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Rob Stephenson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and contributes primarily to the fields of medicine, health professions, and social sciences.

Their research spans several key subfields including infectious diseases, general health professions, epidemiology, social psychology, and sociology and political science. The work centers around topics such as HIV/AIDS research and interventions, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, LGBTQ health, identity, and policy, sex work and related issues, intimate partner and family violence, and sexuality, behavior, and technology.

Rob Stephenson has authored research published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Their recent papers highlight several areas of public health and social concern. Notable publications include:

  • "Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Populations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence and Correlates" (2020), published in American Journal of Public Health
  • "Epidemiology of HIV in the USA: epidemic burden, inequities, contexts, and responses" (2021), appearing in The Lancet
  • "Sex in the Time of COVID-19: Results of an Online Survey of Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men's Experience of Sex and HIV Prevention During the US COVID-19 Epidemic" (2020), published in AIDS and Behavior
  • "Trends of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Care Outcomes Among Adults in the United States From 2005 to 2016" (2020), published in Frontiers in Medicine
  • "State Policies and Healthcare Use Among Transgender People in the U.S." (2020), published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Rob Stephenson's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Patrick S. Sullivan
  • Lisa Hightow-Weidman
  • José A. Bauermeister
  • Tanaka Chavanduka
  • Stephen Sullivan

Best Publications

  • Individual and Contextual Determinants of Domestic Violence in North India

    Michael A. Koenig;Rob Stephenson;Saifuddin Ahmed;Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

  • New heterosexually transmitted HIV infections in married or cohabiting couples in urban Zambia and Rwanda: an analysis of survey and clinical data

    Kristin L Dunkle;Rob Stephenson;Etienne Karita;Elwyn Chomba

  • Outness, Stigma, and Primary Health Care Utilization among Rural LGBT Populations.

    J. Whitehead;John Shaver;Rob Stephenson

  • Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa.

    Rob Stephenson;Angela Baschieri;Steve Clements;Monique Hennink

  • Contextual influences on modern contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa

    Rob Stephenson;Angela Baschieri;Steve Clements;Monique Hennink

  • Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Populations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence and Correlates

    Sarah M. Peitzmeier;Mannat Malik;Shanna K. Kattari;Elliot Marrow

  • Intimate Partner Violence among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review

    Catherine Finneran;Robert Stephenson

  • In-Person Versus Online Focus Group Discussions: A Comparative Analysis of Data Quality

    Cory R. Woodyatt;Catherine A. Finneran;Rob Stephenson

  • Comprehensive Identification of Protein Substrates of the Dot/Icm Type IV Transporter of Legionella pneumophila

    Wenhan Zhu;Simran Banga;Yunhao Tan;Cheng Zheng

  • Understanding users’ perspectives of barriers to maternal health care use in maharashtra, india

    Paula Griffiths;Rob Stephenson

  • Epidemiology of HIV in the USA: epidemic burden, inequities, contexts, and responses

    Patrick S Sullivan;Anna Satcher Johnson;Elizabeth S Pembleton;Rob Stephenson

  • Low levels of maternal education and the proximate determinants of childhood mortality: a little learning is not a dangerous thing.

    Alaka Malwade Basu;Rob Stephenson

  • Violence motivated by perception of sexual orientation and gender identity: a systematic review.

    Karel Blondeel;Sofia de Vasconcelos;Claudia García-Moreno;Rob Stephenson

  • Contextual Influences on Reproductive Health Service Use in Uttar Pradesh, India

    Rob Stephenson;Amy Ong Tsui

  • Domestic violence against women in India: A systematic review of a decade of quantitative studies

    Ameeta Kalokhe;Carlos Del Rio;Kristin Dunkle;Robert Stephenson

  • Effects of Domestic Violence on Perinatal and Early-Childhood Mortality: Evidence From North India

    Saifuddin Ahmed;Michael A. Koenig;Rob Stephenson

  • Collaborative coping and daily mood in couples dealing with prostate cancer.

    Cynthia A. Berg;Deborah J. Wiebe;Jonathan Butner;Lindsey Bloor

  • Domestic violence, contraceptive use, and unwanted pregnancy in rural India.

    Rob Stephenson;Michael A. Koenig;Rajib Acharya;Tarun K. Roy

  • Systematic review of structural interventions for intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries: organizing evidence for prevention

    Christine Bourey;Whitney Williams;Erin Elizabeth Bernstein;Robert Stephenson;Robert Stephenson

  • Using research to inform health policy: barriers and strategies in developing countries.

    Monique Hennink;Rob Stephenson

  • Barriers to Family Planning Service Use among the Urban Poor in Pakistan

    Rob Stephenson;Monique Hennink

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick S. Sullivan
Patrick S. Sullivan Emory University
José A. Bauermeister
José A. Bauermeister University of Pennsylvania
Robert Garofalo
Robert Garofalo Northwestern University
Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
Lynae A. Darbes
Lynae A. Darbes University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kristi E. Gamarel
Kristi E. Gamarel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Keith J. Horvath
Keith J. Horvath San Diego State University
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Laura F. Salazar
Laura F. Salazar Georgia State University
Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University

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