Daryl Traylor

University of the Incarnate Word · School of Osteopathic Medicine

The Southern United States (U.S.) accounts for more than half of new HIV cases annually and African Americans make up the majority of new HIV diagnoses in this region. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective biomedical HIV prevention strategy that is underutilized. Few studies have examined the PrEP prescribing practices of primary care pro...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been instrumental in mandating most private health insurance plans to offer preventive services at zero patient cost-sharing. These encompass a broad spectrum from screenings and immunizations to counseling and medications. Key organizations like the USPSTF, ACIP, and HRSA are responsible for determining which serv...

The COVID pandemic cast a harsh light on the structural and systemic health inequalities that exist in American society and in U.S. medical education. Black and Brown communities were disproportionately affected, and the pandemic highlighted the need for a diverse physician and healthcare workforce. Both the lack of equitable, high-quality healthca...

The Southern United States continues to bare the highest burden of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States. In 2018, the most recent year for which data is available, African Americans made up more than half of all new HIV diagnoses in the Southern U.S. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective HIV preventative that...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake has increased since 2012 but there has not been a substantial decrease in US HIV incidence. African Americans have PrEP indications, yet African Americans lag behind other groups regarding PrEP uptake. The Southern U.S. has the highest numbers of African Americans with PrEP indications. Emerging research shows...

This study was conducted to identify processes of coping with COVID-19 and determine their impact on emotional well-being for women of color in the United States. Data were collected from 368 women between May and July 2020 using an online survey guided by the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, which included an assessment of COVID-19 stress...

Executive summary that briefly discusses my dissertation research.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the U.S., communities of color shared an uneven burden of the disease. The ability to understand from a public health perspective, the increase and devastating health effects and morbidity consequences due to COVID-19is alarming, but not unexpected based upon structural racism. In light of the recent declarati...

As researchers continue to adapt, conduct and design their research in the presence of COVID-19, new opportunities to connect research creativity and ethics have opened up. Researchers around the world have responded in diverse, thoughtful and creative ways –adapting data collection methods, fostering researcher and community resilience, and explor...

As researchers continue to adapt, conduct and design their research in the presence of COVID-19, new opportunities to connect research creativity and ethics have opened up. Researchers around the world have responded in diverse, thoughtful and creative ways -adapting data collection methods, fostering researcher and community resilience, and explor...

The COVID-19 pandemic compounds stressors of daily life among American Indian/Alaska Natives. This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 among American Indian/Alaska Natives and non-Hispanic whites by examining depressive symptoms, overall stress, resilience, and coping, utilizing the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. Of the 207 individ...

The continuing burden of HIV infection in African American females necessitates the development of new HIV prevention strategies. Beauty salon-delivered HIV prevention interventions may represent one such novel strategy; however, their development should occur via the use of appropriate theoretical frameworks. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) a...

The unmet need for oral health care in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (PLWHA) is well documented, and the need to devise strategies to meet those needs has been recognized in the United States. A large proportion of PLWHA have very poor oral hygiene, and most do not receive the dental care they...