Melissa Dunn Silesky

Biographic Data

ID7737140
NAMEMelissa Dunn Silesky
GIVEN NAMESMelissa Dunn
FAMILY NAMESilesky
SIGNATURESILESKY M D
AFFILIATIONSThe Public Good Projects
ORCID0000-0002-0641-4920
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Exploring the Impact of an Influencer-Led Program on Community Support for Harm Reduction in West Virginia

    Megan Leibensperger, Melissa Dunn Silesky et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2026

    INTRODUCTION: Harm reduction is an approach that uses evidence-based programs and services to minimize the negative consequences associated with drug use, protecting the health of people who use drugs and reducing overdose deaths. However, harm reduction programs frequently encounter obstacles, often stemming from insufficient public support, creating a need for innovative programs to garner it. One such approach is the use of digital media campa…

  • Challenging public stigma

    Open AccessChristopher R Whipple, Övgü Kaynak et al.ARTICLEDrugs Education Prevention and…2025

    Background Opioid-related stigma can affect the health and recovery of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). As such, campaigns to reduce stigma are needed. We evaluated Life Unites Us (LUU), a comprehensive social media campaign to reduce public stigma of opioids and those who use them, 12 months after campaign launch.Methods A cross-sectional web survey of 1,045 people was used to assess differences in public stigma by exposure to LUU. Su…

  • Evaluation of a digital media campaign for reducing mental health stigma

    Open AccessRoxanne Alvarado-Torres, Melissa Dunn Silesky et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2024

    Objectives: WhatMakesUs is a digital media campaign aimed at reducing mental health stigma in the Greater Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. This study evaluated the campaign’s impact at the end of the second year of the campaign by examining different aspects of mental health stigma, including social distance, attitudes, behaviours and self-efficacy, among campaign-aware (CA) individuals and non-campaign-aware (NCA) individuals. The study a…

  • A Call to Action

    Open AccessFatma Diouf, Traci L Thompson et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024

  • A Multifaceted Campaign to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation in the Hispanic Community

    Open AccessMelissa Dunn Silesky, Darshana Panchal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2023

  • A multi-site intervention using influencers to communicate about syringe service programmes

    Open AccessErika Bonnevie, Melissa Dunn Silesky et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2023

    Introduction: In the USA, syringe services programmes (SSPs) provide a range of harm reduction services and have numerous benefits for communities. However, stigma, misconceptions about SSPs and changing policies/legislation remain a challenge to effective implementation. This study reviews the implementation of two digital interventions, Appalachian Influence and Shared Influence, which used social media influencers and digital volunteers to com…

  • Perspectives on Workforce Development Needs for Community Health Workers (CHWs)

    Open AccessMelissa Dunn Silesky, Emily Peterson Johnson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2021