Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
Publications as first author
Tan R. K. J.*, O’Hara C. A., Kumar N. (In press). Partnership status, living arrangements, and changes in sexual behavior and satisfaction during the COVID-19 lockdown: Insights from an observational, cross-sectional online survey in Singapore. Sexual Health.
Tan R. K. J.*, Yang D., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee S., Wong C. S., Wong M. L. (2021). Minority statuses and mental health outcomes among young gay, bisexual and queer men in Singapore. Journal of LGBT Youth. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2021.1940414
Tan R. K. J.*, Phua K., Tan A., Gan D. C. G., Ho L. P., Ong E. J., See M. T. (In press). Exploring the role of trauma in underpinning sexualised drug use (‘chemsex’) among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103333
Tan R. K. J.*, Low, T. Q. Y., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee S., Cook A. R., Wong M. L. (In press). Experienced Homophobia and Suicide Among Young Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Men in Singapore: Exploring the Mediating Role of Depression Severity, Self-Esteem, and Outness in the Pink Carpet Y Cohort Study. LGBT Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2020.0323
Tan R. K. J.*, O’Hara C. A., Koh W. L., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee S., Wong M. L. (2021). Delineating patterns of sexualized substance use and its association with sexual and mental health outcomes among young gay, bisexual and queer men in Singapore: A latent class analysis. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11056-5
Tan R. K. J.*, Ho V., Sherqueshaa S., Dee W., Lim M. J., Lo J. J., Teo A. K. J., O’Hara C. A., Ong C., Ching A. H., Wong M. L. (2021). The Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the Health and Social Needs of Sex Workers in Singapore. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-01951-8
Tan R. K. J.*, Lim M. J., Chan J. K. W. (2021). Is "Undetectable = Untransmissible" Good Public Health Messaging? American Medical Association Journal of Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2021.418.
Tan R. K. J.*†, Wang Y.†, Prem K., Teo A. K. J., Kaur N., Harrison-Quintana J., Cook A., Chen M. I., Wong C. S. (2021). PrEP or condoms, or both? Insights on risk compensation through a discrete choice experiment on PrEP preferences among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Value in Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.11.023
Tan R. K. J.*, O’Hara C. A., Koh W. L., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee S., Wong C. S., Wong M. L., Chen M. I. (2021). Social capital and chemsex initiation among young gay, bisexual and queer men: The Pink Carpet Y cohort study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-021-00353-2
Tan R. K. J.*, Chan Y. Y., Ibrahim M. A., Ho L. P., Lim O., Choong B., Chio M. T., Chen M. I., Wong C. S. (2020). Potential interactions between the pathways to diagnosis of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV self-testing: Insights from a qualitative study of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054623
Tan R. K. J., Koh W. L., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Banerjee S., Wong C. S., Wong M. L., Chio M. T., Chen M. I. (2020). Effect of a web drama video series on HIV and other sexually transmitted infection testing among gay, bisexual and queer men: study protocol for a community-based, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial in Singapore – the People Like Us (PLU) evaluation study. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033855
Tan R. K. J.*, Lim M. J., Lo J. J., Teo A. K. J., O’Hara C. A., Ching A. H., Ho V., Wong M. L. (2020). Conducting policy-relevant research to support sex workers’ health and social needs in Singapore in the face of COVID-19: Capitalizing on strong stakeholder networks from the local HIV response to drive policymaking. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054616
Tan R. K. J.*, Kaur N., Chen M. I., Wong C. S. (2020). Individual, interpersonal, and situational factors influencing HIV and other STI risk perception among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: a qualitative study. AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1734176.
Tan R. K. J.*, Lim M. J., Chan J. K. W. (2020). “Not a walking piece of meat with disease”: meanings of becoming undetectable among HIV-positive gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the U=U era. AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1668534.
Tan R. K. J., Kaur N., Chen M. I.*, Wong C. S. (2019). Developing a typology of HIV/STI testing patterns among gay, bisexual, and queer men: a framework to guide interventions. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319870174
Tan R. K. J.*, Wong C. S. (2019). Mobilizing civil society for the HIV treatment cascade: a global analysis on democracy and its association with people living with HIV who know their status. Journal of the International AIDS Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25374
Tan R. K. J.*, Kaur N., P. A. Kumar, Tay E., Leong A., Wong C. S. (2019). Clinics as spaces of costly disclosure: HIV/STI testing and anticipated stigma among gay, bisexual and queer men. Culture, Health and Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1596313
Tan R. K. J.*, Teo A. K. J., Kaur N., Harrison-Quintana J., Wong C. S., Chen M. I. (2019). Extent and selectivity of sexual orientation disclosure and its association with HIV and other STI testing patterns among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2018-053866
Tan R. K. J., Wong C. M., Chen M. I.*, Chan Y. Y., Ibrahim M. A., Lim O. Z., Chio M. T., Wong C. S., Chan R. K. W., Chua L. J., Choong B. C. H. (2018). Chemsex among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Singapore and the challenges ahead: a qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.002
Tan R. K. J.*, Teo A. K. J., Kaur N., Harrison-Quintana J., Chen M. I., Wong C. S. (2018). Cost and anonymity as factors for the effective implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis: an observational study among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH18059
Tan R. K. J.* (2018): Internalized homophobia, HIV knowledge, and HIV/AIDS personal responsibility beliefs: correlates of HIV/AIDS discrimination among MSM in the context of institutionalized stigma, Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1491249
Publications as co-author
Lim M. J.*, Neo P. H., Ong S.E., Tan R. K. J. (In press). A qualitative study: Who is responsible for social responsibility in a pandemic? Journal of Health and Social Sciences.
Choy C. Y., Wong C. S.*, Kumar P. A., Yeo B., Banerjee S., Lee C. C., Leong H. N., Leow Y. F., Lye D. C., Olyszyna D. P., Tan K. K., Tan R. K. J., Ti J., Chan R., Archuleta S. (In press). Guidance for the prescription of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Singapore. Singapore Medical Journal.
Fernández-Huerta M., Solomon D., Tan R. K. J. (2021). Perspectives September 2021: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Ong C., Tan R. K. J.*, Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee S., Wong M. L. (2021). Association between sexual orientation acceptance and suicidal ideation, substance use, and internalised homophobia amongst the Pink Carpet Y Cohort Study of young gay, bisexual, and queer men in Singapore. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10992-6
Daskalopoulou M.*, Tan R. K. J., Solomon D. (2021). Perspectives May 2021: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054855
Michielsen K., Larrson E. C., Kågesten A. on behalf of the I-SHARE Team et al. (2021). International Sexual Health And REproductive health (I-SHARE) survey during COVID-19: study protocol for online national surveys and global comparative analyses. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054664
Wai K. S., Khine K. W. Y., Lim J. M., Neo P. H. M., Tan R. K. J., Ong S. E.* (2021). Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore: common threads, divergences, and lessons learned in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2021.1875693
Tan Y.*, Kaur N., Ye A. J., Zhang Y., Zheng J. L. X., Tan R. K. J., Ho L. P., Chen M. I., Wong M. L., Wong C. S., Yap P. (2021). Perceptions of a HIV self-testing intervention and its potential role in addressing the barriers to HIV testing amongst at-risk heterosexual men: a qualitative analysis from Singapore. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054773
Shields, K*., Tan R. K. J., Rusconi S., Chen X.S. (2020). Perspectives September 2020: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054276
Teo A. K. J.*, Tan R. K. J., Smyth C., Soltan V., Eng S., Ork C., Sok N., Tuot S., Hsu L. Y., Yi S. (2020). Characterizing and measuring tuberculosis stigma in the community: a mixed-methods study in Cambodia. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa422.
Teo, A. K. J.*, Tan R. K. J., Prem K. (2020). Concealment of potential exposure to COVID-19 and its impact on outbreak control: lessons from the HIV response. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0449
Azfar J.*, Tan R. K. J. (2020). Reflections on an interdisciplinary curriculum and pedagogical approaches in a public health course. The Asia Pacific Scholar. https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2020-5-2/CS2150
Lim M. J., Tan R. K. J., Chan J. K. W. (2020). “Do I need to or do I want to?” A typology of HIV status disclosure among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. AIDS Care: AIDS Impact 2019 Special Issue. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1742865.
Villa G.*, Edwards S. K., Tan R. K. J. (2020) Perspectives June 2020: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Wong C. S.*, Kumar P. A., Wong C. M., Choong B. C. H., Lim O., Chan Y. Y., Ibrahim M. A., Chio M. T., Tan R. K. J., Chen M. I. (2019). Acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and opinions on PrEP service delivery among men who have sex with men in Singapore: a qualitative study. AIDS Education and Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2019.31.2.152
Takashima K., Yeoh G. W. J., Chua H. E., Ting P. L. M., Chong J. Y., Tan R. K. J.*, Kaur N., Teo A. K. J., Mohdar L. H., Banerjee S., Chan R. K. W., Wong C. S., Chen M. I. (2019). Socio-ecological differences in factors associated with inconsistent condom use with female sex workers and casual partners: an observational study of heterosexual men attending an anonymous HIV testing clinic in Singapore. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH18230
Edwards S. K.*, Ceccherini-Silberstein F., Tan R. K. J. (2020) Perspectives February 2020: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Wong M. L.*, Teo A. K. J., Ng A. M. T., Lim R. B. T., Tai B. C., Tham D., Kaur N., Tan R. K. J., Sarath K., Lubek I. (2018). Trends in unprotected intercourse among heterosexual men before and after ban of brothel-based sex work in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 2003 to 2012: a serial cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5321-0
Chua L. J.*, Su D., Tan R. K. J., & Koh W. (2017). Decriminalization of same-sex relations and social attitudes in Singapore: An empirical study. Hong Kong Law Journal, 47(3), 793-842.
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