Joseph Daniels

About

Joseph Daniels is an Associate Professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of social and behavioral interventions aimed at addressing health disparities and fostering thriving individuals and communities. Most of his work concentrates on improving outcomes for HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and cancer treatment among sexual and gender minorities and cisgender men globally, with current research collaborations in South Africa and the United States. His research aims include developing interventions that harness resiliency by building individual and couple coping and communication skills, and designing and assessing the effectiveness of these interventions using modalities such as telehealth, eHealth, and mHealth. He also evaluates the usability and feasibility of point-of-care diagnostics in healthcare decision-making and patient-provider communication. Across these efforts, health system strengthening and sustainability through training and mentoring are core elements of his work. His research activities include multiple NIH-funded projects, such as studies on TB treatment adherence and HIV treatment outcomes, with a focus on vulnerable populations including men, transgender women, and gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men in South Africa.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Sociology
• Nursing
• Oncology
• Psychology
• Immunology
• Gerontology
• Internal medicine
• Pathology
• Family medicine

Selected publications

• Novel lateral flow assay for point-of-care detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in syndromic management settings: a cross-sectional performance evaluation

  The Lancet · 2024-02-01 · 29 citations

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• Factors that influence adolescent girls and young women's re‐initiation or complete discontinuation from daily oral PrEP use: a qualitative study from Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

  Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023-09-01 · 19 citations

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  INTRODUCTION: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) face barriers that jeopardize their prevention-effective use of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We sought to understand factors that influence AGYW's prolonged breaks in PrEP use, and their decisions to re-initiate or discontinue using PrEP in the context of a community-based adherence support intervention. METHODS: In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted between December 2019 and April 2021 with purposively selected AGYW (aged…

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• What motivated men to start PrEP? A cross-section of men starting PrEP in Buffalo city municipality, South Africa

  BMC Public Health · 2023-03-02 · 17 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Compared to women, South African men are less likely to know their HIV status (78% vs. 89%), have suppressed viral loads (82% vs. 90%), or access HIV prevention services. To achieve epidemic control where heterosexual sexual behavior drives transmission, interventions to improve the uptake of HIV testing services (HTS) and prevention services must also target cis-gendered, heterosexual men. There is limited understanding of these men's needs and wants with regards to accessing pre-ex…

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• Usability of a novel lateral flow assay for the point-of-care detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A qualitative time-series assessment among healthcare workers in South Africa

  PLoS ONE · 2023-06-02 · 17 citations

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  Accurate and user-friendly rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests (POCT) are needed to optimize treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae , especially in low-resource settings where syndromic management is the standard of care for sexually transmitted infections. This study aimed to assess the acceptability and usability of a novel lateral flow assay and portable reader for the point-of-care detection of N . gonorrhoeae infection (NG-LFA). This mixed-methods study was conducted as part of a diagnostic pe…

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• Qualitative Identification of Intervention Preferences to Support Men’s Engagement and Retention in TB Care in South Africa

  American Journal of Men s Health · 2022-09-01 · 17 citations

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  Globally and in South African specifically, men account for 56% and 62% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases, respectively. Men are at increased risk of not accessing TB testing or treatment, and having poor treatment outcomes. Unfortunately, no interventions exist to address these issues. Toward the development of targeted, patient-centered TB care and support interventions, we used semistructured interviews to explored men's social network composition, TB testing behaviors, disclosure and treatment…

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Recent grants

• Identifying Men's Preferences for a Male-Centered TB Care Intervention

  NIH · $318k · 2020–2022

Frequent coauthors

• Andrew Medina‐Marino

  Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

  51 shared

• Jeffrey D. Klausner

  University of Southern California

  46 shared

• Emily Huang

  Methodist Hospital

  41 shared

• Sean D. Young

  University of California, Irvine

  41 shared

• A Medline

  39 shared

• Robert Marlin

  University of California, San Diego

  38 shared

• Lina Rosengren

  Skåne University Hospital

  37 shared

• Greg Wilson

  37 shared

Education

• Ph.D.

  University of Washington

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