Michelle R Kaufman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 221915 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Michelle R Kaufman |
| NOMBRES | Michelle R |
| APELLIDO | Kaufman |
| FIRMA | KAUFMAN M R |
| AFILIACIONES | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1901-8676 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 107 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Exploring gender-intentional implementation of Digital Health Information for Immunization in Ethiopia
Despite growing investment in digital health for immunization, there is limited evidence on how gender is considered into design and implementation. In 2022, Ethiopia launched a Gender-intentional Digital Health Information Roadmap with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; however, the operationalization of gender strategies remains unclear. This qualitative study explored gender inclusiveness in digital health for immunization in Ethiopia,…
Enhancing digital wellbeing in Saudi Arabia
Introduction Digital media use is rising among Saudi youth, raising concerns about mental health and wellbeing. Methods This qualitative study aimed to gather perspectives from relevant stakeholders (e.g., teachers, religious leaders, community members, influencers, etc.) to inform the development of a culturally tailored intervention to improve digital wellbeing among adolescents in Saudi Arabia. Using snowball sampling, we recruited 58 stakehol…
The power of social media activism in the #YesAllWomen Movement
Social media has played a significant role in activism, with hashtags becoming a powerful tool for community organizing and raising awareness about social and political issues. Twitter, now X, supported the rise of hashtag activism. The hashtag #YesAllWomen gained widespread attention in 2014 after the murder of six women in retribution for one man’s feelings of rejection. Women used #YesAllWomen to publicly share experiences with sexism, harassm…
Missing piece
BOX WHO’s Health Inequality Data Repository, launched in 2023, aims to promote equity-oriented health policies but lacks comprehensive gender data
Trauma narratives and healing of offspring caregivers of breast cancer patients
Trauma narration of offspring caregivers, particularly in online spaces, is an underexplored, but potentially crucial area. Our study revealed the role of the OSG impact on individual emotional and behavioral experiences that could be integrated into interventions to enhance psychological treatments
Contextual adaptation of digital wellbeing interventions for young people
In today's world, the internet is seamlessly woven into every facet of our existence. This constant engagement with digital media has generated concerns about the negative effects of digital media use, especially among adolescents. These concerns have led to the development and testing of numerous digital wellbeing interventions that focus on adolescents' digital media use. However, these interventions are lacking in the Middle East and North Afr…
Stakeholder perspectives on digital wellbeing in Saudi Arabia
Findings from this diverse stakeholder sample suggest that digital well-being interventions in Saudi Arabia should prioritize youth, focusing on education-based approaches and apps for media regulation. Incorporating these perspectives can lead to culturally relevant interventions addressing the unique challenges of digital media use in Saudi Arabia. The generalizability of the findings may be limited due to sample size and potential overrepresen…
Danger of Misinformation and Science Denial
Anti‐science beliefs, including science denial and belief in pseudoscience, pose a serious risk to human societies. This introductory article presents an overview of the dangers of these anti‐science beliefs for a special issue of the Journal of Social Issues on how they impact the behavioral and social sciences. After providing a broad overview of some of the dangers of science denial and pseudoscience, we summarize the contributions of scholars…
Global LGBTQ Health
This open access textbook examines LGBTQ health through global and comparative perspectives across diverse regional and country contexts.
Drug Use-Related Discrimination in Healthcare Settings and Subsequent Emergency Department Utilization in a Prospective Cohort Study of People With a History of Injection Drug Use
BACKGROUND: People with a history of injection drug use face discrimination in healthcare settings that may impede their use of routine care, leading to greater reliance on the emergency department (ED) for addressing health concerns. The relationship between discrimination in healthcare settings and subsequent ED utilization has not been established in this population. METHODS: This analysis used longitudinal data collected between January 2014 …
First-hand accounts of structural stigma toward people who use opioids on Reddit
Developing digital tools for health surveys in low- and middle-income countries
Non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factor data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are inadequate, mostly due to the cost and burden of collecting in-person population-level estimates. High-income countries regularly use phone-based surveys, and with increasing mobile phone subscription in developing countries, mobile phone surveys (MPS) could complement in-person surveys in LMICs. We compared the representativeness and prevalence esti…
Mental health and HIV risk differs by co-occurring structural vulnerabilities among women who sell sex
Female sex workers (FSW) experience many structural vulnerabilities (SV; e.g., violence, economic insecurity) which contribute to increased risk of HIV and mental distress. However, little research has examined how SV co-occur to shape HIV risk, and none have studied mental distress. Among FSW (n = 385) in Baltimore, Maryland, latent class analysis of five binary indicators (housing insecurity; financial dependence on others; client-perpetrated p…
Associations Between Implicit and Explicit Condom Use Measures With Condom Use Barriers
Having a sexual partner plays a major role in the relations between barriers and implicit and explicit condom use measures. The pattern of the results is discussed in relation to cognitive and social factors
The role of men in antenatal care and preventing HIV transmission from mothers to infants in Gambella region, Ethiopia
Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV has evolved over the past two decades. Although public health agencies advocate for male involvement in such interventions, their role in the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV remains limited. This study aims to explore the role of men in antenatal care and prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. The study was conducted among the Nuer and Anuak communities …
Mentoring in the Time of Covid‐19
This study explored the experiences of mentors to youth during the early months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The study aims were to examine (1) the role of the pandemic on mentor–mentee interactions and relationships and (2) the ways in which mentors could be supported during the health crisis to better meet youth needs. Six online focus groups were conducted with 39 mentors. Mentor participants included 26 females and 11 males (two did not disclose…
Heterosexual Marital Intention
The effects of psychological inoculation on condom use tendencies and barriers; a randomized controlled trial
OBJECTIVE: Condom use prevents the contraction of the HIV. Research shows limited effects of education on increasing condom use. Psychological inoculation (PI) has been found to be more effective in this domain, however, its mechanism is unknown. This study examined effects of PI versus education on condom use barriers and tendencies, and its relations with cognitive dissonance, using a fully automatized online system. DESIGN: The study was a ran…
The Formation and Benefits of Natural Mentoring for African American Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents
This study explored how mentoring begins and the benefits provided for African American sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) youth. Participants were mentors and mentees living in three Mid-Atlantic cities. Mentees (ages 15–21, n = 14) identified as African American; cisgender male, transgender female, or non-binary assigned male; and had sexual interest in men. Mentor participants (ages 18+, n = 13) mentored such youth. Qualitative in-depth inter…
Cigarette Smoking and Its Associations with Substance Use and HIV-Related Sexual Risks among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men
China has the largest population of male smokers globally. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at greater risk of cigarette smoking compared to the general population. Limited data are available regarding cigarette smoking and its associations with other health issues among Chinese MSM. Eligible MSM (n = 1100) were recruited from mainland China using an online national cross-sectional survey conducted in 2014-2015. Socio-demographic characteristi…
From HIV to Covid-19
From HIV to COVID-19: Focusing on and Engaging Adolescents and Young Adults During the Pandemic Stephanie M. DeLong PhD, MPH, Julie A. Denison PhD, MHS, Cui Yang PhD, MA, Allison Agwu MD, ScM, Kamila A. Alexander PhD, MPH, RN, Michelle R. Kaufman PhD, MA, and Renata Arrington-Sanders MD, MPH, ScM Affiliation Stephanie M. DeLong is with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Julie A. Denison…
The intersection of gender-based violence and risky sexual behaviour among university students in Ethiopia
Women who experience gender-based violence (GBV) are at risk for adverse sexual health outcomes, as they may be unable to fully negotiate sexual encounters. This may be especially true for females at universities in Ethiopia, where women are the minority and patriarchal norms prevail. This study explored students' experiences and faculty's perceptions of GBV and sexual risk behaviours at two Ethiopian universities. Individual interviews were cond…
Using Peer Education to Promote Psychosocial and Occupational Health and Empowerment Among Female Sex Workers in Nepal
Female sex workers (FSWs) in Nepal are vulnerable to an array of occupational risks, which may compromise their psychosocial health and ability to engage in protective behaviors. A peer education (PE) intervention designed to empower and promote the psychosocial health of FSWs was pilot tested in Kathmandu, Nepal. FSWs who were exposed to the PE intervention ( n = 96) had significantly higher scores on psychosocial health knowledge, perceived sel…
Health and academic consequences of sexual victimisation experiences among students in a university setting
The current study examines the association between multiple interpersonal violence victimization types experienced in a university setting and the consequences for each type. Students at a mid-Atlantic university ( n = 3977) completed a survey in 2015 assessing attitudes, experiences, consequences of (physical, behavioural, academic, mental), and university resources and reporting procedures for sexual assault, harassment, and intimate partner vi…
Low Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among High Risk Men in Malawi
Gender attitudes, sexual violence, and HIV/Aids risks among men and women in Cape Town, South Africa
This study examined gender attitudes and sexual violence-supportive beliefs (rape myths) in a sample of South African men and women at risk for HIV transmission. Over 40% of women and 16% of men had been sexually assaulted, and more than one in five men openly admitted to having perpetrated sexual assault. Traditional attitudes toward women's social and gender roles, as well as rape myths, were endorsed by a significant minority of both men and w…
Sex Trafficking in Nepal
There has been little systematic research on therapy, rehabilitation, and social reintegration of women formerly trafficked into prostitution. This study examines characteristics and outcomes of Nepali sex trafficking survivors. Twenty case files of survivors rehabilitated in the shelter of an antitrafficking NGO were randomly selected. All individuals in the sample suffered somatic and behavioral sequelae. Three quarters of the survivors eventua…
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
Examining Factors Co-Existing with Interpersonal Violence in Lesbian Relationships
It's Just a Fantasy for a Couple of Hours
The current ethnographic study was conducted in a nude male show bar in a small New England city. The social interaction of the dancers, patrons, and club staff was studied through participant-observation over the period of 5 months. In addition, 7 formal interviews were conducted with key setting informants. Social behavior and interaction that occurred in the setting are examined through four major themes: the interaction sbetween sex and money…
Mentoring in the Time of Covid‐19
This study explored the experiences of mentors to youth during the early months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The study aims were to examine (1) the role of the pandemic on mentor–mentee interactions and relationships and (2) the ways in which mentors could be supported during the health crisis to better meet youth needs. Six online focus groups were conducted with 39 mentors. Mentor participants included 26 females and 11 males (two did not disclose…
The Formation and Benefits of Natural Mentoring for African American Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents
This study explored how mentoring begins and the benefits provided for African American sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) youth. Participants were mentors and mentees living in three Mid-Atlantic cities. Mentees (ages 15–21, n = 14) identified as African American; cisgender male, transgender female, or non-binary assigned male; and had sexual interest in men. Mentor participants (ages 18+, n = 13) mentored such youth. Qualitative in-depth inter…
Heterosexual Marital Intention
Women’s Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Ethiopia
This study draws on a social norms framework to examine the influence of interview context-specifically the presence of other women and men-on women's reported attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ethiopia, where IPV rates are among the highest in the world. The sample (16,515 women, ages 15-49) was taken from Ethiopia's 2011 Demographic and Health Survey. Results showed the odds of women "justifying" IPV to be nearly twice as grea…
On Holiday
Sexual risk behavior is higher when people vacation as compared to when they are at home. The current study uses survey data to compare sexual risk behavior of gay men who vacation at gay resorts to those who do not. Independent predictors of vacationing at gay resorts included income level, relationship status, ever having attended a circuit party, and HIV serostatus. For men who visit resorts to meet sex partners, independent predictors include…
Using Peer Education to Promote Psychosocial and Occupational Health and Empowerment Among Female Sex Workers in Nepal
Female sex workers (FSWs) in Nepal are vulnerable to an array of occupational risks, which may compromise their psychosocial health and ability to engage in protective behaviors. A peer education (PE) intervention designed to empower and promote the psychosocial health of FSWs was pilot tested in Kathmandu, Nepal. FSWs who were exposed to the PE intervention ( n = 96) had significantly higher scores on psychosocial health knowledge, perceived sel…
They Just Whisper in Their Hearts That He's Doing a Bad Thing”
HIV prevalence among young Tanzanian women is twice that of men, and risk doubles if a partner is ten or more years older. Cross-generational sex (CGS) is typified by transactions, economic asymmetries, power differentials, and inconsistent condom use. By investigating perceptions of CGS in families, schools, and communities, this study explored the role each plays in addressing or condoning CGS and where interventions are needed. Qualitative dat…
Danger of Misinformation and Science Denial
Anti‐science beliefs, including science denial and belief in pseudoscience, pose a serious risk to human societies. This introductory article presents an overview of the dangers of these anti‐science beliefs for a special issue of the Journal of Social Issues on how they impact the behavioral and social sciences. After providing a broad overview of some of the dangers of science denial and pseudoscience, we summarize the contributions of scholars…
First-hand accounts of structural stigma toward people who use opioids on Reddit
The intersection of gender-based violence and risky sexual behaviour among university students in Ethiopia
Women who experience gender-based violence (GBV) are at risk for adverse sexual health outcomes, as they may be unable to fully negotiate sexual encounters. This may be especially true for females at universities in Ethiopia, where women are the minority and patriarchal norms prevail. This study explored students' experiences and faculty's perceptions of GBV and sexual risk behaviours at two Ethiopian universities. Individual interviews were cond…
Protect Your Loved Ones From Fataki
The Fataki campaign aired in Tanzania via radio from 2008 to 2011 to address cross-generational sex, a major driver of HIV in the region. The campaign sought to incite social disapproval of men who engage in such relationships, generate dialogue around the issue, and encourage community interventions in these relationships through social learning. Using qualitative methods, we explored campaign reactions, use of the term Fataki to describe men in…
Gender attitudes, sexual violence, and HIV/Aids risks among men and women in Cape Town, South Africa
This study examined gender attitudes and sexual violence-supportive beliefs (rape myths) in a sample of South African men and women at risk for HIV transmission. Over 40% of women and 16% of men had been sexually assaulted, and more than one in five men openly admitted to having perpetrated sexual assault. Traditional attitudes toward women's social and gender roles, as well as rape myths, were endorsed by a significant minority of both men and w…
Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa
The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. First we conducted 16 key informant interviews with m…
A Multidisciplinary, Multimethod Approach to Feminist Research
Gender attitudes, sexual power, HIV risk
The Gender Attitudes-Power-Risk (GAPR) model of HIV risk behavior was tested using survey data collected from among 309 men who were attending STI services in a primary health care clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. Results showed that negative attitudes towards women were significantly positively associated with a high level of HIV risk behavior, and that endorsement of traditional male roles was negatively associated with HIV risk behavior. End…
Sex Trafficking in Nepal
There has been little systematic research on therapy, rehabilitation, and social reintegration of women formerly trafficked into prostitution. This study examines characteristics and outcomes of Nepali sex trafficking survivors. Twenty case files of survivors rehabilitated in the shelter of an antitrafficking NGO were randomly selected. All individuals in the sample suffered somatic and behavioral sequelae. Three quarters of the survivors eventua…
Gender, Power and Resistance to Change among Two Communities in the Western Cape, South Africa
This study investigates how women and men in the Western Cape, South Africa, construct their gender identities and roles. As part of the development of an HIV prevention intervention for men, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were conducted. Several themes regarding the construction of gender were identified. First, participants reported that traditional gender relations of male dominance and female subservience were still in e…
Examining Factors Co-Existing with Interpersonal Violence in Lesbian Relationships
On Holiday
Sexual risk behavior is higher when people vacation as compared to when they are at home. The current study uses survey data to compare sexual risk behavior of gay men who vacation at gay resorts to those who do not. Independent predictors of vacationing at gay resorts included income level, relationship status, ever having attended a circuit party, and HIV serostatus. For men who visit resorts to meet sex partners, independent predictors include…
It's Just a Fantasy for a Couple of Hours
The current ethnographic study was conducted in a nude male show bar in a small New England city. The social interaction of the dancers, patrons, and club staff was studied through participant-observation over the period of 5 months. In addition, 7 formal interviews were conducted with key setting informants. Social behavior and interaction that occurred in the setting are examined through four major themes: the interaction sbetween sex and money…
Research and Activism Review
Trafficking of girls and women for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a problem worldwide, particularly in South Asia. This review focuses on Nepal-to-India sex trafficking with an examination of current anti-trafficking intervention and prevention programs. The activities of both governmental agencies and nongovernment organizations are described and critically analyzed. Suggestions for evaluating and improving interventions, and thereby redu…
Cancer registries in four provinces in Turkey
BACKGROUND: The burden of cancer affects all countries; while high-income countries have the capacity and resources to establish comprehensive cancer control programs, low and middle-income countries have limited resources to develop such programs. This paper examines factors associated with the development of cancer registries in four provinces in Turkey. It looks at the progress made by these registries, the challenges they faced, and the lesso…
Smoke-free or not
As implementation strategies for smoke-free environments are improved and more resources are focused on hospitals, China is making progress toward achieving smoke-free hospitals. Using a model program could increase the prevalence of SHS policies across China. However, relying only on survey data may not provide an accurate assessment of this progress, and more extensive evaluation efforts are useful to understand how change can and does occur
Stigma Against People with HIV/Aids in Rural Ethiopia, 2005 to 2011
Effects of the Fataki Campaign
They Just Whisper in Their Hearts That He's Doing a Bad Thing”
HIV prevalence among young Tanzanian women is twice that of men, and risk doubles if a partner is ten or more years older. Cross-generational sex (CGS) is typified by transactions, economic asymmetries, power differentials, and inconsistent condom use. By investigating perceptions of CGS in families, schools, and communities, this study explored the role each plays in addressing or condoning CGS and where interventions are needed. Qualitative dat…
Health Behavior Change Models for HIV Prevention and Aids Care
Despite increasing recent emphasis on the social and structural determinants of HIV-related behavior, empirical research and interventions lag behind, partly because of the complexity of social-structural approaches. This article provides a comprehensive and practical review of the diverse literature on multi-level approaches to HIV-related behavior change in the interest of contributing to the ongoing shift to more holistic theory, research, and…
Nature, extent and implications of belief in Kikombe cha babu and other herbal HIV cures in Tanzania
This study's objective was to describe awareness of, access to, belief in, and utilization of the healing tea Kikombe cha babu and other alternative treatments for HIV in Tanzania. Associations with HIV testing, treatment, and prevention behaviors are also explored. A survey with questions about alternative medicine was administered to a sample in Tanzania using a stratified, multistage random selection method. Adults were interviewed face-to-fac…
Using social and behavior change communication to increase HIV testing and condom use
While overall HIV prevalence in Malawi has decreased, it is still high in the southern region of the country. Behavioral prevention activities are crucial to continue the reduction in HIV prevalence. Behavior change is influenced by many factors. Previous work indicates knowledge about HIV transmission, self-efficacy to protect oneself from exposure, and accurate risk perception of one's susceptibility all impact sexual behavior. The current stud…
This is a natural process’
Menstrual stigma has been demonstrated in many societies. However, there is little research on menstrual attitudes in South Asia, despite religiously-based menstrual restrictions imposed on women. To understand menstrual stigma in this context, we conducted qualitative research with women in Nepal. Nepali Hinduism forbids menstruating women to enter a temple or kitchen, share a bed with a husband or touch a male relative. During menstruation, wom…
An assessment of HIV testing in Tanzania to inform future strategies and interventions
This study identified characteristics of Tanzanians who have never tested for HIV in order to inform localized interventions to increase HIV testing coverage and uptake. A total of 3257 randomly selected participants aged 18-49 years were surveyed in 16 Mainland regions. Those surveyed were asked about demographics, HIV risk perception, HIV testing behavior, knowledge of both their own and partner's HIV status, and if they were tested with their …
Understanding the experiences and needs of female commercial sex workers in Kathmandu, Nepal
Through this exploratory study, we sought to better understand Nepali female commercial sex workers' (FCSWs') experiences in order to inform HIV prevention and health promotion interventions for this vulnerable and hard-to-reach population. Data were collected through phenomenological interviews with eight FCSWs. Through analysis we reveal promising intervention points to enhance FCSW health, empowerment, and overall well-being. Researchers sugge…
Unveiling the silence
Rising rates of HIV in Nepal signal an impending epidemic. In order to develop culturally appropriate and effective actions and programmes to reduce HIV transmission, it is necessary to understand attitudes, behaviours and norms surrounding sexual networking and safer-sex practices in Nepal. Nepali women are thought to be at increased risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV, sexual violence and exploitation and other sexual health …
Low Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among High Risk Men in Malawi
Women’s Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Ethiopia
This study draws on a social norms framework to examine the influence of interview context-specifically the presence of other women and men-on women's reported attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ethiopia, where IPV rates are among the highest in the world. The sample (16,515 women, ages 15-49) was taken from Ethiopia's 2011 Demographic and Health Survey. Results showed the odds of women "justifying" IPV to be nearly twice as grea…
Protect Your Loved Ones From Fataki
The Fataki campaign aired in Tanzania via radio from 2008 to 2011 to address cross-generational sex, a major driver of HIV in the region. The campaign sought to incite social disapproval of men who engage in such relationships, generate dialogue around the issue, and encourage community interventions in these relationships through social learning. Using qualitative methods, we explored campaign reactions, use of the term Fataki to describe men in…
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