2014
Strategic Roles for Health Communication in Combination HIV Prevention and Care Programs
Vermund SH, Van Lith LM, Holtgrave D. Strategic Roles for Health Communication in Combination HIV Prevention and Care Programs. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014, 66: s237-s240. PMID: 25007259, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV preventionHealth communicationAcquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeVoluntary medical male circumcisionPrevention of motherOpiate substitution therapyImmune deficiency syndromeCombination HIV preventionMedical male circumcisionRisk of HIVHealth communication expertsEvidence of effectivenessHealth communication strategiesEffective health communicationHealth communication approachChild transmissionPreexposure prophylaxisHIV controlSubstitution therapyDeficiency syndromeCurrent evidenceMale circumcisionCare programNeedle exchangePrevention
2010
Combination HIV Prevention: Significance, Challenges, and Opportunities
Kurth AE, Celum C, Baeten JM, Vermund SH, Wasserheit JN. Combination HIV Prevention: Significance, Challenges, and Opportunities. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2010, 8: 62-72. PMID: 20941553, PMCID: PMC3036787, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-010-0063-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV prevention strategiesHIV transmissionPrevention strategiesPopulation-level HIV transmissionBehavioral risk reductionEvidence-based strategiesNumber of interventionsAntiretroviral medicationsHIV serostatusPrevention packageUninfected personsEpidemiologic profileHIV pandemicMale circumcisionNeedle exchangeEffective interventionsTarget populationInterventionRisk reductionMeasurable reductionPopulation levelDiverse subgroupsMedicationsSerostatusHIV
2009
Projecting dynamic trends for HIV/AIDS in a highly endemic area of China: estimation models for Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Liu L, Luan R, Yang W, Zhang L, Zhang J, Nan L, Huang J, Hu Y, Mao G, Feng L, Gong Y, Vermund SH, Jia Y. Projecting dynamic trends for HIV/AIDS in a highly endemic area of China: estimation models for Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Current HIV Research 2009, 7: 390-7. PMID: 19601774, PMCID: PMC4048065, DOI: 10.2174/157016209788680642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsian Epidemic ModelInjection drug usersHIV prevalenceHIV/AIDSEndemic areasNew HIV infectionsAdult HIV prevalenceHigh-risk behaviorsMajority of casesHIV infectionStable incidenceSexual transmissionAdult prevalenceMixed epidemicHigh riskNew infectionsDrug usersLiangshan PrefectureNeedle exchangeCondom useRisk behaviorsPrevalenceSpecific interventionsInfectionBridge population[Sharing of needles and paraphernalia injection in new and long-term injection drug users in Sichuan, China].
Liu JB, Zhang LL, Lai WH, Feng L, Zeng YL, Liu L, Hu Y, Li J, Zhang XL, Xiao Y, Vermund SH, Jia YJ. [Sharing of needles and paraphernalia injection in new and long-term injection drug users in Sichuan, China]. Chinese Journal Of Epidemiology 2009, 30: 656-62. PMID: 19957584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-regular sex partnersLong-term injection drug usersInjection drug usersRegular sex partnersCommercial sex partnersSex partnersUnprotected sexNew injection drug usersSex-related risk behaviorsHIV/STD preventionConsecutive cross-sectional surveysLess educationNeedle exchange programsCross-sectional surveyCondom promotionEligible participantsSTD preventionDrug usersNeedle exchangeRisk behaviorsParaphernalia sharingHigh frequencyInjection historyComprehensive intervention packageIntervention package