Bethany C. Bray's research while affiliated with University of Illinois at Chicago and other places

... Furthermore, most interventions for ALHIV include multiple components (76,237), making it difficult to parse out the individual effects of services delivered by LHWs and/or peers. However, two randomized trials evaluated the efficacy of peer-delivered psychotherapies among ALHIV with some promising improvements in mental health outcomes (239,240). ...

... The lack of racial/ethnic diversity in the sample further limits the generalizability of the findings, as well as the power to detect within-group differences between minoritized racial/ethnic groups. Future studies should recruit more racially/ethnically diverse participants and consider participants' level of connectedness to their respective racial/ethnic communities, including queer communities of color, as a possible source of community resilience and coping against gay-specific intraminority stigma [42,86]. ...

... Assessment of health inequities, including oral health inequities, is often done through the lens of one or two categories of difference, which are themselves simplified. For example, socio-economic status is typically assessed using proxies of educational status, occupation and income, but frequently excludes unique intersections between other categories or intersectional positions within a category (recent job loss, single parenthood, mental health issues) [28]. In recent years, population health research has been critiqued for eradicating the context of people's lives through identifying single sets of health determinants for entire populations [29]. ...

... Some individuals or groups might also simply refuse to use virtual care because of negative experiences rooted in personal and/or collective histories [76]. The literature already reported discriminatory behaviors by health care providers (e.g., people of color, mental health problems, homeless people, refugees and asylum seekers, indigenous populations, LGBTQ+) [76,[81][82][83][84]. Multiple barriers to using health care services for these populations have been identified: perceived discrimination, stigma, hostile attitudes, social (dis)approval, and/or embarrassment [76,[81][82][83][84]. Distrust of health services is correlated with the risk of non-compliance with medical advice, prescriptions, and adherence to treatment and monitoring [76]. ...

... One critical factor, regarding the implementation of peer recovery support services in EDs, is how to best incorporate a PSW. Preparing PSWs and ED staff for successful implementation and sustainability is critical, given the nature of the setting, with high stress, long shifts, and frequent exposure to potentially traumatic events [25,26]. High workloads and emotional drain are key stressors for staff in EDs, leading to a moderateto-high level of burnout among physicians and nurses [27][28][29]. ...

... This stepwise approach can not only provide overall significance testing of associations between latent class membership and outcomes but also perform pairwise differences testing between classes in the means of continuous outcomes (29). In addition, this method can fully consider the influence of covariates on dependent variables so that the effects of latent class membership are controlled by those covariates (30). Moreover, we used the model constraint function in Mplus to build a mediation model. ...

... According to the social personal framework, parents are important influences on adolescents' sexual risk behavior through parenting practices such as communicating with their child about sex and monitoring their child's whereabouts, activities, and peers [4]. Previous studies have applied this framework to Black adolescents in observational [5] and intervention studies [6,7]. Aligning with this theory, research with presumably majority heterosexual adolescents indicates that parent/child communication about sex [8] and parental monitoring are protective [9]. ...

... For example, when compared with White and Latino individuals, Black or African American young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are more likely to experience violence and victimization in numerous settings, including home, work, and school, on account of their sexual identities, attractions, race, and ethnicity [4]. These experiences are significantly associated with adverse health outcomes, including illicit drug use, alcohol misuse, and risky sexual behaviors, which are known to increase the risk of HIV infection [5,6]. ...

... A previous study conducted on life expectancy after 70 years of age reported that individuals with age 75 to 79 years had 10.4 years life expectancy but participants with CKD5 had 2.6 years. Also, diabetes make it 25% less [13]. Stroke was found as a major factor in chronic kidney disease stage 5 among the general population. ...

... IMARA addresses SRH and teaches emotion regulation strategies to manage difficult emotions and reduce distress. IMARA was associated with a 43% reduction in AGYW STI incidence at 12-month follow-up compared to a time-matched health promotion program [26] and improved mental health symptoms at 6-and 12-months among girls with high mental health distress at baseline [27]. These findings are promising but may not generalize to other cultural contexts or populations. ...