2025
Using nominal group technique to identify and prioritize barriers to decentralizing HIV care to primary health centers in Lima, Peru
Oliveros D, Konda K, Madden L, Montenegro-Idrogo J, Tafur Quintanilla K, Sosa Barbarán K, Nikitin B, Ponticiello M, Benites C, Sánchez J, Altice F. Using nominal group technique to identify and prioritize barriers to decentralizing HIV care to primary health centers in Lima, Peru. BMC Health Services Research 2025, 25: 466. PMID: 40156011, PMCID: PMC11954239, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12618-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary health centersNominal group techniqueDecentralized HIV careHIV careHealth centersHIV servicesGroup of healthcare providersDecentralization of HIV careNominal group technique groupsPatient's continuity of careContinuity of carePeruvian Ministry of HealthGroup techniqueEvidence-based strategiesMinistry of HealthHIV stigmaLack of confidenceHealthcare accessPerceived barriersProvider groupsHealth outcomesHealthcare providersPatient continuityIdentified barriersEducational meetings
2024
The impact of emergency guidance to the COVID‐19 pandemic on treatment entry, retention and mortality among patients on methadone in Ukraine
Ivasiy R, Madden L, Meteliuk A, Machavariani E, Ahmad B, Zelenev A, Desai M, Bromberg D, Polonsky M, de Leon S, Farnum S, Islam Z, Altice F. The impact of emergency guidance to the COVID‐19 pandemic on treatment entry, retention and mortality among patients on methadone in Ukraine. Addiction 2024, 119: 1585-1596. PMID: 38807448, DOI: 10.1111/add.16565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpioid agonist therapyTake-home dosesCOVID-19 guidancePre-COVID cohortAgonist therapyOptimal doseTreatment retentionEmergency guidanceEffective HIV prevention strategiesAdult HIV prevalenceHIV prevention strategiesMinistry of HealthImprove treatment retentionMethadone dosePatient survivalTime-dependent predictorsProspective cohortHIV prevalencePredictors of treatment retentionGovernmental clinicsPrimary outcomeHazard ratioPatient enrollmentPatientsMethadone patients
2019
Effect of expanding opioid agonist therapies on the HIV epidemic and mortality in Ukraine: a modelling study
Tan J, Altice FL, Madden LM, Zelenev A. Effect of expanding opioid agonist therapies on the HIV epidemic and mortality in Ukraine: a modelling study. The Lancet HIV 2019, 7: e121-e128. PMID: 31879250, PMCID: PMC7289179, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(19)30373-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyNew HIV infectionsHigh HIV burdenHIV infectionMinistry of HealthOAT coverageAgonist therapyHIV burdenHIV incidenceBuprenorphine maintenance therapyPublic Health CenterMaintenance therapyHIV outcomesHIV prevalenceHIV transmissionMedication procurementHIV epidemicHealth centersHIV preventionTreatment goalsPWIDOAT expansionDisease controlSexual riskInfection
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