Noelle R Leonard
Biographic Data
| ID | 264810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noelle R Leonard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noelle R |
| FAMILY NAME | Leonard |
| SIGNATURE | LEONARD N R |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6498-3577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring behavioral intervention components for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV with non-suppressed HIV viral load in the United States
The present study advances research on interventions for African American/Black and Latino PLWH, who experience complex barriers to engagement along the HIV care continuum. Future study of the components is warranted to address racial/ethnic health inequities in HIV
Effects of Behavioral Intervention Components for African American/Black and Latino Persons Living with HIV with Non-suppressed Viral Load Levels
Advancing behavioral interventions for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV using a new conceptual model that integrates critical race theory, harm reduction, and self-determinati…
The new conceptual model emphasizes the salience of systemic/structural and social factors that drive health behavior and the resultant interventions foster trust, self-reflection, engagement, and behavior change. The model has potential to enhance intervention acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness with African American/Black and Latino PLWH
African American/Black and Latino Adults with Detectable HIV Viral Load Evidence Substantial Risk for Polysubstance Substance Use and Co-occurring Problems
“No brokers to move out of here”
Homelessness in the United States has been increasing at an exponential rate over the past three decades, and the US has not experienced the current level of homelessness since the Great Depression of the 1930's. With this rise in homelessness has come an increase in the number of rules, regulations, and strict and punitive policies within shelters. Given the historic levels of homelessness nationally and increased bureaucracy, this paper aims to…
Stopping, starting, and sustaining HIV antiretroviral therapy
The field focuses substantially on ART adherence, but greater attention to reducing the frequency of ART non-persistence is needed, along with creating social/structural conditions favorable for sustained ART
Black and Latino Persons Living with HIV Evidence Risk and Resilience in the Context of Covid-19
Using an Intersectional Framework to Understand the Challenges of Adopting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Young Adult Black Women
Understanding long-term HIV survivorship among African American/Black and Latinx persons living with HIV in the United States
Symbolic violence is a useful framework for understanding long-term HIV management and survivorship among AABL PLWH from low-SES backgrounds. Indeed, forms of symbolic violence are internalized over time (e.g., experiencing devaluation, dehumanization, loss of self-worth, and anticipated stigma), thereby impeding successful HIV management, in part because avoiding HIV care and discontinuing HIV medications are primary coping strategies. Results h…
Like I Have No Choice”
It is estimated that one in six Black and Latino adult persons living with HIV (PLWH) spend time in correctional institutions each year. Yet after release, PLWH of color evidence poor HIV health outcomes across the HIV care continuum. This study, guided by an ecological approach and Critical Race Theory, sought to understand the lived experiences of socioeconomically disadvantaged PLWH of color who received an HIV diagnosis and/or medical care wh…
Doing battle with “the monster”
In the context of economic and social inequality, HIV stigma operates on multiple, intersecting layers. IR-HRA struggle with an aversion to HIV testing, because adopting another stigmatized status is dangerous. They also find ways to manage stigma to engage in testing, even if not at recommended levels. Findings highlight strategies to reduce HIV stigma at the levels of communities, institutions, and individuals to improve rates of annual HIV tes…
Critical race theory as a tool for understanding poor engagement along the HIV care continuum among African American/Black and Hispanic persons living with HIV in the United States
Critical race theory proved useful in uncovering how macro-level structural racism affects individual-level health decisions and behaviors. HIV clinical settings can counter-balance the effects of structural racism by building "structural competency," and interventions fostering core self-determination needs including autonomy may prove culturally appropriate and beneficial for AABH-PLWH
Using the multiphase optimization strategy (Most) to optimize an HIV care continuum intervention for vulnerable populations
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02801747 , Registered June 8, 2016
Understanding organizations for runaway and homeless youth
Strategies to uncover undiagnosed HIV infection among heterosexuals at high risk and link them to HIV care with high retention
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01607541, Registered May 23, 2012
Hybrid STTR intervention for heterosexuals using anonymous HIV testing and confidential linkage to care
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02421159 , Registered April 15, 2015
Behavioral Intervention Improves Treatment Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Individuals Who Have Delayed, Declined, or Discontinued Antiretroviral Therapy
ACT2 Peer-Driven Intervention Increases Enrollment into HIV/Aids Medical Studies Among African Americans/Blacks and Hispanics
Predictors of Screening for Aids Clinical Trials Among African-Americans and Latino/Hispanics Enrolled in an Efficacious Peer-Driven Intervention
The Effect of Peer-Driven Intervention on Rates of Screening for Aids Clinical Trials Among African Americans and Hispanics
Objectives. We examined the efficacy of a peer-driven intervention to increase rates of screening for AIDS clinical trials among African Americans and Hispanics living with HIV/AIDS. Methods. We used a randomized controlled trial design to examine the efficacy of peer-driven intervention (6 hours of structured sessions and the opportunity to educate 3 peers) compared with a time-matched control intervention. Participants were recruited using resp…
An Exploratory Behavioral Intervention Trial to Improve Rates of Screening for Aids Clinical Trials Among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Female Persons Living with HIV/Aids
Behavioral interventions for HIV infected and uninfected mothers with problem drinking
This article evaluates the efficacy of a 14-session social-cognitive behavioral intervention on problem drinking (and where applicable, drug use) among urban HIV-infected and uninfected mothers, in comparison to a single-session social/motivational intervention, and explores the relationships of initial substance use problem severity and HIV status to efficacy. A randomized controlled trial design was used. Participants (N = 118) were mothers wit…
Measuring Women's Quality of Life
This paper reports our experiences with the application of a number of alternative approaches to a study of women's economic circumstances and quality of life in a typical western city. The important work of, especially, Martha Nussbaum on the capabilities approach to evaluations of “quality of life” has highlighted pitfalls associated with the use of a narrow informational base in studies of women's lives and has emphasized the value of qualitat…
Gender differences in attitudes toward Aids clinical trials among urban HIV-infected individuals from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds
Racial/ethnic minorities and women are under-represented in AIDS clinical trials (ACTs). We examined gender differences in willingness to participate in ACTs among urban HIV-infected individuals (N = 286). Sixty percent of participants were male, and most were from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds (55% African-American, 34% Latino/Hispanic, 11% White/other). Knowledge of ACTs was poor. Males and females did not differ substantially in their dis…
Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City
Using an Intersectional Framework to Understand the Challenges of Adopting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Young Adult Black Women
Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City
Understanding organizations for runaway and homeless youth
I Thought There Was No Hope for Me
In this article, the authors evaluate the effects of a behavioral intervention for mothers with problem drinking who were infected with, or at risk for, HIV. They randomly selected 25 mothers from a larger longitudinal randomized controlled intervention trial for a qualitative interview. The authors found that mothers' participation in the program was facilitated by the development of a strong therapeutic alliance with the intervention facilitato…
Gender differences in attitudes toward Aids clinical trials among urban HIV-infected individuals from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds
Racial/ethnic minorities and women are under-represented in AIDS clinical trials (ACTs). We examined gender differences in willingness to participate in ACTs among urban HIV-infected individuals (N = 286). Sixty percent of participants were male, and most were from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds (55% African-American, 34% Latino/Hispanic, 11% White/other). Knowledge of ACTs was poor. Males and females did not differ substantially in their dis…
Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City
I Thought There Was No Hope for Me
In this article, the authors evaluate the effects of a behavioral intervention for mothers with problem drinking who were infected with, or at risk for, HIV. They randomly selected 25 mothers from a larger longitudinal randomized controlled intervention trial for a qualitative interview. The authors found that mothers' participation in the program was facilitated by the development of a strong therapeutic alliance with the intervention facilitato…
Behavioral interventions for HIV infected and uninfected mothers with problem drinking
This article evaluates the efficacy of a 14-session social-cognitive behavioral intervention on problem drinking (and where applicable, drug use) among urban HIV-infected and uninfected mothers, in comparison to a single-session social/motivational intervention, and explores the relationships of initial substance use problem severity and HIV status to efficacy. A randomized controlled trial design was used. Participants (N = 118) were mothers wit…
Measuring Women's Quality of Life
This paper reports our experiences with the application of a number of alternative approaches to a study of women's economic circumstances and quality of life in a typical western city. The important work of, especially, Martha Nussbaum on the capabilities approach to evaluations of “quality of life” has highlighted pitfalls associated with the use of a narrow informational base in studies of women's lives and has emphasized the value of qualitat…
An Exploratory Behavioral Intervention Trial to Improve Rates of Screening for Aids Clinical Trials Among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Female Persons Living with HIV/Aids
The Effect of Peer-Driven Intervention on Rates of Screening for Aids Clinical Trials Among African Americans and Hispanics
Objectives. We examined the efficacy of a peer-driven intervention to increase rates of screening for AIDS clinical trials among African Americans and Hispanics living with HIV/AIDS. Methods. We used a randomized controlled trial design to examine the efficacy of peer-driven intervention (6 hours of structured sessions and the opportunity to educate 3 peers) compared with a time-matched control intervention. Participants were recruited using resp…
Predictors of Screening for Aids Clinical Trials Among African-Americans and Latino/Hispanics Enrolled in an Efficacious Peer-Driven Intervention
ACT2 Peer-Driven Intervention Increases Enrollment into HIV/Aids Medical Studies Among African Americans/Blacks and Hispanics
Strategies to uncover undiagnosed HIV infection among heterosexuals at high risk and link them to HIV care with high retention
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01607541, Registered May 23, 2012
Hybrid STTR intervention for heterosexuals using anonymous HIV testing and confidential linkage to care
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02421159 , Registered April 15, 2015
Behavioral Intervention Improves Treatment Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Individuals Who Have Delayed, Declined, or Discontinued Antiretroviral Therapy
Critical race theory as a tool for understanding poor engagement along the HIV care continuum among African American/Black and Hispanic persons living with HIV in the United States
Critical race theory proved useful in uncovering how macro-level structural racism affects individual-level health decisions and behaviors. HIV clinical settings can counter-balance the effects of structural racism by building "structural competency," and interventions fostering core self-determination needs including autonomy may prove culturally appropriate and beneficial for AABH-PLWH
Using the multiphase optimization strategy (Most) to optimize an HIV care continuum intervention for vulnerable populations
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02801747 , Registered June 8, 2016
Understanding organizations for runaway and homeless youth
Doing battle with “the monster”
In the context of economic and social inequality, HIV stigma operates on multiple, intersecting layers. IR-HRA struggle with an aversion to HIV testing, because adopting another stigmatized status is dangerous. They also find ways to manage stigma to engage in testing, even if not at recommended levels. Findings highlight strategies to reduce HIV stigma at the levels of communities, institutions, and individuals to improve rates of annual HIV tes…
Like I Have No Choice”
It is estimated that one in six Black and Latino adult persons living with HIV (PLWH) spend time in correctional institutions each year. Yet after release, PLWH of color evidence poor HIV health outcomes across the HIV care continuum. This study, guided by an ecological approach and Critical Race Theory, sought to understand the lived experiences of socioeconomically disadvantaged PLWH of color who received an HIV diagnosis and/or medical care wh…
Understanding long-term HIV survivorship among African American/Black and Latinx persons living with HIV in the United States
Symbolic violence is a useful framework for understanding long-term HIV management and survivorship among AABL PLWH from low-SES backgrounds. Indeed, forms of symbolic violence are internalized over time (e.g., experiencing devaluation, dehumanization, loss of self-worth, and anticipated stigma), thereby impeding successful HIV management, in part because avoiding HIV care and discontinuing HIV medications are primary coping strategies. Results h…
African American/Black and Latino Adults with Detectable HIV Viral Load Evidence Substantial Risk for Polysubstance Substance Use and Co-occurring Problems
“No brokers to move out of here”
Homelessness in the United States has been increasing at an exponential rate over the past three decades, and the US has not experienced the current level of homelessness since the Great Depression of the 1930's. With this rise in homelessness has come an increase in the number of rules, regulations, and strict and punitive policies within shelters. Given the historic levels of homelessness nationally and increased bureaucracy, this paper aims to…
Stopping, starting, and sustaining HIV antiretroviral therapy
The field focuses substantially on ART adherence, but greater attention to reducing the frequency of ART non-persistence is needed, along with creating social/structural conditions favorable for sustained ART
Black and Latino Persons Living with HIV Evidence Risk and Resilience in the Context of Covid-19
Using an Intersectional Framework to Understand the Challenges of Adopting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Young Adult Black Women
Advancing behavioral interventions for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV using a new conceptual model that integrates critical race theory, harm reduction, and self-determinati…
The new conceptual model emphasizes the salience of systemic/structural and social factors that drive health behavior and the resultant interventions foster trust, self-reflection, engagement, and behavior change. The model has potential to enhance intervention acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness with African American/Black and Latino PLWH
Exploring behavioral intervention components for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV with non-suppressed HIV viral load in the United States
The present study advances research on interventions for African American/Black and Latino PLWH, who experience complex barriers to engagement along the HIV care continuum. Future study of the components is warranted to address racial/ethnic health inequities in HIV
Medicine (23 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (21 works) · Psychiatry (18 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Public health (16 works) · Gerontology (15 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (14 works) · Nursing (14 works) · Family medicine (12 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (12 works)