Anna Leddy

Biographic Data

ID7561593
NAMEAnna Leddy
GIVEN NAMESAnna
FAMILY NAMELeddy
SIGNATURELEDDY A
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Predictors of worsening food security among women living with and without HIV and seronegative women during Covid-19

    Open AccessJ M Wise, Hilary Bethancourt et al.ARTICLEFood Security2026

    This study aimed to assess the prevalence, severity, predictors, and lived experiences of food insecurity among women enrolled in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study in the USA in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that pre-existing socioeconomic and health-related disparities would heighten the risk of worsening food insecurity during the pandemic. The 10-item US Household Food Security Survey was administered to partici…

  • Community Savings Groups, Financial Security, and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Iringa, Tanzania

    Open AccessAndrea Mantsios, Noya Galai et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • If She is Drunk, I Don’t Want Her to Take it”

    Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Stacey A Mckenna et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • I told her this is your life’

    Amy Conroy, Amy A Conroy et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2017

    Despite the important role of social relationships for health and wellbeing, little is known about how primary partners affect adherence to HIV care and treatment. We qualitatively explored how relationship dynamics and partner support influence adherence among couples from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Twenty-four heterosexual couples with at least one HIV-positive partner completed semi-structured interviews on topics including relationship dyna…

  • Perspectives of healthcare providers and HIV-affected individuals and couples during the development of a Safer Conception Counseling Toolkit in Kenya

    Okeoma Mmeje, Betty Njoroge et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Reproduction is important to many HIV-affected individuals and couples and healthcare providers (HCPs) are responsible for providing resources to help them safely conceive while minimizing the risk of sexual and perinatal HIV transmission. In order to fulfill their reproductive goals, HIV-affected individuals and their partners need access to information regarding safer methods of conception. The objective of this qualitative study was to develop…

  • Sexual communication self-efficacy, hegemonic masculine norms and condom use among heterosexual couples in South Africa

    Anna M Leddy, Anna Leddy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Hegemonic masculine norms (HMN), which promote sexual risk-taking among males and the subordination of women, are believed to play a key role in the HIV epidemic among heterosexual couples in South Africa (SA). Sexual communication self-efficacy (SCSE) (i.e., a couple's confidence in their ability to communicate about HIV prevention) may be a key leverage point for increasing HIV prevention behaviors among this population. We interviewed 163 sexu…

  • Growing Up in a Lesbian Family

    Anna M Leddy, Anna Leddy et al.ARTICLEJournal of GLBT Family Studies2012

    This qualitative study aims to explore the experience of being raised in a lesbian home from the perspective of the daughters and sons of lesbian families. Adult offspring of lesbian families participated in an online questionnaire that examined five themes: (1) positive aspects of being raised in a lesbian home, (2) opinions about discrimination towards lesbians in society, (3) reactions of peers towards their mothers’ lesbianism, (4) experience…