Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong
PhD, MPH, MA
Research Topics
Global HIV/AIDS prevention and care; immigrant and refugee health; health disparities and health equity; technology-based research methods (e.g., social media platforms such as WhatsApp); implementation science; reproductive and sexual health; mixed-methods research
Selected Publications
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Tong, G., Akyirem, S., Abwoye, N. D., Nwanaji-Enwerem, U., Lopez, J.D., Wilton, L., & Nelson, E. L. (2024). Sociodemographic correlates of late HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana. AIDS care, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2024.2325071.
- Mangum, L. C., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Alexander, I., Waddell, A., & Whitfield, D. L. (2024). "We Take Care of Our Young, No Matter What," Experiences of Engagement in HIV Care Among Black Mothers Parenting Dependent Children in Southwestern Pennsylvania: A Retrospective Descriptive Qualitative Study. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000473. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000473.
- Robinson, M., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Nelson, L.E., Williams, B., Sandoval-Rosario, M., & Chandler, R. (2024). Navigating pre-exposure prophylaxis access: Qualitative insights from Black Women at a Northeastern Historically Black College and University. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 35(3):p 234-244, May/June 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000470.
- Chandler, R., Warner, S., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Wells, J. (2024). “What Did You Say, ChatGPT?” The Use of AI in Black Women's HIV Self-Education: An Inductive Qualitative Data Analysis. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 35(3):p 294-302, May/June 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000468.
- Dada, D., Abu-Ba’are, G. R., Turner, D., Mashoud, I. W., Owusu-Dampare, F., Apreku, A., Ni, Z., Djiadeu, P., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., ... & Nelson, L. E. (2024). Scoping review of HIV-related intersectional stigma among sexual and gender minorities in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ open, 14(2), e078794.
- Abu-Ba'are, G. R., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Stockton, M., Zigah, E.Y., Amuah, S., Amu-Adu, P., Amoh-Otoo, R.P., Nyblade, L., Torpey, K., & Nelson, E.L. (2024). “I told myself, be bold and go and test”: Motivators and barriers to HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and all other men who sex with men in Ghana – West Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Jan 11;4(1):e0002231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002231.
- Bleasdale, J., Wilson, K., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Gabriel, S. J., & Przybyla, S. M. (2024). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health education in healthcare professional graduate programs: a comparison of medical, nursing, and pharmacy students. Journal of homosexuality, 71(1), 193-206.
- Goh, H. Q., Nelson, L. E., Teo, W. Z., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Ramos, S. R., & Shorey, S. (2023). Perspectives and thoughts of pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV receiving peer support: A mixed studies systematic review. Journal of advanced nursing, 10.1111/jan.16014. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16014.
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Turner, D., Collins, R. L., Ajiboye, W., Agbemenu, K., & Nelson, L. E. (2023). WhatsApp-propriate? Exploring "WhatsApp" as a Tool for Research Among Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 1–8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01664-9
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Agbemenu, K., Adzrago, D., Akyirem, S., Boateng, S., & Nelson, L. E. (2023). The Promise of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - Examining Awareness, Knowledge, and Willingness to use Different Modalities Among US-Based African Immigrants. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 10.1007/s10903-023-01515-z. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01515-z
- Gyamerah, A. O., Kinzer, E., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Sorensen, G., Mensah, M. D., Taylor, K. D., Vanderpuye, N. A., & Lippman, S. A. (2023). PrEP knowledge, acceptability, and implementation in Ghana: Perspectives of HIV service providers and MSM, trans women, and gender diverse individuals living with HIV. PLOS global public health, 3(6), e0001956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001956.
- Reeves, J.M., Zigah, E.Y., Shamrock, O.W., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Dada, D., Batten, J., Abu-Ba’are, G.R., Nelson, L. E. & Djiadeu, P. (2023). Investigating the impact of stigma, accessibility and confidentiality on STI/STD/HIV self-testing among college students in the USA: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open 13:e069574. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069574.
- Akyirem, S., Ekpor, E., Aidoo-Frimpong, G. A., Salifu, Y., & Nelson, L. E. (2023). Online interviews for qualitative health research in Africa: a scoping review. International health, ihad010. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad010
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Collins, R. L., Agbemenu K., Orom, H., Morse, D. G., & Nelson E. L. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis uptake among Ghanaian immigrants. AIDS Education and Prevention. 34(3):209-225. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2022.34.3.209. PMID: 35647865.
- Wachira, E., Laki, K., Chavan, B., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., & Kingori, C. (2022). Factors Influencing COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors. Journal of prevention, 1–18. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-022-00719-7
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Orom, H., Agbemenu, K., Morse, D. G., Collins, R. L., & Nelson, E. L. (2021). Awareness, perceptions, and willingness to use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among US-based Ghanaian immigrants: A qualitative study. AIDS Patient Care and STDs. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2021.0156 (PMCID: PMC8905245)
- Agbemenu, K., Mencia, J. J., de Rosa, C., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., & Ely, G. (2022). Family planning research in African immigrant and refugee women: A scoping review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing: Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, 10436596211072891. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596211072891 (PMID: 35135387)
- Craddock, B. J., Mangum, L. C., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., & Whitfield, D. L. (2021) The associations of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis interest and sexual risk behaviors among young black women. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 35(7), 263-270. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2020.0259 (PMCID: PMC8262384)
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Agbemenu, K., & Orom, H. (2021). A review of cultural influences on risk for HIV and culturally-responsive risk mitigation strategies among African immigrants in the US. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 10.1007/s10903-020-01138-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01138-8 (PMID: 33428074)
- Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Wilson, K., & Przybyla, S. (2020). Factors influencing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis uptake among current users: A qualitative study. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 19(3), 252-262. (PMCID: PMC8291342)
- Bleasdale, J., Wilson, K., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., & Przybyla, S. (2020). Prescribing HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: A qualitative analysis of health care provider training needs. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 19(1), 107–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2020.1712291 (PMCID: PMC7478340)
- Agbemenu, K., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Auerbach, S., & Jafri, A. (2020). HIV attitudes and beliefs in US-based African refugee women. Ethnicity & Health, 27(3):499-508. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2020.1740175. (PMID: 32228028)
- Casapulla, S. L., Aidoo-Frimpong, G., Basta, T. B., & Grijalva, M. J. (2018). Zika virus knowledge and attitudes in Ecuador. AIMS Public Health, 5(1), 49 – 63. https://doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2018.1.49