Sheana S Bull
Biographic Data
| ID | 8930903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheana S Bull |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheana S |
| FAMILY NAME | Bull |
| SIGNATURE | BULL S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Denver |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sexual decision making of Ugandan young adults: Findings from national online discussions
Fifty-one 18-22-year-old Ugandans took part in asynchronous online discussions about sexual decision-making. To increase generalizability and variability of experience, youth were recruited across the country using social media advertising. Participants were stratified into 8 groups by sex and sexual experience (e.g., women who had not had sex). Participants were asked questions such as, "What role do you think [men/women] play in deciding when a…
The Use of Internet Chat Rooms to Meet Sexual Partners: A Comparison of Non-Heterosexually Identified Men with Heterosexually Identified Men and Women
In 2008, we conducted online interviews with 65 self-identified adult heterosexual men and women and gay/bisexual men to explore perceptions and experiences with meeting people online. Reasons for meeting people online, desired partner characteristics, and the process of connecting for sex paralleled those observed in real-life; but the Internet allowed people to identify more partners and specific partner characteristics. "Background checks" of …
Iteratively Developing an mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Sexual Minority Adolescent Men
Acceptability and feasibility of CyberSenga: An Internet-based HIV-prevention program for adolescents in Mbarara, Uganda
Capitalizing on emerging data suggesting that HIV-preventive behaviors can be positively affected by Internet-based programs, we developed and tested CyberSenga, an Internet-based, comprehensive sexuality education program for adolescents in Mbarara, Uganda. Three hundred and sixty-six secondary school students were randomly assigned to either the five-lesson program (+ booster) or a treatment-as-usual control. At three-month follow-up, intervent…
Social Media–Delivered Sexual Health Intervention
Sexting, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adults
Prevalence rates of sexual coercion victimization and perpetration among Uganda adolescents
Coercion is consistently reported as a risk factor for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Because of the gendered nature of previous research, however, little is known about male victims or female perpetrators. To address this gap, we report survey data from 354 sexually experienced secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda. Findings suggest that females are more likely to report involvement in coercive sex compared to males (66% vs. 56%, respec…
Conducting Internet-Based HIV/STD Prevention Survey Research: Considerations in Design and Evaluation
The future of health behavior change research: What is needed to improve translation of research into health promotion practice?
BACKGROUND: It is well documented that the results of most behavioral and health promotion studies have not been translated into practice. PURPOSE: In this article, reasons for this gap, focusing on study design characteristics as a central contributing barrier, are discussed. METHODS: Four reviews of recent controlled studies in work sites, health care, school, and community settings are briefly discussed and summarized. Their implications for f…
Soliciting Sex on the Internet: What Are the Risks for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV?
BACKGROUND: Strategies to meet sex partners have been augmented by the Internet. This medium is an environment of potential risk for acquiring or transmitting sexually transmitted disease (STD). GOAL: To document how the Internet is used to find sex partners and what risks such activity poses for STD infection. STUDY DESIGN: Participant observations of 175 chat rooms targeting men who have sex with men (MSM), heterosexuals, and couples seeking se…
Contraception and Culture: The Use of Yuyos in Paraguay
The use of herbs (yuyos) as contraception is common practice in Paraguay. This report analyzes data from the 1995-1996 Paraguayan Reproductive Health Survey. The analysis reveals that women are more familiar with yuyos (88%) than any other method of family planning. Modeling the determinants of ever having relied on yuyos as contraception demonstrates that older women (OR = 1.043) and women with more children (OR = 2.283) are significantly more l…
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Contraception and Culture: The Use of Yuyos in Paraguay
The use of herbs (yuyos) as contraception is common practice in Paraguay. This report analyzes data from the 1995-1996 Paraguayan Reproductive Health Survey. The analysis reveals that women are more familiar with yuyos (88%) than any other method of family planning. Modeling the determinants of ever having relied on yuyos as contraception demonstrates that older women (OR = 1.043) and women with more children (OR = 2.283) are significantly more l…
Soliciting Sex on the Internet: What Are the Risks for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV?
BACKGROUND: Strategies to meet sex partners have been augmented by the Internet. This medium is an environment of potential risk for acquiring or transmitting sexually transmitted disease (STD). GOAL: To document how the Internet is used to find sex partners and what risks such activity poses for STD infection. STUDY DESIGN: Participant observations of 175 chat rooms targeting men who have sex with men (MSM), heterosexuals, and couples seeking se…
The future of health behavior change research: What is needed to improve translation of research into health promotion practice?
BACKGROUND: It is well documented that the results of most behavioral and health promotion studies have not been translated into practice. PURPOSE: In this article, reasons for this gap, focusing on study design characteristics as a central contributing barrier, are discussed. METHODS: Four reviews of recent controlled studies in work sites, health care, school, and community settings are briefly discussed and summarized. Their implications for f…
Conducting Internet-Based HIV/STD Prevention Survey Research: Considerations in Design and Evaluation
Social Media–Delivered Sexual Health Intervention
Sexting, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adults
Prevalence rates of sexual coercion victimization and perpetration among Uganda adolescents
Coercion is consistently reported as a risk factor for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Because of the gendered nature of previous research, however, little is known about male victims or female perpetrators. To address this gap, we report survey data from 354 sexually experienced secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda. Findings suggest that females are more likely to report involvement in coercive sex compared to males (66% vs. 56%, respec…
Acceptability and feasibility of CyberSenga: An Internet-based HIV-prevention program for adolescents in Mbarara, Uganda
Capitalizing on emerging data suggesting that HIV-preventive behaviors can be positively affected by Internet-based programs, we developed and tested CyberSenga, an Internet-based, comprehensive sexuality education program for adolescents in Mbarara, Uganda. Three hundred and sixty-six secondary school students were randomly assigned to either the five-lesson program (+ booster) or a treatment-as-usual control. At three-month follow-up, intervent…
The Use of Internet Chat Rooms to Meet Sexual Partners: A Comparison of Non-Heterosexually Identified Men with Heterosexually Identified Men and Women
In 2008, we conducted online interviews with 65 self-identified adult heterosexual men and women and gay/bisexual men to explore perceptions and experiences with meeting people online. Reasons for meeting people online, desired partner characteristics, and the process of connecting for sex paralleled those observed in real-life; but the Internet allowed people to identify more partners and specific partner characteristics. "Background checks" of …
Iteratively Developing an mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Sexual Minority Adolescent Men
Sexual decision making of Ugandan young adults: Findings from national online discussions
Fifty-one 18-22-year-old Ugandans took part in asynchronous online discussions about sexual decision-making. To increase generalizability and variability of experience, youth were recruited across the country using social media advertising. Participants were stratified into 8 groups by sex and sexual experience (e.g., women who had not had sex). Participants were asked questions such as, "What role do you think [men/women] play in deciding when a…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)