Publications - Community-based health

Integration of a geospatially targeted community-based testing approach with respondent-driven sampling to identify people who inject drugs living with HIV and HCV in Patti and Gorakhpur, India

Post Date:

2023-04-14

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Drug Alcohol Dependency

Background: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS), a network recruitment approach, is effective at reaching people who inject drugs (PWID), but other strategies may be needed to reach PWID at risk or living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C (HCV). We examined the impact of integrating geospatially targeted...

A mobile health-facilitated behavioral intervention for community health workers improves exclusive breastfeeding and early infant HIV diagnosis in India: A cluster randomized trial

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2020-07-03

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

Journal of the International AIDS Society

When community health workers used a mobile health intervention with HIV+ women to deliver care, there was a higher uptake of exclusive breastfeeding at two months and early infant HIV diagnosis at six weeks

Gender-based violence screening methods preferred by women visiting a public hospital in Pune, India

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2018-01-22

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Publication:

BMC Womens Health

BMC Womens Health : In our study, 23% of women reported experiencing gender based violence, and 90% reported they had never been asked about it in the healthcare setting.

HIV/AIDS education in traditional Indian systems of medicine: faculty perspectives

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2013-10-24

Countries:

India

Publication:

Journal of Traditional Medicine and and Clinical Naturopathy

In India, HIV-infected individuals face numerous challenges in their search for treatments. Currently, western allopathic medicine (hereinafter ‘biomedicine’) offers antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS and associated co-morbidities that have prolonged survival and improved quality of...

Building a global health education network for clinical care and research: the benefits and challenges of distance learning tools

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2011-06-15

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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Expanding the capacity for clinical care and health research is a global priority and a global challenge. In disenfranchised communities facing the largest burden of disease, whether they be in rural Africa or in urban US, there is a great need for more well-trained, competent and dedicated health...

Stigmatizing attitudes and low levels of knowledge but high willingness to participate in HIV management: A community based survey of pharmacies in Pune, India

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2010-08-27

Countries:

India

Publication:

BMC Public Health

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that the role of pharmacists in low-income settings be expanded to address the increasing complexity of HIV antiretroviral (ARV) and co-infection drug regimens. However, in many such settings including in India, many pharmacists and...