Lynae Darbes, PhD
Publications
Fu R, Chen C, Gu Y, Wu D, Darbes LA, Yu NX. Communal or Autonomous? Coping Experiences of Chinese Serodiscordant Male Couples to HIV Care: A Dyadic Qualitative Analysis. Archives of sexual behavior 2023. PMID: 37365447
Darbes LA, El Ayadi AM, Gilvydis JM, Morris J, Raphela E, Naidoo E, Grignon JS, Barnhart S, Lippman SA. Depression and HIV Care-seeking Behaviors in a Population-based Sample in North West Province, South Africa. AIDS and behavior 2023. PMID: 37329471
Brown JM, Gitome S, Mataveke B, Chirenda T, Matubu A, Chareka G, Chasakara C, Mgodi N, Murombedzi C, Musara P, Makurumure T, Hughes CS, Bukusi E, Cohen CR, Shiboski S, Darbes L, Kahn JG, Rutherford GW, Chirenje ZM, Mhlanga F. Preventing HIV and achieving pregnancy among HIV sero-different couples: Pilot study of a safer conception intervention in Zimbabwe. PLOS Global Public Health 2023. PMID: 36963004
Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Wall KM, Jones J, Washington C, Rosso M, Felder Claude K, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R. A Relationship-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Sexual Minority Men in the United States: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the We Prevent Intervention. AIDS and behavior 2023. PMID: 36781618
Borgstede SJ, Elly A, Helova A, Kwena Z, Darbes LA, Hatcher A, Thirumurthy H, Owino G, Pisu M, Owuor K, Braun T, Turan JM, Bukusi EA, Nghiem VT. Cost of Home-Based Couples Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Southwestern Kenya. Value in health regional issues 2023. PMID: 36709657
Stephenson R, Washington C, Darbes LA, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Gamarel KE. Sexual Relationship Violence Among Young, Partnered Sexual Minority Men in the United States. Journal of interpersonal violence 2023. PMID: 36636966
Gamarel KE, Washington C, Rosso MT, Darbes LA, Claude KF, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Stephenson R. Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35670886
Kwena ZA, Bukusi EA, Turan JM, Darbes L, Farquhar C, Makokha C, Baeten JM. Effects of the Waya Intervention on Marital Satisfaction and HIV Risk Behaviors in Western Kenya: A Pre-Post Study Design. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35338399
Musoke P, Darbes L, Hatcher AM, Helova A, Kwena Z, Owino G, Bukusi EA, Turan JM. Couple Efficacy and Communal Coping for HIV Prevention Among Kenyan Pregnant Couples. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35122576
Metheny N, Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Chavanduka TMD, Essack Z, van Rooyen H. Correlates of Substance Misuse, Transactional Sex, and Depressive Symptomatology Among Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in South Africa and Namibia. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 34997385
Johnson MJ, Darbes LA, Hosegood V, Johnson MO, Fritz K, Ngubane T, van Rooyen H, McGrath N. Social Influence and Uptake of Couples HIV Testing and Counselling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. AIDS and behavior 2021. PMID: 34417920
Hampanda K, Pelowich K, Chi BH, Darbes LA, Turan JM, Mutale W, Abuogi L. A Systematic Review of Behavioral Couples-Based Interventions Targeting Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. AIDS and behavior 2021. PMID: 34415489
Starks TJ, Sauermilch D, Adebayo T, Kyre KD, Stratton MJ, Darbes LA. Day-level associations between drug use and sexual behavior in male couples: Actor partner interdependence modeling of timeline follow-back data. Drug and alcohol dependence 2021. PMID: 34049098
Hampanda K, Matenga TFL, Nkwemu S, Shankalala P, Chi BH, Darbes LA, Turan JM, Mutale W, Bull S, Abuogi L. Designing a couple-based relationship strengthening and health enhancing intervention for pregnant women living with HIV and their male partners in Zambia: Interview findings from the target community. Social science & medicine (1982) 2021. PMID: 34242890
Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Rosso MT, Washington C, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Gamarel KE. Perceptions of Contexts of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young, Partnered Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States. Journal of interpersonal violence 2021. PMID: 33729057
Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Chavanduka T, Essack Z, van Rooyen H. HIV Testing, Knowledge and Willingness to Use PrEP Among Partnered Men Who Have Sex With Men in South Africa and Namibia. AIDS and behavior 2021. PMID: 33389373
Rob Stephenson, Lynae A. Darbes, Tanaka Chavanduka, Zaynab Essack, Heidi van Rooyen. Intimate Partner Violence among Male Couples in South Africa and Namibia. Journal of Family Violence 2020. PMID:
Anderson JL, Li P, Bukusi EA, Darbes LA, Hatcher AM, Helova A, Kwena ZA, Musoke PL, Owino G, Oyaro P, Rogers AJG, Turan JM. Effects of a Home-Based Intervention on HIV Prevention Health Behaviors in Pregnant/Postpartum Kenyan Women: Estimating Moderating Effects of Depressive Symptoms. AIDS and behavior 2020. PMID: 33057976
Teadt S, Burns JC, Montgomery TM, Darbes L. African American Adolescents and Young Adults, New Media, and Sexual Health: Scoping Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2020. PMID: 33016890
Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Kutsa O, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan P, Stephenson R. Perspectives from Young Partnered Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men on the Adaptation of Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC). AIDS and behavior 2020. PMID: 32975615
Burns J, Johnstone K, Chavanduka T, Jamison C, Pena V, Stephenson R, Darbes L. Evaluating Adolescent & Young Adult Black Males' Sexual Health through Online Surveys: Social Media Platforms that Succeed in Promoting Research-Related Surveys. JMIR public health and surveillance 2020. PMID: 32693387
Hampanda KM, Mweemba O, Ahmed Y, Hatcher A, Turan JM, Darbes L, Abuogi LL. Support or control? Qualitative interviews with Zambian women on male partner involvement in HIV care during and after pregnancy. PloS one 2020. PMID: 32853263
Hatcher AM, Darbes L, Kwena Z, Musoke PL, Rogers AJ, Owino G, Helova A, Anderson JL, Oyaro P, Bukusi EA, Turan JM. Pathways for HIV Prevention Behaviors Following a Home-Based Couples Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Kenya. AIDS and behavior 2020. PMID: 31894444
Hill T, Jiang Y, Friese CR, Darbes LA, Blazes CK, Zhang X. Analysis of emergency department visits for all reasons by adults with depression in the United States. BMC emergency medicine 2020. PMID: 32571223
Essack Z, Lynch I, Kaunda CJ, Stephenson R, Darbes L, Van Rooyen H. Power relations in sexual agreements among male couples in Southern Africa. Culture, health & sexuality 2019. PMID: 31347458
Darbes LA, McGrath NM, Hosegood V, Johnson MO, Fritz K, Ngubane T, van Rooyen H. Results of a Couples-Based Randomized Controlled Trial Aimed to Increase Testing for HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019. PMID: 30730356
Homsy J, King R, Bannink F, Namukwaya Z, Vittinghof E, Amone A, Ojok F, Rukundo G, Amama S, Etima J, Matovu J, Weissglas F, Ojom L, Atim P, Darbes L, Byamugisha J, Rutherford G, Katabira E, Fowler MG. Primary HIV prevention in pregnant and lactating Ugandan women: A randomized trial. PloS one 2019. PMID: 30802277
Bello FO, Musoke P, Kwena Z, Owino GO, Bukusi EA, Darbes L, Turan JM. The role of women's empowerment and male engagement in pregnancy healthcare seeking behaviors in western Kenya. Women & health 2019. PMID: 30727846
Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Stephenson R. The Development and Testing of a Relationship Skills Intervention to Improve HIV Prevention Uptake Among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Their Primary Partners (We Prevent): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols 2019. PMID: 30602433
Gamarel KE, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Hoff CC, Lykens J, Darbes LA. Composite Risk for HIV: A New Approach Towards Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Strategies in Couples-Based HIV Prevention Research. AIDS and behavior 2019. PMID: 30003506
Rios-Spicer R, Darbes L, Hoff C, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R. Sexual Agreements: A Scoping Review of Measurement, Prevalence and Links to Health Outcomes. AIDS and behavior 2019. PMID: 29959719
Kamen CS, Alpert A, Margolies L, Griggs JJ, Darbes L, Smith-Stoner M, Lytle M, Poteat T, Scout N, Norton SA. "Treat us with dignity": a qualitative study of the experiences and recommendations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients with cancer. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2018. PMID: 30411237
Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Darbes L, Neilands TB. Studying the Motivations Behind Sexual Agreements: A First Look at the Motivations Behind Agreement (MBA) Scale for Male Couples. Journal of sex research 2018. PMID: 30028213
Goldenberg T, Darbes LA, Stephenson R. Inter-partner and Temporal Variations in the Perception of Sexual Risk for HIV. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 28831758
Charles Kamen,Lynae Darbes. “My partner is my family”: An Interdependence and Communal Coping Approach to Understanding Prostate Cancer in Same-Sex Male Couples. TO REMOVE 2018. PMID:
Freeland R, Rogers E, van Rooyen H, Darbes L, Saylor K, Stephenson R. Measurements of Sexuality-Based Stigma among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (GBMSM) in Resource-Poor Settings: A Review. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 29128941
Turan JM, Darbes LA, Musoke PL, Kwena Z, Rogers AJ, Hatcher AM, Anderson JL, Owino G, Helova A, Weke E, Oyaro P, Bukusi EA. Development and Piloting of a Home-Based Couples Intervention During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Southwestern Kenya. AIDS patient care and STDs 2018. PMID: 29620927
Musoke P, Hatcher A, Rogers AJ, Achiro L, Bukusi E, Darbes L, Kwena Z, Oyaro P, Weke E, Turan JM. Men's hopes, fears and challenges in engagement in perinatal health and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Kenya. Culture, health & sexuality 2018. PMID: 29465291
Operario D, Gamarel KE, Iwamoto M, Suzuki S, Suico S, Darbes L, Nemoto T. Couples-Focused Prevention Program to Reduce HIV Risk Among Transgender Women and Their Primary Male Partners: Feasibility and Promise of the Couples HIV Intervention Program. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 27334464
Conroy AA, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Darbes LA, Johnson MO. Erratum to: Relationship Dynamics and Partner Beliefs About Viral Suppression: A Longitudinal Study of Male Couples Living with HIV/AIDS (The Duo Project). AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 27373752
Ceglarek P, Darbes L, Stephenson R, Bauermeister J. Breakup-related appraisals and the psychological well-being of young adult gay and bisexual men. Journal of gay & lesbian mental health 2017. PMID: 28989559
Brown J, Njoroge B, Akama E, Breitnauer B, Leddy A, Darbes L, Omondi R, Mmeje O. A Novel Safer Conception Counseling Toolkit for the Prevention of HIV: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation in Kisumu, Kenya. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2016. PMID: 27925487
Hoff CC, Campbell CK, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA. Relationship-Based Predictors of Sexual Risk for HIV Among MSM Couples: A Systematic Review of the Literature. AIDS and behavior 2016. PMID: 27048237
Rogers AJ, Achiro L, Bukusi EA, Hatcher AM, Kwena Z, Musoke PL, Turan JM, Weke E, Darbes LA. Couple interdependence impacts HIV-related health behaviours among pregnant couples in southwestern Kenya: a qualitative analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2016. PMID: 27887669
Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Conroy AA, Dilworth SE, Lisha N, Taylor JM, Darbes LA, Johnson MO. A longitudinal study of persistent smoking among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in primary relationships. Addictive behaviors 2016. PMID: 27930901
Conroy AA, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Sauceda JA, Darbes LA, Dilworth SE, Taylor JM, Johnson MO. Partner Reports of HIV Viral Suppression Predict Sexual Behavior in Serodiscordant Male Couples. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2016. PMID: 27367791
Crankshaw TL, Voce A, Butler LM, Darbes L. Expanding the relationship context for couple-based HIV prevention: Elucidating women's perspectives on non-traditional sexual partnerships. Social science & medicine (1982) 2016. PMID: 27566046
Conroy AA, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Darbes LA, Johnson MO. Relationship Dynamics and Partner Beliefs About Viral Suppression: A Longitudinal Study of Male Couples Living with HIV/AIDS (The Duo Project). AIDS and behavior 2016. PMID: 27150895
Mmeje O, Njoroge B, Akama E, Leddy A, Breitnauer B, Darbes L, Brown J. Perspectives of healthcare providers and HIV-affected individuals and couples during the development of a Safer Conception Counseling Toolkit in Kenya: stigma, fears, and recommendations for the delivery of services. AIDS care 2016. PMID: 26960581
Leddy A, Chakravarty D, Dladla S, de Bruyn G, Darbes L. Sexual communication self-efficacy, hegemonic masculine norms and condom use among heterosexual couples in South Africa. AIDS care 2015. PMID: 26344386
Gamarel KE, Reisner SL, Darbes LA, Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Nemoto T, Operario D. Dyadic dynamics of HIV risk among transgender women and their primary male sexual partners: the role of sexual agreement types and motivations. AIDS care 2015. PMID: 26273720
Breitnauer BT, Mmeje O, Njoroge B, Darbes LA, Leddy A, Brown J. Community perceptions of childbearing and use of safer conception strategies among HIV-discordant couples in Kisumu, Kenya. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2015. PMID: 26077644
A. Leddy, D. Chakravarty, S. Dladla, L. Darbes. Sexual communication self-efficacy (SCSE) mediates relationship power and consistent condom use among heterosexual couples in Soweto, South Africa. Annals of global health 2015. PMID:
Stephenson R, White D, Darbes L, Hoff C, Sullivan P. HIV testing behaviors and perceptions of risk of HIV infection among MSM with main partners. AIDS and behavior 2015. PMID: 25081599
Beougher SC, Bircher AE, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, Mandic CG, Neilands TB, Garcia CC, Hoff CC. Motivations to test for HIV among partners in concordant HIV-negative and HIV-discordant gay male couples. Archives of sexual behavior 2014. PMID: 25550145
Lippman SA, Treves-Kagan S, Gilvydis JM, Naidoo E, Khumalo-Sakutukwa G, Darbes L, Raphela E, Ntswane L, Barnhart S. Informing comprehensive HIV prevention: a situational analysis of the HIV prevention and care context, North West Province South Africa. PloS one 2014. PMID: 25028976
Darbes LA, van Rooyen H, Hosegood V, Ngubane T, Johnson MO, Fritz K, McGrath N. Uthando Lwethu ('our love'): a protocol for a couples-based intervention to increase testing for HIV: a randomized controlled trial in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Trials 2014. PMID: 24552199
Comfort M, Reznick OG, Dilworth SE, Binson D, Darbes LA, Neilands TB. Sexual HIV Risk Among Male Parolees and Their Female Partners: The Relate Project. Journal of health disparities research and practice 2014. PMID: 25642396
Beougher SC, Mandic CG, Darbes LA, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Garcia CC, Hoff CC. Past present: Relationship dynamics may differ among discordant gay male couples depending on HIV infection history. Journal of gay & lesbian social services 2013. PMID: 24244082
Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Neilands TB, Darbes LA. Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships. AIDS patient care and STDs 2012. PMID: 23199191
Saberi P, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Comfort M, Sheon N, Darbes LA, Johnson MO. Ambiguity, ambivalence, and apprehensions of taking HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis among male couples in San Francisco: a mixed methods study. PloS one 2012. PMID: 23166819
Chakravarty D, Hoff CC, Neilands TB, Darbes LA. Rates of testing for HIV in the presence of serodiscordant UAI among HIV-negative gay men in committed relationships. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 22460227
Johnson MO, Dilworth SE, Taylor JM, Darbes LA, Comfort ML, Neilands TB. Primary relationships, HIV treatment adherence, and virologic control. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 21811842
Gomez AM, Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Mandic CG, Darbes LA, Hoff CC. Relationship dynamics as predictors of broken agreements about outside sexual partners: implications for HIV prevention among gay couples. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 22020757
Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Garcia CC, Darbes LA, Neilands TB, Hoff CC. Risks worth taking: safety agreements among discordant gay couples. AIDS care 2012. PMID: 22292838
Darbes LA, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Neilands TB, Hoff CC. Partner-provided social support influences choice of risk reduction strategies in gay male couples. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 21221756
McGrath N, Hosegood V, Chirowodza A, Joseph P, Darbes L, Boettiger M, van Rooyen H. Recruiting heterosexual couples from the general population for studies in rural South Africa--challenges and lessons (Project Accept, HPTN 043). South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 2010. PMID: 21081004
Hoff CC, Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, Neilands TB. Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples: differences by agreement type and couple serostatus. AIDS care 2010. PMID: 20635246
Burton J, Darbes LA, Operario D. Couples-focused behavioral interventions for prevention of HIV: systematic review of the state of evidence. AIDS and behavior 2010. PMID: 18843530
Neilands TB, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, Beougher SC, Hoff CC. Development and validation of the sexual agreement investment scale. Journal of sex research 2010. PMID: 19396645
Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Darbes LA, Dadasovich R, Neilands TB. Serostatus differences and agreements about sex with outside partners among gay male couples. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2009. PMID: 19243229
Fergus S, Lewis MA, Darbes LA, Kral AH. Social support moderates the relationship between gay community integration and sexual risk behavior among gay male couples. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2008. PMID: 18625784
Darbes L, Crepaz N, Lyles C, Kennedy G, Rutherford G. The efficacy of behavioral interventions in reducing HIV risk behaviors and incident sexually transmitted diseases in heterosexual African Americans. Volume 22 of Issue 10. AIDS (London, England) 2008. PMID: 18525264
Lewis MA, Gladstone E, Schmal S, Darbes LA. Health-related social control and relationship interdependence among gay couples. Health education research 2006. PMID: 16459342
Darbes LA, Lewis MA. HIV-specific social support predicts less sexual risk behavior in gay male couples. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2005. PMID: 16287408
Fergus S, Lewis MA, Darbes LA, Butterfield RM. HIV risk and protection among gay male couples: the role of gay community integration. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2005. PMID: 15856614
Chesney MA, Darbes LA, Hoerster K, Taylor JM, Chambers DB, Anderson DE. Positive emotions: exploring the other hemisphere in behavioral medicine. International journal of behavioral medicine 2005. PMID: 15901213
Megan A. Lewis, Rita M. Butterfield, Lynae A. Darbes, Catharine Johnston-Brooks. The conceptualization and assessment of health-related social control. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2004. PMID:
Lynae A. Darbes, Gail E Kennedy, Lev Zohrabyan, George Rutherford. Behavioral interventions for decreasing HIV infection in racial and ethnic minorities in high-income economies. TO REMOVE 2002. PMID: