Paula Frew
Biographic Data
| ID | 6057839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula Frew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Frew |
| SIGNATURE | FREW P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brooke E. E. Montgomery is with the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Anne Rompalo is with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. James Hughes and Jing Wang are with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Danielle Haley is with FHI 360, Durham, NC. Lydia Soto-Torres and Wairimu Chege are with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Jessica... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Results of a Community Randomized Study of a Faith-Based Education Program to Improve Clinical Trial Participation among African Americans
This is a report of a cluster randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a church-based educational intervention aimed at improving African Americans' (AA) participation in clinical trials. Two hundred and twenty-one AA subjects ages ≥50 years from six predominantly AA churches were randomized to intervention or control condition. The intervention included three educational sessions about clinical trials and health disparities; con…
Violence Against Women in Selected Areas of the United States
Objectives. We determined the prevalence of recent emotional, physical, and sexual violence against women and their associations with HIV-related risk factors in women living in the United States. Methods. We performed an assessment of women ages 18 to 44 years with a history of unprotected sex and 1 or more personal or partner HIV risk factors in the past 6 months from 2009 to 2010. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the associ…
Understanding Racial HIV/STI Disparities in Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men
BACKGROUND: The reasons for black/white disparities in HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men have puzzled researchers for decades. Understanding reasons for these disparities requires looking beyond individual-level behavioral risk to a more comprehensive framework. METHODS AND FINDINGS: From July 2010-December 2012, 803 men (454 black, 349 white) were recruited through venue-based and online sampling; consenting men were provided HIV and…
Focusing on HIV/Aids in Africa
Few public health issues in modern times can match the scope and impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic especially in sub-Saharan Africa which accounts for about two thirds of the estimated number of global HIV/AIDS cases.1 Despite the widespread devastation caused by this disease and the compelling nature of the statistics much of the developed world has not been exposed to the human side of this pandemic—the people who are most affected by and living …
Violence Against Women in Selected Areas of the United States
Objectives. We determined the prevalence of recent emotional, physical, and sexual violence against women and their associations with HIV-related risk factors in women living in the United States. Methods. We performed an assessment of women ages 18 to 44 years with a history of unprotected sex and 1 or more personal or partner HIV risk factors in the past 6 months from 2009 to 2010. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the associ…
Focusing on HIV/Aids in Africa
Few public health issues in modern times can match the scope and impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic especially in sub-Saharan Africa which accounts for about two thirds of the estimated number of global HIV/AIDS cases.1 Despite the widespread devastation caused by this disease and the compelling nature of the statistics much of the developed world has not been exposed to the human side of this pandemic—the people who are most affected by and living …
Understanding Racial HIV/STI Disparities in Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men
BACKGROUND: The reasons for black/white disparities in HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men have puzzled researchers for decades. Understanding reasons for these disparities requires looking beyond individual-level behavioral risk to a more comprehensive framework. METHODS AND FINDINGS: From July 2010-December 2012, 803 men (454 black, 349 white) were recruited through venue-based and online sampling; consenting men were provided HIV and…
Results of a Community Randomized Study of a Faith-Based Education Program to Improve Clinical Trial Participation among African Americans
This is a report of a cluster randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a church-based educational intervention aimed at improving African Americans' (AA) participation in clinical trials. Two hundred and twenty-one AA subjects ages ≥50 years from six predominantly AA churches were randomized to intervention or control condition. The intervention included three educational sessions about clinical trials and health disparities; con…
Violence Against Women in Selected Areas of the United States
Objectives. We determined the prevalence of recent emotional, physical, and sexual violence against women and their associations with HIV-related risk factors in women living in the United States. Methods. We performed an assessment of women ages 18 to 44 years with a history of unprotected sex and 1 or more personal or partner HIV risk factors in the past 6 months from 2009 to 2010. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the associ…
Medicine (4 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work) · Child Abuse and Trauma (1 work) · Chlamydia (1 work)