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| DEBRA ANN MURPHYSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Impact of maternal HIV health: a 12-year study of children in the Parents And Children Coping Together projectDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
J Adolesc Health 51:313-8. 2012..The purpose of this 12-year longitudinal study was to assess the effects of maternal HIV/AIDS on child/adolescent well-being and behavioral outcomes, extending an earlier published account...- HIV-positive mothers with late adolescent/early adult children: "empty nest" concernsDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90025 7539, USA
Health Care Women Int 33:387-402. 2012..Midlife HIV-positive women need health care/social service resources as they navigate health and social-psychological challenges to successful aging... - Alcohol and marijuana use outcomes in the Healthy Choices motivational interviewing intervention for HIV-positive youthDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 26:95-100. 2012..The intervention was less effective in reducing marijuana use... - Trajectories of HIV risk behavior from age 15 to 25 in the national longitudinal survey of youth sampleDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
J Youth Adolesc 38:1226-39. 2009..Among males, being employed and being in the military were associated with inclusion in the high-risk group. Results have implications for specializing prevention strategies for youth with different patterns of sexual risk... - HIV-positive mothers' disclosure of their serostatus to their young children: a reviewDebra A Murphy
University of California at Los Angeles, Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, 90025 7539, USA
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 13:105-22. 2008.... - Resiliency in young children whose mothers are living with HIV/AIDSD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, US
AIDS Care 20:284-91. 2008..A majority of the children were classified as non-resilient; implications for improving resiliency among children of HIV-positive mothers are discussed... 
Results of an Antiretroviral Adherence Intervention: STAR (Staying Healthy: Taking Antiretrovirals Regularly)Debra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 6:113-24. 2007..Although adherence levels achieved by intervention patients may not be sufficient for virological control, this is one of the first studies to provide promising results of longer term effectiveness of a behavioral adherence intervention...- Improving comprehension for HIV vaccine trial information among adolescents at risk of HIVD A Murphy
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
AIDS Care 19:42-51. 2007.... - Correlates of HIV-related stigma among HIV-positive mothers and their uninfected adolescent childrenDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
Women Health 44:19-42. 2006..The experience of stigma had consequences for many aspects of well-being among the HIV-infected mothers. While their children were aware of and perceived stigma, they appeared to be affected primarily in the realm of delinquent behavior... - Physical health of mothers with HIV/AIDS and the mental health of their childrenDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90025 7510, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 27:386-95. 2006.... - Early and middle adolescents' autonomy development: impact of maternal HIV/AIDSDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 13:253-76. 2008..Therefore, 'parentification' of young children with a mother with HIV may not negatively affect later autonomy development... - Substance use in vulnerable patients with orofacial injury: prevalence, correlates, and unmet service needsDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90025 7539, USA
J Trauma 66:477-84. 2009..A large portion of the injuries treated at urban trauma centers are preventable with alcohol and substance use presenting as common antecedent risk factors... - Health literacy and antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected adolescentsDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 90025 7539, USA
Patient Educ Couns 79:25-9. 2010..This study investigates HIV positive adolescents' health literacy and whether factors associated with health literacy in HIV-positive adults are associated with health literacy among HIV-positive adolescents... - Factors associated with orofacial injury and willingness to participate in interventions among adolescents treated in trauma centersDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 67:2627-35. 2009.... - Family routines and parental monitoring as protective factors among early and middle adolescents affected by maternal HIV/AIDSDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, 11075 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
Child Dev 80:1676-91. 2009..Mothers' level of illness was associated with parenting. Greater variability in parental monitoring resulted in higher levels of problem behaviors... - Willingness of facial injury patients to change causal substance using behaviorsDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90025 7539, USA
Subst Abus 31:35-42. 2010..Utilizing the critical window of opportunity for emergency department (ED) personnel to make referrals may have an impact on treatment seeking for problem level substance use... - Substance use and facial injuryDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, 11075 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 22:231-8. 2010..Recognizing and addressing these issues requires a paradigm shift that involves integration of multidisciplinary expertise... - Adolescent orofacial injury: association with psychological symptomsDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Psychol Health Med 15:574-83. 2010..There is a considerable need for adolescents with intentional assault-related injuries to be screened for alcohol and mental health problems, and to be referred for appropriate treatment interventions if they score at problem levels... - Pilot trial of a disclosure intervention for HIV+ mothers: the TRACK programDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7539, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 79:203-14. 2011..The Teaching, Raising, And Communicating with Kids (TRACK) program was a longitudinal pilot-trial intervention designed to assist mothers living with HIV (MLHs) to disclose their serostatus to their young children (age 6-12 years)... - Anxiety/stress among mothers living with HIV: effects on parenting skills and child outcomesDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
AIDS Care 22:1449-58. 2010..g., poverty, residence in high risk and low resource communities, discrimination). Results demonstrate the need for interventions designed to decrease maternal stress and enhance parenting skills for families affected by HIV... - Longitudinal antiretroviral adherence among adolescents infected with human immunodeficiency virusDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025 3556, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:764-70. 2005..To longitudinally follow a cohort of adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to investigate long-term antiretroviral therapy adherence and factors associated with adherence... - Predictors of antiretroviral adherenceD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90025 3556, USA
AIDS Care 16:471-84. 2004..Thus, a variety of factors were found to determine adherence, and implications of the findings for adherence models and interventions are discussed... - Improving comprehension and recall of information for an HIV vaccine trial among women at risk for HIV: reading level simplification and inclusion of pictures to illustrate key conceptsD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 11:389-99. 1999..These findings were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Implications for informed consent are discussed... - HIV-infected adolescent and adult perceptions of tuberculosis testing, knowledge and medication adherence in the USAD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
AIDS Care 12:59-63. 2000.... - Assessment of anxiety and depression in young children: support for two separate constructsD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
J Clin Child Psychol 29:383-91. 2000..Model 2 (dual construct, correlated) fit the data better than did Models 1 and 3; results for the higher order model were identical to Model 2, suggesting the higher order model is equivalent to the dual-construct model... - Marijuana use among HIV-positive and high-risk adolescents: a comparison of self-report through audio computer-assisted self-administered interviewing and urinalysisD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90025 7510, USA
Am J Epidemiol 152:805-13. 2000..Contrary to previous studies, the data suggest that if a single evaluative instrument is to be used for prevalence, ACASI is more sensitive than urine drug testing for marijuana overall, but particularly for HIV-infected adolescents... - Psychological distress among HIV(+) adolescents in the REACH study: effects of life stress, social support, and coping. The Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research NetworkD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Adolesc Health 27:391-8. 2000..It was hypothesized that higher levels of stressful events would be associated with higher levels of anxiety and depression, but that this association would be moderated by satisfaction with social support and by adaptive coping... - Antiretroviral medication adherence among the REACH HIV-infected adolescent cohort in the USAD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7510, USA
AIDS Care 13:27-40. 2001..Adherence appears to be a serious problem among HIV-positive adolescents. Better education, intervention to relieve depression, and efforts to improve ease of medication use are essential... - Conceptualizing the multidimensional nature of self-efficacy: assessment of situational context and level of behavioral challenge to maintain safer sex. National Institute of Mental Health Multisite HIV Prevention Trial GroupD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90025 7510, USA
Health Psychol 20:281-90. 2001..Consistent with Bandura's theory, the multidimensional model provided the best fit for both samples... - No change in health risk behaviors over time among HIV infected adolescents in care: role of psychological distressD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90025 7510, USA
J Adolesc Health 29:57-63. 2001..It was hypothesized that higher levels of distress would be associated with increased sexual risk behaviors, and increased use of alcohol and drugs... - Maternal disclosure of mothers' HIV serostatus to their young childrenD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
J Fam Psychol 15:441-50. 2001..These findings indicate that for this sample, no negative effects were observed among young children to whom mothers have personally disclosed their HIV serostatus... - Number of pregnancies, outcome expectancies, and social norms among HIV-infected young womenD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 90024, USA
Health Psychol 17:470-5. 1998..Suggestions for better methods of providing information to HIV+ young women are provided... - Barriers and successful strategies to antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected monolingual Spanish-speaking patientsD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
AIDS Care 15:217-30. 2003..Language barriers were reported, and the use of translators was not always seen as a sufficient remedy. Differences between monolingual Spanish-speaking patients' and English-speaking patients' strategies and barriers are discussed... - Factors associated with HIV testing among HIV-positive and HIV-negative high-risk adolescents: the REACH Study. Reaching for Excellence in Adolescent Care and HealthDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90025 3556, USA
Pediatrics 110:e36. 2002..To describe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing patterns among high-risk, uninfected adolescents and HIV-infected adolescents, and factors associated with testing... - Barriers to HAART adherence among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adolescentsDebra A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, 90025 3556, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:249-55. 2003..To investigate the barriers to highly active antiretrovial therapy (HAART) adherence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adolescents and to explore the association of barriers and nonadherence... - Factors associated with antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected women with childrenDebra A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles, 90025 3556, USA
Women Health 36:97-111. 2002..Interventions to assist these women in improving adherence are urgently needed... - Mothers living with HIV/AIDS: mental, physical, and family functioningD A Murphy
Health Risk Reduction Projects, Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, 11075 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025 3556, USA
AIDS Care 14:633-44. 2002..Depression also was associated with the mothers being less able to perform tasks that they typically do; children of more depressed mothers had increased responsibilities for household tasks... - Barriers to antiretroviral adherence among HIV-infected adultsD A Murphy
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024 6521, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 14:47-58. 2000..In addition, health-care system barriers caused difficulty in maintaining adherence. Implications for patient as well as provider interventions are discussed... - The role of family caregivers in HIV medication adherenceK P Beals
Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
AIDS Care 18:589-96. 2006..Adherence interventions may maximize their effectiveness if they consider the role of the family caregiver because these data suggest that caregiver attitudes are linked with PLH adherence behaviours... - HIV-related traumatic stress symptoms in AIDS caregiving family dyadsR G Wight
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
AIDS Care 19:901-9. 2007..Caregiving mothers and wives may feel traumatized 'courtesy' of their loved one's HIV infection, the caregiving scenario, or the resultant caregiving stress... - Efficacy of a preventive intervention for youths living with HIVM J Rotheram-Borus
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 91:400-5. 2001..HIV transmission behaviors and health practices of HIV-infected youths were examined over a period of 15 months after they received a preventive intervention... - Health and risk behaviors over time among youth living with HIVM J Rotheram-Borus
J Adolesc 24:791-802. 2001..Depression, self-esteem, and health status also were stable over time. YLH who have a lifetime history of multiple problem behaviors are likely to change slowly over time, even when receiving comprehensive residential care... - Test-retest reliability for self-reports of sexual behavior among Thai and Korean respondentsC D Sneed
UCLA, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1772, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 13:302-10. 2001..The discussion focuses on the development of HIV risk assessments that take into consideration ethnic diversity found within the Asian and Pacific Islander community...
Research Grants
- The Impact of Maternal HIV of Early & Middle AdolescentsDebra Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2007..g., illness severity and medication adherence, mental health status, social support); and 4. Evaluate the timing of maternal disclosure of HIV status on the early/middle adolescents' adjustment. ..
- Maternal HIV: Intervention to Assist Disclosure to ChildrenDebra Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2007..Few interventions, other than for prevention or medication adherence, are available for women living with HIV; this study will evaluate an intervention that will help HIV-positive mothers deal with a serious family issue. ..
- Maternal HIV: Intervention to Assist Disclosure to ChildrenDebra Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2009..Few interventions, other than for prevention or medication adherence, are available for women living with HIV; this study will evaluate an intervention that will help HIV-positive mothers deal with a serious family issue. ..
- Longitudinal Study of Maternal HIV on their Late Adolescent/Early Adult ChildrenDebra Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2009..This would be the first cohort of children affected by maternal HIV/AIDS followed all the way from early school age through late adolescence/early adulthood, allowing investigation of long-term outcomes of these children. ..
- Longitudinal Study of Maternal HIV on their Late Adolescent/Early Adult ChildrenDebra A Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2010..This would be the first cohort of children affected by maternal HIV/AIDS followed all the way from early school age through late adolescence/early adulthood, allowing investigation of long-term outcomes of these children. ..
- YOUNG AIDS ORPHANS--PROSPECTIVE BEREAVEMENTDebra Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2002..Additionally, evaluation of children's long-term adjustment (mental health, behavioral, and social outcomes), will assist in detemining resiliency factors and risk factors for children who are orphaned by ADS. ..
- MEDICATION ADHERENCE INTERVENTION FOR HIV+ PERSONSDebra Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- A Parenting Intervention for HIV+ Moms: The IMAGE programDebra A Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2010....