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)

Sznitman, S., Carey, M. P., Vanable, P. A., DiClemente, R., Brown, L. K., Valois, R., Hennessy, M., Rizzo, C., Caliendo, A., Farber, N., Salazar, L., Stanton, B., & Romer, D. (2010, in press). Community-based STI screening as a strategy for reducing sexual risk behavior in African American adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health.

Johnson, B. T., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., & Carey, M. P. (2010, 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. (2010, in press). Brief and intensive interventions to promote sexual risk reduction among STD clinic patients: A randomized controlled trial. AIDS and Behavior.

Carey, M. P., Senn, T. E., Seward, D. X., & Vanable, P. A. (2010, in press). Urban African-American men speak out on sexual partner concurrency: Findings from a qualitative study conducted at an STD clinic. AIDS and Behavior.

Webb, M. S., Rodríguez de Ybarra, D., Baker, E. A., Reis, I. M., & Carey, M. P. (2010). Cognitive behavioral therapy to promote smoking cessation among African American smokers: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 24-33.

Johnson, B. T., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., LaCroix, J. M., Anderson, J. R., & Carey, M. P. (2009). Behavioral interventions for African-Americans to reduce sexual risk of HIV: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, 1991-2006. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 51, 492-501.

Carey, K. B., Henson, J. M., Carey, M. P., & Maisto, S. A. (2009). Computer versus in-person intervention for students violating campus alcohol policy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 74-87.

Senn, T. E., & Carey, M. P. (2009). HIV testing among individuals with severe mental illness: Review, suggestions for research, and clinical implications. Psychological Medicine, 39, 355-364.

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.

Romer, D., Sznitman, S., Hennessy, M., DiClemente, R., Vanable, P. A., Carey, M. P., Brown, L. K., Valois, R. F., & Stanton, B. F. (2009). 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, 99, 2150-2159.

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.

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.

Carey, M. P., Senn, T. E., Vanable, P. A., Coury-Doniger, P., & Urban, M. A. (2008). Do STD clinic patients who consent to sexual health research differ from those who decline? Findings from a RCT with implications for the generalization of research results. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 35, 73-77.

Carey, K. B., Henson, J. M., Carey, M. P., & Maisto, S. A. (2007). Which heavy college drinkers benefit from a brief motivational intervention? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 663-669.

Carey, M. P., Ravi, V., Chandra, P. S., Desai, A., & Neal, D. J. (2007). Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis, and chlamydia among adults seeking treatment for a mental disorder in southern India. AIDS and Behavior, 11, 289-297.

National Institutes of Health

PubMed

NIMH

HIV/AIDS (New York State)

HIV/AIDS (United States)

HIV/AIDS (Global)

Center for Advancement of Health

Global Health Facts