Rita M. Melendez
San Francisco State University
18 Papers
151 Citations
Rita M. Melendez is an academic researcher from San Francisco State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transgender & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of Rita M. Melendez include Columbia University.
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Papers
Gender Nonconformity, Homophobia, and Mental Distress in Latino Gay and Bisexual Men
TL;DR: Higher levels of mental distress in effeminate men seemed to primarily result from more experiences of homophobia, suggesting the need for more attention to gender in research as well as counseling of sexual minority men.
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Improving PrEP Implementation Through Multilevel Interventions: A Synthesis of the Literature
TL;DR: This review of PrEP implementation identified barriers to PrEP and interventions to match those barriers and recommended multilevel interventions targeting barriers at multiple socioecological domains.
'It's really a hard life': love, gender and HIV risk among male-to-female transgender persons.
TL;DR: Data reveal that stigma and discrimination create a heightened need for MTFs to feel safe and loved by a male companion and that in turn places them at a higher risk for acquiring HIV.
Health and Health Care Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons Who Are HIV Positive
Rita M. Melendez,Theresa M. Exner,Anke A. Ehrhardt,Brian Dodge,Robert H. Remien,Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus,Marguerita Lightfoot,Daniel Hong +7 more
TL;DR: Male-to-female transgender persons were less likely than the control group to take highly active antiretroviral therapy and no significant differences in HIV-related health status were found.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Safer Sex Negotiation: Effects of a Gender-Specific Intervention
TL;DR: The intervention did not increase or decrease the incidence of subsequent abuse during the 1-year follow-up period and a gender-specific intervention that focuses on negotiation skills in the context of potentially abusive partners benefits, and does not appear to harm, recently abused women.
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