Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Sarah MacCarthy is the inaugural holder of the Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship. Dr. MacCarthy has more than 10 years' experience in applying systematic mixed-methods research to address the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ adults. She received her masters and doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral training from Brown University.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022 HIV prevalence among transgender women in Northeast Brazil – Findings from two Respondent Driven Sampling studies.  BMC Public Health.  22. 2022
    2022 “The one who doesn’t take ART medication has no wealth at all and no purpose on Earth” – a qualitative assessment of how HIV-positive adults in Uganda understand the health and wealth-related benefits of ART.  BMC Public Health.  22. 2022
    2022 Sex Differences in Medicare Beneficiaries' Experiences by Low-Income Status.  American Journal of Managed Care.  28:465-471. 2022
    2022 Special considerations for evaluating psilocybin-facilitated psychotherapy in vulnerable populations.  Neuropharmacology.  214. 2022
    2022 Implementation of South Africa’s Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution Program for HIV Treatment: A Qualitative Evaluation.  AIDS and Behavior.  26:2600-2612. 2022
    2022 Increased Depression during COVID-19 Lockdown Associated with Food Insecurity and Antiretroviral Non-Adherence among People Living with HIV in Uganda.  AIDS and Behavior.  26:2182-2190. 2022
    2022 Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males.  Journal of Rural Health.  2022
    2022 Sexual Minority Adults in England Have Greater Odds of Chronic Mental Health Problems: Variation by Sexual Orientation, Age, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status.  LGBT Health.  9:54-62. 2022
    2021 The acceptability and feasibility of a pilot study examining the impact of a mobile technology-based intervention informed by behavioral economics to improve HIV knowledge and testing frequency among Latinx sexual minority men and transgender women.  BMC Public Health.  21. 2021
    2021 Culturally Competent Clinical Care for Older Sexual Minority Adults: A Scoping Review of the Literature 2021
    2021 Sexual orientation and gender identity data.  Health Affairs.  40:852. 2021
    2021 A qualitative exploration of health-related present bias among HIV-positive adults in Uganda 2021
    2021 HIV Care Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed-Methods Telephone Interviews with Clinic-Enrolled HIV-Infected Adults in Uganda.  AIDS and Behavior.  25:28-39. 2021
    2021 Long-term conditions among sexual minority adults in England: Evidence from a cross-sectional analysis of responses to the English GP Patient Survey.  BJGP Open.  5:1-10. 2021
    2020 Longitudinal Assessment of Changes in Mental and Sexual Health Outcomes Due to COVID-19 among Latinx SMM and TGW 2020
    2020 Rapid mixed-methods assessment of COVID-19 impact on Latinx sexual minority men and Latinx transgender women.  PLoS One.  15. 2020
    2020 Gender Differences in Patient Experience Across Medicare Advantage Plans.  Women's Health Issues.  30:477-483. 2020
    2020 Brief Report: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase HIV Knowledge and Testing Among Latinx Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women: A Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study 2020
    2020 Increased reporting of sexual minority orientation from 2009 to 2017 in England and implications for measuring sexual minority health disparities.  LGBT Health.  7:393-400. 2020
    2020 A Pilot Test of Game Changers, a Social Network Intervention to Empower People with HIV to be Prevention Advocates in Uganda.  AIDS and Behavior.  24:2490-2508. 2020
    2020 Habit formation in support of antiretroviral medication adherence in clinic-enrolled HIV-infected adults: A qualitative assessment using free-listing and unstructured interviewing in Kampala, Uganda.  AIDS Research and Therapy.  17. 2020
    2020 Lessons learned from a mobile technology-based intervention informed by behavioral economics to improve ART adherence among youth in Uganda 2020
    2020 Mixed-methods study of integration of housing and medical data systems for enhanced service coordination of people with HIV.  International Journal of Care Coordination.  23:43-51. 2020
    2020 A randomized controlled trial study of the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary impact of SITA (SMS as an Incentive to Adhere): A mobile technology-based intervention informed by behavioral economics to improve ART adherence among youth in Uganda.  BMC Infectious Diseases.  20. 2020
    2020 Behavioral Economics Incentives to Support HIV Treatment Adherence (BEST): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Uganda.  Trials.  21. 2020
    2019 Using Ancillary Sociodemographic Data to Identify Sexual Minority Adults among Those Responding "something Else" or "don't Know" to Sexual Orientation Questions.  Medical Care.  57:E87-E95. 2019
    2019 “We have a stronger survival mode”: exploring knowledge gaps and culturally sensitive messaging of PrEP among Latino men who have sex with men and Latina transgender women in Los Angeles, CA 2019
    2019 Factors Associated with PrEP Refusal Among Transgender Women in Northeastern Brazil.  AIDS and Behavior.  23:2710-2718. 2019
    2019 Supporting Adolescents to Adhere (SATA): Lessons learned from an intervention to achieve medication adherence targets among youth living with HIV in Uganda.  Children and Youth Services Review.  102:56-62. 2019
    2019 Exploring Disparities in Influenza Immunization for Older Women.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  67:1268-1272. 2019
    2019 An integrated approach to measuring sexual orientation disparities in women's access to health services: A national health interview survey application.  LGBT Health.  6:87-93. 2019
    2019 Strategies for improving mobile technology–based hiv prevention interventions with latino men who have sex with men and latina transgender women 2019
    2018 "we don't treat your kind": Assessing HIV health needs holistically among transgender people in Jackson, Mississippi.  PLoS One.  13. 2018
    2018 Behavioral economics-based incentives supported by mobile technology on HIV knowledge and testing frequency among Latino/a men who have sex with men and transgender women: Protocol for a randomized pilot study to test intervention feasibility and acceptability.  Trials.  19. 2018
    2018 "how am i going to live?": Exploring barriers to ART adherence among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Uganda.  BMC Public Health.  18. 2018
    2018 A Social Network Analysis of HIV Treatment Partners and Patient Viral Suppression in Botswana 2018
    2018 Gender-based discrimination and unprotected receptive anal intercourse among transgender women in Brazil: A mixed methods study.  PLoS One.  13. 2018
    2018 From Pill to Condom, or Nothing at all: HIV Diagnosis and Discontinuation of Highly Effective Contraceptives Among Women in Northeast Brazil.  AIDS and Behavior.  22:663-670. 2018
    2017 Engaging human rights in the response to the evolving zika virus epidemic.  American Journal of Public Health.  107:525-531. 2017
    2017 Current research gaps: A global systematic review of HIV and sexually transmissible infections among transgender populations.  Sexual Health.  14:456-468. 2017
    2016 Barriers to HIV testing, linkage to care, and treatment adherence: A cross-sectional study from a large urban center of Brazil.  Pan American Journal of Public Health.  40:418-426. 2016
    2016 Individual and Partner-Level Factors Associated with Condom Non-Use Among African American STI Clinic Attendees in the Deep South: An Event-Level Analysis.  AIDS and Behavior.  20:1334-1342. 2016
    2016 Barriers to routine HIV testing in healthcare settings and potential solutions from the get tested Coachella valley campaign 2016
    2016 Barriers along the care cascade of HIV-infected men in a large urban center of Brazil 2016
    2016 Building bridges: interdisciplinarity in practice. PopTrans Study: A study with transvestites and transsexual women in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.  Cadernos de Saúde Pública.  32. 2016
    2016 Late presentation to HIV/AIDS care in Brazil among men who self-identify as heterosexual 2016
    2016 Mind the gap: Implementation challenges break the link between HIV/AIDS research and practice.  Cadernos de Saúde Pública.  32. 2016
    2015 The time is now: Attention increases to transgender health in the United States but scientific knowledge gaps remain.  LGBT Health.  2:287-291. 2015
    2015 Revisiting the use of condoms in Brazil.  Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia.  18:63-88. 2015
    2015 Sexual network profiles and risk factors for STIs among African-American sexual minorities in Mississippi: A cross-sectional analysis.  LGBT Health.  2:276-281. 2015
    2015 It is complicated: Sexual partner characteristic profiles and sexually transmitted infection rates within a predominantly African American population in Mississippi.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  42:266-271. 2015
    2015 The HIV care cascade: Models, measures and moving forward.  Journal of the International AIDS Society.  18. 2015
    2014 What's pregnancy got to do with it? Late presentation to HIV/AIDS services in Northeastern Brazil 2014
    2014 Making the invisible, visible: A cross-sectional study of late presentation to HIV/AIDS services among men who have sex with men from a large urban center of Brazil.  BMC Public Health.  14. 2014
    2014 Prevalence and Predictors of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in a Predominantly African American Population in Jackson, Mississippi.  AIDS and Behavior.  18:2457-2468. 2014
    2014 Late presentation to HIV/AIDS testing, treatment or continued care: Clarifying the use of CD4 evaluation in the consensus definition.  HIV Medicine.  15:130-134. 2014
    2014 Contemplating abortion: HIV-positive women's decision to terminate pregnancy.  Culture, Health and Sexuality.  16:190-201. 2014
    2014 Quality, not just quantity: Lessons learned from HIV testing in Salvador, Brazil.  Global Public Health.  9:723-739. 2014
    2013 I did not feel like a mother: The success and remaining challenges to exclusive formula feeding among HIV-positive women in Brazil 2013
    2012 The pregnancy decisions of HIV-positive women: The state of knowledge and way forward.  Reproductive Health Matters.  20:119-140. 2012
    2012 Human rights in health systems frameworks: What is there, what is missing and why does it matter?.  Global Public Health.  7:337-351. 2012
    2009 Responding to her question: A review of the influence of pregnancy on HIV disease progression in the context of expanded access to HAART in sub-Saharan Africa.  AIDS and Behavior.  13. 2009
    2008 HIV and pregnancy intentions: Do services adequately respond to women's needs?.  American Journal of Public Health.  98:1746-1750. 2008
    2007 Compliance with DOTS diagnosis and treatment recommendations by private practitioners in Kerala, India.  International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.  11:110-112. 2007

    Research Overview

  • LGBTQ health; HIV/AIDS; mixed-methods research; community-based participatory research;

    • Teaching Overview

  • Starting in January 2023, Dr. MacCarthy will be teaching a multi-level course focused on LGBTQ health.

    • Teaching Activities

    Education And Training

  • Doctor of Science in International / Global Studies, Harvard University 2012
  • Master of Science in International Public Health / International Health, Harvard University 2007

    • Full Name

  • Sarah MacCarthy