Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong

Biographic Data

ID151993
NAMEGloria Aidoo-Frimpong
GIVEN NAMESGloria
FAMILY NAMEAidoo-Frimpong
SIGNATUREAIDOO-FRIMPONG G
AFFILIATIONSYale University
ORCID0000-0002-4658-2953
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR20
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Leveraging social media for youth engagement in HIV prevention

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Senam Aku Biddah et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2026

    Adolescents and young adults (AYA) in Ghana continue to experience barriers to HIV prevention, including stigma, limited awareness of HIV self-testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and insufficient access to AYA-friendly prevention services. This descriptive process evaluation examined how a 2-month, multi-platform communication strategy supported participation in the Youth-Friendly Innovation Tools for HIV Prevention in Ghana national ope…

  • Strategies to Promote HIV Self-Testing and Long-Acting Injectable PrEP Among Ghanaian Youth

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Abass Tando Abubakar et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Crowdsourcing is a participatory problem-solving approach that engages a large and diverse group of individuals to generate ideas or solutions. In HIV prevention, it provides a structured mechanism for involving youth in shaping intervention strategies. The Innovative Tools to Expand Youth-Friendly HIV Self-Testing and Long-Acting Injectable PrEP Uptake in Ghana (Y-FIT GH) National Open Call applied this method to generate youth-driven ideas to p…

  • Awareness, Acceptability, and Preferences for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Modalities Among Black Women

    Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Laurenia Mangum et al.ARTICLEAIDS Education2026

    Black women experience a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency virus in the United States, yet use of pre-exposure prophylaxis remains low. This article critically reviews published research on barriers to and facilitators of pre-exposure prophylaxis acceptability among Black women and presents findings from a qualitative pilot study examining awareness and preferences for available and emerging prevention modalities. A critical revie…

  • Divergent effects of HIV and pre-exposure prophylaxis stigma on willingness to adopt preventive tools among African immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessWinfred Kofi Mensa, Winfred Kofi Mensah et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    African immigrants in the United States face disproportionately high HIV rates yet remain underrepresented in national PrEP uptake. This study examined how HIV-related and PrEP-specific stigma influence willingness to use PrEP among Ghanaian immigrants, one of the largest African immigrant groups in the U.S. A cross-sectional online survey of 764 participants recruited via WhatsApp between June and July 2021 collected sociodemographic data, valid…

  • Religiosity and Gender Norms as Determinants of HIV and PrEP Stigma among Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessAbass Tando Abubakar, Yaa Adutwumwaa Obeng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2026

    Beyond biomedical advances, sociocultural forces such as stigma, religiosity, and gender norms continue to drive HIV disparities among African immigrants in the United States. Ghanaian immigrants, a growing subgroup within this population, face unique challenges in HIV prevention as stigma shapes both perceptions of HIV and the use of prevention strategies such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This study examined how religiosity and gender nor…

  • Exploring interactive stories for sexual health education among young adults in the USA

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Jannatun Nayem et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    Adolescents and young adults in the USA face significant sexual health challenges. Immigrant and refugee youth are particularly vulnerable due to barriers such as cultural silence around sex, contraception stigma, and knowledge gaps in sexual health. This pilot study explored the potential of a choose-your-own-adventure (CYOA) story intervention to address reproductive and sexual health disparities and enhance prevention engagement among immigran…

  • I Don’t Really Know Much About PrEP

    Open AccessMarissa N Robinson, Brittany M Williams et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025

    Despite HIV/AIDS disproportionately impacting Black women in the United States, HIV knowledge, awareness, and uptake of prevention efforts like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have been limited for this community. Since campus leaders can maintain the attention of Black college women for a sustained period, they are an ideal demographic for PrEP interventions. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to assess the awareness and knowledge of PrE…

  • We have our reasons”

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    To bridge the gap between awareness, knowledge, and acceptability, HIV prevention programs should address access barriers and incorporate community-derived strategies

  • Examining Experiences of Gender Identities, Roles, and Relations among Men with Same-Gender Sexual Histories

    Open AccessAmos Apreku, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2025References: 5

  • African Immigrants and the End of the HIV Epidemic in the United States

    Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, E F Koku et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025References: 30

    African immigrants in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV yet remain overlooked in public health strategies such as the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. Many reside in EHE-prioritized counties, but their categorization under the broad “Black/African American” label obscures their distinct pathways to HIV acquisition and barriers to care. We explore how African immigrants can be more effectively prioritized in the EHE…

  • Perspectives of immigrant and refugee youth in the U.S. On an interactive game for HIV prevention and sexual health

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Toluwani Adekunle et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 3

  • "I told myself, be bold and go and test"

    Open AccessGamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Despite a disproportionately high burden of HIV, GBMSM in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa often delay testing until the point of illness. However, limited studies examine factors that affect their participation in testing. We used qualitative in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) to collect insights into experiences, motivators, and barriers to HIV testing among GBMSM. Two community-based organizations used snowball and conve…

  • A qualitative description of HIV testing and healthcare experiences among trans women in Ghanaian urban slums BSGH-012

    Open AccessHenry Delali Dakpui, Osman Wumpini Shamrock et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Achieving the UNAIDS 90–90–90 targets hinges on identifying and engaging individuals with HIV in care, requiring 90% of those infected to be diagnosed, initiated on ART, and achieving viral suppression. Despite this imperative, HIV testing services as well as research in Ghana often overlook the unique experiences of transgender women in urban slums, impacting their engagement with care. Using the gender affirmative model lens, this study reports…

  • Sociodemographic correlates of late HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana

    Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, G Tong et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Timely HIV diagnosis and medical engagement are crucial for effective viral load suppression and treatment as prevention. However, significant delays persist, particularly in Africa, including Ghana. This study focused on Ghanaian men whose route of exposure to HIV was through same-gender sexual contact (MSM), a group disproportionately impacted by HIV. Using structured surveys, we investigated the sociodemographic factors associated with late HI…

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health Education in Healthcare Professional Graduate Programs

    Jacob Bleasdale, Kennethea Wilson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Homosexuality2024Cited by: 1References: 26

    Relative to cisgender heterosexual persons, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people experience greater health inequities, thereby affecting their engagement in care. One strategy to address these disparities is to educate future healthcare professionals to provide nondiscriminatory care to LGBT people. The goal of this study was to explore the perceived coverage of LGBT health education topics in graduate-level medical (MD), pharmac…

  • WhatsApp-propriate? Exploring "WhatsApp" as a Tool for Research Among Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Deanne Turner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024Cited by: 2References: 28

  • PrEP knowledge, acceptability, and implementation in Ghana

    Open AccessAkua O Gyamerah, Ezra Kinzer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could help reduce HIV incidence among cis men, trans women, and gender diverse individuals assigned male at birth who have sex with men (MSM, trans women, and GDSM) in Ghana, a group that bears a high HIV burden. Our study examined PrEP knowledge and acceptability, and barriers and facilitators to its uptake and implementation through qualitative interviews with 32 MSM, trans women, and GDSM clients living with HIV…

  • The Promise of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – Examining Awareness, Knowledge, and Willingness to use Different Modalities Among US-Based African Immigrants

    Open AccessGloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Kafuli Agbemenu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2023

  • Family Planning Research in African Immigrant and Refugee Women

    Open AccessKafuli Agbemenu, Jessica J Mencia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2022

    INTRODUCTION: African immigrants are a vulnerable population who are seldom seen in the literature, however, the scant research available reports that they experience increased challenges when making family planning decisions. A robust understanding of their specific family planning practices is imperative to providing appropriate, culturally congruent care. Considering this disparity, a scoping review was conducted to synthesize empirical knowle…

  • HIV attitudes and beliefs in U.S.-based African refugee women

    Kafuli Agbemenu, Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2020Cited by: 1

    Objective: The Buffalo, New York region is one of the leading refugee resettlement areas in the country, settling 94% of African refugees in 2014. However, little is known about their health beliefs, particularly regarding sexual health and HIV. This study's purpose was to describe HIV attitudes and beliefs in a sample of African refugee women, a population that is increasingly present in the country, yet seldom represented in the literature. Des…