Marguerita A Lightfoot

Biographic Data

ID6095907
NAMEMarguerita A Lightfoot
GIVEN NAMESMarguerita A
FAMILY NAMELightfoot
SIGNATURELIGHTFOOT M A
AFFILIATIONSCenter for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Housing instability patterns among low-income, urban Black young adults in California and associations with mental health outcomes

    Open AccessMichelle Kao Nakphong, Diana Castaneda-Gameros et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    High prevalence of housing instability and mental health challenges among low-income Black young adults demands tailored interventions to reduce instability, given widening racial disparities and implications for future well-being into adulthood

  • A guaranteed income intervention to improve the health and financial well-being of low-income black emerging adults

    Open AccessSheri A Lippman, Margaret Libby et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Economic inequity systematically affects Black emerging adults (BEA), aged 18-24, and their healthy trajectory into adulthood. Guaranteed income (GI)-temporary, unconditional cash payments-is gaining traction as a policy solution to address the inequitable distribution of resources sewn by decades of structural racism and disinvestment. GI provides recipients with security, time, and support to enable their transition into adulthood a…

  • “I Was Always Trying to Figure It Out... on My Own Terms”

    Chadwick K Campbell, Phillip L Hammack et al.ARTICLEJournal of Homosexuality2022

    Recognizing the historical grounding of sexual identity development, we examined the spontaneous narration of the internet's significance among a diverse sample of three distinct birth cohorts of sexual minority adults ( n = 36, ages 18-59) in the United States. Thematic analysis revealed two structural barriers and four roles of the internet in sexual identity development. Structural barriers were being in a heterosexual marriage (exclusive to m…

  • The Architecture of an Internal, Scientific, Presubmission Review Program Designed to Increase the Impact and Success of Grant Proposals and Manuscripts

    Mallory O Johnson, Torsten B Neilands et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2020

    Securing extramural grant funding and publishing in peer-reviewed journals are key indicators of success for many investigators in academic settings. As a result, these expectations are also sources of stress for investigators and trainees considering such careers. As competition over grant funding, costs of conducting research, and diffusion of effort across multiple demands increase, the need to submit high-quality applications and publications…

  • HIV prevention and African American youth

    Michael Lightfoot, Marguerita A Lightfoot et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2009

    African American youth continue to be disproportionately represented in the incidence and prevalence of HIV despite numerous prevention efforts that target adolescent populations and declines in sexual risk behaviour among youth in general during the last decade. Several studies examining individual-level behavioural factors have failed to explain the health disparity in HIV prevalence. African American youth experience higher rates of HIV and ot…

  • Affect Regulation, Stimulant Use, and Viral Load Among HIV-Positive Persons on Anti-Retroviral Therapy

    Adam W Carrico, Mallory O Johnson et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2007

    Objective: A substantial minority of HIV-positive individuals have comorbid affective or substance use disorders, which can interfere with effective medical management. The present study examined the associations among affect regulation, substance use, non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART), and immune status in a diverse sample of HIV-positive persons. Methods: A total of 858 HIV-positive participants self-reporting risk of transmitting …