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Overview

Larry K. Brown is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research at the intersection of medicine and health professions, with a focus on infectious diseases, clinical psychology, and epidemiology. Their scholarship spans over 90 publications, with major contributions in the fields of medicine (62 publications) and health professions (30 publications).

Among the most frequent venues for their publications are AIDS and Behavior, where they have published nine papers, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, with eight publications. Other common publication outlets include Current HIV/AIDS Reports, AIDS Education and Prevention, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Their research concentrates on topics related to HIV/AIDS, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and psychosocial and emotional development in children and adolescents. Specific areas of focus include HIV/AIDS research and interventions (56 publications), adolescent sexual and reproductive health (28), HIV with drug use and sexual risk (24), child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development (16), child abuse and trauma (14), homelessness and social issues (10), and bipolar disorder and treatment (10).

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Larry K. Brown illustrate diverse research directions. Examples include:

  • Challenges to HIV Care and Psychological Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in China, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • A Review of Interventions to Enhance HIV Medication Adherence, 2021, Current HIV/AIDS Reports
  • Cultural context matters: Testing the minority stress model among Chinese sexual minority men, 2020, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • The prospective impact of adverse childhood experiences on justice-involved youth's psychiatric symptoms and substance use, 2021, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Mapping Implementation Science with Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (MIS-ERIC): Strategies to Improve PrEP Use among Black Cisgender Women Living in Mississippi, 2022, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research, frequently working alongside colleagues Laura Whiteley, Elizabeth M. Olsen, Trisha Arnold, Marina Tolou-Shams, and Andrew P. Barnett, with whom they share numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Attempted suicide in adolescence: A review and critique of the literature

    Anthony Spirito;Larry Brown;James Overholser;Gregory Fritz

  • Children and adolescents living with HIV and AIDS: A review

    Larry K. Brown;Kevin J. Lourie;Maryland Pao

  • A prospective study of psychological distress and sexual risk behavior among black adolescent females.

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood;Richard A. Crosby;Catlainn Sionean

  • Sexting and Sexual Behavior in At-Risk Adolescents

    Christopher D. Houck;David Barker;Christie Rizzo;Evan Hancock

  • Depressive symptoms as a predictor of sexual risk among African American adolescents and young adults.

    Larry K. Brown;Marina Tolou-Shams;Celia Lescano;Christopher Houck

  • Predictors of condom use in sexually active adolescents

    Larry K. Brown;Ralph J. Diclemente;Teron Park

  • Adolescents with psychiatric disorders and the risk of HIV.

    Larry K. Brown;Michael B. Danovsky;Kevin J. Lourie;Ralph J. DiClemente

  • Psychiatric disorders and sexual risk among adolescents in mental health treatment.

    Larry K. Brown;Wendy Hadley;Angela Stewart;Celia Lescano

  • HIV prevention for adolescents: utility of the Health Belief Model.

    Larry K. Brown;Ralph J. DiClemente;Lynn A. Reynolds

  • Parent-adolescent sexual communication: associations of condom use with condom discussions.

    Wendy Hadley;Larry K. Brown;Celia M. Lescano;Harrison Kell

  • Impact of Sexual Abuse on the HIV-Risk-Related Behavior of Adolescents in Intensive Psychiatric Treatment

    Larry K. Brown;Kevin J. Lourie;Caron Zlotnick;Jennifer Cohn

  • HIV knowledge and its contribution to sexual health behaviors of low-income African American adolescents.

    Rebecca R. Swenson;Christie J. Rizzo;Larry K. Brown;Peter A. Vanable

  • The correlates of planning in adolescent suicide attempts

    Larry K. Brown;James Overholser;Anthony Spirito;Gregory K. Fritz

  • Mass Media as an HIV-Prevention Strategy: Using Culturally Sensitive Messages to Reduce HIV-Associated Sexual Behavior of At-Risk African American Youth

    Daniel Romer;Sharon Sznitman;Ralph J. DiClemente;Laura F. Salazar

  • Condom Use with “Casual” and “Main” Partners: What’s in a Name?

    Celia M. Lescano;Elizabeth A. Vazquez;Larry K. Brown;Erika B. Litvin

  • Self-Esteem and Theoretical Mediators of Safer Sex Among African American Female Adolescents: Implications for Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions:

    Laura F. Salazar;Richard A. Crosby;Ralph J. DiClemente;Gina M. Wingood

  • The impact of mental health and substance abuse factors on HIV prevention and treatment.

    James Walkup;Michael B Blank;Jeffrey S Gonzalez;Steven Safren;Steven Safren

  • Gender differences in recidivism rates for juvenile justice youth: the impact of sexual abuse.

    Selby M. Conrad;Marina Tolou-Shams;Christie J. Rizzo;Nicole Placella

  • Influence of Sexual Abuse on HIV-Related Attitudes and Behaviors in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients

    Larry K. Brown;Shari M. Kessel;Kevin J. Lourie;Harriet H. Ford

  • Challenges to HIV Care and Psychological Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in China.

    Shufang Sun;Jianhua Hou;Yaokai Chen;Yanqiu Lu

  • MassMediaasanHIV-PreventionStrategy:Using CulturallySensitiveMessagestoReduceHIV-AssociatedSexual BehaviorofAt-RiskAfricanAmericanYouth

    Daniel Romer;Sharon Sznitman;Ralph DiClemente;Laura F. Salazar

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Robert F. Valois
Robert F. Valois University of South Carolina
Peter A. Vanable
Peter A. Vanable Syracuse University
Geri R. Donenberg
Geri R. Donenberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Daniel Romer
Daniel Romer University of Pennsylvania
Nicole R. Nugent
Nicole R. Nugent Brown University
Anthony Spirito
Anthony Spirito Brown University
William R. Beardslee
William R. Beardslee Boston Children's Hospital
Christianne Esposito-Smythers
Christianne Esposito-Smythers George Mason University
Don Operario
Don Operario Emory University

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