bryant L, Godsay S, Nnawulezi N. Envisioning human service organizations free of microaggressions. New Ideas In Psychology 2021, 63: 100893. DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2021.100893.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman service organizationsService organizationsHuman service contextsEquitable practicesInstitutional characteristicsGroup identityMicroaggressionsHuman diversityIndividual interviewsQualitative studyOrganizational policiesFocus groupsService contextDamaging impactOrganizationPracticeOrganizational environmentNegative outcomesPolicyProvider knowledgeAllianceInterviewsIdentityNon-verbal communicationContextFuture Directions in Advocacy in Response to Interpersonal Violence
Gill A, Nnawulezi N. Future Directions in Advocacy in Response to Interpersonal Violence. 2021, 4791-4811. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_98.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal violenceOppressive social conditionsFuture advocacy effortsBoundaries of supportViolence movementMultiple marginalizationAdvocacy effortsSocial conditionsAdvocacyViolenceCurrent realityCommunityRightsPractical stepsNew wayIntersectionalityDisenfranchisementSystem-level strategiesMarginalizationVisioningBrief overviewSocietyVisionary workFemmeRealityParticipatory Research Engagement of Vulnerable Populations: Employing Survivor-Centered, Trauma-Informed Approaches
Jumarali S, Nnawulezi N, Royson S, Lippy C, Rivera A, Toopet T. Participatory Research Engagement of Vulnerable Populations: Employing Survivor-Centered, Trauma-Informed Approaches. Journal Of Participatory Research Methods 2021, 2 DOI: 10.35844/001c.24414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVulnerable populationsParticipatory engagementIntimate partner violence survivorsCommunity practiceParticipatory research methodsViolence intervention programsAcademic partnersTrauma-Informed ApproachSurvivor populationViolence survivorsPractice recommendationsIntimate partnersSafety-related needsParticipatory methodsSurvivorsIntervention programsEngagement processResearch engagementCommunity partnersResearch processAdvisory GroupImportant lessonsEngagementResearch methodsSpecific aimHousing strategies for addressing domestic violence and abuse
Nnawulezi N, Dones M. Housing strategies for addressing domestic violence and abuse. 2021, 561-574. DOI: 10.4324/9780429331053-41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnsafe living environmentsHousing instabilitySuch violenceIPV survivorsRelational power dynamicsViolent behaviorFemale IPV survivorsHousing strategiesDomestic violenceHousing needsAffordable housingHousing optionsHousing supportHousing responsesProlonged homelessnessHousing costsPower dynamicsHousing expensesHousing interventionsLiving environmentStable housingSubsequent homelessnessCommunity conditionsHousing placementPolicy makers
2020
Future Directions in Advocacy in Response to Interpersonal Violence
gill A, Nnawulezi N. Future Directions in Advocacy in Response to Interpersonal Violence. 2020, 1-21. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_98-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal violenceOppressive social conditionsFuture advocacy effortsBoundaries of supportViolence movementMultiple marginalizationAdvocacy effortsSocial conditionsAdvocacyViolenceCurrent realityCommunityRightsPractical stepsNew wayIntersectionalityDisenfranchisementSystem-level strategiesMarginalizationVisioningBrief overviewSocietyVisionary workFemmeRealityFuture Directions in Advocacy in Response to Interpersonal Violence
gill A, Nnawulezi N. Future Directions in Advocacy in Response to Interpersonal Violence. 2020, 1-21. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_98-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal violenceOppressive social conditionsFuture advocacy effortsBoundaries of supportViolence movementMultiple marginalizationAdvocacy effortsSocial conditionsAdvocacyViolenceCurrent realityCommunityRightsPractical stepsNew wayIntersectionalityDisenfranchisementSystem-level strategiesMarginalizationVisioningBrief overviewSocietyVisionary workFemmeRealityMicroaggressions in Human Service Organizations
Nnawulezi N, Godsay S, Bryant L. Microaggressions in Human Service Organizations. 2020, 373-386. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35517-3_20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman service organizationsService organizationsInstitutional power structuresPower structuresPolicy implicationsGroup identityMicroaggressionsInterpersonal levelMultiple formsOrganizationFuture researchInterpersonal communicationChapterMarginalizationPerpetratorsPerpetrationDominationIdentityTokenizePeoplePracticeIntersectionImplicationsDiscusses