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Laura F. Salazar is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States and has contributed significantly to research in social sciences, particularly focusing on topics related to health, gender, and social issues. Their work spans various subfields including Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Health, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

Their research covers a range of main topics, with a notable emphasis on Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies, Sex Work and Related Issues, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, as well as Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Recent published papers include the following:

  • "Psychosocial mediators of perceived stigma and suicidal ideation among transgender women," 2020, BMC Public Health
  • "The Prevalence and Context of Alcohol Use, Problem Drinking and Alcohol-Related Harm among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Black Transgender Women and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Exploring the Relationship Between Anti-trans Experiences in School and Adverse Criminal-Legal System Outcomes," 2020, Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • "A Web-Based Sexual Violence, Alcohol Misuse, and Bystander Intervention Program for College Women (RealConsent): Randomized Controlled Trial," 2023, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • "College-level perceptions of drinking, binge drinking, and sexual violence perpetration: A multilevel mediation model," 2020, Journal of American College Health

Laura F. Salazar has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Anne Marie Schipani-McLaughlin
  • Monica H. Swahn
  • Ruschelle M. Leone
  • Amanda K. Gilmore
  • Rachel Culbreth

Their publications appear in various academic venues with repeated contributions to Health Education & Behavior, alongside publications in BMC Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, and Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Best Publications

  • Estimating the proportion of HIV transmissions from main sex partners among men who have sex with men in five US cities.

    Patrick S Sullivan;Laura Salazar;Susan Buchbinder;Travis H Sanchez

  • Research Methods in Health Promotion

    richard A Crosby;Ralph J. Diclemente;Laura Francisca Salazar

  • A Review of STD/HIV Preventive Interventions for Adolescents: Sustaining Effects Using an Ecological Approach

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Laura F. Salazar;Richard A. Crosby

  • Prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents: The importance of a socio-ecological perspective - A commentary

    R.J. DiClemente;L.F. Salazar;R.A. Crosby;S.L. Rosenthal

  • A Web-Based Sexual Violence Bystander Intervention for Male College Students: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Laura F Salazar;Alana Vivolo-Kantor;James Hardin;Alan Berkowitz

  • Psychosocial Predictors of HIV-Associated Sexual Behaviors and the Efficacy of Prevention Interventions in Adolescents at-Risk for HIV Infection: What Works and What Doesn’t Work?

    Ralph J. DiClemente;Colleen P. Crittenden;Eve Rose;Jessica M. Sales

  • Understanding racial HIV/STI disparities in black and white men who have sex with men: a multilevel approach.

    Patrick S Sullivan;John Peterson;Eli S Rosenberg;Colleen Kelley

  • Explaining racial disparities in HIV incidence in black and white men who have sex with men in Atlanta, GA: a prospective observational cohort study.

    Patrick S. Sullivan;Eli S. Rosenberg;Travis H. Sanchez;Colleen F. Kelley

  • Sweetpotato Virus Disease (SPVD): Distribution, Incidence, and Effect on Sweetpotato Yield in Peru

    D L Gutiérrez;S Fuentes;L F Salazar

  • Self-concept and adolescents' refusal of unprotected sex: a test of mediating mechanisms among African American girls.

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

  • Adolescents' experience with sex on the web: results from online focus groups.

    Kenzie A. Cameron;Laura F. Salazar;Jay Michael Bernhardt;Nan Burgess-Whitman

  • 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

  • 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

  • Number of casual male sexual partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men: results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system.

    Eli S Rosenberg;Patrick S Sullivan;Elizabeth A DiNenno;Laura F Salazar

  • Validation of a Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale for Use in STD/HIV Prevention Interventions

    Jessica Mc Dermott Sales;Robin R. Milhausen;Gina M. Wingood;Ralph J. DiClemente

  • Ecological Factors Associated with STD Risk Behaviors among Detained Female Adolescents

    Dexter R. Voisin;Ralph J. DiClemente;Laura F. Salazar;Richard A. Crosby

  • Potato yellow vein virus: its host range, distribution in South America and identification as a crinivirus transmitted by Trialeurodes vaporariorum

    L F Salazar;G Müller;M Querci;J L Zapata

  • Psychosocial impact of serological diagnosis of herpes simplex virus type 2: a qualitative assessment.

    Jennifer Melville;S. Sniffen;R. Crosby;L. Salazar

  • Moving Beyond the Individual: Examining the Effects of Domestic Violence Policies on Social Norms

    Laura F. Salazar;Laura F. Salazar;Charlene K. Baker;Ann W. Price;Kathleen Carlin

  • Attitudes towards couples-based HIV testing among MSM in three US cities.

    Robert Stephenson;Patrick S Sullivan;Laura F. Salazar;Beau Gratzer

  • Predictors of Consistent Condom Use Among Young African American Women

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Crosby
Richard A. Crosby University of Kentucky
Ralph J. DiClemente
Ralph J. DiClemente New York University
Gina M. Wingood
Gina M. Wingood Columbia University
Larry K. Brown
Larry K. Brown Brown University
Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Peter A. Vanable
Peter A. Vanable Syracuse University
Robert F. Valois
Robert F. Valois University of South Carolina
Daniel Romer
Daniel Romer University of Pennsylvania
Patrick S. Sullivan
Patrick S. Sullivan Emory University
Jessica M. Sales
Jessica M. Sales Emory University

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