2017
Adapting an adherence support workers intervention: engaging traditional healers as adherence partners for persons enrolled in HIV care and treatment in rural Mozambique
Audet CM, Salato J, Vermund SH, Amico KR. Adapting an adherence support workers intervention: engaging traditional healers as adherence partners for persons enrolled in HIV care and treatment in rural Mozambique. Implementation Science 2017, 12: 50. PMID: 28407813, PMCID: PMC5390357, DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0582-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersAntiretroviral therapyWorker interventionTraditional healersHealth workersHealth systemAllopathic health systemEvidence-informed interventionsLow-literacy populationsHIV careHIV diagnosisRural MozambiquePatient adherenceHIV epidemicHealth facilitiesClinical careHealthcare providersHealth workforceHIVTraditional treatmentCommunity-based activitiesInterventionTraditional medicineCareSuccessful program implementation
2011
Barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence in rural Mozambique
Groh K, Audet CM, Baptista A, Sidat M, Vergara A, Vermund SH, Moon TD. Barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence in rural Mozambique. BMC Public Health 2011, 11: 650. PMID: 21846344, PMCID: PMC3171727, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnti-Retroviral AgentsAttitude of Health PersonnelAttitude to HealthCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchConfidentialityFemaleFocus GroupsHealth Services AccessibilityHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMedication AdherenceMozambiqueProfessional-Patient RelationsQualitative ResearchRural Health ServicesSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsHealth care workersCare workersAntiretroviral therapyPoor adherenceRural Zambézia ProvinceAntiretroviral therapy adherenceSuboptimal adherenceLack of confidentialityPatient adherencePoor treatmentTherapy adherencePatient preferencesMedications resultsChronic diseasesFocus groupsSide effectsZambézia ProvinceHospital staffHigh mortalityClinical sitesViral mutationsEffective interventionsAdherenceTraditional medicineMedications
2007
Use of Traditional Medicine among Pregnant Women in Lusaka, Zambia
Banda Y, Chapman V, Goldenberg RL, Stringer JS, Culhane JF, Sinkala M, Vermund SH, H. B. Use of Traditional Medicine among Pregnant Women in Lusaka, Zambia. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine 2007, 13: 123-128. PMID: 17309386, DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMaternal BehaviorMaternal Health ServicesMedicine, African TraditionalPatient Acceptance of Health CarePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrevalenceSeroepidemiologic StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesZambiaConceptsPregnant womenTraditional healersTraditional medicineHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategiesWorse medical careHealth care providersTraditional medicine usePublic health systemAntiretroviral regimensCurrent pregnancyMedical regimenHIV transmissionMedicine useHIV knowledgeClinical trialsPostpartum questionnaireCare providersPrevention strategiesSex partnersMedical carePrior useHealth systemDry sexPregnancyWomen