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Teresa Finlayson
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 45
Citations - 3605
Teresa Finlayson is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Men who have sex with men & Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 42 publications receiving 3210 citations. Previous affiliations of Teresa Finlayson include Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
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Estimating HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors of Transgender Persons in the United States: A Systematic Review
Jeffrey H. Herbst,Elizabeth D. Jacobs,Teresa Finlayson,Vel S. McKleroy,Mary Spink Neumann,Nicole Crepaz +5 more
TL;DR: This systematic review of the US-based HIV behavioral prevention literature identified 29 studies focusing on male-to-female (MTF) transgender women and found prevalence rates of HIV and risk behaviors were low among FTMs, while higher HIV infection rates were found among African-American MTFs.
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Surveillance of HIV risk and prevention behaviors of men who have sex with men--a national application of venue-based, time-space sampling.
Duncan A. MacKellar,Kathleen Gallagher,Teresa Finlayson,Travis Sanchez,Amy Lansky,Patrick S. Sullivan +5 more
TL;DR: By identifying the prevalence and trends of HIV risk and prevention behaviors, NHBS-MSM data may be used at local, state, and federal levels to help obtain, direct, and evaluate HIV prevention resources for MSM.
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Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men - 21 cities, United States, 2008.
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk, prevention, and testing behaviors--United States, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System: men who have sex with men, November 2003-April 2005.
Travis Sanchez,Teresa Finlayson,Amy Drake,Stephanie Behel,Melissa Cribbin,Elizabeth DiNenno,Tricia Hall,Stacy Kramer,Amy Lansky +8 more
TL;DR: The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system collects risk behavior data from three populations at high risk for HIV infection: men who have sex with men (MSM), injection-drug users, and heterosexual adults in areas in which HIV is prevalent as mentioned in this paper.
HIV risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among men who have sex with men--National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 U.S. cities, United States, 2008.
Teresa Finlayson,Binh C. Le,Amanda Smith,Kristina E. Bowles,Melissa Cribbin,Isa Miles,Alexandra M. Oster,Tricia Martin,Alicia Edwards,Elizabeth DiNenno +9 more
TL;DR: MSM in the United States continue to engage in sexual and drug-use behaviors that increase the risk for HIV infection, and additional effort is needed to decrease the number of men who are engaging in risk behaviors while increasing the number who recently have been tested for HIV.