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Abigail Harrison

Abigail Harrison

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
5293
World Ranking
6267
National Ranking
2994

Overview

Abigail Harrison is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, social sciences, and health professions, with a strong emphasis on general health professions, infectious diseases, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics, including:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Global Maternal and Child Health

Frequent publication venues for Abigail Harrison's research include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • AIDS Education and Prevention
  • PLoS ONE
  • Global Public Health

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Abigail Harrison are the following:

  • "Mindfulness and cardiovascular health: Qualitative findings on mechanisms from the mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction (MB-BP) study," 2020, published in PLoS ONE
  • "Those People Motivate and Inspire Me to Take My Treatment." Peer Support for Adolescents Living With HIV in Cape Town, South Africa, 2021, published in Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)
  • Women's Perceptions of HIV- and Sexuality-Related Stigma in Relation to PrEP: Qualitative Findings from the Masibambane Study, Durban, South Africa, 2022, published in AIDS and Behavior
  • iSAY (incentives for South African youth): Stated preferences of young people living with HIV, 2020, published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Acceptability of an Intervention to Promote Viral Suppression and Serostatus Disclosure for Men Living with HIV in South Africa: Qualitative Findings, 2021, published in AIDS and Behavior

Abigail Harrison has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Caroline Kuo
  • Jennifer Pellowski
  • Don Operario
  • Theresa M. Exner
  • Jill Hanass-Hancock

Their research demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement, combining perspectives from medicine, social sciences, and public health to address complex issues related to HIV/AIDS and adolescent health. The variety of publication venues and topics highlights a diverse approach to studying infectious diseases and social determinants within health professions.

Best Publications

  • HIV prevention for South African youth: which interventions work? A systematic review of current evidence

    Abigail Harrison;Marie Louise Newell;Marie Louise Newell;John Imrie;John Imrie;Graeme Hoddinott

  • Why do women seek antenatal care late? Perspectives from rural South Africa.

    Landon Myer;Abigail Harrison

  • Circular migration and sexual networking in rural KwaZulu/Natal: implications for the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases*

    Mark Lurie;Abigail Harrison;David Wilkinson;Salim Abdool Karim

  • Sustained High HIV Incidence in Young Women in Southern Africa: Social, Behavioral, and Structural Factors and Emerging Intervention Approaches.

    Abigail Harrison;Christopher J. Colvin;Caroline Kuo;Caroline Kuo;Alison Swartz

  • Hidden love: sexual ideologies and relationship ideals among rural South African adolescents in the context of HIV/AIDS.

    Abigail Harrison

  • Gender Role and Relationship Norms among Young Adults in South Africa: Measuring the Context of Masculinity and HIV Risk

    Abigail Harrison;Lucia F. O'Sullivan;Susie Hoffman;Curtis Dolezal

  • Unrecognized sexually transmitted infections in rural South African women: a hidden epidemic.

    D. Wilkinson;S. S. Abdool Karim;A. Harrison;M. Lurie

  • Early sexual debut among young men in rural South Africa: heightened vulnerability to sexual risk?

    Abigail. Harrison;J. Cleland;Eleanor. Gouws;Janet A. Frohlich

  • Understanding safe sex: gender narratives of HIV and pregnancy prevention by rural South African school-going youth

    Abigail Harrison;Nonhlanhla Xaba;Pinky Kunene

  • Gender dynamics in the primary sexual relationships of young rural South African women and men.

    Lucia F. O'Sullivan;Abigail Harrison;Robert Morrell;Aliza Monroe‐Wise

  • Young people's sexual partnerships in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: patterns, contextual influences, and HIV risk.

    Abigail Harrison;John Cleland;Janet Frohlich

  • HIV risk behaviors and the context of sexual coercion in young adults' sexual interactions: results from a diary study in rural South Africa.

    Hoffman S;O'Sullivan Lf;Harrison A;Dolezal C

  • Barriers to implementing South Africa's Termination of Pregnancy Act in rural KwaZulu/Natal

    Abigail Harrison;Elizabeth T. Montgomery;Elizabeth T. Montgomery;Mark N. Lurie;Mark N. Lurie;David Wilkinson

  • Men, Multiple Sexual Partners, and Young Adults’ Sexual Relationships: Understanding the Role of Gender in the Study of Risk

    Lucia F. O’Sullivan;Susie Hoffman;Abigail Harrison;Curtis Dolezal

  • Effectiveness of peer-led interventions to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Sylvia Shangani;Daniel Escudero;Kipruto Kirwa;Abigail Harrison

  • In the absence of marriage: long-term concurrent partnerships, pregnancy, and HIV risk dynamics among South African young adults.

    Abigail Harrison;Lucia F. O’Sullivan

  • Key informant perspectives on policy- and service-level challenges and opportunities for delivering integrated sexual and reproductive health and HIV care in South Africa

    Jennifer A Smit;Kathryn Church;Cecilia Milford;Abigail D Harrison

  • Understanding young women's risk for HIV/AIDS: Adolescent sexuality and vulnerability in rural KwaZulu/Natal

    Abigail Harrison;Nonhlanhla Xaba;Pinky Kunene;Nelly Ntuli

  • Sexually transmitted disease syndromes in rural South Africa. Results from health facility surveillance.

    David Wilkinson;A.M. Connolly;Abigail Harrison;Mark N. Lurie

  • The Mpondombili Project: Preventing HIV/AIDS and Unintended Pregnancy among Rural South African School-Going Adolescents

    Joanne E Mantell;Abigail Harrison;Susie Hoffman;Jennifer A Smit

  • Syndrome packets and health worker training improve sexually transmitted disease case management in rural South Africa: randomized controlled trial

    Abigail Harrison;Salim Abdool Karim;Katherine Floyd;Carl Lombard

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark N. Lurie
Mark N. Lurie Brown University
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Susie Hoffman
Susie Hoffman Columbia University
Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town
Joanne E. Mantell
Joanne E. Mantell Columbia University
Lucia F. O'Sullivan
Lucia F. O'Sullivan University of New Brunswick
Larry K. Brown
Larry K. Brown Brown University
Marie-Louise Newell
Marie-Louise Newell University of Southampton
Curtis Dolezal
Curtis Dolezal Columbia University

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