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Overview

Carl A. Latkin is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of public health concerns, notably including HIV, drug use, and sexual risk behaviors, as well as HIV/AIDS research and interventions. Other key research topics include COVID-19 and mental health, opioid use disorder treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and issues relating to homelessness and social factors.

Recent publications that highlight the scope of their research are:

  • Trust in a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.: A social-ecological perspective (2021), published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Mask usage, social distancing, racial, and gender correlates of COVID-19 vaccine intentions among adults in the US (2021), published in PLoS ONE

Other widely cited papers in related public health fields include:

  • The neglected health of international migrant workers in the COVID-19 epidemic (2020), The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Well-Being and Quality of Life of the Vietnamese During the National Social Distancing (2020), Frontiers in Psychology
  • Anxiety and Depression Among People Under the Nationwide Partial Lockdown in Vietnam (2020), Frontiers in Public Health

Frequent collaborators with whom Carl A. Latkin has co-authored numerous publications include Roger Ho, Cyrus S. H. Ho, Bach Xuan Tran, Giang Thu Vu, and Lauren Dayton.

Their research has been disseminated through a variety of publication venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • UNC Libraries
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Stressful neighborhoods and depression: a prospective study of the impact of neighborhood disorder.

    Carl A. Latkin;Aaron D. Curry

  • The relationship between social desirability bias and self-reports of health, substance use, and social network factors among urban substance users in Baltimore, Maryland.

    Carl A. Latkin;Catie Edwards;Melissa A. Davey-Rothwell;Karin E. Tobin

  • Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed

    Louisa Degenhardt;Bradley Mathers;Peter Vickerman;Peter Vickerman;Tim Rhodes;Tim Rhodes

  • Global Evolution of Research in Artificial Intelligence in Health and Medicine: A Bibliometric Study

    Bach Xuan Tran;Bach Xuan Tran;Giang Thu Vu;Giang Hai Ha;Quan Hoang Vuong

  • Social Network Assessments and Interventions for Health Behavior Change: A Critical Review

    Carl A. Latkin;Amy R. Knowlton

  • HIV prevention among drug users: outcome of a network-oriented peer outreach intervention.

    Carl A. Latkin;Susan Sherman;Amy Knowlton

  • Trust in a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.: A social-ecological perspective.

    Carl A. Latkin;Lauren Dayton;Grace Yi;Arianna Konstantopoulos

  • The neglected health of international migrant workers in the COVID-19 epidemic.

    Andrian Liem;Cheng Wang;Yosa Wariyanti;Carl A Latkin

  • Norms, social networks, and HIV-related risk behaviors among urban disadvantaged drug users.

    Carl A Latkin;Valerie Forman;Amy Knowlton;Susan Sherman

  • Outreach in natural settings: the use of peer leaders for HIV prevention among injecting drug users' networks.

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  • Impact of COVID-19 on Economic Well-Being and Quality of Life of the Vietnamese During the National Social Distancing

    Bach Xuan Tran;Bach Xuan Tran;Hien Thi Nguyen;Huong Thi Le;Carl A. Latkin

  • Micro-social structural approaches to HIV prevention: a social ecological perspective

    Carl A. Latkin;A. R. Knowlton

  • Pathways to Depression: The Impact of Neighborhood Violent Crime on Inner-City Residents in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Aaron D. Curry;Carl Latkin;Melissa Davey-Rothwell

  • Using social network analysis to study patterns of drug use among urban drug users at high risk for HIV/AIDS

    Carl Latkin;Wallace Mandell;Maria Oziemkowska;David Celentano

  • Socially desirable responding and self-reported HIV infection risk behaviors among intravenous drug users

    Carl A. Latkin;David Vlahov;James C. Anthony

  • Mask usage, social distancing, racial, and gender correlates of COVID-19 vaccine intentions among adults in the US.

    Carl A. Latkin;Lauren Dayton;Grace Yi;Brian Colon

  • The association of self-reported neighborhood disorganization and social capital with adolescent alcohol and drug use, dependence, and access to treatment

    Erin L. Winstanley;Donald M. Steinwachs;Margaret E. Ensminger;Carl A. Latkin

  • Correlates of lending needles/syringes among HIV-seropositive injection drug users.

    Lisa R. Metsch;Margaret Pereyra;David W. Purcell;Carl A. Latkin

  • Risk behaviors by audio computer-assisted self-interviews among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative injection drug users.

    Grace E. Macalino;David D. Celentano;Carl Latkin;Steffanie A. Strathdee

  • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Personal Network Attributes, and Use of Heroin and Cocaine

    Chyvette T. Williams;Carl A. Latkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Roger C.M. Ho
Roger C.M. Ho National University of Singapore
Cyrus S.H. Ho
Cyrus S.H. Ho National University of Singapore
Karin E. Tobin
Karin E. Tobin Johns Hopkins University
David D. Celentano
David D. Celentano Johns Hopkins University
Amy R. Knowlton
Amy R. Knowlton Johns Hopkins University
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall New York University Shanghai
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
David Vlahov
David Vlahov Yale University
Constantine Frangakis
Constantine Frangakis Johns Hopkins University

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