Kara Tsukerman

Biographic Data

ID161128
NAMEKara Tsukerman
GIVEN NAMESKara
FAMILY NAMETsukerman
SIGNATURETSUKERMAN K
AFFILIATIONSGeorgia State University
ORCID0000-0002-8724-0562
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Randomized Control Trial Protocol to Evaluate an Engaged-Bystander Approach to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking

    Ginny Sprang, Annelise Mennicke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Sexual Abuse2026

    Risk factors for child sex trafficking (CST) include substance use among familial traffickers, family violence, and poverty. Our research team will develop a novel intervention and prevention program based on these risk factors to reduce CST. We describe the design and methods we will use to evaluate our county-level cluster randomized control trial (cRCT) conducted in middle schools. Research aims include testing the combined effectiveness of 1)…

  • CSTOP Now

    Open AccessAnnelise Mennicke, Michael J Brienzo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Trafficking2025

    Child sex trafficking (CST) is a worldwide public health and social justice issue. Evaluations of prevention program effectiveness have been limited by the lack of validated measures to assess CST-related constructs. We drew from theory to adapt measures of adult sex trafficking and intimate partner violence precursors or risk factors to develop measures assessing CST constructs including CST myths, self-confidence to address CST, and comfort in …

  • Association Between Emotional Intimate Partner Violence Around the Time of Pregnancy and Postpartum Contraceptive Use

    Open AccessSarah Huber‐krum, Denise V D’angelo et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2024

    This study assessed the relationships between emotional intimate partner violence (IPV) before, during, and after pregnancy and postpartum contraceptive use. We used 2016–2021 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data from seven sites ( n = 30,125). We used multivariable logistic regression to assess indicators of emotional IPV and provider counseling associated with postpartum contraceptive use. Emotional IPV 12 months before, during, and…

  • Physical Limitations, Health Rumination/Worry, and Depressive Symptoms

    Open AccessMathew D Gayman, Shanae Stover et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024References: 98

  • Youth who sleep in motels

    Kara Tsukerman, Erin Ruel et al.ARTICLEHousing and Society2021References: 10

    There is not one unifying definition of youth homelessness in the U.S. Rather, youth who are homeless are included in three separate definitions. Youth who sleep in motels are included in these definitions depending on whether they are in school, their age, and how long they are able to stay. Motel residents are not counted in the annual Point in Time counts in most cities and are excluded from literature on youth who are homeless, leaving a dear…

  • The Prevalence and Correlates of Labor and Sex Trafficking in a Community Sample of Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Metro-Atlanta

    Open AccessEric R Wright, Ana Laboy et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2021Cited by: 9References: 32

    Research suggests that runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in the United States are vulnerable to sex and labor trafficking. In this paper, we report and analyze estimates of sex and labor trafficking collected as part of the Atlanta Youth Count 2018, a community-based field survey of RHY between the ages of 14 and 25 in the metro-Atlanta area. A total of 564 participants were recruited and completed a survey that included questions about their back…