2021
Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases
Morojele NK, Shenoi SV, Shuper PA, Braithwaite RS, Rehm J. Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases. Nutrients 2021, 13: 3317. PMID: 34684318, PMCID: PMC8540096, DOI: 10.3390/nu13103317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunicable diseasesTreatment outcomesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory infection/pneumoniaAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Alcohol useDisability-adjusted life yearsSyndrome coronavirus 2Poor treatment outcomesCOVID-19 infectionAlcohol use disorderGlobal health concernIndividual-level interventionsDifferent communicable diseasesTB deathsImmunodeficiency virusCoronavirus 2Severe illnessUse disordersPneumoniaHeavy drinkersLife yearsHIV researchTuberculosis
2016
“I Have to Push Him with a Wheelbarrow to the Clinic”: Community Health Workers' Roles, Needs, and Strategies to Improve HIV Care in Rural South Africa
Loeliger KB, Niccolai LM, Mtungwa LN, Moll A, Shenoi SV. “I Have to Push Him with a Wheelbarrow to the Clinic”: Community Health Workers' Roles, Needs, and Strategies to Improve HIV Care in Rural South Africa. AIDS Patient Care And STDs 2016, 30: 385-394. PMID: 27509239, PMCID: PMC4991585, DOI: 10.1089/apc.2016.0096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersHIV careCommunity health worker rolesHIV care provisionAntiretroviral therapy initiationHIV treatment outcomesHealth worker rolesHealthcare systemBasic emergency careHIV/AIDS epidemicRural KwaZulu-NatalCommunity-based programsAdherence persistTherapy initiationAntiretroviral medicationsHIV prevalenceTreatment outcomesCHW rolesHealth workersHolistic careCentered careHIV resourcesEmergency careClinical practiceRural South Africa
2015
Successful Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes among HIV/TB Coinfected Patients Down-Referred from a District Hospital to Primary Health Clinics in Rural South Africa
Jacobson KB, Moll AP, Friedland GH, Shenoi SV. Successful Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes among HIV/TB Coinfected Patients Down-Referred from a District Hospital to Primary Health Clinics in Rural South Africa. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0127024. PMID: 25993636, PMCID: PMC4438008, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB treatment outcomesTB/HIVTreatment outcomesHIV clinicDistrict hospitalRetained patientsTreatment completionTreatment successRural South AfricaSuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomeMajor public health threatDrug-susceptible TBHospital HIV clinicLinkage of careTB treatment completionTB treatment initiationTB treatment servicesTuberculosis treatment outcomesHIV/TBBaseline disease severityNew TB casesPrimary health clinicsPrimary care levelSpecific clinical criteriaHigher treatment success