Shari Dworkin, PhD, MS
Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Social Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing

Interests

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• treatment and care
• gender-transformative HIV prevention treatment and care interventions with heterosexually-active men
• violence
• structural interventions for HIV prevention

Publications (99)

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Safe SexMasculinityInterpersonal RelationsSexualityHomosexuality, MaleMenKenyaCondomsSexual BehaviorSex Determination AnalysisGender IdentityOwnershipWomen's RightsSexual PartnersHIV Infections

• From Cultural to Structural Competence: Reframing Transcultural Nursing Through Intersectional Social Justice.
  Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 2026 Leyva-Moral JM, Pezzella A, Dworkin SL
• Mixed methods pilot evaluation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV care providers in Uganda: Effects on providers and clients.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Sileo KM, Wanyenze RK, Anecho A, Luttinen RL, Weston K, Mukasa B, Mukama SC, Vermund SH, Dworkin SL, Dovidio JF, Taylor BS, Kershaw TS
• Acceptability, feasibility, and factors affecting implementation of a gender-sensitivity training for HIV providers and staff in Uganda: a mixed methods, quasi-experimental controlled pilot trial.
  BMC public health 2025 Sileo KM, Wanyenze RK, Anecho A, Luttinen RL, Weston K, Mukasa B, Mukama SC, Vermund SH, Dworkin SL, Dovidio JF, Taylor BS, Kershaw TS
• Spillover Effects of an Agricultural Livelihood Intervention Among People Living with HIV on Community Empowerment in Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2025 Chi V, Weke E, Cohen C, Burger R, Baylen C, Wekesa P, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL, Butler L, Weiser SD
• Sample Size in Qualitative Research Using In-Depth Interviews: A View from The Associate Editor 12 Years Later.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2024 Dworkin SL

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• An agricultural livelihood intervention is associated with reduced HIV stigma among people with HIV.
  AIDS (London, England) 2024 Weiser SD, Sheira LA, Weke E, Zakaras JM, Wekesa P, Frongillo EA, Burger RL, Mocello AR, Thirumurthy H, Dworkin SL, Tsai AC, Kahn JG, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR
• Transforming masculine norms to improve men's contraceptive acceptance: results from a pilot intervention with men in western Kenya.
  Sexual and reproductive health matters 2023 Newmann SJ, Zakaras JM, Rocca CH, Gorrindo P, Ndunyu L, Gitome S, Withers M, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL
• Impact of a livelihood intervention on gender roles and relationship power among people with HIV.
  AIDS (London, England) 2023 Sheira LA, Wekesa P, Cohen CR, Weke E, Frongillo EA, Mocello AR, Dworkin SL, Burger RL, Weiser SD, Bukusi EA
• Protocol for the pilot quasi-experimental controlled trial of a gender-responsive implementation strategy with providers to improve HIV outcomes in Uganda.
  Pilot and feasibility studies 2022 Sileo KM, Wanyenze RK, Anecho A, Luttinen R, Semei C, Mukasa B, Musoke W, Vermund SH, Dworkin SL, Dovidio JF, Taylor BS, Kershaw TS
• Effect of a Multisectoral Agricultural Intervention on HIV Health Outcomes Among Adults in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA network open 2022 Cohen CR, Weke E, Frongillo EA, Sheira LA, Burger R, Mocello AR, Wekesa P, Fisher M, Scow K, Thirumurthy H, Dworkin SL, Shade SB, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD
• Relationship Power, Antiretroviral Adherence, and Physical and Mental Health Among Women Living with HIV in Rural Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Burger RL, Cohen CR, Mocello AR, Dworkin SL, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Butler LM, Thirumurthy H, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD
• The Impact of Land Tenure Security on a Livelihood Intervention for People Living with HIV in Western Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Daniel AK, Dworkin SL, McDonough A, Hatcher AM, Burger RL, Weke E, Wekesa P, Bukusi EA, Owino G, Odhiambo G, Thirumurthy H, Getahun M, Weiser SD, Cohen CR
• Measuring Men's Gender Norm Beliefs Related to Contraception: Development of the Masculine Norms and Family Planning Acceptance Scale.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2021 Newmann SJ, Zakaras JM, Dworkin SL, Withers M, Ndunyu L, Gitome S, Gorrindo P, Bukusi EA, Rocca CH
• Development and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Upadhyay UD, Danza PY, Neilands TB, Gipson JD, Brindis CD, Hindin MJ, Foster DG, Dworkin SL
• COVID-19 and the International Academy of Sex Research: We Will Be Back.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2020 Mustanski B, Vilain E, Dworkin SL, Suschinsky KD, Zucker KJ
• Gendered health institutions: examining the organization of health services and men's use of HIV testing in Malawi.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020 Dovel K, Dworkin SL, Cornell M, Coates TJ, Yeatman S
• Gender-Transformative Approaches to Engaging Men in Reducing Gender-Based Violence: A Response to Brush & Miller's "Trouble in Paradigm".
  Violence against women 2019 Dworkin SL, Barker G
• Mechanisms and perceived mental health changes after a livelihood intervention for HIV-positive Kenyans: Longitudinal, qualitative findings.
  Transcultural psychiatry 2019 Hatcher AM, Lemus Hufstedler E, Doria K, Dworkin SL, Weke E, Conroy A, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Weiser SD
• A scoping review on the role of masculine norms in men's engagement in the HIV care continuum in sub-Saharan Africa.
  AIDS care 2019 Sileo KM, Fielding-Miller R, Dworkin SL, Fleming PJ
• Couple-Level Dynamics and Multilevel Challenges Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Framework of Dyadic HIV Care.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2018 Tan JY, Campbell CK, Conroy AA, Tabrisky AP, Kegeles S, Dworkin SL
• What Role Do Masculine Norms Play in Men's HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa?: A Scoping Review.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Sileo KM, Fielding-Miller R, Dworkin SL, Fleming PJ
• Impacts of Men's Gender-transformative Personal Narratives: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Men's Story Project.
  Men and masculinities 2018 Peretz T, Lehrer J, Dworkin SL
• Development and Validation of the Power Imbalance in Couples Scale.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2018 Neilands TB, Dworkin SL, Chakravarty D, Campbell CK, Wilson PA, Gomez AM, Grisham KK, Hoff CC
• Erratum to: A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2017 Zakaras JM, Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Weke E, Burger RL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL
• Relationship Power Among Same-Sex Male Couples in New York and San Francisco: Laying the Groundwork for Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions Focused on Interpersonal Power.
  Journal of sex research 2017 Dworkin SL, Zakaras JM, Campbell C, Wilson P, Grisham K, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Hoff C
• Changes in Health and Antiretroviral Adherence Among HIV-Infected Adults in Kenya: Qualitative Longitudinal Findings from a Livelihood Intervention.
  AIDS and behavior 2017 Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Hufstedler LL, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Bukusi EA, Burger RL, Kodish S, Grede N, Butler LM, Cohen CR
• Jaboya ("Sex for Fish"): A Qualitative Analysis of Contextual Risk Factors for Extramarital Partnerships in the Fishing Communities in Western Kenya.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2017 Kwena ZA, Shisanya CA, Bukusi EA, Turan JM, Dworkin SL, Rota GA, Mwanzo IJ
• A Livelihood Intervention to Reduce the Stigma of HIV in Rural Kenya: Longitudinal Qualitative Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2017 Tsai AC, Hatcher AM, Bukusi EA, Weke E, Lemus Hufstedler L, Dworkin SL, Kodish S, Cohen CR, Weiser SD
• Brief Report: Sexual Violence Against HIV-Positive Women in the Nyanza Region of Kenya: Is Condom Negotiation an Instigator?
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2017 Onu CC, Dworkin SL, Ongeri LG, Oyaro P, Neylan TC, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Rota G, Meffert SM
• "Is It All Right for Me to Have a Baby or Not?": Men Living With HIV Discuss Fertility Desires and Interactions With Providers.
  The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 2016 Weber S, Zakaras JM, Hilliard S, Cohan D, Dworkin SL
• A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2016 Zakaras JM, Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Weke E, Burger RL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL
• Promises and pitfalls of data sharing in qualitative research.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2016 Tsai AC, Kohrt BA, Matthews LT, Betancourt TS, Lee JK, Papachristos AV, Weiser SD, Dworkin SL
• Perceived Impact of a Land and Property Rights Program on Violence Against Women in Rural Kenya: A Qualitative Investigation.
  Violence against women 2016 Hilliard S, Bukusi E, Grabe S, Lu T, Hatcher AM, Kwena Z, Mwaura-Muiru E, Dworkin SL
• Sexual behavior and HIV risk among age-discrepant, same-sex male couples.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2016 Campbell CK, Gomez AM, Hoff C, Grisham KK, Wilson PA, Dworkin SL
• What role can gender-transformative programming for men play in increasing men's HIV testing and engagement in HIV care and treatment in South Africa?
  Culture, health & sexuality 2016 Fleming PJ, Colvin C, Peacock D, Dworkin SL
• The Power of (But Not In?) Sexual Configurations Theory.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2016 Lerum K, Dworkin SL
• Erratum to: Predictors of Condom Use Among Iranian Women at Risk of HIV.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2016 Lotfi R, Ramezani Tehrani F, Salehifar D, Dworkin SL
• The importance of masculinity and gender norms for understanding institutional responses to HIV testing and treatment strategies.
  AIDS (London, England) 2016 Fleming PJ, Dworkin SL
• Sexuality in the Global South: 50 Years of Published Research in the Journal of Sex Research-Inclusions, Omissions, and Future Possibilities.
  Journal of sex research 2015 Dworkin SL, Lerum K, Zakaras JM
• Gendered power dynamics and women's negotiation of family planning in a high HIV prevalence setting: a qualitative study of couples in western Kenya.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2015 Harrington EK, Dworkin S, Withers M, Onono M, Kwena Z, Newmann SJ
• Men's violence against women and men are inter-related: Recommendations for simultaneous intervention.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2015 Fleming PJ, Gruskin S, Rojo F, Dworkin SL
• Predictors of Condom Use Among Iranian Women at Risk of HIV.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2015 Lotfi R, Ramezani Tehrani F, Salehifar D, Dworkin SL
• Shamba Maisha: randomized controlled trial of an agricultural and finance intervention to improve HIV health outcomes.
  AIDS (London, England) 2015 Weiser SD, Bukusi EA, Steinfeld RL, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Pusateri K, Shiboski S, Scow K, Butler LM, Cohen CR
• Attitudes Towards PrEP and Anticipated Condom Use Among Concordant HIV-Negative and HIV-Discordant Male Couples.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2015 Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Bircher AE, Campbell CK, Grisham K, Neilands TB, Wilson PA, Dworkin S
• 'Women now wear trousers': men's perceptions of family planning in the context of changing gender relations in western Kenya.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2015 Withers M, Dworkin SL, Zakaras JM, Onono M, Oyier B, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Grossman D, Newmann SJ
• Men's Perspectives on Their Role in Family Planning in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
  Studies in family planning 2015 Withers M, Dworkin SL, Onono M, Oyier B, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Newmann SJ
• The promises and limitations of gender-transformative health programming with men: critical reflections from the field.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2015 Dworkin SL, Fleming PJ, Colvin CJ
• Shamba Maisha: Pilot agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya: design, methods, baseline results and process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
  SpringerPlus 2015 Cohen CR, Steinfeld RL, Weke E, Bukusi EA, Hatcher AM, Shiboski S, Rheingans R, Scow KM, Butler LM, Otieno P, Dworkin SL, Weiser SD
• HIV, violence and women: unmet mental health care needs.
  Journal of affective disorders 2014 Zunner B, Dworkin SL, Neylan TC, Bukusi EA, Oyaro P, Cohen CR, Abwok M, Meffert SM
• HIV and gender-based violence: welcome policies and programmes, but is the research keeping up?
  Reproductive health matters 2014 Gruskin S, Safreed-Harmon K, Moore CL, Steiner RJ, Dworkin SL
• Fleming et al. respond.
  American journal of public health 2014 Fleming PJ, Lee JG, Dworkin SL
• Hurdling over sex? Sport, science, and equity.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2014 Ha NQ, Dworkin SL, Martínez-Patiño MJ, Rogol AD, Rosario V, Sánchez FJ, Wrynn A, Vilain E
• Intimate partner violence among rural South African men: alcohol use, sexual decision-making, and partner communication.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2014 Hatcher AM, Colvin CJ, Ndlovu N, Dworkin SL
• "Real men don't": constructions of masculinity and inadvertent harm in public health interventions.
  American journal of public health 2014 Fleming PJ, Lee JG, Dworkin SL
• The men's health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda.
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2014 Baker P, Dworkin SL, Tong S, Banks I, Shand T, Yamey G
• Development and validation of a reproductive autonomy scale.
  Studies in family planning 2014 Upadhyay UD, Dworkin SL, Weitz TA, Foster DG
• "She mixes her business": HIV transmission and acquisition risks among female migrants in western Kenya.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2013 Camlin CS, Kwena ZA, Dworkin SL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA
• Gender-transformative interventions to reduce HIV risks and violence with heterosexually-active men: a review of the global evidence.
  AIDS and behavior 2013 Dworkin SL, Treves-Kagan S, Lippman SA
• What community-level strategies are needed to secure women's property rights in Western Kenya? Laying the groundwork for a future structural HIV prevention intervention.
  AIDS care 2013 Dworkin SL, Lu T, Grabe S, Kwena Z, Mwaura-Muiru E, Bukusi E
• Health, trust, or "just understood": explicit and implicit condom decision-making processes among black, white, and interracial same-sex male couples.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2013 Campbell CK, Gómez AM, Dworkin S, Wilson PA, Grisham KK, McReynolds J, Vielehr P, Hoff C
• Fertility intentions among HIV-infected, sero-concordant couples in Nyanza province, Kenya.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2013 Withers M, Dworkin S, Harrington E, Kwena Z, Onono M, Bukusi E, Cohen CR, Grossman D, Newmann SJ
• Impact of a Gender-Transformative HIV and Antiviolence Program on Gender Ideologies and Masculinities in Two Rural, South African Communities.
  Men and masculinities 2013 Dworkin SL, Hatcher AM, Colvin C, Peacock D
• Jaboya vs. jakambi: Status, negotiation, and HIV risks among female migrants in the "sex for fish" economy in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
  AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2013 Camlin CS, Kwena ZA, Dworkin SL
• Sexual positioning and race-based attraction by preferences for social dominance among gay Asian/Pacific Islander men in the United States.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2013 Tan JY, Pratto F, Operario D, Dworkin SL
• Assessing barriers and facilitators of implementing an integrated HIV prevention and property rights program in Western Kenya.
  AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2013 Lu T, Zwicker L, Kwena Z, Bukusi E, Mwaura-Muiru E, Dworkin SL
• 'One Man Can': shifts in fatherhood beliefs and parenting practices following a gender-transformative programme in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  Gender and development 2013 van den Berg W, Hendricks L, Hatcher A, Peacock D, Godana P, Dworkin S
• Policing the boundaries of sex: a critical examination of gender verification and the Caster Semenya controversy.
  Journal of sex research 2013 Cooky C, Dworkin SL
• AIDS Education and Prevention
  (2013). Securing women’s property rights in the era of HIV/AIDS: Barriers and facilitators of implementing a community-led structural intervention in Western Kenya. 2013 Lu, T., Kwena, Z., Zwicker, L., Bukusi, E., Maura-Muira, E., Dworkin, S.
• Archives of Sexual Behavior
  Property rights violations as a structural driver of women's HIV risks in Nyanza and Western Provinces, Kenya 2013 Dworkin, S.L., Grabe, S. Lu, T., Kwena, Z., Bukusi, E. Mwaura-Muira, E.
• Gender & Development
  Shifts in fatherhood beliefs and parenting practices following a gender-transformative health programme in Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2013 Van den Berg, W., Godana, P., Hendricks, L., Hatcher, A., Dworkin, S.L.
• Impact of an anti-violence and HIV program on masculinities and gender ideologies in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape. Men and Masculinities. doi:10.1177/1097184X12469878
  Impact of an anti-violence and HIV program on masculinities and gender ideologies in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape. Men and Masculinities. doi:10.1177/1097184X12469878 2013 Dworkin, S.L., Hatcher, A. Colvin,C., Peacock, D.
• Redefining gender-based power to move beyond interpersonal approaches to HIV prevention.
  ANS. Advances in nursing science 2013 Horton KL, Dworkin SL
• Sexual relationship power and depression among HIV-infected women in Rural Uganda.
  PloS one 2012 Hatcher AM, Tsai AC, Kumbakumba E, Dworkin SL, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Clark G, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD
• How do women at risk of HIV/AIDS in Iran perceive gender norms and gendered power relations in the context of safe sex negotiations?
  Archives of sexual behavior 2012 Lotfi R, Ramezani Tehrani F, Merghati Khoei E, Yaghmaei F, Dworkin SL
• Sample size policy for qualitative studies using in-depth interviews.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2012 Dworkin SL
• Property rights violations as a structural driver of women's HIV risks: a qualitative study in Nyanza and Western Provinces, Kenya.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2012 Dworkin SL, Grabe S, Lu T, Hatcher AM, Hatcher A, Kwena Z, Bukusi E, Mwaura-Muiru E
• Sexual relationship power and malnutrition among HIV-positive women in rural Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 Siedner MJ, Tsai AC, Dworkin S, Mukiibi NF, Emenyonu NI, Hunt PW, Haberer JE, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD
• Sport, sex segregation, and sex testing: critical reflections on this unjust marriage.
  The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2012 Dworkin SL, Cooky C
• Uncovering tensions and capitalizing on synergies in HIV/AIDS and antiviolence programs.
  American journal of public health 2010 Dworkin SL, Dunbar MS, Krishnan S, Hatcher AM, Sawires S
• Rethinking gender, heterosexual men, and women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
  American journal of public health 2010 Higgins JA, Hoffman S, Dworkin SL
• Relationship power and sexual risk among women in community-based substance abuse treatment.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2009 Campbell AN, Tross S, Dworkin SL, Hu MC, Manuel J, Pavlicova M, Nunes EV
• "Bad girls rule": an interdisciplinary feminist commentary on the report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls.
  Journal of sex research 2009 Lerum K, Dworkin SL
• Gendered empowerment and HIV prevention: policy and programmatic pathways to success in the MENA region.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2009 Dworkin SL, Kambou SD, Sutherland C, Moalla K, Kapoor A
• Are HIV/AIDS prevention interventions for heterosexually active men in the United States gender-specific?
  American journal of public health 2009 Dworkin SL, Fullilove RE, Peacock D
• Microfinance and HIV/AIDS prevention: assessing its promise and limitations.
  AIDS and behavior 2009 Dworkin SL, Blankenship K
• Keeping the spirit of community partnerships alive in the scale up of HIV/AIDS prevention: critical reflections on the roll out of DEBI (Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions).
  American journal of community psychology 2008 Dworkin SL, Pinto RM, Hunter J, Rapkin B, Remien RH
• Do abstinence-plus interventions reduce sexual risk behavior among youth?
  PLoS medicine 2007 Dworkin SL, Santelli J
• Business' role in exercising leadership, promoting equity, embracing accountability, and developing partnerships.
  AIDS (London, England) 2007 Coates TJ, Fiamma A, Szekeres G, Dworkin S, Remien RH, Hanson BW, Rudatsikira JB
• Male circumcision and HIV/AIDS: challenges and opportunities.
  Lancet (London, England) 2007 Sawires SR, Dworkin SL, Fiamma A, Peacock D, Szekeres G, Coates TJ
• Sexual scripts of women: a longitudinal analysis of participants in a gender-specific HIV/STD prevention intervention.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2006 Dworkin SL, Beckford ST, Ehrhardt AA
• Going beyond "ABC" to include "GEM": critical reflections on progress in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
  American journal of public health 2006 Dworkin SL, Ehrhardt AA
• The promises and limitations of female-initiated methods of HIV/STI protection.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2006 Mantell JE, Dworkin SL, Exner TM, Hoffman S, Smit JA, Susser I
• Revisiting "Success": Posttrial analysis of a gender-specific HIV/STD prevention intervention.
  AIDS and behavior 2006 Dworkin SL, Exner T, Melendez R, Hoffman S, Ehrhardt AA
• Structural interventions: concepts, challenges and opportunities for research.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2006 Blankenship KM, Friedman SR, Dworkin S, Mantell JE
• Who is epidemiologically fathomable in the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in public health.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2005 Dworkin SL
• Actual versus desired initiation patterns among a sample of college men: tapping disjunctures within traditional male sexual scripts.
  Journal of sex research 2005 Dworkin SL, O'Sullivan L
• Beyond the male condom: the evolution of gender-specific HIV interventions for women.
  Annual review of sex research 2003 Exner TM, Dworkin SL, Hoffman S, Ehrhardt AA
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