Tawandra L Rowell‐Cunsolo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5873923 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Tawandra L Rowell‐Cunsolo |
| PRENOMES | Tawandra L |
| SOBRENOME | Rowell‐Cunsolo |
| ASSINATURA | CUNSOLO T L R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3715-8998 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Examining predictors of substance use and treatment adequacy among formerly incarcerated individuals with a history of opioid and cocaine use
BACKGROUND: Over 600,000 individuals are released from correctional institutions annually in the United States. Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly prevalent in this population, and only a small proportion receive adequate treatment during incarceration. Post-incarceration, substance use increases considerably, and the risk of drug overdose is higher among formerly incarcerated individuals than among their counterparts in the general popula…
Exposure to parental incarceration and subsequent illicit drug use
More than 2.3 million individuals are currently incarcerated in the United States. Nearly half of incarcerated individuals are parents of minor children. Results from research on drug use among children of incarcerated individuals are conflicting. The purpose of this literature review is to identify and summarize the evidence base on the associations between parental incarceration (PI) and subsequent drug use in the United States. We performed a …
Assessing the relationship between drug use initiation age and racial characteristics
Initiating drug use in adolescence is associated with greater risk of drug misuse and dependence in adulthood and co-occurring mental health disorders. Initiating drug use in adulthood has been linked to higher-risk drug use networks and primary use of "harder drugs". The aim of our research is to examine racial/ethnic differences in age at drug use initiation and its relationship with adult outcomes. Based on data from the 2019 National Survey o…
Feasibility and acceptability of using information visualizations to improve HIV-related communication in a limited-resource setting
Infographics (visualizations that present information) can assist clinicians to offer health information to patients with low health literacy in an accessible format. In response, we developed an infographic intervention to enhance clinical, HIV-related communication. This study reports on its feasibility and acceptability at a clinical setting in the Dominican Republic. We conducted in-depth interviews with physicians who administered the interv…
If They Give Their Mind to HIV, They Don’t Last as Long”
Explanatory models describe individuals' perceptions of their illness experiences, which can guide culturally relevant care. We constructed an explanatory model of the experience of living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Dominican Republic. Following qualitative descriptive methodology, we conducted interviews in Spanish using a semi-structured interview guide developed using Kleinman's explanatory model framework. Two bilingual re…
Hazards of anti‐Blackness in the United States
On February 26, 2012, a Black child, Trayvon Martin, was executed in Sanford, Florida. Seventeen months later his killer was found not guilty. This is but one example of the state's brazen disregard for Black life, rooted in the kidnapping and enslavement of Africans more than 400 years ago, and the ways in which they and their descendants were systematically tortured. Trayvon Martin's murder catalyzed the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which…
Addressing Treatment Outcomes and Substance Use Among Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Living with HIV
Incarcerated individuals, who are overrepresented among those infected with HIV, experience multiple barriers to optimal antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence after incarceration. Substance use is highly prevalent among legal system-involved individuals and is commonly associated with suboptimal medication adherence. This manuscript describes the development and pilot test results of two interventions designed to improve ART adherence among form…
Clinician Use of HIV-Related Infographics During Clinic Visits in the Dominican Republic is Associated with Lower Viral Load and Other Improvements in Health Outcomes
Associations between Experiences of Police Contact and Discrimination by the Police and Courts and Health Outcomes in a Representative Sample of Adults in New York City
Communities marginalized because of racism, heterosexism, and other systems of oppression have a history of being aggressively policed, and in those contexts, researchers have observed associations between a range of negative experiences with police and poor physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes. However, past studies have been limited in that experiences of police contacts were aggregated at the neighborhood level and, if police conta…
I Said Maybe We Should Use a Condom, and Then that Just Went South”
More than 600,000 incarcerated individuals are released annually in the United States; a large proportion are Black men incarcerated for drug-related offenses, including drug use and possession. Formerly incarcerated Black men report elevated rates of condomless sex and sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The purpose of this study was to explore condom usage among Black men who were formerly incarcerated…
“It’s like I was out there by myself”
Until I get off parole … then I can swim in it if I want to
Black Americans are overrepresented among those incarcerated for drug-related offenses. Drug use, postincarceration, is associated with high risk of recidivism and overdose deaths. We explored factors influencing drug use among former Black drug offenders. Qualitative interviews with 30 Black Americans released from prison within the past year explored drug behavior as well as institutional, environmental, and social factors that influence drug u…
The impact of HIV diagnosis on length of hospital stay in New York City, NY, USA
While hospitalizations among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) have been elevated in the past compared to their uninfected counterparts, the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in great strides in controlling symptomatic infection. However, research largely overlooks important differences among HIV-infected individuals, primarily PLWH who are symptomatic versus those who are asymptomatic. We conducted a …
Acceptability of Rapid HIV Testing Among Latinos in Washington Heights, New York City, New York, USA
Predictors of sexual behaviour among men and women in New York City area prisons
The USA currently has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Individuals at greatest risk for HIV also tend to be among those at an elevated risk for incarceration. The HIV epidemic is driven by injection drug use and sexual behaviour, and estimates of prison-based sexual behaviour vary widely. This study examined sexual behaviour among 1369 incarcerated men and women in the New York City area. Approximately 13% of the sample (n = 176) repo…
An Empirical Test of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perceived Racism and Affiliation with the Gay Community
Studies of sexual stigma management techniques expected to decrease HIV risk among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) have yielded some counterintuitive findings. For example, some research suggests that identification with and participation in the gay community may be related to higher levels of sexual risk behavior among Black MSM. Moreover, some of this research tends to assume that Black and White MSM experience the gay community in identi…
Exposure to Prison Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Black Men
An Empirical Test of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perceived Racism and Affiliation with the Gay Community
Studies of sexual stigma management techniques expected to decrease HIV risk among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) have yielded some counterintuitive findings. For example, some research suggests that identification with and participation in the gay community may be related to higher levels of sexual risk behavior among Black MSM. Moreover, some of this research tends to assume that Black and White MSM experience the gay community in identi…
Associations between Experiences of Police Contact and Discrimination by the Police and Courts and Health Outcomes in a Representative Sample of Adults in New York City
Communities marginalized because of racism, heterosexism, and other systems of oppression have a history of being aggressively policed, and in those contexts, researchers have observed associations between a range of negative experiences with police and poor physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes. However, past studies have been limited in that experiences of police contacts were aggregated at the neighborhood level and, if police conta…
I Said Maybe We Should Use a Condom, and Then that Just Went South”
More than 600,000 incarcerated individuals are released annually in the United States; a large proportion are Black men incarcerated for drug-related offenses, including drug use and possession. Formerly incarcerated Black men report elevated rates of condomless sex and sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The purpose of this study was to explore condom usage among Black men who were formerly incarcerated…
Exposure to Prison Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Black Men
Hazards of anti‐Blackness in the United States
On February 26, 2012, a Black child, Trayvon Martin, was executed in Sanford, Florida. Seventeen months later his killer was found not guilty. This is but one example of the state's brazen disregard for Black life, rooted in the kidnapping and enslavement of Africans more than 400 years ago, and the ways in which they and their descendants were systematically tortured. Trayvon Martin's murder catalyzed the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which…
Exposure to Prison Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Black Men
An Empirical Test of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perceived Racism and Affiliation with the Gay Community
Studies of sexual stigma management techniques expected to decrease HIV risk among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) have yielded some counterintuitive findings. For example, some research suggests that identification with and participation in the gay community may be related to higher levels of sexual risk behavior among Black MSM. Moreover, some of this research tends to assume that Black and White MSM experience the gay community in identi…
Acceptability of Rapid HIV Testing Among Latinos in Washington Heights, New York City, New York, USA
Predictors of sexual behaviour among men and women in New York City area prisons
The USA currently has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Individuals at greatest risk for HIV also tend to be among those at an elevated risk for incarceration. The HIV epidemic is driven by injection drug use and sexual behaviour, and estimates of prison-based sexual behaviour vary widely. This study examined sexual behaviour among 1369 incarcerated men and women in the New York City area. Approximately 13% of the sample (n = 176) repo…
The impact of HIV diagnosis on length of hospital stay in New York City, NY, USA
While hospitalizations among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) have been elevated in the past compared to their uninfected counterparts, the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in great strides in controlling symptomatic infection. However, research largely overlooks important differences among HIV-infected individuals, primarily PLWH who are symptomatic versus those who are asymptomatic. We conducted a …
Until I get off parole … then I can swim in it if I want to
Black Americans are overrepresented among those incarcerated for drug-related offenses. Drug use, postincarceration, is associated with high risk of recidivism and overdose deaths. We explored factors influencing drug use among former Black drug offenders. Qualitative interviews with 30 Black Americans released from prison within the past year explored drug behavior as well as institutional, environmental, and social factors that influence drug u…
“It’s like I was out there by myself”
Clinician Use of HIV-Related Infographics During Clinic Visits in the Dominican Republic is Associated with Lower Viral Load and Other Improvements in Health Outcomes
Associations between Experiences of Police Contact and Discrimination by the Police and Courts and Health Outcomes in a Representative Sample of Adults in New York City
Communities marginalized because of racism, heterosexism, and other systems of oppression have a history of being aggressively policed, and in those contexts, researchers have observed associations between a range of negative experiences with police and poor physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes. However, past studies have been limited in that experiences of police contacts were aggregated at the neighborhood level and, if police conta…
I Said Maybe We Should Use a Condom, and Then that Just Went South”
More than 600,000 incarcerated individuals are released annually in the United States; a large proportion are Black men incarcerated for drug-related offenses, including drug use and possession. Formerly incarcerated Black men report elevated rates of condomless sex and sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The purpose of this study was to explore condom usage among Black men who were formerly incarcerated…
Feasibility and acceptability of using information visualizations to improve HIV-related communication in a limited-resource setting
Infographics (visualizations that present information) can assist clinicians to offer health information to patients with low health literacy in an accessible format. In response, we developed an infographic intervention to enhance clinical, HIV-related communication. This study reports on its feasibility and acceptability at a clinical setting in the Dominican Republic. We conducted in-depth interviews with physicians who administered the interv…
If They Give Their Mind to HIV, They Don’t Last as Long”
Explanatory models describe individuals' perceptions of their illness experiences, which can guide culturally relevant care. We constructed an explanatory model of the experience of living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Dominican Republic. Following qualitative descriptive methodology, we conducted interviews in Spanish using a semi-structured interview guide developed using Kleinman's explanatory model framework. Two bilingual re…
Hazards of anti‐Blackness in the United States
On February 26, 2012, a Black child, Trayvon Martin, was executed in Sanford, Florida. Seventeen months later his killer was found not guilty. This is but one example of the state's brazen disregard for Black life, rooted in the kidnapping and enslavement of Africans more than 400 years ago, and the ways in which they and their descendants were systematically tortured. Trayvon Martin's murder catalyzed the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which…
Addressing Treatment Outcomes and Substance Use Among Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Living with HIV
Incarcerated individuals, who are overrepresented among those infected with HIV, experience multiple barriers to optimal antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence after incarceration. Substance use is highly prevalent among legal system-involved individuals and is commonly associated with suboptimal medication adherence. This manuscript describes the development and pilot test results of two interventions designed to improve ART adherence among form…
Assessing the relationship between drug use initiation age and racial characteristics
Initiating drug use in adolescence is associated with greater risk of drug misuse and dependence in adulthood and co-occurring mental health disorders. Initiating drug use in adulthood has been linked to higher-risk drug use networks and primary use of "harder drugs". The aim of our research is to examine racial/ethnic differences in age at drug use initiation and its relationship with adult outcomes. Based on data from the 2019 National Survey o…
Exposure to parental incarceration and subsequent illicit drug use
More than 2.3 million individuals are currently incarcerated in the United States. Nearly half of incarcerated individuals are parents of minor children. Results from research on drug use among children of incarcerated individuals are conflicting. The purpose of this literature review is to identify and summarize the evidence base on the associations between parental incarceration (PI) and subsequent drug use in the United States. We performed a …
Examining predictors of substance use and treatment adequacy among formerly incarcerated individuals with a history of opioid and cocaine use
BACKGROUND: Over 600,000 individuals are released from correctional institutions annually in the United States. Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly prevalent in this population, and only a small proportion receive adequate treatment during incarceration. Post-incarceration, substance use increases considerably, and the risk of drug overdose is higher among formerly incarcerated individuals than among their counterparts in the general popula…
Medicine (15 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (9 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Psychiatry (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Demography (6 obras) · Family medicine (6 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (6 obras) · Population (6 obras)