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Marguerita Lightfoot is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, and Social Psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Marguerita Lightfoot has contributed to a number of publications focusing on public health and behavioral medicine. Recent papers include:

  • "Systematic Review of mHealth Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Prevention and the Adolescent HIV Continuum of Care in Low to Middle Income Countries," 2022, AIDS and Behavior
  • "Disparities in the PrEP continuum for trans women compared to MSM in San Francisco, California: results from population-based cross-sectional behavioural surveillance studies," 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Acceptability Among Homeless-Experienced Adults: Qualitative Data from Two Samples," 2021, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "Social Change and the Health of Sexual Minority Individuals: Do the Effects of Minority Stress and Community Connectedness Vary by Age Cohort?," 2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Cigarette Smoking and Minority Stress Across Age Cohorts in a National Sample of Sexual Minorities: Results From the Generations Study," 2020, Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Their research is frequently published in journals such as:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • LGBT Health
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Collaboration plays a significant role in Lightfoot's research, with frequent coauthors including Diane Santa Maria, Phillip L. Hammack, Nikhil Padhye, Edward L. Machtinger, and Adeline Nyamathi. These collaborative efforts have contributed to multiple studies and projects across their areas of research interest.

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of a preventive intervention for youths living with HIV.

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Martha B. Lee;Debra A. Murphy;Donna Futterman

  • Theory-Guided, Empirically Supported Avenues for Intervention on HIV Medication Nonadherence: Findings from the Healthy Living Project

    Mallory O. Johnson;Sheryl L. Catz;Robert H. Remien;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus

  • HIV transmission risk behavior among men and women living with HIV in 4 cities in the United States.

    Lance S. Weinhardt;Jeffrey A. Kelly;Michael J. Brondino;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus

  • Effects of a behavioral intervention to reduce risk of transmission among people living with HIV: The Healthy Living Project randomized controlled study

    Stephen F. Morin;Margaret A. Chesney;Anke A. Ehrhardt;Jeffrey A. Kelly

  • The Intersection of Youth, Technology, and New Media with Sexual Health: Moving the Research Agenda Forward

    Susannah Allison;Jose A. Bauermeister;Sheana Bull;Marguerita Lightfoot

  • Prevention for substance-using HIV-positive young people: telephone and in-person delivery.

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Dallas Swendeman;W Scott Comulada;Robert E Weiss

  • Psychiatric risk factors for HIV disease progression: the role of inconsistent patterns of antiretroviral therapy utilization.

    Adam W Carrico;Elise D Riley;Mallory O Johnson;Edwin D Charlebois

  • Intricacies and inter-relationships between HIV disclosure and HAART: a qualitative study.

    R L Klitzman;S B Kirshenbaum;B Dodge;R H Remien

  • Individual and Environmental Protective Factors for Risky Sexual Behavior among Homeless Youth: An Exploration of Gender Differences

    Heather D. Tevendale;Marguerita Lightfoot;Suzanne L. Slocum

  • Predicting HIV transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: findings from the healthy living project.

    Stephen F Morin;Wayne T Steward;Edwin D Charlebois;Robert H Remien

  • Computerized HIV Preventive Intervention for Adolescents: Indications of Efficacy

    Marguerita Lightfoot;W. Scott Comulada;Gabriel Stover

  • A Family Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior, Substance Use, and Delinquency Among Newly Homeless Youth

    Norweeta G. Milburn;Francisco Javier Iribarren;Eric Rice;Marguerita Lightfoot

  • Health and Health Care Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons Who Are HIV Positive

    Rita M Melendez;Theresa M. Exner;Anke A. Ehrhardt;Brian Dodge

  • Four-year behavioral outcomes of an intervention for parents living with HIV and their adolescent children.

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Martha Lee;Noelle Leonard;Ying Ying Lin

  • Perceived Adverse Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy

    Mallory O. Johnson;Edwin Charlebois;Stephen F. Morin;Sheryl L. Catz

  • The Healthy Living Project: an individually tailored, multidimensional intervention for HIV-infected persons.

    Cheryl Gore-Felton;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Lance S. Weinhardt;Jeffrey A. Kelly

  • Depressive Symptomatology among HIV-Positive Women in the Era of HAART: A Stress and Coping Model

    Robert H. Remien;Theresa Exner;Robert M. Kertzner;Anke A. Ehrhardt

  • HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, familiarity, and attitudes among gay and bisexual men in the United States: A national probability sample of three birth cohorts

    Phillip L. Hammack;Ilan H. Meyer;Evan A. Krueger;Marguerita Lightfoot

  • Using a Social Network Strategy to Distribute HIV Self-Test Kits to African American and Latino MSM.

    Marguerita A Lightfoot;Chadwick K Campbell;Nicholas Moss;Sarah Treves-Kagan;Sarah Treves-Kagan

  • Sexually transmitted infection related stigma and shame among African American male youth: implications for testing practices, partner notification, and treatment.

    Jessica L. Morris;Sheri A. Lippman;Susan Philip;Kyle Bernstein

  • It's not just what you say: Relationships of HIV dislosure and risk reduction among MSM in the post-HAART era

    Robert L. Klitzman;Theresa M. Exner;J. Correale;S. B. Kirshenbaum

  • Strategies to Increase HIV Testing Among MSM: A Synthesis of the Literature

    Chadwick K. Campbell;Sheri A. Lippman;Nicholas Moss;Marguerita Lightfoot

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
Mallory O. Johnson
Mallory O. Johnson University of California, San Francisco
Stephen F. Morin
Stephen F. Morin University of California, San Francisco
Norweeta G. Milburn
Norweeta G. Milburn University of California, Los Angeles
Lance S. Weinhardt
Lance S. Weinhardt University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco
Jeffrey A. Kelly
Jeffrey A. Kelly Medical College of Wisconsin
Cheryl Gore-Felton
Cheryl Gore-Felton Stanford University
Risë B. Goldstein
Risë B. Goldstein National Institutes of Health
Ilan H. Meyer
Ilan H. Meyer University of California, Los Angeles

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