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Research Associate 2, HSS
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- MPH
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Healthcare Organization and Policy - Maternal and Child Health (2021)
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Medical Research Interests
Africa; Alabama; North America; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Pregnant People; Southeastern United States
Public Health Interests
Behavioral Health; Community Health; Epidemiology Methods; Global Health; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Maternal & Child Health; Mental Health; Perinatal/Prenatal Health; Qualitative Methods; Reproduction; Sexually-Transmitted Infections; Stigma and Discrimination; Women's Health
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0000-0003-2255-0401
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Frequent collaborators of Madeline C. Pratt's published research.
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Research topics Madeline C. Pratt is interested in exploring.
Lynn T. Matthews, MD, MPH
18Publications
139Citations
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Alabama
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Leveraging public health infrastructures to support sexual health for women living in the Southern United States
Pratt M, Thomas T, Merriweather A, Deaterly C, Johnson B, Hightow-Weidman L, Hurwitz K, Bennett K, Rathnayaka N, Budhwani H, Rana A, Nassel A, Elopre L, Matthews L. Leveraging public health infrastructures to support sexual health for women living in the Southern United States. Frontiers In Medicine 2025, 12: 1521455. PMID: 40963579, PMCID: PMC12436338, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1521455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsSexually transmitted infectionsHIV incidenceAlabama Department of Public HealthSexually transmitted infection testingSexually transmitted infection incidenceCommunity advisory boardDepartment of Public HealthLongitudinal cohort studyMedical record reviewPre-exposure prophylaxisPublic health infrastructureSexual health informationHIV transmission dynamicsCare cascadeMHealth technologiesPrEP useHealth informationCohort designPreventive behaviorsDatabase of womenRecord reviewHIV epidemicHealth infrastructureSexual healthPotential participantsAdapting an Intervention to Improve Adolescent Sexual Health Assessment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prescription by Family Medicine Physicians in Alabama
Pratt M, Isehunwa O, Hill S, Simpson T, Lanzi R, Van Wagoner N, Hubner B, Krakower D, Wood T, Elopre L, Matthews L. Adapting an Intervention to Improve Adolescent Sexual Health Assessment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prescription by Family Medicine Physicians in Alabama. AIDS Patient Care And STDs 2025, 39: 371-379. PMID: 40625125, PMCID: PMC12411089, DOI: 10.1089/apc.2025.0064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsIntervention contentFamily medicine residency programsCommunity advisory boardCommunity-engaged approachFamily medicine physiciansSexual health assessmentHigh HIV incidenceMedicine residency programsPre-exposure prophylaxisFocus group discussionsUS SouthSexual historyIntervention MappingPocket cardHistory toolsHIV incidenceBlack adolescent girlsMultiple training strategiesEpidemiological reviewMedicine physiciansCase-based contentTraining programHealth assessmentBlack womenPrEP“You’re in an Image of a Man but Not a Man”: A Qualitative Analysis of Intersectional Stigma Among Men with HIV Experiencing Subfertility in Rural Southwestern Uganda
Pratt M, Owembabazi M, Menninger A, Kanini E, Kansiime B, Smith P, Turan J, Matthews L, Atukunda E. “You’re in an Image of a Man but Not a Man”: A Qualitative Analysis of Intersectional Stigma Among Men with HIV Experiencing Subfertility in Rural Southwestern Uganda. AIDS And Behavior 2025, 29: 1414-1427. PMID: 39821056, PMCID: PMC12031903, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-025-04611-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHIV-affected couplesStigma experiencesHIV preventionHIV transmissionReproductive goalsHigh HIV prevalence areasIntegration of reproductive healthRural southwestern UgandaRisk of HIV transmissionQualitative in-depth interviewsIntersection of HIVParticipants' interview transcriptsInfertility stigmaIn-depth interviewsIntersectional stigmaConception careHIV careHealthcare providersPrimary partnershipsPartner's pregnancyInterview transcriptsStudy teamSouthwestern UgandaQualitative analysisStigmaQualitative analysis of patient and key informant interviews to inform integration of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis services into gynecology care in Alabama
Pratt M, Goymer H, Burgan K, Matthews L, Johnson B, Phillips D, Kempf M, Mugavero M, Williams A, Elopre L. Qualitative analysis of patient and key informant interviews to inform integration of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis services into gynecology care in Alabama. Women's Health 2025, 21: 17455057251331714. PMID: 40339168, PMCID: PMC12062644, DOI: 10.1177/17455057251331714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsFocus group discussionsSexually transmitted infectionsRoutine gynecologic careGynecologic careHIV preventionSexual healthQualitative analysis of patientDevelopment of implementation strategiesCis-gender womenHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisPatients accessing careGynecology clinicPre-exposure prophylaxisSexual health informationComprehensive sexual health informationPrEP servicesPrEP careProvider trainingUninsured womenMonitoring PrEPPrEP counselingHealth informationComfortable discussingReproductive healthcareQualitative analysisRapid qualitative analysis approach to stakeholder and client interviews to inform mobile-based HIV testing in the U.S. Deep South
Pratt M, Isehunwa O, Bassett I, Kempf M, Gordon B, Matthews L. Rapid qualitative analysis approach to stakeholder and client interviews to inform mobile-based HIV testing in the U.S. Deep South. Archives Of Public Health 2023, 81: 24. PMID: 36793139, PMCID: PMC9930722, DOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01039-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsRural AlabamaMobile HIV testing servicesLow knowledgeLow knowledge of HIVCommunity health initiativesHIV testing servicesHIV testing strategiesAcceptability of interventionsFaith-based leadersKnowledge of HIVHIV testingHealth initiativesPoor black AmericansHIV preventionCommunity partnersLack of sex educationRacial disparitiesU.S. Deep SouthTesting servicesHIV epidemicClient interviewsPerception of riskRural communitiesRural SouthQualitative analysis approach‘I still desire to have a child’: a qualitative analysis of intersectional HIV- and childlessness-related stigma in rural southwestern Uganda
Pratt M, Owembabazi M, Muyindike W, Kaida A, Marrazzo J, Bangsberg D, Bwana M, Psaros C, Turan J, Atukunda E, Matthews L. ‘I still desire to have a child’: a qualitative analysis of intersectional HIV- and childlessness-related stigma in rural southwestern Uganda. Culture Health & Sexuality 2022, 25: 143-158. PMID: 35015604, PMCID: PMC9271525, DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2021.2023761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHIV preventionHealth care provider supportMethod of HIV preventionCare provider supportHIV prevention counselingRural southwestern UgandaHIV serodifferent couplesSexual health careConception strategiesGender-based violenceHIV prevention behaviorsMixed-methods studyIn-depth interviewsCare experiencesPartnership dissolutionPrevention counselingProvider supportHealth careIntersectional HIVSerodifferent couplesFertility counselingPreventive behaviorsRural UgandaPressure menCondomless sexPrEP Prescription for Black Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Alabama: Findings from a Survey of Healthcare Providers
Pratt M, Hill S, Elopre L, Simpson T, Lanzi R, Matthews L. PrEP Prescription for Black Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Alabama: Findings from a Survey of Healthcare Providers. Journal Of The International Association Of Providers Of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) 2022, 21: 23259582221127936. PMID: 36147031, PMCID: PMC9511308, DOI: 10.1177/23259582221127936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHIV preventionBlack adolescent girlsSurvey of healthcare providersHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisSurvey of medical providersInternal medicine providersPre-exposure prophylaxisAdolescent girlsUnique training needsPrEP prescriptionProvider trainingHealthcare providersMedicine providersMedical providersPrescription ratesAGYWCDC guidelinesPrEPProvidersTraining needsPrescription practicesYoung womenFemale clientsHIVPrescription“We Feel Like Everybody's Going to Judge us”: Black Adolescent Girls’ and Young Women's Perspectives on Barriers to and Opportunities for Improving Sexual Health Care, Including PrEP, in the Southern U.S
Pratt M, Jeffcoat S, Hill S, Gill E, Elopre L, Simpson T, Lanzi R, Matthews L. “We Feel Like Everybody's Going to Judge us”: Black Adolescent Girls’ and Young Women's Perspectives on Barriers to and Opportunities for Improving Sexual Health Care, Including PrEP, in the Southern U.S. Journal Of The International Association Of Providers Of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) 2022, 21: 23259582221107327. PMID: 35699978, PMCID: PMC9201301, DOI: 10.1177/23259582221107327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSexual health carePrEP prescriptionHealth careBlack adolescent girlsWomen's care-seeking behaviorCare-seeking behaviorAdolescent girlsMultifaceted interventionIntersectional stigmaHealthcare providersAGYW agesWomen's perspectivesHIV epidemicCondomless sexSexual healthAGYWInadequate discussionU.S. SouthPrEPSexual partnersRelated to sexEverybody'sCareStigmaYoung women
2025
Opportunities for Low-Barrier HIV Testing in the U.S. Deep South: Findings from a Survey in Alabama
Matthews L, Pratt M, Murphy M, Tuyishime D, Williams S, Waldon K, Wood T, Tarrant A, Gordon B, Long D, Heath S, Bassett I, Kempf M. Opportunities for Low-Barrier HIV Testing in the U.S. Deep South: Findings from a Survey in Alabama. AIDS And Behavior 2025, 1-9. PMID: 41231312, PMCID: PMC13006954, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-025-04910-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsHIV testingSocial determinantsCommunity-level HIV stigmaCommunity-based HIV testingCommunity-based healthcare organizationsHIV self-testingPublic health challengeForgoing healthcareHIV stigmaCommunity stigmaMedical mistrustExacerbate disparitiesHealthcare organizationsSocial supportIndividual stigmaHIV epidemicHIV riskHealth challengesVulnerable populationsStructural racismGroup disparitiesStigmaAnnual incomeU.S. settingU.S. Deep SouthA Theory Informed Multi-Component Intervention to Promote Family Medicine Provider PrEP Prescription to Adolescent Girls and Young Women in the U.S. Southeast: Pilot Trial Results
Matthews L, Pratt M, Isehunwa O, Klasen L, Hill S, Simpson T, Hubner B, Van Wagoner N, Lanzi R, Gupta V, Nadkar T, Malhotra S, Krakower D, Wood T, Long D, Elopre L. A Theory Informed Multi-Component Intervention to Promote Family Medicine Provider PrEP Prescription to Adolescent Girls and Young Women in the U.S. Southeast: Pilot Trial Results. Journal Of Primary Care & Community Health 2025, 16: 21501319251398356. PMID: 41324173, PMCID: PMC12669483, DOI: 10.1177/21501319251398356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsExit questionnairePrEP knowledgeHistory assessmentHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisMulti-component interventionPre-exposure prophylaxisAdolescent girlsPrEP prescriptionIntervention MappingPilot trial resultsHIV testingPrEP attitudesProvider behaviorMedicine residentsParticipating physiciansChampion programPrEPPilot testExit scoreInterventionYoung womenQuestionnaireAGYWSexual historyHIV
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