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| Marguerita A LightfootSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Computerized HIV preventive intervention for adolescents: indications of efficacyMarguerita Lightfoot
Center for Community Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1027-30. 2007..For some youths, computers are a viable way to deliver prevention information and promote skill development...- Efficacy of a culturally adapted intervention for youth living with HIV in UgandaMarguerita A Lightfoot
Center for Community Health, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 10920 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Prev Sci 8:271-3. 2007..Western interventions can be culturally adapted to retain efficacy in reducing the sexual risk behavior of YLH... - Risk behaviors of youth living with HIV: pre- and post-HAARTMarguerita Lightfoot
Center for Community Health, AIDS Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Health Behav 29:162-71. 2005..To examine the transmission behavior among youth living with HIV (YLH), pre- and post-HAART... 
Predictors of substance use frequency and reductions in seriousness of use among persons living with HIVMarguerita Lightfoot
Center for Community Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 77:129-38. 2005..To examine predictors of the current level of substance use and reductions in seriousness of substance use among adults living with HIV...- The influence of partner type and risk status on the sexual behavior of young men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDSMarguerita Lightfoot
Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, AIDS Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:61-8. 2005..The influence of partner type and risk status on the unprotected sexual behavior of young men living with HIV (YMLH) who have sex with men is examined... - Predictors of child custody plans for children whose parents are living with AIDS in New York CityMarguerita Lightfoot
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA
Soc Work 49:461-8. 2004..Parent's substance use and emotional distress were not significantly related to custody plans. These data suggest the need for interventions to encourage formal custody planning... - Who benefited from an efficacious intervention for youth living with HIV: a moderator analysisMarguerita Lightfoot
Center for Community Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
AIDS Behav 11:61-70. 2007..When deciding if an intervention is appropriate and beneficial for an individual young person, consideration must be given to type of services the youth currently accesses and the youth's mental health... - Affect regulation, stimulant use, and viral load among HIV-positive persons on anti-retroviral therapyAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0848, USA
Psychosom Med 69:785-92. 2007..The present study examined the associations among affect regulation, substance use, non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART), and immune status in a diverse sample of HIV-positive persons... - Psychiatric risk factors for HIV disease progression: the role of inconsistent patterns of antiretroviral therapy utilizationAdam W Carrico
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56:146-50. 2011..In the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), depression and substance use predict hastened HIV disease progression, but the underlying biological or behavioral mechanisms that explain these effects are not fully understood... - Perceived adverse effects of antiretroviral therapyMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 29:193-205. 2005..Increasing adaptive coping self-efficacy among patients experiencing nausea may be a particularly effective strategy in increasing medication adherence... - Randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for HIV-positive persons: an investigation of treatment effects on psychosocial adjustmentAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychiatry, Health Psychology Program, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 465, Box 0848, San Francisco, CA 94143 0848, USA
AIDS Behav 13:555-63. 2009..More intensive mental health interventions may be necessary to improve psychosocial adjustment among HIV-positive individuals... - Reducing risky sexual behavior and substance use among currently and formerly homeless adults living with HIVMary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1100-7. 2009..We examined the efficacy of the Healthy Living Program in reducing risky sexual behavior and substance use among adults with HIV infection who were marginally housed (i.e., homeless at some point over a 37-month period)... - Effects of behavioral intervention on substance use among people living with HIV: the Healthy Living Project randomized controlled studyF Lennie Wong
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Addiction 103:1206-14. 2008..Reductions in substance use were examined in response to an intensive intervention with people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLH)... - Four-year behavioral outcomes of an intervention for parents living with HIV and their adolescent childrenMary Jane Rotheram-Borus
AIDS Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
AIDS 17:1217-25. 2003..The adjustment of parents living with HIV (PLH) and their adolescent children was examined over 4 years in response to an intervention. Outcomes at 2 years had been previously published... - Theory-guided, empirically supported avenues for intervention on HIV medication nonadherence: findings from the Healthy Living ProjectMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 17:645-56. 2003.... - Prevention for substance-using HIV-positive young people: telephone and in-person deliveryMary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Department of Psychiatry and AIDS Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 37:S68-77. 2004..Prevention programs can be delivered in alternative formats while retaining efficacy. When YPLH are using hard drugs, drug treatment may be needed before delivery of preventive interventions... - Predicting HIV transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: findings from the healthy living projectStephen F Morin
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:226-35. 2005..To examine the predictors of transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in 4 US cities... - HIV prevention and African American youth: examination of individual-level behaviour is not the only answerMarguerita A Lightfoot
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
Cult Health Sex 11:731-42. 2009..This paper reviews the relationship between contextual factors and HIV risk and prevalence and the implication for prevention for African American youth... - Psychological distress, substance use, and adjustment among parents living with HIVRise B Goldstein
Center for Community Health, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 18:362-73. 2005..Being a parent, especially a custodial parent, living with HIV was anticipated to increase psychological distress and challenges to self-care... - A behavioral intervention reduces HIV transmission risk by promoting sustained serosorting practices among HIV-infected men who have sex with menStephen F Morin
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 49:544-51. 2008..To examine factors that explain the effect of a cognitive-behavioral intervention on reductions in HIV transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM)... - An HIV-preventive intervention for youth living with HIVMarguerita Lightfoot
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Behav Modif 31:345-63. 2007..Interventions that target youth living with HIV are warranted. A variety of delivery strategies are discussed for secondary interventions... - Insurance coverage, usual source of care, and receipt of clinically indicated care for comorbid conditions among adults living with human immunodeficiency virusRise B Goldstein
Center for Community Health, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
Med Care 43:401-10. 2005.... - Prevention for HIV-seropositive persons: successive approximation toward a new identityMarguerita Lightfoot
Center for Community Health, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
Behav Modif 29:227-55. 2005..Outcomes of the intervention are presented as well as issues of cost-effectiveness, feasibility, and alternative implementation strategies... - Finding shelter: two-year housing trajectories among homeless youthHeather D Tevendale
Center for Community Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California
J Adolesc Health 49:615-20. 2011..The aim of this study was to (1) identify trajectories of homeless youth remaining sheltered or returning to shelter over a period of 2 years, and (2) to identify predictors of these trajectories... - Efficacy of brief interventions in clinical care settings for persons living with HIVMarguerita Lightfoot
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 53:348-56. 2010..Computerized motivational interventions delivered in waiting rooms at medical clinics may be an efficient strategy to reduce unprotected sex acts among PLH...
Research Grants
- HIV PREVENTION USING TECHNOLOGIES WITH DELINQUENT YOUTHMarguerita Lightfoot; Fiscal Year: 2002..The results of this study will inform researchers and the public health community about the feasibility and acceptability of HIV interventions to be delivered in everyday settings using a computer-based delivery strategy. ..