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Shippee T, Simon Rosser BR, Wright MM, Aumock C, Moone R, Talley KMC, Duran P, Henning-Smith C, Cahill S, Flatt JD, Slaughter-Acey J, Greenwald S, McCarthy T, Ross MW. Scoping Literature Review: Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults, With Diagnoses of Dementia, Who Use Residential Long-Term Services and Supports. J Appl Gerontol 2024; 43:562-576. [PMID: 37975683 PMCID: PMC10981565 DOI: 10.1177/07334648231213532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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The number of sexual and gender minority (SGM) older adults utilizing residential long-term supports and services (LTSS) will increase in the forthcoming decades. Paradoxically, while requiring more LTSS services than their non-SGM counterparts, SGM older adults are less likely to access these services, partly due to fears of discrimination. Furthermore, SGM older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) present unique challenges and opportunities for LTSS facilities. This article provides a scoping review on the intersection between experiences of SGM older adults with AD/ADRD who use residential LTSS. This review identified three themes: (1) the experiences of discrimination among SGM residents in LTSS facilities, (2) the need for comprehensive staff training in residential LTSS to ensure proper care of SGM populations, and (3) the crucial role of inclusive facility policies. As the number of SGM older adults is expected to increase, further research is necessary.
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- Aging and Gender Care Access, Saint Paul, MN, USA
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- Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Lorton BM, Warren C, Ilyas H, Nandigrami P, Hegde S, Cahill S, Lehman SM, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Fiser A, Cowburn D, Shechter D. Glutamylation of Npm2 and Nap1 acidic disordered regions increases DNA mimicry and histone chaperone efficiency. iScience 2024; 27:109458. [PMID: 38571760 PMCID: PMC10987829 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Histone chaperones-structurally diverse, non-catalytic proteins enriched with acidic intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs)-protect histones from spurious nucleic acid interactions and guide their deposition into and out of nucleosomes. Despite their conservation and ubiquity, the function of the chaperone acidic IDRs remains unclear. Here, we show that the Xenopus laevis Npm2 and Nap1 acidic IDRs are substrates for TTLL4 (Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like 4)-catalyzed post-translational glutamate-glutamylation. We demonstrate that to bind, stabilize, and deposit histones into nucleosomes, chaperone acidic IDRs function as DNA mimetics. Our biochemical, computational, and biophysical studies reveal that glutamylation of these chaperone polyelectrolyte acidic stretches functions to enhance DNA electrostatic mimicry, promoting the binding and stabilization of H2A/H2B heterodimers and facilitating nucleosome assembly. This discovery provides insights into both the previously unclear function of the acidic IDRs and the regulatory role of post-translational modifications in chromatin dynamics.
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- Benjamin M. Lorton
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Keuroghlian AS, Marc L, Goldhammer H, Massaquoi M, Downes A, Stango J, Bryant H, Cahill S, Yen J, Perez AC, Head JM, Mayer KH, Myers J, Rebchook GM, Bourdeau B, Psihopaidas D, Chavis NS, Cohen SM. Correction: A Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Learning Approach for the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Interventions to Improve HIV-Related Health Outcomes. AIDS Behav 2024:10.1007/s10461-024-04296-0. [PMID: 38436808 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04296-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Alex S Keuroghlian
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Kansas City Free Health Clinic, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Synergy Scientifics LLC, Port Orford, OR, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, MD, USA
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- US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, MD, USA
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- US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, MD, USA
- Division of HIV Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Sugarman J, Taylor HA, Bachmann LH, Barbee LA, Cahill S, Celum C, Luetkemeyer AF, Mayer KH, Mena L, Mermin J, Upshur R, Aral S. Ethical Considerations in Implementing Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections. Sex Transm Dis 2024; 51:135-138. [PMID: 38079243 PMCID: PMC10922428 DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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- Jeremy Sugarman
- Johns Hopkins University, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, USA
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- The Fenway Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Departments of Global Health, Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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Keuroghlian AS, Marc L, Goldhammer H, Massaquoi M, Downes A, Stango J, Bryant H, Cahill S, Yen J, Perez AC, Head JM, Mayer KH, Myers J, Rebchook GM, Bourdeau B, Psihopaidas D, Chavis NS, Cohen SM. A Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Learning Approach for the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Interventions to Improve HIV-Related Health Outcomes. AIDS Behav 2024:10.1007/s10461-023-04260-4. [PMID: 38340221 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04260-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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The nationwide scale-up of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions has been widely recognized as a crucial step in ending the HIV epidemic. Although the successful delivery of interventions may involve intensive expert training, technical assistance (TA), and dedicated funding, most organizations attempt to replicate interventions without access to focused expert guidance. Thus, there is a grave need for initiatives that meaningfully address HIV health disparities while addressing these inherent limitations. Here, the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA HAB) initiative Using Evidence-Informed Interventions to Improve HIV Health Outcomes among People Living with HIV (E2i) piloted an alternative approach to implementation that de-emphasized expert training to naturalistically simulate the experience of future HIV service organizations with limited access to TA. The E2i approach combined the HAB-adapted Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Series Collaborative Learning Model with HRSA HAB's Implementation Science Framework, to create an innovative multi-tiered system of peer-to-peer learning that was piloted across 11 evidence-informed interventions at 25 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program sites. Four key types of peer-to-peer learning exchanges (i.e., intervention, site, staff role, and organization specific) took place at biannual peer learning sessions, while quarterly intervention cohort calls and E2i monthly calls with site staff occurred during the action periods between learning sessions. Peer-to-peer learning fostered both experiential learning and community building and allowed site staff to formulate robust site-specific action plans for rapid cycle testing between learning sessions. Strategies that increase the effectiveness of interventions while decreasing TA could provide a blueprint for the rapid uptake and integration of HIV interventions nationwide.
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- Alex S Keuroghlian
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Kansas City Free Health Clinic, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Synergy Scientifics LLC, Port Orford, OR, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Prevention Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, MD, USA
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- US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, MD, USA
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- US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, MD, USA
- Division of HIV Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Mayer KH, Peretti M, McBurnie MA, King D, Smith NX, Crawford P, Loo S, Sigal M, Gillespie S, Davis JA, Cahill S, Grasso C, Keuroghlian AS. Training Health Center Staff in the Provision of Culturally Responsive Care for Sexual and Gender Minority Patients: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. LGBT Health 2024; 11:131-142. [PMID: 38052073 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2022.0322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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Purpose: The study was designed to evaluate whether an educational intervention to train the health center (HC) staff to optimize care for sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients could improve documentation of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and increase preventive screenings. Methods: Twelve HCs were matched and randomized to either receive a tailored, multicomponent educational intervention or a 1-hour prerecorded webinar. Documentation of SGM status and clinical testing was measured through analysis of data that HCs report annually. Nonparametric statistics were used to assess associations between baseline HC characteristics and outcome measures. Results: The HCs were geographically, racially, and ethnically diverse. In all but one HC, <10% of the patients were identified as SGM. Intervention HCs underwent between 3 and 10 trainings, which were highly acceptable. In 2018, 9 of 12 HCs documented SO and 11 of 12 documented GI for at least 50% of their patients. Five of 6 intervention HCs increased SO documentation by 2020, compared to 3 of 6 control HCs (nonsignificant, NS). Five intervention HCs increased GI documentation, although generally by less than 10%, compared to 2 of the controls (NS). Intervention HCs tended to increase documentation of preventive services more than control HCs, but the changes were NS. Conclusions: An educational intervention designed to train the HC staff to provide culturally responsive services for SGM patients was found to be acceptable, with favorable, but nonsignificant changes. Further refinement of the intervention using a larger sample of HCs might demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach. Clinical trial registration #: NCT03554785.
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- Kenneth H Mayer
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Science Program Department, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Science Program Department, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Research Data Analytics Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Research Data Analytics Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Levengood TW, Conti RM, Cahill S, Cole MB. Assessing the Impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program: A Scoping Review of the Empirical, Peer-Reviewed Literature. Milbank Q 2024. [PMID: 38282421 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Policy Points The 340B Drug Pricing Program accounts for roughly 1 out of every 100 dollars spent in the $4.3 trillion US health care industry. Decisions affecting the program will have wide-ranging consequences throughout the US safety net. Our scoping review provides a roadmap of the questions being asked about the 340B program and an initial synthesis of the answers. The highest-quality evidence indicates that nonprofit, disproportionate share hospitals may be using the 340B program in margin-motivated ways, with inconsistent evidence for increased safety net engagement; however, this finding is not consistent across other hospital types and public health clinics, which face different incentive structures and reporting requirements. CONTEXT Despite remarkable growth and relevance of the 340B Drug Pricing Program to current health care practice and policy debate, academic literature examining 340B has lagged. The objectives of this scoping review were to summarize i) common research questions published about 340B, ii) what is empirically known about 340B and its implications, and iii) remaining knowledge gaps, all organized in a way that is informative to practitioners, researchers, and decision makers. METHODS We conducted a scoping review of the peer-reviewed, empirical 340B literature (database inception to March 2023). We categorized studies by suitability of their design for internal validity, type of covered entity studied, and motivation-by-scope category. FINDINGS The final yield included 44 peer-reviewed, empirical studies published between 2003 and 2023. We identified 15 frequently asked research questions in the literature, across 6 categories of inquiry-motivation (margin or mission) and scope (external, covered entity, and care delivery interface). Literature with greatest internal validity leaned toward evidence of margin-motivated behavior at the external environment and covered entity levels, with inconsistent findings supporting mission-motivated behavior at these levels; this was particularly the case among participating disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs). However, included case studies were unanimous in demonstrating positive effects of the 340B program for carrying out a provider's safety net mission. CONCLUSIONS In our scoping review of the 340B program, the highest-quality evidence indicates nonprofit, DSHs may be using the 340B program in margin-motivated ways, with inconsistent evidence for increased safety net engagement; however, this finding is not consistent across other hospital types and public health clinics, which face different incentive structures and reporting requirements. Future studies should examine heterogeneity by covered entity types (i.e., hospitals vs. public health clinics), characteristics, and time period of 340B enrollment. Our findings provide additional context to current health policy discussion regarding the 340B program.
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- Boston University School of Public Health
- The Fenway Institute
- Northeastern University
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Miller AS, Ranganathan K, Cahill S. Nondiscrimination Protections in Gender-affirming Surgery: US Government's Proposed Update to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2024; 12:e5528. [PMID: 38250210 PMCID: PMC10798771 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000005528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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- Amitai S. Miller
- From the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
- Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass
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- The Fenway Institute, Boston, Mass
- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Cahill S. Lessons Learned from the U.S. Public Health Response to the 2022 mpox Outbreak. LGBT Health 2023; 10:489-495. [PMID: 37527421 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2022.0274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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In mid-2022, an mpox outbreak occurred in the United States and more than 100 countries, disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men (MSM). Initially, the U.S. public health system failed to deploy tests, treatment, and vaccines effectively. Key federal policy changes in August 2022, along with risk reduction among many MSM, led to a steady reduction in new diagnoses by December 2022. Mpox outbreaks occurred among MSM in Chicago and France in May 2023, and vaccination rates remain low. This perspective analyzes the U.S. response to the 2022 outbreak, and it identifies the lessons learned that may guide mpox management moving forward.
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- Sean Cahill
- Health Policy Research, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Lorton BM, Warren C, Ilyas H, Nandigrami P, Hegde S, Cahill S, Lehman SM, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Fiser A, Cowburn D, Shechter D. Glutamylation of Npm2 and Nap1 acidic disordered regions increases DNA charge mimicry to enhance chaperone efficiency. bioRxiv 2023:2023.09.18.558337. [PMID: 37790377 PMCID: PMC10542154 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.18.558337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
Abstract
Histone chaperones-structurally diverse, non-catalytic proteins enriched with acidic intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs)-protect histones from spurious nucleic acid interactions and guide their deposition into and out of nucleosomes. Despite their conservation and ubiquity, the function of the chaperone acidic IDRs remains unclear. Here, we show that the Xenopus laevis Npm2 and Nap1 acidic IDRs are substrates for TTLL4 (Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like 4)-catalyzed post-translational glutamate-glutamylation. We demonstrate that, to bind, stabilize, and deposit histones into nucleosomes, chaperone acidic IDRs function as DNA mimetics. Our biochemical, computational, and biophysical studies reveal that glutamylation of these chaperone polyelectrolyte acidic stretches functions to enhance DNA electrostatic mimicry, promoting the binding and stabilization of H2A/H2B heterodimers and facilitating nucleosome assembly. This discovery provides insights into both the previously unclear function of the acidic IDRs and the regulatory role of post-translational modifications in chromatin dynamics.
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- Benjamin M. Lorton
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
- Current address: Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
- GSK, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
- Departments of Chemistry and Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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This Viewpoint discusses the US Food and Drug Administration’s 2023 policy update to its blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men.
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- The Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- The Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Infectious Disease, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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Rosser BRS, Shippee T, Wright MM, Aumock C, Moone R, Talley KM, Duran P, Henning-Smith C, Cahill S, Flatt JD, Slaughter-Acey J, Greenwald S, McCarthy T, Ross MW. "Going Back in the Closet": Addressing Discrimination Against Sexual and Gender Minority Residents in Long-Term Services and Supports by Providing Culturally Responsive Care. J Aging Soc Policy 2023:1-13. [PMID: 37348486 PMCID: PMC10739643 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2226300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) older adults face discrimination in long-term services and supports (LTSS). Yet, SGM older adults use LTSS disproportionately higher relative to their non-SGM counterparts. The discrimination is compounded by existing disparities, resulting in worse health outcomes and well-being for SGM older adults. Guided by socioecological model, we posit that training LTSS staff in SGM responsive care and implementing SGM anti-discrimination policies will be needed to improve care. Considering accessibility and turnover challenges, training should be online, interactive, and easily accessible. Studies that assess interventions for SGM responsive care are needed to guide policy and practice.
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- B. R. Simon Rosser
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Long Term Care Administration Program, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavior Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Chandra M, Hertel M, Cahill S, Sakaguchi K, Khanna S, Mitra S, Luke J, Khau M, Mirabella J, Cropper A. Prevalence of Self-Reported Kidney Disease in Older Adults by Sexual Orientation: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Analysis (2014-2019). J Am Soc Nephrol 2023; 34:682-693. [PMID: 36735807 PMCID: PMC10103302 DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000000000000065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Studies discusses CKD disparities by age, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomics. However, despite well-documented disparities in CKD risk factors in LGBT+ adults, limited literature addresses CKD prevalence in this population. This analysis uses Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2014-2019) data to compare self-reported kidney disease prevalence in LGBT+ older adults (older than 50 years) with their heterosexual peers. Our findings indicate that LGBT+ older adults have higher rates of self-reported kidney disease and a higher incidence of CKD risks including smoking, activity limitations, adverse health outcomes, and limited access to health care, housing, and employment. These results support increasing access to screening for CKD risk factors, providing culturally responsive health care, and addressing societal drivers of vulnerability in older LGBT+ adults. BACKGROUND Existing research documents disparities in CKD by age, race and ethnicity, and access to health care. However, research on CKD in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT+) older adults, despite their higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, smoking, and alcohol use, is limited. METHODS Pooled data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2014-2019) for 22,114 LGBT+ adults and 748,963 heterosexuals aged 50 and older were used to estimate the prevalence of self-reported kidney disease. Logistic regressions were used to compare older adults by sexual orientation. RESULTS Older LGBT+ men (adjusted odds ratio=1.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09-1.54) were more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to report kidney disease, after controlling for sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, access to health care, and self-reported coronary heart disease, HIV, and diabetes; LGBT+ men and women also reported higher incidences of known risk factors for CKD. For example, both LGBT+ men (odds ratio [OR]=1.39; [95% CI], 1.26-1.54) and LGBT+ women (OR=1.39; [95% CI], 1.25-1.55) were more likely to be smokers and have a higher incidence of activity limitations, adverse health outcomes, and limited access to health care, housing, and employment. CONCLUSION These results support increasing access to screenings for CKD risk factors, providing preventative education and culturally responsive and affirming care, and addressing other societal drivers of vulnerability in older LGBT+ adults. The findings also support the value of interventions that address the interaction between CKD risk factors and the social marginalization that older LGBT+ adults experience.
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- NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland
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Geffen SR, Wang T, Cahill S, Fontenot HB, Conron K, Wilson JM, Avripas SA, Michaels S, Johns MM, Dunville R. Recruiting, Facilitating, and Retaining a Youth Community Advisory Board to Inform an HIV Prevention Research Project with Sexual and Gender Minority Youth. LGBT Health 2023; 10:93-98. [PMID: 36637887 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2022.0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth are at disproportionate risk of acquiring HIV, and as such, SGM youth should be meaningfully engaged in research aimed at developing effective, tailored HIV interventions. Youth Community Advisory Boards (YCABs) are an important element of community-engaged research and support the development of community-informed interventions. This article describes recruitment, facilitation, and retention of a YCAB composed of SGM youth in Greater Boston, to inform a national HIV prevention research project. These lessons can serve as a guide to future researchers who want to form YCABs as part of community-engaged research.
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- Sophia R Geffen
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Goldhammer H, Marc LG, Psihopaidas D, Chavis NS, Massaquoi M, Cahill S, Rebchook G, Reisner S, Mayer KA, Cohen SM, Keuroghlian AS. HIV Care Continuum Interventions for Transgender Women: A Topical Review. Public Health Rep 2023; 138:19-30. [PMID: 35060802 PMCID: PMC9730173 DOI: 10.1177/00333549211065517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Transgender women experience a disproportionate prevalence of HIV and barriers to linkage to care, retention in care, medication adherence, and viral suppression. As part of a national cooperative agreement funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau, we searched the literature from January 1, 2010, through June 1, 2020, for English-language articles on interventions designed to improve at least 1 HIV care continuum outcome or address 1 barrier to achieving HIV care continuum outcomes among transgender women diagnosed with HIV in the United States. To be included, articles needed to identify transgender women as a priority population for the intervention. We found 22 interventions, of which 15 reported quantitative or qualitative outcomes and 7 reported study protocols. Recent interventions have incorporated a range of strategies that show promise for addressing pervasive structural and individual barriers rooted in societal and cultural stigma and discrimination against transgender people. Cross-cutting themes found among the interventions included meaningful community participation in the design and implementation of the interventions; culturally affirming programs that serve as a gateway to HIV care and combine gender-affirming care and social services with HIV care; interventions to improve behavioral health outcomes; peer-led counseling, education, and navigation; and technology-based interventions to increase access to care management and online social support. Ongoing studies will further elucidate the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions, with the goal of reducing disparities in the HIV care continuum and bringing us closer to ending the HIV epidemic among transgender women in the United States.
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Hughto JMW, Clark KA, Daken K, Brömdal A, Mullens AB, Sanders T, Phillips T, Mimiaga MJ, Cahill S, du Plessis C, Gildersleeve J, Halliwell SD, Reisner SL. Victimization Within and Beyond the Prison Walls: A Latent Profile Analysis of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults. J Interpers Violence 2022; 37:NP23075-NP23106. [PMID: 35195466 DOI: 10.1177/08862605211073102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Background: Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people are disproportionately incarcerated in the United States relative to the general population. A dearth of quantitative research has explored victimization as a risk factor for incarceration as well as the victimization experiences of formerly incarcerated TGD populations. Methods: In 2019, 574 TGD adults completed an online survey assessing sociodemographics, victimization across settings, and incarceration history. Latent class analysis was used to identify two sets of latent subgroups based on respondent's victimization experiences: 1) lifetime victimization (low; moderate; and high) and 2) classes of victimization while incarcerated (low; moderate; and high). Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses examined sociodemographic, mental health, and lifetime victimization experiences associated with lifetime incarceration (Outcome 1). Among those with incarceration histories, bivariate hierarchical logistic regression analyses also explored the association between gender identity, race/ethnicity, HIV status, visual gender non-conformity, and class of victimization during incarceration (Outcome 2) . Results: Participants' mean age was 31.4 (SD = 11.2), 43.4% had a non-binary gender identity, 81.5% were White, non-Hispanic, 2.1% were living with HIV, and 13.2% had been incarcerated. In the multivariable model for Outcome 1, high levels of victimization, age, being a racial/ethnic minority, being a trans woman, living with HIV, and past-12-month polysubstance use were all associated with increased odds of lifetime incarceration (p-values < 0.05). In the bivariate hierarchical logistic regression analyses for Outcome 2, living with HIV and having a visually gender non-conforming expression were significantly associated with elevated odds of experiencing high levels of victimization while incarcerated (p-values < 0.05). Conclusion: Findings document the relationships between victimization and incarceration among TGD people as well as identify the subpopulations at greater risk for incarceration and experiencing victimization while incarcerated. Efforts are needed to prevent victimization across the life course, including while incarcerated and support TGD individuals in coping with the negative sequelae of victimization and incarceration experiences.
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- Jaclyn M W Hughto
- Departments of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology, 174610Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
- Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, 174610Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Fenway Health, 446213The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Health & Society and Public Policy Studies, 5718Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 95789University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
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- School of Education, Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 197055University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 95789University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
- School of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 95789University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 95789University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, 25808UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 25808UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research, and Health (C-LARAH), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Fenway Health, 446213The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 95789University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, QLD, Australia
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- School of Humanities and Communication, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 197055University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- School of Humanities and Communication, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, 197055University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- Fenway Health, 446213The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of General Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, 1861Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Mayer KH, Peretti M, McBurnie MA, King D, Smith NX, Crawford P, Loo S, Sigal M, Gillespie S, Cahill S, Keuroghlian AS, Grasso C. Wide Variability in Documentation of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Preventive Health Screenings in a Diverse Sample of U.S. Community Health Centers. LGBT Health 2022; 9:571-581. [PMID: 35772015 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Purpose: This study was conducted to characterize documentation of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and provision of screening and preventive services in a diverse sample of community health centers (CHCs). Methods: Twelve CHCs provided data submitted to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in 2018 from their Uniform Data System (UDS) reports. Prevalence of SOGI documentation, screenings, and preventive services were calculated. Sociodemographic correlates of documentation were analyzed using Fisher's exact test and Wilcoxon rank sum/Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Patient data recording sexual orientation (SO) were missing in 2%-93% of UDS reports from the 12 CHCs, and gender identity (GI) data were missing from 0% to 96% of UDS reports. CHCs were most likely to report body mass index and tobacco screening and least likely to report hepatitis A or B vaccination, independent of SO or GI. Transgender females were less likely to have mammography documented than cisgender females. Transgender males were less likely to have anal Pap tests, be vaccinated for hepatitis B, or be referred for risky alcohol use compared to cisgender males. Patients who identified as "another gender" were less likely to be referred for risky alcohol use, undergo mammography or anal Pap testing, or receive hepatitis A vaccination than cisgender people. Individuals who did not disclose their GI were less likely to be vaccinated for hepatitis A or B than cisgender people. Conclusion: SOGI status was often not documented by a diverse array of CHCs. However, when SOGI status was documented, we saw evidence of disparities in preventive interventions and referrals, particularly for transgender patients. Clinical trial registration number: NCT03554785.
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- Kenneth H Mayer
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Science Program Department, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Science Program Department, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Research Data Analytics Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Research Data Analytics Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Hughto JMW, Meyers DJ, Mimiaga MJ, Reisner SL, Cahill S. Uncertainty and Confusion Regarding Transgender Non-discrimination Policies: Implications for the Mental Health of Transgender Americans. Sex Res Social Policy 2022; 19:1069-1079. [PMID: 36352892 PMCID: PMC9640180 DOI: 10.1007/s13178-021-00602-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Introduction Recent policies have restricted the rights of the US transgender people; there is a need to explore transgender people's knowledge and attitudes regarding such policies and related mental health. Methods In 2019, 580 transgender adults living in the Northeastern US completed a survey assessing demographics, knowledge/attitudes toward transgender-related policies, and mental health. Multivariable logistic regression models, adjusted for age, gender, race, and prior abuse, were fit to examine the association of concerns about the implementation of discriminatory policies and depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results Many participants were confused about the status of federal and state protections for transgender people, and 48.4% were concerned that their state would pass policies that took away transgender rights. In adjusted models, compared to participants who were not concerned, those who were concerned about the enactment of state-level, anti-transgender policies had greater odds of depression, anxiety, and PTSD (p < 0.05). Conclusions Our findings highlight the uncertainty around changing policies and potential mental health implications as well as the need to ensure legal protections for transgender Americans. Policy Implications There are several pending lawsuits seeking to overturn Trump-era policies that restrict the rights of transgender individuals. At the same time, lawmakers in several states are pushing anti-transgender legislation. Findings from this study can be cited as part of future and ongoing legal and legislative efforts from advocates seeking to ensure equal protections for transgender people under state and federal law.
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- Jaclyn M. W. Hughto
- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
- Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Gerontology and Health Services, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, and Health (C-LARAH), ResearchLos Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of General Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, MA, Boston, USA
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Marshall A, Cahill S. Barriers and opportunities for the mental health of LGBT older adults and older people living with HIV: a systematic literature review. Aging Ment Health 2022; 26:1845-1854. [PMID: 34784488 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.2003300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE LGBT older adults and older people living with HIV (PLWH) experience a disproportionate burden of behavioral health conditions compared to their heterosexual, cisgender, and HIV-negative peers. This study intends to systematically review the literature regarding accessing mental health care among LGBT older adults and older PLWH. METHODS This study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement framework. Three databases were searched using Boolean search strings, and inclusion/exclusion criteria were developed and applied to the search outcomes to appropriately narrow results. Article quality and evidence of bias were evaluated using the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) quality-assessment tool, and the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) assessment tool, two instruments used to help reviewers in assessing for internal validity of studies. Two independent researchers coded the articles for themes, and consensus was reached on theme grouping through an iterative process. RESULTS Out of 2,031 articles initially screened, 28 met all inclusion criteria and advanced to final analysis. Several key themes emerged, including a lack of provider competency in caring for LGBT patients, lower rates of insurance coverage, greater mental health burden, social and structural determinants of health, policy solutions, and technology and health literacy. CONCLUSION There were several domains identified in the literature as barriers to accessing mental healthcare, as well as opportunities to better attend to the mental health needs of these populations. Provider training, implementing health technology solutions, and enacting public policy changes could improve mental health outcomes.
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- Austin Marshall
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Goldhammer H, Marc LG, Chavis NS, Psihopaidas D, Massaquoi M, Cahill S, Bryant H, Bourdeau B, Mayer KH, Cohen SM, Keuroghlian AS. Interventions for Integrating Behavioral Health Services into HIV Clinical Care: A Narrative Review. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofac365. [PMID: 35967264 PMCID: PMC9364372 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The integration of behavioral health services within human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care settings holds promise for improving substance use, mental health, and HIV-related health outcomes for people with HIV. As part of an initiative funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau, we conducted a narrative review of interventions focused on behavioral health integration (BHI) in HIV care in the United States (US). Our literature search yielded 19 intervention studies published between 2010 and 2021. We categorized the interventions under 6 approaches: collaborative care; screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT); patient-reported outcomes (PROs); onsite psychological consultation; integration of addiction specialists; and integration of buprenorphine/naloxone (BUP/NX) treatment. All intervention approaches appeared feasible to implement in diverse HIV care settings and most showed improvements in behavioral health outcomes; however, measurement of HIV outcomes was limited. Future research studies of BHI interventions should evaluate HIV outcomes and assess facilitators and barriers to intervention uptake.
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston, MA , USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Boston, MA , USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration , Rockville, MD , USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston, MA , USA
- Boston University School of Public Health , Boston, MA , USA
- Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University , Boston, MA , USA
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- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Division of Prevention Science, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco, CA , USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston, MA , USA
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Boston, MA , USA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration , Rockville, MD , USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston, MA , USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Sean Cahill
- Health Policy Research, The Fenway Institute
- Department of Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard Medical School
- John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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- The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Pletta DR, Kant JD, Ehrensaft D, MacNish M, Cahill S, Katz-Wise SL. The 2016 United States presidential election's impact on families with transgender adolescents in New England. J Fam Psychol 2022; 36:23-34. [PMID: 34043404 PMCID: PMC8626525 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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During and after the 2016 United States (U.S.) presidential election, discriminatory policies and stigmatizing rhetoric have been increasingly directed toward the transgender community at state and national levels. Transgender and/or nonbinary (TNB) adolescents, already at elevated risk for poorer health relative to their cisgender (nontransgender) peers, may have been adversely impacted by the shifting sociopolitical climate. This secondary analysis used qualitative data from the Trans Teen and Family Narratives Project to investigate how perceived shifts in the sociopolitical climate following the 2016 election affected families with TNB adolescents in the New England region of the U.S. (states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Data included two waves of semistructured interviews conducted with TNB adolescents and their caregivers and siblings (N = 20 families, 60 family members). Two coders analyzed transcripts using a thematic analysis approach. Emergent themes included: contemporary life for trans people in America (e.g., being discriminated against and dehumanized), perceptions of the national sociopolitical climate (e.g., anger toward political figures), forms of resistance and advocacy (e.g., confronting misinformation), and factors amplifying or buffering effects of the sociopolitical climate (e.g., the formation of alliances or coalitions within the family). Findings indicate the 2016 election spurred the redefinition of communication boundaries within, and outside, the immediate family, particularly regarding online communication and social media. TNB adolescents and their families anxiously anticipated changes in the sociopolitical climate and their foreseen impact on TNB adolescents' rights and safety. Implications for family therapy, intervention design, and policy reform are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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- David R Pletta
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
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- Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Putney JM, Hebert N, Snyder M, Linscott RO, Cahill S. The Housing Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Implications for Policy and Practice. J Homosex 2021; 68:2375-2392. [PMID: 32776865 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2020.1804261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study identifies the interconnected needs and concerns of sexual and gender minority (SGM) older adults, with a particular focus on housing, healthcare, transportation, and social support. Data were gathered through seven groups with a sample of SGM-identified adults age 55 and over (N = 50) and analyzed using thematic analysis. The participants seek affordable and inclusive housing options. They identified that access to transportation is paramount in maintaining social support and accessing healthcare. Findings underscore the need for strategies to serve the housing needs of low-income SGM-identified older adults in a nondiscriminatory way, train housing providers in culturally responsive care, meet transportation needs, and provide SGM-inclusive community-based services that reduce isolation.
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- Jennifer M Putney
- School of Social Work, Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- School of Social Work, Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- School of Social Work, Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Pierce M, Cahill S. 73 THE NEW CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS: MAKING THE CASE FOR ITS REVISION TO INCLUDE DEMENTIA. Age Ageing 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab216.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Abstract
Background
A significant component of the new contract for general practitioners is the chronic disease management programme (CDMP for GPs). Although dementia can be framed as a chronic disease, it was not included in this programme. Its exclusion raises a number of questions including: Should dementia be framed as a chronic disease? Is it feasible to include dementia in a future revised CDMP for GPs? What are the likely benefits and potential risks?
Methods
This presentation focuses on two elements of a larger mixed-methods study, namely: (i) in-depth analysis of the CDMP for GPs, involving a review of the programme’s three main components to test the feasibility of extending it to incorporate dementia; and (ii) qualitative content analysis of data from semi-structured interviews with 12 stakeholders whose expertise is in dementia, chronic disease or both. Both elements were informed by a literature review.
Results
No consensus was found about whether dementia should be framed as a chronic disease. Results showed that it is feasible to extend the annual preventative programme of the CDMP for GPs to include additional modifiable dementia risk factors. While opportunistic case finding for identifying undiagnosed dementia cannot be recommended, a tool is available that would enable GPs identify people with dementia for enrolment on the structured treatment programme. Expected benefits from including dementia in the CDMP for GPs include integrated care pathways, better GP access and record-keeping and greater emphasis on primary and secondary prevention. Expected risks include excessive costs, caregiver burden, increased GP workload and sub-optimal care due to lack of specialist dementia training.
Conclusion
There is a compelling case to support dementia risk reduction in the CDMP for GPs. However, the programme’s current emphasis on self-management and rigidly planned visits could prove problematic for people with dementia and would need substantial revision.
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- M Pierce
- Independent Researcher , Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity College Dublin , Dublin, Ireland
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Torre I, Cahill S, Grajera J, Raspall A, Raspall A, Vilella M. Small mammal sampling incidents related to wild boar (Sus scrofa) in natural peri–urban areas. Anim Biodiv Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2022.45.0033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The wild boar (Sus scrofa) has recently shown continuous population increases in many countries, leading to a rise in conflicts with human activities, including habituation to people and urban areas. Wild boar can disrupt the sampling of small mammals by reducing the number of potential captures. In this study we analysed whether sampling incidents recorded within a small mammal monitoring programme (SEMICE, www.semice.org) might be related to the density of wild boar in a network of protected parks. Our results suggested a peri–urban effect that was independent of wild boar densities in the protected parks; the number of damaged traps increased (rendering them inoperable for captures) and potentially resulted in underestimates of small mammals due to fewer functioning traps in the study area. We hypothesised that this high rate of damage to traps in a small and localised area in a peri–urban park could be related to wild boar associating human presence with greater opportunities to obtain food items of anthropogenic origin.
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- I. Torre
- Natural Sciences Musem of Granollers, Spain
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- Consorci del Parc Natural de la Serra de Collserola, Barcelona, Spain
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- Natural Sciences Musem of Granollers, Spain
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- Consorci del Parc Natural de la Serra de Collserola, Barcelona, Spain
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- Natural Sciences Musem of Granollers, Spain
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Almazan AN, King D, Grasso C, Cahill S, Lattanner M, Hatzenbuehler ML, Keuroghlian AS. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Collection at US Health Centers: Impact of City-Level Structural Stigma in 2018. Am J Public Health 2021; 111:2059-2063. [PMID: 34499534 PMCID: PMC8630472 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Objectives. To examine the relationship between city-level structural stigma pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and completeness of patient SOGI data collection at US federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). Methods. We used the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index to quantify city-level structural stigma against sexual and gender minority people in 506 US cities across 49 states. We ascertained the completeness of SOGI data collection at FQHCs from the 2018 Uniform Data System, which describes FQHC patient demographics and service utilization. We included FQHCs in cities captured by the structural stigma index in multinomial generalized linear mixed models to examine the relationship between city-level structural stigma and SOGI data completeness. Results. FQHCs in cities with more protective sexual orientation nondiscrimination policies reported more complete patient sexual orientation data (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2, 2.1). This association was also found for gender identity nondiscrimination policies and gender identity data collection (AOR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.3, 2.2). Conclusions. Municipal sexual and gender minority nondiscrimination laws are associated with social and municipal environments that facilitate patient SOGI data collection.(Am J Public Health. 2021;111(11):2059-2063. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306414).
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- Anthony N Almazan
- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Anthony N. Almazan is with Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Dana King, Chris Grasso, Sean Cahill, and Alex S. Keuroghlian are with The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston. Micah Lattanner and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston
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- Amitai S Miller
- From Harvard Medical School (A.S.M.), the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.S.M.), the Fenway Institute (S.C.), the Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University (S.C.), and the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health (S.C.) - all in Boston
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- From Harvard Medical School (A.S.M.), the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.S.M.), the Fenway Institute (S.C.), the Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University (S.C.), and the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health (S.C.) - all in Boston
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Goldhammer H, Marc LG, Chavis NS, Psihopaidas D, Massaquoi M, Cahill S, Nortrup E, Dawson Rose C, Meyers J, Mayer KH, Cohen SM, Keuroghlian AS. Interventions for addressing trauma among people with HIV: a narrative review. AIDS Care 2021; 34:505-514. [PMID: 34612097 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1984382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Traumatic experiences are disproportionately prevalent among people with HIV and adversely affect HIV-related health outcomes. As part of a national cooperative agreement funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau, we searched the literature for interventions designed to address trauma among people with HIV in the U.S. Our search yielded 22 articles on 14 studies that fell into five intervention categories: expressive writing, prolonged exposure therapy, coping skills, cognitive-behavioral approaches integrated with other methods, and trauma-informed care. Thematic elements among the interventions included adaptating existing interventions for subpopulations with a high burden of trauma and HIV, such as transgender women and racial/ethnic minorities; addressing comorbid substance use disorders; and implementing organization-wide trauma-informed care approaches. Few studies measured the effect of the interventions on HIV-related health outcomes. To address the intersecting epidemics of HIV and trauma, it is critical to continue developing, piloting, and evaluating trauma interventions for people with HIV, with the goal of wide-scale replication of effective interventions in HIV settings.
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Rosser BRS, Polter EJ, Chandiramani N, Cahill S, Wheldon CW, Konety BR, Ryan CJ, Haggart R, Kapoor A. Acceptability and Feasibility of Collecting Sexual Orientation and Expanded Gender Identity Data in Urology and Oncology Clinics. LGBT Health 2021; 8:420-426. [PMID: 34348045 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Purpose: We evaluated the acceptability and feasibility of collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data in oncology and urology clinical settings. Methods: We surveyed 101 urology and 104 oncology clinic patients with a standardized sexual orientation question with six response options, "lesbian, gay, or homosexual;" "straight or heterosexual;" "bisexual;" "something else;" "do not know;" and "choose not to disclose." Next, we added the sexual orientation question and an expanded gender identity question to the electronic medical record (EMR) and analyzed data on the first 450 urology and 103 oncology patients. Acceptability and feasibility were assessed based on responses to the survey and patient intake forms. Results: In the acceptability survey, only 3% of urology and 4% of oncology patients selected "choose not to disclose." Over 90% of patients in both clinics assessed the sexual orientation question as understandable and easy to answer. In all, 79% of urology and 73% of oncology patients stated they would answer it in their EMR, but only 56% of urology and 54% of oncology patients described the information as important. Sexual minority patients were as likely as heterosexual patients to state they would answer the question. Only 5% of patients selected "choose not to disclose" for sexual orientation, and <1% for the expanded gender identity question. Conclusion: Adding SOGI questions to the EMR appears to be acceptable and feasible and the sexual orientation question was understandable to a large majority of urology and oncology patients. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03343093.
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- B R Simon Rosser
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Rosser BRS, Polter EJ, Chandiramani N, Cahill S, Wheldon CW, Konety BR, Ryan CJ, Haggart R, Kapoor A. Acceptability and Feasibility of Collecting Sexual Orientation and Expanded Gender Identity Data in Urology and Oncology Clinics. LGBT Health 2021. [PMID: 34348045 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0256:10.1089/lgbt.2020.0256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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Purpose: We evaluated the acceptability and feasibility of collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data in oncology and urology clinical settings. Methods: We surveyed 101 urology and 104 oncology clinic patients with a standardized sexual orientation question with six response options, "lesbian, gay, or homosexual;" "straight or heterosexual;" "bisexual;" "something else;" "do not know;" and "choose not to disclose." Next, we added the sexual orientation question and an expanded gender identity question to the electronic medical record (EMR) and analyzed data on the first 450 urology and 103 oncology patients. Acceptability and feasibility were assessed based on responses to the survey and patient intake forms. Results: In the acceptability survey, only 3% of urology and 4% of oncology patients selected "choose not to disclose." Over 90% of patients in both clinics assessed the sexual orientation question as understandable and easy to answer. In all, 79% of urology and 73% of oncology patients stated they would answer it in their EMR, but only 56% of urology and 54% of oncology patients described the information as important. Sexual minority patients were as likely as heterosexual patients to state they would answer the question. Only 5% of patients selected "choose not to disclose" for sexual orientation, and <1% for the expanded gender identity question. Conclusion: Adding SOGI questions to the EMR appears to be acceptable and feasible and the sexual orientation question was understandable to a large majority of urology and oncology patients. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03343093.
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- B R Simon Rosser
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Marc LG, Goldhammer H, Mayer KH, Cahill S, Massaquoi M, Nortrup E, Cohen SM, Psihopaidas DA, Carney JT, Keuroghlian AS. Rapid Implementation of Evidence-Informed Interventions to Improve HIV Health Outcomes Among Priority Populations : The E2i Initiative. Public Health Rep 2021; 137:617-624. [PMID: 34185594 DOI: 10.1177/00333549211027849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Linda G Marc
- 446213 The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- 446213 The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,314506 HIV Prevention Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- 446213 The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,17225 Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evaluation, Analysis, and Dissemination Branch, Division of Policy and Data, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Evaluation, Analysis, and Dissemination Branch, Division of Policy and Data, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Evaluation, Analysis, and Dissemination Branch, Division of Policy and Data, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA
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- 446213 The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Wolfe HL, Biello KB, Reisner SL, Mimiaga M, Cahill S, Hughto JM. Transgender-related discrimination and substance use, substance use disorder diagnosis and treatment history among transgender adults. Drug Alcohol Depend 2021; 223:108711. [PMID: 33866073 PMCID: PMC8114322 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Substantial research gaps exist regarding the relationship between transgender-related discrimination and substance use outcomes for transgender adults, with few studies accounting for other experiences of victimization. METHODS Transgender adults (N = 600) from Massachusetts and Rhode Island completed a survey online or in-person. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models examined the association between lifetime experiences of transgender-related discrimination using the validated 11-item Everyday Discrimination Scale (theoretical range = 0-44) and substance use outcomes: past 12-month substance use frequency, lifetime substance use disorder (SUD) diagnosis, and substance use treatment (SUTx) history. All models were adjusted for age, gender identity, race, survey modality, childhood physical/sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and discrimination attributable to other reasons than being transgender. RESULTS The mean transgender-related discrimination score was 20.8 (SD = 9.6, range = 0-44). Overall, 11.8 % of the sample had a SUD diagnosis and 11.0 % had received SUTx. In separate multivariable models adjusted for sociodemographic and victimization experiences, the highest quartile of transgender-related discrimination was significantly associated with higher past 12-month substance use (B = 1.44; aR2 = 0.13; p = .009), SUD diagnosis (aOR = 3.64; 95 % CI = 1.46-9.07; p = .006), and lifetime treatment history (aOR = 3.93; 95 % CI = 1.50-10.21; p = .005). CONCLUSIONS There was a significant positive association between experiencing high levels of transgender-related discrimination and substance use outcomes among the transgender adults sampled. Longitudinal research is needed to understand the specific mediators driving these relationships and to address the implications of transgender-related discrimination on SUD treatment utilization.
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- Hill L. Wolfe
- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118,Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, 200 Springs Road (152), Building 70, Bedford, MA 01730
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903,Center for Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Box G-121-8, Providence, RI 02912,The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215,General Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115,Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903,General Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115,Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. South, 16-035 Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118,The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215,Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903,Center for Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Box G-121-8, Providence, RI 02912,The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
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Dixit U, Bhutoria S, Wu X, Qiu L, Spira M, Mathew S, Harris R, Adams LJ, Cahill S, Pathak R, Rajesh Kumar P, Nguyen M, Acharya SA, Brenowitz M, Almo SC, Zou X, Steven AC, Cowburn D, Girvin M, Kalpana GV. INI1/SMARCB1 Rpt1 domain mimics TAR RNA in binding to integrase to facilitate HIV-1 replication. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2743. [PMID: 33980829 PMCID: PMC8115288 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22733-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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INI1/SMARCB1 binds to HIV-1 integrase (IN) through its Rpt1 domain and exhibits multifaceted role in HIV-1 replication. Determining the NMR structure of INI1-Rpt1 and modeling its interaction with the IN-C-terminal domain (IN-CTD) reveal that INI1-Rpt1/IN-CTD interface residues overlap with those required for IN/RNA interaction. Mutational analyses validate our model and indicate that the same IN residues are involved in both INI1 and RNA binding. INI1-Rpt1 and TAR RNA compete with each other for IN binding with similar IC50 values. INI1-interaction-defective IN mutant viruses are impaired for incorporation of INI1 into virions and for particle morphogenesis. Computational modeling of IN-CTD/TAR complex indicates that the TAR interface phosphates overlap with negatively charged surface residues of INI1-Rpt1 in three-dimensional space, suggesting that INI1-Rpt1 domain structurally mimics TAR. This possible mimicry between INI1-Rpt1 and TAR explains the mechanism by which INI1/SMARCB1 influences HIV-1 late events and suggests additional strategies to inhibit HIV-1 replication.
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- Updesh Dixit
- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Biochemistry, and Institute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Biochemistry, and Institute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA.
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Olivieri-Mui B, McGuire J, Griffith J, Cahill S, Briesacher B. Exploring the Association Between the Quality of HIV Care in Nursing Homes and Hospitalization. J Healthc Qual 2021; 43:174-182. [PMID: 32658007 PMCID: PMC7790902 DOI: 10.1097/jhq.0000000000000277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ABSTRACT Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) are living long enough to need age-related and HIV-related nursing home (NH) care. Nursing home quality of care has been associated with risk for hospitalization, but it is unknown if quality of HIV care in NHs affects hospitalization in this population. We assessed HIV care quality with four national measures adapted for the NH setting. We applied the measures to 2011-2013 Medicare claims linked to Minimum Data Set assessments of resident health, prescription dispensing data, and national reports of NH characteristics. Cox proportional hazards models calculated the risk of all-cause and HIV/AIDS-related hospitalization by HIV care compliance. We identified 1,246 PLWH in 201 NHs with 382 all-cause and 63 HIV/AIDS-related hospitalizations. Nursing home HIV care compliance varied from 24.9% to 64.7%. After regression adjustment, we could detect no difference in all-cause or HIV/AIDS-related hospitalizations by NH HIV care compliance. We postulate that the lack of association may be due to inappropriate HIV care quality measures that do not accurately represent NHs ability to care for PLWH. There is urgent need to create valid NH HIV care quality measures.
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Hughto JMW, Pletta D, Gordon L, Cahill S, Mimiaga MJ, Reisner SL. Negative Transgender-Related Media Messages Are Associated with Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in a Multistate Study of Transgender Adults. LGBT Health 2020; 8:32-41. [PMID: 33170060 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which transgender people have observed negative transgender-related messages in the media and the relationship between negative media message exposure and the mental health of transgender people. Methods: In 2019, 545 transgender adults completed an online survey assessing demographics, negative transgender-related media messages, violence, and mental health. Separate multivariable logistic regression models examined the association of frequency of negative media exposure and clinically significant symptoms of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and global psychological distress. Results: Mean age of the sample was 31.2 years (standard deviation [SD] = 11.2). Nearly half identified as nonbinary (42.2%), 82.0% were White, non-Hispanic, 56.9% had a college degree, and 67.0% were financially insecure. The majority reported experiencing childhood abuse (60.6%) and abuse in adulthood (58.0%). The mean frequency of exposure to negative transgender-related media was 6.41 (SD = 2.9) with 97.6% of the sample reporting exposure to negative media depictions of transgender people across a range of mediums. In separate multivariable models adjusted for age, gender identity, race, education, income, and childhood/adult abuse, more frequent exposure to negative depictions of transgender people in the media was significantly associated with clinically significant symptoms of depression (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.18; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.08-1.29; p = 0.0003); anxiety (aOR = 1.26; 95% CI = 1.14-1.40; p < 0.0001); PTSD (aOR = 1.25; 95% CI = 1.16-1.34; p < 0.0001); and global psychological distress (aOR = 1.28; 95% CI = 1.15-1.42; p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Exposure to negative media messages from multiple sources necessitates multilevel interventions to improve the mental health of transgender people and curb stigma at its source.
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- Jaclyn M W Hughto
- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.,Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.,The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.,Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.,The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Cahill S. “The Best of Times…the Worst of Times”: What Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia and the Repeal of Federal Nondiscrimination Rules Mean for LGBT Health. LGBT Health 2020; 7:345-348. [DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Sean Cahill
- The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Cahill S, Grasso C, Keuroghlian A, Sciortino C, Mayer K. Sexual and Gender Minority Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Why Data Collection and Combatting Discrimination Matter Now More Than Ever. Am J Public Health 2020; 110:1360-1361. [PMID: 32783729 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.305829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Sean Cahill
- All of the authors are with Fenway Institute, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is also with the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston. Alex Keuroghlian and Kenneth Mayer are also with Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- All of the authors are with Fenway Institute, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is also with the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston. Alex Keuroghlian and Kenneth Mayer are also with Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- All of the authors are with Fenway Institute, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is also with the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston. Alex Keuroghlian and Kenneth Mayer are also with Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- All of the authors are with Fenway Institute, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is also with the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston. Alex Keuroghlian and Kenneth Mayer are also with Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- All of the authors are with Fenway Institute, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is also with the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston. Alex Keuroghlian and Kenneth Mayer are also with Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Restar A, Jin H, Breslow A, Reisner SL, Mimiaga M, Cahill S, Hughto JMW. Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations. SSM Popul Health 2020; 11:100595. [PMID: 32435684 PMCID: PMC7229467 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Background In recent years, Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) joined a growing list of states allowing residents to easily change the gender marker and name on government-identification (ID) documents. This was an important change for transgender and gender diverse (trans) residents, who face frequent mistreatment and thus for whom legal gender affirmation is critical. Little is known about associations between legal gender affirmation and psychological outcomes. Methods We examined associations between legal gender affirmation (i.e., having changed gender marker/name on neither, one, or both a passport and state ID), upsetting responses to gender-based mistreatment, and mental health outcomes in a sample of trans MA and RI residents. Analyses controlled for gender identity, age, race/ethnicity, education, employment, income, and insurance status. Findings Legal gender affirmation was significantly associated with lower reports of depression, anxiety, somatization, global psychiatric distress, and upsetting responses to gender-based mistreatment. Conclusions These data provide corroborate recent studies suggesting having pursued legal gender affirmation may be protective. Findings bolster calls to increase structural support for trans individuals, including enactment of state policies easing legal gender affirmation.
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- Arjee Restar
- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- PRIME Center for Health Equity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Health Equity Research Lab, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- General Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.,Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.,Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA.,Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.,Fenway Health, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Olivieri-Mui B, McGuire J, Griffith J, Cahill S, Briesacher B. Assessing the Quality of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care in Nursing Homes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2020; 68:1226-1234. [PMID: 32052860 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Quality of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care in nursing homes (NHs) has never been measured. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING NHs. PARTICIPANTS A total of 203 NHs and 1375 persons living with HIV. MEASUREMENTS Medicare claims from 2011 to 2013 were linked to assessments of resident health, prescription dispensing data, and national reports of NH characteristics. Five nationally validated HIV care quality measures (prescription of antiretroviral therapy; CD4/viral load monitoring; frequency of medical visits; gaps in medical visits; and Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis) were adapted and applied to NHs. Logistic regression predicted compliance by organizational factors. Random intercept logistic regression predicted if persons living with HIV received care by person and organizational factors. RESULTS Compliance ranged from 43.3% (SD = 31.1%) for CD4/viral load monitoring to 92.4% (SD = 13.6%) for gaps in medical visits. More substantiated complaints against an NH decreased the likelihood of high compliance with CD4/viral load monitoring (odds ratio [OR] = 0.846; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.726-0.986), while NH-reported incidents increased the likelihood of high compliance with pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis (OR = 1.173; 95% CI = 1.044-1.317). Differences between NHs explained 21.2% or less of variability in receipt of care. CONCLUSIONS Since 2013, the population with HIV and NH HIV care quality has inevitably evolved; however, this study provides previously unknown baseline metrics on NH HIV care quality and highlights significant challenges when measuring HIV care in NHs. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1226-1234, 2020.
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- Brianne Olivieri-Mui
- The Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.,The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Shasta Henderson
- Department of Orthopaedics, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (I.I.), Yale School of Medicine (S.C., Y.-H.C., and F.Y.L.), New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (I.I.), Yale School of Medicine (S.C., Y.-H.C., and F.Y.L.), New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (I.I.), Yale School of Medicine (S.C., Y.-H.C., and F.Y.L.), New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (I.I.), Yale School of Medicine (S.C., Y.-H.C., and F.Y.L.), New Haven, Connecticut
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This research is a cross-sectional study of young adult gay men (YAGM), ages 18 to 29, that aims to understand their health-care access including: having a primary care provider (PCP), frequency of health-care visits, and instances of foregone health care. Surveys were conducted with a modified time-space sample of 800 YAGM in New York City (NYC). Surveys were conducted between November 2015 and June 2016. This study examined associations between sociodemographic characteristics and health-care access using multivariable logistic regression models. In multivariable logistic regression models, there were higher odds of having a PCP among participants enrolled in school (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] = 1.85, 95% CI [1.18, 2.91], p < .01) and covered by insurance (AOR = 21.29, 95% CI [11.77, 38.53], p < .001). Modeling indicated higher odds of more than one health visit in the past 12 months for non-White participants (AOR = 2.27, 95% CI [1.43, 3.63], p < .001), those covered by insurance (AOR = 3.10, 95% CI [1.06, 9.04], p < .05), and those who disclosed their sexual orientation to their PCP (AOR = 2.99, 95% CI [1.58, 5.69], p < .001). Participants with insurance were less likely to report instances of foregone care (AOR = 0.21, 95% CI [0.21, 0.13], p < .001). Understanding the facilitators and barriers to health-care access among YAGM populations is of critical importance, as many YAGM between the ages of 18 and 29 are establishing their access to health care without parental guidance. Health-care access, including the decision to forego care, can represent a missed opportunity for primary prevention and early diagnosis of health issues, as well as more effective, less invasive, and less costly treatments.
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- Marybec Griffin-Tomas
- 1 New Jersey City University, Health Sciences Department, Jersey City, NJ, USA.,2 Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- 3 National LGBT Health Education Center, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- 1 New Jersey City University, Health Sciences Department, Jersey City, NJ, USA.,2 Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.,4 Department of Population Health, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- 2 Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.,5 Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.,6 Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.,7 Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.,8 Department of Urban-Global Public Health, Rutgers School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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Native mass spectrometry detection of ligand-protein complexes allowed rapid detection of natural product binders of apo and calcium-bound S100A4 (a member of the metal binding protein S100 family), T cell/transmembrane, immunoglobulin (Ig), and mucin protein 3, and T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM (immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif) domains precursor protein from extracts and fractions. Based on molecular weight common hits were detected binding to all four proteins. Seven common hits were identified as apigenin 6-C-β-D-glucoside 8-C-α-L-arabinoside, sweroside, 4',5-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone-6-C-rutinoside, loganin acid, 6-C-glucosylnaringenin, biochanin A 7-O-rutinoside and quercetin 3-O-rutinoside. Mass guided isolation and NMR identification of hits confirmed the mass accuracy of the ligand in the ligand-protein MS complexes. Thus, molecular weight ID from ligand-protein complexes by electrospray ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry allowed rapid dereplication. Native mass spectrometry using electrospray ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry is a tool for dereplication and metabolomics analysis.
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- Ahad Khan
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- Timothy Wang
- Timothy Wang is with the Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is with the Fenway Institute and the Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston
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- Timothy Wang is with the Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA. Sean Cahill is with the Fenway Institute and the Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston
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Hormone therapy is medically necessary for many transgender individuals. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical companies' failure to guarantee a supply of injectable estrogen in 2016 and 2017 for transgender individuals is a violation of their right to comprehensive medical treatment, free of discrimination. A series of advocacy actions eventually led to all formulations of injectable estrogen being restored to market; however, long-term solutions to supply interruptions of injectable estrogen are needed. Long-term solutions should address the lack of federally funded research and, consequently, evidence-based practice on hormone therapy for gender affirmation.
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- Sophia Geffen
- Department of Health Policy Research, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- HIV and HCV Programs, Treatment Action Group, New York, New York
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- Community Health Planning and Policy, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Health Policy Research, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts.,Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Warren C, Matsui T, Karp JM, Onikubo T, Cahill S, Brenowitz M, Cowburn D, Girvin M, Shechter D. Dynamic intramolecular regulation of the histone chaperone nucleoplasmin controls histone binding and release. Nat Commun 2017; 8:2215. [PMID: 29263320 PMCID: PMC5738438 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02308-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Nucleoplasmin (Npm) is a highly conserved histone chaperone responsible for the maternal storage and zygotic release of histones H2A/H2B. Npm contains a pentameric N-terminal core domain and an intrinsically disordered C-terminal tail domain. Though intrinsically disordered regions are common among histone chaperones, their roles in histone binding and chaperoning remain unclear. Using an NMR-based approach, here we demonstrate that the Xenopus laevis Npm tail domain controls the binding of histones at its largest acidic stretch (A2) via direct competition with both the C-terminal basic stretch and basic nuclear localization signal. NMR and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) structural analyses allowed us to construct models of both the tail domain and the pentameric complex. Functional analyses demonstrate that these competitive intramolecular interactions negatively regulate Npm histone chaperone activity in vitro. Together these data establish a potentially generalizable mechanism of histone chaperone regulation via dynamic and specific intramolecular shielding of histone interaction sites.
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- Christopher Warren
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
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Cahill S, Trieweiler S, Guidry J, Rash N, Stamper L, Conron K, Turcotte N, Gratch I, Lowery P. High Rates of Access to Health Care, Disclosure of Sexuality and Gender Identity to Providers Among House and Ball Community Members in New York City. J Homosex 2017; 65:600-614. [PMID: 28537845 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1328221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The House and Ball community is an important cultural manifestation of resiliency for Black and Latino gay and bisexual men and transgender women. Participants at the August 2013 House of Latex Ball in New York City were surveyed about insurance coverage, health care access, experiences in health care, and housing instability. The sample (n = 367) was 58% Black/African American and 20% Hispanic/Latino, with a mean age of 31. Fifty-five percent were gay and bisexual men. Although only 6% identified as transgender, nearly one half were gender nonconforming. Strong majorities had health insurance, were in regular medical care, and were "out" to their providers. Some were unstably housed and had recently exchanged sex for shelter or money. High rates of health care access and disclosure indicate resiliency and agency. Unstable housing and income insecurity may be structural drivers of vulnerability for this population to HIV infection and other health risks.
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- Sean Cahill
- a The Fenway Institute , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
- b School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
- c Department of Sociology , Northeastern University , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
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- d Department of Community Health and Research, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) , New York , New York , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
- e The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
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- d Department of Community Health and Research, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) , New York , New York , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute , Boston , Massachusetts , USA
- f Middlebury College , Middlebury , Vermont , USA
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- d Department of Community Health and Research, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) , New York , New York , USA
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- Sean Cahill
- Sean Cahill ( ) is director of health policy research at the Fenway Institute, in Boston, Massachusetts
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Cahill S, Mayer K, Boswell S. Priorities for Public Health Spending. JAMA 2017; 317:1277-1278. [PMID: 28350920 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.1845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Cahill S, Wang T. An end to lifetime blood donation ban in Israel for MSM would be a major step toward a science-based policy that reduces stigma. Isr J Health Policy Res 2017; 6:15. [PMID: 28344768 PMCID: PMC5363038 DOI: 10.1186/s13584-017-0139-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In recent years, countries around the world have revised their blood donation policies regarding gay and bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). The United States lifted the lifetime ban on MSM from donating blood in 2015, replacing it with a 1 year deferral policy allowing MSM to donate if they abstain from sex for 12 months. Other countries followed suit, while Italy and Spain have implemented deferral policies based on individual risk assessments regardless of sexual orientation. If Israel were to adopt a one year deferral policy for MSM, as recommended by Drs. Ginsberg et al. in this issue, the increase in risk to the blood supply would be minimal. Moving to a 1 year deferral policy would be an important step forward, but it could still be seen as stigmatizing to gay and bisexual men. We recommend that Israel consider a deferral policy based on individual risk assessment rather than a blanket deferral for all MSM. MSM can engage in low- and high-risk sexual behaviors. Those who consistently engage in low-risk behaviors, such as using condoms and pre-exposure prophylaxis consistently, pose little risk to the blood supply. An individual risk assessment policy would screen potential donors of all sexual orientations for low-, medium-, and high-risk behaviors. Potential donors identified as high-risk, such as injection drug users, would justifiably be subject to lengthy or permanent bans. MSM who engage in low-risk sexual behaviors would be allowed to donate without deferral. Medium-risk donors, such as men who have recently had unprotected anal sex with another man, would be subject to a deferral period of 1 month, which is in line with the window period of current HIV screening technology. Most fourth generation HIV tests can detect HIV within a month, and the nucleic acid test used to screen blood can detect HIV in just 9–11 days. Various studies have developed questions for ascertaining HIV risk among MSM which could be used in blood donor questionnaires. Using tablets or other technology that enhances privacy to conduct the blood donor questionnaire could improve collection of this sensitive information.
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- Sean Cahill
- Health Policy Research, The Fenway Institute, Boston, USA.,Curriculum and Policy, National Center for Innovation in HIV Care, Boston, USA
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- LGBT Health Policy Analyst, The Fenway Institute, Boston, USA
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Cahill S, Taylor SW, Elsesser SA, Mena L, Hickson D, Mayer KH. Stigma, medical mistrust, and perceived racism may affect PrEP awareness and uptake in black compared to white gay and bisexual men in Jackson, Mississippi and Boston, Massachusetts. AIDS Care 2017; 29:1351-1358. [PMID: 28286983 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1300633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than two thirds of new HIV infections in the U.S., with Black MSM experiencing the greatest burden. Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce MSM's vulnerability to HIV infection. Uptake of PrEP has been limited, particularly among racial and ethnic minority MSM. Four semi-structured focus groups with gay and bisexual men and other MSM at risk for HIV infection were convened in Boston and Jackson in late 2013. The analysis plan utilized a within-case, across-case approach to code and analyze emerging themes, and to compare results across the two cities. Participants recruited in Jackson were primarily Black gay men, while Boston participants were mostly non-Hispanic White gay men. Participants in both sites shared concerns about medication side effects and culturally insensitive health care for gay men. Jackson participants described stronger medical mistrust, and more frequently described experiences of anti-gay and HIV related stigma. Multiple addressable barriers to PrEP uptake were described. Information about side effects should be explicitly addressed in PrEP education campaigns. Providers and health departments should address medical mistrust, especially among Black gay and bisexual men and other MSM, in part by training providers in how to provide affirming, culturally competent care. Medicaid should be expanded in Mississippi to cover low-income young Black gay and bisexual men and other MSM.
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- Sean Cahill
- a The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston , USA.,b School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs , Northeastern University , Boston , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston , USA.,c Wheelock College , Boston , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston , USA.,d Sidney Kimmel Medical College , Thomas Jefferson University , Philadelphia , USA
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- e Open Arms Healthcare Center , Jackson , USA.,f University of Mississippi Medical Center , Jackson , USA
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- e Open Arms Healthcare Center , Jackson , USA.,g My Brother's Keeper, Inc. , Jackson , USA.,h School of Public Health , Jackson State University , Jackson , USA
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- a The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health , Boston , USA.,i Harvard Medical School , Boston , USA.,j Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston , USA
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