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The publications featured are co-authored by current leaders within the Center for Rural and Migrant Health.  We highlight these publications to showcase the expertise of our team.

2023 

  • Tonne, R. & Hubach, R.D. (2023). Comparison of perceptions and concerns of antimicrobial resistance between veterinary and medical health professionals. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 84(12). 
  • Owens, C., Mullen, C., & Hubach, R.D. (2023). A Comparison of rural and urban primary care physicians’ comfort level of providing sexual healthcare practices to adolescent patients. Sexuality Research and Social Policy., 20(4), 1677-1688. 
  • Owens, C., Voorheis, E., Lester, J.N., Green, H.D., Herbenick, D., Dodge, B., & Hubach, R.D. (2023). The lived experiences of rural HIV social workers. AIDS Care, 23(1), 48-52. 
  • Owens, C.R. & Hubach, R.D. (2023). Rural-urban differences in monkeypox behaviors and attitudes among sexual minority males in the U.S. Journal of Rural Health, 39(2), 508-515. 
  • Owens, C., Brandenburg, D., Grant, M. J., Carter, K., Hoffman, M., & Hubach, R.D. (2023). Parental concerns of their sexual and gender minority adolescent using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. AIDS Education and Prevention, 35(1), 85-99. 

2022

  • Hubach, R.D. & Tonne, R. (2022). Veterinarians’ perceptions of discussing COVID-19 vaccination with animal owners during routine visits. One Health, 15, 100418. 
  • Hubach, R.D., Shannon, B., Morgan, K.D., Alexander, C., O’Neil, A.M, Ernst, C., & Giano, Z. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among rural Oklahomans: An explorative qualitative study. Rural and Remote Health, 22, 7128. 
  • Hubach, R.D., Zipfel, F.A., Brongiel, I. Narvarte, A., Servin, A.E. (2022). Barriers to sexual and reproductive care among by cisgender, heterosexual and LGBTQIA+ adolescents in the border region: Provider and adolescent perspectives. BMC Reproductive Health,19, 93. 
  • Giano, Z., Currin, J.M., Wheeler, D.L., & Hubach, R.D. (2022). Outness amplifies the negative effect of gay related rejection in rural, but not urban sexual minority men. Psychology and Sexuality, 13(2), 240-254. 

2021 

  • Hubach, R.D., O’Neil, A.M., Ernst, C., Stowe, M., Hickey, M. Remondino, M., & Giano, Z. (2021). Client perspectives on the accessibility and quality of substance use treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports,100002. 
  • Glon, B., Giano, Z., Hubach, R.D., & Hammer, T. (2021). Rurality, gay-related rejection sensitivity, and mental health outcomes for gay and bisexual men. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 25(4), 408-426. 
  • Pro, G. Schumacher, K., Hubach, R.D. Zaller, N., Giano, Z., Camplain, R., Camplain, C., Haberstroh, S., Baldwin, J., & Wheeler, D. (2021). US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality. Rural and Remote Health, 21(3), 6596. 
  • Hubach, R.D., Mahaffey, C., Rhoads, K., O’Neil, A.M., Ernst, C., Bui, L.X., Hamrick, J. & Giano, Z. (2021). Rural college students’ amenability towards using at-home HIV and STI testing kits. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 48(8), 583-588. 
  • Pro, P., Giano, Z., Camplain, R., Haberstroh, S., Camplain, C., Wheeler, D., Hubach, R.D., & Baldwin, J.A. (2021). The role of state Medicaid expansions in integrating comprehensive mental health services into opioid treatment programs: Differences across the rural/urban continuum. Community Mental Health Journal, 57, 1017-1022. 
  • Hubach, R.D., O’Neil, A.M., Stowe, M., Giano, Z., Curtis, B., & Fisher, C.B. (2021). “Out here the rainbow has mud on it”: Perceived confidentiality risks of mobile-technology-based EMA to assess high risk behaviors among rural MSM. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(4), 1641-1650. 
  • Owens, C.R., Voorheis, E., Lester, J.N., Herbenick, D., Hubach, R.D., & Dodge, B. (2021). A community-based study of clients’ lived experiences of going through the rural HIV care continuum. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 20(1), 33-57. 
  • Hubach, R.D., O’Neil, A.M., Hamrick, J., Ernst, C., Stowe, M., Stone, T., Collins, G., Duran Camacho, L., Giano, Z., & Currin, J.M. (2021). Assessing the amenability of rural MSM to using telemedicine for medical and mental health care. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, 2(2), 129-138. 
  • Giano, Z., O’Neil, A.R., Stowe, M., & Hubach, R.D. (2021). Examining profiles of Latinx sexual minority youth associated with suicide risk. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 23, 452-462. 
  • Taylor, B., Croff, J.M, Story, C.R., & Hubach, R.D. (2021). Recovering from an epidemic of teen pregnancy: The role of rural faith leaders in building community resilience. Journal of Religion and Health, 60(1), 311-325. 

​2020 

  • Hubach, R.D., O’Neil, A.M., Stowe, M., Hamrick, J., Giano, Z., & Currin, J.M. (2020). Preferred methods of HIV and STI screening delivery among a rural sample of men who have sex with men. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 34(11), 470-476. 
  • Owens, C., Hubach, R.D., Williams, D., Lester, J., Reece, M., & Dodge, B. (2020). Facilitators and barriers of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among rural men who have sex with men (MSM) living in the Midwestern US. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2179-2191 
  • Owens, C., Hubach, R.D., Williams, D., Lester, J., Reece, M., & Dodge, B. (2020). Assessing determinants of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among a sample of rural Midwestern men who have sex with men (MSM). AIDS Care, 32(12), 1581-1588. 
  • Giano, Z.D., Kavanaugh, K.E., Durham, A.R., Currin, J.M., Wheeler, D.L., Croff, J.M., & Hubach, R.D. (2020). Factors associated with condom use among a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) residing in rural Oklahoma. Journal of Homosexuality, 67(13), 1881-1901.  
  • Currin, J.M., Hubach, R.D., & Croff, J.M. (2020). Sex-ed without stigma: What gay and bisexual men would like offered in school based sex education. Journal of Homosexuality, 67(13), 1779-1797 
  • Pro, G., Hubach, R.D., Wheeler, D., Camplain, R., Haberstroh, S., Giano, Z., Camplain, C., & Baldwin, J.A. (2020). Differences in US Covid-19 case rates and case fatality rates across the urban/rural continuum. Rural and Remote Health, 20, 6074. 
  • Currin, J.M., Giano, Z., & Hubach, R.D. (2020). Interface of internalized homophobia and community connectedness on frequency of doctor’s visits for rural and urban MSM. The Journal of Rural Health, 36(3), 416-422.  
  • Owens, C., Hubach, R.D., Dodge, B., Reece, M., Lester, J., & Williams, D. (2020). Exploring the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) healthcare experiences among men who have sex with men (MSM) who live in rural areas of the Midwest. AIDS Education and Prevention, 32 (1), 51-66. 
  • Giano, Z., Hubach, R.D., Meyers, H.J., DeBoy, K.R., Currin, J.M., Wheeler, D.L., & Croff, J.M. (2020). Assessing the healthcare experiences of rural men who have sex with men (MSM). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Undeserved, 31, 235-248. 
  • Currin, J.M., Hubach, R.D., Meyers, H.J., DeBoy, K.R., Giano, Z., & Wheeler, D.L. (2020). Navigating disclosure of sexual minority identity for men in socio-politically conservative areas. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 24(1), 77-93.   

 2019 

  • Giano, Z., Hubach, R.D., Deboy, K.R., Meyers, H.J., Currin, J.M., & Wheeler, D.L. (2019). A comparative analysis of rural and urban MSM depressive symptomology: The mediating effects of loneliness.  Psychology & Sexuality, 10(3), 200-211 
  • Giano, Z., Hubach, R.D., Meyers, H.J., DeBoy, K.R., Currin, J.M., Wheeler, D.L., & Croff, J.M. (2019). Rural men who have sex with men’s (MSM) experiences and preferences for outreach health programming. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 18(1), 80-89. 
  • Giano, Z. & Hubach, R.D. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences and mental health: Comparing the link in rural and urban men who have sex with men.  Journal of Affective Disorders, 259, 362-369. 
  • Giano, Z., Hubach, R.D., Meyers, H.J.,  DeBoy, K.R., Currin, J.M., Wheeler, D.L., & Croff, J.M. (2019). Rural men who have sex with men’s (MSM) experiences and preferences for outreach health programming. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 18(1), 80-89. 
  • Hubach, R.D., Currin, J.M., Meyers, H.J.,  DeBoy, K.R., Giano, Z., Wheeler, D.L., & Croff, J.M. (2019). Isolated by chance, not choice: Experiences of stigma by gay and bisexual men in rural Oklahoma. Health Equity, 3(1), 231-237. 
  • Giano, Z., Hubach, R.D., Currin, J.M., & Wheeler, D.L. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences and MSM marijuana use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 198, 76-79. 
  • Currin, J.M., Hubach, R.D., & Croff, J.M. (2019). Sex, drugs, & rurality: A brief qualitative analysis of rural gay and bisexual men’s substance use sex expectancies. The Journal of Substance Use, 24(4), 381-387. 

 2018 

  • Currin, J.M. & Hubach, R.D. (2018). Self-forgiveness and social support may reduce loneliness in men who have sex with men. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 12(4), 279-292. 
  • Currin, J.M., Hubach, R.D., Crethar, H.C., Hammer, T.R., Lee, H., & Larson, M. (2018). Barriers to accessing mental healthcare for gay and bisexual men in Oklahoma. Sexuality Research and Social Policy,15(4), 483-496. 
  • Currin, J.M., Croff, J.M., & Hubach, R.D. (2018). Baked sex: the exploration of sex-related drug expectancies of marijuana users. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 15(3), 378-386. 

​2017 

  • Hubach, R.D., Currin, J.M., Sanders, C.A., Durham, A.R., Kavanaugh, K.E., Wheeler, D.L., & Croff, J.M. (2017). Barriers to access and adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in a relatively rural state. AIDS Education and Prevention, 29(4), 315-329. 
  • Currin, J.M. & Hubach, R.D. (2017). Predicting disclosure of sexual behavior and sexual orientation to medical providers among MSM residing in a socially conservative state. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 29(4), 445-452. 
  • Croff, J.M., Currin, J.M., Hubach, R.D., Frederick, A.F., Jacobs, S.C., & Crethar, H.C. (2017). Predictors of blood alcohol level after leaving a venue primarily serving sexual minority patrons. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 17(3), 168-177. 
  • Currin, J. M., Hubach, R.D., Durham, A. R., Kavanaugh, K. E., Vineyard, Z. & Croff, J. M. (2017). How gay and bisexual men compensate for the lack of meaningful sex education in a socially conservative state. Sex Education, 17(6), 667-681. 
  • Croff, J.M., Hubach, R.D., Currin, J.M., & Frederick, A.F. (2017). Hidden rainbows: Examining gay bars as safe havens in a socially conservative state. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 14(2), 233-240. 

 2015 

  • Li, M. J., Hubach, R.D., & Dodge, B. (2015). Social milieu and mediators of loneliness in gay and bisexual men in rural Indiana. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health,19, 331-346. 
  • Hubach, R. D., Dodge, B., Li, M. J., Schick, V., Herbenick, D., Ramos, W. D., Cola, T., & Reece, M. (2015). Loneliness, HIV-related stigma, and condom use among a predominantly rural sample of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). AIDS Education and Prevention, 27(1), 72-83. 
  • Hubach, R. D., Dodge, B., Schick, V., Ramos, W. D., Herbenick, D., Li, M. J., Cola, T., & Reece, M. (2015). Experiences of HIV-positive gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) residing in relatively rural areas. Culture, Health, and Sexuality, 17(7), 795-809. 

 2014 

  • Hubach, R. D., Dodge, B., Davis, A., Zimet, G. D., Smith, A. D., & Van Der Pol, B. (2014). Preferred methods of STI service delivery among a sample of underserved Midwestern men. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 41(2), 129-132. 
  • Hubach, R. D., Dodge, B., Cola, T., Battani, P., & Reece, M. (2014). Assessing the sexual health needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) residing in rural areas. Health Education Monograph, 31(2), 37-43.