Search Results - "Padian, Nancy"

Hormonal contraceptive use and women's risk of HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of observational studies by Ralph, Lauren J, MPH, McCoy, Sandra I, PhD, Shiu, Karen, MPH, Padian, Nancy S, PhD

“…Summary Background The evidence from epidemiological research into whether use of hormonal contraception increases women's risk of HIV acquisition is…”
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The SHAZ! project: results from a pilot randomized trial of a structural intervention to prevent HIV among adolescent women in Zimbabwe by Dunbar, Megan S, Kang Dufour, Mi-Suk, Lambdin, Barrot, Mudekunye-Mahaka, Imelda, Nhamo, Definate, Padian, Nancy S

“…Adolescent females in Zimbabwe are at high risk for HIV acquisition. Shaping the Health of Adolescents in Zimbabwe (SHAZ!) was a randomized controlled trial of…”
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Biomedical interventions to prevent HIV infection: evidence, challenges, and way forward by Padian, Nancy S, Dr, Buvé, Anne, PhD, Balkus, Jennifer, MPH, Serwadda, David, MBChB, Cates, Ward, MD

“…Summary Intensive research efforts for more than two decades have not yet resulted in an HIV vaccine of even moderate effectiveness. However, some progress has…”
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HIV Prevention 2: Biomedical interventions to prevent HIV infection: evidence, challenges, and way forward by Padian, Nancy S, Buvé, Anne, Balkus, Jennifer, Serwadda, David, Cates, Ward

“…Intensive research efforts for more than two decades have not yet resulted in an HIV vaccine of even moderate effectiveness. However, some progress has been…”
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Unmet need for family planning, contraceptive failure, and unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Zimbabwe by McCoy, Sandra I, Buzdugan, Raluca, Ralph, Lauren J, Mushavi, Angela, Mahomva, Agnes, Hakobyan, Anna, Watadzaushe, Constancia, Dirawo, Jeffrey, Cowan, Frances M, Padian, Nancy S

“…Prevention of unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV infection is a strategy recommended by the World Health Organization for prevention of…”
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HIV prevention transformed: the new prevention research agenda by Padian, Nancy S, Prof, McCoy, Sandra I, Dr, Karim, Salim S Abdool, MBChB, Hasen, Nina, PhD, Kim, Julia, MD, Bartos, Michael, MEd, Katabira, Elly, MD, Bertozzi, Stefano M, MD, Schwartländer, Bernhard, MD, Cohen, Myron S, Prof

“…Summary We have entered a new era in HIV prevention whereby priorities have expanded from biomedical discovery to include implementation, effectiveness, and…”
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Cash vs. food assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults in Tanzania by McCoy, Sandra I, Njau, Prosper F, Fahey, Carolyn, Kapologwe, Ntuli, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Jewell, Nicholas P, Dow, William H, Padian, Nancy S

“…We evaluated the effectiveness of short-term cash and food assistance to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retention in care among people…”
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Weighing the gold in the gold standard: challenges in HIV prevention research by PADIAN, Nancy S, MCCOY, Sandra I, BALKUS, Jennifer E, WASSERHEIT, Judith N

“…Few HIV prevention interventions have been evaluated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We examined design, implementation, and contextual considerations…”
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Understanding preferences for HIV care and treatment in Zambia: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment among patients who have been lost to follow-up by Zanolini, Arianna, Sikombe, Kombatende, Sikazwe, Izukanji, Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid, Somwe, Paul, Bolton Moore, Carolyn, Topp, Stephanie M, Czaicki, Nancy, Beres, Laura K, Mwamba, Chanda P, Padian, Nancy, Holmes, Charles B, Geng, Elvin H

“…In public health HIV treatment programs in Africa, long-term retention remains a challenge. A number of improvement strategies exist (e.g., bring services…”
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HIV treatment as prevention: considerations in the design, conduct, and analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials of combination HIV prevention by Boily, Marie-Claude, Mâsse, Benoît, Alsallaq, Ramzi, Padian, Nancy S, Eaton, Jeffrey W, Vesga, Juan F, Hallett, Timothy B

“…The rigorous evaluation of the impact of combination HIV prevention packages at the population level will be critical for the future of HIV prevention. In this…”
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Do changes in spousal employment status lead to domestic violence? Insights from a prospective study in Bangalore, India by Krishnan, Suneeta, Rocca, Corinne H., Hubbard, Alan E., Subbiah, Kalyani, Edmeades, Jeffrey, Padian, Nancy S.

“…The prevalence of physical domestic violence – violence against women perpetrated by husbands – is staggeringly high across the Indian subcontinent. Although…”
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Towards an improved investment approach for an effective response to HIV/AIDS by Schwartländer, Bernhard, Dr, Stover, John, MA, Hallett, Timothy, PhD, Atun, Rifat, Prof, Avila, Carlos, MD, Gouws, Eleanor, PhD, Bartos, Michael, MEd, Ghys, Peter D, MD, Opuni, Marjorie, PhD, Barr, David, JD, Alsallaq, Ramzi, PhD, Bollinger, Lori, PhD, de Freitas, Marcelo, MD, Garnett, Geoffrey, Prof, Holmes, Charles, MD, Legins, Ken, MPH, Pillay, Yogan, PhD, Stanciole, Anderson Eduardo, PhD, McClure, Craig, PGCE, Hirnschall, Gottfried, MD, Laga, Marie, Prof, Padian, Nancy, PhD

“…Summary Substantial changes are needed to achieve a more targeted and strategic approach to investment in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic that will yield…”
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Diaphragm and lubricant gel for prevention of HIV acquisition in southern African women: a randomised controlled trial by Padian, Nancy S, Dr, van der Straten, Ariane, PhD, Ramjee, Gita, PhD, Chipato, Tsungai, MBChB, de Bruyn, Guy, MBChB, Blanchard, Kelly, MS, Shiboski, Stephen, PhD, Montgomery, Elizabeth T, MHS, Fancher, Heidi, MPH, Cheng, Helen, MPH, Rosenblum, Michael, PhD, van der Laan, Mark, PhD, Jewell, Nicholas, PhD, McIntyre, James, MBChB

“…Summary Background Female-controlled methods of HIV prevention are urgently needed. We assessed the effect of provision of latex diaphragm, lubricant gel, and…”
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Retention and viral suppression in a cohort of HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in Zambia: Regionally representative estimates using a multistage-sampling-based approach by Sikazwe, Izukanji, Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid, Sikombe, Kombatende, Czaicki, Nancy, Somwe, Paul, Mody, Aaloke, Simbeza, Sandra, Glidden, David V, Chizema, Elizabeth, Mulenga, Lloyd B, Padian, Nancy, Duncombe, Chris J, Bolton-Moore, Carolyn, Beres, Laura K, Holmes, Charles B, Geng, Elvin

“…Although the success of HIV treatment programs depends on retention and viral suppression, routine program monitoring of these outcomes may be incomplete. We…”
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Young people's sexual health in South Africa : HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household survey by PETTIFOR, Audrey E, REES, Helen V, KLEINSCHMIDT, Immo, STEFFENSON, Annie E, MACPHAIL, Catherine, HLONGWA-MADIKIZELA, Lindiwe, VERMAAK, Kerry, PADIAN, Nancy S

“…To determine the prevalence of HIV infection, HIV risk factors, and exposure to national HIV prevention programs, and to identify factors associated with HIV…”
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Estimated mortality on HIV treatment among active patients and patients lost to follow-up in 4 provinces of Zambia: Findings from a multistage sampling-based survey by Holmes, Charles B, Sikazwe, Izukanji, Sikombe, Kombatende, Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid, Czaicki, Nancy, Beres, Laura K, Mukamba, Njekwa, Simbeza, Sandra, Bolton Moore, Carolyn, Hantuba, Cardinal, Mwaba, Peter, Phiri, Caroline, Padian, Nancy, Glidden, David V, Geng, Elvin

“…Survival represents the single most important indicator of successful HIV treatment. Routine monitoring fails to capture most deaths. As a result, both…”
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Longitudinal engagement trajectories and risk of death among new ART starters in Zambia: A group-based multi-trajectory analysis by Mody, Aaloke, Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid, Sikombe, Kombatende, Schwartz, Sheree R, Beres, Laura K, Simbeza, Sandra, Mukamba, Njekwa, Somwe, Paul, Bolton-Moore, Carolyn, Padian, Nancy, Holmes, Charles B, Sikazwe, Izukanji, Geng, Elvin H

“…Retention in HIV treatment must be improved to advance the HIV response, but research to characterize gaps in retention has focused on estimates from single…”
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The concurrency debate: time to put it to rest by Padian, Nancy S, Manian, Shanthi

“…The debate over the centrality of concurrency in the maintenance of generalised, heterosexual HIV epidemics still smoulders,1 mostly because of substantial…”
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Poverty, Gender Inequities, and Women's Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS by Krishnan, Suneeta, Dunbar, Megan S., Minnis, Alexandra M., Medlin, Carol A., Gerdts, Caitlin E., Padian, Nancy S.

“…Entrenched economic and gender inequities together are driving a globally expanding, increasingly female, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS epidemic. To…”
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Financial incentives to promote retention in care and viral suppression in adults with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania: a three-arm randomised controlled trial by Fahey, Carolyn A, Njau, Prosper F, Katabaro, Emmanuel, Mfaume, Rashid S, Ulenga, Nzovu, Mwenda, Natalino, Bradshaw, Patrick T, Dow, William H, Padian, Nancy S, Jewell, Nicholas P, McCoy, Sandra I

“…Financial incentives promote use of HIV services and might support adherence to the sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART) necessary for viral suppression, but…”
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