Megan Barry

Biographic Data

ID6752932
NAMEMegan Barry
GIVEN NAMESMegan
FAMILY NAMEBarry
SIGNATUREBARRY M
AFFILIATIONSChild Trends
ORCID0000-0002-7094-7254
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS24
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Biomarkers of pre-pregnancy allostatic load and subsequent adverse birth outcomes

    Open AccessMegan Barry, Catherine Zimmer et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2022

    Racial disparities in birth outcomes are seemingly intractable. Using person-centered methods and drawing from the life course and Weathering Hypothesis literatures, we used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to group non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black women ages 24-34 into latent classes based on pre-pregnancy biomarkers of allostatic load. Stratified analyses yielded four latent classes among non-Hisp…

  • Media representation, perception and stigmatisation of race, sexuality and HIV among young black gay and bisexual men

    Gregory Sallabank, N A Blackburn et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2022

    Young Black gay and bisexual men who have sex with men experience stigma related to race, gender expression, sexuality and HIV status. Stigma impacts access to HIV care and prevention as well as interactions with healthcare providers. The amplification of stigma through popular media is under-researched in the health sciences. HealthMpowerment is a mobile phone optimised intervention to reduce sexual risk and support community-building for young …

  • Building Community in the HIV Online Intervention Space

    Open AccessN A Blackburn, Willa Dong et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2021

    BACKGROUND: Mobile health platforms can facilitate social support and address HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) stigma but pose challenges for intervention design and participant engagement. Giddens's structuration theory, that individuals are shaped by-and shape-their communities through rules and resources that give them power to operate within these environments, provides a useful analytic framework for exploring these dynamic intervention sp…

  • “Stay strong! keep ya head up! move on! it gets better!!!!”

    Open AccessMegan Barry, Megan C Barry et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Overlapping stigmas related to sexual minority-, race/ethnicity-, and HIV-status pose barriers to HIV prevention and care and the creation of supportive social networks for young, Black, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). A risk-based approach to addressing the HIV epidemic focuses on what is lacking and reinforces negative stereotypes about already-marginalized populations. In contrast, a strengths-based approach builds …

  • Relationship Types and Contraceptive Use Within Young Adult Dating Relationships

    Open AccessJennifer Manlove, Kate Welti et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2014Cited by: 6References: 8

    Classifying short-term relationships as "casual" or long-term ones as "serious" may ignore heterogeneity within these categories that may have implications for contraceptive use. Future qualitative research could provide a better understanding of relationship types and couples' fertility intentions and access to and use of contraceptives

  • Relationship Characteristics and Contraceptive Use Among Young Adults

    Open AccessJennifer Manlove, Kate Welti et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2011Cited by: 18References: 4

    Prevention programs should address relationship context in contraceptive decision making, perhaps by combining relationship and sex education curricula to foster communication and negotiation skills