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This project explores Sexual Literacy among college students. The researcher conducted focus groups and administered questionnaires to a convenience sample of students at Spelman College. In the focus groups, the participants shared their feelings about and experiences with sexual health. This infor...

HIV is a public health problem in the United States which disproportionately impacts racial minorities. Current studies highlight the social determinants of health (SES, media, social stigma, etc.) on the spread of HIV. This study investigated media, HIV-related stigma, and perceived risk of HIV con...

There is limited research about HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among African-American (AA) college students. If students become aware of their HIV status, they may consider HIV testing services and treatments. Participants (n = 212) were surveyed to study whether health literacy...

This study examines the role of biomedical informatics in the development of vaccines. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) defines biomedical informatics as an "interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective uses of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for scie...

In 1981, the first case of AIDS was reported in the United States. Since then, over 700,000 cases of AIDS, and over 1.1 million cases of HIV been reported. Compared to other races/ethnicities, Blacks/African Americans account for a higher proportion of new HIV diagnoses, of those living with HIV, an...

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecological cancers in the United States. High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) histotype accounts for 70% of all the diagnoses. This histotype is the most deadly because it is found in the later stages because symptoms are very general and ther...

The Southeast Regional Clinicians Network administered by the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is a practice-based research network that consists of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and state primary care associations (PCAs) in eight southeastern state...