Lynae Darbes, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Websites

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• Profile at UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (caps.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• HIV prevention and care for couples in South Africa, NIH, 2020-2025
• Testing Strategies for Couple Engagement in PMTCT and Family Health in Kenya, NIH, 2018-2023
• A Randomized Trial to Prevent HIV Among Gay Couples, NIH, 2016-2021
• Couples in Context: An RCT of a Couples-based HIV Prevention Intervention, NIH, 2010-2016
• Couples-Based HIV Prevention in South Africa, NIH, 2004-2009
• Influences on Hiv Risk Behavior in Gay Male Couples, NIH, 1997-1998

Publications (96)

Top publication keywords:
HIV InfectionsSexual PartnersCondomsIntimate Partner ViolenceCounselingSexual BehaviorRisk-TakingSouth AfricaInterpersonal RelationsSocial SupportSexual and Gender MinoritiesUnsafe SexFamily CharacteristicsHomosexuality, MaleSexual Health

• Pilot Trial Results of Mlambe: An Economic and Relationship-Strengthening Intervention to Address Heavy Drinking and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi.
  AIDS and behavior 2024 Conroy AA, Hahn JA, Neilands TB, Darbes LA, Tebbetts S, Mulauzi N, Mkandawire J, Ssewamala FM
• Supportive couple relationships buffer against the harms of HIV stigma on HIV treatment adherence.
  BMC public health 2023 Gutin SA, Ruark A, Darbes LA, Neilands TB, Mkandawire J, Conroy AA
• Communal or Autonomous? Coping Experiences of Chinese Serodiscordant Male Couples to HIV Care: A Dyadic Qualitative Analysis.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2023 Fu R, Chen C, Gu Y, Wu D, Darbes LA, Yu NX
• Depression and HIV Care-seeking Behaviors in a Population-based Sample in North West Province, South Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2023 Darbes LA, El Ayadi AM, Gilvydis JM, Morris J, Raphela E, Naidoo E, Grignon JS, Barnhart S, Lippman SA
• Preventing HIV and achieving pregnancy among HIV sero-different couples: Pilot study of a safer conception intervention in Zimbabwe.
  PLOS global public health 2023 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…

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• 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 Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Wall KM, Jones J, Washington C, Rosso M, Felder Claude K, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R
• 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 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
• Sexual Relationship Violence Among Young, Partnered Sexual Minority Men in the United States.
  Journal of interpersonal violence 2023 Stephenson R, Washington C, Darbes LA, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Gamarel KE
• Development of an Economic and Relationship-Strengthening Intervention for Alcohol Drinkers Living with HIV in Malawi.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Conroy AA, Tebbetts S, Darbes LA, Hahn JA, Neilands TB, McKenna SA, Mulauzi N, Mkandawire J, Ssewamala FM
• Perceptions of Relationship Quality Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Sexual Minority Men in Romantic Relationships.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2022 Gamarel KE, Washington C, Rosso MT, Darbes LA, Claude KF, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Stephenson R
• Effects of the Waya Intervention on Marital Satisfaction and HIV Risk Behaviors in Western Kenya: A Pre-Post Study Design.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2022 Kwena ZA, Bukusi EA, Turan JM, Darbes L, Farquhar C, Makokha C, Baeten JM
• Couple Efficacy and Communal Coping for HIV Prevention Among Kenyan Pregnant Couples.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Musoke P, Darbes L, Hatcher AM, Helova A, Kwena Z, Owino G, Bukusi EA, Turan JM
• 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.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Metheny N, Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Chavanduka TMD, Essack Z, van Rooyen H
• Development and Validation of the Couple Sexual Satisfaction Scale for HIV and Sexual Health Research.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2021 Conroy AA, Ruark A, Neilands TB, Darbes LA, Johnson MO, Tan JY, Mkandawire J
• Assessing Self-Efficacy and Communication Regarding Sexual Agreements among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the USA: Development and Validation of Two Novel Scales.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2021 Neilands TB, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, O'Brien NP, Gonzalez IS, Hoff CC
• Social Influence and Uptake of Couples HIV Testing and Counselling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Johnson MJ, Darbes LA, Hosegood V, Johnson MO, Fritz K, Ngubane T, van Rooyen H, McGrath N
• 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 Hampanda K, Pelowich K, Chi BH, Darbes LA, Turan JM, Mutale W, Abuogi L
• 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 Starks TJ, Sauermilch D, Adebayo T, Kyre KD, Stratton MJ, Darbes LA
• 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 Hampanda K, Matenga TFL, Nkwemu S, Shankalala P, Chi BH, Darbes LA, Turan JM, Mutale W, Bull S, Abuogi L
• 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 Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Rosso MT, Washington C, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Gamarel KE
• Testing strategies for couple engagement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and family health in Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
  Trials 2021 Kwena Z, Kimbo L, Darbes LA, Hatcher AM, Helova A, Owino G, Thirumurthy H, Bukusi EA, Braun T, Kilgore M, Pisu M, Tamhane A, Nghiem VT, Agot K, Neilands TB, Turan JM
• 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 Stephenson R, Darbes LA, Chavanduka T, Essack Z, van Rooyen H
• Intimate Partner Violence among Male Couples in South Africa and Namibia.
  Journal of Family Violence 2020 Rob Stephenson, Lynae A. Darbes, Tanaka Chavanduka, Zaynab Essack, Heidi van Rooyen
• Communication Patterns Among Male Couples with Open and Monogamous Agreements.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2020 Gusakova S, Chin K, Ascigil E, Conley TD, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Hoff CC, Darbes LA
• Couples-based approach to HIV prevention for transgender women and their partners: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial testing the efficacy of the 'It Takes Two' intervention.
  BMJ open 2020 Gamarel KE, Sevelius JM, Neilands TB, Kaplan RL, Johnson MO, Nemoto T, Darbes LA, Operario D
• 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 Anderson JL, Li P, Bukusi EA, Darbes LA, Hatcher AM, Helova A, Kwena ZA, Musoke PL, Owino G, Oyaro P, Rogers AJG, Turan JM
• African American Adolescents and Young Adults, New Media, and Sexual Health: Scoping Review.
  JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2020 Teadt S, Burns JC, Montgomery TM, Darbes L
• 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 Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Kutsa O, Hightow-Weidman LB, Sullivan P, Stephenson R
• Evaluation of the Sexual Health Behaviors of Black Male Adolescents and Young Adults Through Social Media Platforms: Web-Based Survey Study.
  JMIR public health and surveillance 2020 Burns J, Johnstone K, Chavanduka T, Jamison C, Pena V, Stephenson R, Darbes L
• Bidirectional Violence Is Associated with Poor Engagement in HIV Care and Treatment in Malawian Couples.
  Journal of interpersonal violence 2020 Conroy AA, Leddy AM, Darbes LA, Neilands TB, Mkandawire J, Stephenson R
• Support or control? Qualitative interviews with Zambian women on male partner involvement in HIV care during and after pregnancy.
  PloS one 2020 Hampanda KM, Mweemba O, Ahmed Y, Hatcher A, Turan JM, Darbes L, Abuogi LL
• Pathways for HIV Prevention Behaviors Following a Home-Based Couples Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Hatcher AM, Darbes L, Kwena Z, Musoke PL, Rogers AJ, Owino G, Helova A, Anderson JL, Oyaro P, Bukusi EA, Turan JM
• Analysis of emergency department visits for all reasons by adults with depression in the United States.
  BMC emergency medicine 2020 Hill T, Jiang Y, Friese CR, Darbes LA, Blazes CK, Zhang X
• The Unaddressed Needs of Alcohol-Using Couples on Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi: Formative Research on Multilevel Interventions.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Conroy AA, Ruark A, McKenna SA, Tan JY, Darbes LA, Hahn JA, Mkandawire J
• Relationship Stigma and HIV Risk Behavior Among Cisgender Men Partnered with Transgender Women: The Moderating Role of Sexual Identity.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2019 Gamarel KE, Sevelius JM, Reisner SL, Richardson RL, Darbes LA, Nemoto T, Operario D
• Power relations in sexual agreements among male couples in Southern Africa.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2019 Essack Z, Lynch I, Kaunda CJ, Stephenson R, Darbes L, van Rooyen H
• Injecting-related trust, cooperation, intimacy, and power as key factors influencing risk perception among drug injecting partnerships.
  PloS one 2019 Morris MD, Andrew E, Tan JY, Maher L, Hoff C, Darbes L, Page K
• Results of a Couples-Based Randomized Controlled Trial Aimed to Increase Testing for HIV.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Darbes LA, McGrath NM, Hosegood V, Johnson MO, Fritz K, Ngubane T, van Rooyen H
• Primary HIV prevention in pregnant and lactating Ugandan women: A randomized trial.
  PloS one 2019 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,…
• The role of women's empowerment and male engagement in pregnancy healthcare seeking behaviors in western Kenya.
  Women & health 2019 Bello FO, Musoke P, Kwena Z, Owino GO, Bukusi EA, Darbes L, Turan JM
• 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 Gamarel KE, Darbes LA, Hightow-Weidman L, Sullivan P, Stephenson R
• Composite Risk for HIV: A New Approach Towards Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Strategies in Couples-Based HIV Prevention Research.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Gamarel KE, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Hoff CC, Lykens J, Darbes LA
• Sexual Agreements: A Scoping Review of Measurement, Prevalence and Links to Health Outcomes.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Rios-Spicer R, Darbes L, Hoff C, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R
• "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 Kamen CS, Alpert A, Margolies L, Griggs JJ, Darbes L, Smith-Stoner M, Lytle M, Poteat T, Scout N, Norton SA
• Alcohol use and relationship quality among South African couples.
  Substance use & misuse 2018 Woolf-King SE, Conroy AA, Fritz K, Johnson MO, Hosegood V, van Rooyen H, Darbes L, McGrath N
• Marital infidelity, food insecurity, and couple instability: A web of challenges for dyadic coordination around antiretroviral therapy.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2018 Conroy AA, McKenna SA, Comfort ML, Darbes LA, Tan JY, Mkandawire J
• Studying the Motivations Behind Sexual Agreements: A First Look at the Motivations Behind Agreement (MBA) Scale for Male Couples.
  Journal of sex research 2018 Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Darbes L, Neilands TB
• Inter-partner and Temporal Variations in the Perception of Sexual Risk for HIV.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Goldenberg T, Darbes LA, Stephenson R
• “My partner is my family”: An Interdependence and Communal Coping Approach to Understanding Prostate Cancer in Same-Sex Male Couples.
  Gay \u0026 Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer 2018 Charles Kamen, Lynae Darbes
• 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 Freeland R, Rogers E, van Rooyen H, Darbes L, Saylor K, Stephenson R
• Development and Piloting of a Home-Based Couples Intervention During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Southwestern Kenya.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2018 Turan JM, Darbes LA, Musoke PL, Kwena Z, Rogers AJ, Hatcher AM, Anderson JL, Owino G, Helova A, Weke E, Oyaro P, Bukusi EA
• 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 Musoke P, Hatcher A, Rogers AJ, Achiro L, Bukusi E, Darbes L, Kwena Z, Oyaro P, Weke E, Turan JM
• 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 Operario D, Gamarel KE, Iwamoto M, Suzuki S, Suico S, Darbes L, Nemoto T
• "If She is Drunk, I Don't Want Her to Take it": Partner Beliefs and Influence on Use of Alcohol and Antiretroviral Therapy in South African Couples.
  AIDS and behavior 2017 Conroy AA, McKenna SA, Leddy A, Johnson MO, Ngubane T, Darbes LA, van Rooyen H
• 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 Conroy AA, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Darbes LA, Johnson MO
• 'I told her this is your life': relationship dynamics, partner support and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among South African couples.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2017 Conroy A, Leddy A, Johnson M, Ngubane T, van Rooyen H, Darbes L
• Breakup-related appraisals and the psychological well-being of young adult gay and bisexual men.
  Journal of gay & lesbian mental health 2017 Ceglarek P, Darbes L, Stephenson R, Bauermeister J
• 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 Brown J, Njoroge B, Akama E, Breitnauer B, Leddy A, Darbes L, Omondi R, Mmeje O
• Relationship-Based Predictors of Sexual Risk for HIV Among MSM Couples: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
  AIDS and behavior 2016 Hoff CC, Campbell CK, Chakravarty D, 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 Rogers AJ, Achiro L, Bukusi EA, Hatcher AM, Kwena Z, Musoke PL, Turan JM, Weke E, Darbes LA
• A longitudinal study of persistent smoking among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in primary relationships.
  Addictive behaviors 2016 Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Conroy AA, Dilworth SE, Lisha N, Taylor JM, Darbes LA, Johnson MO
• Partner Reports of HIV Viral Suppression Predict Sexual Behavior in Serodiscordant Male Couples.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2016 Conroy AA, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Sauceda JA, Darbes LA, Dilworth SE, Taylor JM, Johnson MO
• Expanding the relationship context for couple-based HIV prevention: Elucidating women's perspectives on non-traditional sexual partnerships.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2016 Crankshaw TL, Voce A, Butler LM, Darbes L
• 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 Conroy AA, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Darbes LA, Johnson MO
• 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 Mmeje O, Njoroge B, Akama E, Leddy A, Breitnauer B, Darbes L, Brown J
• Power and the association with relationship quality in South African couples: Implications for HIV/AIDS interventions.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2016 Conroy AA, McGrath N, van Rooyen H, Hosegood V, Johnson MO, Fritz K, Marr A, Ngubane T, Darbes LA
• Sexual communication self-efficacy, hegemonic masculine norms and condom use among heterosexual couples in South Africa.
  AIDS care 2015 Leddy A, Chakravarty D, Dladla S, de Bruyn G, Darbes L
• 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 Gamarel KE, Reisner SL, Darbes LA, Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Nemoto T, Operario D
• Community perceptions of childbearing and use of safer conception strategies among HIV-discordant couples in Kisumu, Kenya.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2015 Breitnauer BT, Mmeje O, Njoroge B, Darbes LA, Leddy A, Brown J
• Sexual communication self-efficacy (SCSE) mediates relationship power and consistent condom use among heterosexual couples in Soweto, South Africa.
  Annals of Global Health 2015 A. Leddy, D. Chakravarty, S. Dladla, L. Darbes
• HIV testing behaviors and perceptions of risk of HIV infection among MSM with main partners.
  AIDS and behavior 2015 Stephenson R, White D, Darbes L, Hoff C, Sullivan P
• Motivations to test for HIV among partners in concordant HIV-negative and HIV-discordant gay male couples.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2014 Beougher SC, Bircher AE, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, Mandic CG, Neilands TB, Garcia CC, Hoff CC
• Informing comprehensive HIV prevention: a situational analysis of the HIV prevention and care context, North West Province South Africa.
  PloS one 2014 Lippman SA, Treves-Kagan S, Gilvydis JM, Naidoo E, Khumalo-Sakutukwa G, Darbes L, Raphela E, Ntswane L, Barnhart S
• 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 Darbes LA, van Rooyen H, Hosegood V, Ngubane T, Johnson MO, Fritz K, McGrath N
• Sexual HIV Risk Among Male Parolees and Their Female Partners: The Relate Project.
  Journal of health disparities research and practice 2014 Comfort M, Reznick OG, Dilworth SE, Binson D, Darbes LA, Neilands TB
• Past present: Relationship dynamics may differ among discordant gay male couples depending on HIV infection history.
  Journal of gay & lesbian social services 2013 Beougher SC, Mandic CG, Darbes LA, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Garcia CC, Hoff CC
• Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2012 Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Neilands TB, Darbes LA
• Ambiguity, ambivalence, and apprehensions of taking HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis among male couples in San Francisco: a mixed methods study.
  PloS one 2012 Saberi P, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Comfort M, Sheon N, Darbes LA, Johnson MO
• Rates of testing for HIV in the presence of serodiscordant UAI among HIV-negative gay men in committed relationships.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 Chakravarty D, Hoff CC, Neilands TB, Darbes LA
• Primary relationships, HIV treatment adherence, and virologic control.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 Johnson MO, Dilworth SE, Taylor JM, Darbes LA, Comfort ML, Neilands TB
• Relationship dynamics as predictors of broken agreements about outside sexual partners: implications for HIV prevention among gay couples.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 Gomez AM, Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Mandic CG, Darbes LA, Hoff CC
• Risks worth taking: safety agreements among discordant gay couples.
  AIDS care 2012 Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Garcia CC, Darbes LA, Neilands TB, Hoff CC
• Partner-provided social support influences choice of risk reduction strategies in gay male couples.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 Darbes LA, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Neilands TB, Hoff CC
• 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 McGrath N, Hosegood V, Chirowodza A, Joseph P, Darbes L, Boettiger M, van Rooyen H
• Relationship characteristics and motivations behind agreements among gay male couples: differences by agreement type and couple serostatus.
  AIDS care 2010 Hoff CC, Beougher SC, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, Neilands TB
• Couples-focused behavioral interventions for prevention of HIV: systematic review of the state of evidence.
  AIDS and behavior 2010 Burton J, Darbes LA, Operario D
• Development and validation of the sexual agreement investment scale.
  Journal of sex research 2010 Neilands TB, Chakravarty D, Darbes LA, Beougher SC, Hoff CC
• 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 Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Darbes LA, Dadasovich R, Neilands TB
• 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 Fergus S, Lewis MA, Darbes LA, Kral AH
• The efficacy of behavioral interventions in reducing HIV risk behaviors and incident sexually transmitted diseases in heterosexual African Americans.
  AIDS (London, England) 2008 Darbes L, Crepaz N, Lyles C, Kennedy G, Rutherford G
• Health-related social control and relationship interdependence among gay couples.
  Health education research 2006 Lewis MA, Gladstone E, Schmal S, Darbes LA
• 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 Darbes LA, Lewis MA
• 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 Fergus S, Lewis MA, Darbes LA, Butterfield RM
• Positive emotions: exploring the other hemisphere in behavioral medicine.
  International journal of behavioral medicine 2005 Chesney MA, Darbes LA, Hoerster K, Taylor JM, Chambers DB, Anderson DE
• The conceptualization and assessment of health-related social control.
  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2004 Megan A. Lewis, Rita M. Butterfield, Lynae A. Darbes, Catharine Johnston-Brooks
• Behavioral interventions for decreasing HIV infection in racial and ethnic minorities in high-income economies.
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002 Lynae A. Darbes, Gail E Kennedy, Lev Zohrabyan, George Rutherford