Susan S Witte
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 145489 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Susan S Witte |
| PRENOMES | Susan S |
| SOBRENOME | Witte |
| ASSINATURA | WITTE S S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5336-3185 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 50 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a combined intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health intervention (WINGS+PM+) for women in informal settlements in Kenya
Experiences of extreme weather and mental health in climate-vulnerable communities
Climate change is a major global health threat with significant impacts on mental health, especially among vulnerable populations. Residents of informal settlements-characterized by inadequate infrastructure and housing-are particularly at risk due to their exposure to extreme weather and limited access to healthcare. This study investigates the association between experiences of extreme weather and mental health among women residing in two large…
Sex Work Stigma as a Partial Mediator Between Social Support and Depressive Symptoms Among Vulnerable Women Engaged in Sex Work in Southern Uganda
She Is a Guest in My House
Traditional values and beliefs perpetuate gender inequalities and marginalize women in many societies worldwide by limiting their access to economic resources and decision‐making abilities. In‐depth interviews were conducted among 53 young women and men to explore the barriers to asset development and decision‐making autonomy among adolescent girls transitioning into young women in southern Uganda. Five themes emerged from the participants’ narra…
The intersection of caregiving and financial vulnerability
Socio-ecological impacts of extreme weather events in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Climate change is expected to profoundly impact health and coping and widen social and environmental inequalities. People living in informal settlements are especially vulnerable to climate change as they are often located in ecologically sensitive areas more susceptible to extreme weather events (EWEs), such as floods, droughts, and heat waves. Women residing in informal settlements are especially vulnerable to climate change and related EWEs be…
Extreme weather should be defined according to impacts on climate-vulnerable communities
Examining the Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Community Level Correlates of Access to Medical Care Among Women Employed by Sex Work in Southern Uganda
Typologies of Sex Work Practice and Associations with the HIV Risk Environment and Risk Behaviors in Kazakhstan
The impact of an economic empowerment intervention on intimate partner violence among women engaged in sex work in southern Uganda
Conducting high-frequency data collection in low-resource settings
Poverty and economic insecurity are driving forces in entering sex work among women in low resource areas. This increases their risk for HIV by influencing the decision-making process for high-risk behaviors. Few studies examine financial behaviors and capacities of women engaged in sex work (WESW). This paper describes the methodology used in a financial diary study aimed at characterizing women's spending patterns within a larger prevention int…
Demonstrating the Feasibility of an Economic Empowerment and Health Promotion Intervention among Low-Income Women Affected by HIV in New York City
Women of color in the U.S. face systematic exclusion from the labor market, work protections, and employer-based benefits. Women's economic vulnerability increases their susceptibility to health-related issues, including HIV transmission and substance use, which are work-restricting disabilities, by constraining their capacity to effectively reduce risk. The Women's Economic Empowerment pilot examined the feasibility of a structural intervention,…
Examining Cash Expenditures and Associated HIV-Related Behaviors Using Financial Diaries in Women Employed by Sex Work in Rural Uganda
Financial diaries are a feasible tool to assess the economic lives of vulnerable women. Despite having paid work, most WESW encountered a myriad of financial challenges with limited spending on HIV prevention. Financial protections and additional income-generating activities may improve their status. More robust research is needed to understand the potentially complex relationship between income, expenditures, and HIV risk among vulnerable sex wo…
Reducing Partner Violence Against Women who Exchange Sex and use Drugs through a Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Intervention
Narratives of Uprooting Anti-Black Racism in Higher Education
Social work is in a crucial position to reshape its current teachings centering dominant culture's practices focused on white supremacist theoretical frameworks. Rethinking the social work curriculum requires decolonizing the way we teach and practice, not as a metaphor, but as a concerted effort to incorporate anti-racist and liberation-based ideologies with an emphasis on centering the voices of Black people, folks Indigenous to the Americas, a…
‘I never hoped for anything . . . now I have other plans’
Over the past decade, Kazakhstan has experienced increased cases of HIV, especially among women who engage in sex work and use drugs. Research has examined the efficacy of structural interventions to reduce HIV risk; however, few studies have examined the experiences of women participating in these interventions. This study aimed to understand the perceived impact that HIV risk reduction and savings-led microfinance components of the Nova study h…
Self-Reported Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Among Women Engaged in Commercial Sex Work in Southern Uganda
Factors Associated with Consistent Condom Use Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
Social and structural determinants of health associated with police violence victimization
Couple-Based Behavioral HIV Interventions by the Social Intervention Group
Purpose: This paper reports a review of couple-based behavioral HIV interventions conducted by the Social Intervention Group (SIG); and addresses gaps, future directions, and implications for couple-based HIV interventions. Method: We performed a literature review for SIG research on intervention and prevention studies involving couples/partners. Results: We identified nine couple-based interventions. Outcomes included reduced sexual and substanc…
Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as…
The Racial Projects of White Social Work Students
Despite a theoretical shift toward anti-racism, racial projects within social work assert public positions against structural racism, while upholding mechanisms that perpetuate its existence. Analyzing the perceptions and intentions of incoming white liberal social work students is necessary for any effort to deconstruct racial projects in the social work profession. The sample used in the present study is composed of a white (n = 139), mostly li…
Working with economically vulnerable women engaged in sex work
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03583541
Uprooting (Our) Whiteness
Social work education reinforces hegemonic Whiteness through pedagogies and practices that rely on an entitlement to and harvesting of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color's lived experiences for the purpose of its tacit audience: White students. Despite this exploitative and harmful reliance on objectified lived experiences, White students continue to lack critical understanding of their racial positionality and connections to racism. Uprootin…
No Easy Answers
In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began to de‐emphasize and de‐implement multiple evidence‐based HIV prevention practices that had been around for 20 years, thus changing the scope of implementation across the globe. The authors provide evidence how existing interventions (e.g., CDC HIV interventions) may influence implementation of interventions that came after the program was discontinued. De‐implementation is an eco…
The Efficacy of a Relationship-Based HIV/STD Prevention Program for Heterosexual Couples
Objectives. This study examined the efficacy of a relationship-based HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention program for heterosexual couples and whether it is more effective when delivered to the couple or to the woman alone. Methods. Couples (n = 217) were recruited and randomized to (1) 6 sessions provided to couples together (n = 81), (2) the same intervention provided to the woman alone (n = 73), or (3) a 1-session control condition prov…
Efficacy of a Savings-Led Microfinance Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
Objectives. We tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone. Methods. Between November 2011 and August 2012, we randomized 107 eligible women who completed baseline assessments to either a 4-session HIV sexual risk re…
Efficacy of a microsavings intervention in increasing income and reducing economic dependence upon sex work among women in Mongolia
Diversifying options for income generation and employment may enhance health outcomes for women engaged in sex work. This randomized trial tested the efficacy of a microsavings intervention on reductions in economic dependence upon sex work and changes in income among women in Mongolia. Women who attended microfinance plus HIV prevention sessions reported a significantly lower percentage of income from sex work, increased odds of reporting no inc…
Lack of Awareness of Partner STD Risk Among Heterosexual Couples
Couple-based interventions that assess each partner's awareness of the other's risk behavior may help programs better target couples' STD prevention needs
Can Medicaid Reimbursement Help Give Female Condoms a Second Chance in the United States
The female condom is the only other barrier contraception method besides the male condom, and it is the only “woman-initiated” device for prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Although studies demonstrate high acceptability and effectiveness for this device, overall use in the United States remains low. The female condom has been available through Medicaid in many states since 1994. We provide the first published summary of data on Medic…
Client Satisfaction and Perceived Helping Components of an HIV/Aids Preventive Intervention for Urban Couples
The purpose of this study was to examine client satisfaction, perceived helping components, and perceived frequency of condom use among men and women who participated in an HIV/STD relationship-based preventive intervention. Method: 107 participants completed evaluation forms at the end of the last of five weekly intervention sessions. Levels of overall satisfaction, what participants liked and learned, what they felt helped them in the intervent…
Narratives of Uprooting Anti-Black Racism in Higher Education
Social work is in a crucial position to reshape its current teachings centering dominant culture's practices focused on white supremacist theoretical frameworks. Rethinking the social work curriculum requires decolonizing the way we teach and practice, not as a metaphor, but as a concerted effort to incorporate anti-racist and liberation-based ideologies with an emphasis on centering the voices of Black people, folks Indigenous to the Americas, a…
Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as…
Uprooting (Our) Whiteness
Social work education reinforces hegemonic Whiteness through pedagogies and practices that rely on an entitlement to and harvesting of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color's lived experiences for the purpose of its tacit audience: White students. Despite this exploitative and harmful reliance on objectified lived experiences, White students continue to lack critical understanding of their racial positionality and connections to racism. Uprootin…
Recruiting and retaining service agencies and public health providers in longitudinal studies
This article addresses a lack of attention in the implementation science literature regarding how to overcome recruitment and retention challenges in longitudinal studies involving large samples of service agencies and health service providers ("providers"). Herein, we provide a case-illustration of procedures that improved recruitment and retention in a longitudinal, mixed-method study-Project Interprofessional Collaboration Implementation-funde…
Correlates of intention to use the female condom among women taking methadone
Correlates of condom coupon redemption among urban sexually transmitted disease clinic patients
Correlates of Partner Violence Among Female Street-Based Sex Workers
This study examines the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse by intimate and commercial sexual partners among street-based sex workers and explores correlates of partner abuse by commercial partners using the following factors: sociodemographics, substance abuse, sexual behavior, and physical and sexual childhood abuse. One hundred thirteen street sex workers were recruited from December 1996 through May 1997 while receiving services from the …
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk Among Urban Minority Women in Primary Health Care Settings
Intimate partner violence and substance abuse among minority women receiving care from an inner-city emergency department
Client Satisfaction and Perceived Helping Components of an HIV/Aids Preventive Intervention for Urban Couples
The purpose of this study was to examine client satisfaction, perceived helping components, and perceived frequency of condom use among men and women who participated in an HIV/STD relationship-based preventive intervention. Method: 107 participants completed evaluation forms at the end of the last of five weekly intervention sessions. Levels of overall satisfaction, what participants liked and learned, what they felt helped them in the intervent…
The Efficacy of a Relationship-Based HIV/STD Prevention Program for Heterosexual Couples
Objectives. This study examined the efficacy of a relationship-based HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention program for heterosexual couples and whether it is more effective when delivered to the couple or to the woman alone. Methods. Couples (n = 217) were recruited and randomized to (1) 6 sessions provided to couples together (n = 81), (2) the same intervention provided to the woman alone (n = 73), or (3) a 1-session control condition prov…
Long-Term Effects of an HIV/STI Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Heterosexual Couples
Promoting Female Condom Use to Heterosexual Couples
CONTEXT: The female condom remains the only female‐initiated method for preventing pregnancy and STDs, including HIV. Innovative methods for promoting its use, and for involving male partners in its use, are needed. METHODS: A sample of 217 women and their main male sexual partners were randomly assigned to one of three study conditions: a six‐session relationship‐based STD prevention intervention provided to the couple together, the same interve…
Lack of Awareness of Partner STD Risk Among Heterosexual Couples
Couple-based interventions that assess each partner's awareness of the other's risk behavior may help programs better target couples' STD prevention needs
Can Medicaid Reimbursement Help Give Female Condoms a Second Chance in the United States
The female condom is the only other barrier contraception method besides the male condom, and it is the only “woman-initiated” device for prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Although studies demonstrate high acceptability and effectiveness for this device, overall use in the United States remains low. The female condom has been available through Medicaid in many states since 1994. We provide the first published summary of data on Medic…
Reducing Sexual HIV/STI Risk and Harmful Alcohol Use Among Female Sex Workers in Mongolia
Masivukeni
Reducing Risk Behaviors Linked to Noncommunicable Diseases in Mongolia
Objectives. We tested the efficacy of a 6-session, evidence-based health promotion intervention aimed at reducing noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk behaviors. Methods. Two hundred male and female factory workers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia were randomly assigned to groups receiving either the health promotion intervention or a time-matched financial literacy control intervention. Results. The health promotion intervention increased daily fruit and …
Risks and resiliency of women engaged in sex work in Mongolia
Landlocked between Russia and China and comprised of over one-and-a-half million square kilometres, yet with a population of just under three million, Mongolia has the lowest population density of any country in the world. An estimated 4,000 persons, primarily women, engage in sex work in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. Social stigma often becomes internalised, with women reporting feeling shame and self-loathing. Stigma against women …
Physical and sexual violence, childhood sexual abuse and HIV/STI risk behaviour among alcohol-using women engaged in sex work in Mongolia
Although the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Mongolia is low, it could increase without strategic prevention strategies. Female sex workers (FSWs) often experience barriers to prevention, including interpersonal violence. This study investigated if childhood sexual abuse (CSA) or recent physical or sexual violence was associated with HIV sexual risk behaviours and if CSA modified associations between recent violence and HIV se…
Enhancing Lay Counselor Capacity to Improve Patient Outcomes with Multimedia Technology
Efficacy of a Savings-Led Microfinance Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV Among Women Engaged in Sex Work
Objectives. We tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone. Methods. Between November 2011 and August 2012, we randomized 107 eligible women who completed baseline assessments to either a 4-session HIV sexual risk re…
Efficacy of a microsavings intervention in increasing income and reducing economic dependence upon sex work among women in Mongolia
Diversifying options for income generation and employment may enhance health outcomes for women engaged in sex work. This randomized trial tested the efficacy of a microsavings intervention on reductions in economic dependence upon sex work and changes in income among women in Mongolia. Women who attended microfinance plus HIV prevention sessions reported a significantly lower percentage of income from sex work, increased odds of reporting no inc…
The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work
BACKGROUND: Women who engage in sex work are at risk for experiencing violence from numerous perpetrators, including paying partners. Empirical evidence has shown mixed results regarding the impact of participation in microfinance interventions on women's experiences of violence, with some studies demonstrating reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) and others showing heightened risk for IPV. The current study reports on the impact of part…
Factors That Influence Linkages to HIV Continuum of Care Services
Worldwide, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continuum of care involves health promotion providers (e.g., social workers and health educators) linking patients to medical personnel who provide HIV testing, primary care, and antiretroviral treatments. Regrettably, these life-saving linkages are not always made consistently and many patients are not retained in care. To design, test and implement effective interventions, we need to first ident…
Medicaid Reimbursement for the Female Condom
Objectives. To examine state-level female condom use through Medicaid from 2004 to 2014, because in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed for expanded Medicaid coverage in many states, extending requirements for contraceptive care to more of the poorest women in the United States and to most women with private insurance. Methods. We collected data via brief survey of Medicaid offices in all 50 states between March 201…
Personal and Financial Risk Typologies Among Women Who Engage in Sex Work in Mongolia
Project Nova
Recruiting and retaining service agencies and public health providers in longitudinal studies
This article addresses a lack of attention in the implementation science literature regarding how to overcome recruitment and retention challenges in longitudinal studies involving large samples of service agencies and health service providers ("providers"). Herein, we provide a case-illustration of procedures that improved recruitment and retention in a longitudinal, mixed-method study-Project Interprofessional Collaboration Implementation-funde…
Medicine (41 obras) · Family medicine (31 obras) · Psychology (28 obras) · Sex work and related issues (25 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (24 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (23 obras) · Environmental health (22 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 obras) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (21 obras) · Nursing (19 obras)