2018
Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders
Wainberg ML, Helpman L, Duarte CS, Vermund SH, Mootz JJ, Gouveia L, Oquendo MA, McKinnon K, Cournos F. Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry 2018, 5: 940-944. PMID: 30316807, PMCID: PMC6433373, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30342-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“I will leave the baby with my mother”: Long‐distance travel and follow‐up care among HIV‐positive pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa
Clouse K, Fox MP, Mongwenyana C, Motlhatlhedi M, Buthelezi S, Bokaba D, Norris SA, Bassett J, Lurie MN, Aronoff DM, Vermund SH. “I will leave the baby with my mother”: Long‐distance travel and follow‐up care among HIV‐positive pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2018, 21: e25121. PMID: 30027665, PMCID: PMC6053484, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSouth AfricaNine provincesMotivation of travelLong-distance travelSouth Africa's nine provincesPostpartum womenPeripartum periodGreater JohannesburgSouth African provincesCare of familiesFragmented healthcare systemContinuity of HIVHIV-positive womenMobile populationsTravel patternsUrban African settingAfrican provincesJohannesburgHealthcare accessFrequent travelMedian durationMedian ageDiverse clinicsFrequent mobilityGauteng Province
2016
Integrated prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services, antiretroviral therapy initiation, and maternal and infant retention in care in rural north-central Nigeria: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Audet CM, Kalish M, Gebi UI, Onwujekwe O, Lindegren ML, Shepherd BE, Wester CW, Vermund SH. Integrated prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services, antiretroviral therapy initiation, and maternal and infant retention in care in rural north-central Nigeria: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet HIV 2016, 3: e202-e211. PMID: 27126487, PMCID: PMC4852280, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(16)00018-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdolescentAdultAnti-HIV AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedEarly Intervention, EducationalFamilyFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaleMothersNevirapineNigeriaPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPrenatal CareRural PopulationYoung AdultConceptsChild HIV transmissionAntiretroviral therapyStandard of careRural North-Central NigeriaWeeks post partumIntervention groupAntiretroviral prophylaxisEligible womenHIV statusHIV transmissionSecondary level health care facilitiesChild HIV transmission servicesClinical stage 1 diseasePost partumEunice Kennedy Shriver National InstituteMedian CD4 countPMTCT service deliveryAntiretroviral therapy initiationCD4 cell countPrevention of motherStage 1 diseaseUnknown HIV statusElimination of motherNorth Central NigeriaEarly infant diagnosis
2013
Optimizing PMTCT service delivery in rural North-Central Nigeria: Protocol and design for a cluster randomized study
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Audet C, Shepherd BE, Hassan A, Onwujekwe O, Gebi UI, Kalish M, Lindegren ML, Vermund SH, Wester CW. Optimizing PMTCT service delivery in rural North-Central Nigeria: Protocol and design for a cluster randomized study. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2013, 36: 187-197. PMID: 23816493, PMCID: PMC3786261, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Retroviral AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountCost-Benefit AnalysisFamilyFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaternal-Child Health CentersMentorsNigeriaPatient SatisfactionPoint-of-Care SystemsPregnancyPrenatal CareResearch DesignRural PopulationSocioeconomic FactorsConceptsAntiretroviral therapyPMTCT servicesChild transmissionHIV service integrationPMTCT service deliveryPMTCT service provisionChild HIV transmissionPrevention of motherCell count testingSimilar resource-limited settingsRural health facilitiesRural North-Central NigeriaResource-limited settingsPatient care responsibilitiesPMTCT careMore HIVHIV infectionCare CD4Cell count resultsHIV transmissionPregnant womenUNAIDS/Health facilitiesHealth providersInfluential community members