2020
Conditional Cash Transfer Program and Leprosy Incidence: Analysis of 12.9 Million Families From the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort
Pescarini JM, Williamson E, Ichihara MY, Fiaccone RL, Forastiere L, Ramond A, Nery JS, Penna MLF, Strina A, Reis S, Smeeth L, Rodrigues LC, Brickley EB, Penna GO, Barreto ML. Conditional Cash Transfer Program and Leprosy Incidence: Analysis of 12.9 Million Families From the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2020, 189: 1547-1558. PMID: 32639534, PMCID: PMC7705605, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeprosy case detectionLeprosy incidenceBrazilian cohortCase detectionIncidence rate ratiosHigh-burden communitiesMantel-Haenszel testBFP beneficiarySecondary endpointsPaucibacillary casesPoisson regressionPropensity scoreBFP participationIncidenceTropical diseasesPolicy-relevant evidenceRate ratioConditional cash transfer programCohortOperational classificationCash transfer programDisabilityAssociationTransfer programsPay-it-forward gonorrhoea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a randomised controlled trial
Yang F, Zhang TP, Tang W, Ong JJ, Alexander M, Forastiere L, Kumar N, Li KT, Zou F, Yang L, Mi G, Wang Y, Huang W, Lee A, Zhu W, Luo D, Vickerman P, Wu D, Yang B, Christakis NA, Tucker JD. Pay-it-forward gonorrhoea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2020, 20: 976-982. PMID: 32530426, PMCID: PMC8957706, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30172-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChlamydia testingTest uptakeCare armCare groupPreventive servicesEvidence-based preventive servicesChlamydia testing uptakeDoris Duke Charitable FoundationHIV testing sitesHIV testingPrimary outcomeSuperiority trialUS National InstitutesTesting uptakeForward armSuperiority marginChinese MSMGonorrheaIntervention effectsTropical diseasesMSMFree testingEstimated differenceNational InstituteCommunity-based organizations
2019
Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial
Zhang TP, Yang F, Tang W, Alexander M, Forastiere L, Kumar N, Li K, Zou F, Yang L, Mi G, Wang Y, Huang W, Lee A, Zhu W, Vickerman P, Wu D, Yang B, Christakis NA, Tucker JD. Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Infectious Diseases Of Poverty 2019, 8: 76. PMID: 31426869, PMCID: PMC6700988, DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0581-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGonorrhea/chlamydia testingChlamydia testingCare armPrimary outcomeTest uptakePreventive health services utilizationIncremental costHealth service utilizationHIV testing sitesThree-arm clusterChlamydia testing ratesStandard of carePrevious gonorrheaSecondary outcomesDisease clinicEligible participantsStudy protocolService utilizationTesting ratesAnal sexChinese menGonorrheaQuasi-experimental studyTesting sitesMSM