Frank Y Wong

Dados Biográficos

ID77617
NOMEFrank Y Wong
PRENOMESFrank Y
SOBRENOMEWong
ASSINATURAWONG F Y
AFILIAÇÕESEmory University
ORCID0000-0001-5835-9938
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS43
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES80
TOTAL COMO AUTOR43
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1990
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H5

  • Depression and anxiety symptoms and their psychosocial and functional correlates among people living with HIV attending two urban clinics in Panama

    Open AccessAmanda Gabster, Ibrahim Yigit et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Depression and anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV). In Panama, despite a growing epidemic and 20 antiretroviral clinics, only eight have integrated institutional mental healthcare. This study examined depression and GAD symptom levels and psychosocial correlates among PLHIV who attended two urban clinics. From August–November 2024, participants self-administered a questionnaire with PHQ-9 and GAD−2 inst…

  • Healthcare Acceptability and Delayed Care Among Older People Living with HIV in the All of Us Program

    Open AccessBrittany L Lane, Zhuo Meng et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    Timely engagement in healthcare is crucial for effective management of HIV, comorbidities, and disease prevention among older people living with HIV (PLHIV). Healthcare acceptability may be especially important for older PLHIV who have experienced long-standing stigma, medical mistrust, and culturally insensitive care. This study examined healthcare acceptability and its association with delayed care among older (≥ 50 years) PLHIV and assessed wh…

  • Culturally and linguistically adapting a transdiagnostic LGBTQ-affirming cognitive behavioral skills intervention for Vietnamese gay and bisexual men at risk for HIV

    Casey D Xavier Hall, Beren Crim Sabuncu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    In Việt Nam, men who have sex with men (MSM) have an estimated HIV prevalence of 13.3%. MSM in Việt Nam face significant stigma, which is a known factor increasing sexual risk behavior and HIV transmission. Interventions like Transdiagnostic LGBTQ-affirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) have been shown to reduce the impact of stigma, these interventions were developed in the context of the U.S. We aimed to identify cultural adaptations for L…

  • A multilevel analysis of LGBT-relevant laws and sexual and gender minority mental health

    Open AccessArtur Luz Nunes Queiroz, Zhuo Meng et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience elevated rates of depression and anxiety, largely attributed to chronic exposure to stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion. Less is known about whether state-level policy climates may buffer the mental health impacts of stress among SGM populations. We used data from the All of Us Research Program (2020–2022) to examine whether state-level LGBTQ policy climates; measured using the Move…

  • Greater Hypertension Risk among Foreign-born Adults

    Open AccessEugenia F Millender, Rachel M Harris et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2026Referências: 80

  • Neighborhood Deprivation, Trauma Profiles, Coping, and Stress Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms Among Young African American Mothers in the InterGEN Study

    Open AccessBrittany L Lane, Eugenia F Millender et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025

  • Discrimination and Mental Health Among Black and Latino People Living with HIV

    Open AccessBrittany L Lane, Beren Crim Sabuncu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

  • Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among a Diverse Cohort of MSM Living with HIV

    Open AccessBeren Crim Sabuncu, Zhuo Meng et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

  • Risk and Resilience Trajectories from Adverse Childhood Experience Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV

    Open AccessDoug H Cheung, Casey D Xavier Hall et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Medicine2025

    Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly contribute to health disparities among minoritized populations. However, the characterization and impact of ACEs and the resilience of men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV remains under-examined. This study aimed to examine how the clustering profiles of ACEs and social support networks may affect psychosocial outcomes to elucidate ACEs resilience in relation to social support network …

  • Depression as a mediator between intimate partner violence (IPV) and CD4 cell count among men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV in China

    Liying Wang, Beren Crim Sabuncu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with adverse mental and physical outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV. Few studies focus on psychological IPV, such as verbal threats. This study examined the associations between different forms of IPV and depression and CD4+ cell count, with depression as a mediator for the association between IPV and CD4+ cell count. Data for these analyses were derived from a larger cross…

  • Health-care access and utilization among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in two Chinese municipalities with or without lockdown amidst early Covid-19 pandemic

    Jiayu He, Yingying Ding et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    City lockdown is critical to successfully contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare among vulnerable population has yet to be explicated. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in Wuhan with city lockdown and Shanghai without lockdown, and healthcare interruptions were evaluated and compared. A logistic regression analysis was employed to examine as…

  • Actives, passives and power

    Casey D Xavier Hall, Casey D Hall et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020

    Global research reveals that gender-role norms have a profound effect on socio- and psycho-sexual expression (e.g. sexual positioning) among gay and bisexual men, which in turn may affect mental health and sexual risks. However, little is known about these factors among gay and bisexual men in Muslim-majority countries such as Tajikistan. Using a combination of in-depth individual interviews and focus-group assessments, this exploratory, qualitat…

  • Pharmacists’ attitudes and practices about selling syringes to people who inject drugs in Tajikistan

    Open AccessUmed Ibragimov, Umedjon Ibragimov et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2019

  • HIV and syphilis epidemic among MSM and non-MSM aged 50 and above in Shanghai, China

    Open AccessZhen Ning, Jie Fu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2018

    The magnitude of the HIV and syphilis epidemic among Chinese men ages 50 and older is unclear. In this study, we aimed to characterise and compare the prevalence of HIV and syphilis infections; linkage to care among those infected with HIV; and the geographic distribution of the two epidemics among elderly men who have sex with men (MSM) and non-MSM in Shanghai, China. This cross-sectional study involved 12,910 men ages 50 and above who participa…

  • Estimating self-reported sex practices, drug use, depression, and intimate partner violence among MSM in China

    Umed Ibragimov, Umedjon Ibragimov et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

    Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the group at highest risk for HIV in China. Researchers have used various recruitment methods to reach this population hidden from the hetero-normative culture. To inform future recruitment strategies, we compared estimates of socio-demographic characteristics, HIV risk behaviors, depression, and intimate partner violence (IPV) across three samples of MSM and money boys in Shanghai, China. Data were collected f…

  • Qualitative examination of enacted stigma towards gay and bisexual men and related health outcomes in Tajikistan, Central Asia

    Open AccessUmed Ibragimov, Frank Y WongARTICLEGlobal Public Health2016

    Gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Tajikistan are an extremely stigmatised group at high risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV. However, there is a paucity of research on how and in what way stigma affects their lives. We conducted a qualitative study to examine the impact of stigma on GBM's lives in Tajikistan, focusing on stigma enactors, settings, factors affecting vulnerability of GBM and health consequences. Eight individual in-depth i…

  • Substance Use among a National Sample of Asian/Pacific Islander Men Who Have Sex with Men in the U.S

    Eric J Nehl, Jennifer Han et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2015

    The objectives of this study were to describe drug use among Asian/Pacific Islander (API) men who have sex with men (MSM) and to examine how nativity (and acculturation as a secondary correlate) predicted such use. A total of 445 self-identified API MSM from seven metropolitan cities participated in a national HIV serological testing and psychosocial and behavioral assessment study. Results indicate clubbing was significantly associated with high…

  • In Search for the Many Faces of Community Resilience Among LGBT Individuals

    Open AccessFrank Y WongARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2015Citada por: 4Referências: 7

    Many countries (e.g., Egypt, Russia, and Uganda) have very draconian laws against LGBT individuals. Despite facing such adversity or hostility many LGBT individuals do strive and maintain their sense of self‐worth. How do they do it? The collection of papers in this special issue attempts to provide some answers to this question. I will attempt to analyze two overlapping issues in these papers, and how they might inform LGBT research using a resi…

  • Overcoming barriers to health-care access

    Open AccessLavinia Lin, Katherine B Brown et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2015Citada por: 4Referências: 1

    Guangzhou is China's third most populous city, and the region's burgeoning manufacturing economy has attracted many young African businessmen and entrepreneurs to the city. The aims of this study were to examine strategies that African migrants in Guangzhou have adopted in response to health-care barriers, and explore their perceptions of how to address their needs. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews and two focus groups were conducted among …

  • Sociodemographic and sexual behavior characteristics of an online MSM sample in Guangdong, China

    Li Huang, Eric J Nehl et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    Public health research and interventions often assume that men who have sex with men (MSM) who use the Internet in China have similar characteristics to those in Western countries, though with little empirical evidence. This study aimed to describe and examine the sociodemographic and basic sexual behavioral characteristics of an online sample of MSM in Guangdong, China. In 2010, a total of 1100 MSM were recruited from an lesbian, gay, bisexual, …

  • Healthcare provider intervention on smoking and quit attempts among HIV-positive versus HIV-negative MSM smokers in Chengdu, China

    Carla J Berg, Eric J Nehl et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    Given the implications for smoking among HIV-positive individuals and high smoking and HIV rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China, we examined sociodemographic, smoking-related, psychosocial, and substance use factors in relation to HIV status; receiving some sort of healthcare provider intervention regarding smoking; and having made a quit attempt in the past year in a sample of MSM smokers in Chengdu. We conducted a cross-sectiona…

  • Dating preferences among self-identified gay men of Asian descent in the United States

    Eric J Nehl, Colin L Talley et al.ARTICLEAsian American Journal of…2014

    Little is known about the dating preferences of Asian American gay men. To conceptualize the dating preferences among these men, the impact domains model (IDM) was used to investigate if nativity and/or acculturation might explain dating preferences. Previous studies have pointed out the problematic nature of a racist cultural stereotype that Asian American gay men prefer white partners (Choi, Yep, & Kumekawa, 1998; Han, 2008). The current findin…

  • Health Care Experiences and Perceived Barriers to Health Care Access

    Open AccessLavinia Lin, Katherine B Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2014Citada por: 10Referências: 3

  • Feasibility and willingness of using e-technologies for HIV prevention and research targeting Chinese MSM

    Eric J Nehl, Na He et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    This pilot study examines the feasibility and willingness for three types of e-technologies for HIV prevention and research among a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chengdu, China. A total of 605 self-identified MSM (200 HIV seropositive, 405 HIV-) were recruited through a community-based HIV/AIDS service organization and completed a cross-sectional survey. The majority used cell phones for voice and text (99 and 95%), 53% used email,…

  • Newspaper coverage of HIV/Aids in China from 2000 to 2010

    Junling Gao, Hua Fu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    Mass media in China play a significant role in the dissemination of HIV/AIDS knowledge to the general public. Previous studies have described how the Chinese mass media portray HIV/AIDS in general, but no study has yet to examine changes in patterns of HIV/AIDS reporting over time. This study aims to describe and examine newspaper coverage of HIV/AIDS in China from 2000 to 2010. A systematic search of the China Core Newspapers Database was conduc…