Conference Presentations
In some presentations I led the analyses (italicized) and in others I presented (bolded).
Gebrekristos, L.T., Groves, A.K., Stoner, M.C., Ezeh, A., Lê-Scherban, F. Using a person-centered approach to understand relationship typologies and associations with HIV risk among adolescent mothers in sub-Saharan Africa. South African AIDS Conference. June 2023.
Gebrekristos, L.T., Groves, A.K., McNaughton Reyes, L., Moodley, D., Beksinska, M., & Maman, S. IPV victimization during pregnancy increases risk of postpartum depression among urban adolescent mothers in South Africa. Sexual Violence Research Initiative Conference. September 2022.
Gebrekristos, L.T., Purtle, J., Tekin, E., Blankenship, K.M. Association between restrictiveness of housing authority policies toward people with CJ histories and STI rates. Thematic Session at American Society of Criminology 76th Annual Meeting; November 17, 2021; Chicago, IL.
Gebrekristos, L.T., Groves AK, McNaughton Reyes L, Maman S, Moodley D. Examining how support influences the association between relationship control and postpartum STI amongst South African adolescent mothers (virtual poster). HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P): January 2021.
Groves A.K., Stankard P., Bowler S., Jamil M.S., Shaw S., Gebrekristos LT, Quinn C., Baggaley R., Johnson C. Community-based HIV testing services are effective in reaching and diagnosing men: a systematic review (virtual poster). Virtual International AIDS Society Conference. July 2020.
Stankard P., Groves A.K., Bowler S., Jamil M.S., Shaw S., Gebrekristos L.T., Quinn C., Baggaley R., Johnson C. Variations in Community-Based HIV Testing Outcomes by Testing Approach: An Updated Systematic Review of the Evidence for Community-Based HIV Testing (virtual poster discussion). Virtual International AIDS Society Conference. July 2020.
Groves A.K., Gebrekristos, L.T., Reyes McNaughton L., Moodley D., Maman S. Resilience and return to school among adolescent mothers in South Africa. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Miami, FL, March 2020.
Groves A.K., Reyes McNaughton L., Gebrekristos, L.T., Maman S., Moodley D. Examining why age-disparate relationships influence unsafe sex postpartum among South African women: relationship control and physical partner violence as explanatory mechanisms (poster presentation). American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2019.
Gebrekristos, L.T., Reyes McNaughton L., Maman S., Moodley D., Groves A.K. IPV victimization in pregnancy increases postpartum STI incidence among adolescent mothers in Durban. AIDSImpact, London, United Kingdom, July 2019.
Kontor V., Shazi Z., Gebrekristos, L.T., Moodley D., Maman S., Groves A.K.. Resilience and return to school: How assets, resources, and relational motivators influence adolescent mothers’ return to school postpartum. AIDSImpact, London, United Kingdom, July 2019.
Groves A.K., Gebrekristos, L.T., Reyes McNaughton L., Moodley D., Maman S. Describing relationships and postpartum sexual behavior among South African mothers to better understand HIV risk and how it varies by age. AIDSImpact, London, United Kingdom, July 2019.
Gebrekristos, L.T., Shazi Z., Moodley D., Maman S., Moletsane R., Groves A.K. Soliciting parental consent amongst adolescent minor mothers does not affect enrollment in HIV prevention intervention study (poster presentation). International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2018.
Groves A.K., Reyes McNaughton L., Maman S., Gebrekristos, L.T., Moodley D. Understanding HIV risk in the postpartum period: Being in an age-disparate relationship increases postpartum inconsistent condom use for socially isolated South African women (poster presentation). International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2018.
Gebrekristos, L.T., Lê-Scherban F. The association of perceived discrimination and non-specific psychological distress among young adults. PSID User Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, September 2016.
