2022
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: a Global Overview
Zhang C, Vermund S. Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: a Global Overview. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2022, 19: 474-483. PMID: 36348186, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00632-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoluntary medical male circumcisionMedical male circumcisionHIV preventionMale circumcisionPrevention strategiesEvidence-based HIV prevention strategiesBehavioral prevention strategiesHigher sexual risk behaviorsHIV prevention strategiesSexual risk behaviorsPurpose of ReviewWithDecreased riskClinical trialsCircumcision coverageVMMC coverageProtective effectRecent FindingsThereHealth professionalsSystematic reviewIncidence areaRisk behaviorsSexual partnersHealth authoritiesHealth systemMale partners
2018
Prevalent Misconceptions About Opioid Use Disorders in the United States Produce Failed Policy and Public Health Responses
Heimer R, Hawk K, Vermund SH. Prevalent Misconceptions About Opioid Use Disorders in the United States Produce Failed Policy and Public Health Responses. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018, 69: 546-551. PMID: 30452633, PMCID: PMC6637277, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionChronic pain medicationsNonopioid pain managementImmunodeficiency virus infectionPrescribing of opioidsOpioid use disorderCurrent opioid crisisEvidence-based therapiesOpioid overdose mortalityPublic health responseOpioid prescribingPain medicationHepatitis BPain managementC virusVirus infectionOpioid addictionOverdose mortalityUse disordersOral consumptionHealth professionalsOpioid crisisHealth responseOpioidsPrescribing
2014
Closing the Mental Health Gap in Low-income Settings by Building Research Capacity: Perspectives from Mozambique
Sweetland AC, Oquendo MA, Sidat M, Santos PF, Vermund SH, Duarte CS, Arbuckle M, Wainberg ML. Closing the Mental Health Gap in Low-income Settings by Building Research Capacity: Perspectives from Mozambique. Annals Of Global Health 2014, 80: 126-133. PMID: 24976551, PMCID: PMC4109687, DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2014.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-income settingsMental health treatmentHealth treatmentUniversidade Federal de São PauloMental health treatment gapEvidence-based mental health interventionsImplementation researchCause of disabilityEffective treatment interventionsHigh-income settingsMental health careMental health gapHigh-resource countriesMental health interventionsMental health professionalsTreatment gapResearch capacityGlobal burdenPsychopharmacological interventionsTreatment interventionsHealth professionalsHealth interventionsHealth gapMental disordersTest interventionsRecruiting Post-Doctoral Fellows into Global Health Research: Selecting NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows
Heimburger DC, Warner TL, Carothers CL, Blevins M, Thomas Y, Gardner P, Primack A, Vermund SH. Recruiting Post-Doctoral Fellows into Global Health Research: Selecting NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2014, 91: 219-224. PMID: 24865678, PMCID: PMC4125240, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease ProjectClinical researchCharacteristics of enrolleesInternational clinical researchHealth professionalsClinical fellowshipNIH institutesNational InstituteHealth researchGlobal health researchMedical degreeInternational fellowsApplicant competitivenessEnrolleesFellowsResearch trainingWomen
2004
Vaginal Douching: Personal Practices and Public Policies
Martino JL, Youngpairoj S, Vermund SH. Vaginal Douching: Personal Practices and Public Policies. Journal Of Women's Health 2004, 13: 1048-1065. PMID: 15665661, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2004.13.1048.Peer-Reviewed Original Research