2025
Community Connectedness as a Source of Adherence to HIV Prevention Behaviors and Resilience Among Transgender Women of Color in New York City, 2020-2022.
Furuya A, Ransome Y, Kawachi I, Callander D, Radix A, Whalen A, Herrera C, Watson K, Contreras J, Merriman J, Bhatt K, Scheinmann R, Lim S, Trinh-Shevrin C, Schneider J, Park S, Duncan D. Community Connectedness as a Source of Adherence to HIV Prevention Behaviors and Resilience Among Transgender Women of Color in New York City, 2020-2022. American Journal Of Public Health 2025, 115: 1631-1641. PMID: 40929666, PMCID: PMC12424489, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2025.308144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexually transmitted infectionsTransgender women of colorHIV prevention behaviorsCommunity connectednessTransgender womenWomen of colorHIV preventionPreventive behaviorsNew York CityPreexposure prophylaxis useHIV viral load suppressionViral load suppressionFeelings of isolationCare continuumCare outcomesYork CityCaring behaviorsFuture interventionsSources of resilienceFeelings of inclusionTransgender communityCondom usageProphylaxis useFeelings of connectionTransgenderA comparison of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis accessibility by public transit- and drive-time in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 2024
Luan H, Ransome Y, Taggart T, Chow J, Mancuso N, Grant M, Huang P, Sullivan P. A comparison of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis accessibility by public transit- and drive-time in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 2024. Health & Place 2025, 96: 103550. PMID: 40986968, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe protective power of social connectedness: Individual vs. community influences on psychological distress in middle-aged Black adults
Hsu Y, Kostakis K, Muhammad S, Ransome Y. The protective power of social connectedness: Individual vs. community influences on psychological distress in middle-aged Black adults. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 384: 118585. PMID: 40974922, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProportion Explained Component Variance in Second-Order Scales: A Note on a Latent Variable Modeling Approach.
Raykov T, DiStefano C, Ransome Y. Proportion Explained Component Variance in Second-Order Scales: A Note on a Latent Variable Modeling Approach. Educational And Psychological Measurement 2025, 00131644251350536. PMID: 40881844, PMCID: PMC12374956, DOI: 10.1177/00131644251350536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterval estimation methodsComponent varianceOmega hierarchical coefficientsSecond-order structureConfirmatory factor analysis approachLatent variable modeling approachLatent variable modeling methodologySecond-order scalesBehavior ScaleVariable modeling approachFactor analysis approachEstimation methodReligiosity, Spirituality, and Health Among African American Adolescents and Emerging Adults Living in the USA: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Harrell C, Ransome Y. Religiosity, Spirituality, and Health Among African American Adolescents and Emerging Adults Living in the USA: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Journal Of Religion And Health 2025, 64: 3488-3510. PMID: 40759874, DOI: 10.1007/s10943-025-02346-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBoth neighborhood and individual-level social cohesion are associated with testing for HIV in Southeastern Pennsylvania adult population
Gamble-George J, Hayashi K, Dean L, Villalonga-Olives E, Martinez I, Ransome Y. Both neighborhood and individual-level social cohesion are associated with testing for HIV in Southeastern Pennsylvania adult population. Annals Of Epidemiology 2025, 108: 106-115. PMID: 40578713, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBlack or African AmericanFemaleHealth SurveysHispanic or LatinoHIV InfectionsHIV TestingHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedNeighborhood CharacteristicsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaResidence CharacteristicsSocial CapitalSocial SupportSocioeconomic FactorsWhiteYoung AdultConceptsHIV testingCensus tract levelAssociated with testingCensus tractsSoutheastern Pennsylvania Household Health SurveyMultivariable multilevel logistic regressionTract levelIndividual-level social capitalAssociated with lower oddsHousehold Health SurveyNeighborhood social capitalAssociated with higher oddsMultilevel logistic regressionSocial capitalHispanic/Latino adultsSocial capital componentsHealth SurveyIndividual social capitalSocial cohesionIndividual-level varianceLower oddsHigher oddsBlack/African AmericanIndividual-levelLogistic regressionToward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here?
BURGESS R, SREBOTNJAK T, LIN C, GRIERSON L, ESTY D, RANSOME Y, FREUDENBERG N. Toward Monitoring and Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health: Where Can We Go From Here? Milbank Quarterly 2025, 103: 254-315. PMID: 40415397, PMCID: PMC12185374, DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Longitudinal Impact of Psychosocial Syndemic Variables on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among People With HIV in Brazil, Thailand, and Zambia: An Analysis by HIV Transmission Groups in HPTN 063.
Rodríguez-Díaz C, Zangeneh S, Chen Y, Guo X, Tsuyuki K, Ransome Y, Friedman R, Srithanaviboonchai K, Roberts S, Mimiaga M, Mayer K, Safren S. The Longitudinal Impact of Psychosocial Syndemic Variables on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among People With HIV in Brazil, Thailand, and Zambia: An Analysis by HIV Transmission Groups in HPTN 063. AIDS Education And Prevention 2025, 37: 89-106. PMID: 40323670, PMCID: PMC12334064, DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2025.37.2.89.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyndemic problemsSyndemic scoreART adherenceHIV transmission groupFear of discriminationOne-year longitudinal dataSuboptimal ART adherenceTransmission groupAssociated with lower ART adherenceSyndemic variableLow ART adherenceHIV preventionTransmission categoryLongitudinal dataAntiretroviral therapyAlcohol useStimulant usePolydrug useLongitudinal impactPWHAdherenceHIVZambiaCareScoresAn Omega-Hierarchical Extension Index for Second-Order Constructs With Hierarchical Measuring Instruments.
Raykov T, DiStefano C, Ransome Y. An Omega-Hierarchical Extension Index for Second-Order Constructs With Hierarchical Measuring Instruments. Educational And Psychological Measurement 2025, 00131644241302284. PMID: 39822397, PMCID: PMC11733867, DOI: 10.1177/00131644241302284.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Corporate activities that influence population health: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology
Burgess R, Nyhan K, Freudenberg N, Ransome Y. Corporate activities that influence population health: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis to develop the HEALTH-CORP typology. Globalization And Health 2024, 20: 77. PMID: 39516852, PMCID: PMC11549802, DOI: 10.1186/s12992-024-01082-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluence population healthPopulation healthHealth equityPopulation groupsMiddle-income countriesHealth inequalitiesHealth outcomesScoping ReviewCommercial determinantsInfluence healthCorporate activitiesQualitative synthesisHealthHealth impactsCorporate practicesLack of researchCorporate influenceSurveillance effortsPolicy makersPopulationPracticeCode descriptionEmployment practicesIntroductionThe conceptCivil society actorsReligion, Spirituality, and COVID-19
Ransome Y, Taggart T, Kawachi I. Religion, Spirituality, and COVID-19. 2024, 395-419. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197625217.003.0016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReligious service attendanceService attendanceLevels of religious service attendanceConstructs of religiosityReading scriptureReligious textsReligious practicesPrivate religiosityReligious effectsSpecific traditionsReligionReligiositySocial relationsCOVID-19 health outcomesEucharistScriptureCommunionGoodsSpiritualityTraditionRitualsMeditationOrganizational aspectsTextPurviewSocial Capital, Social Cohesion, and COVID-19
Kawachi I, Ransome Y. Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and COVID-19. 2024, 364-394. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197625217.003.0015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial capitalPopulation health outcomesPopulation health impactSocial cohesionCohesive societyHealth outcomesCommunity—areMental illnessInformal socializingSocial distancing policiesSocial participationSocial isolationCOVID outcomesHealth impactsCapitalDistancing policiesIllustrative case studyCOVID-19 pandemicHigher RatesCase studyOutcomesMask-wearingPhysical distancePolicyCOVID-19Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review
Burgess R, Nyhan K, Dharia N, Freudenberg N, Ransome Y. Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0300699. PMID: 38669229, PMCID: PMC11051660, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluence population healthHealth equityLongitudinal quantitative studyPopulation healthHealth outcomesHigh-income regionsScoping ReviewHealth researchQualitative methodsHealthAlcohol industryLower-income regionsQuantitative studyPracticeInfluence human healthCorporate activitiesCorporate practicesTobaccoFundersTime periodsReviewConflict of interestsAssociationOutcomesBeveragesUnveiling disparities: examining differential item functioning’s impact on racial health equity among white and black populations
Villalonga-Olives E, Khademi A, Pan Y, Ransome Y. Unveiling disparities: examining differential item functioning’s impact on racial health equity among white and black populations. Public Health 2024, 231: 80-87. PMID: 38636280, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifferential item functioningMulti-group measurement invarianceMeasurement invarianceSocial capital indicatorsWhite respondentsComparing BlackItem response theory methodsCapital indicatorsSocial capitalRacial health equitySocial capital itemsSocial capital levelsSocial capital researchFactor structureStructural equation modelingIRT analysisPsychometric propertiesHealth equityItem functioningCommunity itemsSocial cohesionInvolvement itemsExamining raceCapital researchEquation modelingPrevalence and correlates of alcohol use among the elderly in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) cohort study
Ransome Y, Martinez-Brockman J, Galusha D, Thompson T, Adams O, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M, Maharaj R. Prevalence and correlates of alcohol use among the elderly in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) cohort study. Addictive Behaviors 2024, 153: 108001. PMID: 38447411, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkCorrelates of alcohol useCohort studyAlcohol useAlcohol problemsBinge drinking daysResearch NetworkDrinking daysLogistic regression analysisDrinking statusDescriptive statisticsCollege educationReligious attendanceCaribbean peopleSample characteristicsAlcohol measuresLongitudinal studySchool educationReligious servicesRegression analysisDrinking problemsOddsAlcohol dependenceCohortPrevalenceSpatiotemporal Patterns of Late HIV Diagnosis in Philadelphia at a Small‐area Level, 2011–2016: A Bayesian Modeling Approach Accounting for Excess Zeros
Luan H, Ransome Y, Dean L, Nassau T, Brady K. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Late HIV Diagnosis in Philadelphia at a Small‐area Level, 2011–2016: A Bayesian Modeling Approach Accounting for Excess Zeros. Geographical Analysis 2024, 56: 494-513. DOI: 10.1111/gean.12391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe impact of racism on Black American mental health
Cogburn C, Roberts S, Ransome Y, Addy N, Hansen H, Jordan A. The impact of racism on Black American mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry 2024, 11: 56-64. PMID: 38101873, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00361-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental illnessMental healthUnfavorable health outcomesMental health systemMental health issuesDSM-5 classification systemEpidemiological surveyHealth outcomesInadequate treatmentAmerican mental healthHealth systemExperience disparitiesHealth issuesIllnessBlack individualsBlack AmericansBlack populationHealthClassification systemMorbidityMisdiagnosisDisparities
2023
Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity
Ransome Y, Luan H, Song I, Duncan D. Church Closings Were Associated with Higher COVID-19 Infection Rates: Implications for Community Health Equity. Journal Of Urban Health 2023, 100: 1258-1263. PMID: 37989815, PMCID: PMC10728374, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00791-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncreasing Spiritual Beliefs are Associated With Lower HIV Incidence Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Results From HPTN 061 Longitudinal Study
Ransome Y, Taggart T, Huang A, Vermund S, Mayer K, Nunn A. Increasing Spiritual Beliefs are Associated With Lower HIV Incidence Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Results From HPTN 061 Longitudinal Study. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2023, 94: 196-202. PMID: 37850978, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV seroconversionHIV incidenceBehavioral HIV prevention interventionsLower HIV incidenceProportional hazards regressionHIV prevention interventionsBlack menSpiritual beliefsOne-unit increaseHazards regressionLongitudinal riskPrevention interventionsHIVBiomedical assessmentLower hazard rateLongitudinal studyMenMonthsSeroconversionLongitudinal analysisReligious service attendanceIncidenceBaselineBMSMHigher proportionA “Dark Side” of religion? Associations between religious involvement, identity and domestic violence determinants in Australia
Priest N, Esler M, Ransome Y, Williams D, Perry R. A “Dark Side” of religion? Associations between religious involvement, identity and domestic violence determinants in Australia. Australian Journal Of Social Issues 2023, 59: 186-205. DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.298.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDomestic violenceReligious involvementReligious identityPatriarchal beliefsFaith communitiesReligious service attendanceFrequency of prayerRepresentative cross-sectional dataNational issuesService attendanceGender rolesViolenceSocial attitudesAustralian surveyIdentityDark sideBeliefsPopulation healthCross-sectional dataAttitudesCommunityReligionPrayerAcknowledgementAustralian adults
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