Mekeila Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 3792449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mekeila Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mekeila |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Meharry Medical College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2760-6075 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relationships between psychological trauma, resilience, and professional quality of life in personnel of an HIV Service Organization in the Southeast United States
INTRODUCTION: High rates of burnout have been observed among HIV care personnel, which has been connected to reductions in professional quality of life and patient care quality. However, limited literature explores how personnel mental wellbeing might influence professional quality of life, including burnout. METHODS: We assess the relationship between trauma and adversity, psychological resilience, and Professional Quality of Life (PQoL), includ…
Association of Psychosocial Factors on Covid-19 Testing among Ywca Service Recipients
The purpose of this study was to examine how psychosocial factors affect receipt of COVID-19 testing among Black and Hispanic women. In this cross-sectional study of Black and Hispanic women who received services from the YWCAs in Atlanta, El Paso, Nashville, and Tucson between 2019 and 2021 ( n = 662), we used Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) item bank 1.0 short forms to examine the impact of psychosocial factor…
A longitudinal study of justice characteristics among girls participating in a sex trafficking court program
Justice involvement and girls' sexual health
Exploring Mental Health and Substance use Treatment Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth Participating in a Specialty Juvenile Court
The study sought to: (1) describe the mental health and substance use profiles among participants of a specialty trafficking court program (the Succeed Though Achievement and Resilience Court); (2) describe youths' mental health and substance use treatment prior to participating in the program; and (3) examine whether abuse influences report of mental health problems and/or substance use. Retrospective case review of court files was performed on …
Career readiness and externalizing behaviors of children affected by maternal HIV/Aids
The purpose of this 15-year longitudinal study was to assess the effects of maternal HIV/AIDS on child/adolescent career readiness and externalizing behaviors. Interviews were conducted with 66 pairs of healthy children and their mothers living with HIV/AIDS (MLH), who are participants in the Parents And children Coping Together (PACT) project begun in 1997. All study participants were English or Spanish speaking. About half (48.5%) of the youth …
Sexual Risk Behaviors and Substance Use Among Men Sexually Victimized by Women
Objectives. To investigate whether forced sex of men by women was associated with sexual risk behaviors, and whether this association was mediated by substance use. Methods. Data from US men aged 18 years or older at interview in the National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2010 (n = 8108) who reported sexual behavior history. Outcome variables were condom use at most recent sex and number of lifetime sexual partners. Sexual activity covariates incl…
Superior Self-Regulatory Skills in African American College Students
Excessive drinking is more common among Whites (W) than African Americans (AA) on college campuses, but the reasons for this are not clear. The authors investigated demographic and personality factors in a group of 369 W and 202 AA college students, finding that alcohol consumption was significantly less prevalent among AA students (69%) than W students (78%) ( p = .02) and that binge drinking was significantly less frequent in AA drinkers (42% p…
Population Pressure in Rural Anatolia, 1450-1600
Population Pressure in Rural Anatolia, 1450-1600
Superior Self-Regulatory Skills in African American College Students
Excessive drinking is more common among Whites (W) than African Americans (AA) on college campuses, but the reasons for this are not clear. The authors investigated demographic and personality factors in a group of 369 W and 202 AA college students, finding that alcohol consumption was significantly less prevalent among AA students (69%) than W students (78%) ( p = .02) and that binge drinking was significantly less frequent in AA drinkers (42% p…
Career readiness and externalizing behaviors of children affected by maternal HIV/Aids
The purpose of this 15-year longitudinal study was to assess the effects of maternal HIV/AIDS on child/adolescent career readiness and externalizing behaviors. Interviews were conducted with 66 pairs of healthy children and their mothers living with HIV/AIDS (MLH), who are participants in the Parents And children Coping Together (PACT) project begun in 1997. All study participants were English or Spanish speaking. About half (48.5%) of the youth …
Sexual Risk Behaviors and Substance Use Among Men Sexually Victimized by Women
Objectives. To investigate whether forced sex of men by women was associated with sexual risk behaviors, and whether this association was mediated by substance use. Methods. Data from US men aged 18 years or older at interview in the National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2010 (n = 8108) who reported sexual behavior history. Outcome variables were condom use at most recent sex and number of lifetime sexual partners. Sexual activity covariates incl…
Exploring Mental Health and Substance use Treatment Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth Participating in a Specialty Juvenile Court
The study sought to: (1) describe the mental health and substance use profiles among participants of a specialty trafficking court program (the Succeed Though Achievement and Resilience Court); (2) describe youths' mental health and substance use treatment prior to participating in the program; and (3) examine whether abuse influences report of mental health problems and/or substance use. Retrospective case review of court files was performed on …
Justice involvement and girls' sexual health
A longitudinal study of justice characteristics among girls participating in a sex trafficking court program
Association of Psychosocial Factors on Covid-19 Testing among Ywca Service Recipients
The purpose of this study was to examine how psychosocial factors affect receipt of COVID-19 testing among Black and Hispanic women. In this cross-sectional study of Black and Hispanic women who received services from the YWCAs in Atlanta, El Paso, Nashville, and Tucson between 2019 and 2021 ( n = 662), we used Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems (PROMIS) item bank 1.0 short forms to examine the impact of psychosocial factor…
Relationships between psychological trauma, resilience, and professional quality of life in personnel of an HIV Service Organization in the Southeast United States
INTRODUCTION: High rates of burnout have been observed among HIV care personnel, which has been connected to reductions in professional quality of life and patient care quality. However, limited literature explores how personnel mental wellbeing might influence professional quality of life, including burnout. METHODS: We assess the relationship between trauma and adversity, psychological resilience, and Professional Quality of Life (PQoL), includ…
Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sex work and related issues (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)