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Overview

Janet M. Turan is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on health-related fields, particularly in medicine and health professions, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and social aspects of health.

Their academic contributions are primarily centered on topics such as HIV/AIDS research and interventions, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and the intersections of HIV, drug use, and sexual risk. Additionally, their work addresses LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, global maternal and child health, food security and health in diverse populations, as well as sex work and related issues.

Janet M. Turan has published in several notable venues with repeated contributions to UNC Libraries, AIDS and Behavior, and the JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Other common publication venues include AIDS Patient Care and STDs, and AIDS.

Frequent co-authors of their work include Sheri D. Weiser, Bülent Turan, Henna Budhwani, Tracey E. Wilson, and İbrahim Yiğit. These collaborations have contributed substantially to the body of research in their shared fields of study.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Janet M. Turan include:

  • How Do We Balance Tensions Between COVID-19 Public Health Responses and Stigma Mitigation? Learning from HIV Research (2020, AIDS and Behavior)
  • A scoping review of the integration of empowerment-based perspectives in quantitative intersectional stigma research (2021, Global Public Health)
  • Resilience and HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Women Living with HIV in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Analysis (2020, AIDS Patient Care and STDs)
  • Changes in Internalized Stigma and HIV Health Outcomes in Individuals New to HIV Care: The Mediating Roles of Depression and Treatment Self-Efficacy (2020, AIDS Patient Care and STDs)
  • Missed Prevention Opportunities: Why Young, Black MSM with Recent HIV Diagnosis did not Access HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Services (2020, AIDS and Behavior)

Best Publications

  • Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it

    Laura Nyblade;Melissa A Stockton;Kayla Giger;Virginia Bond

  • Challenges and opportunities in examining and addressing intersectional stigma and health

    Janet M. Turan;Melissa A. Elafros;Carmen H. Logie;Swagata Banik

  • How Does Stigma Affect People Living with HIV? The Mediating Roles of Internalized and Anticipated HIV Stigma in the Effects of Perceived Community Stigma on Health and Psychosocial Outcomes.

    Bulent Turan;Henna Budhwani;Pariya L Fazeli;Wesley R Browning

  • Framing Mechanisms Linking HIV-Related Stigma, Adherence to Treatment, and Health Outcomes.

    Bulent Turan;Abigail M. Hatcher;Sheri D. Weiser;Mallory O. Johnson

  • HIV/AIDS Stigma and Refusal of HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya: Results from the MAMAS Study

    Janet M. Turan;Elizabeth A. Bukusi;Maricianah Onono;William L. Holzemer

  • How Do We Balance Tensions Between COVID-19 Public Health Responses and Stigma Mitigation? Learning from HIV Research.

    Carmen H. Logie;Janet M. Turan

  • Intimate partner violence and engagement in HIV care and treatment among women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Elizabeth M. Smout;Janet M. Turan;Nicola Christofides

  • The impact of current and past interpersonal violence on women's mental health

    Patrizia Romito;Janet Molzan Turan;Margherita De Marchi

  • HIV-related stigma as a barrier to achievement of global PMTCT and maternal health goals: a review of the evidence.

    Janet M. Turan;Laura Nyblade

  • The stigma of having an abortion: development of a scale and characteristics of women experiencing abortion stigma.

    Kate Cockrill;Ushma D Upadhyay;Janet M Turan;Diana Greene Foster

  • HIV/AIDS and maternity care in Kenya: how fears of stigma and discrimination affect uptake and provision of labor and delivery services.

    J M Turan;S Miller;E A Bukusi;J Sande

  • HIV-Related Stigma Among Healthcare Providers in the Deep South.

    Kristi L. Stringer;Bulent Turan;Lisa McCormick;Modupeoluwa Durojaiye

  • Mechanisms for the Negative Effects of Internalized HIV-Related Stigma on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Women: The Mediating Roles of Social Isolation and Depression.

    Bulent Turan;Whitney Smith;Mardge H. Cohen;Tracey E. Wilson

  • Perceptions of intersectional stigma among diverse women living with HIV in the United States.

    Whitney S. Rice;Carmen H. Logie;Tessa M. Napoles;Melonie Walcott

  • Including expectant fathers in antenatal education programmes in Istanbul, Turkey.

    Janet Molzan Turan;Hacer Nalbant;Ayşen Bulut;Yusuf Sahip

  • Interpersonal Mechanisms Contributing to the Association Between HIV-Related Internalized Stigma and Medication Adherence.

    C Blake Helms;Janet M Turan;Ghislaine Atkins;Mirjam-Colette Kempf

  • Predictors of linkage to care following community-based HIV counseling and testing in rural Kenya

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Janet M. Turan;Janet M. Turan;Hannah H. Leslie;Lucy W. Kanya

  • Social context and drivers of intimate partner violence in rural Kenya: implications for the health of pregnant women

    Abigail M. Hatcher;Patrizia Romito;Merab Odero;Elizabeth A. Bukusi

  • A brief, standardized tool for measuring HIV-related stigma among health facility staff: results of field testing in China, Dominica, Egypt, Kenya, Puerto Rico and St. Christopher & Nevis

    Laura Nyblade;Aparna Jain;Manal Benkirane;Li Li

  • The Role of HIV-Related Stigma in Utilization of Skilled Childbirth Services in Rural Kenya: A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study

    Janet M. Turan;Abigail H. Hatcher;José Medema-Wijnveen;Maricianah Onono

  • Predictors of Linkage to Care Following Community-Based HIV Counseling and Testing in Rural Kenya Abigail M. HatcherJanet M. TuranHannah H. Leslie • Lucy W. KanyaZachary KwenaMalory O. JohnsonStarley B. Shade • Elizabeth A. BukusiAlexandre DoyenCraig R. Cohen

    A. M. Hatcher;J. M. Turan;E. A. Bukusi;C. R. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bulent Turan
Bulent Turan University of Alabama at Birmingham
Phyllis C. Tien
Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco
Abigail M. Hatcher
Abigail M. Hatcher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tracey E. Wilson
Tracey E. Wilson SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Adaora A. Adimora
Adaora A. Adimora University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mardge H. Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen Rush University
Robert D. Kerns
Robert D. Kerns Yale University
Lisa R. Metsch
Lisa R. Metsch Columbia University
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Gina M. Wingood
Gina M. Wingood Columbia University

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