Idia B Thurston

Biographic Data

ID205649
NAMEIdia B Thurston
GIVEN NAMESIdia B
FAMILY NAMEThurston
SIGNATURETHURSTON I B
AFFILIATIONSNortheastern University
ORCID0000-0003-2484-2985
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT27
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • A Narrative Review on Advancing Racial Diversity in the Academic Health Sciences

    Open AccessMichelle Cheng, Christian Herrera et al.ARTICLERace and Social Problems2026References: 4

  • Building capacity for HIV and implementation science among students in the United States

    Open AccessUcheoma Nwaozuru, Joseph D Tucker et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Expanding HIV research capacity among the global majority (individuals identifying as Black/African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, Multiracial, and Hispanic/Latino) is important. However, achieving national goals to increase the pool of implementation science and HIV early-stage investigators from underrepresented backgrounds remains elusive, largely due to limited inves…

  • Stimulating training and access to HIV research experiences (STAR program)

    Open AccessJuliet Iwelunmor, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: HIV is more common among underrepresented minority adolescents and young adults (AYA, 13-24 years old) in the United States. Low uptake of HIV prevention services suggests a missed opportunity for implementing evidence-based interventions such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and sexually transmitted infection testing among this important population. Most research institutions in the United States also have limited opportunities for…

  • A Learning Assessment to Increase Diversity in Academic Health Sciences

    Open AccessMargarita Alegria, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2024

    In this study, 13 meaningful strategies emerged across the survey, in-depth interviews, and scoping review. Through triangulation of findings, recommendations of actionable steps were made

  • Gender and race disparities in the evaluation of Covid-19 impact statements for tenure and promotion candidates

    R B Ward, Rebecca A Krukowski et al.ARTICLEStudies in Higher Education2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted research productivity for many faculty members. As a result, many US universities began asking promotion and tenure candidates to create COVID-19 impact statements in hopes of mitigating the negative impact of these disruptions on tenure decisions. However, little is known about how such impact statements might be evaluated by promotion and tenure committees. This study examined whether such statements might be eva…

  • Multisystemic Resilience and Anxious-Depressed Symptoms in Black Youth Exposed to Maternal Syndemics

    Open AccessDanielle Porter, Danielle V Porter et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2024

  • A decolonized science requires bigger, bolder, and less incremental change

    Idia B Thurston, Masi NoorARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2024

    This commentary is written in response to Sharpe's (2024) article titled "Editor Bias and Transparency in Psychology's Open Science Era." The article clearly describes the conversation on bias, transparency, and editor accountability occurring in the field of psychology in recent years. However, in this era of public accountability, where there is a groundswell seeking a more decolonized science, we use the commentary to discuss how the article c…

  • Spirituality and Religiosity Profiles among Diverse Young Adults

    Caroline C Kaufman, Kristoffer S Berlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Spirituality in Mental…2023

    This study explored how patterns of spirituality/religiosity relate to meaning-making among 199 racially diverse young adults (74.5% non-Hispanic Black, 65.1% Christian, and 49% female). Participants completed measures of demographics, spirituality/religiosity, and meaning-making. Latent profile analysis revealed four profiles: “Average Spirituality/Religiosity, Higher Negative Religious Coping Class (AHNR),” “High Religiosity, Mixed Spirituality…

  • How psychologists can help achieve equity in health care—advancing innovative partnerships and models of care delivery

    Idia B Thurston, Margarita Alegria et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2023Cited by: 1

    For as long as the United States has been a country, the distribution of good health has been unequal. In this special issue, we consider what psychology can do to understand and ameliorate these inequalities. The introduction sets the context for why psychologists are well positioned, well trained, and needed to champion health equity via innovative partnerships and models of care delivery. A guide is provided for engaging and maintaining a heal…

  • Demographic factors, personal life experiences, and types of intimate partner violence

    Taylor R Napier, Kathryn H Howell et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021

    Results suggest that interventions should target mutable demographic factors and screen for personal life events to reduce IPV frequency and revictimization across types of IPV. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Adolescent Engagement in a Binge-Eating Behavioral Health Intervention

    Open AccessRebecca C Kamody, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    Traditional weight management approaches focused solely on weight loss as a measure of success may lead youth to internalize negative beliefs about their appearance, and feel they have little control over their health. We examined how perceptions of appearance and health-related locus of control (HRLOC) influenced engagement and outcomes in a behavioral health intervention for binge eating. Thirty adolescents aged 14-18 years completed measures o…

  • Upending racism in psychological science

    N T Buchanan, Marisol Pérez et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2021

    As efforts to end systemic racism gain momentum across various contexts, it is critical to consider antiracist steps needed to improve psychological science. Current scientific practices may serve to maintain white supremacy with significant and impactful consequences. Extant research practices reinforce norms of homogeneity within BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color) populations, segregate theories, and methods derived from BIPOC…

  • Associations between spirituality and mental health in women exposed to adversity

    Caroline C Kaufman, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Religion and…2020

    Urban women of color are at risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Both IPV and HIV are individually associated with negative psychological outcomes and spirituality has sometimes been linked to positive outcomes in the context of these adversities. Guided by syndemic theory, 155 women who were exposed to recent IPV and/or were living with HIV were interviewed for the present study. Women were…

  • An Exploration of U.S. Southern Faith Leaders’ Perspectives of HIV Prevention, Sexuality, and Sexual Health Teachings

    Open AccessLindsey Sizemore, T W Powell et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Reducing human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) racial/ethnic disparities in the Deep South has been a critical objective of the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy. This finding, originally published in 2010 by the Office of National AIDS Policy, serves as a complement to the Health and Human Resources and Services Administration's Ending the HIV Epidemic (EtHE): A Plan for America. The EtHE plan, release…

  • Associations between Profiles of Maternal Strengths and Positive Parenting Practices among Mothers Experiencing Adversity

    Kristina M Decker, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEParenting2020References: 12

    SYNOPSISObjective. Few studies have explored associations between strength-based factors and positive parenting among mothers experiencing adversity. Adopting a person-centered statistical approach, we examined how patterns of maternal strengths relate to positive parenting practices. Design. Participants were 188 female primary caregivers (71% African American) who experienced intimate partner violence and/or were living with HIV. Women were rec…

  • Spirituality and Parenting among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

    Open AccessCaroline C Kaufman, Kathryn H Howell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Cited by: 1References: 2

  • The role of multiracial identity integration in the relation between racial discrimination and depression in multiracial young adults

    Open AccessLaura Reid Marks, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEProfessional Psychology Research…2020Cited by: 6

  • The protective roles of ethnic identity and community cohesion on substance use among Black women experiencing adversity

    Courtney Maclin-Akinyemi, Idia B Thurston et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2019

    This study employs a strengths-based approach to explore associations of ethnic identity and community cohesion with substance use among Black women experiencing adversity. Black women ( N = 107; M age = 34.2, SD = 7.7) completed interviews about their sociodemographics, HIV status, intimate partner violence exposure, ethnic identity, community connectedness, and substance use. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to examine associati…

  • From conversion toward affirmation

    Tracy N Hipp, Kayla R Gore et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2019

    Conversion efforts constitute any attempt to align an individual's behavior or identity with cisgender and heterosexual norms. The majority of empirical literature on conversion efforts focuses on the experiences of White cisgender gay men. Drawing on a review of the literature, archives, and interviews with local community leaders and stakeholders, this article highlights a broader set of conversion strategies targeted toward Black transgender i…

  • The Differential Effects of Perceived Social Support on Adolescent Hope

    Open AccessCaché M Archer, Xu Jiang et al.ARTICLEChild Indicators Research2019Cited by: 4References: 15

  • Childhood Exposure to Partner Violence as a Moderator of Current Partner Violence and Negative Parenting

    Open AccessAmanda J Hasselle, Kathryn H Howell et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2019Cited by: 2References: 9

    This study examined the interactive effect of mothers' exposure to caregiver intimate partner violence (IPV) during childhood and the amount of violence experienced with a current partner on negative parenting practices. Mothers ( N = 119) were recruited from community sites serving individuals experiencing IPV. Findings indicated that the following childhood IPV exposure variables moderated the association between current IPV severity and negati…

  • Resilience as a moderator between syndemics and depression in mothers living with HIV

    Idia B Thurston, Kathryn H Howell et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Physical and emotional adversities in mothers have rippling effects across the family system. While an association between individual maternal adversities and problematic mental health outcomes has been established, less is known about co-existing adversities in mothers. Consistent with the syndemic conceptual framework, we examined the co-occurrence of Substance Abuse, Violence, and AIDS/HIV (i.e., SAVA), which are three adversities that uniquel…

  • Condom Carnival

    Mollie B Anderson, Theresa M Okwumabua et al.ARTICLESex Education2017

    Young people who engage in unprotected sex are at risk of negative consequences. The current study explored pre-post assessment data from 124, mostly Black, young people (M age = 19.6, SD = 2.8) attending an educational and vocational training programme who participated in the Condom Carnival, a novel, brief, interactive, peer-led, culturally tailored, sexual risk reduction group intervention. Condom Carnival activities provided practice negotiat…

  • Qualitative Comparison of Barriers to Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Perinatally and Behaviorally HIV-Infected Youth

    Open AccessErrol L Fields, Laura M Bogart et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2017Cited by: 4References: 45

    Medication adherence among youth living with HIV (28%-69%) is often insufficient for viral suppression. The psychosocial context of adherence barriers is complex. We sought to qualitatively understand adherence barriers among behaviorally infected and perinatally infected youth and develop an intervention specific to their needs. We conducted in-depth interviews with 30 youth living with HIV (aged 14-24 years) and analyzed transcripts using the c…

  • Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, and Nutritional Risk Profiles and Relations to Body Mass Index, Obesity, and Overweight in Eighth Grade

    Kristoffer S Berlin, Rebecca C Kamody et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Medicine2015

    The objective of this article was to determine (1) the existence of individually varying patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and nutrition intake risk; and (2) how these risk-patterns relate to youth's demographics, Body mass index (BMI) and psychosocial functioning. Participants (N = 9,304) from the 2007 8th Grade Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Cohort completed the revised Self-Description Questionnaire II. Age, sex, height, a…