Publications

Throughout my career, I have authored numerous peer-reviewed publications focused on HIV prevention, health equity, and behavioral science applications in public health. My research explores the intersection of social determinants, community-based interventions, and policy-driven solutions to address health disparities. These publications contribute to the evidence base guiding national and global strategies for improving health outcomes in disproportionately affected populations. Below is a selection of my work, highlighting key findings and their impact on public health practice and policy.

First-Authored

  1. Raiford JL, DiNenno E, Beer L, Bowman S, Johnson Lyons S, Anderson SKE, Powell N, Nickson R, Hall G, Neblett Fanfair R; for DHP Black Women Workgroup. CDC Prioritizes HIV Prevention and Treatment to Reduce HIV Disparities Among Cis-Gender Black Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2024.0472
  2. Raiford JL, Tie Y, Yuan XA, Byrd KK, Buchacz KA, Beer L. Progress towards achieving national goals for improved quality of life among cis-gender Black women with HIV. AIDS. 2024 Jun 1;38(7):1087-1090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003875
  3. Raiford JL, Yuan X, Carree T, Beer L. Understanding Disparities in Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Sustained Viral Suppression Among Black, Hispanic/Latina, and White Women in the United States - Medical Monitoring Project, United States, 2015-2019. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Aug 15;93(5):413-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003214.
  4. Raiford JL, Seth P, Fasula A, DiClemente RJ. When a Relationship is Imperative, Will Young Women Knowingly Place their Sexual Health at Risk? A Sample of African American Adolescent Girls in the Juvenile Justice System. Sexual Health 2017; 14(4):331-337. http://doi:10.1071/SH16160
  5. Raiford, JL, Hall, GJ, Taylor, R, Bimbi, DS, Parsons, JT. The Role of Structural Barriers in Risky Sexual Behavior, Victimization and Readiness to Change HIV/STI-related Risk Behavior among Transgender Women. AIDS & Behavior. AIDS & Behavior 2016; 20(10):2212-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1424-8.
  6. Raiford JL, Herbst JH, Carry M, Browne FA, Doherty I, Wechsberg WM. Low prospects and high risk: Structural determinants of health associated with sexual risk among young African American women residing in resource-poor communities in the south. American Journal of Community Psychology. 2014;54(3-4):243-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10464-014-9668-9
  7. Raiford JL, Seth P, DiClemente RJ. What girls won’t do for love: human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections risk among young African-American women driven by a relationship imperative [e-published December 5, 2012]. Journal of Adolescent Health 2013;52(5):566-571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.09.006.
  8. Raiford JL, Seth P, Braxton ND, DiClemente RJ. Interpersonal- and community-level predictors of intimate partner violence perpetration among African American men [e-published June 19, 2012]. Journal of Urban Health 2013;90(4):784-795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-012-9717-3.
  9. Raiford JL, DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM. Effects of fear of abuse and possible STI acquisition on the sexual behavior of African American adolescent girls and young women. American Journal of Public Health, 2009; 99(6): 1067-1071. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2007.131482
  10. Raiford JL, Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ.  Prevalence, incidence, and predictors of dating violence: A longitudinal study of African American female adolescents.  Journal of Women’s Health, 2007; 16(6): 822-832. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2006.0002.
  11. Raiford JL, Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ.  Correlates of consistent condom use among HIV positive African American women. Women & Health, 2007; 46(2/3). http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J013v46n02_04.

Co-authored

  1. Wall KM, Sullivan P, Shrestha RK, Dana R, Hannah M, Hightow-Weidman L, Lucas IL, Raiford JL, Chavez PR, Caldwell JA, MacGowan RJ. Cost and cost-effectiveness of online recruitment to increase HIV self-testing among Black and Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men in the United States, 2020-2021. [accepted to JAIDS 01/28/2025].
  2. Reaves T, Lewis R, Dasgupta S, Lyons SJ, Tie Y, Nair P, Carree T, Hu X, Raiford JL, Marcus R. The Use of HIV Prevention Strategies and Services Reported by Black Women with a Risk for and with HIV in the United States. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec 30. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04578-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39739217.
  3. MacGowan RJ, Chavez P, Dana R, Hannah M, Raiford, JL, … Sullivan P. Efficacy of internet recruitment and HIV Self-Testing for diagnosing HIV infections among Black and Hispanic/Latino MSM and transgender women in 11 US States, 2020-2021.. JAIDS June 21, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000003476
  4. Gwynn M, Chavez PR, Borkowf CB, Raiford JL, Gravens L, MacGowan RJ; eSTAMP Study Group. Pressure to Use HIV Self-Tests Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, United States, 2015-2016. AIDS Behav. 2022;26(2):623-630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03422-6
  5. Hall G, Koenig L, Gray SC, Herbst JH, Matheson T, Coffin P, Raiford JL. Accuracy of HIV risk perceptions among Episodic Substance-Using Men who Have Sex with Men. AIDS & Behavior 2018; 22(6):1932-1943. http://doi:10.1007/s10461-017-1935-y.
  6. Ports K, Lee R, Raiford JL, Spikes P, Manago C, Wheeler D. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health and Wellness Outcomes among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. Journal of Urban Health 2017; 94(3):375-383. http://doi:10.1007/s11524-017-0146-1.
  7. Balaji AB, Oraka E, Fasula AM, Jayne PE, Carry MG, Raiford JL. Association between parental-adolescent communication about sex-related topics and HIV testing, United States. 2006-2013. AIDS Care 2017; 29:344-349. http://doi:0.1080/09540121.2016.1238443.
  8. Wechsberg WM, Novak SP, Doherty IA, Browne, FA, Kline TL, Zule W, Carry M, Raiford JL, Herbst JH. Efficacy of the Young Women’s CoOp: An HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Substance-Using African American Female Adolescents in the South, Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse2017; 26(3):205-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2016.1260511 
  9. Herbst, JH, Raiford, JL, Carry, MG, Wilkes, AL, Ellington, RD, Whittier, DK. Adaptation and national dissemination of Brief Personalized Cognitive Counseling evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for high-risk men who have sex with men. MMWR Suppl 2016;65(Supplement, No. 01):42–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su6501a7.
  10. Seth, P, Raiford, JL, DiClemente, RJ. Factors associated with HIV testing among African American female adolescents in juvenile detention centers. AIDS & Behavior 2016;20(9):2010-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1310-4
  11. Wechsberg WM, Doherty IA, Browne FA, Emanuel A, Kline TL, Carry MG, Raiford JL, Herbst JH. Gang membership and marijuana use among African American female adolescents in North Carolina.  Subst Abuse and Rehabil. 2015;6:141-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S93304
  12. Seth P, Wingood GM, Robinson, LS, Raiford JL, DiClemente RJ. Abuse impedes prevention: the intersection of intimate partner violence and HIV/STI risk among young African American women. AIDS & Behavior. 2015;19:1438–1445.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-014-0940-7
  13. Beer L, Valverde E, Raiford JL, Weiser J, White BL, Skarbinski J.  Clinician perspectives on delaying initiation of antiretroviral therapy for clinically eligible HIV-infected patients.  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2015;14(3):245-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325957414557267.
  14. Coffin PO, Santos GM, Colfax G, Das M, Matheson T, DeMicco E, Dilley J, Vittinghoff E, Raiford JL, Carry M, Herbst JH. Adapted Personalized Cognitive Counseling for episodic substance-using men who have sex with men: A randomized controlled trial. AIDS & Behavior. 2014; 18(7):1390-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-014-0712-4 
  15. Santos GM, Coffin PO, Vittinghoff E, DeMicco E, Das M, Matheson T, Raiford JL, Carry M, Colfax G, Herbst JH, Dilley JW.  Substance use and drinking outcomes in randomized trial of Personalized Cognitive Counseling intervention for HIV-negative men who have sex with men. Drug & Alcohol Dependence. 2014;138:234-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.015
  16. Browne FA, Wechsberg WM, White VM, Ellerson RM, Raiford JL, Carry MG, Herbst JH.  The influence of social determinants on sexual risk among out-of-school African American female adolescents.  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 2014;9(2):139-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2013.832828.
  17. Knight KR, Das M, DeMicco E, Raiford JL, Matheson T, Shook A, Antunez E, Santos GM, Dadasovich R, Dilley JW, Colfax GN, Herbst JH.  A roadmap for adapting an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention: personal cognitive counseling (PCC) for episodic substance-using men who have sex with men. Prevention Science, 2014;15(3):364-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-013-0364-z
  18. Santos GM, Coffin PO, Das M, Matheson T, DeMicco E, Raiford JL, Vittinghoff E, Dilley JW, Colfax G, Herbst JH. Dose-response associations between number and frequency of substance use and high-risk sexual behaviors among HIV-negative substance-using men who have sex with men (SUMSM) in San Francisco. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2013; 63(4):540-4.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e318293f10b.
  19. Herbst, JH, Glassman, M, Carey, JW, Painter, TM, Gelaude, DJ, Fasula, AM, Raiford, JL, Freeman, A, Purcell, DW. Operational research to improve HIV prevention in the United States. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 59(5):p 530-536, April 15, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182479077
  20. Braxton ND, Raiford JL, Seth P, Alexander AO, DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM. Forgotten pieces of the prevention puzzle: Designing HIV prevention programs for heterosexual young adult African American men. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Education, Research, and Policy, 2011; 4(2), 637-648.
  21. Wingood GM, Simpson-Robinson L, Braxton, ND, Raiford JL. Design of a faith-based HIV intervention: successful collaboration between a university and a church. Health Promot Pract. 2011;12(6):823-831. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839910372039
  22. Seth P, Raiford JL, Robinson L, Wingood GM. Intimate partner violence and other partner-related factors: Correlates of sexually transmissible infections and risky sexual behaviors among young adult African American women. Sexual Health, 2010; 7, 25-30http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH08075.
  23. Raiford JL. The effect of adolescent physical and sexual dating violence on the nutritional and psychological health of adolescent girls. Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2006. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/psych_diss/11.
  24. Cook S, Smith S, Tusher C, Raiford JL. Self-reports of traumatic events in a random sample of incarcerated women.  Women & Criminal Justice, 2005; 16(1/2), 107-126.

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS and TECHNICAL PACKAGES

  1. Raiford JL, DiNenno E, Beer L, Nickson R, Lewis R, Lyons SJ, Bickerstaff S, Hall G, Odunsi S, Powell N, White L, Allen M, Blackwell A, Haynes M, Hoover K, Srinivasan P. Division of HIV Prevention Workgroup on Cis-gender Black Women (CgBW): Recommendations for DHP Prevention and Treatment Activities for Cis-gender Black Women. December 15, 2023.
  2. Basile, KC, DeGue S, Jones K, Freire K, Dills, J, Smith SG, Raiford JL. STOP SV: a Technical Package to Prevent SV. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/sv-prevention-technical-package.pdf
  3. Raiford JL, Rao S, Karch D. Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments: Contextual Summary for PS18-1802 Rapid Feedback Report. 
  4. Raiford JL, Zhang H, Zhu W, Iqbal K, Dominguez K, Tanner M, Hoover K, Rao S. PS15-1509 Feedback Report: Health Department Demonstration Projects for Comprehensive Prevention, Care, Behavioral Health, and Social Services for Men of Color Who Have Sex with Men (MSM of Color) and Transgender Women of Color, September 30, 2015 – September 29, 2018.
  5. Raiford JL, Karch D, Essuon A, Mulatu M, Collins N, Rao S. PS18-1802 Supplement 19 Qualitative Analysis Feedback Report, July 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019.
  6. Raiford JL, St. Arromand A, Adetokun A, Rao S. PS18-1802 Qualitative Analysis Feedback Report, September 30, 2017 – September 29, 2018. 

 

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