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View article: 10 Guiding Principles of a Comprehensive Internet-Based Public Health Preparedness Training and Education Program
10 Guiding Principles of a Comprehensive Internet-Based Public Health Preparedness Training and Education Program Open
Distance learning is an effective strategy to address the many barriers to continuing education faced by the public health workforce. With the proliferation of online learning programs focused on public health, there is a need to develop a…
View article: Access to HIV prevention services in East African cross‐border areas: a 2016‐2017 cross‐sectional bio‐behavioural study
Access to HIV prevention services in East African cross‐border areas: a 2016‐2017 cross‐sectional bio‐behavioural study Open
Introduction East African cross‐border areas are visited by mobile and vulnerable populations, such as men, female sex workers, men who have sex with men, truck drivers, fisher folks and young women. These groups may not benefit from tradi…
View article: Improving HIV outreach testing yield at cross-border venues in East Africa
Improving HIV outreach testing yield at cross-border venues in East Africa Open
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate HIV testing yield under several candidate strategies for outreach testing at venues (i.e. places where people socialize and meet new sex partners) in East Africa cross-border areas. Design: …
View article: A Critical Analysis of the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and Its Emphasis on Abstinence-Only Prevention
A Critical Analysis of the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and Its Emphasis on Abstinence-Only Prevention Open
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the most recent in a series of policies aimed at promoting abstinence-only education over comprehensive sex education- those that combine information on abstinence, monogamy, and c…
View article: Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina's public health epidemiologist program
Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina's public health epidemiologist program Open
Background In 2003, 11 public health epidemiologists were placed in North Carolina's largest hospitals to enhance communication between public health agencies and healthcare systems for improved emergency preparedness. We describe the spec…
View article: Changes in public health preparedness services provided to local health departments by regional offices in North Carolina: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies
Changes in public health preparedness services provided to local health departments by regional offices in North Carolina: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies Open
Background: In 2011, seven decentralized Public Health Regional Surveillance Teams (PHRSTs) were restructured into four centralized Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHP&R) regional offices to realign preparedness priorities and ess…
View article: Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina’s public health epidemiologist program
Linking public health agencies and hospitals for improved emergency preparedness: North Carolina’s public health epidemiologist program Open
Background In 2003, 11 public health epidemiologists were placed in North Carolina's largest hospitals to enhance communication between public health agencies and healthcare systems for improved emergency preparedness. We describe the spec…
View article: The <scp>HIV</scp> care continuum among resident and non‐resident populations found in venues in East Africa cross‐border areas
The <span>HIV</span> care continuum among resident and non‐resident populations found in venues in East Africa cross‐border areas Open
Introduction HIV care and treatment in cross‐border areas in East Africa face challenges perhaps not seen to the same extent in other geographic areas, particularly for mobile and migrant populations. Here, we estimate the proportion of pe…