LaRon E. Nelson

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

LaRon E. Nelson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, LaRon E. Nelson has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Infectious Diseases, 73 papers in General Health Professions and 73 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in LaRon E. Nelson's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (101 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (67 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (52 papers). LaRon E. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (101 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (67 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (52 papers). LaRon E. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Ghana. LaRon E. Nelson's co-authors include Leo Wilton, Chris Beyrer, Tonia Poteat, Laura Nyblade, Gregorio A. Millett, Janet M. Turan, Melissa A. Stockton, Dianne Morrison‐Beedy, Maria L. Ekstrand and Virginia Bond and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

LaRon E. Nelson

126 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it

2019 492 citations Laura Nyblade, Melissa A. Stockton et al. profile →
Strategies That Promote Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake for Black Communities: a Review

2022 97 citations David Vlahov, Leo Wilton et al. Journal of Urban Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
LaRon E. Nelson United States	24	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	703	520	142	2.6k
Maria L. Ekstrand United States	30	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	749 1.1×	618 1.2×	122	3.5k
Cynthia Pearson United States	29	1.8k 1.3×	839 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	392 0.6×	361 0.7×	75	3.2k
Ronald D. Stall United States	24	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	631 0.9×	638 1.2×	55	2.6k
Chauncey Cherry United States	38	2.6k 1.8×	1.5k 1.4×	2.0k 2.0×	812 1.2×	456 0.9×	66	3.9k
Linda Moneyham United States	33	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	436 0.6×	357 0.7×	97	3.1k
Michelle Kermode Australia	31	801 0.6×	775 0.7×	685 0.7×	407 0.6×	694 1.3×	85	2.6k
Morgan M. Philbin United States	31	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	965 1.0×	984 1.4×	419 0.8×	108	2.9k
Vivian F. Go United States	33	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	364 0.7×	191	3.6k
Cheryl Gore–Felton United States	37	1.8k 1.3×	976 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	626 0.9×	591 1.1×	92	3.6k

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Boyd, Donté T., Camille R. Quinn, Mandy J. Hill, et al.. (2024). Ethnic identity and social support as mediators between childhood sexual abuse and depression among black men who have sex with men. Child Abuse & Neglect. 157. 107064–107064. 1 indexed citations

Abu-Ba’are, Gamji Rabiu, et al.. (2024). Community stigma, victimization, and coping strategies among gay, bisexual, and other cis-gender men who have sex with men in slum communities in Ghana. BSGH-003. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 966–966. 4 indexed citations

Conserve, Donaldson F., Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, et al.. (2024). Development and feasibility of the peer and nurse-led HIV Self-Testing Education and Promotion (STEP) intervention among social networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: application of the ADAPT-ITT model. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 1166–1166. 2 indexed citations

Oga, Emmanuel, Melissa A. Stockton, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, et al.. (2024). Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 647–647.

Boyd, Donté T., Orlando Harris, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, LaRon E. Nelson, & Leo Wilton. (2024). The importance of developmental assets in HIV prevention behaviors among young black men who have sex with men (MSM). Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12275–12275.

Tong, Guangyu, et al.. (2024). Sociodemographic correlates of late HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana. AIDS Care. 36(6). 807–815. 1 indexed citations

Pedersen, Cheryl, et al.. (2024). Decision Support Tool to Improve Decision-Making for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): Development Process and Alpha Testing. JMIR Formative Research. 8. e57348–e57348.

Ni, Zhao, Vimala Balakrishnan, Iskandar Azwa, et al.. (2024). Implementation of Chatbot Technology in Health Care: Protocol for a Bibliometric Analysis. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e54349–e54349. 9 indexed citations

Piltch‐Loeb, Rachael, et al.. (2024). Barriers and Facilitators to Vaccine Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(12). 1588–1588.

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Turner, DeAnne, et al.. (2023). WhatsApp-propriate? Exploring “WhatsApp” as a Tool for Research Among Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 11(4). 1956–1963. 7 indexed citations

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Akyirem, Samuel, et al.. (2023). Online interviews for qualitative health research in Africa: a scoping review. International Health. 16(1). 4–13. 3 indexed citations

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Poghosyan, Hermine, Michaela A. Dinan, Gevorg Tamamyan, LaRon E. Nelson, & Sangchoon Jeon. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Variation in COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer History. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 10(5). 2354–2362. 2 indexed citations

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Poghosyan, Hermine, Zhao Ni, David Vlahov, LaRon E. Nelson, & Soohyun Nam. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with and Without Cancer History: A US Population-based Study. Journal of Community Health. 48(2). 315–324. 2 indexed citations

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Nelson, LaRon E., Donté T. Boyd, Geetha Beauchamp, et al.. (2022). Freedom as Prevention: Mechanisms of Autonomy Support for Promoting HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use and Condom Use among Black MSM in 3 US Cities—HPTN 073. Journal of Urban Health. 99(6). 1157–1169. 5 indexed citations

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Forman, Lisa, et al.. (2022). Unmasking legislative constraints: An institutional ethnography of linkage and engagement in HIV healthcare for African, Caribbean, and Black people in Ontario, Canada. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(9). e0000714–e0000714. 5 indexed citations

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Hirshfield, Sabina, et al.. (2022). An Innovative Adaptation of an HIV Status-Neutral, Community-Informed, Socioemotional Asset-Building Intervention With the House Ball Community. Health Promotion Practice. 24(3). 398–400. 1 indexed citations

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Abu-Ba’are, Gamji Rabiu, et al.. (2021). HIV Education, Empathy, and Empowerment (HIVE3): A Peer Support Intervention for Reducing Intersectional Stigma as a Barrier to HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(24). 13103–13103. 24 indexed citations

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Nelson, LaRon E., Pascal Djiadeu, Cheryl Pedersen, et al.. (2020). A Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Decision Conflict Regarding HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Protocol for a Clinical Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 9(6). e15080–e15080. 6 indexed citations

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Muwanguzi, Patience A., Noah Kiwanuka, LaRon E. Nelson, et al.. (2020). The Effects of Workplace-Based HIV Self-testing on Uptake of Testing and Linkage to HIV Care or Prevention by Men in Uganda (WISe-Men): Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(11). e25099–e25099. 10 indexed citations

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Nelson, LaRon E., James M. McMahon, Natalie M. Leblanc, et al.. (2018). Advancing the case for nurse practitioner‐based models to accelerate scale‐up of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28(1-2). 351–361. 28 indexed citations

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