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Shirley J. Semple is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Social Sciences, and Psychology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Sex work and related issues
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Recent publications authored by or involving Shirley J. Semple are diverse and focus on health and behavioral studies, including:

  • "Stigma and Web-Based Sex Seeking Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Tijuana, Mexico: Cross-Sectional Study" (2020), published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • "A comparison of the effectiveness of respondent-driven and venue-based sampling for identifying undiagnosed HIV infection among cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women in Tijuana, Mexico" (2021), published in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "Recent HIV Infection among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Tijuana" (2020), published in Revista de Saúde Pública
  • "A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Texting Intervention to Maintain Sexual Risk Reduction with Clients Among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico" (2020), published in AIDS and Behavior
  • "Psychometric Evaluation of the Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2 (PFQ-2) Shame Subscale Among Spanish-Speaking Female Sex Workers in Mexico" (2020), published in Assessment

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Thomas L. Patterson
  • Alicia Vera
  • Heather A. Pines
  • Gudelia Rangel
  • Steffanie A. Strathdee

Their work has been featured across multiple publication venues, such as:

  • JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Assessment

Best Publications

  • Caregiving and the Stress Process: An Overview of Concepts and Their Measures

    Leonard I. Pearlin;Joseph T. Mullan;Shirley J. Semple;Marilyn M. Skaff

  • Motivations associated with methamphetamine use among HIV+ men who have sex with men.

    Shirley J Semple;Thomas L Patterson;Thomas L Patterson;Igor Grant;Igor Grant

  • Correlates of injection drug use among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities.

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Morgan M. Philbin;Shirley J. Semple;Minya Pu

  • Accelerated risk of hypertensive blood pressure recordings among Alzheimer caregivers.

    William S. Shaw;Thomas L. Patterson;Michael G. Ziegler;Joel E. Dimsdale

  • Longitudinal analysis of multiple indicators of health decline among spousal caregivers.

    William S. Shaw;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson;Shirley J. Semple;Shirley J. Semple;Sandy Ho;Sandy Ho

  • Conflict in Alzheimer's Caregiving Families: Its Dimensions and Consequences.

    Shirley J. Semple

  • Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection among Female Sex Workers in 2 Mexico—US Border Cities

    Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson;Shirley J. Semple;Hugo Staines;Remedios Lozada

  • Relationship of psychosocial factors to HIV disease progression.

    Thomas L. Patterson;William S. Shaw;Shirley J. Semple;Mariana Cherner

  • The context of sexual risk behavior among heterosexual methamphetamine users

    Shirley J Semple;Thomas L Patterson;Thomas L Patterson;Igor Grant;Igor Grant

  • Female methamphetamine users: social characteristics and sexual risk behavior.

    Shirley J. Semple;Igor Grant;Thomas L. Patterson

  • A qualitative exploration of female sex work in Tijuana, Mexico.

    Jesus Bucardo;Shirley J. Semple;Miguel Fraga-Vallejo;Wendy Davila

  • Utilization of Drug Treatment Programs by Methamphetamine Users: The Role of Social Stigma

    Shirley J. Semple;Igor Grant;Igor Grant;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson

  • Methamphetamine-using HIV-positive men who have sex with men: Correlates of polydrug use

    Thomas L. Patterson;Shirley J. Semple;James K. Zians;Steffanie A. Strathdee

  • Impulsivity and methamphetamine use

    Shirley J. Semple;Jim Zians;Igor Grant;Igor Grant;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson

  • Efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez Mexico.

    Thomas L. Patterson;Brent Mausbach;Remedios Lozada;Hugo Staines-Orozco

  • Efficacy of a behavioral intervention for increasing safer sex behaviors in HIV-positive MSM methamphetamine users: results from the EDGE study.

    Brent T. Mausbach;Shirley J. Semple;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jim Zians

  • Identification of Psychobiological Stressors Among HIV-Positive Women

    Shirley J Semple;Thomas L Patterson;Lydia R. Temoshok;J. A. McCutchan

  • Sexual marathons and methamphetamine use among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.

    Shirley J. Semple;Jim Zians;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson

  • A comparison of injection and non-injection methamphetamine-using HIV positive men who have sex with men

    Shirley J. Semple;Thomas L. Patterson;Thomas L. Patterson;Igor Grant;Igor Grant

  • Correlates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and associated high-risk behaviors among male clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico

    Thomas L Patterson;Shira Goldenberg;Manuel Gallardo;Remedios Lozada

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Brent T. Mausbach
Brent T. Mausbach University of California, San Diego
Dilip V. Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste University of California, San Diego
John R. McQuaid
John R. McQuaid University of California, San Francisco
Desirée A. White
Desirée A. White Washington University in St. Louis
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Colin A. Depp
Colin A. Depp University of California, San Diego
David J. Moore
David J. Moore University of California, San Diego
Leonard I. Pearlin
Leonard I. Pearlin University of Maryland, College Park
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University

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