Sara McGirr

Biographic Data

ID5510554
NAMESara McGirr
GIVEN NAMESSara
FAMILY NAMEMcGirr
SIGNATUREMCGIRR S
AFFILIATIONSMichigan State University
ORCID0000-0001-9872-0548
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • Gendered powerlessness in at-risk adolescent and young women

    Danielle Chiaramonte, Robin Lin Miller et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    In the United States, youth aged 13–24 comprised approximately 21% of new HIV infections in 2017; 13% of these infections occurred among women, the majority of whom (86%) acquired HIV through heterosexual contact (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2019a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019a). HIV and youth. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/age/youth/index.html [Google Scholar]. HIV and youth. Retrieved from http…

  • Lessons Learned on Recruiting and Retaining Young Fathers in a Parenting and Repeat Pregnancy Prevention Program

    Open AccessSara McGirr, Jennifer Torres et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2020

    Despite the small sample size, the results of this study nevertheless contribute to debates in the field regarding appropriate strategies for engaging young fathers by informing professional practice

  • Domestic violence advocates’ HIV prevention practices with women survivors

    Sara McGirr, Katie Gregory et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2020

    There is strong evidence of the association between being a survivor of domestic violence (DV) and the risk of acquiring HIV. Unfortunately, DV advocates often fail to adequately address this risk. Data from an online survey with a national convenience sample of 677 DV advocates from throughout the United States and territories were used to examine current practices and beliefs about HIV and DV. Encouragingly, advocates reported feeling comfortab…

  • Critical Consciousness Raising as an Element of Empowering Practice with Survivors of Domestic Violence

    Sara McGirr, Sara A McGirr et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Service Research2017Cited by: 3References: 52

    Many practitioners who work with survivors of domestic violence (DV) attempt to raise survivors' consciousness about DV dynamics as well as about oppression they may encounter from the systems with which they interact. Such critical consciousness raising is one component of the “empowering practices” that many DV advocates aim to implement. Despite the significance of empowering practices for those working with DV survivors, the literature is not…