Sheryl Thorburn Bird
Biographic Data
| ID | 1563770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheryl Thorburn Bird |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheryl Thorburn |
| FAMILY NAME | Bird |
| SIGNATURE | BIRD S T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A conceptual model of women's condom use intentions
We developed and tested a multifaceted model of condom use intentions with cross-sectional data from 435 heterosexual women at risk for HIV/STIs. In addition to traditional intrapersonal variables drawn from established models of HIV prevention (e.g. attitudes, norms, self-efficacy), the present study examined the role of relationship factors and dynamics (i.e. relationship commitment, duration, condom use and pregnancy prevention decision-making…
Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV/Aids and Birth Control Among African Americans
In this article, we examine the potential role that conspiracy beliefs regarding HIV/AIDS (e.g., “HIV is a manmade virus”) and birth control (e.g., “The government is trying to limit the Black population by encouraging the use of condoms”) play in the prevention of HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancies among African Americans in the United States. First, we review prior research indicating that substantial percentages of African Americans e…
Health-Related Correlates of Perceived Discrimination in HIV Care
Negative interactions with health care providers can have important implications for the health and health care of HIV-positive individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of race-based and socioeconomic status (SES)-based discrimination during interactions with HIV treatment providers. We recruited 110 individuals (17% female, 51% white) living with HIV from an AIDS service organization in a midwestern city. Results indicat…
Acceptability of an existing, female-controlled contraceptive method that could potentially protect against hiv
Acceptability of the Vaginal Diaphragm Among Current Users
CONTEXT: Interest in the diaphragm has been growing, in part because it is a female-controlled method that might protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A better understanding of diaphragm acceptability is needed. METHODS: In 2001–2002, female members of a managed care organization were interviewed by telephone. The 215 participants, aged 19–49, who reported diaphragm use during the past three months were asked about t…
Association of stereotypes about physicians to health care satisfaction, help-seeking behavior, and adherence to treatment
A New Look at an Old Method
Invented in 1842 the vaginal diaphragm is one of the oldest contraceptive methods. Despite several decades of legal restrictions in the United States that slowed the methods introduction into the market the diaphragm had become the most frequently prescribed form of birth control in America by the 1930s. Currently however very few U.S. women who practice contraception use the diaphragm: In 1995 only 2% of contraceptive users aged 15-44 used the m…
Who continues using the diaphragm and who doesn't
Feeling powerful in heterosexual relationships
Previous research indicates that women can have difficulty negotiating safer sex strategies with their partners because of power imbalances in sexual decision-making. Because what makes men and women feel powerful may be culturally-specific, understanding cultural beliefs regarding feelings of power could have important implications for HIV/STI prevention. The cultural beliefs of 40 couples of Mexican origin were examined in relation to what make…
Sexual decision making and safer sex behavior among young female injection drug users and female partners of IDUs
Data from interviews with 94 young women who were injection drug users (IDUs) or partners of IDUs were analyzed to examine associations between self-reported sexual decision making and condom use, contraceptive use, and relationship characteristics. Most women (73-85%) reported participating in decisions about condom use, contraception, and when to have sex. Adjusting for potential covariates, respondents who reported participating in decisions a…
Birth Control Conspiracy Beliefs, Perceived Discrimination, and Contraception among African Americans
We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey to explore the relationship of birth control conspiracy beliefs and perceived discrimination to contraceptive attitudes and behavior among a sample of African Americans (aged 18-45) in the USA ( N = 71). Results indicated that a large percentage of respondents perceived discrimination targeted at African American women and endorsed birth control conspiracy beliefs, and that a significant proportion …
Relationship Power, Sexual Decision Making and Condom Use Among Women at Risk for HIV/STDs
This study examines the associations among relationship power, sexual decision-making dominance, and condom use within a sample of women at risk of HIV/STDs. Data from face-to-face interviews with 112 women were analyzed to (a) describe who women perceive as more powerful and who makes sexual decisions within their heterosexual relationships, (b) explore the association between relationship power and sexual decision-making dominance, and (c) exam…
Getting your partner to use condoms
Data from individual semistructured interviews with 90 young heterosexual couples were analyzed to identify strategies that men and women at risk of HIV/STDs would use to influence their partners to use condoms for the purpose of disease prevention. In addition, we explored whether participants thought influencing strategies would differ for pregnancy prevention. Content analysis of the interview data indicated that participants would use the fol…
Disease ecology and a reformist alternative
Separate black and white infant mortality models
The relationship between structural and health services variables and state-level infant mortality in the United States
OBJECTIVES. This study compared the relative strength of the associations of a set of structural (social, economic, and political) variables and a set of health services variables with state-level infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality. It also examined whether health services mediate the relationships between structural variables and state-level infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality. METHODS. With the state as the unit of analysis, …
Toward Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms have weaknesses which, to a certain extent, are compensated for by the strengths of the other. As indicated in this article, the strengths of quantitative methods are that they produce factual, reliable outcome data that are usually generalizable to some larger population. The strengths of qualitative methods are that they generate rich, detailed, valid process data that usually leave the study part…
Birth Control Conspiracy Beliefs, Perceived Discrimination, and Contraception among African Americans
We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey to explore the relationship of birth control conspiracy beliefs and perceived discrimination to contraceptive attitudes and behavior among a sample of African Americans (aged 18-45) in the USA ( N = 71). Results indicated that a large percentage of respondents perceived discrimination targeted at African American women and endorsed birth control conspiracy beliefs, and that a significant proportion …
Disease ecology and a reformist alternative
Association of stereotypes about physicians to health care satisfaction, help-seeking behavior, and adherence to treatment
Getting your partner to use condoms
Data from individual semistructured interviews with 90 young heterosexual couples were analyzed to identify strategies that men and women at risk of HIV/STDs would use to influence their partners to use condoms for the purpose of disease prevention. In addition, we explored whether participants thought influencing strategies would differ for pregnancy prevention. Content analysis of the interview data indicated that participants would use the fol…
The relationship between structural and health services variables and state-level infant mortality in the United States
OBJECTIVES. This study compared the relative strength of the associations of a set of structural (social, economic, and political) variables and a set of health services variables with state-level infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality. It also examined whether health services mediate the relationships between structural variables and state-level infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality. METHODS. With the state as the unit of analysis, …
Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV/Aids and Birth Control Among African Americans
In this article, we examine the potential role that conspiracy beliefs regarding HIV/AIDS (e.g., “HIV is a manmade virus”) and birth control (e.g., “The government is trying to limit the Black population by encouraging the use of condoms”) play in the prevention of HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancies among African Americans in the United States. First, we review prior research indicating that substantial percentages of African Americans e…
Sexual decision making and safer sex behavior among young female injection drug users and female partners of IDUs
Data from interviews with 94 young women who were injection drug users (IDUs) or partners of IDUs were analyzed to examine associations between self-reported sexual decision making and condom use, contraceptive use, and relationship characteristics. Most women (73-85%) reported participating in decisions about condom use, contraception, and when to have sex. Adjusting for potential covariates, respondents who reported participating in decisions a…
Toward Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms have weaknesses which, to a certain extent, are compensated for by the strengths of the other. As indicated in this article, the strengths of quantitative methods are that they produce factual, reliable outcome data that are usually generalizable to some larger population. The strengths of qualitative methods are that they generate rich, detailed, valid process data that usually leave the study part…
Separate black and white infant mortality models
The relationship between structural and health services variables and state-level infant mortality in the United States
OBJECTIVES. This study compared the relative strength of the associations of a set of structural (social, economic, and political) variables and a set of health services variables with state-level infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality. It also examined whether health services mediate the relationships between structural variables and state-level infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality. METHODS. With the state as the unit of analysis, …
Disease ecology and a reformist alternative
Getting your partner to use condoms
Data from individual semistructured interviews with 90 young heterosexual couples were analyzed to identify strategies that men and women at risk of HIV/STDs would use to influence their partners to use condoms for the purpose of disease prevention. In addition, we explored whether participants thought influencing strategies would differ for pregnancy prevention. Content analysis of the interview data indicated that participants would use the fol…
Relationship Power, Sexual Decision Making and Condom Use Among Women at Risk for HIV/STDs
This study examines the associations among relationship power, sexual decision-making dominance, and condom use within a sample of women at risk of HIV/STDs. Data from face-to-face interviews with 112 women were analyzed to (a) describe who women perceive as more powerful and who makes sexual decisions within their heterosexual relationships, (b) explore the association between relationship power and sexual decision-making dominance, and (c) exam…
A New Look at an Old Method
Invented in 1842 the vaginal diaphragm is one of the oldest contraceptive methods. Despite several decades of legal restrictions in the United States that slowed the methods introduction into the market the diaphragm had become the most frequently prescribed form of birth control in America by the 1930s. Currently however very few U.S. women who practice contraception use the diaphragm: In 1995 only 2% of contraceptive users aged 15-44 used the m…
Who continues using the diaphragm and who doesn't
Feeling powerful in heterosexual relationships
Previous research indicates that women can have difficulty negotiating safer sex strategies with their partners because of power imbalances in sexual decision-making. Because what makes men and women feel powerful may be culturally-specific, understanding cultural beliefs regarding feelings of power could have important implications for HIV/STI prevention. The cultural beliefs of 40 couples of Mexican origin were examined in relation to what make…
Sexual decision making and safer sex behavior among young female injection drug users and female partners of IDUs
Data from interviews with 94 young women who were injection drug users (IDUs) or partners of IDUs were analyzed to examine associations between self-reported sexual decision making and condom use, contraceptive use, and relationship characteristics. Most women (73-85%) reported participating in decisions about condom use, contraception, and when to have sex. Adjusting for potential covariates, respondents who reported participating in decisions a…
Birth Control Conspiracy Beliefs, Perceived Discrimination, and Contraception among African Americans
We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey to explore the relationship of birth control conspiracy beliefs and perceived discrimination to contraceptive attitudes and behavior among a sample of African Americans (aged 18-45) in the USA ( N = 71). Results indicated that a large percentage of respondents perceived discrimination targeted at African American women and endorsed birth control conspiracy beliefs, and that a significant proportion …
Health-Related Correlates of Perceived Discrimination in HIV Care
Negative interactions with health care providers can have important implications for the health and health care of HIV-positive individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of race-based and socioeconomic status (SES)-based discrimination during interactions with HIV treatment providers. We recruited 110 individuals (17% female, 51% white) living with HIV from an AIDS service organization in a midwestern city. Results indicat…
Acceptability of an existing, female-controlled contraceptive method that could potentially protect against hiv
Acceptability of the Vaginal Diaphragm Among Current Users
CONTEXT: Interest in the diaphragm has been growing, in part because it is a female-controlled method that might protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A better understanding of diaphragm acceptability is needed. METHODS: In 2001–2002, female members of a managed care organization were interviewed by telephone. The 215 participants, aged 19–49, who reported diaphragm use during the past three months were asked about t…
Association of stereotypes about physicians to health care satisfaction, help-seeking behavior, and adherence to treatment
Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV/Aids and Birth Control Among African Americans
In this article, we examine the potential role that conspiracy beliefs regarding HIV/AIDS (e.g., “HIV is a manmade virus”) and birth control (e.g., “The government is trying to limit the Black population by encouraging the use of condoms”) play in the prevention of HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancies among African Americans in the United States. First, we review prior research indicating that substantial percentages of African Americans e…
A conceptual model of women's condom use intentions
We developed and tested a multifaceted model of condom use intentions with cross-sectional data from 435 heterosexual women at risk for HIV/STIs. In addition to traditional intrapersonal variables drawn from established models of HIV prevention (e.g. attitudes, norms, self-efficacy), the present study examined the role of relationship factors and dynamics (i.e. relationship commitment, duration, condom use and pregnancy prevention decision-making…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (9 works) · Family medicine (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Condom (5 works)