2010
Combination HIV Prevention: Significance, Challenges, and Opportunities
Kurth AE, Celum C, Baeten JM, Vermund SH, Wasserheit JN. Combination HIV Prevention: Significance, Challenges, and Opportunities. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2010, 8: 62-72. PMID: 20941553, PMCID: PMC3036787, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-010-0063-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV prevention strategiesHIV transmissionPrevention strategiesPopulation-level HIV transmissionBehavioral risk reductionEvidence-based strategiesNumber of interventionsAntiretroviral medicationsHIV serostatusPrevention packageUninfected personsEpidemiologic profileHIV pandemicMale circumcisionNeedle exchangeEffective interventionsTarget populationInterventionRisk reductionMeasurable reductionPopulation levelDiverse subgroupsMedicationsSerostatusHIV
1986
Health education and community participation in mass drug administration for malaria in Nicaragua
Garfield R, Vermund S. Health education and community participation in mass drug administration for malaria in Nicaragua. Social Science & Medicine 1986, 22: 869-877. PMID: 3529425, DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(86)90241-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug AdministrationPrimary health care systemMalaria control activitiesMass drug administrationYears of ageHealth education activitiesMalaria control effortsAnti-malaria medicinesHealth care systemMalaria situationCase findingHealth educationCare systemAdministrationTarget populationControl activitiesRapid declineLocal community organizationsPopulationMalariaChloroquinePrimaquineIncidenceWeeksEducation activities