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HIV and sexually transmitted disease risk among male Hispanic/Latino migrant farmworkers in the Southeast: Findings from a pilot CBPR studyScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
Am J Ind Med 53:976-83. 2010..This study was designed to describe risk factors for HIV and STD infection, explore personal characteristics associated with condom use, and evaluate the feasibility of collecting self-report and biomarker data from farmworkers...- Using community-based participatory research (CBPR) to develop a community-level HIV prevention intervention for Latinas: a local response to a global challengeScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
Womens Health Issues 22:e293-301. 2012..The purpose of this project was to develop an intervention that builds on existing community strengths to promote sexual health among immigrant Latinas... 
Prevalence estimates of health risk behaviors of immigrant latino men who have sex with menScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
J Rural Health 28:73-83. 2012..This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, and sexual risk behaviors of Latino MSM living in rural North Carolina...- Sexual and alcohol risk behaviours of immigrant Latino men in the South-eastern USAScott D Rhodes
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Social Sciences and Health Policy, North Carolina, USA
Cult Health Sex 11:17-34. 2009..These themes influenced the development of a conceptual model to explain risk among immigrant Latino men. This model requires further exploration and may prove useful in intervention development... - Attitudes and beliefs about hepatitis B vaccination among gay men: the Birmingham Measurement StudyScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Divisions of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Homosex 55:124-49. 2008..Multivariable analysis further validated the scales. These findings propose standardized measures that may be useful in assessing the beliefs and attitudes of gay men toward HBV vaccination to guide intervention design and evaluation... - Condom acquisition and preferences within a sample of sexually active gay and bisexual men in the southern United StatesScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 21:861-70. 2007..Although more research is needed, our findings illustrate the importance of free condom distribution... 
Characteristics of immigrant Latino men who utilize formal healthcare services: baseline findings from the HoMBReS studyScott D Rhodes
Section on Society and Health, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 100:1177-85. 2008....- Exploring the health behavior disparities of gay men in the United States: comparing gay male university students to their heterosexual peersScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J LGBT Health Res 3:15-23. 2007.... - Lay health advisor interventions among Hispanics/Latinos: a qualitative systematic reviewScott D Rhodes
Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:418-27. 2007..The primary goal of this systematic review was to explore how LHA approaches have been used and evaluated within Hispanic/Latino communities in the U.S... - Characteristics of a sample of men who have sex with men, recruited from gay bars and Internet chat rooms, who report methamphetamine useScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, and the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 21:575-83. 2007..Because the southeastern United States carries a disproportionate HIV, AIDS, and STD burden, our findings underscore the need for further research and intervention... - Outcomes from a community-based, participatory lay health adviser HIV/STD prevention intervention for recently arrived immigrant Latino men in rural North CarolinaScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:103-8. 2009..5-4.3). LHA interventions for Latino men that are developed in partnership with community members, rely on male-centered intrapersonal networks, and are culturally congruent can enhance preventive behaviors and may reduce HIV infection... - Behavioral risk disparities in a random sample of self-identifying gay and non-gay male university studentsScott D Rhodes
Section on Society and Health, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27158 1063, USA
J Homosex 56:1083-100. 2009.... - The negative consequences of other students' drinking: inventory development and assessment of differences by student characteristics and risk behaviorsScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Int J Adolesc Med Health 21:519-29. 2009..College students continue to report being disrupted by other students' alcohol use... - A pilot intervention utilizing Internet chat rooms to prevent HIV risk behaviors among men who have sex with menScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Public Health Rep 125:29-37. 2010..Chat room-based prevention interventions for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are being implemented to reduce the risk of HIV exposure, infection, and re-infection among men who have sex with men (MSM)... - Boys must be men, and men must have sex with women: a qualitative CBPR study to explore sexual risk among African American, Latino, and White gay men and MSMScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Am J Mens Health 5:140-51. 2011..A community forum was held to develop recommendations and move these themes to action... - Latino men who have sex with men and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: findings from ethnographic in-depth interviewsScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, USA
Cult Health Sex 12:797-812. 2010..Our findings suggest that socio-political contexts must be additional targets of change to reduce and eliminate HIV health disparities experienced by immigrant Latino men who have sex with men... - Medications for sexual health available from non-medical sources: a need for increased access to healthcare and education among immigrant Latinos in the rural southeastern USAScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:1183-6. 2011.... - A randomized controlled trial of a culturally congruent intervention to increase condom use and HIV testing among heterosexually active immigrant Latino menScott D Rhodes
Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Behav 15:1764-75. 2011..Community-based interventions for immigrant Latino men that are built on state of the art prevention science and developed in partnership with community members can greatly enhance preventive behaviors and may reduce HIV infection... - A CBPR partnership increases HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM): outcome findings from a pilot test of the CyBER/testing internet interventionScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Health Educ Behav 38:311-20. 2011..Findings suggest that chat room-based HIV testing intervention may increase testing among MSM who may be difficult to reach in traditional physical spaces... - Using hepatitis A and B vaccination as a paradigm for effective HIV vaccine deliveryScott D Rhodes
Section on Society and Health, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Sex Health 4:121-7. 2007..Because cultural and political differences make it difficult to extrapolate findings from studies in one country to another, we have focused our analyses on studies conducted in the USA... - Recently arrived immigrant Latino men identify community approaches to promote HIV preventionScott D Rhodes
Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, and the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
Am J Public Health 97:984-5. 2007 - Integrating behavioral theory to understand hepatitis B vaccination among men who have sex with menScott D Rhodes
Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Am J Health Behav 27:291-300. 2003..To identify beliefs and attitudes associated with motivational readiness for vaccination against hepatitis B vaccination among at-risk men who have sex with men (MSM), using a theoretically integrated framework... - Using an integrated approach to understand vaccination behavior among young men who have sex with men: stages of change, the health belief model, and self-efficacyScott D Rhodes
Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Community Health 28:347-62. 2003.... - Developing and testing measures predictive of hepatitis A vaccination in a sample of men who have sex with menScott D Rhodes
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Health Educ Res 19:272-83. 2004..Although the results should be tested further, these findings propose standardized measures that may be useful in assessing the beliefs and attitudes of MSM towards HAV vaccination to guide intervention design and evaluation... - Hookups or health promotion? An exploratory study of a chat room-based HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with menScott D Rhodes
the Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 16:315-27. 2004..This analysis suggests that an online HIV/AIDS prevention intervention may reach MSM inaccessible in traditional venues typically used for intervention delivery... - Preventing HIV infection among young immigrant Latino men: results from focus groups using community-based participatory researchScott D Rhodes
Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, and the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:564-73. 2006.... - Visions and voices: HIV in the 21st century. Indigent persons living with HIV/AIDS in the southern USA use photovoice to communicate meaningScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Science and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:886. 2006 - A community-based rapid assessment of HIV behavioural risk disparities within a large sample of gay men in southeastern USA: a comparison of African American, Latino and white menS D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences and the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Care 18:1018-24. 2006..Hispanic/Latino participants were more likely to have never been tested for HIV. Rates of HIV risk behaviours among gay men remain high and racial/ethnic differences indicate the need for targeted and tailored prevention strategies... - Using community-based participatory research to develop an intervention to reduce HIV and STD infections among Latino menScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:375-89. 2006.... - Comparing MSM in the southeastern United States who participated in an HIV prevention chat room-based outreach intervention and those who did not: how different are the baseline HIV-risk profiles?Scott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Health Educ Res 23:180-90. 2008..Although risk among MSM who use chat rooms remains high, those at greater risk may be those who are less likely to engage in online HIV prevention interventions... - Exploring Latino men's HIV risk using community-based participatory researchScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:146-58. 2007..To explore sociocultural determinants of HIV risk and identify potential intervention approaches among adult Latino men... - Condom use among heterosexual immigrant Latino men in the southeastern United StatesEmily Knipper
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 19:436-47. 2007..10; 95% CI = 1.02-4.33). Our findings underscore the need for innovative and targeted HIV and STD prevention programming among the emerging Latino community in the southeastern United States... - What do men who serve as lay health advisers really do?: Immigrant Latino men share their experiences as Navegantes to prevent HIVAaron T Vissman
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University, Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:220-32. 2009..This study provides preliminary evidence that an LHA approach is feasible and appropriate for Latino men, and can be effective in reaching men who might otherwise be difficult to reach... - Viewing professional wrestling on television and engaging in violent and other health risk behaviorsRobert H Durant
Department of Social Science and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27104, USA
South Med J 101:129-37. 2008..This study examined the relationships between watching wrestling on television (TV) and engaging in health risk behaviors among an older multi-state sample of adolescents... - Psychosocial predictors of hepatitis B vaccination among young African-American gay men in the deep southScott D Rhodes
Department of Public Health Services, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1063, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:449-54. 2003..Despite recommendations for vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) of men who have sex with men (MSM), most remain unvaccinated... - Party behaviors and characteristics and serial drunkenness among college studentsRobert H Durant
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:91-9. 2008..This study examined the relationships between party behaviors and social contextual factors for the largest party attended by college students and serial drunkenness by students over the 3 traditional weekend party days (Thursday-Saturday)... - Community organizing goes to college: a practice-based model to implement environmental strategies to reduce high-risk drinking on college campusesKimberly G Wagoner
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Health Promot Pract 11:817-27. 2010..A five-phase community-organizing model was developed and its use was confirmed. This model may serve as a practical guide for public health interventions using community-organizing approaches... - Attrition bias in a U.S. Internet survey of alcohol use among college freshmenThomas P McCoy
Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:606-14. 2009..This study assessed whether measures of high-risk drinking and alcohol-related consequences were related to attrition groups ("stayers" or "leavers") in a cohort of college freshmen... - The role of monthly spending money in college student drinking behaviors and their consequencesBarbara Alvarez Martin
The Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Am Coll Health 57:587-96. 2009..The authors examined the relationship among students' spending money, drinking rate, and alcohol-related consequences... - Protective behaviors and high-risk drinking among entering college freshmenErin L Sutfin
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:610-9. 2009..To explore the use of protective behaviors to reduce risks associated with alcohol consumption among adolescents during the summer preceding college enrollment... - Caffeinated cocktails: energy drink consumption, high-risk drinking, and alcohol-related consequences among college studentsMary Claire O'Brien
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Acad Emerg Med 15:453-60. 2008..This study examines the relationship between energy drink use, high-risk drinking behavior, and alcohol-related consequences... - Visions and Voices: indigent persons living with HIV in the southern United States use photovoice to create knowledge, develop partnerships, and take actionScott D Rhodes
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, and the Maya Angelou Center on Minority Health Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Health Promot Pract 9:159-69. 2008.... - The moderating role of gender in the prospective associations between expectancies and alcohol-related negative consequences among college studentsMartie P Thompson
Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
Subst Use Misuse 44:934-42. 2009..Findings suggest that intervention efforts to prevent problem drinking would benefit from being gender-specific. The study's limitations are noted... - The employment perspectives study: identifying factors influencing the job-seeking behavior of persons living with HIV/AIDSKenneth C Hergenrather
Department of Counseling Human and Organizational Studies, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 17:131-42. 2005..The findings identified 15 beliefs that may be key for community-based organizations and agencies to address when providing job placement services for PLWHA... - Exploring hepatitis B vaccination acceptance among young men who have sex with men: facilitators and barriersScott D Rhodes
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7440, USA Scott
Prev Med 35:128-34. 2002..Studies continue to show that the majority of men who have sex with men in the United States remain unvaccinated against hepatitis B despite the licensure of an efficacious vaccine in 1982... - Increasing hepatitis B vaccination among young African-American men who have sex with men: simple answers and difficult solutionsScott D Rhodes
University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7440, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 16:519-25. 2002..Innovative approaches are necessary to ensure the prevention of infection, transmission and disease among individuals with limited education, bisexual MSM, and men who have limited access to health care... - Hepatitis A vaccination among young African American men who have sex with men in the deep south: psychosocial predictorsScott D Rhodes
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Campus Box 7440, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7440, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 95:31S-36S. 2003..02). Our findings underscore the need to increase vaccination through innovative approaches to reduce perceived barriers to vaccination while increasing provider-patient communication and self-efficacy to complete the vaccine series... - The power and the promise: working with communities to analyze data, interpret findings, and get to outcomesSuzanne B Cashman
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, A3 150 Benedict Bldg, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1407-17. 2008..We suggest that including community partners in data analysis and interpretation, while lengthening project time, enriches insights and findings and consequently should be a focus of the next generation of CBPR initiatives... - Risk among men who have sex with men in the United States: a comparison of an Internet sample and a conventional outreach sampleScott D Rhodes
Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 14:41-50. 2002.... - Realidad Latina: Latino adolescents, their school, and a university use photovoice to examine and address the influence of immigrationJ Matt Streng
Orange County Health Department, Health Promotion and Educational Services, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA
J Interprof Care 18:403-15. 2004..Likewise, implications from the findings and the nature of the CBPR approach for future Latino adolescent health intervention research are presented... - Windows to work: exploring employment-seeking behaviors of persons with HIV/AIDS through PhotovoiceKenneth C Hergenrather
Department of Counseling Human and Organizational Studies, Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:243-58. 2006..Participants utilized these findings to develop action plans to address the employment-seeking behavior of PLWHA. The findings also suggest the utility of Photovoice to enhance employment outcomes for PLWHA... - Attitudes of young african american fathers toward early childbearingSusan L Davies
UAB School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, RPHB 227, 1530 3rd Avenue, South, Birmingham, AL 35294 0022, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:418-25. 2004..To qualitatively examine the perceptions of young fathers toward issues related to early childbearing...
Research Grants
- Trabajando Juntos: Working for Health Disparity Reduction among LatinosSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Rapid Responses to Problem Drinking on College CampusesSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2007..Although the environmental intervention should be more than one year, the minimum time would be one academic year with a one year follow up. A pilot study with a historically black college or university is also proposed. ..
- HIV Among Rural Latino Gay Men and MSM in the SoutheastSCOTT RHODES; Fiscal Year: 2007..Study findings also will help shape new multilevel intervention approaches and strategies to reduce the disproportionate HIV/AIDS disease burden of Latino men. ..
- Using CBPR to Reduce HIV Risk Among Immigrant Latino MSMScott D Rhodes; Fiscal Year: 2010....