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Lynae A. Darbes is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of medicine, health professions, and social sciences, with a particular focus on general health professions, infectious diseases, social psychology, sociology and political science, and health.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Sex work and related issues
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Lynae A. Darbes has contributed to various recent papers, illustrating the breadth of their research interests:

  • Day-level associations between drug use and sexual behavior in male couples: Actor partner interdependence modeling of timeline follow-back data, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Pathways for HIV Prevention Behaviors Following a Home-Based Couples Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Kenya, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • HIV Testing, Knowledge and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Partnered Men Who Have Sex With Men in South Africa and Namibia, 2021, AIDS and Behavior
  • Bidirectional Violence Is Associated with Poor Engagement in HIV Care and Treatment in Malawian Couples, 2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Analysis of emergency department visits for all reasons by adults with depression in the United States, 2020, BMC Emergency Medicine

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • AIDS and Behavior (12 publications)
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior (6 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (5 publications)
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence (3 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (2 publications)

Lynae A. Darbes frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Notable coauthors include:

  • Rob Stephenson (15 coauthored publications)
  • Torsten B. Neilands (12 coauthored publications)
  • Elizabeth A. Bukusi (11 coauthored publications)
  • Janet M. Turan (11 coauthored publications)
  • Kristi E. Gamarel (11 coauthored publications)

Best Publications

  • Couples-focused behavioral interventions for prevention of HIV: systematic review of the state of evidence

    Jennifer Burton;Lynae A. Darbes;Don Operario

  • Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples: differences by agreement type and couple serostatus.

    Colleen C. Hoff;Sean C. Beougher;Deepalika Chakravarty;Lynae A. Darbes

  • The efficacy of behavioral interventions in reducing HIV risk behaviors and incident sexually transmitted diseases in heterosexual African Americans.

    Lynae Darbes;Nicole Crepaz;Cynthia Lyles;Gail Kennedy

  • Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships.

    Colleen C. Hoff;Deepalika Chakravarty;Deepalika Chakravarty;Sean C. Beougher;Torsten B. Neilands

  • The conceptualization and assessment of health-related social control

    Megan A. Lewis;Rita M. Butterfield;Lynae A. Darbes;Catharine Johnston-Brooks

  • HIV testing behaviors and perceptions of risk of HIV infection among MSM with main partners.

    Rob Stephenson;Darcy White;Lynae Darbes;Colleen Hoff

  • HIV-specific social support predicts less sexual risk behavior in gay male couples.

    Lynae A. Darbes;Megan A. Lewis

  • Primary Relationships, HIV Treatment Adherence, and Virologic Control

    Mallory O. Johnson;Samantha E. Dilworth;Jonelle M. Taylor;Lynae A. Darbes

  • Positive emotions: exploring the other hemisphere in behavioral medicine.

    Margaret A. Chesney;Lynae A. Darbes;Kate Hoerster;Jonelle M. Taylor

  • Relationship dynamics as predictors of broken agreements about outside sexual partners: implications for HIV prevention among gay couples.

    Anu Manchikanti Gomez;Sean C. Beougher;Deepalika Chakravarty;Deepalika Chakravarty;Torsten B. Neilands

  • “Treat us with dignity”: a qualitative study of the experiences and recommendations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients with cancer

    Charles S Kamen;Alison Alpert;Liz Margolies;Jennifer J Griggs

  • Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Apprehensions of Taking HIV-1 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Male Couples in San Francisco: A Mixed Methods Study

    Parya Saberi;Kristine Elizabeth Gamarel;Torsten B. Neilands;Megan Comfort

  • Serostatus differences and agreements about sex with outside partners among gay male couples.

    Colleen C. Hoff;Deepalika Chakravarty;Sean Christian Beougher;Lynae A. Darbes

  • Power and the association with relationship quality in South African couples: Implications for HIV/AIDS interventions

    Amy A. Conroy;Nuala McGrath;Nuala McGrath;Heidi van Rooyen;Victoria Hosegood;Victoria Hosegood

  • Sexual Risk for HIV Among Gay Male Couples: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Relationship Dynamics

    Lynae A. Darbes;Deepalika Chakravarty;Deepalika Chakravarty;Torsten B. Neilands;Sean C. Beougher

  • Rates of Testing for HIV in the Presence of Serodiscordant UAI Among HIV-Negative Gay Men in Committed Relationships

    Deepalika Chakravarty;Deepalika Chakravarty;Colleen C. Hoff;Torsten B. Neilands;Lynae A. Darbes

  • Development and Validation of the Sexual Agreement Investment Scale

    Torsten B. Neilands;Deepalika Chakravarty;Lynae A. Darbes;Sean C. Beougher

  • Health-related social control and relationship interdependence among gay couples

    Megan A. Lewis;Elisa Gladstone;Susanne Schmal;Lynae A. Darbes

  • Uthando Lwethu ('our love'): a protocol for a couples-based intervention to increase testing for HIV: a randomized controlled trial in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

    Lynae A Darbes;Heidi van Rooyen;Victoria Hosegood;Victoria Hosegood;Thulani Ngubane

  • 'I told her this is your life': relationship dynamics, partner support and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among South African couples

    Amy Conroy;Anna Leddy;Mallory Johnson;Thulani Ngubane

  • Partner-Provided Social Support Influences Choice of Risk Reduction Strategies in Gay Male Couples

    Lynae A. Darbes;Deepalika Chakravarty;Deepalika Chakravarty;Sean C. Beougher;Torsten B. Neilands

Frequent Co-Authors

Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Mallory O. Johnson
Mallory O. Johnson University of California, San Francisco
Abigail M. Hatcher
Abigail M. Hatcher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Don Operario
Don Operario Emory University
Terri D. Conley
Terri D. Conley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco
Tyrel J. Starks
Tyrel J. Starks City University of New York
José A. Bauermeister
José A. Bauermeister University of Pennsylvania

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