Substantive Papers

My work these days focuses on methods, but I do get involved in substantive work from time to time. And my earlier work, before I became a methodologist, was substantive.

Various topics

Langston M, Sfanos K, Khan S, Nguyen TQ, De Marzo AM, Platz EA, Sutcliffe S. (2021). Why do epidemiologic studies find an inverse association between intraprostatic inflammation and prostate cancer: a possible role for colliding bias? Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 30(2):255–259. journal

Eaton WW, Nguyen TQ, Pedersen MG, Mortensen PB, Rose NR. (2020). Comorbidity of autoimmune diseases: a visual presentation. Autoimmunity Reviews. 19(10):102638. journal

Nguyen TQ, Ebnesajjad C, Stuart EA, Kennedy RD, Johnson RM. (2018). Does marijuana use at ages 16-18 predict initiation of daily cigarette smoking in late adolescence and early adulthood? A propensity score analysis of Add Health data. Prevention Science. 20(2):246-256. journal

Gregory EF, Gross SM, Nguyen TQ, Butz AM, Johnson SB. (2016). WIC participation and breastfeeding at three months postpartum. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 20(8):1735-1744. journal

LGBTQ

Poteat TC, Wirtz AL, Adams D, Linton SL, Gutierrez C, Brown C, Miller M, Rich AJ, Williams J, Nguyen TQ, Reisner SL. (2023). Interruptions in HIV Prevention and Treatment Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross- sectional Study of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Adults in the U.S. JAIDS. journal

Nguyen TQ, Poteat T, Bandeen-Roche K, German D, Nguyen YH, Vu LKC, Nguyen NTT, Knowlton AR. (2016). The Internalized Homophobia Scale for Vietnamese Sexual Minority Women (IHVN-W): Conceptualization, factor structure, reliability, and associations with hypothesized correlates. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 45(6):1329-1346. journal

Nguyen TQ, Bandeen-Roche K, Bass JK, German D, Nguyen NTT, Knowlton AR. (2016). A tool for sexual minority mental health research: The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a depressive symptom severity measure for sexual minority women in Viet Nam. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 20(1):173-191. journal

Nguyen TQ, Bandeen-Roche K, German D, Nguyen NTT, Bass JK, Knowlton AR. (2016). Negative treatment by family as a predictor of mental well-being, suicidality, and tobacco/alcohol use in Vietnamese sexual minority women. LGBT Health. 3(5):357-365. journal

Nguyen TQ, Bandeen-Roche K, Masyn KE, German D, Nguyen YH, Vu LKC, Knowlton AR. (2015). Negative family treatment of sexual minority women and transmen in Viet Nam: Latent classes and their predictors. Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 11(3):205-228. journal

Nguyen TQ, Blum RW. (2014). Homosexuality tolerance among male and female Vietnamese youth: An examination of traditional sexual values, self-esteem and demographic/contextual characteristics. Journal of Adolescent Health. 55(6):823-829. journal

HIV

Nguyen TQ, Roberts Lavigne L, Lupton-Smith C, Kirk GD, Mehta SH, Linton SL. (Under review). Estimation of place-based vulnerability scores for HIV viral non-suppression: an application leveraging data from a cohort of people with histories of using drugs.

Knowlton AR, Catanzarite Z, Nguyen TQ, Isenberg S, Tseng TY, Mitchell MM. (2021). Quality of life among caregivers of a vulnerable population living with HIV/AIDS Caregiving and relationship factors. AIDS And Behavior. 25:360–376. journal

Owczarzak J, Nguyen TQ, Mazhnaya A, Phillips SD, Filippova O, Alpatova P, Zub T, Aleksanyan R. (2019). Outcome evaluation of a “common factors” approach to develop culturally tailored HIV prevention interventions for people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 199:18-26. journal

Carrasco MA, Nguyen TQ, Kaufman MR. (2018). Low uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among high risk men in Malawi. AIDS and Behavior. 22(2):447-453. journal

Carrasco MA, Nguyen TQ, Barrington C, Perez M, Donastorg Y, Kerrigan D. (2018). HIV Stigma Mediates the Association Between Social Cohesion and Consistent Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 47:1529-1539. journal

Mitchell MM, Nguyen TQ, Isenberg SR, Maragh-Bass AC, Keruly J, Knowlton AR. (2017). Psychosocial and service use correlates of health-related quality of life among a vulnerable population living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior. 21(6):1580-1587 journal

Mitchell MM, Maragh-Bass AC, Nguyen TQ, Isenberg S, Knowlton AR. (2016). The role of chronic pain and current substance use in predicting negative social support among disadvantaged persons living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care. 28(10):1280-1286. journal

Mitchell MM, Nguyen TQ, Maragh-Bass AC, Isenberg SR, Beach MC, Knowlton AR. (2016). Patient-provider engagement and chronic pain in drug-using, primarily African-American persons living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior. journal

German D, Nguyen TQ, Ogbue CP, Flynn C. (2015). Condomless anal intercourse among males and females at high risk for heterosexual HIV infection. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 42(6):317-323. journal

Knowlton AR, Nguyen TQ, Robinson AC, Harrell PT, Mitchell MM. (2015). Pain symptoms associated with opioid use among vulnerable persons with HIV: An exploratory study with implications for palliative care and opioid abuse prevention. Journal of Palliative Care. 31(4):228-233. journal

Mitchell MM, Robinson AC, Nguyen TQ, Knowlton AR. (2015). Informal caregiver characteristics associated with viral load suppression among current or former injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior. 19(11):2117-2122. journal

Mitchell MM, Robinson AC, Nguyen TQ, Knowlton AR. (2015). Latent growth curve analyses of emotional support for informal caregivers of vulnerable persons with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care. 27(9):1108-1111. journal

Mitchell MM, Robinson AC, Nguyen TQ, Smith TJ, Knowlton AR. (2015). Preferences for professional versus informal care at end of life amongst African American drug users with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care. 27(2):218-222. journal

Knowlton AR, Mitchell MM, Robinson AC, Nguyen TQ, Isenberg S, Denison J. (2015). Informal HIV caregiver proxy reports of care recipients’ treatment adherence: Relationship factors associated with concordance with recipients’ viral suppression. AIDS and Behavior. 19(11):2123-2129. journal

Nguyen TQ, Weir BW, Pinkerton SR, Des Jarlais DC, Holtgrave DR. (2014). Syringe exchange in the United States: A national level economic evaluation of hypothetical increases in investment. AIDS and Behavior. 18(11):2144-2155. journal