Siddharth Raich, Christopher Johansen, Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health), Neeraj Bhandari (Healthcare Administration), and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article, titled, “Developing a theory-based instrument for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake in people of color using a qualitative approach,” in the journal Healthcare (Impact factor 2.3). The article uses Sharma’s multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to conduct a qualitative study and develop an instrument for measuring PrEP uptake in people of color. Raich is Sharma’s doctoral advisee and is working on his dissertation in this area.
