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Overview

Demetria Cain is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research focuses on intersections of psychology and medicine, with an emphasis on social psychology, infectious diseases, general health professions, clinical psychology, and epidemiology.

Their main areas of study include topics such as LGBTQ health, identity, and policy; HIV/AIDS research and interventions; adolescent sexual and reproductive health; sexuality, behavior, and technology; HIV, drug use, and sexual risk; sex work and related issues; and racial and ethnic identity research.

Demetria Cain has published extensively, contributing to prominent journals and publication venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • UNC Libraries
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The Journal of Sex Research

Their recent scholarly papers include:

  • Marijuana and illicit drugs: Correlates of condomless anal sex among adolescent and emerging adult sexual minority men, 2021, Addictive Behaviors
  • Evaluating the impact of COVID-19: A cohort comparison study of drug use and risky sexual behavior among sexual minority men in the U.S.A., 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Testing the drug use and condomless anal sex link among sexual minority men: The predictive utility of marijuana and interactions with relationship status, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Developmental Barriers to Couples' HIV Testing and Counseling Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: A Dyadic Socio-ecological Perspective, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • Heterosexual Cisgender Men Partnered with Transgender Women Exhibit Higher HIV/STI Sexual Risk than Their Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Counterparts: Findings from a U.S.-Based Convenience Sample Recruited Online, 2021, AIDS and Behavior

Demetria Cain collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Tyrel J. Starks
  • Cathy J. Reback
  • Sylvie Naar
  • Simone J. Skeen
  • Gabriel Robles

Best Publications

  • Alcohol Use and Sexual Risks for HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic Review of Empirical Findings

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Michelle Kaufman;Demetria Cain

  • Development of a brief scale to measure AIDS-related stigma in South Africa.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Sean Jooste;Yoesrie Toefy

  • Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communities.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Ashraf Kagee;Yoesrie Toefy

  • Gender attitudes, sexual violence, and HIV/AIDS risks among men and women in Cape Town, South Africa

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Michelle Kaufman;Demetria Cain

  • The relationship between indicators of sexual compulsivity and high risk sexual practices among men and women receiving services from a sexually transmitted infection clinic.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Demetria Cain

  • HIV/AIDS Risks among Men and Women Who Drink at Informal Alcohol Serving Establishments (Shebeens) in Cape Town, South Africa

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Redwaan Vermaak;Sean Jooste

  • Randomized Trial of a Community-based Alcohol-related HIV Risk-reduction Intervention for Men and Women in Cape Town South Africa

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness C. Simbayi;Redwaan Vermaak;Demetria Cain

  • Alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV infection among men and women receiving sexually transmitted infection clinic services in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Leickness C Simbayi;Seth C Kalichman;Sean Jooste;Vuyisile Mathiti

  • Nurse-delivered antiretroviral treatment adherence intervention for people with low literacy skills and living with HIV/AIDS.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Jacqueline Cherry;Demetria Cain

  • Internet-based health information consumer skills intervention for people living with HIV/AIDS.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Charsey Cherry;Demetria Cain;Howard Pope

  • Adherence to antiretroviral therapy assessed by unannounced pill counts conducted by telephone.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Christina M. Amaral;Heidi Stearns;Denise White

  • Serosorting sexual partners and risk for HIV among men who have sex with men.

    Lisa A. Eaton;Seth C. Kalichman;Demetria N. Cain;Chauncey Cherry

  • Integrated Behavioral Intervention to Improve HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence and Reduce HIV Transmission

    Seth C. Kalichman;Chauncey Cherry;Moira O. Kalichman;Christina M. Amaral

  • Gender-based violence, alcohol use, and sexual risk among female patrons of drinking venues in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Eileen V. Pitpitan;Seth C. Kalichman;Lisa A. Eaton;Demetria Cain

  • HIV/AIDS risk reduction counseling for alcohol using sexually transmitted infections clinic patients in Cape Town, South Africa.

    Seth C Kalichman;Leickness C Simbayi;Redwaan Vermaak;Demetria Cain

  • Heterosexual anal intercourse among community and clinical settings in Cape Town, South Africa

    Seth C. Kalichman;Leickness Simbayi;Demetria Cain;Sean Jooste

  • Examining Factors Co-Existing with Interpersonal Violence in Lesbian Relationships

    Lisa Eaton;Michelle Kaufman;Andrea Fuhrel;Demetria Cain

  • Risk Factors for HIV/AIDS Among Youth in Cape Town, South Africa

    Leickness C. Simbayi;Seth C. Kalichman;Sean Jooste;Charsey Cherry

  • Monitoring Medication Adherence by Unannounced Pill Counts Conducted by Telephone: Reliability and Criterion-Related Validity

    Seth C. Kalichman;Christina M. Amaral;Chauncey Cherry;Jody Flanagan

  • Assessing medication adherence self-efficacy among low-literacy patients: development of a pictographic visual analogue scale

    Seth C. Kalichman;Demetria Cain;Andrea Fuhrel;Lisa Eaton

  • Health information on the Internet and people living with HIV/AIDS: information evaluation and coping styles.

    Seth C. Kalichman;Charsey Cherry;Demetria Cain;Lance S. Weinhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Leickness C. Simbayi
Leickness C. Simbayi Human Sciences Research Council
Seth C. Kalichman
Seth C. Kalichman University of Connecticut
Lisa A. Eaton
Lisa A. Eaton University of Connecticut
Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Kate B. Carey
Kate B. Carey Brown University
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Jeffrey T. Parsons City University of New York
H. Jonathon Rendina
H. Jonathon Rendina City University of New York
Tyrel J. Starks
Tyrel J. Starks City University of New York
Kathleen J. Sikkema
Kathleen J. Sikkema Columbia University

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