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765
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Overview

Joseph A. Catania is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Health Professions and Medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Education, Periodontics, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics addressed by Catania focus on multiple aspects of health and social well-being. Key topics include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Dental Education, Practice, Research
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Catania has contributed to academic literature through publications in several peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Journal of Public Health Dentistry
  • Sexes

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Catania cover topics such as internet access disparities, HIV prevention adoption, school-based dental sealant programs, trauma needs of childhood sexual trauma survivors, and the implementation of evidence-based practices in child welfare systems. Notable publications include:

  • "National-Level Disparities in Internet Access Among Low-Income and Black and Hispanic Youth: Current Population Survey," 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Dissemination: Adapting Diffusion Theory to Examine PrEP Adoption," 2021, AIDS and Behavior
  • "Implementation problems and adaptations among organizations delivering school-based dental sealant programs," 2022, Journal of Public Health Dentistry
  • "Trauma Chronicity and the Long-Term Needs of Childhood Sexual Trauma Survivors," 2022, Sexes
  • "Investigating Supervision and Leadership Practices to Strengthen EBP Implementation in the Child Welfare System: A Case Study Analysis," 2023, Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

Collaboration plays a significant role in Catania's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • M. Margaret Dolcini
  • Ashley C. Schuyler
  • Jesse Canchola
  • Ryan Singh
  • Lance M. Pollack

Best Publications

  • Methodological problems in AIDS behavioral research: influences on measurement error and participation bias in studies of sexual behavior.

    Joseph A. Catania;David R. Gibson;Dale D. Chitwood;Thomas J. Coates

  • Towards an Understanding of Risk Behavior: An AIDS Risk Reduction Model (ARRM)

    Joseph A. Catania;Susan M. Kegeles;Thomas J. Coates

  • Association of co-occurring psychosocial health problems and increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS among urban men who have sex with men.

    Ron Stall;Thomas C. Mills;John Williamson;Trevor Hart

  • Alcohol use, drug use and alcohol-related problems among men who have sex with men: the Urban Men's Health Study.

    Ron Stall;Jay P. Paul;Greg Greenwood;Lance M. Pollack

  • The impact of health information on the internet on the physician-patient relationship: patient perceptions.

    Elizabeth Murray;Bernard Lo;Lance Pollack;Karen Donelan

  • The Impact of Health Information on the Internet on Health Care and the Physician-Patient Relationship: National U.S. Survey among 1.050 U.S. Physicians

    Elizabeth Murray;Bernard Lo;Lance Pollack;Karen Donelan

  • Prevalence of AIDS-related risk factors and condom use in the United States.

    Catania Ja;Coates Tj;Stall R;Turner H

  • Suicide Attempts Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Lifetime Prevalence and Antecedents

    Jay P. Paul;Joseph Catania;Lance M. Pollack;Judith Moskowitz

  • Battering Victimization Among a Probability-Based Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men

    Gregory L. Greenwood;Michael V. Relf;Boyen Huang;Lance M. Pollack

  • Distress and depression in men who have sex with men: the Urban Men's Health Study.

    Thomas C. Mills;Jay Paul;Ron Stall;Lance M. Pollack

  • EFFECTS OF INTERVIEWER GENDER, INTERVIEWER CHOICE, AND ITEM WORDING ON RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

    Joseph A. Catania;Diane Binson;Jesse Canchola;Lance M. Pollack

  • The continuing HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men

    Joseph A. Catania;Dennis Osmond;Ronald D. Stall;Lance Pollack

  • Predictors of condom use and multiple partnered sex among sexually‐active adolescent women: Implications for aids‐related health interventions

    Joseph A. Catania;Thomas J. Coates;Ruth M. Greenblatt;M. Margeret Dolcini

  • Condom use in multi-ethnic neighborhoods of San Francisco : the population-based AMEN (AIDS in multi-ethnic neighborhoods) study

    J. A. Catania;T. J. Coates;S. Kegeles;M. T. Fullilove

  • Understanding childhood sexual abuse as a predictor of sexual risk-taking among men who have sex with men: The Urban Men's Health Study

    Jay P Paul;Joseph Catania;Lance Pollack;Ronald Stall

  • Interacting Epidemics and Gay Men's Health: A Theory of Syndemic Production among Urban Gay Men

    Ron Stall;Mark Friedman;Joseph A. Catania

  • Differential HIV Risk in Bathhouses and Public Cruising Areas

    Diane Binson;William J. Woods;Lance Pollack;Jay Paul

  • Male Sexual Health Questionnaire (MSHQ): scale development and psychometric validation

    Raymond C. Rosen;Joseph Catania;Lance Pollack;Stanley Althof

  • AIDS Risk Behaviors Among Late Middle-aged and Elderly Americans: The National AIDS Behavioral Surveys

    Ron Stall;Joe Catania

  • High-risk sexual behavior and condom use among gay and bisexual African-American men.

    J L Peterson;T J Coates;J A Catania;L Middleton

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance M. Pollack
Lance M. Pollack University of California, San Francisco
Diane Binson
Diane Binson University of California, San Francisco
Ron Stall
Ron Stall University of Pittsburgh
Jay P. Paul
Jay P. Paul University of California, San Francisco
Susan M. Kegeles
Susan M. Kegeles University of California, San Francisco
Kyung-Hee Choi
Kyung-Hee Choi University of California, San Francisco
John L. Peterson
John L. Peterson Georgia State University
Gary W. Harper
Gary W. Harper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Judith T. Moskowitz
Judith T. Moskowitz Northwestern University
Heather A. Turner
Heather A. Turner University of New Hampshire

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