Sharon Parker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3825889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Parker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Parker |
| SIGNATURE | PARKER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7527-0158 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“She’s Always Made Sure That We Had Black Doctors, Particularly Women Doctors If We Could… and How It Can Sometimes Be the Difference Between Life and Death.” Black College Women’s Reflections On Medi…
Historical instances of medical racism and the impact of ongoing disparities are an understudied determinant of Black women's sexual health. Here, we use a Black feminist approach to engage Black women in a qualitative exploration of the impact of medical racism on their health-related decision-making. Specifically, we explore the question, how does exposure to information on medical racism impact Black women today and inform their perceptions of…
Integrating job design and cognitive-emotional processes using latent network analysis
Findings underscore the value of multivariate approaches to capture the nuanced effects of job design elements and cognitive-emotional processes on diverse employee outcomes. This approach provides a flexible framework that can be adapted to other organizational contexts, helping inform targeted future longitudinal research to advise intervention targets
Investigating the impact of age-differentiated leadership on retention and performance-related outcomes
Although research indicates that age-differentiated leadership (ADL) is positively associated with wellbeing outcomes for both younger and older workers, the ways in which it relates to performance and retention-related outcomes, and the mechanisms through which these effects occur, remain an important focus for further examination. Based on the Categorization-Elaboration Model (CEM), this study proposes and tests a dual pathway model suggesting …
From Personality Traits to Personality Dynamics
Community Health Navigator assisted transition of care from hospital to community
Background: Internationally, the roles of Community Health Workers, also known as Community Health Navigators (CHNs), have been developed as an intervention to improve the transition of people to their homes following a hospital admission. Generally, CHNs are trusted members of the communities they serve. This trusting relationship enables them to serve as a link between health services, social services and the community to facilitate access and …
Perspectives on Sexual Socialization from a Sample of Black Heterosexual College Women
Informed by ecological and Black feminist approaches, this inductive, thematic analysis analyzed narratives from 24 Black college women, ages 18-25, about the sexual socialization they received from multiple agents within and outside of the family. The themes were: Avoidance, Safety and Consent, Fun and Action-Centered Acts, (Mis)Information About Sexual Health, Gendered Norms, and Purity versus Sexual Freedom. The women received messages of avoi…
Using the Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV/Aids (Mipa) Framework to Assess the Engagement of Sexual Minority Men of Color in the US HIV Response
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and incarceration
Black men and people belonging to sexual minority groups are disproportionately impacted by criminal legal involvement and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Traumatic experiences are often associated with later criminal legal involvement, depression symptoms, sexual risk behavior, and STIs. Research on the joint influence of trauma and incarceration on STI risk among racial and/or sexual minority people is limited. This study tested the ass…
Exploring the racial gradient in reproductive health
Reproductive and sexual health disparities can be mitigated with attention to diversity in medical school, affordable care, and teaching young women to prioritize their care for long-term reproductive health
A Black Feminist Analysis of Patient Provider Concordance in Sexual Health Care
Racial disparities in gynecological health have persisted over time. Interestingly, there is a dearth of research that centers Black women's experiences with gynecologists and even less research that uses Black feminist theory and methods. We use semi-structured interviews ( N = 39) to understand the sexual health care related experiences of Black women at a Predominately White Institution (PWI) and a Historically Black College or University (HBC…
Using Black Feminist Theory and Methods to Uncover Best Practices in Health Promotion Programming
This study was created to uncover the social determinants of Black American women’s success in health promotion programs. We used the Superwoman Schema to understand the complexities of Black womanhood and uncover best practices in the promotion of their health. The sample consisted of women ages 18–25 who attend a large southern HBCU. We collected data using qualitative focus groups. Participants reported the greatest health-related concerns Bla…
Incarceration, Social Support Networks, and Health among Black Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women
Support from social networks buffers against negative effects of stress but is disrupted by incarceration. Few studies examine incarceration, social support networks, and health among Black sexual minority men (BSMM) and Black transgender women (BTW). We conducted a secondary analysis using HIV Prevention Trials Network 061 (HPTN 061), a sample of BSMM/BTW recruited from six US cities. We measured associations between recent incarceration reporte…
Awareness and acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among students at two historically Black universities (HBCU)
African American HBCU students are becoming aware of PrEP, and generally perceive the intervention as acceptable and worth consideration
African American Clergy Recommendations to Enhance the Federal Plan to End the HIV Epidemic
Understanding Openness to Involvement in Sexual Health Care Research
Little is known about Black college women's openness to participating in sexual health care research. Guided by literature on Black feminism, the current study involved qualitative interviews with 39 Black Women (aged 19-25, mean age 20.7) from one historically Black university and one predominantly white university who answered questions about participating in research on the sexual health of Black women. Results from our thematic analysis found…
African American Clergy Perspectives About the HIV Care Continuum
Mississippi has some of the most pronounced racial disparities in HIV infection in the country; African Americans comprised 37% of the Mississippi population but represented 80% of new HIV cases in 2015. Improving outcomes along the HIV care continuum, including linking and retaining more individuals and enhancing adherence to medication, may reduce the disparities faced by African Americans in Mississippi. Little is understood about clergy's vie…
Condom use and incarceration among STI clinic attendees in the Deep South
This study found a strong, independent relationship between condom use and multiple, long-term incarceration events among patients in an urban STI clinic in the Deep South. The results suggest that duration of incarceration and multiple incarcerations have significant effects on sexual risk behaviors, underscoring the deleterious impact of long prison or jail sentences on population health. Our findings also suggest that correctional health care …
Are nurses well placed as care co-ordinators in primary care and what is needed to develop their role
Care co-ordination is reported to be an effective component of chronic disease (CD) management within primary care. While nurses often perform this role, it has not been reported if they or other disciplines are best placed to take on this role, and whether the discipline of the co-ordinator has any impact on clinical and health service outcomes. We conducted a rapid review of previous systematic reviews from 2006 to 2013 to answer these question…
Individual and Partner-Level Factors Associated with Condom Non-Use Among African American STI Clinic Attendees in the Deep South
Efficacy of an Adapted HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women
Objectives. We tested the efficacy of an adapted evidence-based HIV–sexually transmitted infection (STI) behavioral intervention (Providing Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment, Risk-Reduction, and Relationships, or POWER) among incarcerated women. Methods. We conducted a randomized trial with 521 women aged 18 to 60 years in 2 correctional facilities in North Carolina in 2010 and 2011. Intervention participants attended 8 POWER sessions; contro…
Multilevel challenges to engagement in HIV care after prison release
These findings underscore the need for comprehensive evidence-based interventions to prepare inmates to transition from incarceration to freedom, particularly those that strengthen linkage to HIV care and focus on realities of reentry, including stigma, meeting basic needs, preventing substance abuse, and identifying community resources
Prevalence and Predictors of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in a Predominantly African American Population in Jackson, Mississippi
Sexuality, Sexual Practices, and HIV Risk Among Incarcerated African-American Women in North Carolina
Getting Credit for Proactive Behavior
Although proactive behavior is important in organizations, it is not always appreciated by supervisors. To explain when supervisors reward proactivity with higher overall performance evaluations, we draw on attribution theory. We propose that employees’ values and affect send signals about their underlying intentions, which influence supervisors’ attributions about whether employees deserve credit for proactive behaviors. More specifically, we hy…
HIV-Infected Prison Inmates
Understanding Openness to Involvement in Sexual Health Care Research
Little is known about Black college women's openness to participating in sexual health care research. Guided by literature on Black feminism, the current study involved qualitative interviews with 39 Black Women (aged 19-25, mean age 20.7) from one historically Black university and one predominantly white university who answered questions about participating in research on the sexual health of Black women. Results from our thematic analysis found…
Correlates of Employee Attitudes Toward Functional Flexibility
Public service employees (3044) completed a questionnaire seeking information on their expectations regarding a proposal to increase their functional flexibility. It was proposed that beliefs concerning the unfavorability of outcomes of the intervention would be correlated with a range of biographical, affective, and job content variables. Multivariate analyses revealed that the scope of an employees' existing job and biographical variables (apar…
A Black Feminist Analysis of Patient Provider Concordance in Sexual Health Care
Racial disparities in gynecological health have persisted over time. Interestingly, there is a dearth of research that centers Black women's experiences with gynecologists and even less research that uses Black feminist theory and methods. We use semi-structured interviews ( N = 39) to understand the sexual health care related experiences of Black women at a Predominately White Institution (PWI) and a Historically Black College or University (HBC…
Efficacy of an Adapted HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women
Objectives. We tested the efficacy of an adapted evidence-based HIV–sexually transmitted infection (STI) behavioral intervention (Providing Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment, Risk-Reduction, and Relationships, or POWER) among incarcerated women. Methods. We conducted a randomized trial with 521 women aged 18 to 60 years in 2 correctional facilities in North Carolina in 2010 and 2011. Intervention participants attended 8 POWER sessions; contro…
Perspectives on Sexual Socialization from a Sample of Black Heterosexual College Women
Informed by ecological and Black feminist approaches, this inductive, thematic analysis analyzed narratives from 24 Black college women, ages 18-25, about the sexual socialization they received from multiple agents within and outside of the family. The themes were: Avoidance, Safety and Consent, Fun and Action-Centered Acts, (Mis)Information About Sexual Health, Gendered Norms, and Purity versus Sexual Freedom. The women received messages of avoi…
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and incarceration
Black men and people belonging to sexual minority groups are disproportionately impacted by criminal legal involvement and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Traumatic experiences are often associated with later criminal legal involvement, depression symptoms, sexual risk behavior, and STIs. Research on the joint influence of trauma and incarceration on STI risk among racial and/or sexual minority people is limited. This study tested the ass…
Understanding Coalition
Correlates of Employee Attitudes Toward Functional Flexibility
Public service employees (3044) completed a questionnaire seeking information on their expectations regarding a proposal to increase their functional flexibility. It was proposed that beliefs concerning the unfavorability of outcomes of the intervention would be correlated with a range of biographical, affective, and job content variables. Multivariate analyses revealed that the scope of an employees' existing job and biographical variables (apar…
HIV-Infected Prison Inmates
Getting Credit for Proactive Behavior
Although proactive behavior is important in organizations, it is not always appreciated by supervisors. To explain when supervisors reward proactivity with higher overall performance evaluations, we draw on attribution theory. We propose that employees’ values and affect send signals about their underlying intentions, which influence supervisors’ attributions about whether employees deserve credit for proactive behaviors. More specifically, we hy…
Sexuality, Sexual Practices, and HIV Risk Among Incarcerated African-American Women in North Carolina
Multilevel challenges to engagement in HIV care after prison release
These findings underscore the need for comprehensive evidence-based interventions to prepare inmates to transition from incarceration to freedom, particularly those that strengthen linkage to HIV care and focus on realities of reentry, including stigma, meeting basic needs, preventing substance abuse, and identifying community resources
Prevalence and Predictors of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in a Predominantly African American Population in Jackson, Mississippi
Individual and Partner-Level Factors Associated with Condom Non-Use Among African American STI Clinic Attendees in the Deep South
Efficacy of an Adapted HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Incarcerated Women
Objectives. We tested the efficacy of an adapted evidence-based HIV–sexually transmitted infection (STI) behavioral intervention (Providing Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment, Risk-Reduction, and Relationships, or POWER) among incarcerated women. Methods. We conducted a randomized trial with 521 women aged 18 to 60 years in 2 correctional facilities in North Carolina in 2010 and 2011. Intervention participants attended 8 POWER sessions; contro…
Condom use and incarceration among STI clinic attendees in the Deep South
This study found a strong, independent relationship between condom use and multiple, long-term incarceration events among patients in an urban STI clinic in the Deep South. The results suggest that duration of incarceration and multiple incarcerations have significant effects on sexual risk behaviors, underscoring the deleterious impact of long prison or jail sentences on population health. Our findings also suggest that correctional health care …
Are nurses well placed as care co-ordinators in primary care and what is needed to develop their role
Care co-ordination is reported to be an effective component of chronic disease (CD) management within primary care. While nurses often perform this role, it has not been reported if they or other disciplines are best placed to take on this role, and whether the discipline of the co-ordinator has any impact on clinical and health service outcomes. We conducted a rapid review of previous systematic reviews from 2006 to 2013 to answer these question…
African American Clergy Perspectives About the HIV Care Continuum
Mississippi has some of the most pronounced racial disparities in HIV infection in the country; African Americans comprised 37% of the Mississippi population but represented 80% of new HIV cases in 2015. Improving outcomes along the HIV care continuum, including linking and retaining more individuals and enhancing adherence to medication, may reduce the disparities faced by African Americans in Mississippi. Little is understood about clergy's vie…
Awareness and acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among students at two historically Black universities (HBCU)
African American HBCU students are becoming aware of PrEP, and generally perceive the intervention as acceptable and worth consideration
African American Clergy Recommendations to Enhance the Federal Plan to End the HIV Epidemic
Understanding Openness to Involvement in Sexual Health Care Research
Little is known about Black college women's openness to participating in sexual health care research. Guided by literature on Black feminism, the current study involved qualitative interviews with 39 Black Women (aged 19-25, mean age 20.7) from one historically Black university and one predominantly white university who answered questions about participating in research on the sexual health of Black women. Results from our thematic analysis found…
Using Black Feminist Theory and Methods to Uncover Best Practices in Health Promotion Programming
This study was created to uncover the social determinants of Black American women’s success in health promotion programs. We used the Superwoman Schema to understand the complexities of Black womanhood and uncover best practices in the promotion of their health. The sample consisted of women ages 18–25 who attend a large southern HBCU. We collected data using qualitative focus groups. Participants reported the greatest health-related concerns Bla…
Incarceration, Social Support Networks, and Health among Black Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women
Support from social networks buffers against negative effects of stress but is disrupted by incarceration. Few studies examine incarceration, social support networks, and health among Black sexual minority men (BSMM) and Black transgender women (BTW). We conducted a secondary analysis using HIV Prevention Trials Network 061 (HPTN 061), a sample of BSMM/BTW recruited from six US cities. We measured associations between recent incarceration reporte…
Using the Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV/Aids (Mipa) Framework to Assess the Engagement of Sexual Minority Men of Color in the US HIV Response
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and incarceration
Black men and people belonging to sexual minority groups are disproportionately impacted by criminal legal involvement and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Traumatic experiences are often associated with later criminal legal involvement, depression symptoms, sexual risk behavior, and STIs. Research on the joint influence of trauma and incarceration on STI risk among racial and/or sexual minority people is limited. This study tested the ass…
Exploring the racial gradient in reproductive health
Reproductive and sexual health disparities can be mitigated with attention to diversity in medical school, affordable care, and teaching young women to prioritize their care for long-term reproductive health
A Black Feminist Analysis of Patient Provider Concordance in Sexual Health Care
Racial disparities in gynecological health have persisted over time. Interestingly, there is a dearth of research that centers Black women's experiences with gynecologists and even less research that uses Black feminist theory and methods. We use semi-structured interviews ( N = 39) to understand the sexual health care related experiences of Black women at a Predominately White Institution (PWI) and a Historically Black College or University (HBC…
Community Health Navigator assisted transition of care from hospital to community
Background: Internationally, the roles of Community Health Workers, also known as Community Health Navigators (CHNs), have been developed as an intervention to improve the transition of people to their homes following a hospital admission. Generally, CHNs are trusted members of the communities they serve. This trusting relationship enables them to serve as a link between health services, social services and the community to facilitate access and …
Perspectives on Sexual Socialization from a Sample of Black Heterosexual College Women
Informed by ecological and Black feminist approaches, this inductive, thematic analysis analyzed narratives from 24 Black college women, ages 18-25, about the sexual socialization they received from multiple agents within and outside of the family. The themes were: Avoidance, Safety and Consent, Fun and Action-Centered Acts, (Mis)Information About Sexual Health, Gendered Norms, and Purity versus Sexual Freedom. The women received messages of avoi…
“She’s Always Made Sure That We Had Black Doctors, Particularly Women Doctors If We Could… and How It Can Sometimes Be the Difference Between Life and Death.” Black College Women’s Reflections On Medi…
Historical instances of medical racism and the impact of ongoing disparities are an understudied determinant of Black women's sexual health. Here, we use a Black feminist approach to engage Black women in a qualitative exploration of the impact of medical racism on their health-related decision-making. Specifically, we explore the question, how does exposure to information on medical racism impact Black women today and inform their perceptions of…
Integrating job design and cognitive-emotional processes using latent network analysis
Findings underscore the value of multivariate approaches to capture the nuanced effects of job design elements and cognitive-emotional processes on diverse employee outcomes. This approach provides a flexible framework that can be adapted to other organizational contexts, helping inform targeted future longitudinal research to advise intervention targets
Medicine (19 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Family medicine (13 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (9 works) · Demography (9 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works)