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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:
Select Publications & Presentations:
Journal Articles
Witte, S. S., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Wu, E. & Chang, M. (in press). Lack of awareness of partner HIV/STI risk among heterosexual couples. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
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.
El-Bassel, N., Gilbert, L., Witte, S., & Wu, E. (in press). Intimate Partner Violence and HIV among drug-involved women: Contexts linking these two epidemics - challenges and implications for prevention and treatment. Substance Use and Misuse.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Methodological overview of an African American couple-based HIV/STD prevention trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1), s3-s14.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Eban HIV/STD risk reduction intervention: Conceptual basis and procedures. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1),s15-s27.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Eban health promotion intervention: Conceptual basis and procedures. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1), s28-s34.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Measure of HIV/STD risk reduction: Strategies for enhancing the utility of behavioral and biological outcome measures for African American couples. AIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, s35-s41.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Formative study to develop the EBAN treatment and comparison interventions for couples. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1), s42-51.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Designing an audio computer assisted self interview (ACASI) system in a multisite trial: A brief report. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1), s52-s58.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-investigator, New York site). (2008). Supervision of facilitators in a multisite study: Goals, process and outcomes. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1), s59-s-67.
The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group (Witte, Co-Investigator, New York site)(2008). The role of community advisory boards (CABs) in Project Eban, an NIMH HIV
multi site study with African American couples. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 49(1), s68-s74.
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 Chapters
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 W. Wechsberg & W. 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 B, 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 B. Wallace (Ed.), Toward Equity in Health: A New Global Approach to Health Disparities (pp. 253-276).
Presentations
Witte, S.S. (2009, May) Behavioral Interventions with Families: Contributions from Social Work. Improving pediatric health through bio-behavioral interventions: State of the science in early childhood oral disease management, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY.
Witte, S.S. (2009, May) Collaborating with Parents in the Promotion of Pediatric Health through Biobehavioral Interventions. Improving pediatric health through bio-behavioral interventions: State of the science in early childhood oral disease management, New York
Academy of Sciences, New York, NY.
Last updated August 26, 2009. |
