Cynthia A Gómez
Biographic Data
| ID | 6073310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia A Gómez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia A |
| FAMILY NAME | Gómez |
| SIGNATURE | GOMEZ C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Doing Good Well in Unethical Times: A Call to Action for HIV Prevention Research
Since the emergence of the AIDS epidemic, HIV research has been a mirror for humanity's moral choices that transformed biomedical and social science ethics. Four decades after the epidemic the field again faces an ethical reckoning. Once defined by its moral courage and community partnership, HIV research now operates amid political interference, data insecurity, funding contractions, and threats to academic freedom. Drawing on insights from the …
From Presence to Participation: Ethical Engagement in Community Advisory Boards for Drug Use Research
Community Advisory Boards (CABs) are frequently recommended for community-engaged research. They are intended to incorporate the experiential knowledge of people most affected by research. However, CABs often fail to achieve these participatory ideals. Increasingly, people with lived or living experience of stigmatized health-related issues serve on CABs as study population representatives. Yet their perspectives on ethical engagement remain unde…
Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030
The evolution of Healthy People reflects growing awareness of health inequities over the life course. Each decade, the initiative has gained understanding of how the nation can achieve health and well-being. To inform Healthy People 2030's visionary goal of achieving health equity in the coming decade, the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (Secretary's Advisory Committee) provid…
Beyond the discourse of reproductive choice: Narratives of pregnancy resolution among Latina/o teenage parents
Despite the fact that the US teenage birth rate has declined dramatically in recent years, teen births among Latinas are higher than any other racial/ethnic group. Most studies focus on the causes and consequences of early motherhood among Latina teenagers, neglecting other important dimensions of the issue. This study examines how Latina/o teenage parents living in California narrate their experiences with unintended pregnancy resolution. Qualit…
The intersection of gender and ethnicity in HIV risk, interventions, and prevention: New frontiers for psychology
This article articulates a contextualized understanding of gender and ethnicity as interacting social determinants of HIV risk and acquisition, with special focus on African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos--2 ethnic groups currently at most risk for HIV/AIDS acquisition in the United States. First, sex and gender are defined. Second, a conceptual model of gender, ethnicity, and HIV risk and resilience is presented. Third, a historical backdrop of…
Preventing HIV in U.S. Women and Girls: A Call for Social Action
Is Injection Serosorting Occurring among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison by Injection Partner’s HIV Status
Is Sexual Serosorting Occurring Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison Between Those with HIV-Positive Partners Only, HIV-Negative Partners Only, and Those with any Partners of Unknown St…
Correlates of Risk Patterns and Race/Ethnicity among HIV-Positive Men who have Sex with Men
Beliefs that Condoms Reduce Sexual Pleasure—Gender Differences in Correlates Among Heterosexual HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
Is HIV/Aids Stigma Dividing the Gay Community? Perceptions of HIV–positive Men Who Have Sex With Men
Stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS has existed since the beginning of the epidemic, but little is known about HIV/AIDS stigma within the gay community and how it affects men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV. A better understanding of the effects of stigma on this population is needed to reduce it and its harmful effects. Our study used quantitative data from 206 HIV-positive MSM and qualitative data from 250 to document beliefs about HIV/AIDS…
Beliefs about Personal and Partner Responsibility among HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men: Measurement and Association with Transmission Risk Behavior
Barrier Methods of Prevention: Condom Use at Last Sex Among Unmarried Latino Men: An Event Level Analysis
Providers’ HIV Prevention Discussions with HIV-Seropositive Injection Drug Users
Sexual harm reduction practices of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men: Serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed unprotected anal and oral sex behaviors of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in New York City and San Francisco with their main and non-main sexual partners. Here we focus on the use of three harm reduction strategies (serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation) in order to decrease transmission risk. METHOD: The data from a baseline assessment of 1168 HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in …
Condom Use at Last Sex Among Unmarried Latino Men: An Event Level Analysis
Risk Perception and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Men on Antiretroviral Therapy
Partner Awareness of the Serostatus of HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex With Men: Impact on Unprotected Sexual Behavior
Draw the Line/Respect the Line: A Randomized Trial of a Middle School Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors
Objectives. This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. Methods. The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders was tracked for 36 months. Results. The intervention delayed sexual initiation among boys, but not girls. Boys in the intervention …
Correlates of Sexual Risk Behaviors among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
This study examines correlates of unprotected sexual risk practices of an ethnically diverse sample of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men (MSM) from the New York City and San Francisco metropolitan areas. Participants completed a self-report survey that assessed sexual risk behaviors and potential correlates. A total of 367 men reported sex with a casual male partner in the previous 3 months. Participants were divided into three groups ba…
Self-Perceived Responsibility of HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men for Preventing HIV Transmission
Unmarried Latino Men who Report Sex with Men: Psychocultural and Demographic Characteristics
Self‐Efficacy to Use Condoms in Unmarried Latino Adults
Measures of self‐efficacy to use condoms can clarify the barriers to condom use Latinos encounter. A 20‐item scale, that differed slightly for men and women, and was based on extensive elicitation interviews, was used in a random digit dial household survey of 1,600 unmarried Latino adults in 10 states with large Latino populations. Self‐efficacy was related to condom use for both men and women. Factor analyses revealed five correlated factors: R…
Condom use in unmarried Latino men: A test of cultural constructs.
The effects of cultural factors on condom use were assessed in a random digit-dialing household survey of 1,600 unmarried Latino adults in 10 states with large Latino populations. Measures of traditional gender-role beliefs, sexual coercion, sexual comfort, and self-efficacy in using condoms were developed specifically for this population. A multisample structural equation model analysis included 594 men who reported one or more heterosexual part…
Gender, culture, and power: Barriers to HIV‐prevention strategies for women
The rapid increase of HIV infection among women in the U.S. has been attributed primarily to sexual contact with HIV‐infected men. Strong cultural gender norms regarding sexual behaviors among Latinos exacerbates this risk for Latino women. In this study we assessed contraceptive use patterns and predictors of condom use with steady male partners among a random sample of 513 Latino and 184 non‐Latino White women (N = 697). The women were assessed…
Gender, culture, and power: Barriers to HIV‐prevention strategies for women
The rapid increase of HIV infection among women in the U.S. has been attributed primarily to sexual contact with HIV‐infected men. Strong cultural gender norms regarding sexual behaviors among Latinos exacerbates this risk for Latino women. In this study we assessed contraceptive use patterns and predictors of condom use with steady male partners among a random sample of 513 Latino and 184 non‐Latino White women (N = 697). The women were assessed…
Self‐Efficacy to Use Condoms in Unmarried Latino Adults
Measures of self‐efficacy to use condoms can clarify the barriers to condom use Latinos encounter. A 20‐item scale, that differed slightly for men and women, and was based on extensive elicitation interviews, was used in a random digit dial household survey of 1,600 unmarried Latino adults in 10 states with large Latino populations. Self‐efficacy was related to condom use for both men and women. Factor analyses revealed five correlated factors: R…
Draw the Line/Respect the Line: A Randomized Trial of a Middle School Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors
Objectives. This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. Methods. The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders was tracked for 36 months. Results. The intervention delayed sexual initiation among boys, but not girls. Boys in the intervention …
Beliefs that Condoms Reduce Sexual Pleasure—Gender Differences in Correlates Among Heterosexual HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
Letters From V: Adolescent Personality Development in Sociohistorical Context
Systematic content analysis of personal documents is used to assess the course of personality development in one adolescent female exposed to traumatic historical and personal events, as well as more normative life changes Seventy‐one letters written by a young girl to her former teacher over a 9‐year period comprise the data for this study. Our analyses assess the normal developmental processes of preoccupation with identity formation and the es…
Gender, culture, and power: Barriers to HIV‐prevention strategies for women
The rapid increase of HIV infection among women in the U.S. has been attributed primarily to sexual contact with HIV‐infected men. Strong cultural gender norms regarding sexual behaviors among Latinos exacerbates this risk for Latino women. In this study we assessed contraceptive use patterns and predictors of condom use with steady male partners among a random sample of 513 Latino and 184 non‐Latino White women (N = 697). The women were assessed…
Condom use in unmarried Latino men: A test of cultural constructs.
The effects of cultural factors on condom use were assessed in a random digit-dialing household survey of 1,600 unmarried Latino adults in 10 states with large Latino populations. Measures of traditional gender-role beliefs, sexual coercion, sexual comfort, and self-efficacy in using condoms were developed specifically for this population. A multisample structural equation model analysis included 594 men who reported one or more heterosexual part…
Unmarried Latino Men who Report Sex with Men: Psychocultural and Demographic Characteristics
Self‐Efficacy to Use Condoms in Unmarried Latino Adults
Measures of self‐efficacy to use condoms can clarify the barriers to condom use Latinos encounter. A 20‐item scale, that differed slightly for men and women, and was based on extensive elicitation interviews, was used in a random digit dial household survey of 1,600 unmarried Latino adults in 10 states with large Latino populations. Self‐efficacy was related to condom use for both men and women. Factor analyses revealed five correlated factors: R…
Correlates of Sexual Risk Behaviors among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
This study examines correlates of unprotected sexual risk practices of an ethnically diverse sample of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men (MSM) from the New York City and San Francisco metropolitan areas. Participants completed a self-report survey that assessed sexual risk behaviors and potential correlates. A total of 367 men reported sex with a casual male partner in the previous 3 months. Participants were divided into three groups ba…
Self-Perceived Responsibility of HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men for Preventing HIV Transmission
Draw the Line/Respect the Line: A Randomized Trial of a Middle School Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors
Objectives. This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of Draw the Line/Respect the Line, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among middle school adolescents. Methods. The randomized controlled trial involved 19 schools in northern California. A cohort of 2829 sixth graders was tracked for 36 months. Results. The intervention delayed sexual initiation among boys, but not girls. Boys in the intervention …
Sexual harm reduction practices of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men: Serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed unprotected anal and oral sex behaviors of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in New York City and San Francisco with their main and non-main sexual partners. Here we focus on the use of three harm reduction strategies (serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation) in order to decrease transmission risk. METHOD: The data from a baseline assessment of 1168 HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in …
Condom Use at Last Sex Among Unmarried Latino Men: An Event Level Analysis
Risk Perception and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Men on Antiretroviral Therapy
Partner Awareness of the Serostatus of HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex With Men: Impact on Unprotected Sexual Behavior
Is HIV/Aids Stigma Dividing the Gay Community? Perceptions of HIV–positive Men Who Have Sex With Men
Stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS has existed since the beginning of the epidemic, but little is known about HIV/AIDS stigma within the gay community and how it affects men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV. A better understanding of the effects of stigma on this population is needed to reduce it and its harmful effects. Our study used quantitative data from 206 HIV-positive MSM and qualitative data from 250 to document beliefs about HIV/AIDS…
Beliefs about Personal and Partner Responsibility among HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men: Measurement and Association with Transmission Risk Behavior
Barrier Methods of Prevention: Condom Use at Last Sex Among Unmarried Latino Men: An Event Level Analysis
Providers’ HIV Prevention Discussions with HIV-Seropositive Injection Drug Users
Correlates of Risk Patterns and Race/Ethnicity among HIV-Positive Men who have Sex with Men
Beliefs that Condoms Reduce Sexual Pleasure—Gender Differences in Correlates Among Heterosexual HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
Is Sexual Serosorting Occurring Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison Between Those with HIV-Positive Partners Only, HIV-Negative Partners Only, and Those with any Partners of Unknown St…
Preventing HIV in U.S. Women and Girls: A Call for Social Action
Is Injection Serosorting Occurring among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison by Injection Partner’s HIV Status
The intersection of gender and ethnicity in HIV risk, interventions, and prevention: New frontiers for psychology
This article articulates a contextualized understanding of gender and ethnicity as interacting social determinants of HIV risk and acquisition, with special focus on African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos--2 ethnic groups currently at most risk for HIV/AIDS acquisition in the United States. First, sex and gender are defined. Second, a conceptual model of gender, ethnicity, and HIV risk and resilience is presented. Third, a historical backdrop of…
Beyond the discourse of reproductive choice: Narratives of pregnancy resolution among Latina/o teenage parents
Despite the fact that the US teenage birth rate has declined dramatically in recent years, teen births among Latinas are higher than any other racial/ethnic group. Most studies focus on the causes and consequences of early motherhood among Latina teenagers, neglecting other important dimensions of the issue. This study examines how Latina/o teenage parents living in California narrate their experiences with unintended pregnancy resolution. Qualit…
Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030
The evolution of Healthy People reflects growing awareness of health inequities over the life course. Each decade, the initiative has gained understanding of how the nation can achieve health and well-being. To inform Healthy People 2030's visionary goal of achieving health equity in the coming decade, the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030 (Secretary's Advisory Committee) provid…
Doing Good Well in Unethical Times: A Call to Action for HIV Prevention Research
Since the emergence of the AIDS epidemic, HIV research has been a mirror for humanity's moral choices that transformed biomedical and social science ethics. Four decades after the epidemic the field again faces an ethical reckoning. Once defined by its moral courage and community partnership, HIV research now operates amid political interference, data insecurity, funding contractions, and threats to academic freedom. Drawing on insights from the …
Medicine (22 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (19 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Demography (16 works) · Public health (15 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (13 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (13 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (13 works) · Health psychology (12 works) · Demography (11 works)