K G Quinn
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5782 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | K G Quinn |
| NOMBRES | K G |
| APELLIDO | Quinn |
| FIRMA | QUINN K G |
| AFILIACIONES | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0613-327X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 85 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 114 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 85 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Provider Trust as a Catalyst for Adolescent HIV and Syphilis Testing
Adolescents are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV and syphilis, yet testing rates remain low. We conducted semistructured interviews with 15 adolescents (14-20 years old) at an urban pediatric clinic in Milwaukee to identify facilitators and barriers to HIV and syphilis testing. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results highlight strikingly low levels of syphilis knowledge. Modifiable testi…
Factors Associated with Mental Health Care Satisfaction Among Rural, Older Adults Living with HIV in the United States
Emotional Burden and Selfcare Strategies Among Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response Personnel in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties, Wisconsin, USA
INTRODUCTION: Opioid prevention personnel who interface with overdose events are at a risk of emotional challenges, though little research has explored their emotional experiences and self-care strategies. We explored the emotional experiences and self-care strategies to manage mental and emotional challenges among individuals who work in overdose prevention and response. METHODS: This was a qualitative study. Using a phenomenological approach, w…
Intersectional Minority Stress and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Black Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
Exploring the Lived Experience of Healthcare Discrimination and Resilience among Postpartum African American Women
African American women are at higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) than women in other racial and ethnic groups in the United States, which can lead to an increased risk of maternal mortality and morbidity. These disparities have been attributed to inequities in social determinants of health. This study explores the experiences of healthcare discrimination and resilience among African American women. From December 2023 to August 2024,…
Determinants of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among men who have sex with men (MSM) living in rural areas of the United States
Implementation Barriers to Incorporating a Community-Based Doula Program to Improve Birth Outcomes for Black Patients in an Academic Medical Center
Acceptability and Feasibility of Self-Collected Dried Blood Spot Specimens for Viral Load Monitoring among Rural Older People Living with HIV
Low Risk, High Stakes
Black Americans consistently face dramatic health disparities throughout the United Status. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted Black communities, leading to disparities in hospitalizations and death. Using a health equity lens, this study aimed to explore factors associated with COVID-19 risk perception, including the role of medical mistrust and experience of racism and discrimination among Black adults in Chicago. Survey data was…
PrEP Use Among Black Transgender Women
A qualitative examination of how direct and indirect police violence shapes perceptions of police, sense of safety, and the mental health of Black adults in Chicago
Associations Between Religiosity and Medical Mistrust
Nurturing care
Introduction: The importance of nurturing care for child development is well-established, and parents play a central role in providing this care. However, cultural values and traditions can influence child-rearing practices, and there are gaps in child welfare in Ecuador. Two research questions delve into caregivers' definitions of nurturing care for children aged 0-5 and its alignment with World Health Organization's concept. Methods: A qualitat…
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination by Gender and Age in a Sample of Black Adults in Chicago
Although vaccine behaviors differ greatly by gender and age, few studies have examined vaccination at the intersection of gender and age within the Black community. We examined COVID-19 vaccination by gender and age using a survey of over 500 Black adults in Chicago, Illinois, fielded from September 2021 to March 2022. Although 54% had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, the proportion vaccinated was considerably lower for Black men (28%) and…
Intersectional Microaggressions, Sexual Identity Concealment, and Mental Health of Young Black Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women
Factors associated with PrEP use in a community sample of African American men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in the United States Midwest
Black sexual minority men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States are at disparate risk for contracting HIV infection, but pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use is suboptimal. Social network methods were used to recruit a community sample of racial minority MSM and transgender women (TGW) in two Midwestern US cities. 250 PrEP-eligible (HIV-negative) participants completed measures assessing current and intended PrEP use; demographic charac…
An exploratory study of community violence and HIV care engagement among Black gay and bisexual men
This study examined the relationship between exposure to community violence and HIV care engagement among 107 Black gay or bisexual men living with HIV in Chicago. Measures assessed the importance of demographic covariates (age, annual income, health insurance status, and years living with HIV), community violence exposures, mental health, social support, in explaining variations in missed doses of antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication and miss…
Stigma, serostatus disclosure, coping strategies, and the role of social capital resources among HIV care-nonadherent MSM in Russia
The HIV epidemic continues to expand in Russia, with suboptimal levels of care uptake. This qualitative study aimed to characterize social capital resources and lived stigma experiences, coping, and disclosure among care-nonadherent men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV in Russia. Twenty-five HIV-positive MSM - recruited online - completed in-depth interviews over Zoom, with data analyzed using MAXQDA software. Stigma was more likely to…
Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Impact of 4 Remotely-Delivered Interventions for Rural Older Adults Living with HIV
Police Violence Experienced by Black Gay and Bisexual Men
That’s My Girl; I love her”
Community Cohesion, Social Support, and Mental Health among Black Individuals in Chicago
The Influence of Racism in Healthcare
The Covid-19, racism, and violence syndemic
The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the United States in the shadows of a vast history of structural racism and community and police violence that disproportionately affect Black communities. Collectively, they have created a syndemic, wherein COVID-19, racism, and violence are mutually reinforcing to produce adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to understand the COVID-19, racism, and violence syndemic and examine how structural ra…
A social ecological analysis of farmer stresses and supports in Wisconsin
The fear of being Black plus the fear of being gay
An Exploration of Syndemic Factors That Influence Engagement in HIV Care Among Black Men
Syndemic theory seeks to understand the interactions and clustering of disease and social conditions and explain racial disparities in HIV. Traditionally applied to HIV risk, this study characterizes the syndemic challenges of engagement in care among Black men living with HIV and provides insight into potential HIV treatment interventions to retain vulnerable individuals in care. Interviews were conducted with 23 HIV-positive men who were either…
Applying an intersectional framework to understand syndemic conditions among young Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
Supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals
Chronically homeless individuals often have extensive health, mental health and psychosocial needs that pose barriers to obtaining and maintain supportive housing. This study aims to qualitatively explore supportive housing providers' experiences and challenges with housing chronically homeless individuals and examine opportunities to improve supportive housing systems of care. In 2014, we conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with 65 program…
Gender Norms and Age-Disparate Sexual Relationships as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, and Risky Sex among Adolescent Gang Members
Perceptions of PrEP Use Within Primary Relationships Among Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
Methods in HIV-Related Intersectional Stigma Research
Researchers are increasingly recognizing the importance of studying and addressing intersectional stigma within the field of HIV. Yet, researchers have, arguably, struggled to operationalize intersectional stigma. To ensure that future research and methodological innovation is guided by frameworks from which this area of inquiry has arisen, we propose a series of core elements for future HIV-related intersectional stigma research. These core elem…
Intersectional Resilience Among Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, Wisconsin and Ohio, 2019
Objectives. To investigate resilience strategies used by Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) to navigate racism and heterosexism. Methods. In 2019, we conducted in-depth interviews with 46 Black MSM in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio. Thematic analysis, informed by intersectionality, was used to identify intersectional resilience within the context of participants’ lives. Results. Our analyses revealed ways in…
Perspectives on Social Support and Stigma in PrEP-related Care among Gay and Bisexual Men
Despite its effectiveness at preventing HIV, uptake of PrEP has been slow. PrEP-related stigma is a potential barrier to uptake. Social support has been found to buffer against some PrEP stigma. Unfortunately, little research has investigated the relationship between social support and PrEP-related care. In 2018, we conducted 20 semistructured interviews with MSM who use PrEP (ages 22-70). Interview questions explored social support and PrEP-rela…
Stigma, isolation and depression among older adults living with HIV in rural areas
There is a growing population of ageing individuals living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Older adults living with HIV often contend with intersecting stigmas including HIV stigma, ageism and, for some, homonegativity and/or racism. Although the HIV stigma literature is quite robust, research on the relationship between HIV stigma, social support and mental wellbeing among older adults living with HIV is limited. This study begins t…
Childhood Adversity and the Continued Exposure to Trauma and Violence Among Adolescent Gang Members
This study investigates interfaith groups from across the United States to understand how these religious settings may serve as mediating structures to facilitate individual political action. Based on a multilevel modeling analysis with 169 individuals from 25 interfaith groups, we found that core activities of the group, such as group members sharing community information (e.g., announcing upcoming events, political meetings, community issues) o…
The Influence of Peers on PrEP Perceptions and Use Among Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
Integrating Intersectional and Syndemic Frameworks for Ending the US HIV Epidemic
Perceptions of HIV Research Participation Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who Have Sex with Men and Transgender and Nonbinary Adults
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to disproportionately affect gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) and transgender and nonbinary (trans/NB) individuals. This study investigated attitudes toward participation in HIV survey research, guided by Emanuel's framework for ethical clinical research (e.g., risk-benefit ratio, fair participant selection, respect for participants, social value, and collaborative partnership).…
The Role of Supportive Housing for HIV-Positive Mothers and Their Children
Homelessness and housing instability continue to be significant social issues facing low-income families, suggesting a need for more comprehensive, family-based approaches to housing services. This study explored the experiences of 10 HIV-positive women and their children in a Midwestern supportive housing program via in-depth interviews and 5 supportive housing staff. This study explored the challenges associated with housing stability, the avai…
A qualitative examination of how direct and indirect police violence shapes perceptions of police, sense of safety, and the mental health of Black adults in Chicago
Understanding the impact of police brutality on Black sexually minoritized men
Hometown Heroes
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) created life-disrupting stressors that disproportionately burden disadvantaged communities with devastating impacts that extend far beyond the burden of the disease itself, including joblessness, housing and food insecurity, educational system upheavals, isolation due to disrupted relationships, worsened mental health and substance use and violence. Socially interconnected community members are resources whose …
Placement of chronically homeless into different types of permanent supportive housing before and after a coordinated entry system
AIMS: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is designed to house people who experience chronic homelessness with one or more of the following: serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders (SUD) or human immunodeficiency virus. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has required major metropolitan areas to develop a coordinated entry system (CES) to prioritize access to PSH to those who need it the most. The aim of this paper is to …
Running Trains' and 'Sexing-In
Gang members are exposed to unique sexual risks, yet little work has explored the influence of gang social norms. This study examines the functions and meanings of sex within gangs, with a specific focus on the ways in which sex is used to reinforce gang membership and norms, gender roles, and group cohesion. We conducted 58 semi-structured interviews with adolescent members of six gangs. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis and con…
Social and Sexual Risk Factors Among Sexual Minority Youth
This study explores the characteristics and risk behaviors of sexual minority high school students using the 2011 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Among 3,043 students surveyed, 8% of students identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or unsure, and 7% reported having contact with same-sex partners. Findings indicate sexual minority students experience some health disparities, including increased odds of forced sexual activity, although human im…
Beyond the Ball
Homonegativity, Religiosity, and the Intersecting Identities of Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
Social and Sexual Risk Factors Among Sexual Minority Youth
This study explores the characteristics and risk behaviors of sexual minority high school students using the 2011 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Among 3,043 students surveyed, 8% of students identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or unsure, and 7% reported having contact with same-sex partners. Findings indicate sexual minority students experience some health disparities, including increased odds of forced sexual activity, although human im…
The Role of Supportive Housing for HIV-Positive Mothers and Their Children
Homelessness and housing instability continue to be significant social issues facing low-income families, suggesting a need for more comprehensive, family-based approaches to housing services. This study explored the experiences of 10 HIV-positive women and their children in a Midwestern supportive housing program via in-depth interviews and 5 supportive housing staff. This study explored the challenges associated with housing stability, the avai…
The Influence of Pastors’ Ideologies of Homosexuality on HIV Prevention in the Black Church
Psychological distress, drug use, sexual risks and medication adherence among young HIV-positive Black men who have sex with men
In the USA, Black males are disproportionately affected by community violence and HIV. The aim of this study was to assess whether exposures to community violence are related to psychological distress, drug use, sexual risk behaviors, and medication adherence among a sample of HIV-positive young Black men who had sex with men (YBMSM). Data are from 98 YBMSM ages 18-29 years recruited from Chicago who completed measures on demographics, exposures …
The Health and Sociocultural Correlates of Aids Genocidal Beliefs and Medical Mistrust Among African American MSM
Multiple Dimensions of Stigma and Health Related Factors Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
The role of the Black Church in the lives of young Black men who have sex with men
In the USA, the Black Church is among the most important institutions in the Black community, offering numerous spiritual, social and health benefits. Yet, the presence of homonegativity in many Black Churches may mitigate those effects for gay Black youth. This research examines the role of the Church in the lives of gay and bisexual Black youth to understand how they reconcile any tension between their religious and sexual identities. Through i…
Gender Norms and Age-Disparate Sexual Relationships as Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, and Risky Sex among Adolescent Gang Members
A longitudinal examination of factors associated with social support satisfaction among HIV-positive young Black men who have sex with men
This study examined the long-term predictors of social support satisfaction among HIV-positive young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM). Data were collected across three waves between October 2012 and November 2014 as part of the baseline assessment from Project nGage, a preliminary efficacy randomized control study examining the role of social support in improving HIV care among YBMSM. The sample included 92 YBMSM aged 18-29. Major results …
The Effects of Housing Status, Stability and the Social Contexts of Housing on Drug and Sexual Risk Behaviors
Gang masculinity and high-risk sexual behaviours
High-risk sexual behaviours include practices such as relationship violence and substance use, which often cluster together among young people in high-risk settings. Youth gang members often show high rates of such behaviours, substance use and relationship violence. This paper draws on data from in-depth interviews with male and female gang members from six different gangs to explore the role of powerful socialising peer groups that set gender, …
Supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals
Chronically homeless individuals often have extensive health, mental health and psychosocial needs that pose barriers to obtaining and maintain supportive housing. This study aims to qualitatively explore supportive housing providers' experiences and challenges with housing chronically homeless individuals and examine opportunities to improve supportive housing systems of care. In 2014, we conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with 65 program…
Childhood Adversity and the Continued Exposure to Trauma and Violence Among Adolescent Gang Members
This study investigates interfaith groups from across the United States to understand how these religious settings may serve as mediating structures to facilitate individual political action. Based on a multilevel modeling analysis with 169 individuals from 25 interfaith groups, we found that core activities of the group, such as group members sharing community information (e.g., announcing upcoming events, political meetings, community issues) o…
Identifying variability in permanent supportive housing
Supportive housing has become the dominant model in the United States to provide housing to the chronically homeless and to improve their housing stability and health. Most supportive housing programs follow a "housing first" paradigm modeled after the Pathways to Housing program in New York City. However, components of housing first supportive housing models were poorly defined, and supportive models have varied considerably in their disseminati…
A Gay Man and a Doctor are Just like, a Recipe for Destruction”
An Exploration of Syndemic Factors That Influence Engagement in HIV Care Among Black Men
Syndemic theory seeks to understand the interactions and clustering of disease and social conditions and explain racial disparities in HIV. Traditionally applied to HIV risk, this study characterizes the syndemic challenges of engagement in care among Black men living with HIV and provides insight into potential HIV treatment interventions to retain vulnerable individuals in care. Interviews were conducted with 23 HIV-positive men who were either…
Exposure to community violence and substance use among Black men who have sex with men
Young Black MSM (YBMSM) are disproportionately affected by violence, criminal justice involvement, and other structural factors that also increase vulnerability to HIV. This study examined associations between exposure to community violence (ECV) and substance use, psychological distress, and criminal justice involvement (CJI) among YBMSM in Chicago, IL. Respondent driven sampling was used to recruit a sample of 618 YBMSM (aged 16-29) from the So…
The Unanticipated Benefits of PrEP for Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
The fear of being Black plus the fear of being gay
Running Trains' and 'Sexing-In
Gang members are exposed to unique sexual risks, yet little work has explored the influence of gang social norms. This study examines the functions and meanings of sex within gangs, with a specific focus on the ways in which sex is used to reinforce gang membership and norms, gender roles, and group cohesion. We conducted 58 semi-structured interviews with adolescent members of six gangs. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis and con…
HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Awareness and Non-Occupational PEP (nPEP) Prescribing History Among U.S. Healthcare Providers
Social network intervention to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness, interest, and use among African American men who have sex with men
In the U.S., HIV incidence is highest among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) but PrEP uptake is low, in part due to lack of normative support for using PrEP. This research pilot tested a social network-level intervention designed to increase PrEP use willingness, interest, and peer supports among Black MSM in Milwaukee. Five community social networks (n = 40 participants) of racial minority MSM were assessed at baseline with measures of PrEP…
Informal workplaces and their comparative effects on the health of street vendors and home-based garment workers in Yangon, Myanmar
While informal employment is universally characterized by lack of social protection, exposure to occupational health and income risks for subpopulations of informal workers is determined by the specific physical and social environments of their workplaces. Efforts to improve the health of informal workers should consider the contexts in which informal work takes place to develop tailored interventions for subpopulations of informal workers
Medicine (72 obras) · Psychology (61 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (47 obras) · Sociology (43 obras) · Psychiatry (36 obras) · Social Psychology (36 obras) · Family medicine (35 obras) · Public health (35 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (31 obras) · Nursing (31 obras)