Judith A Levy

Biographic Data

ID101423
NAMEJudith A Levy
GIVEN NAMESJudith A
FAMILY NAMELevy
SIGNATURELEVY J A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Illinois Chicago
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS36
TOTAL CITATIONS80
AUTHOR COUNT36
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Prison-based HIV partner notification in Indonesia

    Open AccessGabriel J Culbert, Agung Waluyo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    With HIV Assisted Partner Notification (APN), individuals with HIV voluntarily name and authorize trained health care workers to inform their at-risk partner of possible exposure to the virus without disclosing the identity of who had named them. Although APN is safe and effective in increasing HIV partner notification and testing, its successful implementation in prison settings to assist incarcerated people with HIV (IPWH) to inform their pre-i…

  • Peer education intervention reduced sexually transmitted infections among male Tajik labor migrants who inject drugs

    Open AccessMary Ellen Mackesy‐amiti, Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    ClinicalTrials.gov, 2021-04-16, NCT04853394

  • Sources of HIV information and women’s HIV knowledge in Southwest Sumba Indonesia

    Open AccessAngela Kurniadi, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The study's results suggest that more extensive in-depth HIV education is greatly needed to help prevent transmission among women living in small and outlying islands in Indonesia. Wider promotion of HIV information through the media and more intensively through local healthcare providers appears a promising and likely effective means to reach these women

  • Introduction of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Tanah Papua, Indonesia

    Open AccessRobert C Bailey, Ignatius Praptoraharjo et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Tanah Papua, comprising Papua and West Papua (Papua Barat), includes only 1.5% of Indonesia's total population but accounts for over 15% of the country's new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases. Overall, adult HIV prevalence in Indonesia in 2018 was 0.26%; in Papua it was nearly ten times higher at 2.3%, and almost all new infections occurred through heterosexual transmission. Being a predominantly Muslim country, male circumcision (MC) is n…

  • HIV knowledge, self-perception of HIV risk, and sexual risk behaviors among male Tajik labor migrants who inject drugs in Moscow

    Open AccessCasey Morgan Luc, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    HIV prevention programing for male Tajik MWID must go beyond solely educating about factors associated with HIV transmission to include increased awareness of personal risk based on engaging in these behaviors. Additionally, psychological services to counter depression and police-enacted stigma are needed

  • Late‐Life Sexuality

    Open AccessJudith A Levy, Judith Levy et al.OTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2023

    The failure of scientists to define what they mean by “sexuality,” “sexual behavior,” or “late life” when designing studies or publishing their results complicates attempts to compare research findings within older age groups and across societies and sociocultural environments. Still, research across the globe confirms that sex and sexuality are a normal and valued part of human existence at any age and that many older persons remain sexually act…

  • HIV and Hepatitis C Risk among Tajik Migrant Workers Who Inject Drugs in Moscow

    Open AccessMary Ellen Mackesy‐amiti, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia continues to grow with most infections occurring in high-risk groups including people who inject drugs and their sexual partners. Labor migrants from this region who inject drugs while in Russia are at especially high HIV risk. Male Tajik migrant workers who inject drugs in Moscow (N = 420) were interviewed prior to a randomized trial of the Migrants' Approached Se…

  • Partner and Relationship Characteristics Determining Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Living with HIV in Ruili, China

    Open AccessYi Li, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

  • Sleep disturbance, associated symptoms, and quality of life in adults living with HIV in Jakarta, Indonesia

    Hening Pujasari, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    < 0.05). After adjusting for sex, education, drug-use severity, and ART adherence, QoL was negatively associated with fatigue, insomnia, and pharmacological treatment with methadone. Along with other known symptoms of HIV, sleep problems and their complications are important to clinically address and research more fully to assure satisfying QoL among PLWH

  • A Network-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Tajik Migrant Workers Who Inject Drugs

    Open AccessJudith A Levy, Mary Ellen Mackesy‐amiti et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Gaining a “normal life”

    Sri Yona, Rita Ismail et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2019

    The number of female injection drug users in Indonesia is rapidly increasing. This study explores the experiences of women living with HIV in recovery from heroin injection. Using a ground theory approach, 22 women former drug users in Jakarta participated in this study. Six themes emerged: the challenges of quitting, the role of self-motivation, the utility of methadone treatment, the importance of partner and family support, the transformation …

  • Virological Non-suppression and Its Correlates Among Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV in Southern Malawi

    Open AccessEric Umar, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • The Influence of Medication Attitudes on Utilization of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Indonesian Prisons

    Open AccessGabriel J Culbert, Alexander R Bazazi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2015

  • HIV-related symptoms and patient clusters among Chileans living with HIV

    Alejandra-Ximena Araya, A X Araya et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    Identifying both Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related and co-morbid symptoms experienced by people living with HIV (PLWH) who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment is a major challenge for healthcare providers globally. Yet, little research to date has examined the symptoms of illness experienced by PLWH including patients living in Central and South American. To address this gap, this study was designed to identify symptoms …

  • Sex work venue and condom use among female sex workers in Senggigi, Indonesia

    Iko Safika, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2013

    This paper examines the structural influence of sex work venues on condom use among female sex workers in the Senggigi area of Lombok, Indonesia. A cross-sectional design employing ethnographic observation, structured interviews and hierarchical linear modelling was used to examine condom use among female sex workers who solicited clients at three types of sex work venues: (1) freelance locations, (2) brothels and (3) entertainment places (karaok…

  • Mano a Mano-Mujer

    Rosina Cianelli, Lilian Ferrer et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2012

    The impact of a professionally facilitated peer group intervention for HIV prevention among 400 low-income Chilean women was examined using a quasiexperimental design. At 3 months postintervention, the intervention group had higher HIV-related knowledge, more positive attitudes toward people living with HIV, fewer perceived condom use barriers, greater self- efficacy, higher HIV reduction behavioral intentions, more communication with partners ab…

  • A venue analysis of predictors of alcohol use prior to sexual intercourse among female sex workers in Senggigi, Indonesia

    Open AccessIko Safika, Timothy P Johnson et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2011

  • Crossing Over

    Open AccessChyvette T Williams, Wei Liu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010

  • Association of educational attainment with HIV risk in African American active injection drug users

    Memoona Hasnain, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2007

    This study explored the association between educational attainment and HIV/AIDS risk among African American active injection drug users (IDUs) in Chicago, US. Using snowball sampling techniques, 813 African American active IDUs were recruited for semi-structured interviewing and HIV counseling, testing and partner notification. Logistic regression examined the relationship between level of education attained (three categories: less than high scho…

  • Late‐Life Sexuality

    Open AccessJudith A LevyOTHERThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of…2007

    Considerable ambiguity surrounds both scientific and popular attempts to define the term “late‐life sexuality.” Agreement as to when “late life” begins increasingly has moved upward over the last century with the lengthening of the average life course in most industrial societies. Meanwhile, the term “sexuality” has come to connote a wide variety of human sociobiological responses that range from varying levels of social attraction or physiologic…

  • Acceptability of Male Circumcision for Prevention of HIV Infection in Malawi

    Open AccessRebecca Chikondi Ngalande, Judith A Levy et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2006

  • Influence of religiosity on HIV risk behaviors in active injection drug users

    Memoona Hasnain, J M Sinacore et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2005

    Previous studies have shown a positive relationship between religiosity and the practice or adoption of protective health behaviors, including reduction of illicit drug use among hard-core injecting drug users (IDUs). The purpose of this study was to examine the role of religiosity in predicting HIV high-risk drug and sexual practices among a sample of IDUs in Chicago, USA. We hypothesized that high religiosity would be associated with a lower li…

  • The drug career of the older injector

    Judith A Levy, Tammy L Anderson et al.ARTICLEAddiction Research & Theory2005

    Drug theorists have used the concept of a "career" to understand why some individuals enter and become deeply entrenched in a life organized around illicit drug-use. Previously career analyses have focussed on the lives and activities of chronic users at youth and middle age. We extend this work by examining the drug careers of life-long drug injectors (injection drug users, IDUs) of age 50 and more. Based on in-depth interviews with 40 active in…

  • Assessing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk Among Older Urban Adults

    Kim E Radda, Kim Radda et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2003

    Community-based research brings together researchers and community members as partners to conduct research of mutual concern. This article describes the components necessary to implement a successful research partnership, taking as an example a study of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk among residents of senior housing sites in two North American cities. The article describes important aspects of building and sustaining partnerships, the m…

  • Holding the Check Hostage

    Open AccessCharles P Gallmeier, Judith A LevyARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Ethnography1998References: 15

    This article examines how the institutional, the informal, and the underground economy converge within the representative payee system, a federal program designed to provide needed income to poor, inner-city residents. Data from participant observation and unstructured interviews reveal how supplemental security income (SSI) entitlements help fuel the inner-city economy in two major ways: (1) through intended payments to individuals defined by th…