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Katelyn Sileo

Associate Professor

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Katelyn Sileo

Ph.D., M.P.H.

Contact

Maloney Hall 366

Telephone: 617-552-3205

Email: katelyn.sileo@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., University of Connecticut
  • M.P.H., University of Connecticut Health Center
  • Ph.D., San Diego State University & University of California San Diego

Expertise

  • Public Health
  • Population Global Health

Profile

Katelyn (Katy) Sileo, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an associate professor at the Connell School of Nursing and 艾可直播in the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good. She is trained in global public health, with a geographic focus on sub鈥揝aharan Africa. Her research aims to understand and intervene on multilevel determinants of sexual and reproductive health inequities, with a particular interest in the intersection of gender norms and health outcomes in global settings. Her current work focuses on using community-engaged and mixed methods to develop and evaluate gender transformative behavioral and health system interventions to improve HIV and family planning outcomes in Uganda.

Prior to joining 艾可直播 College, Dr. Sileo was 艾可直播at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She received her Ph.D. in Global Public Health from San Diego State University and the University of California San Diego's Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health. She was a 2014-2017 NIDA Fellow in HIV/AIDS and substance abuse at听the University of California San Diego, a 2016-2017 NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellow, and a 2017-2019 postdoctoral fellow in the Yale AIDS Prevention Training Program (Y-APT) in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University.

Selected Publications

  • Sileo, K. M., Muhumuza, C., Wanyenze, R. K., Kershaw, T. S., Ellerbe, B., Mu帽oz, S., 鈥� Kiene, S. M. (2024). Effects of a Community-Based, Multi-Level Family Planning Intervention on Theoretically Grounded Intermediate Outcomes for Couples in Rural Uganda: Results from a Mixed Methods Pilot Evaluation. British Journal of Health Psychology, 29(3), 551鈥�575.
  • Callands, T. A., Taylor, E. N., Sileo, K. M., Gilliam, S. M., & Hansen, N. B. (2024). Understanding the Effects of Trauma Exposure, Life Stress, Intimate Partner Violence, and Depression on Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk in Post-Conflict Liberia. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53(4), 1519鈥�1530.
  • Wynn, A., Sileo, K. M., Schmarje Crockett, K., Naigino, R., Ediau, M., Wanyenze, R. K., 鈥� Kiene, S. M. (2024). Prevalence of Alcohol Use by Gender and HIV Status in Rural Uganda. PloS One, 19(7), e0303885.
  • Wynn, A., Sileo, K. M., Schmarje Crockett, K., Naigino, R., Ediau, M., Menzies, N. A., 鈥� Kiene, S. M. (2024). Associations between Alcohol Use, Antiretroviral Therapy Use, and Viral Load Suppression among People Living with HIV in Rural Central Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 28(7), 2205鈥�2215.
  • Sileo, K. M., Muhumuza, C., Tuhebwe, D., Mu帽oz, S., Wanyenze, R. K., Kershaw, T. S., Sekamatte, S., Lule, H., Kiene, S. M. (2024). 鈥淭he burden is upon your shoulders to feed and take care of your children, not religion or culture鈥�: Qualitative evaluation of participatory community dialogues to promote family planning鈥檚 holistic benefits and reshape community norms on family success in rural Uganda.听Contraception and听Reproductive Medicine,听9(1):28.听doi: 10.1186/s40834-024-00290-y.
  • Sileo, K. M., Muhumuza, C., Wanyenze, R. K., Kershaw, T. S., Ellerbe, B., Mu帽oz, S.,听听Sekamatte, S., Lule, H., Kiene, S. M. (2024). Effects of a community-based, multi-level family planning intervention on theoretically grounded intermediate outcomes for couples in rural Uganda: Results from a mixed methods pilot evaluation.听The British Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12713.
  • Sileo, K. M.,听Reynoso, G., Torok, K., Moreno, A. N., Miura,听L. (2024). Balancing career goals and parenthood desires: results from a survey of undergraduate pre-health students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Texas.听The Journal of American College Health. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2299420.
  • Muhumuza, C.,听Sileo, K. M., Wanyenze, R. K., Kershaw, T. S., Lule, H., Sekamatte, S., Kiene, S. M. (2023). Development of a multi-level family planning intervention for couples in rural Uganda: Key findings and adaptions made from community engaged research methods.听BMC Women鈥檚 Health, 23,听545.听
  • Sileo, K. M., Hirani, I. M., Luttinen, R. L., Hayward, M., Fleming, P. J. (2023). A scoping review on gender/sex differences in vaccine acceptance in the United States.听American Journal of Health Promotion.听Oct 17:8901171231200778. doi: 10.1177/08901171231200778.听
  • Sileo, K. M., Muhumuza, C., Wanyenze, R. K., Kershaw, T. S., Sekamatte, S., Lule, H., Kiene, S. M. (2023). A pilot quasi-experimental controlled trial of a community-based, multi-level family planning intervention for couples in rural Uganda: Evidence of feasibility, acceptability, and effect on contraceptive use.听Contraception,听110096. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110096.听
  • Sileo, K. M., Muhumuza, C., Helal, T., Olfers, A., Lule, H., Sekamatte, S., 鈥� Kiene, S. M. (2023). Exploring the Effects of COVID-19 on Family Planning: Results from a Qualitative Study in Rural Uganda following COVID-19 Lockdown. Reproductive Health, 20(1), 31.
  • Sileo, K. M., Sparks, C. S., Luttinen, R. (2023). Spatial analysis of the alcohol, intimate partner violence, and HIV syndemic among women in South Africa.听AIDS & Behavior, 听27(4),1339-1349.听doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03870-8.
  • Naigino, R., Miller, A. P., Ediau, M., Anecho, A., Senoga, U., Tumwesigye, N. M. M., 鈥� Kiene, S. M. (2023). Stakeholder Perspectives on the Kisoboka Intervention: A Behavioral and Structural Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use and Improve HIV Care Engagement among Men Living with HIV in Ugandan Fishing Communities. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 253, 111011. Advance online publication.
  • Sileo, K. M., Luttinen, R., Mu帽oz, S., & Hill, T. D. (2023). Gender Role Discrepancy Stress and COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors among Men in the United States. American Journal of Health Promotion, 37(6), 766鈥�777.
  • Sileo, K. M., Wanyenze, R. K., Anecho, A., Luttinen, R., Semei, C., Mukasa, B., Musoke, W., Vermund, S., Dworkin, S. L., Dovidio, J. A., Taylor, B., & Kershaw, T. S. (2022). Protocol for the pilot quasi-experimental controlled trial of a gender transformative implementation strategy with providers to improve HIV outcomes in Uganda.听Pilot and Feasibility Studies,听8, 264.听
  • Sileo, K. M., Luttinen, R., Mu帽oz, S., Hill, T. D. (2022). Mechanisms linking masculine discrepancy stress and the perpetration of intimate partner violence among men in the United States.听American Journal of Men鈥檚听Health,听16(4), 15579883221119355. doi: 10.1177/15579883221119355.
  • Sileo, K. M., Baldwin, A., Huynh, T. A., Olfers, A., Woo, C. J., Greene, S. L., Casillas, G. L., & Taylor, S. B. (2022). Assessing LGBTQ+ stigma among healthcare professionals: An application of the health stigma and discrimination framework in a qualitative, community-based participatory research study.听Journal of Health Psychology,听27(9), 2181-2196. doi: 10.1177/13591053211027652.
  • Sileo, K. M.,听Wanyenze, R. K., Mukasa, B., Musoke, W., Kiene, K. M. (2021). The intersection of inequitable gender norm endorsement and HIV stigma: Implications for HIV care engagement for men in Ugandan fishing communities.听AIDS and Behavior,听25(9), 2863-2874. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03176-1.
  • Sileo, K. M., Miller, A. P., Wagman, J. A., & Kiene, S. M. (2021). Psychosocial interventions for reducing alcohol consumption in sub-Saharan African settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis.听Addiction,听116(3), 457-473. doi: 10.1111/add.15227.
  • Sileo, K. M., Kershaw, T. S., Gilliam, S., Taylor, E., Kommajosula, A., & Callands, T. A. (2021). Trauma exposure and intimate partner violence among young pregnant women in Liberia.听Journal of Interpersonal Violence,听36(21-22), 10101-10127. doi: 10.1177/0886260519881533.
  • Sileo, K. M., Miller, A. P., Huynh T. A., & Kiene, S. M. (2020). A systematic review of interventions for reducing heavy episodic drinking in sub-Saharan African settings.听PLOS One,听15(12):e0242678. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242678. eCollection 2020.
  • Sileo, K. M.听& Kershaw, T. S. (2020). Dimensions of masculine norms, depression, and mental health service utilization: Results from a prospective cohort study among emerging adult men in the United States.听The American Journal of Men鈥檚 Health. Jan-Feb 2020;14(1):1557988320906980. doi: 10.1177/1557988320906980.
  • Sileo, K. M., Kershaw, T. S., & Callands, T. A. (2019). A syndemic of psychosocial and mental health problems in Liberia: Examining the link to transactional sex among young pregnant women.听Global Public Health,14(10):1442-1453. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1607523.

Selected Presentations

  • Sileo, K. M., Wanyenze, R. K., Anecho, A., Luttinen, R. L., Weston, K., Mukasa, B., 鈥� Kershaw, T. S. (2024, October). Effects of a Gender Sensitive Training for HIV Providers on Provider and Client Outcomes in Central Uganda: A Mixed Methods Pilot Quasi-Experimental Controlled Trial. [Round Table Presentation]. Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Sileo, K. M., Wanyenze, R. K., Dworkin, S. L., Anecho, A., Weston, K., Luttinen, R. L., 鈥� Kershaw, T. S. (2024, October). Feasibility, Acceptability, and Barriers to Implementation of Novel Health Worker Training to Improve the Provision of Gender-Sensitive HIV Care in Uganda. [Oral Presentation]. Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Luttinen, R. L., Wanyenze, R. K., Anecho, A., Mukama, S. C., Dworkin, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., 鈥� Sileo, K. M. (2024, July). Gender Inequitable Attitudes among HIV Providers and Clinic Staff in Uganda: Prevalence, Determinants, and Associations with the Provision of Gender-Sensitive Care. [Poster Presentation]. Presented at the AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference, Munich, Germany.
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