Leslie B Adams
Biographic Data
| ID | 379161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie B Adams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie B |
| FAMILY NAME | Adams |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMS L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4956-271X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Performing Strength: Racialized Masculinity in the Lived Experiences of Black Men at Risk of Suicide
Suicide rates among Black men in the United States have increased significantly in recent decades, yet limited research explores how intersecting systems of oppression contribute to this trend. This study examines how racial identity and gender norms intersect to shape suicide risk among Black men with lived experiences of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with Black adult men ( n = 15) in Maryla…
Race, gender, and childhood adversity: Gender-specific prevalence of ACE exposure among Black Americans
Objective Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are prevalent and have profound negative health impacts across the life course. This study examined childhood adversity prevalence among US non-Hispanic Black adults, with particular attention to gender specific patterns in cumulative risk, individual ACE types and associated sociodemographic factors.Design We analyzed data from Black adults aged 18 and older who completed the 2019 Behavioral Risk Fa…
Racial, ethnic, and cultural expressions of interpersonal psychological theory of suicide (RECEIPTS): An integrated model of structural racism and suicide risk
Suicide risk is a significant public health concern for individuals and communities across the United States, and the rates of suicidality are disproportionately rising for Black Americans. Recent frameworks have articulated the significance of structural racism as a mechanism that may explain the increasing rates of suicide among Black Americans, in part, through its exacerbating effects on salient risk conferring pathways. However, existing sch…
The Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and the Uptake of HIV Testing and ART Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Findings from the Haalsi Cohort Study
HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) remain critical for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, but stigma can impede access to these services. Using data from the Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI), we used a multivariable logistic regression to examine the correlation between HIV-related stigma, HIV testing and ART uptake in older adults. We used four questions to measure stigma, w…
Masculinity and Afrocentric Worldview: Assessing Risk and Protective Factors of Self-Reliance and Ubuntu on Young Black Men's Suicide Ideation
Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Appraisal, Afrocentric Cultural Norms, and Mental Health Functioning: Buffering Factors of Young Black Men's Externalizing Behavior
Achieving mental health equity in Black male suicide prevention
Despite a steady decrease in suicide rates in the United States, the rate among Black males has increased in recent decades. Moreover, suicide is now positioned as the third leading cause of death in this population, signaling a public health crisis. Enhancing the ability for future suicide prevention scholars to fully characterize and intervene on suicide risk factors is an emerging health equity priority, yet there is little empirical evidence …
Depressive symptoms and their association with age, chronic conditions and health status among middle-aged and elderly people in peri-urban Tanzania
Depressive symptoms affected almost one in three people aged over 40 years. Their prevalence differed across age groups and was moderated by chronic conditions, health status and socioeconomic factors
When Death Hits You in Your Face, You Have to Listen”: A Qualitative Investigation of Peer Bereavement Support Volunteers in Black American Communities
Efforts to support grief in Black American communities are often under-recognized despite their potential to address negative mental health outcomes in this population. The aim of the current study was to qualitatively assess the community-level influence of bereavement support programs on predominantly Black communities in Baltimore, Maryland. Five focus groups ( n = 23) were conducted with volunteers from a non-profit bereavement organization. …
The relationship between neighborhood typologies and self-rated health in Maryland: A latent class analysis
Marital experiences and depressive symptoms among older adults in rural South Africa
This paper advances the understanding of how marital transitions may influence mental health by investigating these associations among a population of rural, Black South Africans aged 40+ that was directly impacted by apartheid. Using two waves of data from 4,176 men and women in Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI), we investigated associations between marital experiences and depressiv…
Typologies of mental healthcare discrimination experiences and associations with current provider care ratings: A latent class analysis
Background: Discrimination is experienced across demographic attributes (e.g., race and gender) and vantage points (e.g., personal and vicarious), yet few studies have classified these different experiences of discrimination within healthcare systems. Moreover, which discriminatory experiences have greater influence on patient-reported quality outcomes remains poorly understood. To address these gaps, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to identi…
Perceived healthcare discrimination and well-being among older adults in the United States and Brazil
Despite well-documented evidence illustrating the relationship between discrimination and health, less is known about the influence of unfair treatment when receiving medical care. Moreover, our current knowledge of cross-national and racial variations in healthcare discrimination is limited in aging populations. This article addresses these gaps using two harmonized data sets of aging populations to clarify the relationship between healthcare di…
Community Health Worker Training Curricula and Intervention Outcomes in African American and Latinx Communities: A Systematic Review
In recent years, community health workers (CHWs) have emerged as key stakeholders in implementing community-based public health interventions in racially diverse contexts. Yet little is known about the extent to which CHW training curriculums influence intervention effectiveness in marginalized racial and ethnic minority communities. This review summarizes evidence on the relationship between CHW training curricula and intervention outcomes condu…
Refining Black men’s depression measurement using participatory approaches: A concept mapping study
Findings from this study illustrate the similar and divergent pathways in which Black men express depressed mood. Furthermore, concept mapping results also yield a novel opportunity for culturally informed scale development in future research
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
Masculinity and Race-Related Factors as Barriers to Health Help-Seeking Among African American Men
Men's tendency to delay health help-seeking is largely attributed to masculinity, but findings scarcely focus on African American men who face additional race-related, help-seeking barriers. Building principally on reactance theory, we test a hypothesized model situating racial discrimination, masculinity norms salience (MNS), everyday racism (ERD), racial identity, sense of control (SOC), and depressive symptomatology as key barriers to African …
Gender Differences in Service Utilization among OEF/OIF Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after a Brief Cognitive–Behavioral Intervention to Increase Treatment Engagement: A Mixed Methods St…
The Effect of Lighting Conditions on Personal Space Requirements
The personal space requirements of 28 American female college students were measured under both bright and dark conditions by a female experimenter using the stop-distance technique. Interpersonal closeness was found to cause significantly less discomfort under high illumination than it did in relative darkness. There was also a significant effect of angle of approach; distance requirements increased as the direction of the approach progressed fr…
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
The relationship between neighborhood typologies and self-rated health in Maryland: A latent class analysis
The Effect of Lighting Conditions on Personal Space Requirements
The personal space requirements of 28 American female college students were measured under both bright and dark conditions by a female experimenter using the stop-distance technique. Interpersonal closeness was found to cause significantly less discomfort under high illumination than it did in relative darkness. There was also a significant effect of angle of approach; distance requirements increased as the direction of the approach progressed fr…
Gender Differences in Service Utilization among OEF/OIF Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after a Brief Cognitive–Behavioral Intervention to Increase Treatment Engagement: A Mixed Methods St…
Masculinity and Race-Related Factors as Barriers to Health Help-Seeking Among African American Men
Men's tendency to delay health help-seeking is largely attributed to masculinity, but findings scarcely focus on African American men who face additional race-related, help-seeking barriers. Building principally on reactance theory, we test a hypothesized model situating racial discrimination, masculinity norms salience (MNS), everyday racism (ERD), racial identity, sense of control (SOC), and depressive symptomatology as key barriers to African …
Understanding the Role of Past Health Care Discrimination in Help-Seeking and Shared Decision-Making for Depression Treatment Preferences
As a part of a larger, mixed-methods research study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 21 adults with depressive symptoms to understand the role that past health care discrimination plays in shaping help-seeking for depression treatment and receiving preferred treatment modalities. We recruited to achieve heterogeneity of racial/ethnic backgrounds and history of health care discrimination in our participant sample. Participants were Hi…
Community Health Worker Training Curricula and Intervention Outcomes in African American and Latinx Communities: A Systematic Review
In recent years, community health workers (CHWs) have emerged as key stakeholders in implementing community-based public health interventions in racially diverse contexts. Yet little is known about the extent to which CHW training curriculums influence intervention effectiveness in marginalized racial and ethnic minority communities. This review summarizes evidence on the relationship between CHW training curricula and intervention outcomes condu…
Refining Black men’s depression measurement using participatory approaches: A concept mapping study
Findings from this study illustrate the similar and divergent pathways in which Black men express depressed mood. Furthermore, concept mapping results also yield a novel opportunity for culturally informed scale development in future research
Marital experiences and depressive symptoms among older adults in rural South Africa
This paper advances the understanding of how marital transitions may influence mental health by investigating these associations among a population of rural, Black South Africans aged 40+ that was directly impacted by apartheid. Using two waves of data from 4,176 men and women in Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI), we investigated associations between marital experiences and depressiv…
Typologies of mental healthcare discrimination experiences and associations with current provider care ratings: A latent class analysis
Background: Discrimination is experienced across demographic attributes (e.g., race and gender) and vantage points (e.g., personal and vicarious), yet few studies have classified these different experiences of discrimination within healthcare systems. Moreover, which discriminatory experiences have greater influence on patient-reported quality outcomes remains poorly understood. To address these gaps, we used latent class analysis (LCA) to identi…
Perceived healthcare discrimination and well-being among older adults in the United States and Brazil
Despite well-documented evidence illustrating the relationship between discrimination and health, less is known about the influence of unfair treatment when receiving medical care. Moreover, our current knowledge of cross-national and racial variations in healthcare discrimination is limited in aging populations. This article addresses these gaps using two harmonized data sets of aging populations to clarify the relationship between healthcare di…
Achieving mental health equity in Black male suicide prevention
Despite a steady decrease in suicide rates in the United States, the rate among Black males has increased in recent decades. Moreover, suicide is now positioned as the third leading cause of death in this population, signaling a public health crisis. Enhancing the ability for future suicide prevention scholars to fully characterize and intervene on suicide risk factors is an emerging health equity priority, yet there is little empirical evidence …
Depressive symptoms and their association with age, chronic conditions and health status among middle-aged and elderly people in peri-urban Tanzania
Depressive symptoms affected almost one in three people aged over 40 years. Their prevalence differed across age groups and was moderated by chronic conditions, health status and socioeconomic factors
When Death Hits You in Your Face, You Have to Listen”: A Qualitative Investigation of Peer Bereavement Support Volunteers in Black American Communities
Efforts to support grief in Black American communities are often under-recognized despite their potential to address negative mental health outcomes in this population. The aim of the current study was to qualitatively assess the community-level influence of bereavement support programs on predominantly Black communities in Baltimore, Maryland. Five focus groups ( n = 23) were conducted with volunteers from a non-profit bereavement organization. …
The relationship between neighborhood typologies and self-rated health in Maryland: A latent class analysis
The Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and the Uptake of HIV Testing and ART Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Findings from the Haalsi Cohort Study
HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) remain critical for curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS, but stigma can impede access to these services. Using data from the Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI), we used a multivariable logistic regression to examine the correlation between HIV-related stigma, HIV testing and ART uptake in older adults. We used four questions to measure stigma, w…
Masculinity and Afrocentric Worldview: Assessing Risk and Protective Factors of Self-Reliance and Ubuntu on Young Black Men's Suicide Ideation
Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Appraisal, Afrocentric Cultural Norms, and Mental Health Functioning: Buffering Factors of Young Black Men's Externalizing Behavior
Racial, ethnic, and cultural expressions of interpersonal psychological theory of suicide (RECEIPTS): An integrated model of structural racism and suicide risk
Suicide risk is a significant public health concern for individuals and communities across the United States, and the rates of suicidality are disproportionately rising for Black Americans. Recent frameworks have articulated the significance of structural racism as a mechanism that may explain the increasing rates of suicide among Black Americans, in part, through its exacerbating effects on salient risk conferring pathways. However, existing sch…
Performing Strength: Racialized Masculinity in the Lived Experiences of Black Men at Risk of Suicide
Suicide rates among Black men in the United States have increased significantly in recent decades, yet limited research explores how intersecting systems of oppression contribute to this trend. This study examines how racial identity and gender norms intersect to shape suicide risk among Black men with lived experiences of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with Black adult men ( n = 15) in Maryla…
Race, gender, and childhood adversity: Gender-specific prevalence of ACE exposure among Black Americans
Objective Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are prevalent and have profound negative health impacts across the life course. This study examined childhood adversity prevalence among US non-Hispanic Black adults, with particular attention to gender specific patterns in cumulative risk, individual ACE types and associated sociodemographic factors.Design We analyzed data from Black adults aged 18 and older who completed the 2019 Behavioral Risk Fa…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)