Darrin Adams

Biographic Data

ID3893189
NAMEDarrin Adams
GIVEN NAMESDarrin
FAMILY NAMEAdams
SIGNATUREADAMS D
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Structural drivers of health among transgender women in the United States

    Open AccessTonia Poteat, Sabriya L Linton et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2025References: 7

  • Social cohesion, social participation and HIV testing among men who have sex with men in Swaziland

    Elise Grover, Ashley Grosso et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Social cohesion and social participation are social factors that may help reduce HIV risks and optimize health-seeking behaviors. We examined the association between these factors and HIV testing in the last 12 months among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Swaziland using a cross-sectional survey conducted with 326 men, 18 years of age or older reporting having sex with another man in the last 12 months. Social capital analyses included measure…

  • Stigma, sexual health, and human rights among women who have sex with women in Lesotho

    Tonia C Poteat, Tonia Poteat et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health Matters2015Cited by: 7References: 21

    In recent years, gender and sexual minorities have become increasingly visible across sub-Saharan Africa, marking both the progression and violation of their human rights. Using data from a study with sexual minorities in Lesotho, this analysis leveraged the social ecological model to examine relationships between stigma, human rights, and sexual health among women who have sex with women in Lesotho. A community-based participatory approach was u…

  • There is hunger in my community”

    Open AccessRebecca Fielding-Miller, Zandile Mnisi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Informants described a risk cycle of hunger, sex work, and HIV infection. The two latter drive an increased need for 'healthy foods' and an alienation from social networks that offer material and emotional support against hunger. Services and interventions for sex workers which address the pathways through which food insecurity generates vulnerability to HIV and social marginalization, build sex workers collective efficacy to mobilize, consider p…

  • Sexual practices, identities and health among women who have sex with women in Lesotho – a mixed-methods study

    Tonia Poteat, Carmen H Logie et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2014

    Despite the high prevalence of HIV and STIs among women in Africa and the growing literature on HIV and STIs among women who have sex with women, research on the sexual health of women who have sex with women in Africa is scant. This study used mixed methods to describe sexual identity, practices and health among women who have sex with women in Lesotho. Most respondents (48%) described themselves as lesbian, 29% as bisexual and 23% as heterosexu…

  • Sexual stigma and discrimination as barriers to seeking appropriate healthcare among men who have sex with men in Swaziland

    Open AccessKathryn A Risher, Kathryn Risher et al.ARTICLEJournal of the International AIDS…2013

    INTRODUCTION: Same-sex practices and orientation are both stigmatized and criminalized in many countries across sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to assess the relationship of fear of seeking healthcare and disclosure of same-sex practices among a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Swaziland with demographic, socio-economic and behavioural determinants. METHODS: Three hundred and twenty-three men who reported having had anal sex with…