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View article: Experiences of Testing Negative or Positive for HIV in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Experiences of Testing Negative or Positive for HIV in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Study Open
HIV testing services (HTS) increase HIV status awareness and serve as the gateway to prevention and treatment. Understanding clients’ perspectives when accessing facility-based HTS is important to ensure comprehensive service provision, im…
View article: Who does tracing work for? Characteristics of clients successfully re-engaged in ART care in sub-Saharan Africa after a tracing intervention: a systematic review
Who does tracing work for? Characteristics of clients successfully re-engaged in ART care in sub-Saharan Africa after a tracing intervention: a systematic review Open
Background Tracing HIV treatment clients who have interrupted or disengaged from care is a common, guideline-recommended practice globally. Most guidelines prioritize tracing based on clinical condition or HIV transmission risk, not likeli…
SimCoachCorpus: A naturalistic dataset with language and trajectories for embodied teaching Open
Curated datasets are essential for training and evaluating AI approaches, but are often lacking in domains where language and physical action are deeply intertwined. In particular, few datasets capture how people acquire embodied skills th…
View article: Advanced HIV disease during the first six months on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: research protocol for a prospective, observational, multi-cohort study
Advanced HIV disease during the first six months on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: research protocol for a prospective, observational, multi-cohort study Open
Background The proportion of HIV-positive individuals who present for initiation or re-initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) with advanced HIV disease (AHD) and are at risk for morbidity and mortality remains high throughout sub-Sahar…
View article: Self-reported stigma and other challenges to HIV treatment adherence for clients in their first 6 months after treatment initiation in Zambia
Self-reported stigma and other challenges to HIV treatment adherence for clients in their first 6 months after treatment initiation in Zambia Open
Background The first six months after initiating or re-initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV is the highest risk period for disengagement from care. Little qualitative research has explored ART clients’ experiences in this period…
View article: Client preferences for service delivery during the early treatment period in South Africa and Zambia: Mixed-method findings from a discrete choice experiment and concurrent focus group discussions
Client preferences for service delivery during the early treatment period in South Africa and Zambia: Mixed-method findings from a discrete choice experiment and concurrent focus group discussions Open
Background Disengagement from antiretroviral therapy (ART) is common in the first 6 months of HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. Using mixed-methods we aimed to understand preferences during this early treatment period. Methods Between 8…
View article: Are HIV Treatment Clients Offered a Choice of Differentiated Service Delivery Models? Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia
Are HIV Treatment Clients Offered a Choice of Differentiated Service Delivery Models? Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia Open
As of 2023, relatively few people receiving HIV treatment in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia reported being offered a choice about enrolling in a DSD model, despite most providers reporting offering such a choice. The value of patient cho…
View article: Effect of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment on healthcare providers’ job satisfaction and workloads in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study from Malawi, Zambia, and South Africa
Effect of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment on healthcare providers’ job satisfaction and workloads in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study from Malawi, Zambia, and South Africa Open
Introduction HIV care providers are often overworked and suffer from burnout and low job satisfaction. Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for HIV treatment aim to decongest clinics and improve providers’ quality of professional l…
View article: Primary healthcare providers’ perspectives on six-month dispensing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa: cross-sectional survey of views and preferences
Primary healthcare providers’ perspectives on six-month dispensing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa: cross-sectional survey of views and preferences Open
Most healthcare providers at primary healthcare clinics in South Africa are in favour of allowing 6-month dispensing and 12-month prescriptions as options for established ART clients.
View article: Experiences of testing negative or positive for HIV in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia: a cross-sectional study
Experiences of testing negative or positive for HIV in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia: a cross-sectional study Open
Background HIV testing services (HTS) aim to increase HIV status awareness and serve as the gateway to prevention, care, and treatment. Understanding clients’ experiences accessing facility-based HTS is important to ensure comprehensive se…
Implementation fidelity of a multisite maternity waiting homes programme in rural Zambia: application of the conceptual framework for implementation fidelity to a complex, hybrid-design study Open
Background Implementation fidelity measures are critical for understanding complex interventions. Though maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are recommended by the WHO and have been used to help pregnant women access health facilities for decad…
View article: Primary healthcare providers’ perspectives on six-month dispensing of HIV medication in South Africa: a cross-sectional survey
Primary healthcare providers’ perspectives on six-month dispensing of HIV medication in South Africa: a cross-sectional survey Open
Background In many African countries the dispensing duration for antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication for HIV treatment has increased from 3 months to 6 months for stable clients. To help inform a decision about whether to move from thr…
View article: Are HIV treatment clients offered a choice of differentiated service delivery models? Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia
Are HIV treatment clients offered a choice of differentiated service delivery models? Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia Open
Purpose Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV are intended to increase patient-centeredness, a concept that incorporates patient choice of service delivery options. We explored choice in DSD …
View article: Drivers of disengagement from care during the first six months on antiretroviral therapy for HIV in South Africa: a mixed-methods study
Drivers of disengagement from care during the first six months on antiretroviral therapy for HIV in South Africa: a mixed-methods study Open
Introduction For clients on HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, disengagement from HIV care in the early treatment period is a critical obstacle to achieving UNAIDS’s second 95 target. While South Africa’s Differentiated Service Delivery …
Computational Teaching for Driving via Multi-Task Imitation Learning Open
Learning motor skills for sports or performance driving is often done with professional instruction from expert human teachers, whose availability is limited. Our goal is to enable automated teaching via a learned model that interacts with…
Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia Open
Vaccine hesitancy has played a major role in slowing the global COVID-19 response. Using cross-sectional, primarily qualitative data collected in four rural districts in Zambia, we aimed to explore community perceptions of COVID-19 disease…
View article: Facility-level integration of hypertension and diabetes services with HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia
Facility-level integration of hypertension and diabetes services with HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia Open
Background A growing number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) also have non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Shifting the health systems paradigm from vertical, parallel care to an integrated delivery model may facilitate better care-seeking …
Experiences and preferences in Zambia and South Africa for delivery of HIV treatment during a client’s first six months: a cross-sectional survey Open
Background Disengagement from antiretroviral therapy (ART) is highest in the early treatment period (≤6 months after initiation/re-initiation), but low intensity models designed to increase retention generally exclude these clients. We des…
Effect of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment on healthcare providers’ job satisfaction and workloads in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study from Malawi, Zambia, and South Africa Open
Introduction: Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for HIV treatment aim to improve healthcare providers’ quality of professional life by reducing the patient/provider ratio and allowing for more time with recipients-of-care in nee…
Personalizing Driver Safety Interfaces via Driver Cognitive Factors Inference Open
Recent advances in AI and intelligent vehicle technology hold promise to revolutionize mobility and transportation, in the form of advanced driving assistance (ADAS) interfaces. Although it is widely recognized that certain cognitive facto…
View article: Adult North Star Network (ANSN): Consensus Guideline For The Standard Of Care Of Adults With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Adult North Star Network (ANSN): Consensus Guideline For The Standard Of Care Of Adults With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Open
There are growing numbers of adults with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy living well into their fourth decade. These patients have complex medical needs that to date have not been addressed in the International standards of care. We sought to …
“Nobody Knows How You’re Supposed to Interpret it:” End-user Perspectives on Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in Massachusetts Open
Objectives America’s overdose crisis spurred rapid expansion in the number and scope of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). As their public health impact remains contested, little is known about PDMP user experiences and perspec…
Beneficial Use of Dredged Material: Addressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Surplus Problem Open
In an attempt of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) continuous clearing waterways for improved aquatic navigation, a surplus of more than 2,000,000 cubic yards of dredged material between three locations of Sangamon River - Decatur, I…