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Susan S. Witte
Associate Professor of Social Work
B.A., Duke; M.S.W., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., Columbia University
E-mail: ssw12@columbia.edu
Telephone: (212) 851-2394
Office: Room 813
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Bio:
Dr. Witte is the Associate Director of the CUSSW Social Intervention Group (SIG). Her practice experience includes direct practice, community organization, and administration work in the areas of HIV/AIDS and adult and child sexual violence.
Research Interests:
- Design, testing and dissemination of HIV/STI prevention interventions aimed at women and their male partners
- Infusion of multimedia technologies in research, teaching and practice
- Design, testing and dissemination of services targeting the needs of sex workers and drug dependent fathers
- Female-initiated STD/HIV barrier methods
- Intervention research
Current Grants & Projects:
Recent Publications:
Journal Articles
Witte, S.S., & Batsukh, A., & Chang, M. (in press). Sexual risk behaviors, alcohol abuse and intimate partner violence among sex workers in Mongolia: Implications for HIV prevention intervention development. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, S.S., Co-Investigator., New York site). (in press). Project Eban: An HIV/STD Intervention for African American Couples. AIDS.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, S.S., Co-Investigator., New York site). (in press). Formative Study to Develop the EBAN Treatment and Comparison Interventions for Couples. AIDS.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, S.S., Co-Investigator., New York site). (in press). Supervision of Facilitators in a Multisite Study: Goals, Process, and Outcomes. AIDS.
Witte, S.S., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L, Wu, E., & Chang, M. (2007). Predictors of discordant reports of sexual and HIV/STI risk behaviors among heterosexual couples. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 34(5), 302-308.
Witte, S.S., El-Bassel, N. Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M. & Hill, J. (2006).
Promoting female condom use to heterosexual couples: Findings from a
randomized clinical trial. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38, 148-154.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L. Wu, E., Chang, M., Hill, J. & Steinglass, P. (2005). Long term effects of an HIV/STI sexual risk reduction intervention for heterosexual couples. AIDS and Behavior, 9(1), 1-13.
Wu, E., El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Chang, M., & Morse, P. (2005). Enrollment of minority women and their main sexual partners in an HIV/STI prevention trial. AIDS Education and Prevention, 17 (1), 41-52.
Witte, S.S., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L. , Wu, E., Chang, M. & Steinglass, P. (2004). Recruitment of minority women and their main sexual partners in an HIV/STI prevention trial. Journal of Women's Health, 13(10), 1137-1147.
Wu, E., El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L. & Chang, M. (2003). Associations between intimate partner violence and HIV risk among urban, low-income, minority women. AIDS and Behavior, 7(3), 291-301.
Campbell, A. N.C., Poulcallec-Gordon, C. & Witte, S.S. (2003). Restoring human dignity: The first step to effective, responsible research and programming with street-based female sex workers. Research for Sex Work, 6, 22-24.
El Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Wu, E., Chang, M., Hill, J.& Steinglass, P. (2003). The efficacy of relationship-based HIV/STD prevention for heterosexual couples. American Journal of Public Health, 93, 963-969.
Schiff, M., Witte, S.S., El-Bassel, N. (2003). Client satisfaction and perceived helping aspects of an HIV/AIDS preventive intervention for urban couples. Research on Social Work Practice, 13(4), 468-492.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Witte, S.S., Gaeta, T., Wu, E., Schilling, R. F., & Wada, T. (2003). Partner violence and substance abuse among Latina and African-American women receiving care from an urban emergency department. Women's Health Issues, 13(1), 16-22.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Wada, T., Gilbert, L. & Wallace, J. (2001). Correlates of partner violence among female street-based sex workers: Substance abuse, history of child abuse and HIV risks. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 15(1), 41-51.
El-Bassel, N. & Witte, S.S. (2001). Drug use and physical and sexual abuse of street sex workers in New York City. Research for Sex Work, 4, 31-32.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., Gilbert, L., Sormanti, M., Moreno, C., Pereira, L., Steinglass, P. (2001). Project Connect: HIV prevention with heterosexual couples. Families, Systems and Health, 19(4), 379-395.
Book Chapterss
Witte, S.S., Batsukh, A., & Chang, M. (in press). Sexual risk behaviors, alcohol abuse and intimate partner violence among sex workers in Mongolia: Implications for HIV prevention intervention development. In Wendee Wechsberg & Winnie Luseno, (Eds.)., Global HIV prevention efforts with women. Haworth Press: Philadelphia, PA.
Moretti, F. & Witte, S.S. (2007). Using new media to improve learning: Multimedia Connect for HIV/AIDS risk reduction and the Triangle Initiative. In Barbara Wallace (Ed.), Toward Equity in Health: A New Global Approach to Health Disparities pp. 277-296.
El-Bassel, N., Witte, S.S., & Gilbert, L. (2007). HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction with Couples: Attending to Issues of Cultural Congruence. In Barbara Wallace (Ed.), Toward Equity in Health: A New Global Approach to Health Disparities, pp. 253-276.
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