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Taylor Krajewski

Scholarly Works

"That's not who I am": an examination of multi-level stigma as a barrier to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among individuals involved in the criminal legal system in the southern US.

Journal article AIDS Care · July 2026 Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective biomedical intervention for preventing HIV, yet uptake remains disproportionately low among individuals involved in the criminal legal system (CLS), particularly those under community supervision in the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of Attitudes, Barriers, and Facilitators of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use Among Individuals Involved in the Criminal Legal System in the Southern U.S.

Journal article AIDS Educ Prev · June 2026 This qualitative study explores barriers to and facilitators of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among individuals involved in the criminal legal system (CLS) in the Southern U.S. Through in-depth interviews with 72 participants on probation or parole a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Randomization-Based Covariance Analysis for Confidence Intervals of Treatment Comparisons Based on Restricted Mean Survival Time With Categorized Time-to-Event Data.

Journal article Stat Med · April 2026 This paper introduces a randomization-based method for covariate-adjusted comparisons of restricted mean survival time (RMST) between treatment arms in randomized controlled trials. Existing approaches for covariate-adjusted RMST analysis have model-based ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serologic Evidence of Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Spillover in Rural Liberia.

Journal article Open Forum Infect Dis · March 2026 BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases, including viral hemorrhagic fevers, are increasing in frequency. Clinical detection remains challenging due to the lack of pathognomonic signs or symptoms and limited access to diagnostics. To ... Full text Link to item Cite

Drug use vs. abstinence after incarceration: associations with competing psychosocial needs and their relevance to the importance of treatment.

Journal article Health Justice · February 6, 2026 BACKGROUND: Many people with histories of criminalized drug use resume using drugs after leaving incarceration, yet limited research explores the specific needs and vulnerabilities of these individuals compared to those who remain abstinent. We examined th ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Receipt of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among Individuals Under Community Supervision at Risk for HIV.

Journal article Subst Use Misuse · 2026 Objectives: Individuals under community supervision (e.g., probation and parole) have high rates of illicit substance use (ISU) and substance use disorders (SUDs), increasing their risk for numerous health issues, including HIV transmission. While SUD trea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceived versus actual HIV risk among PrEP indicated persons with criminal legal involvement.

Journal article AIDS Care · November 2024 Individuals involved with community supervision experience multi-level obstacles impacting health outcomes. This is a high-risk period for HIV acquisition due to potential reengagement in unprotected sex and/or unsafe injection drug practices. This study a ... Full text Link to item Cite

The augmented synthetic control method in public health and biomedical research.

Journal article Stat Methods Med Res · March 2024 Estimating treatment (or policy or intervention) effects on a single individual or unit has become increasingly important in health and biomedical sciences. One method to estimate these effects is the synthetic control method, which constructs a synthetic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Documenting Competing Needs to Well-Being Among Those on Community Supervision in the South.

Journal article J Correct Health Care · February 2024 Although the harms of incarceration on health are well known, little is known about individuals' competing priorities to maintaining their health while on probation and parole after release from incarceration. We explored individuals' competing needs on pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations Between Sexual Minority Status, Hazardous Drinking, and Discrimination Experiences Among Criminal Legal-Involved Adults in the Southern PrEP Cohort (SPECS) Study

Conference Substance Use and Misuse · January 1, 2024 Objective: Separately, individuals with criminal legal involvement (CLI) and those who identify as a sexual minority are at heightened risk for experiencing discrimination and engaging in hazardous alcohol use; however, little is known about the prevalence ... Full text Cite

Associations Between Sexual Minority Status, Hazardous Drinking, and Discrimination Experiences Among Criminal Legal-Involved Adults in the Southern PrEP Cohort (SPECS) Study.

Journal article Subst Use Misuse · 2024 OBJECTIVE: Separately, individuals with criminal legal involvement (CLI) and those who identify as a sexual minority are at heightened risk for experiencing discrimination and engaging in hazardous alcohol use; however, little is known about the prevalence ... Full text Link to item Cite

Context specific HIV risk: evidence from screening into the southern pre-exposure prophylaxis study (SPECS).

Journal article AIDS Care · April 2023 While Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is efficacious in preventing HIV, little is known about PrEP use among those on community supervision. The Southern Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Study (SPECS) investigates barriers and facilitators for PrEP initiation and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Collateral consequences of COVID-19 for people on probation and parole.

Journal article Health Justice · March 30, 2023 BACKGROUND: While the severe detrimental impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated people is well known, little is known about the experience of COVID-19 on those on community supervision. Our objective was to better understand the experience of the COVID-19 pand ... Full text Link to item Cite

Retention strategies among those on community supervision in the South: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal article PLoS One · 2023 OBJECTIVES: Cohort studies must implement effective retention strategies to produce internally valid and generalizable results. Ensuring all study participants are retained, particularly those involved in the criminal legal system, ensures study findings a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Infectious Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Virus in Symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outpatients: Host, Disease, and Viral Correlates.

Journal article Clin Infect Dis · August 24, 2022 BACKGROUND: Although severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectious virus isolation in outpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with viral RNA levels and symptom duration, little is known about the h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Aided recall of The Real Cost e-cigarette prevention advertisements among a nationally representative sample of adolescents.

Journal article Prev Med Rep · August 2022 E-cigarette use among youth remains a significant public health concern. In 2018, The Real Cost campaign began disseminating messages about the harms of vaping, primarily using digital media. We sought to determine the prevalence of aided recall of The Rea ... Full text Link to item Cite