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Research Overview
My research interests include medication adherence, treatment adherence, and engagement in care for chronic medical conditions. Methodology, design, measurement, and analytic strategies in cross-sectional and longitudinal designs are also of interest. The development of interventions to support medication and treatment adherence that are ecologically valid, culturally competent, and highly translatable to practical settings guides much of my research and project development to date. As a co-developer of the IMB-model of HAART adherence and the developer of the situated-Information Motivation Behavioral Skills model of care initiation and maintenance (sIMB-CIM), I firmly believe in the potential contributions that theorists and methodologists can make in efforts to promote health behavior. The intersection between medicine, behavioral science, and systems of care offers the unique opportunity for health psychologists to actively contribute to multidisciplinary teams and shape the direction of behavioral interventions for promotion of health and clinical outcomes for those struggling with chronic medical conditions. This is particularly the case in HIV care, as this cohort is aging and the proportion of those dealing with co-morbities continues to increase. Similarly, in areas where diet and lifestyle are the targets of recommended treatment, sophisticated strategies for supporting engagement in care must address broad compendiums of treatment recommendations and not just adherence to medication. It is in these areas that my program of research seeks to develop and evaluate comprehensive models and model-based interentions.
Education
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 1998 (counseling psychology)
B.A., University of Delaware, 1991 (psychology)
Featured Publications
Amico, KR., Harman, JJ., & O’Grady, MA. Attrition and Related Trends in Scientific Rigor: A score card for ART adherence intervention research and recommendations for future directions. Current HIV/AIDS Reports.
Fisher, JD., Amico, KR., Fisher, WA., & Harman, JJ. (in press). The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of antiretroviral adherence and its applications. Current HIV/AIDS Reports.
Simoni, J.S., Amico, KR., Pearson, CR, Malow, R.M (in press) Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Review of the Literature. Current Infectious Disease Reports.
Norton, W.E., Amico, K.R., Fisher, W.A., Copenhaver, M., Kozal, M.J., Corman, D.H., Friedland, G., & Fisher, J.D. (2008). Attitudes toward needle-sharing and HIV transmission risk behavior among HIV+ injection drug users in clinical care. AIDS Care, 20 (4), 462-469.
Harman, J.J., Amico, K.R. (epub ahead of print, Feb. 8, 2008). Multilevel Structural Equation Model among Dyads: An Application Using the Relationship-Oriented Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model. AIDS and Behavior.
Amico, KR., Barta, W., Konkle-Parker, DJ., Fisher, JD., Cornman, DH., Shuper, P., & Fisher, WA. (epub ahead of print, Sep. 18, 2007). The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of ART adherence in a Deep South HIV positive Clinic Sample. AIDS and Behavior.
Amico, KR., Konkle-Parker, DJ., Cornman, DH., Barta, WD., Ferrer, R., Norton, W. E., Trayling, C., Shuper, P., Fisher, J.D. & Fisher, W.A. (2007). Reasons for ART non-adherence in the Deep South: Adherence needs of a sample of HIV-positive patients in Mississippi. AIDS Care, 19 (10), 1210-1218.
Fisher, J.D., Fisher, W.A., Amico, R., & Harman, J.J. (2006). An information-motivation-behavioral skills model of adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Health Psychology, 25(4), 462-473.
Amico KR, Fisher WA, Cornman DH, Shuper PA, Redding CG, Konkle-Parker DJ, Barta W, & Fisher JD. (2006). Visual Analog Scale of ART Adherence: Association With 3-Day Self-Report and Adherence Barriers. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 42, 455-459.
Kozal MJ, Amico KR, Chiarella J, Cornman D, Fisher W, Fisher J, Friedland G. (2006). A Population-Based and Longitudinal Study of Sexual Behavior and Multidrug-Resistant HIV Among Patients in Clinical Care. eJournal of the International AIDS Society, 8(2): 72.
Starace, F., Massa, A., Amico, R., Fisher, J.D. (2006). Adherence to antiretroviral therapy: An empirical test of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model. Health Psychology, 25 (2): 153-162.
Amico, KR, Harman, JJ, Johnson, BT. (2006). Efficacy of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Interventions: A Research Synthesis of Trials, 1996 to 2004. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 41(3), 285-297.
Amico, K.R., Toro-Alfonso, J., Fisher, J.D. (2005). An empirical test of the information, motivation, behavioral skills model of antiretroviral therapy adherence. AIDS Care, 17(6), 661-673.
Fisher JD, Fisher WA, Cornman DH, Amico KR, Bryan A, Friedland GH. Clinician-delivered Intervention During Routine Clinical Care Reduces Risky Sexual Behavior of HIV Infected Patients. . J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006; 41(1): 44-42.
Kozal, M. J., Amico, K. R., Chiarella, J., Cornman, D., Fisher, W., Fisher, J., & Friedland, G. (2005). HIV drug resistance and HIV transmission risk behaviors among active injection drug users. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 40(3), 106-109.
Harman, J., Amico, K. R., & Johnson, B. (2005). Standard of Care: Promoting antiretroviral adherence in clinical care. AIDS Care, 17, 237-251.
Fisher, J.D., Cornman, D.H., Osborn, C.Y., Amico, K.R., Fisher, W.A., & Friedland, G.H. (2004). Clinician-initiated HIV-risk reduction intervention for HIV+ persons: Formative research, acceptability, and fidelity of the options project. JAIDS, 37(2), S78-S87.
Kozal, M. J., Amico, K. R., Chiarella, J., Schreibman, T., Cornman, D., Fisher, W., Fisher, J., & Friedland, G. (2004). Antiretroviral resistance and high-risk transmission behavior among HIV+ patients in clinical care. AIDS, 18, 2185-2189.
Amico, K. R., & Johnson, B. T. (2003). Prevention of HIV/AIDS in older and elderly populations, In T. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion.
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