Amy A Conroy

Dados Biográficos

ID	1733596
NOME	Amy A Conroy
PRENOMES	Amy A
SOBRENOME	Conroy
ASSINATURA	CONROY A A
AFILIAÇÕES	University of California, San Francisco
ORCID	0000-0002-0609-5077
VERIFICADO	Sim
TOTAL DE OBRAS	42
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES	36
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	42
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2013
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2026
ÍNDICE H	4

Knowledge and preferences for safer conception methods among sero-different fisherfolk couples in Kisumu, Kenya
Open AccessSarah A Gutin, Maurine Atieno et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026
Effects of couples motivational interviewing with mobile breathalyzers on mental health among HIV-affected couples in South Africa
Open AccessJoshua Kiyingi, Torsten B Neilands et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2026
A livelihood intervention improved nutritional, mental health and sexual health outcomes among HIV-affected adolescents in western Kenya
Open AccessSheri D Weiser, Lila Aziz Sheira et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
INTRODUCTION: Interventions that address household-level factors, including food insecurity (FI) and poverty, may reduce HIV risk and improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). METHODS: (SM). SM was a multisectoral agricultural livelihood intervention designed to improve HIV health. At the trial end, we used linear and logistic regressions to compare differences between the intervention and control…
Couples-based interventions for perinatal depression and anxiety
Open AccessLakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Pamela V Pichon et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2026
Background: Globally, perinatal depression and anxiety affect approximately 26% and 12% of women, respectively, with partner support recognized as a protective factor. This systematic review aimed to synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of couples-based interventions for perinatal depression and/or anxiety. Methods: We searched PsycINFO, Embase, PubMed, CENTRAL, and CINAHL from inception through December 1, 2024, identifying studies publi…
“ He accepted me the way I am … most people can’t ”
Open AccessLaura Cox, Felix Okuta et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026
Objective: Safer conception strategies to reduce HIV transmission to sero-different partners are underused. Studies suggest this may be due to HIV-related stigma. We conducted a qualitative study to examine how forms of HIV stigma may impact reproductive decisions and seeking safer conception services.Methods: In-depth interviews (IDIs) with 16 sero-different couples residing in Kisumu County, Kenya, explored HIV-related stigma surrounding pregna…
Effects of economic empowerment and relationship strengthening intervention on financial behaviors among couples living with HIV
Open AccessLakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Nancy Mulauzi et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2025
NCT04906616
The effect of an economic empowerment and relationship strengthening intervention on food insecurity among couples living with HIV in Malawi
Open AccessJoshua Kiyingi, Fred M Ssewamala et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Mlambe was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT #04906616, 08/15/2019)
Pilot Results of Masibambisane
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Rita M Butterfield et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Managing multimorbidity together
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Julie T Bidwell et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Behavioral Medicine2025Referências: 69
BACKGROUND: Cardiometabolic disorders are highly prevalent among people living with HIV, complicating the medication management of both conditions. Primary partners provide key sources of support for antiretroviral therapy; however, little research has considered their role in the context of comorbidities. PURPOSE: Using baseline data from the Healthy Hearts cohort study, we investigated associations between relationship dynamics and dual medicat…
Barriers to accessing care for cardiometabolic disorders in Malawi
Open AccessEverlyne Ogugu, Everlyne G Ogugu et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2024
Couples identified many barriers to CMD care access, which were perceived as greater challenges than HIV care. Partners provided critical forms of support in navigating these barriers. With the rise of CMD among PLWH, improving access to CMD care should be prioritized, using lessons learned from HIV and integrated care approaches. Partner involvement in CMD care may help mitigate most barriers to CMD care
Pilot Trial Results of Mlambe
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Judith A Hahn et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024
Mlambe economic and relationship-strengthening intervention for alcohol use decreases violence and improves relationship quality in couples living with HIV in Malawi
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024Referências: 62
I too have a responsibility for my partner's life
Open AccessAllison Ruark, Julie T Bidwell et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024Citada por: 1Referências: 42
Supportive couple relationships buffer against the harms of HIV stigma on HIV treatment adherence
Open AccessSarah A Gutin, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023
Increased anticipated stigma is most associated with lower ART non-adherence at lower levels of social support and sexual satisfaction. Conversely, supportive and fulfilling relationships may buffer the negative association between stigma and ART adherence. Couples' interventions that focus on improving communication and support systems within couples could reduce the negative impacts of anticipated stigma on couples living with HIV
Longitudinal Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Engagement in Care, and ART Adherence Among US Women Living with HIV
Open AccessKartika Palar, Lila A Sheira et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
Parent-adolescent agreement in reported moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Open AccessJason M Nagata, Catherine A Cortez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Despite more time spent together at home during the pandemic, there was generally low agreement between parent- and adolescent- reports of adolescent MVPA. Future research could examine parent-adolescent agreement of MVPA within the context of device-based measures (e.g., accelerometers), determine reasons for differences in parent-adolescent reporting of MVPA, and inform interventions for improved parental involvement and monitoring of MVPA
It comes altogether as one
Open AccessDanielle Campbell, Danielle M Campbell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Our findings highlight new potential opportunities and strategies to mitigate risk of HIV transmission during ATIs among key groups historically under-represented in HIV cure research. Findings also underscore the relational aspects of ATI trials. We provide preliminary considerations for planning ATI trials with diverse HIV serodifferent partners. Future studies should continue to explore these issues among other types of partnerships, cultures,…
Relationship Dynamics are Associated with Self-Reported Adherence but not an Objective Adherence Measure in Malawi
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Stacey A Mckenna et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
Development of an Economic and Relationship-Strengthening Intervention for Alcohol Drinkers Living with HIV in Malawi
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Scott Tebbetts et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
The role of food security in increasing adolescent girls’ agency towards sexual risk taking
Open AccessMaricianah Onono, Maricianah A Onono et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
These findings emphasize the need to address food insecurity as a part of structural interventions targeting adolescent HIV risk in low-resource countries. We recommend that future interventions build upon the Shamba Maisha model by combining sustainable agricultural production, with household level interventions that deliberately target gender norms that contribute to unequal power dynamics
I Found Out I was Pregnant, and I Started Feeling Stressed”
Open AccessEmily L Tuthill, Ann E Maltby et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021
Globally, depressive symptoms among pregnant and postpartum (i.e., perinatal) women living with HIV (WLWH) are alarmingly high and associated with poor outcomes such as suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). Few qualitative studies have described the experience of perinatal depression among WLWH to identify the underlying social-structural determinants of poor mental health and …
Development and Validation of the Couple Sexual Satisfaction Scale for HIV and Sexual Health Research
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021Citada por: 3Referências: 89
Re-conceptualising gender and power relations for sexual and reproductive health
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020
(insider) perspectives of gender and power in intimate relationships. We conducted eight focus group discussions with 62 young adults in Malawi to explore conceptions of gender and power relations and areas of tension between different perspectives. We framed our enquiry according to the three social structures of the Theory of Gender and Power: the sexual division of labour, the sexual division of power, and social norms and affective attachment…
Mechanisms and perceived mental health changes after a livelihood intervention for HIV-positive Kenyans
Open AccessAbigail M Hatcher, Emiliano Lemus Hufstedler et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatry2020Citada por: 2Referências: 74
While food insecurity and poverty worsen mental health outcomes among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), few intervention studies have targeted poverty and food insecurity as a way to improve mental health. Among HIV-positive patients, addressing such upstream determinants may prove crucial to ensure better mental health and HIV clinical outcomes. We integrated longitudinal, qualitative research into a randomized trial of a livelihood intervent…
Food insecurity and intimate partner violence among married women in Nepal
Open AccessNadia Diamond-Smith, Amy A Conroy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019
BACKGROUND: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an important public health concern globally, including in Nepal. Food insecurity (being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food) has been associated with IPV, but no known studies have explored this relationship in South Asia, or Nepal specifically. Women's level of empowerment is an important factor to consider when understanding the relationship between food …

HIV treatment optimism and its predictors among young adults in southern Malawi
Sara Yeatman, Kathryn Dovel et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013
This study measures HIV treatment optimism and its predictors in a representative sample of young adults in southern Malawi. In 2010, 1275 women and 470 men between the ages of 16 and 26 were asked about their exposure to people on antiretroviral therapy (ART), sexual risk behavior, HIV status, and beliefs about ART. We used confirmatory factor analysis to develop a 4-item scale of the belief that HIV is a less serious health threat due to ART (r…
The social construction of Aids during a time of evolving access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Malawi
Amy Conroy, Amy A Conroy et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2013
This paper draws upon a set of conversational journals collected over the past decade in rural Malawi, to understand how perceptions of AIDS are constructed as talk of antiretroviral therapy (ART) filters through social networks. Three distinct treatment eras frame our analysis: the early ART era (2001-2003), the ART expansion era (2004-2006) and the later ART era (2007-2009). We find that the early ART era was characterised by widespread fatalis…
Male victims of sexual violence in rural Malawi
Amy A Conroy, Abdallah ChilungoARTICLEAIDS Care2014
In sub-Saharan Africa, research on intimate partner violence (IPV) has largely failed to consider men's experiences as victims by female perpetrators - particularly within ongoing heterosexual relationships such as marriage. The objectives of this study were to document the prevalence of sexual coercion among men, to describe the characteristics of male victims, and to test for an association between sexual coercion and HIV positivity. In 2010, c…
It means there is doubt in the house’
Amy A ConroyARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2014
Research on HIV testing decision-making overlooks a complex array of interpersonal factors that go beyond HIV risk and extend into the realms of intimacy, love and marriage. The current study draws upon two sets of qualitative data, semi-structured interviews and focus-group discussions, to investigate how romantic relationships shape HIV testing perceptions and experiences in rural Malawi. It invokes the classical works of symbolic interactionis…
The Influence of Relationship Power Dynamics on HIV Testing in Rural Malawi
Amy A ConroyARTICLEThe Journal of Sex Research2014Citada por: 4Referências: 9
Using the theory of gender and power (TGP) and data from the Tsogolo la Thanzi (TLT) study, we examined how relationship power shapes young people's decisions to test for HIV in rural Malawi (N=932), a high-HIV prevalence setting undergoing rapid expansions in testing services. We used generalized estimating equations (GEE) to examine associations among five constructs of relationship power (socioeconomic inequalities, relationship dominance, rel…
Marital Infidelity and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Malawi
Open AccessAmy A ConroyARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2014Citada por: 8Referências: 58
How reliable are self-reports of HIV status disclosure? Evidence from couples in Malawi
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Lauren H Wong et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2015Citada por: 2Referências: 38
Relationship Dynamics and Partner Beliefs About Viral Suppression
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Kristi E Gamarel et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016
Relationship Power and Sexual Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Rural Uganda
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Alexander C Tsai et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016
Power and the association with relationship quality in South African couples
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Nicky Mcgrath et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2016Citada por: 9Referências: 56
Research and health interventions aiming to improving HIV-related behaviors should consider sources of shared power within couples and potential leverage points for empowerment at the couple level. Efforts solely focused on empowering women should also take the dyadic environment and men's perspectives into account to ensure positive relationship outcomes
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…
A Conceptual Model of Dyadic Coordination in HIV Care Engagement Among Couples of Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
Open AccessJudy Y Tan, Chadwick K Campbell et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
Couple Interdependence Impacts Alcohol Use and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Stacey A Mckenna et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
Marital infidelity, food insecurity, and couple instability
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Stacey A Mckenna et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018Citada por: 7Referências: 40
Food insecurity and intimate partner violence among married women in Nepal
Open AccessNadia Diamond-Smith, Amy A Conroy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019
BACKGROUND: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an important public health concern globally, including in Nepal. Food insecurity (being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food) has been associated with IPV, but no known studies have explored this relationship in South Asia, or Nepal specifically. Women's level of empowerment is an important factor to consider when understanding the relationship between food …
The Unaddressed Needs of Alcohol-Using Couples on Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
A Dyadic Investigation of Relationship Dynamics and Depressive Symptoms in HIV-Affected Couples in Malawi
Open AccessEmily L Tuthill, Torsten B Neilands et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
Re-conceptualising gender and power relations for sexual and reproductive health
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2020
(insider) perspectives of gender and power in intimate relationships. We conducted eight focus group discussions with 62 young adults in Malawi to explore conceptions of gender and power relations and areas of tension between different perspectives. We framed our enquiry according to the three social structures of the Theory of Gender and Power: the sexual division of labour, the sexual division of power, and social norms and affective attachment…
Mechanisms and perceived mental health changes after a livelihood intervention for HIV-positive Kenyans
Open AccessAbigail M Hatcher, Emiliano Lemus Hufstedler et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatry2020Citada por: 2Referências: 74
While food insecurity and poverty worsen mental health outcomes among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), few intervention studies have targeted poverty and food insecurity as a way to improve mental health. Among HIV-positive patients, addressing such upstream determinants may prove crucial to ensure better mental health and HIV clinical outcomes. We integrated longitudinal, qualitative research into a randomized trial of a livelihood intervent…
The role of food security in increasing adolescent girls’ agency towards sexual risk taking
Open AccessMaricianah Onono, Maricianah A Onono et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
These findings emphasize the need to address food insecurity as a part of structural interventions targeting adolescent HIV risk in low-resource countries. We recommend that future interventions build upon the Shamba Maisha model by combining sustainable agricultural production, with household level interventions that deliberately target gender norms that contribute to unequal power dynamics
I Found Out I was Pregnant, and I Started Feeling Stressed”
Open AccessEmily L Tuthill, Ann E Maltby et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021
Globally, depressive symptoms among pregnant and postpartum (i.e., perinatal) women living with HIV (WLWH) are alarmingly high and associated with poor outcomes such as suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). Few qualitative studies have described the experience of perinatal depression among WLWH to identify the underlying social-structural determinants of poor mental health and …
Development and Validation of the Couple Sexual Satisfaction Scale for HIV and Sexual Health Research
Open AccessAmy A Conroy, Allison Ruark et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021Citada por: 3Referências: 89
Parent-adolescent agreement in reported moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Open AccessJason M Nagata, Catherine A Cortez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Despite more time spent together at home during the pandemic, there was generally low agreement between parent- and adolescent- reports of adolescent MVPA. Future research could examine parent-adolescent agreement of MVPA within the context of device-based measures (e.g., accelerometers), determine reasons for differences in parent-adolescent reporting of MVPA, and inform interventions for improved parental involvement and monitoring of MVPA
It comes altogether as one
Open AccessDanielle Campbell, Danielle M Campbell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Our findings highlight new potential opportunities and strategies to mitigate risk of HIV transmission during ATIs among key groups historically under-represented in HIV cure research. Findings also underscore the relational aspects of ATI trials. We provide preliminary considerations for planning ATI trials with diverse HIV serodifferent partners. Future studies should continue to explore these issues among other types of partnerships, cultures,…