2005
An Intervention to Reduce Vaginal Douching Among Adolescent and Young Adult Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Grimley DM, Oh MK, Desmond RA, Hook EW, Vermund SH. An Intervention to Reduce Vaginal Douching Among Adolescent and Young Adult Women: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2005, 32: 752-758. PMID: 16314772, DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000190018.58079.05.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaginal douchingYoung adult womenAdult womenIndividualized counseling sessionsTreat modelPrimary outcome measureStage of readinessSecondary outcomesIntervention groupOutcome measuresStages of changeHealthy eatingStage-matched interventionsYoung womenDouchingYoung adultsComparison groupWomenMonthsCounseling sessionsInterventionExperimental groupTrialsCessationComparison conditionEffectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia
Stringer JS, Sinkala M, Maclean CC, Levy J, Kankasa C, DeGroot A, Stringer EM, Acosta EP, Goldenberg RL, Vermund SH. Effectiveness of a city-wide program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS 2005, 19: 1309-1315. PMID: 16052086, PMCID: PMC2745046, DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000180102.88511.7d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-infant pairsHIV testingCord bloodSurveillance populationAntenatal HIV testingPerinatal HIV preventionProportion of HIVChild HIV transmissionHIV test resultsMain outcome measuresNewborn cord bloodHIV prevention programsHIV serologyInfant dosePublic sector facilitiesSeropositive womenAntenatal careHIV transmissionPrescribed regimenCascade of eventsLabor onsetPopulation effectivenessSurveillance periodHIV preventionOutcome measures
1993
Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Medical Outcomes in HIV Infection
Lyketsos C, Hoover D, Guccione M, Senterfitt W, Dew M, Wesch J, VanRaden M, Treisman G, Morgenstern H, Saah A, Palenicek J, Armenian H, Farzadegan H, Graham N, Margolick J, McArthur J, Phair J, Chmiel J, Cohen B, O'Gorman M, Variakojis D, Wesch J, Wolinsky S, Detels R, Visscher B, Chen I, Dudley J, Fahey J, Giorgi J, Lee M, Martinez-Mara O, Miller E, Nishanian P, Taylor J, Zack J, Rinaldor C, Kingsley L, Becker J, Gupta P, Ho M, Muñoz A, Jacobson L, Beaty T, Galai N, Epstein L, Guccione M, Hoover D, Meinert C, Nelson K, Piantadosi S, Su S, Schrager L, Vermund S, Kaslow R, VanRaden M, Seminara D. Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Medical Outcomes in HIV Infection. JAMA 1993, 270: 2563-2567. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510210049026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman immunodeficiency virusCD4 countCohort studyHIV infectionDepressive symptomsMedical outcomesEight-year cohort studyHIV-seropositive homosexual menMulticenter AIDS Cohort StudyLow CD4 countEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleAssociation of depressionEight-year followWorse medical outcomesAIDS Cohort StudyHIV outcomesImmunodeficiency syndromeImmunodeficiency virusProphylactic treatmentEligible participantsWorse outcomesMore AIDSOutcome measuresHomosexual menSymptoms