Tigran Avoundjian
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: Are client and provider preferences for HIV care coordination programme features concordant? Discrete choice experiments in Ryan White part A-funded New York City care coordination programmes
Are client and provider preferences for HIV care coordination programme features concordant? Discrete choice experiments in Ryan White part A-funded New York City care coordination programmes Open
Objectives The New York City (NYC) HIV Care Coordination Programme (CCP) is designed to help people with HIV (PWH) overcome barriers to care and treatment engagement. We assessed preferences for CCP components among programme enrollees (’c…
View article: Types of Stroke among People Living with HIV in the United States
Types of Stroke among People Living with HIV in the United States Open
Background: Most studies of stroke in people living with HIV (PLWH) do not use verified stroke diagnoses, are small, and/or do not differentiate stroke types and subtypes.Setting: CNICS, a U.S. multisite clinical cohort of PLWH in care.Met…
View article: Patient Education and Decision Support for Long-Acting Injectable HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Protocol for Tool Development and Pilot Testing with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Case Management Programs in New York
Patient Education and Decision Support for Long-Acting Injectable HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Protocol for Tool Development and Pilot Testing with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Case Management Programs in New York Open
Background Long-acting injectable (LAI) HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) presents a major opportunity to facilitate and sustain HIV viral suppression, thus improving health and survival among people living with HIV and reducing the risk of…
View article: Patient Education and Decision Support for Long-Acting Injectable HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Protocol for Tool Development and Pilot Testing with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Case Management Programs in New York (Preprint)
Patient Education and Decision Support for Long-Acting Injectable HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Protocol for Tool Development and Pilot Testing with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Case Management Programs in New York (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Long-acting injectable (LAI) HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) presents a major opportunity to facilitate and sustain HIV viral suppression, thus improving health and survival among people living with HIV and reducing the risk o…
View article: Relationship Between Patient Portal Tool Use and Medication Adherence and Viral Load Among Patients Living with HIV
Relationship Between Patient Portal Tool Use and Medication Adherence and Viral Load Among Patients Living with HIV Open
View article: 1484. Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Cure by Priority Population Among New York City Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Clients
1484. Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Cure by Priority Population Among New York City Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Clients Open
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a common comorbidity among people with HIV (PWH). HCV-related liver disease is the second leading cause of death among PWH. To identify opportunities to improve service integration and health…
View article: Overdose and mortality risk following a non-fatal opioid overdose treated by Emergency Medical Services in King County, Washington
Overdose and mortality risk following a non-fatal opioid overdose treated by Emergency Medical Services in King County, Washington Open
View article: A Tool to Identify and Engage Patients on Risky Opioid Regimens
A Tool to Identify and Engage Patients on Risky Opioid Regimens Open
Background Concerns around opioid safety for patients living with chronic pain have led to a growing number of collaborative and multimodal pain care initiatives. A major challenge in these efforts has been identifying and engaging patient…
View article: Study protocol for data to suppression (D2S): a cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge effectiveness trial of a reporting and capacity-building intervention to improve HIV viral suppression in housing and behavioural health programmes in New York City
Study protocol for data to suppression (D2S): a cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge effectiveness trial of a reporting and capacity-building intervention to improve HIV viral suppression in housing and behavioural health programmes in New York City Open
Introduction With progress in the ‘diagnose’, ‘link’ and ‘retain’ stages of the HIV care continuum, viral suppression (VS) gains increasingly hinge on antiretroviral adherence among people with HIV (PWH) retained in care. The Centers for D…
View article: Evaluation of the Revised Versus Original Ryan White Part A HIV Care Coordination Program in a Cluster-Randomized, Stepped-Wedge Trial
Evaluation of the Revised Versus Original Ryan White Part A HIV Care Coordination Program in a Cluster-Randomized, Stepped-Wedge Trial Open
Background: To address challenges with delivery of an evidence-based HIV care coordination program (CCP), the New York City Health Department initiated a CCP redesign. We conducted a site-randomized stepped-wedge trial to evaluate effectiv…
View article: A Multifaceted Evaluation of a COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program in King County, Washington
A Multifaceted Evaluation of a COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program in King County, Washington Open
Context: Despite the massive scale of COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing (CI/CT) programs operating worldwide, the evidence supporting the intervention's public health impact is limited. Objective: To evaluate the Public Healt…
View article: Impact of Informed Consent and Education on Care Engagement After Opioid Initiation in the Veterans Health Administration
Impact of Informed Consent and Education on Care Engagement After Opioid Initiation in the Veterans Health Administration Open
The VHA's SIC policy is associated with increased medical follow-up among patients initiating LTOT, which may result in improved patient safety and has implications for other healthcare settings.
View article: COVID-19 Incidence and Death Rates Among Unvaccinated and Fully Vaccinated Adults with and Without Booster Doses During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Emergence — 25 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4–December 25, 2021
COVID-19 Incidence and Death Rates Among Unvaccinated and Fully Vaccinated Adults with and Without Booster Doses During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Emergence — 25 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4–December 25, 2021 Open
Previous reports of COVID-19 case, hospitalization, and death rates by vaccination status† indicate that vaccine protection against infection, as well as serious COVID-19 illness for some groups, declined with the emergence of t…
View article: Corrigendum to: Correlates of personal health record registration and utilization among veterans with HIV
Corrigendum to: Correlates of personal health record registration and utilization among veterans with HIV Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooab029.].
View article: Correlates of personal health record registration and utilization among veterans with HIV
Correlates of personal health record registration and utilization among veterans with HIV Open
Objective We examined correlates of registration and utilization of the Veteran Health Administration’s (VHA) personal health record (PHR), My HealtheVet (MHV), among a national cohort of veterans living with HIV. Materials and Methods Usi…
View article: Types of Stroke Among People Living With HIV in the United States
Types of Stroke Among People Living With HIV in the United States Open
Background: Most studies of stroke in people living with HIV (PLWH) do not use verified stroke diagnoses, are small, and/or do not differentiate stroke types and subtypes. Setting: CNICS, a U.S. multisite clinical cohort of PLWH in care. M…
View article: HIV Viremia and Risk of Stroke Among People Living with HIV Who Are Using Antiretroviral Therapy
HIV Viremia and Risk of Stroke Among People Living with HIV Who Are Using Antiretroviral Therapy Open
Background: Rates of stroke are higher in people living with HIV compared with age-matched uninfected individuals. Causes of elevated stroke risk, including the role of viremia, are poorly defined. Methods: Between 1 January 2006 and 31 De…
View article: Barriers, Facilitators, and Cost of Integrating HIV-Related Activities Into Sexually Transmitted Disease Partner Services in Jackson, Mississippi
Barriers, Facilitators, and Cost of Integrating HIV-Related Activities Into Sexually Transmitted Disease Partner Services in Jackson, Mississippi Open
Background Many US health departments now integrate HIV-related outcomes (e.g., relinkage to HIV care and preexposure prophylaxis [PrEP]) into sexually transmitted disease (STD) partner services (PS) programs. We sought to determine the ba…
View article: Comparing Methods for Record Linkage for Public Health Action: Matching Algorithm Validation Study
Comparing Methods for Record Linkage for Public Health Action: Matching Algorithm Validation Study Open
Background Many public health departments use record linkage between surveillance data and external data sources to inform public health interventions. However, little guidance is available to inform these activities, and many health depar…
View article: Comparing Methods for Record Linkage for Public Health Action: Matching Algorithm Validation Study (Preprint)
Comparing Methods for Record Linkage for Public Health Action: Matching Algorithm Validation Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Many public health departments use record linkage between surveillance data and external data sources to inform public health interventions. However, little guidance is available to inform these activities, and many health depa…
View article: Racial and ethnic disparities in use of a personal health record by veterans living with HIV
Racial and ethnic disparities in use of a personal health record by veterans living with HIV Open
Objective To examine sociodemographic characteristics associated with use of My HealtheVet (MHV) by veterans living with HIV. Materials and Methods Veterans Health Administration administrative data were used to identify a cohort of vetera…
View article: Flow Chart of Study Population and Sample Size.
Flow Chart of Study Population and Sample Size. Open
The figure shows the number of Hispanic children available in the Children’s Health Study in 2003, subjects excluded for not having birth certificate or genetic ancestry data, and final sample size available for analyzing the associations …
View article: Correction: Genetic Ancestry and Asthma and Rhinitis Occurrence in Hispanic Children: Findings from the Southern California Children's Health Study
Correction: Genetic Ancestry and Asthma and Rhinitis Occurrence in Hispanic Children: Findings from the Southern California Children's Health Study Open
View article: Genetic Ancestry and Asthma and Rhinitis Occurrence in Hispanic Children: Findings from the Southern California Children’s Health Study
Genetic Ancestry and Asthma and Rhinitis Occurrence in Hispanic Children: Findings from the Southern California Children’s Health Study Open
Earlier work documented that Hispanic children with significant contribution from African ancestry are at increased asthma risk; however, in Hispanic children who have little contribution from African ancestry, Amerindian ancestry was inde…