Publications — iTech – UNC/Emory Center for Innovative Technology

The iTech produces a wide range of research, education and training publications and presentations. Please check back regularly for updates.

2022 Publications

Budhwani H, Yigit I, Maragh-Bass AC, Rainer CB, Claude K, Muessig KE, Hightow-Weidman LB. Development and Validation of the Youth Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Stigma Scale. Aids & Behavior. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03829-9. PubMed ID: 36029425
Valente PK, Bauermeister JA, Lin WY, Teixeira da Silva D, Hightow-Weidman L, Drab R, Mayer KH, Operario D, Rusley J, Biello KB. Preferences across PrEP modalities among young men who have sex in the U.S.: A latent class analysis study. AIDS Patient Care STDs. In press.
Budhwani H, Yigit I, Maragh-Bass AC, Rainer CB, Claude K, Muessig KE, Hightow-Weidman LB. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication scales validated with youth on PrEP: PrEP Confidence Scale and PrEP Difficulties Scale. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. In press.
Biello KB, Daddario SR, Hill-Rorie J, Futterman D, Sullivan PS, Hightow-Weidman L, Jones J, Mimiaga MJ, Mayer KH. Uptake and Acceptability of MyChoices: Results of a pilot RCT of a mobile app designed to increase HIV testing and PrEP uptake among young American MSM. AIDS and Behavior. Online Ahead of Print.
Valente PK, Bauermeister JA, Lin WY, Operario D, Rusley J, Hightow-Weidman L, Mayer KH, Biello KBB. Next Generation Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men: Lessons from System and Provider-Level Barriers to Oral PrEP. AIDS and Behavior. 2022 (in-press).
Mwangi J, Gilliland W, White N, Sykes C, Poliseno A, Knudtson K, Hightow-Weidman LB, Kashuba A, Rosen E. Mass Spectroscopy Imaging of Hair Strands Captures Short-term and Long-term Changes in Emtricitabine Adherence. ASM Journals. 2022 (in-press).

2021 Publications

Gamarel KE, Washington C, Rosso MT, Darbes LA, Felder-Claude K, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Stepehenson R. Perceptions of relationship quality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among young sexual minority men in romantic relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Accepted 2021.
Biello KB, Valente PK, Lin WY, Lodge W, Drab R, Hightow-Weidman LB, Teixeira da Silva D, Mayer K, Bauermeister JA. PrEParing for NextGen: cognitive interviews to improve next generation PrEP modality descriptions for young men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior. In Press.
Paul ME, Castillo M, Emmanuel P, Bauermeister JA, Mena LA, Sullivan PS, Hightow-Weidman LB. Scale up mHealth HIV interventions: site and public health perspectives and lessons learned from P3. mHealth. 2021;7:38. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-65. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063006.
Biello KB, Hill-Rorie J, Valente PK, Futterman D, Sullivan PS, Hightow-Weidman L, Muessig K, Dormitzer J, Mimiaga MJ, Mayer KH. Development and Evaluation of a Mobile App Designed to Increase HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Open Pilot Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Mar 24;23(3):e25107. doi: 10.2196/25107. PubMed PMID: 33759792.
Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Rosso MT, Washington C, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Gamarel KE. Perceptions of Contexts of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young, Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States. J Interpers Violence. 2021 Mar 17;:8862605211001472. doi: 10.1177/08862605211001472. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33729057.
Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Kutsa O, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan P, Stephenson R. Perspectives from Young Partnered Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men on the Adaptation of Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC). AIDS Behav. 2021 Mar;25(3):836-846. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03037-3. Epub 2020 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 32975615; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7886959.
Teixeira da Silva D, Biello K, Lin WY, Valente PK, Mayer KH, Hightow-Weidman L, Bauermeister JA. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among an Online Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Men and Transgender Women. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Mar 1;9(3). doi: 10.3390/vaccines9030204. PubMed PMID: 33804530; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7999863.
Mayer KH, Nelson L, Hightow-Weidman L, Mimiaga MJ, Mena L, Reisner S, Daskalakis D, Safren SA, Beyrer C, Sullivan PS. The persistent and evolving HIV epidemic in American men who have sex with men. mHealth. 2021 Mar 20;397(10279):1116-1126. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00321-4. Epub 2021 Feb 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 33617771.
Fernandez MI, Harper GW, Hightow-Weidman LB, Kapogiannis BG, Mayer KH, Parsons JT, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Seña AC, Sullivan PS. Research Priorities to End the Adolescent HIV Epidemic in the United States: Viewpoint. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jan 4;10(1):e22279. doi: 10.2196/22279. PubMed PMID: 33393918; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7813632.
Rosengren AL, Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Woodhouse EW, Sandanapitchai P, Hightow-Weidman LB. A Scoping Review of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Stigma and Implications for Stigma-Reduction Interventions for Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav. 2021 Jan 2;. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-03135-2. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 33389319.

2020 Publications

Siegler AJ, Mehta CC, Mouhanna F, Giler RM, Castel A, Pembleton E, Jaggi C, Jones J, Kramer MR, McGuinness P, McCallister S, Sullivan PS. Policy- and county-level associations with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use, the United States, 2018. Ann Epidemiol. 2020 May;45:24-31.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.03.013. Epub 2020 Apr 3. PubMed PMID: 32336655; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7246022.
Siegler AJ, Wiatrek S, Mouhanna F, Amico KR, Dominguez K, Jones J, Patel RR, Mena LA, Mayer KH. Validation of the HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Stigma Scale: Performance of Likert and Semantic Differential Scale Versions. AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep;24(9):2637-2649. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02820-6. PubMed PMID: 32157490; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7423865.
Benkeser D, Horvath K, Reback CJ, Rusow J, Hudgens M. Design and analysis considerations for a sequentially randomized HIV prevention trial. Stat Biosci. 2020 Dec;12(3):446-467. doi: 10.1007/s12561-020-09274-3. Epub 2020 Mar 25. PubMed PMID: 33767798; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7986973.
Hightow-Weidman LB. Introduction to series on technology-based HIV prevention and care interventions for youth. mHealth. 2020. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-2019-tihpcc-12
Hightow-Weidman LB, Horvath KJ, Scott H, Hill-Rorie J, Bauermeister JA. Engaging youth in mHealth: what works and how can we be sure?. mHealth. 2021;7:23. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-48. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 33898592; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063019.
Skeen SJ, Cain D, Gamarel KE, Hightow-Weidman LB, Reback CJ. mHealth for transgender and gender-expansive youth: harnessing gender-affirmative cross-disciplinary innovations to advance HIV prevention and care interventions. Mhealth. 2021;7:37. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-60. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063017.
Giovenco D, Muessig KE, Horvitz C, Biello KB, Liu AY, Horvath KJ, Golinkoff JM, Reback CJ, Hightow-Weidman L. Adapting technology-based HIV prevention and care interventions for youth: lessons learned across five U.S. Adolescent Trials Network studies. mHealth. 2021;7:21. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-43. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 33898590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063021.
Sullivan PS, Hightow-Weidman LB. Mobile apps for HIV prevention: how do they contribute to our epidemic response for adolescents and young adults? Mhealth. 2021;7:36. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-71. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898605; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063022.
Allan-Blitz LT, Mena LA, Mayer KH. The ongoing HIV epidemic in American youth: challenges and opportunities. mHealth. 2021;7:33. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-42. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898602; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063015.
Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Kutsa O, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan P, Stephenson R. Perspectives from young partnered gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men on the adaptation of Couples HIV Testing and Counseling. AIDS and Behavior. 25 Sept 2020.
Biello KB, Horvitz C, Mullin S, Mayer KH, Scott H, Coleman K, Dormitzer J, Norelli J, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Mimiaga MJ, Buchbinder S, Bojan K, Futterman D, Emmanuel P, Liu A. HIV self-testing and STI self-collection via mobile apps: experiences from two pilot randomized controlled trials of young men who have sex with men. mHealth. 2021;7:26. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-70. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 33898595; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063023.
Reback CJ, Horvath KJ, Rusow JA, Cain D, Benkeser D. Technology-based Stepped Care to Stem Transgender Adolescent Risk Transmission: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 | vol. 9 | iss. 8 | e18326. doi: 10.2196/18326
Siegler AJ, Knox J, Bauermeister JA, Golinkoff J, Hightow-Weidman L, Scott H. Mobile app development in health research: pitfalls and solutions. 2021;7:32. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-19-263. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898601; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063010.
Stephenson R, Chavanduka TMD, Rosso MT, Sullivan SP, Pitter RA, Hunter AS, Rogers E. Sex in the Time of COVID‑19: Results of an Online Survey of Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men’s Experience of Sex and HIV Prevention During the US COVID‑19 Epidemic. AIDS and Behavior. 02 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-03024-8
Zlotorzynska M, Bauermeister JA, Golinkoff JM, Lin W, Sanchez TH, Hightow-Weidman L. Online recruitment of youth for mHealth studies. mHealth. 2021;7:27. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-64. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 33898596; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063013.
Horvath KJ, Walker T, Mireles L, Bauermeister JA, Hightow-Weidman LB, Stephenson R. A Systematic Review of Technology-Assisted HIV Testing Interventions. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. June 08, 2020.
Mulawa MI, Rosengren AL, Amico KR, Hightow-Weidman LB, Muessig KE. mHealth to reduce HIV-related stigma among youth in the United States: a scoping review. mHealth. 2021;7:35. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-68. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063007.
Gamarel KE, Stephenson R, Hightow-Weidman L. Technology-driven methodologies to collect qualitative data among youth to inform HIV prevention and care interventions. mHealth. 2021;7:34. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-2020-5. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 33898603; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8063018.
Hightow-Weidman L, Muessig K, Claude K, Roberts J, Zlotorzynska M, Sanchez T. Maximizing Digital Interventions for Youth in the Midst of Covid-19: Lessons from the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV Interventions. AIDS and Behavior. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02870-w
Siegler AJ. Preexposure Prophylaxis Indication Criteria Underidentify Black and Latinx Persons and Require Revision. Am J Public Health. 2020 Mar;110(3):267-268. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305514. PubMed PMID: 32023104; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7002926.
Siegler AJ. Needed: A Life Course Perspective on Maintaining PrEP Use. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jan 14;. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa040. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31942945.
Hightow-Weidman LB, Bauermeister JA. Engagement in mHealth Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention and Care: Making Sense of the Metrics. mHealth. 2020;6:7. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.10.01. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 32190618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7063263.
Siegler AJ, Bratcher A, Weiss KM. Siegler et al. Respond. Am J Public Health. 2020 Jan;110(1):e3-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305402. PubMed PMID: 31800291; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6893340.

JMIR e-Collection: Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions

Reback CJ, Horvath KJ, Rusow JA, Cain D, Benkeser D. Technology-based Stepped Care to Stem Transgender Adolescent Risk Transmission: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 | vol. 9 | iss. 8 | e18326. doi: 10.2196/18326
Siegler AJ, Brock JB, Hurt CB, Ahlschlager L, Dominguez K, Kelley C, Jenness S, Wilde G, Jameson S, Bailey-Herring G, Mena LA. An Electronic Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation and Maintenance Home Care System for Nonurban Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(6) e13982. DOI: 10.2196/13982 PMID: 31199326
Biello KB, Psaros C, Krakower DS, Marrow E, Safren SA, Mimiaga MJ, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Mayer KH. A Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Intervention (LifeSteps) for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(1):e10661. DOI: 10.2196/10661. PMID: 30694206.
Biello KB, Marrow E, Mimiaga MJ, Sullivan P, Hightow-Weidman L, Mayer KH. A Mobile-Based App (MyChoices) to Increase Uptake of HIV Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis by Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(1):e10694. DOI: 10.2196/10694 PMID: 30617042
Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Stephenson R. The Development and Testing of a Relationship Skills Intervention to Improve HIV Prevention Uptake Among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Their Primary Partners (We Prevent): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2019;8(1):e10370. DOI: 10.2196/10370
McCumber M, Cain D, LeGrand S, Mayer KH, Murphy DA, Psioda MA, Seña AC, Starks TJ, Hudgens M. Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions Data Harmonization: Rationale and Development of Guidelines. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(12):e11207. DOI: 10.2196/11207
LeGrand S, Knudtson K, Benkeser D, Muessig K, Mcgee A, Sullivan PS, Hightow-Weidman L. Testing the Efficacy of a Social Networking Gamification App to Improve Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence (P3: Prepared, Protected, emPowered): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(12):e10448 DOI: 10.2196/10448
Horvath KJ, Amico KR, Erickson D, Ecklund AM, Martinka A, DeWitt J, McLaughlin J, Parsons JT. Thrive With Me: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Test a Peer Support Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(5):e10182. DOI: 10.2196/10182. PMID: 29853437
Hightow-Weidman LB, Muessig K, Rosenberg E, Sanchez T, LeGrand S, Gravens L, Sullivan PS. University of North Carolina/Emory Center for Innovative Technology (iTech) for Addressing the HIV Epidemic Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States: Protocol and Rationale for Center Development. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(8):e10365. DOI: 10.2196/10365
Bauermeister JA, Golinkoff JM, Horvath KJ, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R. A Multilevel Tailored Web App–Based Intervention for Linking Young Men Who Have Sex With Men to Quality Care (Get Connected): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(8):e10444. DOI: 10.2196/10444

New Media Technology and Sexual Health

Horvath KJ, Walker T, Mireles L, Bauermeister JA, Hightow-Weidman LB, Stephenson R. A Systematic Review of Technology-Assisted HIV Testing Interventions. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. June 08, 2020.
Siegler A, Scott H, Bauermeister JA, Knox B, Hightow-Weidman LB. Mobile app development in health research: Pitfalls and solutions. mHealth. 2020. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-19-263
Mulawa M, Rosengren L, Amico R, Hightow-Weidman LB, Muessig K. mHealth to reduce HIV-related stigma among youth in the United States: a scoping review. mHealth. May 2020. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-68
Gamarel K, Stephenson R, Hightow-Weidman LB. Technology-driven methodologies to collect qualitative data among youth to inform HIV prevention and care interventions. mHealth. May 2020. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-51-a
Hightow-Weidman L, Muessig K, Claude K, Roberts J, Zlotorzynska M, Sanchez T. Maximizing Digital Interventions for Youth in the Midst of Covid-19: Lessons from the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV Interventions. AIDS and Behavior. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02870-w
Neilan AM, Patel K, Agwu AL, Bassett IV, Amico KR, Crespi CM, Gaur AH, Horvath KJ, Powers KA, Rendina HJ, Hightow-Weidman LB, Li X, Naar S, Nachman S, Parsons JT, Simpson KN, Stanton BF, Freedberg KA, Bangs AC, Hudgens MG, Ciaranello AL. Model-Based Methods to Translate Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions Findings Into Policy Recommendations: Rationale and Protocol for a Modeling Core (ATN 161). JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Apr 16;8(4):e9898. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9898. PubMed PMID: 30990464; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6488956.
Mulawa MI, LeGrand S, Hightow-Weidman LB. eHealth to Enhance Treatment Adherence Among Youth Living with HIV. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2018 Aug;15(4):336-349. doi: 10.1007/s11904-018-0407-y. Review. PubMed PMID: 29959649; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6086132.
Horvath KJ, Bauermeister JA. eHealth Literacy and Intervention Tailoring Impacts the Acceptability of a HIV/STI Testing Intervention and Sexual Decision Making Among Young Gay and Bisexual Men. AIDS Education & Prevention. 2017 Feb;29(1):14-23. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2017.29.1.14. PubMed PMID: 28195779; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5444803.
Hightow-Weidman LB, Muessig KE, Bauermeister JA, LeGrand S, Fiellin LE. The future of digital games for HIV prevention and care. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2017 Sep;12(5):501-507. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000399. Review. PubMed PMID: 28692490; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5651998.
Hightow-Weidman LB, Muessig KE. New media challenges and opportunities. Sex Transm Infect. Published Online First: 25 November 2016. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052673
Hightow-Weidman LB, Muessig KE, Bauermeister J, Zhang C, LeGrand S. Youth, Technology and HIV: Recent Advances and Future Directions. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2015 December
Muessig KE, Nekkanti M, Bauermeister J, Bull S, Hightow-Weidman LB. A systematic review of recent smartphone, Internet and Web 2.0 interventions to address the HIV continuum of care. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2015 Mar

ART or PrEP Uptake and Adherence

Horvath KJ, Todd K, Arayasirikul S, Cotta NW, Stephenson R. Underutilization of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Services Among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth: Findings from Project Moxie and TechStep. Transgend Health. 2019;4(1):217-221. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2019.0027. eCollection 2019. PubMed PMID: 31592151; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6778317.
Siegler AJ, Bratcher A, Weiss KM. Geographic Access to Preexposure Prophylaxis Clinics Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2019 Sep;109(9):1216-1223. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305172. Epub 2019 Jul 18.
Sullivan PS, Siegler AJ. Getting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to the people: opportunities, challenges, and emerging models of PrEP implementation. Sex Health. 2018 Nov;15(6):522-527. doi: 10.1071/SH18103.
Muessig KE, LeGrand S, Horvath KJ, Bauermeister JA, Hightow-Weidman LB. (2017). Recent mobile health interventions to support medication adherence among HIV-positive MSM. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2017 Sep;12(5):432-441. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000401. Review. PubMed PMID: 28639990; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5762120.
Horvath, K.J., Smolenski, D., & Amico, K.R. (2014). An empirical test of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model of ART adherence in a sample of HIV-positive persons primarily in out-of-HIV-care settings. AIDS Care, 26(2); 142-151. PMC:3762906
Horvath, K.J., Oakes, J. M., Rosser, B.R.S., Danilenko, G., Vezina, H., Amico, K.R., Williams, M.L., & Simoni, J. (2013). Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an online peer-to-peer support ART adherence intervention. AIDS and Behavior, 17(6), 2031-44. PMC:3674213
Page, T., Horvath, K.J., Danilenko, G., & Williams, M.L. (2012). A cost analysis of an Internet based medication adherence intervention for people living with HIV. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 60(1),1-4. PMC:3331887

Engagement in Care

Liu A, Biello K, Zlotorzynska M. HIV self-testing and STI self-collection via mobile apps: experiences from two pilot randomized controlled trials of young men who have sex with men. mHealth. July 15, 2020. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-70
Coy KC, Hazen RJ, Kirkham HS, Delpino A, Siegler AJ. Persistence on HIV preexposure prophylaxis medication over a 2-year period among a national sample of 7148 PrEP users, United States, 2015-2017. J Int AIDS Soc. 2019 Feb;22(2):e25252. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25252. PubMed PMID: 30775846; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6378757.
Steehler K, Siegler AJ. Bringing HIV Self-Testing to Scale in the United States: A Review of Challenges, Potential Solutions, and Future Opportunities. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Nov;57(11). doi: 10.1128/JCM.00257-19. Print 2019 Nov. Review. PubMed PMID: 31462549; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6813024.
Sullivan PS, Mena L, Elopre L, Siegler AJ. Implementation Strategies to Increase PrEP Uptake in the South. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2019 Aug;16(4):259-269. doi: 10.1007/s11904-019-00447-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 31177363; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7117066.
Naar S, Hudgens MG, Brookmeyer R, Idalksi Carcone A, Chapman J, Chowdhury S, Ciaranello A, Comulada WS, Ghosh S, Horvath KJ, Ingram L, LeGrand S. Improving the Youth HIV Prevention and Care Cascades: Innovative Designs in the Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions. AIDS Patient Care STDS.2019 Sep;33(9):388-398. doi: 10.1089/apc.2019.0095. Review. PubMed PMID: 31517525; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6745528.
Bauermeister JA, Golinkoff JM, Lin WY, Claude KF, Horvath KJ, Dowshen N, Schlupp A, Vickroy WJ, Desir K, Lopez AV, Castillo M, Tanney M, Wimbly TA, Leung K, Sullivan PS, Santiago DL, Hernandez R, Paul ME, Hightow-Weidman L, Lee S, Stephenson R. Testing the Testers: Are Young Men Who Have Sex With Men Receiving Adequate HIV Testing and Counseling Services?. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Dec 1;82 Suppl 2:S133-S141. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002173. PubMed PMID: 31658201; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6820705.
Hurt CB. PrEParing Providers: The Next Challenge in Implementing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis. Sex Transm Dis. 2018 Jul;45(7):459-461. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000835.
Giler RM, Weiss K, Pembleton E, Guest J, Jones J, Castel A, Yeung H, Kramer M, McCallister S, Sullivan PS. The prevalence of pre-exposure prophylaxis use and the pre-exposure prophylaxis-to-need ratio in the fourth quarter of 2017, United States. Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Dec;28(12):841-849. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.06.005. Epub 2018 Jun 15.
Siegler AJ, Bratcher A, Weiss KM, Mouhanna F, Ahlschlager L, Sullivan PS. Location location location: an exploration of disparities in access to publicaly listed pre-exposure prophylaxis clinics in the United States. Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Dec;28(12):858-864. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 May 26.
Sanchez, T., Zlotorzynska, M., Sineath, R., Kahle, E., Tregear, S., Sullivan, P. National Trends in Sexual Behavior, Substance Use and HIV Testing Among United States Men Who have Sex with Men Recruited Online, 2013 Through 2017. AIDS and Behavior. 2018 June.
LeGrand S, Muessig KE, Horvath KJ, Rosengren AL, Hightow-Weidman LB. Using technology to support HIV self-testing among MSM. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2017 Jun.
Horvath, K., Lammert, S., LeGrand, S., Muessig, K., Bauermeister, J. Using technology to assess and intervene with illicit drug-using persons at risk for HIV. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2017 Sept.
Bauermeister, J.A., Pingel, E., Jadwin-Cakmak, L., Meanley, S., Alapati, D., Moore, M., Lowther, M., Wade, R. & Harper, G.W. The use of mystery shopping for quality assurance evaluations of HIV/STI testing sites offering services to young gay and bisexual men. AIDS & Behavior, (2015), 19(10), 1919-1927.
Horvath, K.J., Carrico, A.W., Simoni, J., Boyer, E.W., Amico, K.R. and Petroll, A. (2013). Engagement in HIV medical care and technology use among stimulant-using and non-stimulant-using men who have sex with men. AIDS Research and Treatment, Article ID 121352.
Bauermeister, J.A., Pingel, E., Jadwin-Cakmak, L., Harper, G.W., Horvath, K., Weiss, G. & Dittus, P. (2015). Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a tailored online HIV/STI testing intervention for young men who have sex with men: The Get Connected! Program. AIDS & Behavior, 19(10), 1860-1874.

Social Media

Saberi P, Neilands TB, Lally MA, Hosek SG, Hightow-Weidman L. The Association between Use of Online Social Networks to Find Sex Partners and Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women Living with HIV. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2019 Jan-Dec;18:2325958219867324. doi: 10.1177/2325958219867324. PubMed PMID: 31389285; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6900576.
Zlotorzynska M, Bauermeister JA, Golinkoff JM, Lin W, Sanchez T, Hightow-Weidman LB. Online recruitment of youth for mHealth studies. mHealth. 06/12/2020. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-20-64
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