Melissa Stockton

Dados Biográficos

ID8937269
NOMEMelissa Stockton
PRENOMESMelissa
SOBRENOMEStockton
ASSINATURASTOCKTON M
AFILIAÇÕESGlobal Health, RTI International, Washington, DC, USA
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2017
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • "I told myself, be bold and go and test"

    Open AccessGamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Despite a disproportionately high burden of HIV, GBMSM in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa often delay testing until the point of illness. However, limited studies examine factors that affect their participation in testing. We used qualitative in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) to collect insights into experiences, motivators, and barriers to HIV testing among GBMSM. Two community-based organizations used snowball and conve…

  • Evaluating the validity of depression-related stigma measurement among diabetes and hypertension patients receiving depression care in Malawi

    Open AccessJosée M Dussault, Christopher Akiba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Mental illness stigma research is sparse in Malawi. Our team previously analyzed the reliability and statistical validity of a quantitative tool to measure depression-related stigma among participants with depressive symptoms using quantitative psychometric methods. This analysis aims to further evaluate the content validity of the stigma tool by comparing participants’ quantitative responses with qualitative data. The SHARP project conducted dep…

  • Family planning use and correlates among female sex workers in a community empowerment HIV prevention intervention in Iringa, Tanzania

    Open AccessS Wilson Beckham, S Wilson Cole et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    There is a clear need for family planning among this population. General program exposure and exposure to a family planning workshop were associated with higher family planning use, which suggests that community empowerment models have potential to increase family planning uptake for this vulnerable group

  • The relationship between health worker stigma and uptake of HIV counseling and testing and utilization of non-HIV health services

    Laura Nyblade, Aditi Reddy et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

    The barrier HIV-stigma presents to the HIV treatment cascade is increasingly documented; however less is known about female and male sex worker engagement in and the influence of sex-work stigma on the HIV care continuum. While stigma occurs in all spheres of life, stigma within health services may be particularly detrimental to health seeking behaviors. Therefore, we present levels of sex-work stigma from healthcare workers (HCW) among male and …

  • Building the evidence base for stigma and discrimination-reduction programming in Thailand

    Open AccessKriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai, Melissa A Stockton et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    This effort provides an example of how a country can adapt global S&D measurement tools to a local context for use in national routine monitoring. Such data helps to strengthen the national response to HIV through the provision of evidence to shape S&D-reduction programming

  • Perceived, anticipated and experienced stigma

    Laura Nyblade, Melissa A Stockton et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2017

    Young people - particularly girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa - face significant challenges accessing sexual and reproductive health information and services. These challenges are shaped in part by sociocultural factors, including stigma. This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that explored the micro-level social process of stigma surrounding young people's sexual and reproductive health in two communities in Tanzania. Re…