2024
Prehospital use of point-of-care tests by community health workers: a scoping review
Ebbs D, Taricia M, Funaro M, O’Daniel M, Cappello M. Prehospital use of point-of-care tests by community health workers: a scoping review. Frontiers In Public Health 2024, 12: 1360322. PMID: 38721545, PMCID: PMC11076783, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1360322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersHealth workersPoint-of-care testingPrehospital settingLocal community health workersFull-text reviewMedical Subject HeadingsPRISMA extensionPrehospital useImplementation strategiesResource settingsEarly risk stratificationMedical librariansStudy criteriaSubject headingsPoint-of-carePrehospitalRisk stratificationWorkersCommunitySetsReviewPRISMAHIVMalaria
2022
Evidence-based service delivery interventions for testing, linking, treating, and retaining children and adolescents living with HIV in primary health care settings: Protocol for a systematic review
Putta N, Hansen CE, Funaro MC, Campbell M, Essajee S, Mbori-Ngacha D, Frimpong S, Wang SY, Paintsil E. Evidence-based service delivery interventions for testing, linking, treating, and retaining children and adolescents living with HIV in primary health care settings: Protocol for a systematic review. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269063. PMID: 35709211, PMCID: PMC9202933, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystematic reviewPrimary health care settingsService delivery interventionsMeta-analysis protocolPairs of reviewersHealth care providersEvidence-based service deliveryPreferred Reporting ItemsHealth care settingsRandom-effects modelComprehensive search strategyImmunologic outcomesPregnant womenCochrane LibraryTreatment optionsDelivery interventionsRetention of childrenInclusion criteriaCare settingsCare providersHIVRegistration numberReporting ItemsCare deliveryNarrative synthesis
2019
Integration of care for HIV and opioid use disorder
Oldfield B, Muñoz N, McGovern M, Funaro M, Villanueva M, Tetrault J, Edelman E. Integration of care for HIV and opioid use disorder. AIDS 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30882491, PMCID: PMC6588508, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV care settingsCare settingsClinical benefitTreatment settingsSystematic reviewBuprenorphine/naloxoneOpioid use disorderProvision of medicationsIntegration of careAntiretroviral therapyOpioid useMedication adherencePROSPERO databaseOvid MEDLINETreatment strategiesObservational studyHIVUse disordersModerate riskBehavioral interventionsScreening strategyOUDRisk reductionTreatmentUnique studies