Bisola O Ojikutu
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 171456 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bisola O Ojikutu |
| NOMBRES | Bisola |
| APELLIDO | O Ojikutu |
| FIRMA | OJIKUTU B O |
| AFILIACIONES | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7957-8881 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Community-engaged curriculum development using racial justice and biomedical lenses to address Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in black individuals with rheumatologic conditions
Despite the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in reducing mortality and illness severity, racial inequities in vaccination uptake persist. Among individuals with rheumatologic conditions who are often immunocompromised, the impact of disparities in preventive care threatens to widen existing inequities in adverse outcomes related to COVID-19 infection. There exists an urgent need to develop interventions that reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and …
Community Engagement in Long Covid
BACKGROUND: In 2021, the National Institutes of Health launched a multi-centre observational study on long Covid: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER). Six Boston academic medical centres joined community partners to become the Boston COVID Recovery Cohort (BCRC), a consortium of RECOVER sites. Our consortium developed a community engagement model, and this manuscript shares lessons and recommendations. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: The BCR…
Evaluating the Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for African Immigrant Women
African-born Black women living in the US experience markedly higher rates of HIV diagnosis than their US-born counterparts, with condom use and PrEP remaining underutilized despite their effectiveness. Existing HIV prevention interventions for African-born Black women are limited in scope; some lack cultural tailoring, linguistic appropriateness, and most not do include PrEP. Using the ADAPT-ITT model, we culturally adapted two evidence-based in…
Black Women With HIV
Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder From Tent Encampment to Safe Spaces, Boston 2021–2022
Increasing numbers of individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness and substance use disorder are living in tent encampments in cities across the United States. In response, the City of Boston, Massachusetts employed a public health approach comprising four implementation components: centralized leadership with cross-agency collaboration, creation of low-threshold spaces, person-centered engagement, and stakeholder-driven long-term planning.…
Implementation of Neighborhood-Level Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Measure and Mitigate Inequities in Sars-CoV-2 Infection in Boston, Massachusetts
Starting October 2022, the Boston Public Health Commission implemented a neighborhood-level wastewater-based epidemiology program to inform strategies to reduce COVID-19 inequities. We collected samples twice weekly at 11 neighborhood sites, covering approximately 18% of Boston, Massachusetts’s population. Results from the program’s first year revealed inequities unobservable in regional wastewater data both between the City of Boston and the gre…
Need for open data on Covid-19 vaccine uptake among pregnant people in the Caribbean
Pregnant people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have a higher risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes compared with pregnant people without COVID-19. In 2021, large increases in maternal mortality were reported in Jamaica, almost half of which were attributable to COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccination has been shown to reduce these risks, but low- and middle-income countries lack free, publicly available data, known as open data, on COVID-1…
Correlates of Homonegativity Towards Men Who Have Sex With Men Among Black Individuals in the United States
This study aims to identify the factors that are associated with homonegativity toward men who have sex with men (MSM) within Black communities since the expansion of LGBTQ rights. A survey was completed in 2016 by a nationally representative sample of 868 Black respondents, 18-50 years old, via e-mail. Demographics, perception of same-gender sexual behaviors, religiosity, experienced racism, and contact with the carceral system (CS) were assesse…
Mistrust, Empowerment, and Structural Change
Intersecting Stigmas
Covid-19 Related Medical Mistrust, Health Impacts, and Potential Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Americans Living With HIV
BACKGROUND: Medical mistrust, a result of systemic racism, is prevalent among Black Americans and may play a role in COVID-19 inequities. In a convenience sample of HIV-positive Black Americans, we examined associations of COVID-19-related medical mistrust with COVID-19 vaccine and COVID-19 treatment hesitancy and negative impacts of COVID-19 on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. METHODS: Participants were 101 HIV-positive Black Americans (a…
HIV Risk-Related Behaviors and Willingness to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Black Americans with an Arrest History
Disparities in Sars-CoV-2 Vaccination-to-Infection Risk During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts
This cohort study examines the alignment of vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 risk in Massachusetts by creating and applying a vaccination-to-infection risk ratio
Association Between HIV Testing and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among US and Non-US Born Black Individuals Living in the US
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Inequalities in Covid-19 Diagnosis Rates by Area-Level Black/African American Racial Composition
Building Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines and Beyond Through Authentic Community Investment
COVID-19 vaccine development has advanced at lighting speed. Research that would normally require years has been completed in months. As a result of this unprecedented effort, two vaccine candidates, mRNA-1273 (Moderna, Cambridge, MA) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer, New York, NY), have been found to be safe and more than 90% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 shortly after vaccination. These vaccines are extremely promising and will eventually be…
HIV-Related Mistrust (or HIV Conspiracy Theories) and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Black Women in the United States
HIV-Related Medical Mistrust, HIV Testing, and HIV Risk in the National Survey on HIV in the Black Community
Black Americans are greatly affected by HIV disparities and exhibit high levels of medical mistrust, including HIV conspiracy beliefs, a form of mistrust around HIV's origin and treatment. A 2002-2003 national survey of Black Americans found that 48% believed that "HIV is a manmade virus." However, the extent to which such beliefs remain widespread is unknown. Moreover, HIV conspiracy beliefs have been associated with greater HIV risk, but have a…
Marginalized Yet Mobilized
Both African American and LGBT voters can prove pivotal in electoral outcomes, but we know little about civic participation among Black LGBT people. Although decades of research on political participation has made it almost an article of faith that members of dominant groups (such as White people and individuals of higher socioeconomic status) vote at higher rates than their less privileged counterparts, recent work has suggested that there are c…
Faith leaders’ messaging is essential to enhance HIV prevention among black Americans
Faith leaders' messaging can influence Black Americans' perceptions and uptake of HIV prevention strategies. Faith institutions and faith leaders should be involved in designing and disseminating HIV prevention strategies
Facilitators and Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use Among Black Individuals in the United States
Interdisciplinary HIV care in a changing healthcare environment in the USA
HIV remains a complex disease that requires comprehensive, coordinated care to ensure optimal outcomes. In the USA, interdisciplinary models of care have developed over time to optimize treatment outcomes. These models may be increasingly important in an era of healthcare reform in the USA. A qualitative study of nine clinical sites funded by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), the federally funded "safety net" program for uninsured and unde…
Mistrust, Empowerment, and Structural Change
Building Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines and Beyond Through Authentic Community Investment
COVID-19 vaccine development has advanced at lighting speed. Research that would normally require years has been completed in months. As a result of this unprecedented effort, two vaccine candidates, mRNA-1273 (Moderna, Cambridge, MA) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer, New York, NY), have been found to be safe and more than 90% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 shortly after vaccination. These vaccines are extremely promising and will eventually be…
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Inequalities in Covid-19 Diagnosis Rates by Area-Level Black/African American Racial Composition
Marginalized Yet Mobilized
Both African American and LGBT voters can prove pivotal in electoral outcomes, but we know little about civic participation among Black LGBT people. Although decades of research on political participation has made it almost an article of faith that members of dominant groups (such as White people and individuals of higher socioeconomic status) vote at higher rates than their less privileged counterparts, recent work has suggested that there are c…
Intersecting Stigmas
Interdisciplinary HIV care in a changing healthcare environment in the USA
HIV remains a complex disease that requires comprehensive, coordinated care to ensure optimal outcomes. In the USA, interdisciplinary models of care have developed over time to optimize treatment outcomes. These models may be increasingly important in an era of healthcare reform in the USA. A qualitative study of nine clinical sites funded by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), the federally funded "safety net" program for uninsured and unde…
Faith leaders’ messaging is essential to enhance HIV prevention among black Americans
Faith leaders' messaging can influence Black Americans' perceptions and uptake of HIV prevention strategies. Faith institutions and faith leaders should be involved in designing and disseminating HIV prevention strategies
Facilitators and Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use Among Black Individuals in the United States
HIV-Related Medical Mistrust, HIV Testing, and HIV Risk in the National Survey on HIV in the Black Community
Black Americans are greatly affected by HIV disparities and exhibit high levels of medical mistrust, including HIV conspiracy beliefs, a form of mistrust around HIV's origin and treatment. A 2002-2003 national survey of Black Americans found that 48% believed that "HIV is a manmade virus." However, the extent to which such beliefs remain widespread is unknown. Moreover, HIV conspiracy beliefs have been associated with greater HIV risk, but have a…
Marginalized Yet Mobilized
Both African American and LGBT voters can prove pivotal in electoral outcomes, but we know little about civic participation among Black LGBT people. Although decades of research on political participation has made it almost an article of faith that members of dominant groups (such as White people and individuals of higher socioeconomic status) vote at higher rates than their less privileged counterparts, recent work has suggested that there are c…
HIV-Related Mistrust (or HIV Conspiracy Theories) and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Black Women in the United States
Covid-19 Related Medical Mistrust, Health Impacts, and Potential Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Americans Living With HIV
BACKGROUND: Medical mistrust, a result of systemic racism, is prevalent among Black Americans and may play a role in COVID-19 inequities. In a convenience sample of HIV-positive Black Americans, we examined associations of COVID-19-related medical mistrust with COVID-19 vaccine and COVID-19 treatment hesitancy and negative impacts of COVID-19 on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. METHODS: Participants were 101 HIV-positive Black Americans (a…
HIV Risk-Related Behaviors and Willingness to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Black Americans with an Arrest History
Disparities in Sars-CoV-2 Vaccination-to-Infection Risk During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts
This cohort study examines the alignment of vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 risk in Massachusetts by creating and applying a vaccination-to-infection risk ratio
Association Between HIV Testing and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among US and Non-US Born Black Individuals Living in the US
Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Inequalities in Covid-19 Diagnosis Rates by Area-Level Black/African American Racial Composition
Building Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines and Beyond Through Authentic Community Investment
COVID-19 vaccine development has advanced at lighting speed. Research that would normally require years has been completed in months. As a result of this unprecedented effort, two vaccine candidates, mRNA-1273 (Moderna, Cambridge, MA) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer, New York, NY), have been found to be safe and more than 90% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 shortly after vaccination. These vaccines are extremely promising and will eventually be…
Mistrust, Empowerment, and Structural Change
Intersecting Stigmas
Need for open data on Covid-19 vaccine uptake among pregnant people in the Caribbean
Pregnant people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have a higher risk of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes compared with pregnant people without COVID-19. In 2021, large increases in maternal mortality were reported in Jamaica, almost half of which were attributable to COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccination has been shown to reduce these risks, but low- and middle-income countries lack free, publicly available data, known as open data, on COVID-1…
Correlates of Homonegativity Towards Men Who Have Sex With Men Among Black Individuals in the United States
This study aims to identify the factors that are associated with homonegativity toward men who have sex with men (MSM) within Black communities since the expansion of LGBTQ rights. A survey was completed in 2016 by a nationally representative sample of 868 Black respondents, 18-50 years old, via e-mail. Demographics, perception of same-gender sexual behaviors, religiosity, experienced racism, and contact with the carceral system (CS) were assesse…
Implementation of Neighborhood-Level Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Measure and Mitigate Inequities in Sars-CoV-2 Infection in Boston, Massachusetts
Starting October 2022, the Boston Public Health Commission implemented a neighborhood-level wastewater-based epidemiology program to inform strategies to reduce COVID-19 inequities. We collected samples twice weekly at 11 neighborhood sites, covering approximately 18% of Boston, Massachusetts’s population. Results from the program’s first year revealed inequities unobservable in regional wastewater data both between the City of Boston and the gre…
Community-engaged curriculum development using racial justice and biomedical lenses to address Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in black individuals with rheumatologic conditions
Despite the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in reducing mortality and illness severity, racial inequities in vaccination uptake persist. Among individuals with rheumatologic conditions who are often immunocompromised, the impact of disparities in preventive care threatens to widen existing inequities in adverse outcomes related to COVID-19 infection. There exists an urgent need to develop interventions that reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and …
Community Engagement in Long Covid
BACKGROUND: In 2021, the National Institutes of Health launched a multi-centre observational study on long Covid: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER). Six Boston academic medical centres joined community partners to become the Boston COVID Recovery Cohort (BCRC), a consortium of RECOVER sites. Our consortium developed a community engagement model, and this manuscript shares lessons and recommendations. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: The BCR…
Evaluating the Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for African Immigrant Women
African-born Black women living in the US experience markedly higher rates of HIV diagnosis than their US-born counterparts, with condom use and PrEP remaining underutilized despite their effectiveness. Existing HIV prevention interventions for African-born Black women are limited in scope; some lack cultural tailoring, linguistic appropriateness, and most not do include PrEP. Using the ADAPT-ITT model, we culturally adapted two evidence-based in…
Black Women With HIV
Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness and Substance Use Disorder From Tent Encampment to Safe Spaces, Boston 2021–2022
Increasing numbers of individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness and substance use disorder are living in tent encampments in cities across the United States. In response, the City of Boston, Massachusetts employed a public health approach comprising four implementation components: centralized leadership with cross-agency collaboration, creation of low-threshold spaces, person-centered engagement, and stakeholder-driven long-term planning.…
Medicine (18 obras) · Public health (13 obras) · Family medicine (11 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Nursing (9 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Environmental health (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Gerontology (7 obras)