Sexual & Reproductive Health Research Program
Targets the sex, gender identity, and sexual behavior to understand health problems and outcomes
- Senior Research Program Leader:
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Jennifer Barber
- Continuity Leads:
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Hank Green
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Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds
The Institute brings together researchers from across the campus that target the sex, gender identity, and sexual behavior to understand health problems and outcomes. This ranges from research that looks at how sexual orientation affects the suicide rate among the younger generations to international work on how social networks shape the transmission of STDs among men who have sex with men. It also includes how the intimate relationships of young women can influence and even coerce their fertility behaviors, contraceptive use, and reproductive preferences.
Selected Publications
Characteristics of Received HIV Prevention Advocacy from Persons Living with HIV in Uganda, and Associations with HIV Testing and Condom Use Among Social Network Members
Characteristics of Individuals Seen as Sources of Social Support in Populations at Increased Risk for HIV
Effects of a Group Advocacy Intervention on Cervical Cancer Screening Among Social Network Members: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda

Hank Green
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Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2023)
Effects of a peer advocacy intervention on cervical cancer screening among social network members: results of a randomized controlled trial in Uganda
Exposure to Nearby Homicides and Young Women’s Reproductive Lives During the Transition to Adulthood

Jennifer Barber
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American Journal of Sociology (2023)
Hormonal Contraception Use and Sexual Frequency across Young Women's Intimate Relationships
Impulsivity as a Predictor of Early Dating Initiation in 11-12-Year-Old Youth
A pilot evaluation of “Tayf”, a cultural adaptation of Mpowerment for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in Beirut, Lebanon, and its effects on condomless sex and HIV testing

Hank Green
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AIDS and Behavior (2022)
Association of Condom Use Advocacy with Perceived Condom Use Among Social Network Members: The Mediating Role of Advocates' Internalized HIV Stigma and Own Condom Use
Coverage Effects of the ACA's Medicaid Expansion on Adult Reproductive-Aged Women, Postpartum Mothers, and Mothers with Older Children

Kosali Simon

Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds
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