Dr. Carey's primary research interest is health promotion. Ongoing projects address sexual health promotion and HIV risk reduction in adolescents, adult men and women, and persons already infected with HIV. Dr. Carey also investigates other health behaviors (e.g., physical activity, alcohol use, healthy eating, and stress management), and coping with chronic illnesses.

HIV Prevention for STD Clinic Patients
(funded by the NIMH)

Reducing High-Risk Behavior Amoung Adolescent Females
(funded by the NINR)

Reducing High-Risk Beharior Among HIV+ MSM
(funded by NIMH)

Reducing High-Risk Behavior among African American Adolescents
(funded by the NIMH)

Meta-Analyses of HIV Risk Reduction Research
(funded by the NIMH)

Brief Interventions for Binge Drinking College Students
(funded by the NIAAA)

Upstate Partnership for Health
(funded by the NIMH)

Romer, D., Sznitman, S., Hennessy, M., DiClemente, R., Vanable, P. A., Carey, M. P., Brown, L. K., Valois, R. F., & Stanton, B. F. (in press). Mass media as an HIV-preventive strategy: Using culturally sensitive messages to reduce HIV-associated sexual behavior of high-risk African American youth. American Journal of Public Health.

Johnson, B. T., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., & Carey, M. P. (in press). Synthesis of meta-analytic evidence of health behavior change. American Journal of Public Health.

Carey, M. P., Senn, T. E., Vanable, P. A., Coury-Doniger, P., & Urban, M. A. (in press). Brief and intensive interventions to promote sexual risk reduction among STD clinic patients: A randomized controlled trial. AIDS and Behavior.

Webb, M. S., Rodríguez-Esquivel, D., Baker, E. A., & Carey, M. P. (in press). Cognitive behavioral therapy to promote smoking cessation among African American smokers: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Carey, M. P., Vanable, P. A., Senn, T. E. (2010). Subjective life expectancy and health behaviors among STD clinic patients. American Journal of Health Behavior, 34, 349-361.

Vanable, P. A., Carey, M. P., Brown, J. L., DiClemente, R., Salazar, L., Brown, L., Romer, D., Hennessy, M., Valois, R. F. (2009). Test-retest reliability of self-reported sexual behavior, STD testing and HIV risk behavior antecedents among African-American youth in four U. S. cities. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 214-221.

Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Kalichman, S. C., Carey, M. P., & Fielder, R. (2008). Stress management improves mental health and quality of life in adults with HIV: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, 1990 to 2006. Health Psychology, 27, 129-139.

Vanable, P. A., Carey, M. P., Bostwick, R. A., Romer, D. DiClemente, R., Stanton, B., Valois, R. F., & Brown, L. (2008). Community partnerships in HIV prevention research: The example of Project iMMPACS. Chapter in B. Stanton, J. Galbraith, & L. Kaljee, (Eds)., The uncharted path from clinic-based to community-based research (pp. 155-174). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Portnoy, D. B., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Johnson, B. T., & Carey, M. P. (2008). Computer-delivered interventions for health promotion and behavioral risk reduction: A meta-analysis of 75 randomized controlled trials, 1988–2007. Preventive Medicine, 47, 3-16.

Carey, M. P., Vanable, P. A., Senn, T. E., Coury-Doniger, P., & Urban, M. A. (2008). Evaluating a two-step approach to sexual risk reduction in a publicly-funded STI clinic: Rationale, design, and baseline data from the Health Improvement Project–Rochester (HIP-R). Contemporary Clinical Trials, 29, 569-586.

Carey, M. P., Coury-Doniger, P., Senn, T. E., Vanable, P. A., & Urban, M. A. (2008). Improving HIV rapid testing rates among STD clinic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 27, 833-838.

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