Jessica Adams-Skinner, Ed.D., M.P.H., is a Co-Investigator at the HIV Center
who researches HIV prevention and promotion efforts for heterosexual women and
men. She is interested in provider-client interactions in family planning and
other healthcare settings, and how provider behaviors influence client sexual
risk reduction and method(s) adoption. Dr. Adams-Skinner is involved in
research investigating the uptake of female condoms among women in settings in
the United States and abroad. She is also interested in how counselors and
providers approach dual protection counseling and incorporate hormonal
contraceptive and barrier methods into their client consultations.
Trained in HIV prevention and promotion efforts with women, adolescents, and
men, Dr. Adams-Skinner has worked with these populations in HIV prevention
programs in community-based organizations, hospitals, clinics, and correctional
facilities. EDUCATION
| Hunter College, New York, NY |
B.A. |
1988 |
Communications |
| Hunter College, New York, NY |
M.P.H. |
1993 |
Public Health Administration |
| Columbia University, Teacher's College, New York, NY |
Ed.D. |
2006 |
Health and Behavior Studies |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1994-1995 |
Case Manager, St. Clare's Hospital/Spellman
Center for HIV-Related Disease, New York, NY |
| 1994-1997 |
Member & Membership Chair of the Board of
Directors of the Public Health Association of NYC |
| 1994-2001 |
Director/Co-Host of "The Caribbean Perspective" -
WNYE Channel 25 |
| 1994-Present |
Member of the Black Women's Health Imperative |
| 1994-Present |
Member of the American Public Health Association
(APHA) |
| 1995-1997 |
Project Coordinator (Project FIO) and Research
Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State
Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 2000-2005 |
Co-Investigator, Increasing Dual Protection Among
Low-Income Minority Women, Theresa Exner, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
| 2000-2002 |
Member of Advisory Committee to Brooklyn
Perinatal Network |
| 2003-Present |
Evaluation Project Director, Caribbean Access
Initiative, Susie Hoffman, DrPH, Evaluation Principal Investigator |
| 2004-Present |
Co-Investigator, Female Condom Use Among South
African Students, Joanne Mantell, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
| 2005-Present |
Co-Investigator, A Structural Intervention to
Promote Women's Health, Theresa Exner, Ph.D., Principal Investigator |
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Adams-Skinner, J. "Women, Children and AIDS." Guest Lecture at Columbia
University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical
Sciences, September 2006.
Adams-Skinner, J. "Preventing Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted
Diseases in a Family Planning Clinic: The Design, Pilot, and Evaluation of an
Enhanced Brief Intervention." Dissertation Topic, May 2006.
Adams-Skinner, J. "Barriers and Facilitators to Care Seeking Among
English-Speaking Caribbeans." Presentation at Ryan White Care Act Grantee
Conference in August 2004.
Ehrhardt, AA, Exner, TM, Hoffman, S, Loeb, I, Yingling, S, & Adams-Skinner, J.
HIV/STD Risk and Sexual Strategies Among Women Family Planning Clients in New
York: Project FIO. AIDS and Behavior, 6, 1-13, 2002.
Adams-Skinner, J., Exner,TM, Yingling, S, Ehrhardt, AA, Smart-Smith, L. "Women
Confronting Their Sexual Risks Behavior: The Need for Social Support Services."
Poster Presentation at 1 day seminar entitled Sex, Research and the Community:
Focus on Integrating Research in Community Settings sponsored by the HIV Center
for Clinical and Behavioral Studies NY, NY, Nov 1, 2002.
Adams-Skinner, J., Exner,TM, Yingling, S, Ehrhardt, AA, Smart-Smith, L. "Women
Confronting Their Sexual Risks Behavior: The Need for Social Support Services."
Presentation at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting,
Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 17-21, 2001.
Adams-Skinner, J. "Increasing Dual Protection Among Low Income Minority Women".
Guest Lecture at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Fall
2001.
Adams-Skinner, J. "Recruitment and Retention Strategies in Research". Sexuality
Training and Research (STAR) Seminar at the HIV Center for Clinical and
Research Studies/NYS Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University, Fall 2001.
Adams-Skinner, J. "Increasing Dual Protection Among Low Income Minority Women".
Guest Lecture at Hunter College of the City University of New York, Spring
2001.
Adams-Skinner, J. "Issues in Outreach to and Engagement of Immigrants at Risk."
Presentation at 12th Annual Informational Breakfast Meeting for
Policymakers/Elected Officials and MCH Service Providers - April 2000.
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