Publications

The publications below reflect my research interests, which address the following research areas:

  • Social determinants of health

  • Sociology of health and illness

  • Social epidemiology

  • Community engagement and participatory research processes

  • Sexual and reproductive health

  • HIV and Sexually transmitted infections

  • Health of minority and vulnerable populations

  • Substance use

  • Mental health

  • Suicide prevention

  • Stigma and discrimination

  • Qualitative methods

  • Mixed methods

  • Implementation Science

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals

Published Articles

  1. Hu, A.*, Neo, P., Soon, A., Tan, H., He, Y., Tan, R. K. J. (In press). The social construction of mental illness stigma amongst Asians: A systematic review and meta-ethnography. SSM-Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100371.

  2. Ng, W. Z.*, Yang, D. W. J., Sim, D., Ubalde, J., Conron, K., Tan, R. K. J. (In press). Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace: The Lived Experiences of Singaporean LGBTQ+ Individuals. Diversity and Inclusion Research.

  3. Pratheepwatanawong M., Tan R. K. J., Jitpong W. (In press). Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on the human security of low-income migrant workers in Singapore: perspectives among policymakers, community stakeholders, and academic experts. Asian Review.

  4. Tan R. K. J.*, Campbell L., Azevedo V., Patrão A. L., dos Reis A. P., Bravo R. G., Olumide A., Adebayo E., Osiberu A., Francis J. M., Marks M., Shamu S., Eleuteri S., Sahakyan S., Nobre P., Shah S. J., Abdelhamed A., Tucker J. D. (In press). Intimate partner violence in the late COVID-19 period: A study of 10 countries from the I-SHARE consortium. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.

  5. Huon, C., Marley, G., Tan, R. K. J., Wu, D., Sheng, Q., Liu, Y., Byrne, M. E., Tang, Q., Mu, R., Wang, C., Yang, L., Wang, T., Tang, W., Tucker, J. D.* (2024). Sociodemographic characteristics, community engagement and stigma among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) who attend MSM-led versus public sexual health clinics: A cross-sectional survey in China. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310957.

  6. Herbert, R.*, Daskalopoulou, M., Tan, R. K. J. (2024). Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2023-056077.

  7. Seah, X. Y., Tan, R. K. J.*, Yong, X. M., Asano, M. (2024). Sexual and mental health of Singaporean gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in times of COVID-19: A qualitative study. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2408816.

  8. Jain R., Hyder S., Wong C. S., Tan R. K. J. * (2024). Fear really comes from the unknowns: exploring the impact of HIV stigma and discrimination on quality of life for people living with HIV in Singapore through the minority stress model. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23204. [Editors’ Choice for November 2024]        

  9. Uhlich M. †*, Tan R. K. J.†, Campbell L., Hensel D., Zhang W. H., Eleuteri S., Bravo R. G., Shamu S., Strizzi J., Abdelhamed A., Patrão A. L., dos Reis A. P., Sahakyan S., Olumide A., Adebayo E., Azevedo V., Osiberu A. (2024). Online harassment during COVID-19: A cross-sectional analysis from 10 countries in the I-SHARE consortium. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02332-w.     

  10. Tan, R. K. J.*, Shan, W., Hummel, E. J., Deji, J., Babatunde, Y., Waiswa,, R., Zhang, Y., Tao, Y., del Pilar-Labarda, M., Halpaap, B., Tang, W., Tucker, J. D.* (2024).  Youth Social Innovation in Health in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: A Mixed Methods Analysis of a Global Youth Crowdsourcing Open Call. PLOS Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003394.

  11. Tan, Q. H., Tan, R. K. J.* (2024). Chemsex as lines of flight? Critical Deleuzean perspectives on chemical intimacies. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104508.

  12. Tan, B. X. H., Chong, S. Y., Ho, D. W. S., Wee, Y. X., Jamal, M. H., Tan, R. K. J.* (2024). Fostering citizen-engaged HIV implementation science. Journal of the International AIDS Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26278.

  13. Chan, Z. Y. S.†, Chong, S. Y.†, Niaupari, S., Harrison-Quintana, J., Lim, J. T., Dickens, B., Kularathne, Y, Wong, C. S., Tan, R. K. J.* (2024). Receptiveness to Monkeypox vaccines and public health communication strategies among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore: cross-sectional quantitative and qualitative insights. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2024-056230.

  14. Tan R. K. J.*, Perera D., Arasaratnam S., Kularathne Y. (2024). Adapting an Artificial Intelligence Sexually Transmitted Diseases Screening Tool for Monkeypox Detection: The HeHealth Experience. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23197.

  15. Ni, Y., Lu, Y., Jing, F., Wang, Q., Xie, Y., He, X., Wu, D., Tan, R. K. J., Tucker, J. D., Yan, X., Ong, J. J., Zhang, Q., Huang, S., Jiang, H., Dai, W., Huang, L., Mei, W., Zhou, Y., Tang, W.* (In press). Effectiveness of a machine learning model in identifying sexual health influencers to promote the secondary distribution of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: Results from a quasi-experimental study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance.

  16. Chang, G., Tucker, J. D., Walker, K., Chu, C., Miall, N., Tan, R. K. J., Wu, D.* (In press). Intimate partner violence and its correlates in middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country secondary analysis. PLOS Global Public Health.

  17. Tan R. K. J.*, Herbert, R., Vielot, N. A. (2024). Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002500.

  18. Byrne, M. †, Tan R. K. J. †, Mu R., Tang Q., Sheng Q., Wang T., Tang W., Wu D., Tucker J. D. (In press). Mechanisms explaining a pay-it-forward approach: A qualitative analysis among men who have sex with men in China. Social Science and Medicine – Qualitative Research in Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100433.

  19. Naqvi, I., Rossi, F.*, Tan, R. K. J. (2024). ‘Grievance Politics’ and technocracy in a developmental state: Healthcare policy reforms in Singapore. Development and Change. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12821.

  20. Wah, T. H., Ong, A. J. X., Hanafi, S., Tan, K., Tan, A., Ong, T. J. J., Ong, E., Ho, D. W. S., Subramaniam, M., See, M. Y., Tan, R. K. J.* (2024). Factors Motivating Drug Use, Drug Use Cessation, and Managing One’s Ongoing Recovery: A Retrospective Case Notes Review of Drug Use Recovery Services among Sexual Minority Beneficiaries in Singapore. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-024-00605-x.

  21. Tan, R. K. J.*, Herbert, R., Violet, N. (2024) Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2023-056073.

  22. Ai, W., Shi, L., Tan, R. K. J., Wu, D., Ong, J. J., Qiu, Tao, Marley, G., Tucker, J. D., Chen, Y., Yuan, D., Fan, C., Fu, G., Tang, W.* (2024). HIV services uptake among people living with HIV in Jiangsu province, China: a cross-sectional study.

  23. Tao Y. †*, Tan R. K. J. †, Wohlfarth M., Ahumuza E., Aribodor O. B., Cruz J. R. B., Fajardo M. S., Magista M., Marley G., Mier-Alpano J. D., Ogwaluonye U. C., Agudelo Paipilla K., Scott C. P., Ulitin A., Chen E., Wu D., Tang W., Labarda M., Tucker J. D. (2024). Social innovation in health training to engage researchers in resource-limited settings: process description and evaluation. Health Promotion International. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae025.

  24. Gravett, R.*, Tan, R. K. J., Tang, W., Niaupari, S., Van Der Pol, B., Tucker, J. D. (In press). Catching lightning in a bottle: The STI & HIV 2023 World Congress Participatory Designathon. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23205.

  25. Tucker, J. D.*, Chikwari, C. D., Tang, W., Jarolimova, J., Gravett, R., Goense, C. J. D., Matoga, M. M., Tan, R. K. J., Niaupari, S., Morroni, C., Van Der Pol, B. (2024). Conference Designathon to Spark Innovation: Actionable Ideas to Enhance STD Control. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001965.

  26. Adebayo, E. S.*, Tan, R. K. J., Miall, N., Chang, G., Adebayo, A., Campbell, L., Olumide, A., the I-SHARE research consortium. (2024). Correlates of experiencing psychological violence during the initial COVID-19 lockdown: A global analysis of 25 countries from the I-SHARE research consortium. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02195-1.

  27. Yin, Z. †*, Tan, R. K. J.†, Tucker, J. D., Li, Q., Sherer, R., Li, L., Tang, W. (2024). Acute Neuralgia Related to Initiation of Emtricitabine/Tenofovir for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Report of Two Cases in a PrEP Demonstration Trial. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH23129.

  28. Yan, X.*, Ni Y., Lu Y., Wang Q., Tan, R. K. J., Tucker, J. D., Hall, B. J., Baral, S., Song H., Zhou Y., Tang, W., Wu. D. (2024). Homoprejudiced Violence Experiences and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Among Chinese MSM: Depression Severity and Recreational Drug Usage as Potential Mediators. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02775-4.

  29. Mah Z. H., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee S., Wong M. L., Tan, R. K. J.* (2024). Body image dissatisfaction and its association with homophobia, outness, depression severity, and suicide among young gay, bisexual, queer and transgender men in Singapore: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2023.2298511.

  30. Zhao, R., Fairley, C. K., Cook, A. R., Phanuphak, N., He, S., Tieosapjaroen, W., Chow, E. P. F., Phillips, T. R., Tan, R. K. J., Wei, Y., Shen, M., Zhuang, G.,Ong, J. J., Zhang, L. (2024). Optimizing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and testing strategies in men who have sex with men in Australia, Thailand and China: a modelling study and cost-effectiveness analysis. The Lancet Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00536-3.

  31. Byrne, M. †*, Tan, R. K. J. †, Wu, D., Marley, G., Hlatshwako, T. G., Tao, Y., Bissram, J., Nachman, S., Tang W., Ramaswamy R., Tucker J. D. (2023). Prosocial Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46789.

  32. Li, C., Zhao P., Tan, R. K. J, Wu, D.* (2023). Community engagement tools in HIV/STI prevention research. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1097/qco.0000000000000993.

  33. Mody, A.*, Sohn, A. H., Tan, R. K. J., Iwuji, C., Venter, F, Geng, E. (In press). HIV: epidemiology, prevention, treatment, and strategies for public health. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01381-8.

  34. Marley G.* †, Tan R. K. J.†, Wang T. †, Holly M. E., Li C., Wu D., Sun M., Sheng Q., Hlatshwako T. G., Wang C., Tang W., Ramaswamy R., Yang L., Luo D., Sylvia S. S., Tucker, J. D. (2023). Online Focus Group Discussions to Engage Stigmatized Populations in Qualitative Health Research: Lessons Learned. International Journal of Qualitative Methods.

  35. Tan R. K. J.†*, Marley G. †, Wang T. †, Holly M. E., Li C., Wu D., Sun M., Sheng Q., Hlatshwako T. G., Wang C., Ramaswamy R., Yang L., Luo D., Sylvia S. S., Tucker, J. D., Tang W. (2023). Mapping Online Community Spaces through Digital Focus Group Discussions among MSM in Guangdong, China: Implications for Community Engagement and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programming. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  36. Ai, W.*, Fan, C., Fu, G., Marley, G., Tan, R. K. J., Wu, D., Ong, J., Tucker, J. D., Tang W. (2023). Disparities in healthcare access and utilization among people living with HIV in China: a scoping review and meta-analysis. HIV Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13523

  37. Wang, D.*, Tan, R. K. J., Marley, G., Tucker, J. D., Tang, W. (2023). Promoting STI self-testing through HIV self-testing. Journal of the International AIDS Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26138.

  38. Marley G.* †, Tan R. K. J.†, Wu D.†, Wang T., Sun M., Sheng Q., Holly M. E., Hlatshwako T. G., Wang C., Tang W., Ramaswamy R., Yang L., Luo D., Sylvia S. S., Gray K., Van Duin D., Zheng H., Tucker, J. D. (2023). Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men and male STD patients in China: the PIONEER pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16095-8.

  39. Ng, W. Z., Ariffin, K., Tay, P. K. C., Prasad, M., Tan, C., Kwok, C., Tan, R. K. J.* (In press). Prevalence and risk factors for alcohol use disorders, substance use disorders, and depression anxiety and stress among users of sexual health services in Singapore: a cross-sectional survey. Sexual Health.

  40. Wahab, M. T.*, Tan, R. K. J., Cook A. R., Prem, K. (2023). Impact of Including Boys in the National School-Based Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Programme in Singapore: A Modelling-based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.025

  41. O’Hara, C.*, Foon, X. L., Ng, J., Wong, C. S., Wang, F., Tan, C., Cheah, Y. T., Griva, K., Yoong, J., Tan, R. K. J. (2023). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) healthcare in Singapore: perspectives of non-governmental organisations and clinical year medical students. Medical Education Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2023.2172744.

  42. Campbell, L.†, Tan, R. K. J.†, Francis, J.†, Uhlich, M.†, Mark, K.†, Miall, N.†, Eleuteri, S., Gabster, A., Shamu, S., Plášilová, L, Kemigisha, E., Adebayo, A., Kosana, P., Hurtado-Murillo, F., Cleeve, A., González, S. C., Albamonte, V. F., Blanco, L., Schröder, J., Olumide, A., Perotta, G., Saltis, H., Marks, M., Hendriks, J., Larsson, E., Ekström, A. M., Esho, T., Wu, D., Briken, P., Hlatshwako, T., Ryan, R., Daliana, N., Bravo, R. G., Velde, S. V., Michielsen, K., Tucker, J. D., I-SHARE Research Consortium. (In press). Intimate partner violence prior to and during COVID-19 measures: A global multi-country cross-sectional study from the I-SHARE consortium. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221141865.

  43. Tan, R. K. J.*, Tang, W., Tucker, J. D. (2022). Public health services and intersectional stigma – A social sciences perspective with implications for HIV service design and delivery. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS. 18(1), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1097/COH.0000000000000769.

  44. Rusconi, S.*, Tan, R. K. J., Ceccherini-Silberstein, F. (2022). Perspectives November 2022: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055340.

  45. Tan R. K. J.*, Lim J. M., Neo P. H. M., Ong S. E. (2022). How do people interpret health information in the context of an emerging infectious disease? Digital focus group exploring perceptions of novel health information during the first wave of COVID-19 restrictions in Singapore. JMIR Human Factors.

  46. Tan R. K. J.*, Cook A. R. (2022). Singapore’s HIV disclosure law in the context of progress towards the 90-90-90 goals: a call for greater action in the Western Pacific. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100588.

  47. Tan R. K. J., Hsu L. Y.* (2022). The global emergence of monkeypox. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore. https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2022291.

  48. Quaye S. E. D., Cheng Y., Tan R. K. J., Prem K., Teo A. K. J., Cook A. R.* (In press). Estimating the sizes of key populations for HIV in Singapore using online surveys. Journal of the International AIDS Society.

  49. Tan R. K. J.* †, Marley G. †, Kpokiri E. E., Wang T., Tang W., Tucker J. D. (2022). Participatory Approaches to Delivering Clinical Sexually Transmitted Infections Services: A Narrative Review.

  50. Tan R. K. J.*, Mpofu R., Kay Pradheep, Sebastian D., Novakovic D., Lo Y. J., Tucker J. D. (2022) Audio innovation and songs to spur change in global health: Evidence from a national crowdsourcing open call for youth social innovation in Malaysia. BMJ Innovations: Special Supplement on Social Innovations in Health.

  51. Tan, R. K. J.*, Daskalopoulou, M., Thomson-Glover, R. (2022). Perspectives August 2022: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98(5), 392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055337.

  52. Chia H. X.*, Tan S. Y., Ko K. C., Tan R. K. J., Lim J. (2022). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drug Resistance in Southeast Asia: Prevalence, Determinants and Strategic Management. Journal of Public Health and Emergency.

  53. O’Hara C. A.*, Tan R. K. J. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Singapore. Sexual Health. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH21229

  54. Marley G., Tan R. K. J., Tang W. (2022). Stem cell research finds possible HIV cure with cord blood transplant. The Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100238.

  55. Tan R. K. J., Campbell L., Michielsen K., Tucker J. D.* (2022). Sexual and Reproductive Health During COVID-19: The International Sexual Health And Reproductive Health (I-SHARE) Multi-Country Survey. Nature Reviews Urology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-022-00603-3

  56. Tan R. K. J.*, Koh W. L., Le D., Banerjee S., Chio M. T., Chan R. K. W., Wong C. M., Tai B. C., Wong M. L., Cook A. R., Chen M. I., Wong C. S. (2022). Effect of a popular web drama video series on HIV and other sexually transmitted infection testing among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Singapore: a community-based, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/31401

  57. Neo P. H.*, Lim M. J., Tan R. K. J., Ong S.E. (In press). Using WhatsApp focus group discussions for qualitative data collection: Exploring knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of COVID-19 in Singapore. International Journal of Qualitative Methods.

  58. Tan R. K. J.*, Wu D., Day S., Zhao Y., Larson H., Sylvia S., Tang W, Tucker J. D. (In press). Digital Approaches to Enhancing Community Engagement in Clinical Trials: A Narrative Review. NPJ Digital Medicine

  59. Toller-Erasquin J.†, Tan R. K. J.†, Uhlich M., Francis J., Kumar N., Campbell L., Zhang W., Hlatshwako T., Kosana P., Shah S., Brenner E. M., Remmerie L., Mussa A., Klapilova K., Mark K., Perotta G., Gabster A., Wouters W., Burns S., Hendriks J., Eleuteri S., Sahril N., Low W. Y., Plasilova L., Lazdane G., Olumide A., Michielsen K., Moreau C., Tucker J. D., I-SHARE Research Consortium. (In press). The International Sexual Health And Reproductive Health Survey (I-SHARE-1): A Cross-Sectional Multi-Country Analysis of Adults from 30 Countries Prior to and During the Initial COVID-19 Wave. Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  60. Solomon D., Tan R. K. J., Cecchirini-Silberstein F., Tang W., Desai M. (2022). Perspectives March 2022: Research news in clinical context.

  61. 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., West B. S., Wong M. L. (In press). COVID-19 and the shifting organization of sex work markets. Culture, Health and Sexuality.

  62. 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.

  63. 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.

  64. Yong X. M., Lin J., Nah T., Tan M., Tyler A., Banerjee S., Tong F. Y., Tan R. K. J.* (2021). Exploring the effectiveness of an online sexual health workshop on sexual and relationship beliefs and HIV/STI prevention knowledge among Singaporean youth. Sexually Transmitted Infections.

  65. Tan R. K. J.*, O’Hara C. A., Kumar N. (2021). 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. DOI: 10.1071/SH21077

  66. Fernández-Huerta M.*, Solomon D., Tan R. K. J. (2021). Perspectives September 2021: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections.

  67. 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

  68. Tan R. K. J.*, Yang D., Le D., Tan A., Tyler A., Tan C., Kwok C., Banerjee 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

  69. Tan R. K. J.*, Phua K., Tan A., Gan D. C. G., Ho L. P., Ong E. J., See M. T. (2021). 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

  70. 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. (2021). 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

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 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.

  74. 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             

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. 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

  80. 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

  81. Villa G.*, Edwards S. K., Tan R. K. J. (2020) Perspectives June 2020: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054274

  82. 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.

  83. 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

  84. 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

  85. 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.

  86. 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

  87. 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.

  88. 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

  89. 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.

  90. 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

  91. Edwards S. K.*, Ceccherini-Silberstein F., Tan R. K. J. (2020) Perspectives February 2020: Research news in clinical context. Sexually Transmitted Infections. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054271

  92. 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        

  93. 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

  94. 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

  95. 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

  96. 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

  97. 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

  98. 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

  99. 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

  100. 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

  101. 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

  102. 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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