PUBLICATIONS

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent wellbeing: A dyadic qualitative analysis. Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Cui, J., Yang, S., Nguyen,V.O., Davis, A. (2025).

Voices and visions: participant insights on a digital crowdsourcing intervention to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan. Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Cui, J., Yang, S., Mergenova, G., JasSpark Study Team., Davis, A. (2025).

Social support and wellbeing among women living with bacterial vaginosis in New York city. Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Cui, J., Ashmore, M., Pathela, P., Crawley, A., Davis, A. (2025).

Using digital crowdsourcing to address HIV stigma and testing among youth in Kazakhstan: A content analysis. Landers, S.E., Sun, Y., Tolgenova, A., McNabb, K., Zhao, Y., Nyblade, L., Tucker, J.T., Mergenova, G., Davis, A. (2025).

Sexual and gender minority stigma and association with perceived barriers to HIV testing and HIV testing behaviors among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan. Wen, H., Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Mergenova, G., Balabekova, O., Gryazev, D., Davis, A. (2025).

“A Sense of Joy and Responsibility”: An assessment of adolescent and young adult research partners’ experiences on a digital crowdsourced intervention to address HIV in Kazakhstan. Landers, S.E., Azamatova, A., Myrkassymova, A., Abirova, A., Izekenova, A., Sun, Y., Tucker, J.T., Mergenova, G., Davis, A., JasSpark Study Team. (2025).

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2025

Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile mental health intervention for adolescent depression and anxiety. Davis A., Landers S.E., Sun Y., Nguyen V. Bolger N., Lewis RA., Rosenthal S.L. Clinical Pediatrics. 2025;0(0).

Examining women’s self-management strategies for recurrent bacterial vaginosis in New York City. Davis A., Sun Y., Chitnis J., Brenner R., Landers S.E., Pathela P., Crawley A., Ashmore M. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 52(7): 428-435.

A digital citizen science intervention to reduce HIV dtigma and promote HIV testing: A randomized clinical trial among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan. Davis A., Nyblade L., Sun Y., Balabekova O., Landers S.E., Gryazev D., Tucker J.D., Gulyaev V., Rosenthal S.L., Lunze K., Tang W., … Mergenova G.S. Sexual Health 22, SH24235.

2024

A citizen science approach to develop a digital intervention to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV self-testing among adolescents and young adults: A mixed methods analysis from Kazakhstan. Davis, A., Rosenthal, S.L., Tucker, J.T., Balabekova, O., Nyblade, L., Sun, Y., Gryazev, D., Lunze, K., Landers, S.E., Tang, W., Kuskulov, A., Gulyayev, V., Terlikbayeva, A., Primbetova, S., Mergenova, G., the JasSpark Study Team. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 27, e26314.

2023

Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression among homebound older adults: development and usability study. Xiang, X., Kayser J., Ash, S., Zheng, C., Sun, Y., Weaver, A., Dunkle, R., Blackburn, J., Halavanau, A., Xue, J., Himle, J. JMIR Aging 6 (1), e4769.

2022

Implementation of a dyad-based intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan. Davis, A., Mergenova, G., Landers, S.E., Sun, Y., Rozental, E., Gulyaev, V., Gulyaev, P., Terlikbayeva, A., Primbetova, S., Altice, F., Remien, R. Research on Social Work Practice, 33(3), 313–324.

Childhood adversity and cognitive impairment in later life. Xiang, X., Cho, J., Sun, Y., Wang, X. Frontiers in Psychology 13, 935254.

2020-2021

Modern senicide in the face of a pandemic: An examination of public discourse and sentiment about older adults and COVID-10 using machine learning. Xiang, X., Lu, X., Halavanau, A., Xue, J., Sun, Y., Lai, P., Wu, Z. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 76(4), e190-e200.

Dual trajectories of social isolation and dementia in older adults: A population-based longitudinal study. Xiang, X., Lai, P., Bao, L., Sun, Y., Chen, J., Dunkle, D., Maust, D. Journal of Aging and Health, 33(1-2), 63-74.

Internet-based psychotherapy intervention for depression among older adults receiving home care: Qualitative study of participants’ experiences. Xiang, X., Kayser, J., Sun, Y., Himle, J. JMIR aging, 4(4), e27630.

Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression: A feasibility study for home care older adults. Xiang, X., Sun, Y., Smith, S., Lai, P., Himle, J. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(7), 791-801.

Before 2020

Gender identity and professional women’s working experience in urban China: A qualitative study (in Chinese). Sun, Y. Journal of Chinese Sociology-Sociological Studies.