2016
Patient and Provider Satisfaction With a Comprehensive Strategy to Improve Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Services in Rural Nigeria
Boehmer A, Audet CM, Blevins M, Gebi UI, Wester CW, Vermund SH, Aliyu MH. Patient and Provider Satisfaction With a Comprehensive Strategy to Improve Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Services in Rural Nigeria. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2016, 72: s117-s123. PMID: 27355498, PMCID: PMC5113240, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevention of motherProvider satisfactionPatient satisfactionWeeks postpartumControl armIntervention sitesChild HIV transmission servicesChild HIV transmission rateMother-infant careCD4 cell countHIV transmission ratesCluster-randomized trialTotal patient satisfactionAntiretroviral therapyHIV careChild transmissionPrescribed treatmentClinician satisfactionHealth personnelLower cadre workersCell countHealth problemsMale involvementProvider rolesProviders' ability
2014
Sexual Risk Reduction for HIV-Infected Persons: A Meta-Analytic Review of “Positive Prevention” Randomized Clinical Trials
Yin L, Wang N, Vermund SH, Shepherd BE, Ruan Y, Shao Y, Qian HZ. Sexual Risk Reduction for HIV-Infected Persons: A Meta-Analytic Review of “Positive Prevention” Randomized Clinical Trials. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e107652. PMID: 25243404, PMCID: PMC4171502, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRandomized clinical trialsStandardized mean differencePrevention interventionsSexual partnersClinical trialsUnknown status sexual partnersMonths of followShort-term efficacyLong-term efficacyPrevention intervention trialRandom-effects modelSexual risk reductionHIV/AIDSEffect sizeRisk reduction programsPrimary outcomeStudy armsIntervention armIntervention trialsSexual transmissionControl armLong-term effectsAnal intercourseElectronic databasesPLWHAHPTN 071 (PopART): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of the Population Impact of an HIV Combination Prevention Intervention Including Universal Testing and Treatment: Mathematical Model
Cori A, Ayles H, Beyers N, Schaap A, Floyd S, Sabapathy K, Eaton JW, Hauck K, Smith P, Griffith S, Moore A, Donnell D, Vermund SH, Fidler S, Hayes R, Fraser C, . HPTN 071 (PopART): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of the Population Impact of an HIV Combination Prevention Intervention Including Universal Testing and Treatment: Mathematical Model. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e84511. PMID: 24454728, PMCID: PMC3893126, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyArm AHIV incidenceHIV transmissionThree-arm cluster-randomized trialHIV combination prevention interventionsPopulation-level HIV incidenceCombination prevention interventionsCombination prevention packageHPTN 052 trialHPTN 071 (PopART) trialPopulation-level incidenceHIV-positive individualsHeterosexual HIV transmissionUptake of testingNational surveillance dataCluster-randomized trialImpact of treatmentLarge population clustersART retentionHPTN 071Primary endpointArm BPrevention packageControl arm