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Alex Carballo-Diéguez

Alex Carballo-Diéguez

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Psychology

D-Index
58
Citations
9978
World Ranking
3922
National Ranking
2192

Overview

Alex Carballo-Diéguez is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Virology, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The central theme of their work centers on HIV/AIDS research and interventions, including HIV drug use and sexual risk behaviors, HIV research and treatment, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, sex work and related issues, and syphilis diagnosis and treatment.

They have repeatedly published in specific venues including:

  • AIDS and Behavior (9 publications)
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases (1 publication)
  • BMC Public Health (1 publication)
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research (1 publication)
  • BMJ Open (1 publication)

Frequent collaborators include Rebecca Giguere, Christine Tagliaferri Rael, Curtis Dolezal, Cody Lentz, and Iván C. Balán. These coauthors have contributed multiple joint publications, illustrating ongoing partnerships in research.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Alex Carballo-Diéguez consist of:

  • Transgender Women's Barriers, Facilitators, and Preferences on Tailored Injection Delivery Strategies to Administer Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), 2021, AIDS and Behavior
  • Transgender Women's Experiences Using a Home HIV-Testing Kit for Partner-Testing, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • Using an HIV Self-test Kit to Test a Partner: Attitudes and Preferences Among High-Risk Populations, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • Broaching the Topic of HIV Self-testing with Potential Sexual Partners Among Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men in New York and Puerto Rico, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • The Acceptability and Feasibility of a Pilot Study Examining the Impact of a Mobile Technology-Based Intervention Informed by Behavioral Economics to Improve HIV Knowledge and Testing Frequency among Latinx Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women, 2021, BMC Public Health

Best Publications

  • Evaluating the Impact of Immigration Policies on Health Status Among Undocumented Immigrants: A Systematic Review

    Omar Martinez;Elwin Wu;Theo Sandfort;Brian Dodge

  • Successes and challenges of HIV prevention in men who have sex with men

    Patrick S Sullivan;Alex Carballo-Diéguez;Thomas Coates;Steven M Goodreau

  • Couple-focused support to improve HIV medication adherence: a randomized controlled trial

    Robert H Remien;Michael J Stirratt;Curtis Dolezal;Joanna S Dognin

  • Data Quality in web-based HIV/AIDS research: Handling Invalid and Suspicious Data.

    Jose A. Bauermeister;Emily Pingel;Marc Zimmerman;Mick Couper

  • Trust, Perceived Risk, Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness as Factors Related to mHealth Technology Use.

    Rebecca Schnall;Tracy Higgins;William Brown;Alex Carballo-Dieguez

  • Intimacy and sexual risk behaviour in serodiscordant male couples.

    R H Remien;A Carballo-Diéguez;G Wagner

  • Association between history of childhood sexual abuse and adult HIV-risk sexual behavior in Puerto Rican men who have sex with men.

    Alex Carballo-Diéguez;Curtis Dolezal

  • Still a hard-to-reach population? Using social media to recruit Latino gay couples for an HIV intervention adaptation study.

    Omar Martinez;Elwin Wu;Andrew Z Shultz;Jonathan Capote

  • eHealth interventions for HIV prevention in high-risk men who have sex with men: a systematic review.

    Rebecca Schnall;Jasmine Travers;Marlene Rojas;Alex Carballo-Diéguez

  • Microbicide acceptability research: current approaches and future directions.

    Joanne E. Mantell;Landon Myer;Alex Carballo-Diéguez;Zena Stein

  • Race-Based Sexual Stereotyping and Sexual Partnering Among Men Who Use the Internet to Identify Other Men for Bareback Sex

    Patrick A Wilson;Pamela Valera;Ana Ventuneac;Ivan Balan

  • "Barebacking": Intentional Condomless Anal Sex in HIV-Risk Contexts. Reasons for and Against It

    Alex Carballo-Dieguez;José A. Bauermeister

  • Looking for a tall, dark, macho man … sexual‐role behaviour variations in Latino gay and bisexual men

    Alex Carballo‐Diéguez;Curtis Dolezal;Luis Nieves;Francisco Díaz

  • Hispanic Culture, Gay Male Culture, and AIDS: Counseling Implications

    Alex Carballo-Diéguez

  • Sexual negotiation, HIV-status disclosure, and sexual risk behavior among Latino men who use the internet to seek sex with other men.

    Alex Carballo-Diéguez;Michael H Miner;Curtis Dolezal;B. R. Simon Rosser

  • Use of a Rapid HIV Home Test Prevents HIV Exposure in a High Risk Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men

    Alex Carballo-Diéguez;Timothy Frasca;Ivan Balan;Mobolaji Ibitoye

  • mHealth Technology as a Persuasive Tool for Treatment, Care and Management of Persons Living with HIV.

    Rebecca Schnall;Suzanne Bakken;Marlene Rojas;Jasmine Travers

  • HIV Behavioral Research Online

    Mary Ann Chiasson;Jeffrey T. Parsons;James M. Tesoriero;Alex Carballo-Dieguez

  • HIV Risk and the Internet: Results of the Men's INTernet Sex (MINTS) Study

    B. R. Simon Rosser;Michael H Miner;Walter O. Bockting;Michael W Ross

  • Preferences for Long-Acting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Daily Oral PrEP, or Condoms for HIV Prevention Among U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men.

    George J. Greene;Greg Swann;Angela J. Fought;Alex Carballo-Diéguez

  • Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior: Understanding their Association among Four Ethnic Groups of Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men

    Curtis Dolezal;Alex Carballo-Diéguez;Luis Nieves-Rosa;Francisco Dı́az

Frequent Co-Authors

Curtis Dolezal
Curtis Dolezal Columbia University
Ana Ventuneac
Ana Ventuneac Start Treatment & Recovery Centers
José A. Bauermeister
José A. Bauermeister University of Pennsylvania
Theo G. M. Sandfort
Theo G. M. Sandfort Columbia University
Walter O. Bockting
Walter O. Bockting Columbia University
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Jeffrey T. Parsons City University of New York
Brian Dodge
Brian Dodge Indiana University
Michael H. Miner
Michael H. Miner University of Minnesota
Francesc Díaz
Francesc Díaz Rovira i Virgili University

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