Publications
Our work has yielded dozens of studies published in highly regarded journals such as JAMA, AIDS & Behavior, and Prevention ScienceSilent suffering: the impact of sexual health challenges on patient-clinician communication and adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy among Black women with early-stage breast cancer
This study explores facilitators of and barriers to patient-clinician communication about sexual health and how those factors might affect AET adherence among Black women with early-stage breast cancer.
Cultural acceptability of STI screening guidelines and sexual positioning assessments among black sexual minority men
We asked men to discuss their attitudes towards clinical sexual health screening questions.
A Scripted, PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent Improves Perceived Risk for HIV and Willingness to Accept Referrals Quickly among Black Sexual Minority Men
Baseline results from an intervention suggests that a peer change agent could independently improve perceptions of risk among Black SMM quickly. The person-centered nature of the scripted PCA could be key to improving PrEP use.
What qualities are most important to making a point of care test desirable for clinicians and others offering sexually transmitted infection testing
We investigated effects of different levels of attributes of a point-of-care test on clinicians decisions
Awareness and utilization of HIV services of an AIDS community-based organization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
We showed that a subgroup of high-risk MSM was accessing prevention services in Malaysia
Correlates of anal sex roles among Malay and Chinese MSM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
We described the prevalence of identifying as being ‘top’, ‘bottom’, ‘versatile’, or ‘don’t know/not applicable’ among MSM
HIV Testing and Health Care Utilization Behaviors Among Men in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis
We used explored profiles of U.S. men using data from the 2014 National Health Interview Survey.
Sexual Positioning Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Narrative Review
This review highlights dynamic psychosocial processes underlying sexual decision-making and HIV/STI risk
Exploring the preferences of a culturally congruent, peer-based HIV prevention intervention for black men who have sex with men
This study explored the ideal components of a culturally competent HIV testing intervention for Black SMM
Using a “Positive Deviance” Framework to Discover Adaptive Risk Reduction Behaviors Among High-Risk HIV Negative Black Men Who Have Sex with Men.
We discovered behaviors that could help Black sexual minority men remain HIV-uninfected
Characterizing geosocial-networking app use among young black men who have sex with men: A multi-city cross-sectional survey in the southern United States
We examined the characteristics, preferences, and behaviors of a geographically diverse sample of geosocial networking app use
Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Life Course Perspective
This study examined sexual positioning practices and accompanying HIV/STI risks along the life course
Latent Classes of Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women
This study explored Black bisexual men's profiles regarding condomless sexual positioning practices
Age Cohort Differences in Sexual Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women
We examined sexual risk behaviors between BMSMW ages 40 and under compared to over age 40
Exploring and Adapting a Conceptual Model of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among HIV-Negative Black Men Who Have Sex With Men
This study explored sexual positioning dynamics and alignment with a theoretical model among Black sexual minority men
Latent Classes of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Paris, France
Findings support the need for tailored and targeted interventions for highest-risk individuals
Acceptability of self-collecting oropharyngeal swabs for sexually transmissible infection testing among men and women
Self-collecting oropharyngeal swabs for STI testing is acceptable among men and women
Methodological Considerations for Conducting Focus Groups in HIV Prevention Research Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
Considerations and recommendations for mitigating the challenges in focus group research and enriching data collection with BMSM are outlined
Correlates of Sexual Coercion among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA
Sexual coercion is common gay and bisexual men and heterosexual females who inject drugs
Exploring Religiosity and Spirituality in the Sexual Decision-Making of Black Gay and Bisexual Men
We explored how religiosity and spirituality constructs affect partner choices and sexual behaviors among Black GBM
Exploring the role of LGBT-affirming churches in health promotion for Black sexual minority men.
This study explored the role of LGBT-affirming churches in the lives of Black sexual minority
Prevalence and Correlates of Rectal Douching and Enema Use Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transwomen in the Deep South.
xploring the prevalence and correlates of rectal douching and enema use could provide insights into risk factors and HIV/STI prevention opportunities among these groups.
There’s an App for That: Using Geosocial Networking Apps to Access Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and other MSM at Risk for HIV
This study explored the acceptability and feasibility of using apps for HIV/STI public health outreach.
Latent Classes of Partner Seeking Venues and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Paris, France
Interventions addressing sexual risk behaviors among French sexual minority men should consider tailored risk-reduction and prevention messaging.
Increasing Opportunities for Spiritual and Religious Supports to Improve HIV-Related Outcomes for Black Sexual Minority Men
The strategies identified could aid in designing culturally congruent HIV prevention and treatment programs
Syndemic latent transition analysis in the HPTN 061 cohort: Prospective interactions between trauma, mental health, social support, and substance use.
We conducted a longitudinal study testing how socail factors associated with 12-month substance use among Blakc sexual minority men
Sexual risk and sexual healthcare utilization profiles among Black sexual minority men in the U.S. Deep South.
Findings support the need for targeted interventions tailored to BSMM of different sexual risk and healthcare utilization behaviors.
Motivations for opioid and stimulant use among drug using black sexual minority men: A life course perspective
This study explored age-related differences in the profiles, motivations, and contexts of opioid and stimulant use among Black sexual minority men
Nursing and Healthcare Preferences among Opioid and Stimulant using Black Sexual Minority Men: An Exploratory Study
Clinicians can improve cultural competency for drug-using Black sexual minority men by meeting community preferences.
Healthcare Access, healthcare utilization, and sexual orientation disclosure among Black sexual minority men in the Deep South.
Clinics, hospitals and other healthcare settings should promote affirming environments that support sexuality disclosure for Black sexual minority men
Behavioral Intentions to Use Patient Portals to Disclose HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Histories with Sexual Partners Among U.S. Sexual Minority Men
Patient portals could increase HIV/STI testing history disclosure among sexual minority men
Polytobacco use among a nationally-representative sample of black high school students
Findings confirm a significant association of marijuana use with tobacco use
Conducting Virtual, Synchronous Focus Groups Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Qualitative Study
This paper describes the protocols and acceptability of conducting virtual synchronous focus groups in HIV prevention research among Black sexual minority men
HIV Prevention Among Cisgender Men Who have Sex with Transgender Women.
We conducted interviews with men who have sex with transwomen to explore perspectives on HIV prevention
Community engagement and linkage to care efforts by peer community-health workers to increase PrEP uptake among sexual minority men
This paper evaluates the impact of outreach activities led by nurse supervised community healthcare workers on the PrEP care cascade.
Sexual Risk Profiles Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Implications for Targeted PrEP Messaging
Guided by CDC guidelines, we identified three latent classes were identified supporting the need for tailored and targeted messaging for Black sexual minority men
HIV Treatment Adherence Strategies Among Virally Suppressed Black Sexual Minority Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Los Angeles, California: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study
Identifying personal goals and having supportive clinical and social relationships could be key to improving treatment adherence and viral suppression among Black sexual minority men living with HIV
Pharmacy-Based Interventions to Increase Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States: A Scoping Review
Patients express strong support for pharmacist prescription of PrEP
Identifying Ethical and Culturally Responsive Research Activities to Build Trust and Improve Participation of Black Sexual Minority Men in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Telehealth Clinical Trials: Qualitative Study.
Focus groups yielded themes regarding to the impact of researcher intentions, study funding, recruitment activities, informed consent details, randomization, and study team interactions during and after the study on trust and participation in a PrEP clinical trial.
HIV PrEP Clinician Communication Preferences Among Black Sexual Minority Men.
Thematic analysis revealed that Black sexual minority men wanted clinicians to explain PrEP efficacy and side effects, tailor messaging, provide prevention messaging with care, and disclose PrEP use.
Multimorbidity classes indicate differential patterns of health care engagement among people who inject drugs.
This study characterized the patterns and correlates of chronic disease multimorbidity among people who inject drugs.
A Latent Class Analysis: Identifying Pregnancy Intention Classes Among U.S. Adolescents.
This study identified and described pregnancy intention profiles among U.S. adolescents.
Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men
The study discovered perspectives from Black sexual minority men regarding the design of a multicomponent intervention that uses a smartphone app and a peer change agent to increase perceived HIV risk and PrEP initiation w.
Mental Health Problems Across the HIV Care Continuum for Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.
This scoping review synthesizes the existing research on adolescents' living with HIV mental health problems along the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa.
“It’s Better If I Die Because Even in the Hospital, There is a Stigma, People Still Gossip”: Gossip as a Culturally Shaped Labeling Process and Its Implications for HIV-Related Stigma in Botswana.
This study qualitatively explores HIV-related gossip as both a manifestation and driver of HIV-related stigma, which is a known barrier to HIV testing and treatment in Botswana.
Parental Sexuality Disclosure, Discrimination, and Depression Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women
This study explored the relationship between discrimination and depression among Black sexual minoirty men and Black transwomen and whether parental disclosure modified this relationship.
A Principal Investigator as a PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent for HIV Prevention among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: An Autoethnography
Dr. Dangerfield conducted an autoethnography to better understand multilevel barriers to PrEP and identify the personal/professional challenges of being an in-group HIV interventionist serving Black gay men
Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase HIV PrEP Initiation and Adherence: A Scoping Review
This scoping review examines essential components of MI-based interventions that aimed to improve PrEP use, including the number and duration of sessions, counselor characteristics, and interview content.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Dangerfield II, D. T., Davis, G., Pandian, V., & Anderson, J. N. (2023). Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase HIV PrEP Initiation and Adherence: A Scoping Review. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01554-w
Dangerfield II, D. T. (2023). A Principal Investigator as a PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent for HIV Prevention among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: An Autoethnography. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075309
Turpin, R. E., Dangerfield II, D. T., Oke, T., & Hickson, D. A. (2023). Parental Sexuality Disclosure, Discrimination, and Depression Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women. Family & Community Health, 46(2), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000360
Poku, O. B., Eschliman, E. L., Entaile, P., Rampa, S., Mehta, H., Tal, D., Silvert, L., Li, T., Becker, T. D., Govindasamy, D., Stockton, M. A., Adedimeji, A., Ho-Foster, A., Blank, M. B., Dangerfield II, D. T., Yang, L. H., & Murray, S. M. (2023). “It’s Better If I Die Because Even in the Hospital, There is a Stigma, People Still Gossip”: Gossip as a Culturally Shaped Labeling Process and Its Implications for HIV-Related Stigma in Botswana. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-03980-x
Poku, O. B., West, N. S., Eschliman, E. L., Dangerfield II, D. T., Bass, J., Kennedy, C. E., & Murray, S. M. (2023). Mental Health Problems Across the HIV Care Continuum for Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-03981-w
Dangerfield II, D. T., Anderson, J. N., Wylie, C., Arrington-Sanders, R., Bluthenthal, R. N., Beyrer, C., & Farley, J. E. (2022). Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men. JMIR Formative Research, 6(8), e34181. https://doi.org/10.2196/34181
Offiong, A., Powell, T. W., Dangerfield II, D. T., Gemmill, A., & Marcell, A. V. (2022). A Latent Class Analysis: Identifying Pregnancy Intention Classes Among U.S. Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.04.019
Heidari, O., Genberg, B. L., Perrin, N., Dangerfield II, D. T., Farley, J. E., Kirk, G., & Mehta, S. H. (2022). Multimorbidity classes indicate differential patterns of health care engagement among people who inject drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108806
Dangerfield II, D. T., Lipson, A., & Anderson, J. N. (2022). HIV PrEP Clinician Communication Preferences Among Black Sexual Minority Men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 34(2), 168–181. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2022.34.2.168
Dangerfield II, D.T., & Wylie, C. (2022). Identifying Ethical and Culturally Responsive Research Activities to Build Trust and Improve Participation of Black Sexual Minority Men in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Telehealth Clinical Trials: Qualitative Study. JMIR Human Factors, 9(1), e28798. https://doi.org/10.2196/28798
Zhao, A., Dangerfield II, D. T., Nunn, A., Patel, R., Farley, J. E., Ugoji, C. C., & Dean, L. T. (2021). Pharmacy-Based Interventions to Increase Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States: A Scoping Review. AIDS and Behavior, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03494-4
Dangerfield II, D. T., Ober, A. J., Li, M. J., Allen, S., & Bluthenthal, R. N. (2022). HIV Treatment Adherence Strategies Among Virally Suppressed Black Sexual Minority Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Los Angeles, California: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 33(1), 54–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000304
Dangerfield II, D. T., Kuo, I., Magnus, M., Beauchamp, G., Fields, S. D., Nelson, L., Shoptaw, S., Wilton, L., & Wheeler, D. P. (2021). Sexual Risk Profiles Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Implications for Targeted PrEP Messaging. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(7), 2947–2954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02066-w
Farley JE, Dangerfield II DT, LaRicci J, et al. Community engagement and linkage to care efforts by peer community-health workers to increase PrEP uptake among sexual minority men. Public Health Nursing. 2021;38(5):818-824. doi:10.1111/phn.12887
Poteat, T., Cooney, E., Malik, M., Restar, A., Dangerfield II, D. T., & White, J. (2021). HIV Prevention Among Cisgender Men Who have Sex with Transgender Women. AIDS and Behavior. Doi:10.1007/s10461-021-03194-z
Dangerfield II, D. T., Wylie, C., & Anderson, J. N. (2021). Conducting Virtual, Synchronous Focus Groups Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Qualitative Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(2), e22980. Doi:10.2196/22980
Gilreath, T. D., Dangerfield II, D. T., Montiel Ishino, F. A., Hill, A. V., & Johnson, R. M. (2021). Polytobacco use among a nationally-representative sample of black high school students. BMC Public Health, 21. Doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10228-7
Jackman, K.-M., Dangerfield II, DT, Yang, C., Trent, M., Kharrazi, H., Johnson, R. M., & Latkin, C. (2020). Behavioral Intentions to Use Patient Portals to Disclose HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Histories with Sexual Partners Among U.S. Sexual Minority Men. AIDS and Behavior. Doi:10.1007/s10461-020-03092-w
He, Y., Dangerfield II, DT, Fields, E.; Dawkins Jr., M., Turpin, R., Johnson, D., Browne, D.C., Hickson, D.A.(2020). Healthcare Access, healthcare utilization, and sexual orientation disclosure among Black sexual minority men in the Deep South. Sexual Health. Doi: 10.1071/SH20051
Dangerfield II, DT, Cooper, J., Heidari, O., Winder, T.J.A., Allen, S., Lucas, G.M. (2020). Nursing and Healthcare Preferences among Opioid and Stimulant using Black Sexual Minority Men: An Exploratory Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Doi:10.1097/jnc.0000000000000201
Dangerfield II, DT, Heidari, O., Cooper, J., Allen, S., & Lucas, G. M. (2020). Motivations for opioid and stimulant use among drug using black sexual minority men: A life course perspective. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108224
Heidari, O., Dangerfield II, D. T., & Hickson, D. A. (2020). Sexual risk and sexual healthcare utilization profiles among Black sexual minority men in the U.S. Deep South. AIDS Care, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1772455
Turpin, R. E., Dyer, T. V., Dangerfield II, DT, Liu, H., & Mayer, K. H. (2020). Syndemic latent transition analysis in the HPTN 061 cohort: Prospective interactions between trauma, mental health, social support, and substance use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 214, 108106. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108106
Grieb, S. M., Donovan, E., White, J. J., Miller, D., & Dangerfield II, DT (2020). Increasing Opportunities for Spiritual and Religious Supports to Improve HIV-Related Outcomes for Black Sexual Minority Men. Journal of Urban Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00461-7
Dangerfield II, DT, Carmack, C., Gilreath, T. D., Duncan, D. T. (2020) Latent Classes of Partner Seeking Venues and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Paris, France. International Journal of STD & AIDS. doi:10.0956462419899012
Fields EL, Long A, Dangerfield II DT, Morgan A, Uzzi M, Arrington-Sanders R, Jennings JM. (2020). There’s an App for That: Using Geosocial Networking Apps to Access Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and other MSM at Risk for HIV. (1, vol. 34, pp. 42-51). American Journal of Health Promotion. doi: 10.1177/0890117119865112.
Dangerfield II DT, Johnson D, Hamlin-Palmer S, Browne DC, Mayer KH, Hickson DMA. (2020). Prevalence and Correlates of Rectal Douching and Enema Use Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transwomen in the Deep South. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01605-w.
White, J. J., Dangerfield II, DT, Donovan, E., Miller, D., & Grieb, S. M. (2019). Exploring the role of LGBT-affirming churches in health promotion for Black sexual minority men. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1–16. doi10.1080/13691058.2019.1666429
Dangerfield II DT, Williams JE, Bass AS, Wynter T, Bluthenthal RN. (2019). Exploring Religiosity and Spirituality in the Sexual Decision-Making of Black Gay and Bisexual Men. (5, vol. 58, pp. 1792-1802). Journal of Religion and Health. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00845-3.
Williams JE, Dangerfield II DT, Kral AH, Wenger LD, Bluthenthal RN. (2019). Correlates of Sexual Coercion among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA. (3, vol. 96, pp. 469-476). Journal of Urban Health. doi: 10.1007/s11524-018-0238-6.
White JJ, Dangerfield II DT, Grieb SM. (2019). Methodological considerations for conducting focus groups in HIV prevention research among Black men who have sex with men. (3, vol. 36, pp. 439-445). Public Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/phn.12592.
Dangerfield II DT, Farley JE, Holden J, Barnes M, Barnes P, Jett-Goheen M, Gaydos C. (2019). Acceptability of self-collecting oropharyngeal swabs for sexually transmissible infection testing among men and women. (3, vol. 16, pp. 296-298). Sexual Health. doi: 10.1071/SH18209.
Dangerfield II, D. T., Carmack, C. C., Gilreath, T. D., & Duncan, D. T. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Paris, France. AIDS and Behavior, 22(12), 4001–4008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2267-2
Dangerfield II DT, Ober AJ, Smith LR, Shoptaw S, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Exploring and Adapting a Conceptual Model of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among HIV-Negative Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. (8, vol. 55, pp. 1022-1032). Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1433287.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, Fernandez MI, Hosek S, Lauby J, Joseph H, Frank HG, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Age Cohort Differences in Sexual Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women. (8, vol. 55, pp. 1012-1021). Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1423016.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, Smith LR, Jeffries WL, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women. (7, vol. 47, pp. 2071-2080). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1142-y.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Anderson JN, Bruce OJ, Farley J, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Life Course Perspective. (6, vol. 22, pp. 1919-1931). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1948-6.
Duncan DT, Park SH, Hambrick HR, Dangerfield II DT, Goedel WC, Brewer R, Mgbako O, Lindsey J, Regan SD, Hickson DMA. (2018). Characterizing geosocial-networking app use among young black men who have sex with men: A multi-city cross-sectional survey in the southern United States. (6, vol. 20). Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi: 10.2196/10316.
Ober AJ, Dangerfield II DT, Shoptaw S, Ryan G, Stucky B, Friedman SR. (2018). Using a “Positive Deviance” Framework to Discover Adaptive Risk Reduction Behaviors Among High-Risk HIV Negative Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. (5, vol. 22, pp. 1699-1712). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1790-x.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, McWells C, Hilliard C, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Exploring the preferences of a culturally congruent, peer-based HIV prevention intervention for black men who have sex with men. (5, vol. 15, pp. 424-430). Sexual Health. doi: 10.1071/SH18057.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Williams J, Unger J, Bluthenthal R. (2017). Sexual Positioning Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Narrative Review. (4, vol. 46, pp. 869-884). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0738-y.
Dangerfield II DT, Craddock JB, Bruce OJ, Gilreath TD. (2017). HIV Testing and Health Care Utilization Behaviors Among Men in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. (3, vol. 28, pp. 306-315). Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2017.02.001.
Dangerfield DT, Gravitt P, Rompalo AM, Tai R, Lim SH. (2016). Correlates of anal sex roles among Malay and Chinese MSM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (4, vol. 27, pp. 313-320). International Journal of STD and AIDS. doi: 10.1177/0956462415581125.
Dangerfield DT, Gravitt P, Rompalo AM, Yap I, Tai R, Lim SH. (2015). Awareness and utilization of HIV services of an AIDS community-based organization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (1, vol. 26, pp. 20-26). International Journal of STD and AIDS. doi: 10.1177/0956462414528685.
Hsieh YH, Gaydos CA, Hogan MT, Uy OM, Jackman J, Jett-Goheen M, Albertie A, Dangerfield DT, Neustadt CR, Wiener ZS, Rompalo AM. (2011). What qualities are most important to making a point of care test desirable for clinicians and others offering sexually transmitted infection testing? (4, vol. 6). PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019263.
Commentaries and Other Publications
Sharfstein, J. M., Killelea, A., & Dangerfield II, D.T. (2022). Long-Acting Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention: Issues of Access, Cost, and Equity. JAMA, 327(10), 921–922. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.0420
Baptiste, D., Turner, S., Josiah, N., Arscott, J., Alvarez, C., Turkson‐Ocran, R., Rodney, T., Commodore‐Mensah, Y., Francis, L., Wilson, P. R., Starks, S., Alexander, K., Taylor, J. L., Ogungbe, O., Byiringiro, S., Fisher, M. C., Charlemagne‐Badal, S. J., Marseille, B., Delva, S., … Hamilton, J. (2021). Hidden figures of nursing: The historical contributions of Black nurses and a narrative for those who are unnamed, undocumented and underrepresented. Journal of Advanced Nursing, jan.14791. Doi:10.1111/jan.14791
Brown LA, Dangerfield II, DT, Meanley S, Hickson DM. (2019). Increasing Diversity and Capacity in HIV Behavioral and Social Science Research: Reflections and Recommendations From the Inaugural Cohort of the Mid-Atlantic CFAR Consortium (MACC) Scholars Program. (vol. 82, pp. S128-S132). Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. Doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002172
Dangerfield II, D.T. (2018, June 26). The Threeness: A Black, Gay Man in America. Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine. https://magazine.nursing.jhu.edu/2018/06/the-threeness-a-black-gay-man-in-america’
Research Engagement
Dangerfield II, D. T., Davis, G., Pandian, V., & Anderson, J. N. (2023). Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase HIV PrEP Initiation and Adherence: A Scoping Review. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01554-w
Dangerfield II, D. T. (2023). A Principal Investigator as a PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent for HIV Prevention among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: An Autoethnography. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075309
Dangerfield II, D. T., Anderson, J. N., Wylie, C., Arrington-Sanders, R., Bluthenthal, R. N., Beyrer, C., & Farley, J. E. (2022). Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men. JMIR Formative Research, 6(8), e34181. https://doi.org/10.2196/34181
Dangerfield II, D.T., & Wylie, C. (2022). Identifying Ethical and Culturally Responsive Research Activities to Build Trust and Improve Participation of Black Sexual Minority Men in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Telehealth Clinical Trials: Qualitative Study. JMIR Human Factors, 9(1), e28798. https://doi.org/10.2196/28798
Farley JE, Dangerfield II DT, LaRicci J, et al. Community engagement and linkage to care efforts by peer community-health workers to increase PrEP uptake among sexual minority men. Public Health Nursing. 2021;38(5):818-824. doi:10.1111/phn.12887
Poteat, T., Cooney, E., Malik, M., Restar, A., Dangerfield II, D. T., & White, J. (2021). HIV Prevention Among Cisgender Men Who have Sex with Transgender Women. AIDS and Behavior. Doi:10.1007/s10461-021-03194-z
Dangerfield II, D. T., Wylie, C., & Anderson, J. N. (2021). Conducting Virtual, Synchronous Focus Groups Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Qualitative Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(2), e22980. Doi:10.2196/22980
White, J. J., Dangerfield II, DT, Donovan, E., Miller, D., & Grieb, S. M. (2019). Exploring the role of LGBT-affirming churches in health promotion for Black sexual minority men. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1–16. doi10.1080/13691058.2019.1666429
White JJ, Dangerfield II DT, Grieb SM. (2019). Methodological considerations for conducting focus groups in HIV prevention research among Black men who have sex with men. (3, vol. 36, pp. 439-445). Public Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/phn.12592.
Health Communication
Dangerfield II, D. T., Davis, G., Pandian, V., & Anderson, J. N. (2023). Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase HIV PrEP Initiation and Adherence: A Scoping Review. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01554-w
Dangerfield II, D. T. (2023). A Principal Investigator as a PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent for HIV Prevention among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: An Autoethnography. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075309
Dangerfield II, D. T., Anderson, J. N., Wylie, C., Arrington-Sanders, R., Bluthenthal, R. N., Beyrer, C., & Farley, J. E. (2022). Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men. JMIR Formative Research, 6(8), e34181. https://doi.org/10.2196/34181
Dangerfield II, D. T., Lipson, A., & Anderson, J. N. (2022). HIV PrEP Clinician Communication Preferences Among Black Sexual Minority Men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 34(2), 168–181. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2022.34.2.168
Dangerfield II, D.T., & Wylie, C. (2022). Identifying Ethical and Culturally Responsive Research Activities to Build Trust and Improve Participation of Black Sexual Minority Men in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Telehealth Clinical Trials: Qualitative Study. JMIR Human Factors, 9(1), e28798. https://doi.org/10.2196/28798
Behavioral Health
Turpin, R. E., Dangerfield II, D. T., Oke, T., & Hickson, D. A. (2023). Parental Sexuality Disclosure, Discrimination, and Depression Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women. Family & Community Health, 46(2), 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000360
Poku, O. B., Eschliman, E. L., Entaile, P., Rampa, S., Mehta, H., Tal, D., Silvert, L., Li, T., Becker, T. D., Govindasamy, D., Stockton, M. A., Adedimeji, A., Ho-Foster, A., Blank, M. B., Dangerfield II, D. T., Yang, L. H., & Murray, S. M. (2023). “It’s Better If I Die Because Even in the Hospital, There is a Stigma, People Still Gossip”: Gossip as a Culturally Shaped Labeling Process and Its Implications for HIV-Related Stigma in Botswana. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-03980-x
Poku, O. B., West, N. S., Eschliman, E. L., Dangerfield II, D. T., Bass, J., Kennedy, C. E., & Murray, S. M. (2023). Mental Health Problems Across the HIV Care Continuum for Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-03981-w
Offiong, A., Powell, T. W., Dangerfield II, D. T., Gemmill, A., & Marcell, A. V. (2022). A Latent Class Analysis: Identifying Pregnancy Intention Classes Among U.S. Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.04.019
Heidari, O., Genberg, B. L., Perrin, N., Dangerfield II, D. T., Farley, J. E., Kirk, G., & Mehta, S. H. (2022). Multimorbidity classes indicate differential patterns of health care engagement among people who inject drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108806
Jackman, K.-M., Dangerfield II, DT, Yang, C., Trent, M., Kharrazi, H., Johnson, R. M., & Latkin, C. (2020). Behavioral Intentions to Use Patient Portals to Disclose HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Histories with Sexual Partners Among U.S. Sexual Minority Men. AIDS and Behavior. Doi:10.1007/s10461-020-03092-w
He, Y., Dangerfield II, DT, Fields, E.; Dawkins Jr., M., Turpin, R., Johnson, D., Browne, D.C., Hickson, D.A.(2020). Healthcare Access, healthcare utilization, and sexual orientation disclosure among Black sexual minority men in the Deep South. Sexual Health. doi: 10.1071/SH20051
Dangerfield II, DT, Heidari, O., Cooper, J., Allen, S., & Lucas, G. M. (2020). Motivations for opioid and stimulant use among drug using black sexual minority men: A life course perspective. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108224
Heidari, O., Dangerfield II, D. T., & Hickson, D. A. (2020). Sexual risk and sexual healthcare utilization profiles among Black sexual minority men in the U.S. Deep South. AIDS Care, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1772455
Williams JE, Dangerfield II DT, Kral AH, Wenger LD, Bluthenthal RN. (2019). Correlates of Sexual Coercion among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA. (3, vol. 96, pp. 469-476). Journal of Urban Health. doi: 10.1007/s11524-018-0238-6.
Dangerfield II, D. T., Carmack, C. C., Gilreath, T. D., & Duncan, D. T. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Paris, France. AIDS and Behavior, 22(12), 4001–4008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2267-2
Dangerfield II DT, Ober AJ, Smith LR, Shoptaw S, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Exploring and Adapting a Conceptual Model of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among HIV-Negative Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. (8, vol. 55, pp. 1022-1032). Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1433287.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, Smith LR, Jeffries WL, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women. (7, vol. 47, pp. 2071-2080). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1142-y.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Anderson JN, Bruce OJ, Farley J, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Life Course Perspective. (6, vol. 22, pp. 1919-1931). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1948-6.
Ober AJ, Dangerfield II DT, Shoptaw S, Ryan G, Stucky B, Friedman SR. (2018). Using a “Positive Deviance” Framework to Discover Adaptive Risk Reduction Behaviors Among High-Risk HIV Negative Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. (5, vol. 22, pp. 1699-1712). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1790-x.
Dangerfield II DT, Craddock JB, Bruce OJ, Gilreath TD. (2017). HIV Testing and Health Care Utilization Behaviors Among Men in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. (3, vol. 28, pp. 306-315). Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2017.02.001.
HIV & STI Prevention
Dangerfield II, D. T., Davis, G., Pandian, V., & Anderson, J. N. (2023). Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase HIV PrEP Initiation and Adherence: A Scoping Review. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01554-w
Dangerfield II, D. T. (2023). A Principal Investigator as a PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent for HIV Prevention among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: An Autoethnography. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075309
Dangerfield II, D. T., Anderson, J. N., Wylie, C., Arrington-Sanders, R., Bluthenthal, R. N., Beyrer, C., & Farley, J. E. (2022). Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men. JMIR Formative Research, 6(8), e34181. https://doi.org/10.2196/34181
Zhao, A., Dangerfield II, D. T., Nunn, A., Patel, R., Farley, J. E., Ugoji, C. C., & Dean, L. T. (2021). Pharmacy-Based Interventions to Increase Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States: A Scoping Review. AIDS and Behavior, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03494-4
Dangerfield II, D. T., Ober, A. J., Li, M. J., Allen, S., & Bluthenthal, R. N. (2022). HIV Treatment Adherence Strategies Among Virally Suppressed Black Sexual Minority Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Los Angeles, California: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 33(1), 54–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000304
Dangerfield II, D. T., Kuo, I., Magnus, M., Beauchamp, G., Fields, S. D., Nelson, L., Shoptaw, S., Wilton, L., & Wheeler, D. P. (2021). Sexual Risk Profiles Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Implications for Targeted PrEP Messaging. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(7), 2947–2954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02066-w
Farley JE, Dangerfield II DT, LaRicci J, et al. Community engagement and linkage to care efforts by peer community-health workers to increase PrEP uptake among sexual minority men. Public Health Nursing. 2021;38(5):818-824. doi:10.1111/phn.12887
Poteat, T., Cooney, E., Malik, M., Restar, A., Dangerfield II, D. T., & White, J. (2021). HIV Prevention Among Cisgender Men Who have Sex with Transgender Women. AIDS and Behavior. Doi:10.1007/s10461-021-03194-z
Jackman, K.-M., Dangerfield II, DT, Yang, C., Trent, M., Kharrazi, H., Johnson, R. M., & Latkin, C. (2020). Behavioral Intentions to Use Patient Portals to Disclose HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Histories with Sexual Partners Among U.S. Sexual Minority Men. AIDS and Behavior. Doi:10.1007/s10461-020-03092-w
Grieb, S. M., Donovan, E., White, J. J., Miller, D., & Dangerfield II, DT (2020). Increasing Opportunities for Spiritual and Religious Supports to Improve HIV-Related Outcomes for Black Sexual Minority Men. Journal of Urban Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00461-7
Fields EL, Long A, Dangerfield II DT, Morgan A, Uzzi M, Arrington-Sanders R, Jennings JM. (2020). There’s an App for That: Using Geosocial Networking Apps to Access Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and other MSM at Risk for HIV. (1, vol. 34, pp. 42-51). American Journal of Health Promotion. doi: 10.1177/0890117119865112.
White JJ, Dangerfield II DT, Grieb SM. (2019). Methodological considerations for conducting focus groups in HIV prevention research among Black men who have sex with men. (3, vol. 36, pp. 439-445). Public Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/phn.12592.
Dangerfield II DT, Ober AJ, Smith LR, Shoptaw S, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Exploring and Adapting a Conceptual Model of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among HIV-Negative Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. (8, vol. 55, pp. 1022-1032). Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1433287.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, Smith LR, Jeffries WL, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women. (7, vol. 47, pp. 2071-2080). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1142-y.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Anderson JN, Bruce OJ, Farley J, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Life Course Perspective. (6, vol. 22, pp. 1919-1931). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1948-6.
Duncan DT, Park SH, Hambrick HR, Dangerfield II DT, Goedel WC, Brewer R, Mgbako O, Lindsey J, Regan SD, Hickson DMA. (2018). Characterizing geosocial-networking app use among young black men who have sex with men: A multi-city cross-sectional survey in the southern United States. (6, vol. 20). Journal of Medical Internet Research. doi: 10.2196/10316.
Ober AJ, Dangerfield II DT, Shoptaw S, Ryan G, Stucky B, Friedman SR. (2018). Using a “Positive Deviance” Framework to Discover Adaptive Risk Reduction Behaviors Among High-Risk HIV Negative Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. (5, vol. 22, pp. 1699-1712). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1790-x.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, McWells C, Hilliard C, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Exploring the preferences of a culturally congruent, peer-based HIV prevention intervention for black men who have sex with men. (5, vol. 15, pp. 424-430). Sexual Health. doi: 10.1071/SH18057.
Dangerfield II DT, Craddock JB, Bruce OJ, Gilreath TD. (2017). HIV Testing and Health Care Utilization Behaviors Among Men in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis. (3, vol. 28, pp. 306-315). Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2017.02.001.
Dangerfield DT, Gravitt P, Rompalo AM, Yap I, Tai R, Lim SH. (2015). Awareness and utilization of HIV services of an AIDS community-based organization in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (1, vol. 26, pp. 20-26). International Journal of STD and AIDS. doi: 10.1177/0956462414528685.
Hsieh YH, Gaydos CA, Hogan MT, Uy OM, Jackman J, Jett-Goheen M, Albertie A, Dangerfield DT, Neustadt CR, Wiener ZS, Rompalo AM. (2011). What qualities are most important to making a point of care test desirable for clinicians and others offering sexually transmitted infection testing? (4, vol. 6). PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019263.
Sexual Behavior
Dangerfield II, D. T. (2023). A Principal Investigator as a PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent for HIV Prevention among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: An Autoethnography. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075309
Turpin, R. E., Dangerfield II, D. T., Oke, T., & Hickson, D. A. (2023). Parental Sexuality Disclosure, Discrimination, and Depression Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women. Family & Community Health, 46(2), 95–102.
Dangerfield II, D. T., Kuo, I., Magnus, M., Beauchamp, G., Fields, S. D., Nelson, L., Shoptaw, S., Wilton, L., & Wheeler, D. P. (2021). Sexual Risk Profiles Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Implications for Targeted PrEP Messaging. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(7), 2947–2954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02066-w
Dangerfield II, DT, Heidari, O., Cooper, J., Allen, S., & Lucas, G. M. (2020). Motivations for opioid and stimulant use among drug using black sexual minority men: A life course perspective. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 108224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108224
Heidari, O., Dangerfield II, D. T., & Hickson, D. A. (2020). Sexual risk and sexual healthcare utilization profiles among Black sexual minority men in the U.S. Deep South. AIDS Care, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1772455
Dangerfield II, DT, Carmack, C., Gilreath, T. D., Duncan, D. T. (2020) Latent Classes of Partner Seeking Venues and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Paris, France. International Journal of STD & AIDS.doi:10.0956462419899012
Dangerfield II DT, Johnson D, Hamlin-Palmer S, Browne DC, Mayer KH, Hickson DMA. (2020). Prevalence and Correlates of Rectal Douching and Enema Use Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transwomen in the Deep South. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01605-w.
Dangerfield II DT, Williams JE, Bass AS, Wynter T, Bluthenthal RN. (2019). Exploring Religiosity and Spirituality in the Sexual Decision-Making of Black Gay and Bisexual Men. (5, vol. 58, pp. 1792-1802). Journal of Religion and Health. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00845-3.
Dangerfield II, D. T., Carmack, C. C., Gilreath, T. D., & Duncan, D. T. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Paris, France. AIDS and Behavior, 22(12), 4001–4008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2267-2
Dangerfield II DT, Ober AJ, Smith LR, Shoptaw S, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Exploring and Adapting a Conceptual Model of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among HIV-Negative Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. (8, vol. 55, pp. 1022-1032). Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1433287.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, Fernandez MI, Hosek S, Lauby J, Joseph H, Frank HG, Bluthenthal RN. (2018). Age Cohort Differences in Sexual Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women. (8, vol. 55, pp. 1012-1021). Journal of Sex Research. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1423016.
Dangerfield II DT, Harawa NT, Smith LR, Jeffries WL, Baezconde-Garbanati L, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Latent Classes of Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women. (7, vol. 47, pp. 2071-2080). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1142-y.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Anderson JN, Bruce OJ, Farley J, Bluthenthal R. (2018). Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Life Course Perspective. (6, vol. 22, pp. 1919-1931). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1948-6.
Ober AJ, Dangerfield II DT, Shoptaw S, Ryan G, Stucky B, Friedman SR. (2018). Using a “Positive Deviance” Framework to Discover Adaptive Risk Reduction Behaviors Among High-Risk HIV Negative Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. (5, vol. 22, pp. 1699-1712). AIDS and Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1790-x.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Williams J, Unger J, Bluthenthal R. (2017). Sexual Positioning Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Narrative Review. (4, vol. 46, pp. 869-884). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0738-y.
Dangerfield II DT, Smith LR, Williams J, Unger J, Bluthenthal R. (2017). Sexual Positioning Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Narrative Review. (4, vol. 46, pp. 869-884). Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0738-y.
Dangerfield DT, Gravitt P, Rompalo AM, Tai R, Lim SH. (2016). Correlates of anal sex roles among Malay and Chinese MSM in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (4, vol. 27, pp. 313-320). International Journal of STD and AIDS. doi: 10.1177/0956462415581125.