HIV and Drug Abuse Research Ethics Publications
Trainees' Mentored Research Project (MRP) Publications on HIV and Drug Abuse Research Ethics
The Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI) fellows are encouraged to disseminate the findings of their Mentored Research Project (MRP) through publications. Listed below are a selection of research ethics articles in the following areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment and addiction and substance abuse research: vulnerable populations; people who use drugs (PWUD); LGBTQ; MSM; transgender youth and adults; racial/ethnic minorities; institutional review boards (IRB); community-engaged research (CEnR); trust/mistrust;
Abadie, R., Brown, B., & Fisher, C. B. (2019). "Money Helps": People who inject drugs and their perceptions of financial compensation and its ethical implications. Ethics & Behavior, 29(8), 607–620. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6774386/. Keywords: financial compensation; coercion; trust; reciprocity; PWID; Puerto Rico
Abadie, R., Fisher, C. B., & Dombrowski, K. (2021). “He’s under oath”: Privacy and Confidentiality views among people who inject drugs enrolled in a study of social networks and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus risk. Journal of empirical research on Human Research Ethics, 1 – 8. sagepub.com/journals-permissions. DOI: 10.1177/15562646211004411. Keywords: PWID, ethics, anonymity, community-based research, institutional review board (IRB)
Abadie, R., Goldenberg, S., Welch-Lazoritz, M., & Fisher, C. B. (2018). Establishing trust in HIV/HCV research among people who inject drugs (PWID): Insights from empirical research. PLoS One, 13(12). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281254/#sec005title
keywords: trust/mistrust, community health research, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, motivation, recruitment, Puerto Rico
Antebi-Gruszka N, Talan AJ, Reisner SL, & Rendina, H.J. (2020). Sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with testing for HIV and STIs in a US nationwide Sample of transgender men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7653680/
keywords: MSM, TMSM, LGBTQ, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, sexually transmitted infections
Arbeit, M. R., Fisher, C. B. Macapagal, K. & Mustanski, M. (2016) Bisexual invisibility and the sexual health needs of adolescent girls. LGBT Health, 3(5): 342-349. PMID: 27604053. PMC5073214. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2016.0035. Keywords: Adolescent health, bisexuality, healthcare, HIV prevention, sexual health, STI prevention
Azhar, S., Tao, X., Jokhakar, V., & Fisher, C. B. (2021) Barriers and facilitators to participation in long-acting injectable PrEP research trials for MSM, transgender women, and gender-nonconforming people of color. AIDS Education and Prevention, 33, 465 – 482. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2021.33.6.465. Keywords: Long-acting injectable, PrEP, HIV, prevention, MSM, transgender women, people of color
Balvanz, P., Yamanis, T. J., Mulawa, M. I., Mwikoko, G., Kajuna, D., Kilonzo, M. N., Kajula, L. J., Leatherman, S., & Maman, S. (2019). Microfinance and health interventions: Factors influencing loan repayment success with young men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Global public health, 14(2), 254–270. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6380952/
keywords: poverty, microcredit, health leadership intervention
Basta, T. B., Stambaugh, T., & Fisher, C. B. (2015). Efficacy of an Educational Intervention to Increase Consent for HIV Testing in Rural Appalachia. Ethics & Behavior, 25(2): 129-145. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079178/. keywords: informed consent, HIV testing, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, confidentiality, stigma, home testing
Bonar, E.E., Koocher, G.P., Benoit, M.F., Collins, R.L., Cranford, J.A., & Walton, M.A. (2017). Perceived Risks and Benefits in a Text Message Study of Substance Abuse and Sexual Behavior. Ethics and Behavior, 28(3): 218-234. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5889070/. keywords: mHealth, text messaging, participation, emerging adults, vulnerable populations, research ethics
Bonner, C. P., Fisher, C. B., Carney, T., Browne, F. A., Gichane, M. W., Howrd, B. N., Turner, L., & Wechsberg, W. M. (2021). “Because all mothers are not the same”: The development and implementation of an in loco parentis informed consent procedure to enroll adolescent girls and young women to participate in HIV research. Journal of Adolescence, 93, 234-244. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34896961. Keywords: Assent; Consent; Ethics; HIV; Regulations; Substance use.
Bragard, E., Fisher, C.B., & Curtis, B. (2019). “They know what they are getting into:” Researchers confront the benefits and challenges of online recruitment for HIV research. Ethics & Behavior. 1-15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539627/. Keywords: sampling, data integrity, privacy, researcher responsibility, social media, Internet research ethics
Bragard, E. Macapagal, K., Mustanski, B. & Fisher, C. B. (2020). Association of CAI Vulnerability and Sexual Minority Victimization Distress Among Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000436. Keywords: AMSM, LGBTQ youth, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, condomless anal intercourse (CAI), SMV
Broaddus, M. R., & Marsch, L. A. (2015). Risks and benefits of text message-delivered and small group-delivered sexual health interventions among African American women in the Midwestern U.S. Ethics & Behavior, 25(2), 146–168. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349332/. Keywords: research risks and benefits, institutional review boards (IRB), privacy, stigma of participation, informed consent, mHealth, HIV/STIs, text messaging
Brown, B., Davtyan, M., & Fisher, C.B. (2015). Peruvian female sex workers’ ethical perspectives on their participation in an HPV vaccine clinical trial. Ethics & Behavior, 25(2): 115-128. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079211/. Keywords: ethics, privacy and confidentiality, trust/mistrust, informed consent, research risks and benefits, Peru
Brown, B., Taylor, J. & Fisher, C.B. (2021). Mitigating Isolation of People Aging With HIV during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Reports. Volume 136, 394 - 396. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549211015661. Keywords: People living with HIV (PLWH), vulnerable populations, virtual villages, mHealth
Cai, X., Fisher, C. B., Alohan, D., Tellone, S., Grov, C., Cohall, A., & Meunier, É. (2022). Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals' Interest in Sexual Health Services at Collective Sex Venues in New York City. AIDS and behavior, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03808-0
Carlberg-Racich S. (2020). "Normally I Try and Capture a Moment, and With This I Had to Create a Moment": Implications of Anonymous Photography Protocols in Photovoice Research with People Who Inject Drugs. Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: JERHRE, 1556264620983139. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264620983139. Keywords: PWID, addiction and substance abuse, people who use drugs (PWUD), human subjects’ protections, privacy, self-determination theory, research protections
Chai PR, De D, Albrechta H, Goodman GR, Takabatake K, Ben-Arieh A, Lee JS, Glynn TR, Mayer KH, O'Cleirigh C, Fisher CB. (in press). Attitudes towards participating in research involving digital pill systems to measure oral HIV pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis: a cross-sectional study among men who have sex with men with substance use in the United States. BMJ Open.
Chiu, C. J., Menacho, L., Fisher, C., & Young, S. D. (2015). Ethics Issues in Social Media–Based HIV Prevention in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. Cambridge Quarterly Healthcare Ethics, 24(3) 303-310. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377792/. Keywords: e-health education programs, men who have sex with men (MSM), Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE) program, Peru, ethics, recruitment, consent, social networking technologies, HIV/AIDS
Chiu, C. J., Menacho, L., & Young, S. D. (2016). The Association Between Age and Ethics-Related Issues in Using Social Media for HIV Prevention in Peru. Ethics & Behavior, 26(2), 99-109. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809434/, Keywords: Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE), men who have sex with men (MSM), HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, recruitment, informed consent, Peru
Cook, S. H., Wood, E. P., Jaiswal, J., Castro, R., Calderon, L., Qi, Y., & Llaneza, A. (2021). Assessing Perceptions of Broad Consent Concerning Biological Specimen Collection in a Cohort of Young Sexual Minority Men. Archives of sexual behavior, 50(7), 3313–3321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-01964-3
Curtis, B.L. (2014). Social networking and online recruiting for HIV research: ethical challenges. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 9(1), 58-70. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4316828/. Keywords: ethics, Internet research, online recruitment, social media, privacy and confidentiality, informed consent
Dangerfield II D, Wylie C. (2022). Identifying Ethical and Culturally Responsive Research Activities to Build Trust and Improve Participation of Black Sexual Minority Men in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Telehealth Clinical Trials: Qualitative Study. JMIR Hum Factors 9(1), e28798. https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2022/1/e28798 Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, research ethics, sexual health, stigma, medical mistrust, PrEP, medication adherence, racial/ethnic minorities, sexual minorities
Dangerfield II, D. T., Wylie, C., & Anderson, J. N. (2021). Conducting Virtual, Synchronous Focus Groups Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Qualitative Study. JMIR public health and surveillance, 7(2), e22980. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7899800/. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, Black sexual minority men (BSMM), racial/ethnic minorities, research ethics, LGBTQ, engagement, recruitment, sexual health, telehealth
Fisher, C. B. (2004). Ethics in drug abuse and related HIV risk research. Applied Developmental Science, 8(2), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532480xads0802_3. Keywords: Drug abuse, HIV risk, ethical challenges, education, health conditions, gender and ethnic minority, informed consent, confidentiality
Fisher, C. B. (2010). Enhancing HIV vaccine trial consent preparedness among street drug users. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 5, 65-80. PMID: 20569151, PMCID: PMC3133928. https://doi.org/10.1525/jer.2010.5.2.65 Keywords: intravenous drug use, people who use drugs (PWUD), HIV risk, informed consent, trust/mistrust, ethics, addiction and substance abuse
Fisher, C. B. (2011). Addiction research ethics and the Belmont principles: do drug users have a different moral voice? Substance Use and Misuse. 46(6), 728-741. PMID: 21073412; PMCID: PMC3638744. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2010.528125. Keywords: ethics, moral principles, people who use drugs (PWUD), New York City, respect, beneficence, justice
Fisher C. B. (2014). HIV prevention research ethics: an introduction to the special issue. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 9(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1525/jer.2014.9.1.1
Fisher C. B. (2015). Enhancing the Responsible Conduct of Sexual Health Prevention Research Across Global and Local Contexts: Training for Evidence-Based Research Ethics. Ethics & Behavior, 25(2), 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2014.948956
Fisher, C. B., Arbeit, M. Dumont, M., Macapagal, & Mustanski, B. (2016). Self-consent for HIV prevention research involving sexual and gender minority youth: Reducing barriers through evidence-based ethics. Journal of Research on Human Research Ethics. 11, 3-14. first published online 3.7.16. PMID 26956988. PMCID PMC4842126. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264616633963. Keywords: informed consent, vulnerable populations, consent by minors, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY)
Fisher, C. B., Bragard, E., & Bloom, R. (2020). Ethical Considerations in HIV eHealth Intervention Research: Implications for Informational Risk in Recruitment, Data Maintenance, and Consent Procedures. Current HIV/AIDS reports, 17(3), 180–189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-020-00489-zN
Fisher, C. B., Fried, A. L., Desmond, M., Macapagal, K., & Mustanski, B. (2017). Facilitators and Barriers to Participation in PrEP HIV Prevention Trials Involving Adolescent and Emerging Adult Transgender Men and Women. AIDS Education and Prevention, 29(3), 205-217. PMC5768197 PMID 28650227. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2017.29.3.205. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, transgender youth and adults, pre-exposure prophylaxis, research risks and benefits, study participation, gender identity, guardian consent
Fisher, C.B., Fried, A. L., Desmond, M., Macapagal, K., & Mustanski, B. (2018). Perceived barriers to HIV prevention services for transgender youth. LGBT Health. Aug/Sep;5(6):350-358. PMCID: PMC6139078. NIHMSID: NIHMS953073. PMID: 29546468. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2017.0098. Keywords: adolescents, health disparities, HIV/AIDS, prevention, stigma, transgender.
Fisher, C. B., Fried, A. L., Puri, L. I., Macapagal, K. & Mustanski, B. (2018). Patient-provider communication barriers and facilitators to HIV and STI preventive services for adolescent MSM. Aids & Behavior, 22, 3417-3428. PMID: 29546468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2081-x. Keywords: adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM), sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, stigma, trust/mistrust, discrimination
Fisher, C. B., & Harrington McCarthy, E. L. (2013). Ethics in prevention science involving genetic testing. Prevention science: the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 14(3), 310–318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-012-0318-x
Fisher, C. B., & Mustanski, B. (2014). Reducing Health Disparities and Enhancing the Responsible Conduct of Research Involving LGBT Youth. The Hastings Center report, 44 Suppl 4(0 4), S28–S31. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.367
Fisher, C. B., Oransky, M., Mahadevan, M., Singer, M., Mirhej, G., & Hodge, G. D. (2008). Marginalized populations and drug addiction research: Realism, mistrust, and misconception. IRB: Ethics & Human Research, 30(3), 1–9. PMID: 18814439; PMCID: 18814439. NIHMSID: NIHMS163917. Keywords: informed consent, therapeutic misconception, therapeutic misestimation, therapeutic optimism, vulnerable populations, relational ethics, research ethics, ethnic and sexual minorities
Fisher, C. B., Puri L.I., Macapagal K., Feuerstahler, L., Ahn, J.R., Mustanski, B. Competence to Consent to Oral and Injectable PrEP Trials Among Adolescent Males Who Have Sex with Males. AIDS Behav. 2021 May;25(5):1606-1618. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03077-9 Epub 2020 Nov 27.
Fisher, C.B., Puri, L. I. Macapagal, K., & Mustanski, B. (2018) “Free Testing and PrEP without Outing Myself to Parents:” Motivation to Participate in Oral and Injectable PrEP Clinical Trials among Adolescent Men who have Sex with Men. PLoS ONE 13(7): e0200560. PMID: 3004845 PMCID: PMC6059443. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200560. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, AMSM, Truvada, institutional review board (IRB), guardian disclosure, privacy and confidentiality
Fisher, C. B., True, G., Alexander, L. & Fried, A. L. (2013). Moral stress, moral practice and ethical climate in community -ased drug use research: views from the frontline. American Journal of Bioethics: Primary Research. 4(3), 27–38. PMID: 27795869. PMCID: PMC5082423. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507716.2013.806969 Keywords: research ethics, front-line researchers, participant protections, scientific integrity, human subjects protections, substance-related disorders, organizational culture
Fisher, C. B., & Yuko, E. (2015). The HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute: Training Early-Career Scientists to Conduct Research on Research Ethics. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 10(5), 470–480. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264615614937
Fletcher, F., Annang, I., Kerr, J., Buchberg, M., Bogdan-Lovis, Philpott-Jones, S. "'She Told Them, Oh That Bitch Got AIDS': Experiences of multilevel HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma Among African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS in the South. (2016). AIDS Patient Care and STD's, 30(7). https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2016.0026 Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, stigma, Social Ecological Model, women living with HIV (WLWH), US South
Fletcher, F. E., Fisher, C. B., Buchberg, M.K., Floyd, B., Hotton, A., Ejioba, A.,& Donenberg, G. R. (2018). “Where Did This [PrEP] Come From?” African American Mother/Daughter Attitudes Towards Adolescent Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Utilization and Clinical Trial Participation. Journal of Empirical Research on Research Ethics, 13(2), 173-184. PMID: 29781706. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264618755919. Keywords: African American women and female adolescents, sexual and gender minorities, informed parent-child research decision making, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, adolescent clinical trial participation
Fletcher, F. E., Rice, W. S., Ingram, L. A., & Fisher, C. B. (2019). Ethical Challenges and Lessons Learned from Qualitative Research with Low-Income African American Women Living with HIV in the South. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 30(4S), 116–129. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509837/
Keywords: research ethics, health inequities, women living with HIV (WLWH), diverse research populations, stigma, racial/ethnic minorities
Fonner, V. A., Ntogwisangu, J., Hamidu, I., Joseph, J., Fields, J., Evans, E., Kilewo, J., Bailey, C., Goldsamt, L., Fisher, C. B., O'Reilly, K. R., Ruta, T., Mbwambo, J., & Sweat, M. D. (2021). "We are in this together:" dyadic-level influence and decision-making among HIV serodiscordant couples in Tanzania receiving access to PrEP. BMC public health, 21(1), 720. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12889-021-10707-x.pdf. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), dyad, recruitment, informed consent, intervention implementation, sub-Saharan Africa
Garett, R., Menacho, L., & Young, S.D. (2017). Ethical Issues in Using Social Media to Deliver an HIV Prevention Intervention: Results from the HOPE Peru Study.Prevention Science: Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 18(2): 225-232. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726406/. Keywords: men who have sex with men (MSM), HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, research ethics, research risks and benefits, privacy and confidentiality, informed consent, Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE)
Goldenberg, S. M., Brouwer, K. C., Jimenez, T. R., Miranda, S. M., & Mindt, M. R. (2016). Enhancing the Ethical Conduct of HIV Research with Migrant Sex Workers: Human Rights, Policy, and Social Contextual Influences. PLoS One, 11(5). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861265/. Keywords: research ethics, racial/ethnic minorities, trust/mistrust, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, vulnerable populations
Goldenberg, S.M., Mindt, M.R., Jimenez, T.R., Brouwer, K.C., Miranda, S.M., & Fisher, C.B. (2014). Structural and interpersonal benefits and risks of participation in HIV research: perspectives of female sex workers in Guatemala. Ethics & Behavior, 25(2): 97-114 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104274/.
Keywords: research ethics, research risks and benefits, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, stigma, trust/mistrust, Central America
Goldenberg, S. M., Rocha Jiménez, T., Brouwer, K. C., Morales Miranda, S., & Silverman, J. G. (2018). Influence of indoor work environments on health, safety, and human rights among migrant sex workers at the Guatemala-Mexico Border: a call for occupational health and safety interventions. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 18(1), 9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797417/. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, vulnerable populations, racial/ethnic minorities, agency, violence and exploitation, substance use
Gray, A. & Fisher, C. B. (2021). Predictors of contraceptive self-efficacy and condom use among young Black women who have sex with women and men. Journal of Bisexuality. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299716.2021.1971592. Keywords: BWSWM, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, sexual and gender minorities, vulnerable populations, contraceptive self-efficacy
Gray, A., Macapagal, K., Mustanski, B., & Fisher, C. B. (2019). Surveillance Studies Involving HIV Testing Are Needed: Will At-Risk Youth Participate? Health Psychology, PMID: 31512922 PMCID: PMC6901740 https://doi: 10.1037/hea0000804. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, LGBTQ youth, health disparities, adolescent males who have sex with males (AMSM), racial/ethnic minorities, sexual minority youth
Guadamuz, T. E., Goldsamt, L. A., & Boonmongkon, P. (2015). Consent Challenges for Participation of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men (YMSM) in HIV Prevention Research in Thailand. Ethics & Behavior, 25(2), 180–195. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349333/. Keywords: HIV prevention and treatment, vulnerable populations, LGBTQ, institutional review boards (IRB), guardian consent, youth and young adults
Gunn A. (2022). Stigma, surveillance, and wounded healing: Promoting a critical ethics of care in research with formerly incarcerated Black women. Journal of community psychology, 50(8), 3438–3454. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22845
Gunn A. (2022). Testimonies and Healing: Anti-oppressive Research with Black Women and the Implications for Compassionate Ethical Care. The Hastings Center report, 52 Suppl 1, S42–S45. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1369
Gunn A. (2021). Voice, Counterspaces, and Ethical Care in Research With Black Women With Trauma and Incarceration Histories. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 48(3), 276–284. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981211012273 Keywords: research ethics, qualitative research methods, stigma, surveillance, reintegration, vulnerable populations, healing and recovery, research-participant dynamics.
Gunn, A., Hardesty, M., Overstreet, N., & Wallace, S. (2021). “Every time I tell my story I learn something new”: Voice and inclusion in research with Black women with histories of substance use and incarceration. Criminology and Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958211005820 Keywords: research ethics, racial/ethnic minorities, anti-oppressive research, substance use, stigma, trauma
Hubach, R. D., O'Neil, A., Stowe, M., Giano, Z., Curtis, B., & Fisher, C. B. (2020). "Out here the rainbow has mud on it": Perceived Confidentiality Risks of Mobile Technology-Based Ecologic Momentary Assessment to Assess High-Risk Behaviors Among Rural Men Who Have Sex with Men. Archives of sexual behavior. Advance online publication. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-019-01612-x. Keywords: privacy, MSM, mHealth, EMA, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
Hubach, R.D., O'Neil, A.M., Ernst, C., Stowe, M., Hicke, M., Remondino, M., & Giano, Z. (2021). Client perspectives on the accessibility and quality of substance use treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, Volume 1.
John, S. A., Robles, G., Starks, T. J., & Rendina, H. J.(2019). Differences Between Groups of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Using Couples in HIV-Negative/Unknown Relationships. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 81(4), 419–428. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6594889/. Keywords: men who have sex with men (MSM), HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), LGBTQ
Kostick, K. M., Weeks, M., & Mosher, H. (2014). Participant and Staff Experiences in a Peer-Delivered HIV Intervention with Injection Drug Users.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 9(1), 6-18. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318632/. Keywords: research ethics, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, IDU, people who inject drugs (PWID), peer-delivered prevention
Lee, J., Albrechta, H., Goodman, G., De, D., Takabatake, K., O’Cleirigh, C., Mayer, K., Fisher, C., Carnes, C. Chai, P. R, (2023). Diversity in Digital Pill Systems: Differences in Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Use of a Digital Pill System for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men with Diverse Racial and Ethnic Identities. Proc Annu Hawaii Int Conf Syst Sci 2023:2933-2942. PMID: 36654663 PMCID: PMC9843706
Madhivanan, P., Krupp, K., Kulkarni, V., Kulkarni, S., Vaidya, N., Shaheen, R., Philpott, S. & Fisher, C.B. (2014). HIV testing among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in India: Are Private Providers Routinely Violating Women’s Human Rights? BMC International Health and Human Rights, 14(1), 7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975140/. Keywords: HIV/AIDS, antenatal care, privacy and confidentiality, perinatal transmission, women living with HIV (WLWH), prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), vulnerable populations
Meunier, É., Alohan, D., Tellone, S., Silvera, R., Cohall, A., Baran, A., Wakefield, M., Grov, C., & Fisher, C. B. (2022). Attitudes Toward Peer-Delivered Sexual-Health Services Among New York City Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Who Have Sex with Men and Attend Collective Sex Venues. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221101714 Keywords: gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, HIV/STI prevention, sexual health, peer-based work, collective sex venues
Meunier, É., Sundelson, A. E., Tellone, S., Alohan, D., Fisher, C. B., & Grov, C. (2021). Willingness to Attend Sex Venues in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City: Results from an Online Survey with Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1–12. Advance online publication. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8095220/. Keywords: collective sex venues (CSV), HIV/STI
Mulawa, M.I., Yamanis, T.J., Kajula, L.J. et al. (2018). Structural Network Position and Performance of Health Leaders Within an HIV Prevention Trial. AIDS and Behavior. 22(9):3033-3043. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076845/. Keywords: HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, Tanzania, social networks, popular opinion leader (POL)
Murphy, M., Rogers, B. G., Streed, C., Jr, Hughto, J. M. W., Radix, A., Galipeau, D., Napoleon, S., Scott, T., Noh, M., Sutten Coats, C., Hubbard, L., Chan, P. A., Nunn, A., & Berk, J. (2023). Implementing Gender-Affirming Care in Correctional Settings: A Review of Key Barriers and Action Steps for Change. Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 29(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1089/jchc.21.09.0094
Mustanski, B., Fisher, C. B. (2016). HIV rates are increasing in gay/bisexual teens: IRB barriers to research must be resolved to bend the curve. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, PMID: 27061893. PMCID: PMC4958583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.02.026. Keywords: LGBTQ youth, institutional review board, research ethics, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, ethics committees, sexual and gender minorities
Nelson, K. M., Carey, M. P., & Fisher, C. B. (2019). Is Guardian Permission a Barrier to Online Sexual Health Research Among Adolescent Males Interested in Sex With Males?. Journal of sex research, 56(4-5), 593–603. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310663/. Keywords: men who have sex with men (MSM), institutional review boards (IRB), research ethics, vulnerable populations, privacy and confidentiality
Nguyen, M., Goldsamt, L., Mazibuko, N., Zondo, S., & Fielding-Miller, R. (2021). Emotional distress among frontline research staff. Social science & medicine (1982), 281, 114101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114101
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